The Mysterious Hartley House Short Story

The Mysterious Hartley House
It was a blustery fall day in Dublin, Ireland. Margaux Roberts glanced out the rain-spotted window at the countryside. Even though her and her family had only spent one day in Ireland, Margaux already hated it there. She wished that she could have just stayed at home in Colorado where all her friends were. Margaux had never been a very outgoing person and she preferred to read books and listen to her music rather than go to parties and hang out with people. Making friends was very hard for her and she was concerned that she wouldn’t make any friends and that she would be all alone. She had been sitting in the moving van for hours sandwiched between her father, mother, and brother in the uncomfortable bench seat and …show more content…
Finally, the van came to a stop in front of a giant stone building. It was a marvelous structure with two stone towers on each side of the house, two large pillars on either side of the door, and a shield painted with a family crest hanging above the entrance. What Margaux’s father had purchased could hardly be called a house as it had the size and character of a small castle. Margaux’s jaw dropped and she pulled out her ear buds staring at the marvelous structure in front of her that was to become her new home. She climbed past her mom and brother and pushed open the door so that she could take a better look at the place. There were ornate decorations on the two turrets and the door was made of stained oak with a golden lion’s head door knocker positioned in the middle. She smiled at the grand beauty of her new house and turned to see that the rest of her family had similar expressions on their faces. She looked at them and smiled knowing that this was going to be the most awesome house she was ever going