"Don't do it," Ella screamed grabbing her friend Morgan's arm.

"It's a movie Ell's, of course she's going to open the door." Morgan reminded her.

Ella sighed, "Why are movie characters so stupid?"

Morgan shrugged. Her eyes were glued to the TV screen.

Ella reached over and grabbed a big handful of popcorn out of the bright green bowl Morgan was holding. She munched on it as she watched the young girl on TV run down the halls of a castle screaming.

The show changed to a commercial about car insurance and Morgan stood up. "I want some gummy worms," she said

"You know where they are, go get them."

"Do I have to do everything?" she joked and left the room.

Ella flopped down onto the bed. She looked at the clock. 11:46. She yawned, closed her eyes, and drifted off into a heavy sleep.

Ella ran through the woods. The cold wind blew against her bare arms and made her shiver. She kept running and running for what seemed like hours until she came across a small house. She ran up to it and opened the door. The house was empty accept for a tall shadowy figure standing in the center. Their long, thin hand motioned towards a table and chair that appeared out of nowhere. She took a step towards the chair and the wind blew the door shut. She gasped, turned around and tried to open it. The cold knob wouldn't budge. She pulled on the door as hard as she could. Then she realized she couldn't open it and faced the figure.

"Do not fear me," it said in a calming voice, "I want only to make you stronger."

Confused, she just stared at the figure motionless.

"Please," it offered, "Sit. You will be more comfortable."

Obediently, and almost uncontrollably, she sat down. A crystal ball appeared on the wood table. The figure sat down on a chair across from her. Its long, ghostly fingers ran across the sphere.

"What do you want?" Ella asked. She wanted to go home, but some part of her wanted to stay too.

A very faint laugh came out of the figure. It's fingers stopped running along the crystal. "I want nothing but to give you a gift."

"What kind of gift?" she asked.

"Not the type of gift you receive in Christmas morning, or on your birthday. A psychological gift."

"A psychological-"

The crystal ball started to glow brightly. The smoke swirling round and round in the ball hypnotized Ella. She saw various objects floating in the smoke. A mouth talking, a scene from the movie she'd watched before she'd fallen asleep-

Wait! She'd remembered now that this wasn't real. It was a dream. She pushed herself back from the table without thinking. She panted and looked at the figure.

"Now you've done it." Was the last thing she heard before she woke up.

Ella snapped her eyes open and sat up. She was breathing heavily. She ran her hand across her sweat-drenched forehead.

"He-ey!" a familiar voice said.

It was Morgan. She was sitting next to her, eating chips. "I came back and you were knocked out. I stayed up practically all night. But I did get bored without you being scared of all the movies."

Ella looked around. Her bed was covered in candy bags, chip bags, popcorn.

Ella laughed, "Why is it every time you come over we have a shortage of food?" She stood up and started to pick up the garbage.

"That's because my Mom's a nutritionist and won't buy junk food." Morgan said.

"That's your problem, not mine." Ella joked back.

Morgan had a confused look on her face. "What?"

"That's your problem, not mine." She repeated.

Morgan laughed. "Okay, what's my problem."

Ella picked up a pillow and threw it at Morgan playfully. "It's your problem that your Mom doesn't buy junk. You just said that."

"No, I didn't say anything."

She looked at Morgan. "Whatever then. I guess I just imagined it."

'Or you're crazy.'

Ella didn't see Morgan's lips move when she heard that.

"I-what'd you say?" she questioned.

"I already told you: NOTHING!" She said, annoyed. "Geeze, get you're hearing checked."

"But you just said I was crazy." Ella protested.

Morgan stopped shoving all-dressed chips into her mouth. "I didn't say that… but I thought it." She moved closer to Ella. "Did you seriously hear that?"

"Yes." Ella swallowed.

"Okay, what am I thinking now?" She asked.

Ella waited a minute then repeated what Morgan had thought, "You're thinking 'those gummy bears were really chewy'."

"Oh my god." Morgan said. "You can read minds!"

Ella swallowed. "I don't know-"

"Let's go test it!" Morgan grabbed Ella's arm and dragged her out of the room and down into the kitchen. Her mom was sitting at the table eating a piece of toast and flipping through the newspaper.

When she saw the girls she smiled. "Good morning girls."

"Morning Mrs. Weasley." Morgan greeted.

"How late were you girls up last night?" she asked, running her fingers through her long red hair. Apparently lots of people from her family had red hair. "I could hear the TV blaring all night."

"I didn't sleep at all, but Ella passed out before midnight." She nudged Ella playfully.

Her mother continued to read the paper.

Ella heard a voice that sounded like her mothers saying, 'Uhh… teenage girls. I don't know how they can stay up all night.' Ella gasped. "Morgan let's go back upstairs! Umm- the movies going to start soon!"

The girls raced upstairs.

Morgan was the first to speak, "you heard something, didn't you." She jumped up and down and didn't seem to notice the terrified look on Ella's face.

"I don't know why you're so happy." Ella snapped. "This is nuts! I don't believe it!"

"This is so cool!" Morgan danced around the room. "You can join the F.B.I and read criminals minds to find out what they did. OH! You could read the teachers mind and get the answers to the tests! You could-"

"NO!" Ella shouted. "N-n-no! This is a secret. No one can know!" She held out her fist. "Pinkie swear."

Morgan giggled, "You can't be serious. A pinkie swear? That's pathetic. Only kindergarteners do that."

"Swear!" Ella gave Morgan a very serious look.

"Fine." Morgan twisted he pinkie around Ella's. "I swear"