Ponch sat in the cafeteria playing around with his food. He wasn't very hungry.

"Hey, Ponch, what's wrong? You barely touched your food," Ponch's best friend Erik asked. Erik had been Ponch's friend since before preschool. They were neighbors. The funny thing about them, was people thought they were twins. They looked almost exactly alike. The only difference was Ponch was slightly smaller.

"I'm fine, I just…."

"You just what?" Erik asked.

"I just am not that hungry," Ponch said. Erik's eyes got wide.

"Are you serious? Are you sick or something?" Erik asked. Ponch loved food, so if he wasn't eating it, something was wrong.

"I'm feeling just fine Erik. I just am not really enjoying high school," Ponch admitted.

"Hey, it is ok. It's only your first month of high school," Heidi said.

"Yeah, but it sucks already," Ponch replied.

"Don't worry Ponch, things will get better. Do you remember the first year of middle school?" Asked Michael, another one of Ponch's friends.

"Yeah, but that was different. The people were nicer, they just didn't like me at first. These people are mean and don't like me," Ponch replied.

"Cheer up Ponch. Look on the bright side. You still got us to hang out with," Alexa said. She was Erik's girlfriend. She was the happiest of the group. Ponch was pretty happy too most the time. But high school, seemed to be sucking out all his happiness and filling him with depression, and boredom.

"I guess you're right," Ponch said with a smile. Erik's sister Erika smiled at Ponch,

"I like seeing that smile Ponch. You should smile more often," she said.

"Hey, I have an idea," Michael said.

"What?" Asked David. The last one in the group. He didn't talk as much as the rest of them did.

"Let's go to the library here after school," Michael said.

"Why would we do that?" Ponch asked confused.

"Well, don't you remember all the rumors about this place being haunted?" Michael asked.

"Well yeah, but I never believed it," Ponch replied.

"Well, let's have some fun and find out if it's true," Michael said.

"Wouldn't someone spot us and send us home?" Erik asked.

"If they do, we will have to plan another day," Michael said.

"Ok, I think that is ok," Alexa said.

"I am totally with ya Michael," Heidi said.

"Me too," David agreed.

"We are too," Erik and Erika said in unison. Everyone looked at Ponch.

"Ponch? Are you in on it too?" Michael asked Ponch was quiet.

"Ok, I guess," Ponch replied.

"Oh come on, you will enjoy this!" Heidi said.

"Yeah, maybe. But what about our parents? They want us home at a certain time remember?"

"Oh great, I forgot all about parents," Michael said.

"Well, I was supposed to spend the night at David's house tonight," Erik said.

"I could say I am going to Heidi's I mean David is Heidi's brother, we could both go there," Erika said.

"I'll come along to Heidi's," Alexa said.

"I was supposed to be at Michael's house tonight. My parents are out of town until seven," Ponch said.

"Ok, then I will say I am going to David's," Michael said.

"What if our parents look for us?"

"Ponch, you are over thinking this," Michael said.

"I just don't want to get into trouble with them. Trouble at school is ok. But with them it is different. I feel awful about doing stuff behind their backs and lying to them," Ponch said.

"Then we'll all say we are going to Michael's." David said.

Meanwhile…

After school, everyone met at the school library.

"How are we gonna pull this off?" Erik asked.

"We will stay here, and hide until the lights turn off," Michael said. There was a little closet that no one ever used anymore. It used to be the janitors closet, but the janitor got a new closet that was better.

"Ok, let's all crowd together in here." Michael said.

"This is so weird," Ponch said as he went in. Erik smiled.

"Somehow I knew you'd say that," he said.

"Ok, we will be here, until the building is empty," Michael said. Then he sat back and got comfortable.

"Ok," everyone said.

"What is crawling on me?" Ponch asked slightly freaked out.

"It is just a spider," Heidi said.

"Just a spider?" Ponch asked freaked out.

"Get it off please," Ponch said. Trying to stay calm. Heidi pulled it off. David took it and killed it. "Thanks guys," Ponch said.

"You actually did a good job not screaming this time Ponch," Erik teased. Ponch rolled his eyes.

"I can't wait to be out of here," Alexa said.

"Yeah, this closet give me the creeps," Ponch agreed with her.

"I just want to see what the school is like empty," Alexa said.

"I want to get out of here," Ponch said.

"Oh come on, it isn't that bad," Michael said.

"I don't like it." Ponch replied.

"That is ok, we will be out sooner than you know." Erika said.

"I can't wait still." Ponch said.

"Yeah, we know." Everyone said. Little did they know this was just the beginning of a long and terrifying night for all of them. Not just Ponch.

To Be Continued