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The Enchanted Key
#WritcoStoryPrompt1
The parcel that had arrived today, contained an old key and a list of instructions to use it. The instructions was on an old age stained piece of paper. I had to barely open it the keep the edges from crumbling. Sitting on the front step of the ancient castle I read through the instructions. I had to squint my eyes to read the faded writing.
Down below
where the flowers grow
a stone will show!
I looked up with a worrisome look on my face. I was never good at riddles. Suddenly I heard little birds chirping a joyful song. Turning my head there was an old window I had never noticed before. On the frame was birds calling for there mother to feed them. Why haven't I noticed this before I wandered. Looking down I could tell there was a room but the window was so old and dirty. Weeds had overtaken most of it as they clung onto the castle climbing it higher and higher. I walked around the castle searching for some kind of entrance. Suddenly I was falling. I hit the ground with a thud only it wasn't the ground at all. Turning over I dusted my pants off. I could feel the aching all through my body from my fall. The ground was so much harder than it should of been. I got on my knees and started pulling the grass up and wiping the dirt away. There was a hidden...