Here we go with chapter 3. Sorry that I haven't updated in such a long time. I was such a scatter brain. Anywho, without further ado, on with the show!
Laura stared out the window for what seemed like hours. She just couldn't get her head straight after seeing Alyssa being kidnapped by children in costumes. At first she pinched herself to see if she wasn't just dreaming. That proved to be pointless for now she had a mark on her arm. Laura knew that she wasn't dreaming but she would not accept what had just happened. Finally, Laura walked away from the window, left the room, went down the stairs, and walked out the front door of the house. She then walked across the street and into the woods where Alyssa's kidnappers had gone. It didn't matter if Laura's logic was going against what she was doing, for her body would still walk through the woods. She kept walking until she could no longer see any signs of the road. Usually, fear would set in by now but, for some reason, the fear of losing track of Alyssa was even more fearful. Laura was foolish though because she didn't bring any shoes with her and she stepped on many rock and pieces of wood. Soon she had a cut on her foot and it was starting to hurt.
Finally, after about and hour of walking, Laura could hear the same voices of the children. She spotted a clearing up ahead that was surrounded by just one circle of trees. The trees had strange pictures on them. One had a shamrock on it and another had a heart. The children kidnappers were standing in front of a tree that had a jack-o-lantern on it. Laura quickly hid behind on of the trees and glanced over to the witch, skeleton, and devil. She could faintly hear their conversation.
"Now, are you sure you got the right own?" The witch asked the skeleton sternly. The skeleton jumped into the moving bathtub and quickly opened and closed the sack that contained Alyssa. He jumped back out and nodded eagerly to his cohort.
"Yep, it's the one with the brown hair alright." He answered proudly, as if being right for once had made his year. The devil shook his head and marched towards the picture on the tree and grabbed what looked like, from Laura's point of view, a golden doorknob.
"We don't have time for this; we need to get the girl to Oogie Boogie before he gets impatient." The boy said with the attitude of someone who thinks they know everything. "You know how he gets when Mr. Boogie becomes impatient." All three kids shuttered at this comment and nodded at each other in agreement. The witch girl walked up to the arrogant devil and shoved him away from the door and grabbed the doorknob herself.
"Well then, move it!" She ordered the two boys who quickly obeyed her command and jumped into the bath tub. The bathtub approached the tree and waited for the witch to turn the doorknob. The girl turned the knob and opened the jack-o-lantern picture, which turned out to be a door. She jumped into the tub just as it, the children, and the sack that held Alyssa were sucked into the tree. The picture door closed and Laura was once again alone. Laura stepped away from her hiding place and walked into the circle of trees and looked around her. What had just happened was just as confusing to her as the incident in her room. She stepped towards the pumpkin tree and made a move to touch the golden knob, when finally, her logical thinking stopped her. Laura moved away from the tree and laughed at herself. She placed a hand on her forehead and laughed some more.
"What am I doing?" She asked herself in humor, "I am in the woods, chasing three costumed children, riding in a bathtub." This statement made Laura laugh even harder than before. "Look at me, I'm covered in dirt and I don't even know if what I'm chasing is even real." Then another voice spoke up in her thoughts.
"You know that its real, you saw it with your own eyes." The voice reasoned, "Those kids kidnapped Alyssa and you need to help her." Laura considered what the voice was saying and she found that its words were true. Though she still forced herself to believe it was just some crazy, realistic dream.
"Fine, I'll go along with this dream thing." Laura said as she approached the pumpkin tree and grabbed the door knob. "But when this is over, I am seriously getting a therapist to help me with my dream state." She turned the knob and opened the pumpkin door and looked inside the dark emptiness that was inside the tree. Laura looked down and saw nothing but a dark, endless tunnel. Just as she was about to close the door, a wisp of air came from the darkness and sucked her into the tree. Laura let out a yell as she was pulled down into the depths of the darkness, not knowing where it would take her. The jack-o-lantern door closed and the night was quiet once again.
Wat do ya'll think? Laura is finally going to make it to Halloween town but what will she find there? Who will she meet? Also, what is Alyssa thinking while all of this is going on? Find out next time in chapter 4. Until next time: Peace to the Middle East, Bathe the Whales, and Pay the hobos.