A Castle Adventure

“Here’s some sweets for the day” mum told me handing some to me.  Hi, I’m Candy, I know it’s a weird name but it’s suitable all right because I absolutely love candy.  I am 12, I’ve got blond hair and blue eyes.  I’m very tall and I really hate family days out, so I’m not in a good mood.  We’re going to Fox-wood Castle.  I asked whether my friend Lou could come but she said they were going out too.  Her real name is Lucy but everybody calls her Lou, apart from her mum.  She hates nicknames.  Lou’s only 11 but she’s as tall as me and my best friend.  She has brown hair, green eyes and always tries to make the best of her situation.

“Well kind of, I’m not really stuck here.  I could run away” chatted Lou.
“Ha, ha, very funny, my name is Bugs Bunny. No really did you have to come here too.”
“Well I think it would be good for our education.”
“Stop it you’re starting to sound like my mum.”

We asked if we could go exploring on our own, but all I really wanted to do was to sit down until I could go home.

When we sat down on some chairs near the visitors centre, a hole in the wall appeared and sucked us in.  We fell into a castle.  It was just like in the books about knights.  Then suddenly we saw a ghost.  I blinked.  It was still there – I wasn’t imagining it.  I clung to Lou, I was scared stiff.  “let’s try and get back” said Lou trying to sound confident.

“Samuel the spirit, that’s my name.  Yes, but only if you help me complete knight school so I can go home and marry my fair lady.  She’s called Diana” he answered dreamily.  “I had one more thing to do before I would finish my course.  It was a jousting match, but Edward knew I would beat him.  If I did he would fail knight school and have to do it again.  So without me knowing he poisoned my drink and I drank it because as I said I didn’t know he had done it.  That meant he won because I died, but I can’t go back and marry Diana until I’ve finished knight school.  I had promised her I would marry her when I was a knight.  I must find someone to joust against then I will be released and I can go home to my lovely Diana”, he finally finished.

“I will never be able to marry Diana” wailed the ghost almost in tears.

“I know, why don’t you do it Candy.  He’s bound to beat you” said Lou excitedly. 

“Thanks a lot Lou”.  Anyway why do I have to do it, why don’t you do it!”  I snapped back.

“Why, I can’t ride a horse, but you can.  Oh come on Candy.  Then our friend Sam can marry his girlfriend” Lou encouraged.

“Oh all right where is the horse” I said giving up and turning to Sam.

Finally, we found them. Then we saddled up the horses and I was ready.  It was over so quickly all I remember is that I was galloping towards him and the next thing I knew I was on the floor and seeing Sam (not Sir Samuel) galloping off into the distance waving his hand and shouting “Thank you I can marry Diana now”.

When we got back inside we sat down on a bench and I started to say “He was a nice guy wasn’t he, but he never ……” then suddenly a hole in the wall appeared just like the one near the Visitors centre.  It sucked us in.  We landed back on the chairs by the centre.  We ran and found Mum “We’re back, We’re back” we said simultaneously.  “What do you mean you are back” Mum said.  “We’ve been away for hours and had our own Castle adventure” I said sounding surprised.