Chapter I: Noises from the Basement

Dil was sitting on the couch flipping through the TV channels. The clock was starting to strike midnight.

"Oh my gosh! It's midnight, I can't sleep, and there is nothing on TV!" he muttered. He flipped through the channels once more and he finally found a movie that sounded good.

"Hm.. Nightmare on Elm Street." he said. By the end of the movie, Dil was behind the couch. He tip toed to the kitchen to get something to drink. Dil looked around every corner to make sure Freddy wasn't there.

As he walked back to the living room, Dil heard the freakiest sound ever. A screech of someone being killed. It sounded as if it was in his basement. He walked closer to the door and put his ear up to it. Nothing.

"Ok, that movie is totally getting to me." Dil shook his head. The came again. He ran to the basement door, but yet again, nothing.

"Just settle down, Dil. Just settle down." he watched Nickelodeon for a while to try to calm his nerves.

"Those fairy god parents really get Timmy into some mix ups." He laughed as he walked up the stairs to his room.

Dil lay in his bed, trying to get to sleep but he couldn't. The noise stayed in his mind all night. After awhile, Dil heard the scream again. It sounded even more painful then before. He jumped up and ran into Tommy's room.

"T, did you hear that?" he asked.

"Hear what?" Tommy asked.

"That scream. The gut wrenching, ear piercing scream." Dil explained.

"Dude, go back to bed. IT was just a dream." Right as Tommy said that, the noise came again. Tommy jumped out of his bed and landed on the floor.

"And you said I was dreaming." Dil walked out.

He went back down stairs as the clock chimed two.

"Two A.M.!" He said to himself. Dil sat on the couch and turned on the TV. It wouldn't turn on.

"Dang it! The power is out! Wait? The power is out? But it's not storming or nothing." Dil got really freaked out. The scream came again, but it was closer to the door this time. Something banged on the door. Dil ran out of the room screaming his head off.

"Help! It's coming after me!" he yelled.

The scream came again and again.