Disclaimer: I don't own Welcome to Dead House or Goosebumps.
Both Belong to R. L Stine.
Everything in Dark Falls had gone back to more or less normal. The only real difference was that several of the residents were no longer a part of the town. Ray laughed. His dear Amanda thought he was dead. Oh, how wrong she was. He'd really love to bring her back to Dark Falls and finish what he started.
He'd settle for just bringing her back to Dark Falls. The simple truth was that he very much missed her.
The Realtor of the dead House had noticed Ray's sadness. He knew Ray was a special case. Ray was a runaway orphan that had found his way to Dead House after his parent's died in a nearby town...
Ray had willingly given himself up to the town.
Mr. Dawes was sure that this willingness is probably why he didn't understand why the next family...her family....had not been as keen. Mr. Dawes also noticed the rampant interest that Ray had in the family's daughter. He was certain that this must have had something to do with her being the first living female outside of his family that he'd interacted with.
The Realtor tried to deal with Ray's moping but soon found it both unbearable and annoying. After all, the town's watcher was usually very high strong and sure of himself. The problem is that the boy was far too sure of what he wanted as well. Mr. Dawes knew contacting the family would be easy but convincing any of them to come back was likely to be impossible.
In the end, Mr. Dawes had given Ray the phone number to their home. "Ask for Amanda. Don't say your name." Was all he warned before leaving the boy to his thoughts.
Ray had eagerly left for his home and dialed the number. He waited a moment. A familiar voice answered. "Hello," he heard her voice. Ray's dead heart seemed to flutter just a tiny bit...if it could. "Hello, is Amanda home?" He asked quickly; hoping he himself wouldn't be recognized. "This is her." The voice said.
Ray smiled to himself. What could he say? Hi, I'm Ray. You probably don't remember me but I tried to kill you four months ago? No....he definitely wouldn't say that. "I uhm...I'm from Dark Falls." He tried. He heard the phone clatter to the floor before it was picked up again. "R-Ray?!?!" The voice asked/shouted suddenly. "Yeah, it's me." He admitted. "W-w-w-why....are you calling?" The voice seemed to be shaky now.
The young watcher was about to answer when he got an idea....a way to bring her to him..."I'm calling to make a deal. Either you come...alone...to me...or I come to take your entire family." He smirked at his own thought. He really would do it too...those people really didn't deserve a daughter. At least, that's what Ray thought. Then again, Ray didn't know much about parents to begin with.
A moment of silence on the phone left Ray in suspense. Would she come? "Why just me?" She asked. "Don't ask questions! Just come!" He was starting to get annoyed. Amanda did have that annoying little attachment to her family. He didn't understand it. "I'll take the midnight train, I'll be there in four hours." He could hear the choked back tears.
He smiled. "Leave your family a runaway note. Tell them your going somewhere. Just don't put Dark Falls or mention any of it's residents. Understand?!" He barked this last order. "A-alright," by this time Amanda was crying.
Ray smiled. She'd be here soon and he would wipe away her tears.