Hi guys. So I know its been a long time since I last updated... but I have been busy with college/high-school life. Anyways, here's the next chap.

Chapter 12

Belle's POV:

After the report had ended, we filed out to go to the dining hall. My stomach was rumbling as we sat. As soon as the food was served, I hungrily attacked it. I heard laughter and saw that Katlyna was laughing.

"Ignore her," Frances said, seeing that I was disturbed by Katlyna's actions. "She does that a lot."

"True," Carlie joined in.

We ate in silence for a few more minutes.

"Hey guys," Cassidy suddenly broke the silence. "I just had a wonderful idea."

"What?" I asked, swallowing my food in a hurry.

"We should have a sleepover," she grinned.

"Don't do that," Katlyna cut in.

"No one invited you Kat," Carlie replied hotly.

"You guys go ahead with this," Rebecca spoke up. She had been listening to our conversation.

"I don't feel like one tonight."

"Come on, Rebecca, join us," Frances insisted, but she shook her head in denial.

"Ok, let us know if you change your mind. What about you Scarlet?" I asked.

"Count me out this time," she tried to hide a yawn. "Maybe next time."

"Ok, so just us four?" Carlie looked around. "That means it's me, Cassidy, Frances, and you, Belle."

"Where will we do it?" I asked.

"Your room," Cassidy smiled.

"Ah..." I got a shock. I thought it over and then finally agreed.

Carlie's POV:

Belle had agreed to have the sleepover in her room, even though she had seemed to hesitate. After dinner, we all left to get our things and agreed to meet shortly. I was the first to reach Belle's room, armed with pillows. Upon hearing footsteps, I turned to see Frances holding jars of sweets and Cassidy with DVDs. Belle opened the door just then and ushered us in. Her room was quite large and she also had a television.

"I asked my maids to get one here," she replied to out un spoken question.

"Cool, we can watch the movies that Cassidy brought," Frances said, sitting down on the floor and we followed her.

Cassidy started searching in her pack of DVDs for a movie. Grinning mischievously, she got one out and I looked in horror at her face.

"No, something else," Frances spoke up before anyone could say anything.

"Stranger Things?" Cassidy asked.

"A Quiet Place," Belle suggested and all of us agreed.

Cassidy returned the DVD and took another out. Running to the player, she quickly put it inside. Turning on the television, she settled next to us.

The movie was about a family living in a haunted house, where a single sound could lead to death. The parents tried to protect their children and think of a way to remove the curse on the house.

After the movie ended, everyone was looking at each other and it took us a while before we could say anything.

"Whew," I said. "That was a bit scary."

"I agree," Belle announced, getting up. "Why not play a game to relieve the tension?"

As soon as all of us had agreed, she returned with a bottle. We looked at her in surprise. What was she going to do?

"Let's play truth or dare," she said, sitting on the floor with us. Hand on the bottle, she added, "whoever faces the open end of the bottle will have to choose 'truth or dare'."

Twisting the bottle sideways, Belle let it go and it spun on the floor. The open end faced me and the others looked at my face.

"Truth," I said. Better play it safe.

"Hmm," Frances mused. "What shall we ask her?"

"I think we should ask her about her talents," Cassidy said.

"Fine," Belle agreed.

"What are you good at?" she directed the question at me.

"The violin," I replied. "I love playing it," I answered the unspoken question.

After I had answered, I took the bottle in my hand and gave it a twist. This time it ended on Frances.

"Dare," she said.

Frances' POV:

"Dare," I said as soon as the bottle's end faced me. I saw mischievous looks on the others faces and wondered what the dare would be.

Cassidy brought out a packet of crackers and whispered something in the others' ears. A grin spread on everyone's faces and Belle and Carlie nodded.

"Your dare is to eat a mouthful of crackers and try to whistle," she said, her eyes scanning my face.

"Bring it on!" I exclaimed and took out a handful of crackers from the packet and put them in my mouth.

After multiple attempts to whistle, which resulted in some pieces of crackers spilling from my mouth, I managed to complete the dare. As the others clapped, I stood and took a bow. This left them all laughing. Swallowing the remaining crackers, I twisted the bottle, which landed on Belle this time.

"Truth," she announced.

"What is your favorite colour?" Carlie asked.

"Yellow and light blue," she answered, taking hold of the bottle and twisting it.

As it landed on Cassidy, she chose dare. After a deep discussion, we agreed that she should have a peanut butter facial for 30 minutes and she had to get the peanut butter herself. Succeeding in the dare, Cassidy triumphantly spun the bottle as she sat down.

Taking turns, this time everyone said dare. Belle had to say everything to the tune of Happy Birthday. Carlie had to sing 'Strawberry Fields Forever' by the 'Beatles' and eat peanut butter at the same time. By the time the second round ended, we all were too tired to continue playing. So we started discussing about our lives. Belle loved to dance and had a younger sister, Carlie was an upper class strawberry lover. Cassidy even shared the fact that she didn't enter the selection at all. It was her mom who did it.

"I don't know about you guys, but I am sleepy," Belle spoke up as soon as I had finished telling them about my elder brother and younger sister.

"It's past two in the morning, let's go to sleep."

Agreeing, we all spread out the bed sheets and pillows that Carlie had brought. Stifling a yawn, I got into one of the camp beds and soon fell asleep.

CRASH

"What was that?" I asked groggily.

I turned to see the others rubbing their eyes. Something had woken all of us.

"No idea," Belle said, getting up to turn on the light.

Just then, our door flew open and Scarlet looked in.

"Did you guys hear that?" she asked.

"Yup," Carlie replied.

Just then a loud sound filled the halls. Terrified, we held onto each other. Hearing footsteps, we saw Rowe running towards us. Lyssa was with her.

"Follow me," she said and we got up and ran with her.

"What's happening?" Lyssa asked as Rowe stopped in front of a wall.

At least I thought it was a wall, but Rowe quickly put her hand on something and a door opened.

Pushing us in, she said, "Run and go to the safe room, a guard is sure to be there."

"Rowe, what's going on?" I asked.

"Rebels!" was her reply as she shoved us in and closed the door. We could hear her running away from the door, presumably to get the others.

Ok, so the credit for this chapter goes to Smiley111 for her idea and the discord members too for the sub ideas and motivation. A usual shout out of thanks to Abizeau for beta reading.

What do you think will happen next? I can't wait for your reviews.

See you next chap... Check my profile for any updates.

Happy Holidays everyone (and for those who celebrate, A Merry Christmas!)

Rowe