Clarisse slumped on her bunk, laptop on her knees. She had a free slot, which she was spending on Facebook. Jamming her athlete earphones in, 'You're gonna go far, kid' by The Offspring began leaking into the silent air of the cabin. She sighed, and began scrolling through her dash.
"Phobo's does the Ice Bucket Chall…' proclaimed the caption where the photo map went.
Clarisse snickered. This she had to see: her stupid half-brother tipping icy water over himself? She only wished she had been there to witness it in person.
She clicked on it.
"Hello." Phobo's was tall and sallow-skinned. He looked unhealthy. He wore black clothes that hung off his frame.
There was something in the bucket by his feet. Clarisse screwed her eyes, trying to see better but the picture was too grainy.
She recognized the background. It was just outside the Ares cabin.
"Thank you, Father for nominating me. I will not nominate anyone. I hope you poor sick children get better." He sneered. "I hope you all aren't too scared."
Slowly, he reached down and picked up the bucket. Something slipped over the edge, but it snapped in again. Whatever it was, it wasn't water...
He smiled once more. It wasn't a happy I'm-glad-I'm-helping-little-children smile, it was a you-will-regret-this smile.
He raised the bucket and tipped it over.
Snakes slithered out, slipping between each other, slicking down Phobo's clothes. They pooled at his feet, hissing before sliding away to find campers.
With the smirk still on his face, Phobo looked straight at the camera; right into Clarisse's eyes.
"They're coming."
And the screen went dark. Clarisse tried to slow her breathing, Phobo lived for scaring people. She couldn't let him get under her skin…
The song had changed. 'Dead!' by 'My Chemical Romance'
Bad time, shuffle she thought grimly.
And the hissing started.
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Looking back on it, using his new-found knowledge over Clarisse might not have been the best idea, seeing as she had just watched Phobo's video.
It had got to Travis too, he had done something so that the water in the bucket looked like what you were scared off most.
Katie Gardener looked weird falling out of a bucket…
Anyway, Connor had told him about a rumor that they hadn't started, about Clarisse being scared of snakes. So they had a toy snake and an elaborate string mechanism to make it look like it was real. They had pulled it off, until Clarisse threw her spear which was next to her. The spear had ignited the string, telling the guy- sorry girl- someone was playing a trick on her.
So, Travis thought as he cowered behind a tree, hoping she didn't find him, probably not the best idea he'd ever had.
Although, he could wrangle some money out of her for keeping the footage on the secret camera he'd installed...
Okay, this will be the closest time to Christmas that I can post these.
I hope you all have a great Christmas! (if you don't celebrate Xmas, have a good day anyway.)
I said I would post bonus chapters because i couldn't let this go. But this is it.
Thank you all
Fez.