A/N: In 1996, Horror Master Wes Craven created a movie in which all horror fans could love... 'Scream'. It explained the tropes and rules of the horror genre, and references to classic horror movies were made too! As the years went on, sequels were made. 'Scream 2'(1997), 'Scream 3'(2000), and 'Scream 4' (2011), and the rules and tropes of sequels, trilogies, and remakes were addressed too, as well as modern day horror films. In 2015, 'Scream' was adapted into a TV series on MTV, and it explained the rules of transforming a horror movie into a TV show. The main antagonist of the series, Ghostface was made an icon in horror because of all these movies and TV show. Now, for the first time ever, the world of 'Mr. Peabody and Sherman' will get a little taste of what it's like to be living their own scary movie, with Ghostface as their director! Mwuahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Also, this is an AU story (One of the types of stories I am super good at writing). And the characters are in Middle School, so they'll mostly be 12, 13, or 14 years old. And the events of the film will be in this story with many 'Scream' elements thrown in between, like the phone calls, Ghostface, horror movie rules, tropes, and references too!so, now let's begin shall we? Enjoy!
Tomorrow was the day all preteens were to be going to school at 'Wes Craven Intermediate School'. Everyone was so excited, for some 6th graders it was their first day of middle school, which made a select few excited, while others were scared of what it would be like. 8th Graders would be either happy that it was the start of the last year they had to be there before high school, and for a majority of 7th Graders it was a return to sanctuary from their overly-annoying parents or a trip back to Hell on Earth, either way, each year would either be the best or worst ones of their lives.
In a two story luxury home in the upper-class district of New York City, there was a girl named Abby Bates who had just gotten back from bowling with her friend Penny Peterson. It was their own 'Last Day of Summer' celebration and a celebration to making it to the 8th Grade as well. The Taxi parked outside their house and Penny and Abby were outside the mahogany double front doors.
"That was really fun" Abby said.
"Yeah. We should totally do it again sometime" Penny replied. Abby then looked to her front doors and then back at her blonde friend.
"Well, my parents won't be home from their dinner with their new clients until later at night. Or maybe the next morning if they end up getting wasted and pass out on their couch" Abby said half jokingly, making both girls laughed.
"Lucky you. Mine are busy with making sure their new offices in the new company building are completely done and won't be back until probably one or two in the morning" Penny said.
"I'm just gonna watch a movie and go to bed afterwards" Abby said.
"I'll probably just take a hot bath and then go to bed. I've had enough action for one night, my arm is so sore from getting all those strikes" Penny said rubbing her shoulder.
"So I'll see you tomorrow?" Abby said.
"Definitely. See ya" Penny said before hugging her friend and then going back to the Taxi and it took her back to her home. Abby then got inside the house and locked the doors back up again and walked over to the TV and turned on the Blu-Ray player and then walked to her shelves of movies.
"Soooooooo, what should I pick?" Abby said taking several Blu-Rays off the top right shelf and held them all in her hands like a large deck of playing cards. Her picks were 'A Nightmare on Elm Street', 'American Psycho', 'Puppet Master', 'The Cabin in the Woods', 'Trick R Treat', 'The Conjuring' and 'Diary of the Dead'. All of these were horror movies, a genre Abby really loved, in fact she had another best friend who loved scary movies too. She hopes she'd see him at school tomorrow.
"I guess it'll have to be 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' you can't beat the classic Freddy" Abby said to herself placing the others on the shelf where she got them and then the one she was gonna play on the coffee table.
"Can't have a movie without popcorn" Abby said as she got out a bag of 'Pop Secret', took the plastic off and placed it in the microwave. She looked to the house phone on it's charger as it was now ringing and then placed the popcorn in the microwave and shut the door before answering the phone.
"Hello?" she greeted whoever was on the other line.
"Hello" said a mysterious voice on the other line, it was male.
"Who's this?" asked Abby.
"This is Mark with 'Planned Parenthood', I have test results for a Mrs. Bates" the voice said.
"Oh, hello. My parents aren't home right now, they're having dinner at a client's house right now" Abby said putting the time on the microwave for the popcorn to cook.
"You want me to leave them a message?" the voice asked.
"I can give you her cell phone number if that's okay" Abby offered as the popcorn began popping.
"What's that noise?" asked the voice, changing the subject.
"Popcorn" Abby simply answered.
"Sounds delicious" said the voice.
"Yeah, I'm just gonna watch a scary movie" said Abby sitting down on the counter of her home's kitchen island and kept talking.
"Do you like scary movies?" asked the voice.
"Sure do. Nothing else is entertaining these days but horror" Abby explained.
"Ain't that the truth... what's your favorite scary movie?" asked the voice.
"That's a hard question, there's so many good ones, it's hard to pick favorites" Abby said.
"C'mon, everyone has to have one. What's the first one that comes to mind?" asked the voice.
