I'm Ruby and this is my first multichapter story! I've already finished writing it, but I wrote it about 2 months ago for a contest for the Victorious wikia, so I might redo a few parts and stuff :) I actually haven't read it since writing it, so I'll have to do that too. But expect the next chapter up by Wednesday!
And, karlaserna has a very similar story to this, called the Scissoring House. We were partners for the contest and she wrote this chapter, but I asked her for permission to post it and she said yes, so I'm NOT stealing her work. Also, I have changed a few parts of this, and added the part with Dan at the theater!
It was Friday afternoon when the last bell rang and everyone was leaving school. Halloween was approaching, and one of Jade's favorite movie's sequel had just came out.
"Cat, you're coming with me." Jade grabbed Cat's arm and started to drag her down the hallway.
"Oh, is this an adventure? I love adventures! Where are we going?" Cat asked innocently.
"Hey. Hey, hey, hey! You guys!" Tori shouted, racing after them.
Jade rolled her eyes and turned around. "What?"
"Where are you going? Weren't we supposed to go to Nozu today?" Tori asked.
"Yes, we were," Jade said blankly.
Tori furrowed her brows and waited for Jade to complete the sentence, but she never did. "But?" she finally asked.
Cat spoke up first before Jade could. "We're going to an adventure! One time, my brother got lost in the woods and a bear almost killed him. He said he was having an adventure, but he barely made it out alive. We had to take him to the hospital," Cat said with a smile on her face while playing with a lock of her red hair. "He didn't like the adventure," she giggled.
Jade and Tori exchanged glances and decided to ignore her comment.
"So, where were you going to go?"
Jade sighed. "The sequel to the Scissoring just came into theaters. People say it's really creepy and gory, so I decided to take Cat with me to watch it."
"Hey guys, what's going on?" Beck walked up to the girls, André and Robbie at his heels.
Tori sighed in disappointment. "Jade wants to watch a movie with Cat, so they're not going with us to Nozu."
"What movie?" André asked casually.
"The Scissoring 2: Tawny's return," Jade immediately answered.
"But we're supposed to hang out together, as a gang, you know… together," Tori insisted.
"I'm going to the movies with Cat whether you like it or not. If you want to come, you can come, but I won't let you stop me from watching that movie." Jade and Cat exited the school.
Tori, Beck, Andre, and Robbie started to argue about whether or not they were going. Robbie didn't want to go, while Tori wasn't sure, Beck was indifferent, and Andre did want to see the movie.
Finally, Tori decided she wanted to go too, and, with the help of Andre, forcefully dragged Robbie to the theater.
"Four tickets for the Scissoring 2," Tori ordered the sulky ticket guy.
"Seems like a scary movie, you want me to come with you?" The guy standing in line behind them said creepily. He wasn't bad looking, with floppy brown hair and hazel eyes, but Tori freaked out and whacked him with her purse.
"...Wait, do I know you?" She asked after her little episode, Andre still glaring at the creepy guy.
"I'm Dan Busey. My dad is your neighbor. He's told me all about you." Dan said suggestively. Tori gave a little shriek as Beck started to lead her away.
"Let's just go to the movie. guys." Beck ordered.
"Wait, we need some popcorn!" Robbie said, rushing towards the food counter.
"I'll get the popcorn for all of us, you guys go ahead." He said.
The rest of the gang hurried away to find Jade and Cat in the theater.
Robbie had to rush out the cinema and go straight to the bathroom because in the middle of the movie he started to feel bad. He ended up vomiting in a toilet once he got there.
André was in the aisle seat, then there was Cat, Jade, Beck and Tori. Robbie's seat was beside Tori.
Cat was holding onto Jade's arm tightly, clearly frightened by the movie.
Everyone had their own popcorn buckets. Jade was enjoying the movie so much that she didn't realize she had run out of popcorn. She looked down at the empty bucket.
"Do you want more?" Beck whispered.
Jade shook her head. "No."
"You're sure?" he asked, looking straight into her eyes.
"Yeah... hey, where's Robbie?" she said a little louder than a whisper so the others could hear her.
"Well, I don't think he's coming back after seeing that disturbing scene," André said.
Jade sighed. "What a baby."
The movie ended fast and the gang went to look for Robbie. It didn't take more than five minutes to find him. He was right out of the men's room, sitting on the floor.
"Hey Rob, how're you feeling?" André said, looking down at his friend.
"You're better now?" Beck asked.
"Yeah, I think I'm better. Thanks." He smiled at them and got up.
"Okay, now that the movie's over… who wants to go to the house of The Scissoring?" Jade smirked. Her eyes shone with excitement. Everyone was startled at the idea. "Come on, it's gonna be fun. Don't be such babies." She crossed her arms.
"I think we had enough with that movie," André said.
"The movie already scared us to death!" Tori exclaimed.
"Yeah! And I vomited like four times in the men's room!" Robbie said. Everyone looked at him with disgust. Jade rolled her eyes.
"Okay, guys, calm down. Jade, I don't think any of us wants to go to the house of The Scissoring… 'specially after seeing the movie," Beck said, trying not to annoy her. "I'm sorry but we won't go there," he finally said.
Jade's expression turned into an angry one. "Okay, fine! You don't have to come." They all furrowed their eyebrows in confusion. "I'll go to the house of The Scissoring."
That wasn't what Beck wanted. "Jade-" he said but Jade was already out, walking to her car.
She started the car and began driving to the house of The Scissoring.
Beck and the others followed her. They all got into Beck's car and were so thankful that Beck knew where that house was. Beck drove and drove till a huge mansion was in sight. Jade's car was there, too.
They got out of the car and saw Jade standing in front of them.
"Well, hello! I thought you weren't coming 'cause you were 'scared to death' after watching the movie!" Jade said, mocking Tori's voice.
"I don't talk like that!" Tori protested.
"Guys… guys!" Cat whimpered. "I think I saw something in that window, over there." They stared at it for almost a minute and nothing looked wrong with the window.
"Cat, I don't see anything in the window," Jade stated. "So, come on, let's sneak in the backyard." She walked to the backyard as everyone followed her.
"Jade, is this even legal?" Beck asked, trying to lighten the mood. Jade ignored his question and kept walking.
Cat looked back at the window, a little afraid, and saw that nothing strange happened. She tried to convince herself that it was just her imagination, so she ignored it this time and just followed her friends. "Hey, guys! Wait for me!"
Suddenly, while the gang was not looking, the lights of the room through the little window turned on, and a small shadow could be seen. A small shadow that was waiting for them to come.
There was something wrong after all.
Check out Karla's version of this fic, the Scissoring House, by karlaserna, it's really good so far! Thanks for reading!