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Chapter 11: The Old Lady

TigerFire28 Literary / Fiction 27 Feb 2026

It was a normal day; I was simply walking home from school. Until I heard squeaking wheels behind me and as I turn, I am faced with an old woman, yet her legs are replaced with rods and wheels as the feet! She moved slowly moving each leg slowly. I quickly turn around and begin to walk faster my heart already beating.

All of a sudden, the squeaking stopped, and I was blessed with moments of silent until I began to hear a loud whining sound as if something were starting up. I turn around once more, confused, to find that the old woman had replaced her old legs with automatic ones and she began to speed towards me! I screamed in terror and began to run, fearing my life!

I could hear her gaining on me and spotting a disregarded umbrella, whipped around and tripped her. She fell to the ground with a startled gasp and began to run clutching the umbrella as if it were a priceless artifact. I continued to run until I reached a small waterfall and down at the ground where kids. I ran down out of breath and attempted to explain to them what had just happened and that I needed help, but they ignored me saying to me, "can you help clear the cave?"

I decided to go along with it. I figured that if the old woman returned again, they could deal with her as I run away and began to clear out a small cave, which was filled with sand blocks for some reason. I began to relax and think that perhaps the old lady was gone for good.

Until I heard the laughter.

I dropped my sand block and began to run away. I look back for a moment and, with a change of heart, decide that I really shouldn't abandon those kids. I quickly returned, holding my umbrella, and began to help them fight away the grandma. Until she locked eyes with me and began zoom towards me!

With absolute terror I run away up a path of dirt and cobblestone until I reach a mountain with chunks broken apart from it and floating and up on top the mountain was home! I began to climb up the mountain, which wasn't too hard as all I had to do was jump from chunk to chunk as if there were no gravity. I was halfway there until I hear loud laughter...old lady cackling. The old woman came towards me with a grand flying empty pirate ship!

As she neared, I decided enough was enough and I jumped onto the ship with my umbrella in hand.

I didn't care whether I fell or not only that I finally get rid of this old lady.

We engage in a desperate struggle as she attempts to get me. She charges me with a newly acquired sword, swiping and slashing at me. As she lurches forward, I quickly hit her with the butt of my umbrella, and she begins to stagger back and trips and falls off the ship.

Exhausted and spent I collapse onto the floor to catch my breath. As I began to calm down, I heard a squeaking noise far off in the sky slowly getting louder.

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