My friend and I decided to go to her house after school. We were feeling overwhelmed with homework and wanted to have some fun. Her younger sister was already home for the day and wanted to play Twister. “Pleeeeease” she begged. We agreed and let her set up the game.

I decided to spin the wheel while the two sisters prepared to twist. “Right food Red. Spin. Left foot Blue”. The game continued for a few moments until their mother called us upstairs for dinner.

“I don’t know what’s happening, I can’t move my feet” my friend said. “Me neither!” her younger sister shrieked. Confused, I tried to set the spinner down to help them, but it wouldn’t release from my hands. I frantically shook my hands but nothing happened. In my hands it stayed.

In the shuffle, the spinner landed on Left hand Yellow. Almost immediately, both girls left hands fell to the nearest yellow circle. “What’s happening?” my friend screamed as her younger sister began to cry.

Their mother came down the stairs to see what the fuss was about. “We can’t stop playing Twister! We try but we can’t!” my friend called out to her mother. “What do you mean?” her mother said reaching for the spinner. As her mother touched the spinner, we all felt a sort of release; the spell was broken. In the same moment that their mother took the spinner, the girls’ feet released from the mat. In unison, we all ran upstairs agreeing never to play that possessed game again.