HURRY!
Riks raced past the fountain down a bumpy road. The scream was still echoing in her ears making her head ache, but she raced on. If something happened to them…her friends were in trouble, that's all that mattered.
Suddenly she was flying and Riks landed hard on the cold ground. Pain jolted through her leg, and she lay still, groaning. She turned to see that she had tripped over a person. He groaned as he stood, creaking his back this way and that. His groan was like a deep animal's groan, and it made the hairs on the back of Riks head stand on end.
"Sorry," Riks muttered to him, wincing as she got up. She staggered and saw in front of her an ominous looking gate; though most things around Halloween were ominous it seemed even more ominous than ominous; that led to a queer looking house. It had an extension of about two storeys to form a sort of lookout. Dim light penetrated the darkness, and Riks limped to the gate and up the many stairs. Reaching the door she leaned against it, her ear pressed into the hard wood. Upon hearing no one, she barged into the house and saw the stairs. Riks hastened up, ignoring her leg that throbbed with every step that she took.
"Annabelle!" She called. But she did not see Annabelle. Two people that were peering out a window jumped at hearing Riks. She noticed that the one on the left had cropped red hair that was so bright it looked like blood. Riks instantly recognized her, but…how could she be there?
"Valary?"
"Riks!"
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one of my shortest yet! that was just for drama.