It's Haunting Time
Dodger's POV
Well, we had finally finished all of the decorations around 2 o'clock. True to his word, Xander and his friends ended up fixing the sign. They even put a few more creative touches to it like the sense of dripping blood off the letters. They also put the sign back up so I wouldn't have to bother Holly, Leon or Fast to getting the sign back up. Fast gave us a hand after lunch, which made the decorating process a lot faster. Xander and the guys weren't there when we came back, but my guess is that they had some other things to do.
When everything had been cleaned up, we drove back to my house. Going down the streets, you could hear Newsie music blaring from our stereos.
Open the gates and seize the day
Don't be afraid and don't delay
Nothing can break us, no one can make us
Give our rights away
Arise and seize the day.
I don't care if we were singing off tune. Holly and I were having the time of our lives. I passed through a set of lights but Fast didn't make it in time. Holly's cell phone rang.
"Hello? Oh, Hey Fast. Ok, we'll just keep going. Meet you at Dodge's. Bye."
"I take it Fast just said to keep going on home?"
"Yup."
Turning down the street, I looked to the review mirror and saw that a pick up truck seemed to be following us. I turned down another and the truck did the same.
"Uh, Holly. I think we're being followed."
Holly turned around in her seat.
"Yeah we are. Do you know whose truck that is?"
"No. It doesn't look familiar to me. Wanna see if we can lose it?"
A smirk came to Holly's face and slightly bracing her feet against the floor, I turned down the street that led to the outskirts of town. When it came to the side streets, Holly knew I was a speed demon.
"Time for some fun."
I sped up and the truck did the same. The sharp curves were easier to do in the jeep then the truck more likely.
After a few minutes of this game, I realized that we had better be getting back home. I looked ahead and saw that there was a mailbox by the road meaning that across from it would be a house. In fact it was Leon's house. Speeding up, I turned into the driveway before the truck driver could and went down to behind the barn.
"Get out of the jeep. We'll head into the house. Leon won't mind if we're here."
We both got out of the jeep and quickly made our way to the house. I knocked to have Leon's younger sister Heather answer the door.
"Hey Heather. Is Leon home?"
"No not yet. You could wait for him if you want."
Holly and I thanked her and got in quickly. Heather led us to the living room and then went upstairs. She's a sophomore and my guess is she'll be coming tonight. Once she was gone Holly looked to me.
"Who do you think was that driver of that truck?"
"I have no clue. I didn't recognize the truck in any way so who knows. We'll wait here for Leon. If he asks why we're here, I'll just give him a quick explanation of that an ex of yours had decided to follow us. How does that sound?"
"Good, but what ex? The latest or far prior one?"
"Well how about latest, makes more sense doesn't it? I mean, you two broke up during the summer and he could be taking it really hard."
The two of us looked at one another and burst out laughing. Holly and her most recent ex, Matt, had broken up because they had become too much like buddies rather than a couple. Plus he had been going off to college so they decided to break it off.
Holly and I waited at Leon's for 20mins and it was around then that the phone rang. Few minutes later, Heather came down the stairs.
"That was Leon. He's staying over at his friend's tonight so he won't be coming home."
"Thanks. We'll be seeing you tonight right?"
"You bet. Don't know if you'll recognize me though."
Heather led us to the door and Holly and I were soon off to the jeep.
"Bet you $5 that I'll be able to find out who she is in the first hour of the dance."
Holly looked at me and grinned.
"You're on."
We got into the jeep and soon pulled out of the driveway waving to Heather. Turning onto the road, we sped away to get ready. It was 3:00pm and I still had some tweaking of my costume.
~*~*~*6:00pm that night~*~*~*~
Holly's POV
Well everything was set, from the decorations at school to my costume. Dodger's been locked up in her room ever since we got home. Neither Fastdancer nor I can get her to come out. We have to be at the school for 6:30 to set up the refreshments and double check the decorations and smoke machine. The DJ was showing up at 6:30 to make sure her equipment was set up right and she would be in her costume too.
I stood at the bottom of the stairs with Fastdancer waiting patiently for Dodger.
"C'mon Dodge. It's quarter after 6."
"I'm almost ready."