"Hmm, 'A Nightmare on Elm Street'. You know, the one with the guy going into your dreams?" asked Abby.
"Oh yeah, that's a classic" the voice said.
"What about you? What's your favorite?" Abby asked, feeling like it was her turn to ask whoever she was talking to what his favorite was.
"Take a little guess" said the voice.
"Halloween?" Abby guessed.
"Nope. I'll give you a hint, it begins with S" said the voice.
"Stab?" Abby asked.
"You got it" the voice said.
"Isn't that based off those Woodsboro California killings?" Abby asked, only having seen 'Stab' only twice (Once in the theater, and the second on Blu-Ray).
"Yeah. Those ones based on true stories are always the best kind" the voice said.
"Not always, the filmmakers tend to get the story wrong a lot and they change the names of the real life victims" Abby explained.
"You're right, but there are more good ones than bad, like 'Zodiac' and 'The Strangers'. Those were good right?" asked the voice.
"I guess those ones were good" Abby said before yawning.
"Why don't you skip the movie tonight? You look tired" the voice said. Abby then began getting freaked out a little.
"What?" she asked.
"I said you sound tired" the voice lied about what he said before.
"No, that's not what you said before" Abby said with her voice sounding more scared.
"Then what did I say before?" the voice asked.
"You said I looked tired. How can you see me?" Abby asked looking around her room, not even bothering that the popcorn in the microwave was done now.
"I'd rather not say, it would give away the best part of the movie" the voice said with a small sinister chuckle at the end.
"What are you talking about? What part?" Abby asked.
"The part where I jump out and chase you. So you'd better start running" said the voice before a loud bang was made and Abby turned her head to see her pantry door knocked down and a man in a black cloak and a white ghost mask that looked exactly like the villain from 'Stab', Ghostface was what he was called.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!" Abby said before throwing the phone at him and it hit his head causing him to place a hand where he was hit on the mask's forehead. As soon as Abby began running, Ghostface began coming after her at walking speed.
"Leave me alone!" she screamed as she ran, but didn't notice she was running towards the tall glass wall by her living room. She managed to break through the glass and landed in her mother's flower garden, her body making a large print in the soil and flattening the flowers.
"Oh no, if that doesn't kill me, my mom sure will" said Abby as she realized what she did but then looked up to see that Ghostface's shadow loomed over her. She looked up to Ghostface who waved at her like a creepy possessed doll.
"Leave me alone you sick creep!" Abby screamed before getting back up and running away to her backyard where she could use the back door to go down the stairs that lead to their neighbor's house (They live higher up below their neighbor's house) and call the police. As soon as she got to the iron-barred back-yard gate, she noticed it wouldn't open, no matter how many times she tried to pull it open. She then looked to see the lock was smoking, someone welded it shut.
"No no no no no no no no no no no no" said Abby as she yanked and yanked and yanked on the door harder and harder to pry it open. Metal tapping against metal could now be heard, Abby looked behind her to see Ghostface walking closer to her, the blade of his knife tapping against the metal bars of the neighboring house's metal fence. Clanging and Clacking repeatedly echoed throughout the air as he approached her.
"Crap" Abby whispered. She then noticed that the house had a large outdoor garden wall surrounded by flowers and vines. She then went to it and started climbing, not realizing Ghostface was right below her.
"Aaaaaahhhhhh!" Abby screamed after feeling a sharp pain in her back. She looked behind her to see a cut made into her back, pain and blood oozed into her shirt, staining it.
"GOD! OH GOD!" the poor girl screamed as she kept climbing until she got to the roof, now limping in pain with her hand on her cut back. She then looked all around her but found nothing. She went over to the edge and leaned against it and pulled out her phone. Abby tried dialing a number, one of her friends who lived nearby but she saw that Ghostface was walking towards her and she pressed the 'End' button on her phone while it was still ringing.
"Leave me alone please!" Abby begged with tears in her eyes, tears of fear and pain as she backed away closer from him, not knowing that she was close to the edge. Her shoe's sole slipped on one of the electrical wires that was connected to the generator that was by the other side of the house and she tripped and fell off the roof.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Abby screamed as she fell down from the roof and landed on the roof of her neighbor's car, crushing the roof, and the windows, and the alarm went off too. Abby had died from the impact.
Ghostface then got off the roof and saw that Abby's phone had landed in the grass when she was falling. It was ringing, it was Abby's friend whom she was trying to call before but hung up before she even answered. Ghostface then got down on one knee and watched the phone ring for a few seconds before lunging his knife through the phone and the screen began glitching out before it completely stopped working with just one stab.
A/N: Ghostface is back baby! And that means more scary movie references, more frightening phone calls, and so much more. Hope this was a pretty satisfying first chapter. The next one is where we see Sherman appear in the story. Also, yes, I know I made the middle school be named after Wes Craven who made the original movie back in 1996, but I had to appeal to Wes Craven fans as well in this story too. Please review, thanks!