I stayed underneath my bed the whole night shaking in fright, and I tried to fall asleep. But my body was all tingling, and I felt my bladder could explode. I looked to see the floor covered in green bottles. I spotted Chowder sitting at the telescope with the cape over his head. DJ sat at his desk writing more notes along with the record of days and toys Nebbercracker has taken from the kids. The alarm went off, waking up the boys.
"Eight a.m. No detectable movement," Chowder said yawning.
"No detectable movement," DJ said writing it down.
"Are you sure it's safe to come out?" I asked.
"It is Sally," DJ replied. I was about to crawl out from under the bed, when the door to DJ's room swung opened. It was a young woman, with short uneven black hair dressed in Goth like clothing. It was DJ's babysitter. I immediately hid underneath the bed again to hide.
"Hey, DJ, I brought you some chocolate," she said. DJ shushed her as Chowder turned around, and uncovered his head. Her eyes widened in shock to see us, and turned on the light. Chowder fell off of the stool, and DJ ran over to turn off the light switch in fear.
"Cover blown?" DJ cried.
The blond boy ran back to the window and looked through the telescope and to our relief, the house did not move.
"No detectable movement," he said.
"What are you two weirdoes up to?" the woman asked.
"Oh, nothing," Chowder shrugged and raised his voice. "Just something in the house across the street just tried to eat us."
"Well, he ding dong ditch it and came to life," I spoke up and I gasped. The babysitter got to her knees and saw me.
"What's she doing here?" she asked sarcastically.
"I'm hiding," I said. I crawled out and got to my feet. "I'm Sally, I'm a friend of DJ and Chowder's. Aside from that, I've been hiding underneath the bed all night."
"Yeah," DJ agreed. "We've been watching all night. We haven't even left this room once. Not even to go to the bathroom. Don't drink that."
The babysitter picked up one of our green bottles and it was filled with disgusting yellow pee, I nearly peed my pants as I hid underneath the bed. Last night, DJ brought out the empty bottles of Mountain Dew he drank, and we took turns peeing into each with a funnel. Only I took a tinkle in the closet to get some privacy from the boys.
"Oh, gross," she said in disgust holding the bottle and set it down on the ground. "Whatever disease you guys have... I'm sure it's got letters and that they make pills for it."
"Zee, it's true," DJ suggested. "There's something evil going on across the street."
"That's excellent. I'm really happy for you," Zee said in sarcasm. "Anyway, have you three astronomers seen Bones? He left last night unexpectedly... and he never came back."
I never met this Bones guy, and he doesn't sound very pleasant.
"Never came back?" DJ asked.
"Bottle," Chowder said in realization.
"Of course," DJ gasped.
So that's what happened and why there was a bottle on the lawn, Bones must have been lured by the house and got eaten.
"Oh, okay, you know what?" Zee said impatiently. "I don't have time for this."
"Listen, Zee, I don't know how to tell you this…" Chowder said coming up to her.
"Your boyfriend has most likely been eaten alive," DJ added.
"By the Monster House," I finished.
Zee was not taking us seriously and she had a feeling that Bones might be cheating on her.
"Sherry Klausen," Zee glared at us and threw a chocolate bar at DJ. "I gotta go. Breakfast. Happy Halloween, losers."
"Well, she didn't believe us," I said. "Adults never believe what kids say what they say with their own eyes, a house that tried to eat them!"
"Look Sally," Chowder said, putting his hand on my shoulder. "Let's just ignore her for now."
"Yeah, we've got a house to investigate," DJ agreed. We went back to work as I stood next to Chowder watching the house, while DJ went back to his desk.
I watched through the window shades as I noticed Chowder spotted something through the telescope. His eyes widened in surprise and he was filled with glee.
"Hello," he said smiling.
"What?" DJ stood up from his desk. "What is it?"
"Oh, nothing," Chowder said day dreamily as he looked through the telescope.
"Let me see," DJ pushed himself over to look through and he, along with Chowder sighed in content.
"What is it?" I asked. I looked through the telescope and I gasped. They were looking a girl around my age pulling a wagon of Halloween candy. Her red hair was in pigtails with red ribbons. She had green eyes, and wore a maroon jacket with a navy blue skirt, white knee length socks and blue Mary Jane shoes. I growled in annoyance and turned to the boys.
"Oh really, you guys are just gonna stare at some girl selling Halloween Candy while we're supposed to investigate a Monster House?" I asked as I crossed my arms.
The boys ignored me and looked back through the telescope. I gave them a long stare and they gasped in fright and looked at each other.
"Oh, no." they exclaimed. They immediately ran out of DJ's room.
"What?" I called. I looked through the window and saw the girl coming towards Nebbercracker's house and my eyes widened in horror.
"Uh-oh!" I cried. I ran down the stairs after DJ and Chowder to stop the girl as the phone rang.
"No. No. Hey!" Chowder called.
"Hey, wait. Hey!" DJ cried.