Fastdancer paced around in her costume. The material around her waist swished around with every movement of her legs. Clinking noises could be heard from the bangles around her wrists and the necklaces around her neck. Her mask was that of black material laced with black lace. Ruby red sequins made small swirls extending from the corners of her eyes. My mask was that of white feathers covering the white material. Every now and then there was a black feather sticking out from a cluster of white. Who knew what Dodger's looked like? I looked to my watch and it was now twenty after.
"Audrey Anne Dodger Holmes. Get your Newsie ass down here NOW!"
Her door cracked open and she yelled,
"Did you dare to middle name me Holly Isabelle Molloy? You better not have. I'm almost done. Keep those wings on."
At that the door slammed shut.
"Has she ever been like this before?"
I shook my head.
"Nope never."
Just then, Dodger's door opened up to show a stranger. The person came traipsing down the stairs. The shoes looked like they could come from the 1900's. Knee socks came in the colour black but were slightly faded. Brown pants that looked to be covered in dust overlapped the socks. A dark green shirt was tucked into the pants with black suspenders holding the pants up. The top buttons were undone to show a wife beater on underneath. Around the neck hung a string with an old fashioned key swaying back and forth a little. A shiny black cane was clasped in the left hand that looked as if it had been worked forever.
I looked up to the face to see the chin scuffed up a bit, dirt markings covering almost the entire skin. I couldn't see the eyes though. They or at least one was hidden behind an eye patch. The other wasn't the green I expected to be there. Instead was a dark brown. An old cap was pulled over the eyes but not too much to hide the patch. I didn't catch any sign of hair, just a few wisps down the back.
"Wow."
Both Fastdancer and I said at the same time.
"I'se take it dat youse two approve?"
A cocky grin came across the face.
"Dodger, I can't believe you were actually able to pull that off. You look absolutely amazing. The eye?"
"Contact. Got dem last week. And thank youse for da compliment. Dis wasn't easy ta put tagether."
"I bet it wasn't. Now if you're ready, we need to get to the school. I talked with Xander earlier when you wouldn't come out and he said that he'd be late."
At that, the 3 of us left. I hadn't seen any of Dodger's family around so no delaying with the tradition of pictures. Getting in the jeep, Dodge and I strapped ourselves in the front while Fast was stuck in the back. In a joking manner, she asked why she had bad luck.
"Foist, it's me jeep. Second, 'er wings would git stuck back dere. Da windows don't open like dey do up 'ere."
Dodger started up the jeep and the radio along with the motor started up. Only thing is, it wasn't the actual radio. A tape had been put in the slot somehow. An eerie voice came over the speakers as the 3 of us looked at the dashboard. Eerie sounds accompanied the voice.
"Welcome Dodger to a night that you will wish that you had stayed home on. Tonight you will receive frights and fun in different shapes and forms. First of all, why not check the glove compartment."
I looked at Dodger.
"Oh, don't be scared, it's just a little gift from me to you. If you want, eject the tape until you get the gift. You'll want to hear what I have to say next."
I did just what the voice said. I pushed eject on the tape player to have "Monster Mash" by the Beach Boys come on. I looked over to Dodger then back at Fast. She had pushed her mask up onto her forehead and soon I was too. Dodge didn't have to worry about that though, one eye patch and all.
"You gonna open it or do you want me to?"
She bit her bottom lip as usual when she's deciding what to do in a situation.
"Get out of the jeep. I'll open it from the outside in case there is something in there."
At that all 3 of us got out of the jeep. I had a sinking feeling we were going to be late.
"Let me call Leon. He'll look after things for us. I told him to be early."
I handed Dodger my cell phone and after telling Leon to open up, we got ready for the surprise. Fast and I stood on the lawn while Dodger took her cane and pressed the button that opened the compartment. I closed my eyes, waiting for something to jump out at us. Opening my eyes slowly, I saw that nothing was there. Besides the clutter that she normally had in there, a black envelope with "Dodger" in red was propped up. Dodger reached in and pulled the envelope out. Opening it, we saw black paper within with white ink scrawled across the paper.
~*~*~*Dodger's POV~*~*~*
"Dodger dearest,
I hope you are up to a chilling night because my ghoulish friends and I are. You will experience things tonight that you wish you never would. Now before going on, put the tape back in."
