Author's Note: Well...the same as always...

Chapter Four

A clue

They all walked up the big stone steps to the huge oak front door. Sabrina reached up and rang the door bell. "Ding...." They heard the bell echo through the inside of the house. Then footsteps. The door opened, a man dressed in a black suit (probably the butler) answered the ring.

"Hello." He said in a clam, soothing voice. "May I help you?" he asked.

"Hi!" Sabrina returned the greeting. "I'm Sabrina, and these are my friends: Alex, Sam, and Clover. Does Amanda Beard live here? We need to speak to her."

"Yes, of course. Right this way." He said, the butler led them inside. The interior was beautiful-full of comfy looking couches and chairs, soft colored wall paper, and clean floors. He led them into an indoor swimming pool, where Amanda was swimming. The butler bowed and left the room. Amanda got out of the pool, and wrapped a towel around herself, "Hello. Who are you?" she asked.

"I'm Sam, and this is Alex, Clover, and Sabrina." Sam said, pointing to each girl in turn. "We'd like to ask you a few questions."

Amanda shrugged, "Okay, fire away."

Sam nodded, "Have you noticed anything odd around here lately?"

Amanda frowned in thought, "Not really, but every night there is and eerie glow." She said shrugging, "Will you excuse me while I change?"

Sam nodded and Amanda left. "Did any of you notice an eerie light surrounding Ashley?" There was all silence as they thought.

I don't really remember. I had my eyes closed... Sabrina thought.

I think so, my eyes were stinging, though. Alex thought.

I was too far away to notice... Sam thought.

I wonder if pink flip flops would go with my new dress Clover thought. Sam gave Clover a glare. Oh, I mean, I don't think I saw a glow...

Amanda came back, wearing a white mini-skirt and a red and white tank top. Her dark brown hair was in a ponytail, and she was bare foot. "So, any other questions?" she asked.

"Yeah." Answered Sabrina. "Do you think you could describe the glow? It is yellowish, bright, dim, and barely visible?"

"Well, I guess it's kind of an outline around the object. It's really dim, but it's spooky!" she shuttered slightly.

"Hold on a minute." Sabrina said. She stared rummaging around in her backpack for something. She pulled out a notebook and started jotting down something.

Notes. thought Alex. She's so organized. She held back a little giggle. Sam poked her in the ribs. "Oww!" she mouthed.

"Okay." Said Sabrina, "Do you like swimming in the ocean, also?"

"Sure. I swim there when the water is warm. But not everyday."

"Okay." Sabrina said as she wrote down more notes.

The butler came in, "What would you like for lunch?" he asked Amanda.

"Oh, I'll just get something to drink. You girls can go into the living room." She said and left. The butler bowed and left. The girls went into the living room. They could hear the sink turn on and water pour out. Sabrina was writing like crazy. "Gee, 'Brina we didn't learn that much!" Clover said.

"What, oh this isn't notes." Sabrina muttered, taking out the real notes.

Then they heard a blood curling scream. They all jumped up and ran into the kitchen. The faucet was running and on the floor was a shattered glass. The butler ran up behind the, "W-what happened?"

"We don't know." Sam answered and the butler made them leave.

"It definitely has something to do with water." Sam muttered.

"Definitely." Alex, Clover, and Sabrina said at once.

They were walking outside to the driveway, where the Kurt 30 was parked, when Sam found foot steps. "Look!" Sam yelled.

The others jumped, startled. "What is it?" asked Clover.

"Is it a clue?" Alex asked.

"Yes!" Sabrina said, excited. "They're footprints!" They all stopped and stared for a moment, and then Sabrina made an observation. "It looks like the person was bare-foot. But I can't be sure. I think the person was dragged away!"

"Wait a minute." Sam said, lost in thought. "Wasn't Amanda bare-foot?"

"Yes! Yes she was!" Clover, Alex, and Sabrina yelled. "Let's follow the footprints." said Sabrina. She pressed a button on a remote, she had in her backpack and the Kurt 3000 disappeared.

Author's note: Well, there's the end of chapter 4! Review! And the next chapter will come soon!