A Little Night Ride
By Yukira Disclaimer: Do I own the characters? Hmm.well, NO!!
Author's Note: Hello. It is the author named Yukira that goes by her internet alibi "Professor". Basically, this is about how Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao take a ride at midnight to the forest and accidentally.well.read it for yourself! It scared me while I wrote it.
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Xiao Qiao held up her car keys and jingled them in front of Da Qiao. "Wanna go for a ride?"
Da Qiao looked up from her book and shook her head.
"Aww, come on." Pleaded Xiao.
Da Qiao glared at Xiao Qiao. "Um, I really need to finish this book so I can join the book club tomorrow."
Xiao Qiao frowned in mock disgust. "Gimme that! Who needs to join a stupid book club!?"
Da Qiao sighed. "Well, for one thing, it would look good on my resume."
"What book is that?"
Da Qiao showed the cover. "The Art of War."
"Well, can we go for a ride? Please?"
Looking at the clock, Da Qiao replied, "It is pretty late. Almost midnight already."
"Exactly! You'll see why."
Da Qiao sighed again and closed her book. "Alright. But we have to be home before one."
Moments later, Xiao was in the driver's seat and Da was in the passenger seat.
"Y'know, it would be a lot safer if I drove." offered Da Qiao.
Xiao Qiao put her hands on her hips and frowned. "What? Are you saying I'm a bad driver?"
"No, it's just that-oh never mind! Besides, where are we going?"
Xiao Qiao smiled. "Well, one of my coworkers said that there is a haunted cemetery in the Sacred Forest."
"And you believe that?"
"No," replied Xiao, "I'm just going to see if it's true or not."
After a few minutes of silence, Da looked out the window. No one else was on the road. Was it really that late?
"Xiao," confided Da Qiao, "I don't think we should go."
Xiao snickered. "What? Don't tell me you're scared!"
"I'm not scared!"
"Oh yeah? Well I dare you to go into the cemetery alone and stay there-for an hour!"
Da Qiao sighed again. "There could be rapists and murderers in there. Your head is filled with childish nonsense."
"Ooh! An insult! Why don't you say it to my face!?"
Da sighed. "All right then! Your head is filled with-"
"Hey! Look!" exclaimed Xiao, pointing to a sign on the road.
"We're here," gasped Da Qiao.
Xiao Qiao grinned. "Um, you go into the forest. I'll just stay here and wait for you."
"Hey! This was your idea. We both have to go."
Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao grabbed a few flashlights and Xiao's cell phone. They walked into the forest silently.
Xiao Qiao pushed a few small trees aside to reveal-a cemetery!
"So it's true," she gasped.
Da Qiao laughed. "Look, just because there's a cemetery doesn't mean it's haunted. Lighten up, okay?"
Xiao Qiao sighed for the first time. "Okay. Let's check it out, then."
The two sisters walked into the cemetery, staying close. There were various graves with mysterious carvings on them that gave an impression of the cemetery being haunted.
Fog started to flow into the cemetery. Da Qiao felt someone grab her arm.
"Xiao Qiao, if you were so scared, why did you want to come here? Let go of my arm."
"Da, I'm not grabbing your arm." cried out Xiao.
Suddenly, a dark figure ran past the sisters.
"AAAAAHHHH!!" screamed Xiao and Da. "It IS haunted!!! RUN!"
Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao ran back in the direction that they had come from. Xiao bumped into a tree branch and dropped her flashlight. Finally, the sisters made it to the car, Xiao being in the driver's seat.
"We have to go," panted Xiao, "Now! Before they mark us!"
Da Qiao looked confused. "Mark us?"
Xiao nodded. "Exactly. If we stay long enough, the ghosts will leave something on us."
Da Qiao checked her arms and legs but found nothing. "Xiao, start the car!"
Xiao Qiao practically stomped on the gas pedal. Da Qiao looked behind her and-
"XIAO QIAO!!! LOOK!!" cried out Da Qiao, pointing at something behind her.
Xiao Qiao looked into the rear view mirror and saw a message haphazardly written in blood: DEATH.
Xiao Qiao started to drive faster and faster until-
WHUMP!!
Da Qiao tapped Xiao's shoulder. "Stop the car. What was that?"
"We-I-I don't know," replied Xiao with a shaky voice. "You go see what it is."
"I can't. They've already marked us."
Xiao Qiao looked bewildered. "What if we ran over somebody?"
Da Qiao looked thoughtful for a moment. "Well, that means we can't tell anyone. Not even Sun Ce and Zhou Yu."
Xiao nodded. "Agreed."
Both sisters were silent on the way home.
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Well, how's that for chapter 1? Was it good? Bad? BOTH!? Am I good at writing horror and suspense? Or was it too predictable? Please review! (preferably no flames) Thank you for reading!