I was tempted to look at the following sheet but decided against this. I wanted to find out who was doing this. The 3 of us got back into the jeep and I then pressed the tape back in. There was a few seconds of delay, but the tape started back up.
"Ah, I see you've found the envelope. Good. This will make things easier. Tonight, you'll have several visitors and each of them will give you an envelope similar to the one you're holding."
I dropped the letter into my lap. He keeps calling on the fact I was doing certain things.
"Now would be a good time for you to turn to the next page."
I picked up the papers and shuffled the papers so now the second one was on top. The page this time was white so I'd be able to see four pictures. They were of guys dressed as a cowboy, a hockey player, a pirate and Leonardo DiCaprio from Romeo and Juliet.
"Those will be the people to give you your tasks. I'll be giving your first one. If it is not done by 8:00pm, consequences will be enforced. Until the time we meet, I'll leave you with a song."
At that, Bram Stokers "Dracula" theme music came on. I had always hated that music. Holly quickly popped out the tape and turned the radio off completely. Silently, I turned to the 3rd page and once again it was black with white ink.
"It's haunting time at Sanders High, were one girl won't know day to nigh. She'll have a clue as to what is new, and in which way the wind doth blew."
Staring at the words, I tried to figure out what they meant. Fast spoke up.
"One girl won't know day to nigh. What does that mean?"
Taking my time to think, it suddenly clicked. At our school there was a program for the blind. We had several students that were in the program, 3 girls and 5 guys. I turned to the others.
"This means that one of the girls from the disabled class will be there tonight. Don't know which one though. We've got to get to the school to see if any one of them has shown up yet."
All 3 of us pulled our seatbelt straps on and I pulled out of the driveway. As I drove to the school, we tried to figure out what it was meant by "as to what is new and in which way the wind doth blew."
"I guess we'll just have to find the girl."
I pulled into the school parking lot to see the gym windows illuminated by the dance lights. I could also hear music blaring out.
"Let's go."
At that the three of us headed in to find out what was actually going on.
A/N: Hey all, I know this has been a long time since my last update, but this story is a lot harder to figure out what to do. Well now that I've settled with this, Raider you have your bit to read. Until later, hausta!
Dodger's POV
Well, we had finally finished all of the decorations around 2 o'clock. True to his word, Xander and his friends ended up fixing the sign. They even put a few more creative touches to it like the sense of dripping blood off the letters. They also put the sign back up so I wouldn't have to bother Holly, Leon or Fast to getting the sign back up. Fast gave us a hand after lunch, which made the decorating process a lot faster. Xander and the guys weren't there when we came back, but my guess is that they had some other things to do.
When everything had been cleaned up, we drove back to my house. Going down the streets, you could hear Newsie music blaring from our stereos.
Open the gates and seize the day
Don't be afraid and don't delay
Nothing can break us, no one can make us
Give our rights away
Arise and seize the day.
I don't care if we were singing off tune. Holly and I were having the time of our lives. I passed through a set of lights but Fast didn't make it in time. Holly's cell phone rang.
"Hello? Oh, Hey Fast. Ok, we'll just keep going. Meet you at Dodge's. Bye."
"I take it Fast just said to keep going on home?"
"Yup."
Turning down the street, I looked to the review mirror and saw that a pick up truck seemed to be following us. I turned down another and the truck did the same.
"Uh, Holly. I think we're being followed."
Holly turned around in her seat.
"Yeah we are. Do you know whose truck that is?"
"No. It doesn't look familiar to me. Wanna see if we can lose it?"
A smirk came to Holly's face and slightly bracing her feet against the floor, I turned down the street that led to the outskirts of town. When it came to the side streets, Holly knew I was a speed demon.
"Time for some fun."
I sped up and the truck did the same. The sharp curves were easier to do in the jeep then the truck more likely.
After a few minutes of this game, I realized that we had better be getting back home. I looked ahead and saw that there was a mailbox by the road meaning that across from it would be a house. In fact it was Leon's house. Speeding up, I turned into the driveway before the truck driver could and went down to behind the barn.
"Get out of the jeep. We'll head into the house. Leon won't mind if we're here."
We both got out of the jeep and quickly made our way to the house. I knocked to have Leon's younger sister Heather answer the door.
"Hey Heather. Is Leon home?"