"Stop!" I cried.
I zipped past Zee and I headed out the door following my friends.
"DJ, that's your phone!" Zee called. We ignored her as the door closed and ran across the street as the girl was walking towards the door.
"No, stop," DJ called.
"Girl. Hey!" Chowder exclaimed.
"Get away from that!" I cried.
"Don't go in there!" the dark haired boy warned.
"Hold it!" the blond said.
"Get out of there!" I cried.
The girl stopped and looked back at us, as a 'keep off' sign was pulled into the ground. She gave us a skeptical look.
"Don't go any further," DJ warned. "Come here."
"Yes, over here," Chowder said, waving his hands.
"You stay away from that house! It's evil!" I ordered.
The redhead gave us a sarcastic smiley look and she didn't believe us.
"Are you guys mentally challenged?" she asked. "If you are, I'm certified to teach you baseball."
As she spoke to us, the house began to move. DJ, Chowder, and I gasped as the house turned into a monster and was ready for attack. The girl turned around and gasped as she saw the house come to life before her very own eyes.
"Detectable movement!" Chowder screamed.
The posts on the porch began to form into fangs and the girl landed back into her wagon and screamed. Without warning, the sidewalk shot up like a rocket with the girl sliding in her wagon. The next pavement went up and caught the girl and swung her back and forth. Oh God, that girl's gonna get eaten like Bones!
"What do we do? What do we do?" Chowder panicked.
"Come on!" DJ ordered.
"We can't just stand here! We have to save her, before she gets eaten!" I cried. I may have felt envy for her, but I can't bear the thought of losing another innocent soul.
"Guys!" we heard the girl calling as she was swung in the wagon. We ran across the lawn as the house swung her on the third pavement.
"Run, Chowder! Run Sally!" DJ cried as he was running on the right side of the lawn.
"We're running!" Chowder cried as he and I ran on the left side.
"Help, please!" the girl cried. The pavement formed a deep slide as the red carpet stuck out to eat her. DJ, Chowder, and I reached to the edge as before the girl could slide in, DJ and Chowder grabbed her arms and I grabbed her hand. We watched as the wagon of Halloween candy got swallowed by the house with its' wooden teeth catching it.
DJ and Chowder began to argue as they pulled the girl back and froth by her hands.
"Got her!" DJ said.
"No, I got her," Chowder argued.
Then DJ toppled over, pulling the red haired girl over to his side and I fell back with Chowder.
"Hello?" Zee called as she opened the door. The house noticed the young woman, pulled down the pavements of the sidewalk and turned itself back into a normal looking house. We all sat up and took deep breaths at the close call.
"Hey!" the babysitter called.
"Oh, my God," the girl stammered as she tried to relieve her pounding heart. We looked over to see Zee holding up the phone.
"There's an angry dad on the phone looking for the one called Chowder," she said.
Chowder got up and pulled me to his feet and we walked off the lawn. I looked back to see DJ helping the girl up. We left the lawn and watched as the house stood motionless as if nothing had happened.
"Hello! Losers, I'm talking to you," Zee called.
The redhead looked back at the house and was scared out of her wits. DJ ran over to Zee and I came back to the girl.
"Come on," I beckoned her. "Let's get far away from the house."
The girl nodded as she followed me.
"He's worried about you," Zee said, as she held out the phone to Chowder.
"He should be," he snapped as he took the phone away and walked into the house.
"Start explaining," she warned us.
"All right, the house, it tried to eat us," DJ cried.
"All right, Stop explaining, I've had enough," Zee said annoyed. She walked past us to the house
"Wait, wait, where are you going?" DJ asked stopping her.
"To see what's happening with that stupid house of yours," Zee said rudely as she came towards the house.
"No, no, no. You can't!" DJ cried as he grabbed her arm and pulled her back.
"What is your problem?" she yelled.
DJ had to find a way to prevent Zee from getting eaten by the Monster House. So, he came up with the best solution.
"Puberty. Yeah, I'm having lots and lots of puberty," he said.
Zee looked back at the house as it continued to creak, and she turned back to us with a cold stare.
"No more Mountain Dew," she said.
"Right," DJ smiled dumbly.
"I'm going to find Bones," she announced and walked away.
"All right, you have fun," DJ said as he took her arm. "Don't worry about us, we'll be fine. And you tell him I said hey, okay?"
Zee got out of DJ's grip as she walked to her car in irritation.
"Safe driving. See you!" he waved as the young woman ignored him. I got up to the door to meet up Chowder. I looked back and watched as the red-haired girl came up to DJ and tapped him on the shoulder. The boy turned around and looked at her. "Oh, hi."
"You wanna tell me what's going on?" she asked giving him a stare.
"Oh, yeah. I made the whole puberty thing up," DJ stammered and he held out his hand for a handshake. "Hi, I'm JD. DJ."
They shook hands and I continued to walk up to the stairs to hear Chowder having an argument with his dad.