Slaughter On The Set!
picture soon to come!:)
a retelling of the original story by Darren Shan!
by :jenny Harlow
chapter one
I went blind at the age of four. A fire was set on my preschool we were inside and the cooks were just doing there job when all of a sudden the stove burst into flames and the teachers panicked and tried to evacuate everyone but they forgot me. Now being a small girl the size of a large doll and falling asleep during story time they thought I was just that a large doll so they left me I woke up to intense heat then I saw a fire rapidly growing and moving towards me I tried to scream but no sound would come out I was choking on the smoke I remembered from the fire chief who came to always stay low so I got on the ground and when I could finally breath I started calling for help within two minutes police cars and fire trucks loaded into the parking lot last thing I ever saw the orange light of the crackling flame.
Ten years later I'm used to being blind I've discovered early on this is the state ill be in for the rest of my life so I've learned to cope. After my parents died a bloody and unexpected death I went to live with an old family friend who happened to be a famous director so eve though I'm blind I have starred in a few of her movie others I have worked behind the scei wasa sort of surprised to see nes. My name is Samantha but all the the producers and cast members I work with call me Samara because that's the name of my character in the hit TV show the paranormal family and because with my long, straight, black, hair and white plastic eyes with well painted water-blue irises and large black pupils I look like that girl from The Ring. One of the co directors told me the other day he he had watched that movie and was afraid that I would come crawling out of his television all wet and try to kill him we laughed for a while after that.
This morning as I entered the kitchen which is where Monique is every morning I was welcomed with,
"Sammy, were making a movie and I want you to play the main character."
Not a usual morning greeting. As I felt around for the kitchen table i poured some cereal into bowl and very carefully added some milk . As I was eating I prodded Monique for more information on this new movie all she said was that it was a demon movie and she was planning on inviting a few friends to be in it.
Sigh! That day as I left my trailer I met up with mike a producer and we started talking after and hour in his trailer having tea, talking an laughing. I walked outside and as I walked my blind cane clicked the ground of the hall to my classes
(yes child stars do take classes) as I walked into class I heard an annoying comment from Brittney as I do every morning its always an offensive blind joke.
"your just lucky I cant see you" I snarled and clicked angrily to my seat where I carefully sat down after an hour and a half we left class and the time was our own. I went back to my trailer to rest as I picked out my book and started feeling the raised dots there came a knock at my door.
"who is it?" I called
"its Monique darling"said the voice from behind the door.
"oh OK come in"i said she slowly opened the door I couldn't see her but I heard the old frail floor creak as she made the six steps to my bed and she sat down.
"i called someone this morning while you were in class,"she said"he said he would call back when he could hes an old friend. You know he has nephew whose parents died and hes your age."she added she brushed my black hair to the side and looked at my black blind glasses and shudders I giggle quietly since I know what she is going to say next
" ugh those glasses dont do anything,"she says "i can still feel those eyes studing me"she shudders and smiles warmly I smile
"should I take off the glasses?" I ask feigning wonder Monique's face blanches
"oh please Sammy you know they scare me I fired that makeup guy after that! She whines
"okay" I said trying not to laugh "whats his name ?" I asked in suspicious wonder.
"his name is dervish and his nephew's name is Gavinino but he prefers Gavin." she explained we are going to see them when he calls back I plan to arrange a meeting if you want you can come. She said gently I wasn't surprised she liked to invite me in on things like this.
"okay that sounds fun."i said even though I wouldn't know what they looked like it would be fun to meet the people who might be starring in the new movie.
Almost a week later I'm talking to Monique and she says we are stopping by to dervish's house on Saturday I'm pretty excited I told one of the women producers and she offered to do a makeover to make me look like Samara from the paranormal family when I accepted she took me by the arm and helped me into her trailer even though I couldn't see the counter I knew what was coming, she set right to work. Amazingly shes the only person on set not afraid of my painted on eyes and as a bonus she even added a few bits of glitter to add a human like twinkle to my eyes. She did a nice red shade of lipstick and painted my nails and did everything but preform surgery after almost two hours I was able to go back to my trailer and get changed. Then I clicked with my blind cane into Monique limousine where after a few seconds of feeling around I was seated and the chauffeur zoomed off. We soon entered a little village (at least that what Monique said) soon the car stopped and we walked up to the house when Monique knocked on the door a man came out and invited us in my cane clicked loudly on the stone floors. he helped me find a chair and I sat down he introduced himself as Dan Garth so Dan and Monique got to talking and not even five minutes later there came a slam and a shout saying,
"DAN IM HOME!"i jumped then relaxed footsteps sauntered into the room and I heard something like a backpack being thrown onto the ground. so I looked in the direction of the sound I figured it must be Gavin I guess he sew us and sat down noticing my blind equipment he says hi
"I'm Gavin,"he says I turn to where I hear his voice
"hi I'm Samara," I said putting out my hand he shook it this was the beginging of a great friendship.