"No not yet. You could wait for him if you want."
Holly and I thanked her and got in quickly. Heather led us to the living room and then went upstairs. She's a sophomore and my guess is she'll be coming tonight. Once she was gone Holly looked to me.
"Who do you think was that driver of that truck?"
"I have no clue. I didn't recognize the truck in any way so who knows. We'll wait here for Leon. If he asks why we're here, I'll just give him a quick explanation of that an ex of yours had decided to follow us. How does that sound?"
"Good, but what ex? The latest or far prior one?"
"Well how about latest, makes more sense doesn't it? I mean, you two broke up during the summer and he could be taking it really hard."
The two of us looked at one another and burst out laughing. Holly and her most recent ex, Matt, had broken up because they had become too much like buddies rather than a couple. Plus he had been going off to college so they decided to break it off.
Holly and I waited at Leon's for 20mins and it was around then that the phone rang. Few minutes later, Heather came down the stairs.
"That was Leon. He's staying over at his friend's tonight so he won't be coming home."
"Thanks. We'll be seeing you tonight right?"
"You bet. Don't know if you'll recognize me though."
Heather led us to the door and Holly and I were soon off to the jeep.
"Bet you $5 that I'll be able to find out who she is in the first hour of the dance."
Holly looked at me and grinned.
"You're on."
We got into the jeep and soon pulled out of the driveway waving to Heather. Turning onto the road, we sped away to get ready. It was 3:00pm and I still had some tweaking of my costume.
~*~*~*6:00pm that night~*~*~*~
Holly's POV
Well everything was set, from the decorations at school to my costume. Dodger's been locked up in her room ever since we got home. Neither Fastdancer nor I can get her to come out. We have to be at the school for 6:30 to set up the refreshments and double check the decorations and smoke machine. The DJ was showing up at 6:30 to make sure her equipment was set up right and she would be in her costume too.
I stood at the bottom of the stairs with Fastdancer waiting patiently for Dodger.
"C'mon Dodge. It's quarter after 6."
"I'm almost ready."
Fastdancer paced around in her costume. The material around her waist swished around with every movement of her legs. Clinking noises could be heard from the bangles around her wrists and the necklaces around her neck. Her mask was that of black material laced with black lace. Ruby red sequins made small swirls extending from the corners of her eyes. My mask was that of white feathers covering the white material. Every now and then there was a black feather sticking out from a cluster of white. Who knew what Dodger's looked like? I looked to my watch and it was now twenty after.
"Audrey Anne Dodger Holmes. Get your Newsie ass down here NOW!"
Her door cracked open and she yelled,
"Did you dare to middle name me Holly Isabelle Molloy? You better not have. I'm almost done. Keep those wings on."
At that the door slammed shut.
"Has she ever been like this before?"
I shook my head.
"Nope never."
Just then, Dodger's door opened up to show a stranger. The person came traipsing down the stairs. The shoes looked like they could come from the 1900's. Knee socks came in the colour black but were slightly faded. Brown pants that looked to be covered in dust overlapped the socks. A dark green shirt was tucked into the pants with black suspenders holding the pants up. The top buttons were undone to show a wife beater on underneath. Around the neck hung a string with an old fashioned key swaying back and forth a little. A shiny black cane was clasped in the left hand that looked as if it had been worked forever.
I looked up to the face to see the chin scuffed up a bit, dirt markings covering almost the entire skin. I couldn't see the eyes though. They or at least one was hidden behind an eye patch. The other wasn't the green I expected to be there. Instead was a dark brown. An old cap was pulled over the eyes but not too much to hide the patch. I didn't catch any sign of hair, just a few wisps down the back.
"Wow."
Both Fastdancer and I said at the same time.
"I'se take it dat youse two approve?"
A cocky grin came across the face.
"Dodger, I can't believe you were actually able to pull that off. You look absolutely amazing. The eye?"
"Contact. Got dem last week. And thank youse for da compliment. Dis wasn't easy ta put tagether."
"I bet it wasn't. Now if you're ready, we need to get to the school. I talked with Xander earlier when you wouldn't come out and he said that he'd be late."
At that, the 3 of us left. I hadn't seen any of Dodger's family around so no delaying with the tradition of pictures. Getting in the jeep, Dodge and I strapped ourselves in the front while Fast was stuck in the back. In a joking manner, she asked why she had bad luck.
