Writing Prompt #2: The Castle

Prompt taken from Prompt Generator

Today's Prompt:
"One morning you look out the window and discovers that a huge castle has appeared overnight. Write what happens next."

The sound of the phone ringing startled me from my sleep. It was still dark outside, and I glanced at the clock. It was 4:30 in the morning. Who could be calling that early? Concerned, I grabbed my robe from the hanger and pulled it on as I stumbled out to get the phone. My husband lie snoring beside me. He was a heavy sleeper- one of those people who you joke would sleep through a nuclear war. I almost believe he really would.

I got to the phone on it's fourth ring. The sound was shrill in the dark, sleeping house. I picked it up, worried about who was hurt. "Hello?" I said.

There was no answer, but whoever was on the other end had not hung up. I could hear a strange clanging sound, and a deep buzzing in the line. "Hello? Is there anyone there? I think we have a bad connection."

The sound on the other end shuffled, like someone was picking the phone up from a table and almost dropping it. A voice came over the line, a deep bass that almost sounded like a growl. "Is this Elena?" it said. The voice startled me.

"N..no.." I stammered out. The line on the other end went dead.

A wrong number. Probably some drugged out person by the sounds of it. In any event, I was awake, now. There was no way I'd be able to get back to sleep after that. I shuffled back to the kitchen and started a pot of coffee. Upstairs I could hear the dog whining, so I went upstairs and let him out of my son's room. Once downstairs, I grabbed a cup of coffee from the still gurgling coffeepot, slipped on my slippers, and ushered the dog outside for his morning potty.