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Monique had just left to talk to a producer and I was reading its was quite peaceful with the air conditioning on as I stroked the raised dots a on the pages to my book there came three short knocks
who is it?" I ask as I put the book down and pick up my cane and walk to the door
"it Kate" my best friend says I open the door and backed away to let them in once Kate said" all in" I closed the door and maneuvered slowly to a chair where I sat down
"well I have to go Karen wants to show me how CGI works" Kate said in a secretive way
"OK " I said. I sat down and then motioned to the visitors to sit down in any of the seats in the living room and once they were comfortable we stated talking. soon when they had to go I got up and grabbed my cane and opened the door for them.
"bye Samara"the boys chorused in unison
"bye guys ill see you around" and then laughed "well I wont really be seeing you" I said as I waved my cane around and they started laughing. A little while later Monique came back
"hey Samara I heard that the two boys came to visit this morning" she said
"yeah they did" I replied as she took the few steps to the couch to sit down
"Okay im sorry I wasn't here would have liked to meet them"she said
"they said they would be back soon by the sounds of their voices it shouldn't be that long"i smirk
"oh really"Monique said in feisty sarcasm
"yeah" I said in a diabolical sarcasm.
The next morning as I clicked off to class I was greeted in a different way I was greeted with (gasp) hey Samara! then I remembered the voices from yesterday and grinned it was the two new boys and to my great relief Brittney was awestruck to learn that I had friends to say anything offensive to me. After class as Gavin and Brian were racing to the football field they were surprised to find me there sitting in the middle of the bleachers as soon as I heard them bounding down to the bleachers I looked up and said hi Gavin took a seat next to me and Brian sat on the next bench below me
"you can run but you cant hide" I joke "my plastic eyes see all"they laugh
"oh wait we didn't see the legendary creepy eyes everyone been talking about them since we came"Gavin says
"wow I never actually met someone wanting to see my eyes"i said asking off my glasses. I open my eyes and Gavin pulls a shocked expression well at least that's what I sense) ,
"whoa just like Samara"
"hence my nickname"i laughed. After a while of talking and laughing we decided to have dinner together (me, Gavin, and Brian) when I told Monique she was pretty excited
"my blind daughter on her first date I thought id never see this" I smoothed my hair one more time when the doorbell rang and opened the door to not see Gavin standing there I only new by his voice when I didn't hear brians voice I asked
"wheres Brian?" Gavin said he couldn't come since he got sick so we went to dinner it was a rather interesting dinner the manager tripped on a roll and a waiter dropped my cane twice then a little girl came to our table and grabbed gavins hand and led him outside of the restaurant when he came back chuckling he told me the girl thought he was her brother. As he walked me home we were still laughing about dinner as he helped me up the stairs he held out my chin and kissed me! I walked into the trailer
and I must have been blushing because Monique took one look at me and started laughing
"what?"i asked and Monique just sighed
"you look like a tomato!"Monique laughed as I automatically moved my hands to my face which was warm.
"darn"i giggled and Monique laughed then she asked the question most girl get asked from their friends:
"did he kiss you?" I looked at her in shock then I laughed quietly.
"yeah he did."i said absently as I reached for my cane and clicked to my room i made a phone call that night to Kate and told her what happened and her response was something like this
"omigoish!seriously?he kissed you? I cant believe it I want all details!" she shouted through the phone and I thought with a speaker that small it wouldn't be so loud!
I laughed as I told her about dinner and then about the big kiss and she practically broke my eardrum after I got off the phone I fell asleep smiling.