"Foist, it's me jeep. Second, 'er wings would git stuck back dere. Da windows don't open like dey do up 'ere."
Dodger started up the jeep and the radio along with the motor started up. Only thing is, it wasn't the actual radio. A tape had been put in the slot somehow. An eerie voice came over the speakers as the 3 of us looked at the dashboard. Eerie sounds accompanied the voice.
"Welcome Dodger to a night that you will wish that you had stayed home on. Tonight you will receive frights and fun in different shapes and forms. First of all, why not check the glove compartment."
I looked at Dodger.
"Oh, don't be scared, it's just a little gift from me to you. If you want, eject the tape until you get the gift. You'll want to hear what I have to say next."
I did just what the voice said. I pushed eject on the tape player to have "Monster Mash" by the Beach Boys come on. I looked over to Dodger then back at Fast. She had pushed her mask up onto her forehead and soon I was too. Dodge didn't have to worry about that though, one eye patch and all.
"You gonna open it or do you want me to?"
She bit her bottom lip as usual when she's deciding what to do in a situation.
"Get out of the jeep. I'll open it from the outside in case there is something in there."
At that all 3 of us got out of the jeep. I had a sinking feeling we were going to be late.
"Let me call Leon. He'll look after things for us. I told him to be early."
I handed Dodger my cell phone and after telling Leon to open up, we got ready for the surprise. Fast and I stood on the lawn while Dodger took her cane and pressed the button that opened the compartment. I closed my eyes, waiting for something to jump out at us. Opening my eyes slowly, I saw that nothing was there. Besides the clutter that she normally had in there, a black envelope with "Dodger" in red was propped up. Dodger reached in and pulled the envelope out. Opening it, we saw black paper within with white ink scrawled across the paper.
~*~*~*Dodger's POV~*~*~*
"Dodger dearest,
I hope you are up to a chilling night because my ghoulish friends and I are. You will experience things tonight that you wish you never would. Now before going on, put the tape back in."
I was tempted to look at the following sheet but decided against this. I wanted to find out who was doing this. The 3 of us got back into the jeep and I then pressed the tape back in. There was a few seconds of delay, but the tape started back up.
"Ah, I see you've found the envelope. Good. This will make things easier. Tonight, you'll have several visitors and each of them will give you an envelope similar to the one you're holding."
I dropped the letter into my lap. He keeps calling on the fact I was doing certain things.
"Now would be a good time for you to turn to the next page."
I picked up the papers and shuffled the papers so now the second one was on top. The page this time was white so I'd be able to see four pictures. They were of guys dressed as a cowboy, a hockey player, a pirate and Leonardo DiCaprio from Romeo and Juliet.
"Those will be the people to give you your tasks. I'll be giving your first one. If it is not done by 8:00pm, consequences will be enforced. Until the time we meet, I'll leave you with a song."
At that, Bram Stokers "Dracula" theme music came on. I had always hated that music. Holly quickly popped out the tape and turned the radio off completely. Silently, I turned to the 3rd page and once again it was black with white ink.
"It's haunting time at Sanders High, were one girl won't know day to nigh. She'll have a clue as to what is new, and in which way the wind doth blew."
Staring at the words, I tried to figure out what they meant. Fast spoke up.
"One girl won't know day to nigh. What does that mean?"
Taking my time to think, it suddenly clicked. At our school there was a program for the blind. We had several students that were in the program, 3 girls and 5 guys. I turned to the others.
"This means that one of the girls from the disabled class will be there tonight. Don't know which one though. We've got to get to the school to see if any one of them has shown up yet."
All 3 of us pulled our seatbelt straps on and I pulled out of the driveway. As I drove to the school, we tried to figure out what it was meant by "as to what is new and in which way the wind doth blew."
"I guess we'll just have to find the girl."
I pulled into the school parking lot to see the gym windows illuminated by the dance lights. I could also hear music blaring out.
"Let's go."
At that the three of us headed in to find out what was actually going on.
A/N: Hey all, I know this has been a long time since my last update, but this story is a lot harder to figure out what to do. Well now that I've settled with this, Raider you have your bit to read. Until later, hausta!
