Raven-Shade, England 1983
The town of Raven-Shade was a medium-sized town where the townsfolk on the whole were easygoing,
Raven-Shade was situated in the southern far end of Yorkshire.
There was a young boy that lived in Raven-Shade, his name was James Mayflower.
Because everyone in Raven-Shade was mostly kind and friendly, James never got teased about his surname.
James had long Ash blonde hair and blue eyes.
Although James was kind and polite, he was at times naughty.
However, he was never overly naughty.
James Lived with his Aunt Mary.
Sadly James’s parents had both died.
They had died in a hotel that was burnt down when the room that they were staying in, mysterious caught fire.
Mary was the only relative James could go and live with, Mary was James’s mother’s sister.
James had a weak bladder unfortunately and as a result, he had to wear nappies.
Aunt Mary was a bit eccentric.
Every now and again, she made James wear baby boy clothes, ones that fitted him.
They lived at No. 51 Windmill Lane, in a 2 bedroomed semi-detached house.
The house was a part of a nice rural housing estate, which was only a car drive away from Raven-Shade Hall itself.
Raven-Shade Hall had a long deep history.
It was the ancestry of the Raven-Shade line, which was how the town had gotten its name from.
The Raven-Shade name had once been a noble family line, though somewhat mysterious.
Sadly, over the years, the Raven-Shade name became tainted.
A dark sinister mystery hung over the great manor.
There had been a mysterious fire that had almost burnt down Raven-Shade Hall to rubble.
Not much was left apart from the odd few walls that had been left still standing.
A group of people had spent many, many years raising funds to get Raven-Shade Hall rebuilt in part, and fully restored.
As it was, Raven-Shade was turned into a stately home that was opened to the general public.
Mary had been kind enough to take James to go and visit the famous ancestral home of the Raven-Shade family line.
A group of people, mostly tourists had gathered at the entrance.
The guide was a young woman, wearing a suit jacket, pencil short skirt, who wore thick-rimmed glasses, and had her hair in a tight-fitting bun.
The woman looked more like an estate agent than a tour guide.
She came out to greet everyone at the entrance to Raven-Shade Hall.
“Ladies and gentlemen, oh and children to of course…”
Remarked the woman in a rather condescending tone.
“Welcome to Raven-Shade Hall. Now if you all could follow me please and do not touch anything.”
The woman also sounded very authoritarian, which made James cringe a little, as his aunt sounded pretty much in the same way.
The tour guide began to lead the group through the hall of the manor, which its walls were lined with black marbled statues.
There was various displays encased in security glass cases.
Others were fenced off by railed ropes tied from end to end.
The tour guide took everyone from one display to another.
She would stop and give a lecture on each one.
Soon enough, James became bored and he would not keep still.
Aunt Mary soon became cross with him.
“Will you stop that fidgeting?”
“But Aunt Mary, I’m bored.” Remarked James loudly.
Suddenly everyone turned to face James and Mary.
Aunt Mary looked at James crossly.
She then grabbed James by his arm and turned to face everyone in the group.
“I am ever so terribly sorry about this everyone, I will need to take my nephew back home.”
Quickly Mary dragged James out of Raven-Shade Hall.
As she got him outside, she turned James around to face her, as she held in firmly by his arms.
“James, how could you embarrass me like that?
You have done this way too many times now James.
You now leave me with no other choice, but to take you out in public dressed as a baby girl.”
“What? No… Aunt Mary, please don’t do that please…” James cried.
“James you have only brought this upon yourself, so stop that.”
“You shall go to your room in your baby boy clothes.
Over the next few days I shall be buying baby girl clothes just in your size.”