The next morning as I clicked off to class Gavin met me in the hallway and walked me to class and Brittney actually decided to be nice to me this morning
"hi Samara"she said quietly as I sat down after class I went to attend the first day of shooting I was surprised to find Gavin there with his uncle and Brian I smiled shyly and went to stand with them after being invited by Dan. As the shot continued I learned that the main character was confronting a villain and to why the mysterious things have been going on in Shankstonville the set started to rumble and all this fog started filing around our ankles as soon as the moist fog reached my ankle I jumped gavin reached for my arm I relaxed I turned in his direction and smiled to show him I was ok the last part of the scene was a little ghost girl who grabbed the bad guy and he was taken out under the sewer with a piercing scream echoing in the air.
"that was a good shot"i complimented to Monique later on in the trailer
"thanks I thought it was pretty good myself." she said in a voice that an acadamy award winner would use
"im going out to meet with gavin and brian tonight,dont wait up!"i said
"OK ill try not to worry"monique said in her usual sarcastic tone I giggled and checked my hair one more time and opened the trailer door and clicked to the pool ad met gavin and brian there
" hi guys"i whispered
"hey sam."i heard gavins vioce but I couldnt sense brian
"wheres brian?"i asked
"he didnt want to come." gavin said grimly I gave a puzzling look
"he didnt want to get between us." I looked at gavin with a more bewildered look
"i told him about last night" he admitted sheepishly " you know... he likes you and when he found out I kissed you first he thought he blew his chance so hes a little upset. He didnt want to get in our way." gavin explained I was CONFUSED! Two boys liked me. And they werent payed to hang out with me!
"so where are we going tonight?" I asked trying to shake off any thoughts of sadness.
"i thought we were going swimming." gavin said I remember that I was wearing my bathing suit under the sundress I threw on
"love you sundress." he whispered in my ear and I instantly felt my face grow hot He laughed at my reaction and took my arm and we walked to the pool
"hey brittany." gavin said casually I gigllyed she saw me with gavin and gasped angrilly I had a boyfriend before she found true love on set. PERFECT! I thought
We made our way to the pool and I sat down in a lounge chair and heard a splash gaving had jumped in and as I walked over to the edge of the pool and sat down letting my legs feel the cool water I felt a hand on my ankle I jumped and was pulled in I came up spitting water and noticed MY GLASSES FELL OFF! I was afraid of stepping on them so gavin dove dow and came up with them I heard the sound of plastic on concrete so Im guessing he put them down to dry I shed my sundress and went underwater carefully making sure my plastic eyes didn't fall out .i sat at the bottom of the pool when an arm wrapped around me and brought me to the surface water was wiped from my eyes and I knew gavin had wrapped me in a hug. He kissed me huging me slightly tighter and let me go breathing heavily (I hadnt gotten a good breath since coming out of the water) I sat in an underwater bench at the 2 foot end I heard splashing coming towards me and then gavin sat down next to me and I dont know how I knew what he wanted but we started making out he slid his tongue into my mouth I almost broke the kiss but decided I liked it so I kept up the kiss and he lickd the water out of my mouth then wrapped me into a hug he picked me up and carried my to the slightly deeper end where his feet touched the ground he pinned me to the wall and continued the kiss only it was deeper this time the kiss went from my lips to my cheek to my neck. This would go somewhere if I didnt stop it soon.
"gavin" I gasped as his tongue stroked my neck
"huh?" he grunted as he continued to kiss me, stroking my waist
"we should stop I dont think dan and monique would like what we're doing." I reasoned.
"then they dont have to find out." he said smoothly and I almost fell into his spell again but I was able to stay strong I let him kiss me just to prove I wasnt horrible because I liked him too it was just I couldnt let myself become his love slave I broke the kiss and swam a few inches away and started catching my breath
"whats wrong baby?" he asked his voice sounded lustful and hungry for more of what I had to offer him.
"catching my breath." I said that wasnt what I was really doing I was trying to get energy to quickly swim to the steps and get out of the pool and run back to my trailer.
He must have seen my plan though im a great actress because he grabbed me from behind and pulled me back to the wall kissing me fiercly
"i dont want you to go baby." he whispered in me ear then he slowed down and kissed me sofly and I fell under his spell fully.
"i dont want to go either." I said hypnotized by the somehow magical kiss. It was about a few hours later that said I had to go he tried to persuade me to stay but I demended to go home. So he walked me home and everytime he tried to touch me I would jump and shove his hand off me.
"jumpy huh?" he chuckled and wrapped his arm around my shoulders and steered me home (at least that's what I was hoping!)