AMG IM SO SORRY ITS TAKEN ME LIKE TWO YEARS TO UPDATE THIS STORY. I WAS SO BUSY WITH OTHER THINGS. ASDFGHJKL! Ehh. not many read this anyway.


I figured it would be fine, it was a nice night anyways.

It was pitch black, tonight was a new moon.

I guess that's why Stella chose to go tonight, no one would see her.

Vi, I HATE YOU SO MUCH! I kept screaming in my mind.

The wind was picking up and the trees were shaking violently.

A storm was coming from the looks of it, but that wasn't all.

I jogged the rest of the way to my house, careful not to alert Stella, who was ahead of me.

There was no way I would be able to beat Stella to my house, not if she's ahead of me and knows what she's looking for.

I on the other hand was clueless, so I knew I had to get there before her and fast.

Luckily, I passed by an alley that was familiar and a dangerous shortcut to my house.

Rumor is that murderers hide and wait for anyone to pass through that alley.

It's why there's all those blood stains and creepy noises there.

Okay, go through the alley or follow Stella... I argued.

I went with the shortcut, even though I knew what could happen to me if I did. I had no choice, really.

I ran through the alley, too scared to look back or stop. If I looked back, whatever I saw would be the last thing I saw.

When I got to my house, Stella was already at the front door.

How the heck is she going to get in without a key? I thought as I watched her behind a bush.

Stella took out a key from her pocket and opened the door.

H-how...? I started, shocked, obviously. I reached into my jacket pocket and my key wasn't there.

Stella must have taken it before I put on the jacket and chased after her! I realized, how could I have missed that?! I'm so stupid...

Slowly, she tip-toed inside the house. Quietly, I went around to the back of the house and slipped inside from the back door.

I carefully made my way around the house, trying to locate Stella. Hopefully, my mom was asleep by now.

I peeked in room after room for a long time, until I heard someone.

"... library... now?... she...fine."

Cautiously, I followed the sound of the voice until I heard it clearly.

I peeked in and saw Stella standing by the window in the library. The walls of the library echoed when someone spoke.

My mom hated whenever people spoke inside the library since it was meant to be a quiet place. When I was a child, I was always in there, making a mess, such great memories. But then my mom came in and scolded me.

Stella turned around, holding a thick leather book.

"Shelly? What are you doing here at this time?" Stella asked, shocked.

"I could ask you the same thing, Stella. After all, this IS my house." I simply replied, raising an eyebrow.

Stella remained silent and suddenly tried to run out of the room.

She failed because I tripped her and she went flying across the hallway.

During her little flight, the book fell out of her tight grip.

I dashed towards the book and picked it up.

Meanwhile, Stella was dusting herself off and trying to snatch the book away from me.

I ran for my life like I was being chased by a murderer. If Stella broke into my house this late for this book, it's important.

I knew every shortcut possible in this house, it was quite big after all. I had to get Stella off my tail so I went into the nearest room and locked it.

There's usually a secret passage in every room, if you knew where to look.

Due to my horrible luck, I was stuck in my mother's private office. Papers scattered the floor, stacks of files laid on her desk, coffee stained on the walls and floors.

"SHELLY. UNLOCK THE STUPID DOOR! GIMME THE BOOK!" Stella screamed, banging on the door.

"Fat chance, Stella. You want it so bad? Come and get it." I replied, searching for the secret passage.

AHA! I found a hidden lever of sorts underneath the layers of paper on the floor. Hoping I wouldn't drop anywhere, I pulled the lever.

The floor made a weird heavy sound like it was cement. I looked down and saw steps. YAY! I won't have to fall and bruise my rear.

"Shelly.. What was that noise I heard just now? WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THERE?" Stella screamed.

"Stella. There are questions and there are answers. You have the questions. I have the answers. Sadly for you, I'm not in any mood for answering questions. You're always free to break down the door though. Doubt you'll be able to, but worth a try. This book is super important right?" I replied calmly with a smirk.

"SHELLY, I WILL CALL THE POLICE." Stella shouted through the door.

"Stella, if you call the police, you would be an idiot." I said.

"Really? Because you stole something of mine and I'm pretty sure the police can deal with that." Stella replied.

"Uh, yeah really, because you broke into MY house? You also tried to steal MY book which I am holding in my hands at this moment. So if you call the police…" I trailed off.

Not wanting to continue the pointless conversation with Stella, I ran down the steps as fast as I could. I wasn't much of an athlete so I was getting a good workout tonight.

The steps seemed to go on forever. It was pitch black with no light whatsoever. As I kept walking, the air around me seemed to be getting colder and colder.

This moment reminded me of some horror films I watched with Vicki. Those were just actors though, things like that don't happen in real life, right?

When will this end?! I kept thinking.

HHOOOWWWLLLL!

I froze when I heard the howl. That was just a dog, right? No… the howl came from further down. It couldn't have been a dog. A dog couldn't survive that long down there. Maybe it was a toy?

I had two choices; turn back and deal with Stella or go on and deal with the mysterious howl.


Yayyy, this was longer than what I usually write... enjoy~ More to come!