On the dusty floor of a small teenagers bedroom, sat Astra and Tayla engulfed in blankets, laughing about their "near-death" experience. Just above them on the bunkbed, lay 3 other girls, their best friends. On the bottom bunk, lay Ollie (Short for Olivia) and Rayna, whilst on the top, sat Grace. The group were at Ollie's house to celebrate her birthday. They just went for a walk, to the nearby park, to to swing on the playground, when they saw a white car shine their headlights at them, with the engine on. No one noticed for a while, until Astra whispered that she thought that someone was watching them in the car. Suddenly, the constant chatter that the group brought with them, ceased to exist as they all stood silently, observing the car, and then quickly scattering the area with silent nervous laughter. It was adrenaline, which was so addictive, especially when they were all together, experiencing the same situation. They ran into the dark, shadowy bushes, with Rayna attempting to make Ollie look like a male, so they could scare the car off. After the car circled around the block two times, it disappeared, and they head home, but not before it started to rain. Hard.
"Hey guys remember that time Terry went ballistic on Anzac day?" Ollie, exclaimed. Suddenly, the room filled with laughter.
"Oh my god! I totally remember! She went crazy after Astra forgot her notes!" Rayna replied.
These 5 girls became best friends after joining a choir which was held by Terry, a super strict and super mean singing teacher, 80% of the time. However, she was bearable after the girls grew a strong friendship together, making inside jokes about her, and enjoying eachothers company each week.
Suddenly, Astra piped up "She made me cry. It was so bad." Astra was 'the precious' girl of the group. She was super innocent and apparently awkwardly adorable. She was OBSESSED with Doctor Who.
"Aw Astra…" Tayla answered, looking at Astra sympathetically. Tayla was always looking out for the group. You could say that she was like a 'mother hen'. She cared for the girls and was so kind and understanding.
"Haha, Its okay." Astra smiled. "But what you guys did for me after…" she worried.
"She probably didn't even notice" Interrupted Grace.
After seeing their friend so distraught, (even though she tried so hard to hide the fact that she was crying) Grace and Rayna, with the help of Ollie and Tayla, devised an evil plan. Grace found Terry's water that she kept in a glass backstage, and drew an angry face on a piece of paper with her lipstick, before spitting in it. She was inspired by the popular TV show; 'PrettyLittleLiars' to create this 'A' Message, to spite their singing teacher for what she did to Astra. You could say that Grace was 'the joker' of the group but she also was the popular one, she was very edgy and always attended parties whilst most probably, the other girls stayed at home and watched movies, or read books. Astra sighed, but the other girls laughed.
"I think she drank from it!" Rayna whispered excitedly. Rayna was super super 'radonkulous' and was always stuck in funny situations, so she had many interesting stories to tell to the other girls about her travels. Her laugh was also super contagious, and always made everyone smile.
"She deserved it. Like, I understand that she's strict and all, but she can't go around making people cry and not caring!" Ollie responded.
"Yeah" the girls agreed. Ollie was nicknamed 'strilent' as she was super strong and super silent, up until recently. Now, she's super loud and always ready for an adventure. She always was the first to fall asleep at the sleepovers that they had, and she was also the body of a character the girls created when they were bored one day; Mann. The other day, at Astra's house, her older brother Izack stuck a polystyrene black mannequins head in his hoodie, and buttoned up his face, to create a super tall, super funny creature. Of course, everyone found this hilarious, so Astra immediately stole the hoodie and mannequin, and decided to show the girls. Ollie, being the tallest of the group was the best host for the creature, and so, the creation Mann, was born. He is a legend to the girls and they practically worship his hilariousness.
"Hey guys!" Astra called. "We should have a photoshoot!"
"Omg yes!" Everyone yelled.
Soon after the fabulous photoshoot, the girls were starting to tire. It was getting to be around 2:00am when suddenly, Grace, started to act strange. "Feathers on a stick…" she grumbled from the top bunk.
"Here we go again" Tayla muttered, "Grace! Stop acting strange!"
Grace just creepily laughed in response. Ollie and Rayna giggled.
"Again?, Seriously?" Astra said.
Last time this happened, was at the sleepover at Rayna's house. They were all sleeping in her shed, when Grace started mumbling about Burritos and how they made her feel sick. Not long after, she found a plastic bag and randomly stuck her head in it and in the morning, she said she didn't remember anything.
"Grace always acts weird during sleepovers. Its like her thing" Rayna replied.
"Hehehe.." Grace laughed, and slowly started rocking back and forth.
"Okay well, its like 2:00am and its dark and I'm getting freaked out" Astra said.
"Same.. Kinda" Tayla agreed.
"Grace?" Ollie asked, as Grace's rocking increased and she let her hair drop down, past the top bunk bed. You could barely see her face. It was like she was the grudge or something. Super weird.
"Okay um, I'm scared now" Astra whispered. "I'm gonna distract myself from this. Ooh, lets pretend to be Daleks!" She told Tayla.
"Okay, uhh- EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE" Tayla said in response.
"EXTERMINATE- EXXXTERRRRMINATTEEEEEE!" Astra agreed, trying so hard not to give into the feeling of fear.
Ollie and Rayna cracked up laughing at their reaction, whilst also listening to the weirdness of Grace.
"We… Will not have another sleepover all together… Ever again…" Grace exclaimed, whilst laughing quietly.
"What the heck Grace?!" Ollie answered, laughing.
"One of us will die" Grace answered, still cackling, her face shadowed in the dark.
"That kinda sounds like a curse" Tayla worried.
"Oh man what do we do?" Astra trembled.
"The suns coming up. Maybe she'll turn back to normal soon?" Rayna answered.
"Alright um, someone open the blinds!" Tayla said.
Rayna got up and shoved open the blinds. Grace hissed in response, covering her eyes with her arm, and then fell silent. A few seconds pass, and then she faintly huffed.
"Hold on, what-?" Grace said quietly.
"Grace?" Rayna asked.
"Huh?" Grace responded.
"You were acting weird again!" Tayla mentioned.
"You were talking about feathers on sticks and how one of us is going to die" Ollie added.
"What the heck, I don't remember any of that" Grace responded.
"Its like you were possessed or something" Rayna said.
The girls all laughed it off and sighed.
"Lets just go to sleep guys, the suns already up and we haven't slept all night." Astra stated.
"Yeah, sounds like a good idea." Ollie said. "Goodnight guys!"
"Goodnight" everyone chanted in response.
Hey! Its Astra here :) Hope you enjoyed Chapter 1 of Freaky Five! Everything used in this story actually happened to us, so you could probably imagine the terror I was feeling when Grace started to act up. Wonder what happens next? Stay tuned for Chapter 2! :)