By Yukira Disclaimer: Do I own the characters? Hmm.well, NO!!
Author's Note: Hello. It is the author named Yukira that goes by her internet alibi "Professor". Basically, this is about how Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao take a ride at midnight to the forest and accidentally.well.read it for yourself! It scared me while I wrote it.
*~~~~*~~~~*
Xiao Qiao held up her car keys and jingled them in front of Da Qiao. "Wanna go for a ride?"
Da Qiao looked up from her book and shook her head.
"Aww, come on." Pleaded Xiao.
Da Qiao glared at Xiao Qiao. "Um, I really need to finish this book so I can join the book club tomorrow."
Xiao Qiao frowned in mock disgust. "Gimme that! Who needs to join a stupid book club!?"
Da Qiao sighed. "Well, for one thing, it would look good on my resume."
"What book is that?"
Da Qiao showed the cover. "The Art of War."
"Well, can we go for a ride? Please?"
Looking at the clock, Da Qiao replied, "It is pretty late. Almost midnight already."
"Exactly! You'll see why."
Da Qiao sighed again and closed her book. "Alright. But we have to be home before one."
Moments later, Xiao was in the driver's seat and Da was in the passenger seat.
"Y'know, it would be a lot safer if I drove." offered Da Qiao.
Xiao Qiao put her hands on her hips and frowned. "What? Are you saying I'm a bad driver?"
"No, it's just that-oh never mind! Besides, where are we going?"
Xiao Qiao smiled. "Well, one of my coworkers said that there is a haunted cemetery in the Sacred Forest."
"And you believe that?"
"No," replied Xiao, "I'm just going to see if it's true or not."
After a few minutes of silence, Da looked out the window. No one else was on the road. Was it really that late?
"Xiao," confided Da Qiao, "I don't think we should go."
Xiao snickered. "What? Don't tell me you're scared!"
"I'm not scared!"
"Oh yeah? Well I dare you to go into the cemetery alone and stay there-for an hour!"
Da Qiao sighed again. "There could be rapists and murderers in there. Your head is filled with childish nonsense."
"Ooh! An insult! Why don't you say it to my face!?"
Da sighed. "All right then! Your head is filled with-"
"Hey! Look!" exclaimed Xiao, pointing to a sign on the road.
"We're here," gasped Da Qiao.
Xiao Qiao grinned. "Um, you go into the forest. I'll just stay here and wait for you."
"Hey! This was your idea. We both have to go."
Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao grabbed a few flashlights and Xiao's cell phone. They walked into the forest silently.
Xiao Qiao pushed a few small trees aside to reveal-a cemetery!
"So it's true," she gasped.
Da Qiao laughed. "Look, just because there's a cemetery doesn't mean it's haunted. Lighten up, okay?"
Xiao Qiao sighed for the first time. "Okay. Let's check it out, then."
The two sisters walked into the cemetery, staying close. There were various graves with mysterious carvings on them that gave an impression of the cemetery being haunted.
Fog started to flow into the cemetery. Da Qiao felt someone grab her arm.
"Xiao Qiao, if you were so scared, why did you want to come here? Let go of my arm."
"Da, I'm not grabbing your arm." cried out Xiao.
Suddenly, a dark figure ran past the sisters.
"AAAAAHHHH!!" screamed Xiao and Da. "It IS haunted!!! RUN!"
Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao ran back in the direction that they had come from. Xiao bumped into a tree branch and dropped her flashlight. Finally, the sisters made it to the car, Xiao being in the driver's seat.
"We have to go," panted Xiao, "Now! Before they mark us!"
Da Qiao looked confused. "Mark us?"
Xiao nodded. "Exactly. If we stay long enough, the ghosts will leave something on us."
Da Qiao checked her arms and legs but found nothing. "Xiao, start the car!"
Xiao Qiao practically stomped on the gas pedal. Da Qiao looked behind her and-
"XIAO QIAO!!! LOOK!!" cried out Da Qiao, pointing at something behind her.
Xiao Qiao looked into the rear view mirror and saw a message haphazardly written in blood: DEATH.
Xiao Qiao started to drive faster and faster until-
WHUMP!!
Da Qiao tapped Xiao's shoulder. "Stop the car. What was that?"
"We-I-I don't know," replied Xiao with a shaky voice. "You go see what it is."
"I can't. They've already marked us."
Xiao Qiao looked bewildered. "What if we ran over somebody?"
Da Qiao looked thoughtful for a moment. "Well, that means we can't tell anyone. Not even Sun Ce and Zhou Yu."
Xiao nodded. "Agreed."
Both sisters were silent on the way home.
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Well, how's that for chapter 1? Was it good? Bad? BOTH!? Am I good at writing horror and suspense? Or was it too predictable? Please review! (preferably no flames) Thank you for reading!