Last Time: Her thoughts were interrupted by a loud scream, which came from below. She opened her eyes, and looked over the hand rail.
People were running everywhere, screaming and shouting. It was a complete mess. Chaotic. Then, out of the corner of her eye, she spotted a bright light. She followed it with her eyes, and saw that one of the carnival buildings was engulfed in flames. It was the house of horror.
"Oh my God…" She whispered, watching in amazement as the orange flames roared, and swallowed up the building, as though it were toasting a marshmallow. Thick black smoke bellowed up, and melted into the equally dark night sky. Large embers and chunks of ash floated down like fairy dust, and Christy tried to brush them off her skin. She coughed. She was frantic to get out of here.
Just when they slowly reached the top of the Ferris wheel, it jerked to a stop, making Christy and John bump forwards in their seats. They looked down, to find the conductor hastily trying to let people off.
Christy was now extremely worried. Where were the others? Were they ok?
The wheel gave another jolt, to let the next couple off. They were slowly descending downwards. Christy's eyes flicked back to the house of horror; the flames were now spreading downhill, by the trees. It was heading toward the heart of the carnival. There were still hundreds of people, desperately trying to escape the fiery monster.
After a couple of minutes, Christy and John finally got off. The heat was so intense, and the smoke so thick, that they found it hard to breathe.
"Head to the exit, quickly!" The park manager told them, trying to calm a bunch of students.
Then, something clicked in Christy's head; Hunter's joint. That would be a sure reason why this fire started.
She looked back up to the hill, and started to walk toward it.
"Christy? Christy!" John shouted, running up to her. He grabbed her arm.
"What do you want!" Christy yelled back, yanking her arm out of his grip.
"You can't go that way, are you crazy or something?"
Christy began to get frustrated with him. After how he acted, how could he even pretend to care about her?
Christy glared at him. She didn't have time to explain, so she turned around and ran away from him.
"Christy!"
Christy immediately merged in with the crowd of people, and escaped John and his irritating behavior.
She almost hated herself for risking her life to do this. She didn't even know what she was doing. It was all her anger, frustration and anxiety bubbling in the pit of her stomach to investigate such a contemptible task.
The thick smoke loomed over the carnival like an oversized duvet. The flames were now catching onto the stalls bordering the park; a flaming wall enclosing the carnival. Carnival music was still echoing throughout the grounds, giving a creepy, unreal aura to everything.
As she began to climb the hill toward the smoking skeleton of the house of horror, she heard voices and laughing. Christy turned to her right, and found Randy, Stacy and Hunter sitting behind one of the stalls. They were still smoking, but out of a glass pipe this time. Empty beer cans were scattered around them. Christy assumed that Maria, Trish and Candice had left out of fear.
Randy and Stacy were all over each other, as Hunter stood up, and began to lurch toward Christy.
"Hey…Christy," he slurred. Christy could smell the intensity of the alcohol and smoke on his breath, and took a step backward. He began to laugh.
"Hey, hey. No need for...that," he said, a sick smile playing around his mouth. He grabbed her arm, and began to lead her toward where they were sitting. Christy tried to rip her arm out of his grip but Hunter, unlike John, was more aggressive. Christy's mind flickered to John for a fleeting second…why did she leave him? Why?
AUTHORS NOTE: there's another chapter up...hope you guys like it :)
xjennyxax
2006-03-31
ch 1, reply
hey please update soon. this story rocks!
Thanks so much. I never get tired of hearing that...lol jks. Thankyou :) Keep reading
jeffhardy4ever2006-03-18
ch 30, reply
good, seemed kind short though i not complaining or anything. john seemed kind of an ass to christy, and something on fire, nananana (kinda sings tyhe last part in head) lol.
well plz update soon! xx :D
Lol yep something is on fire...anyways hope u liked this chapter. :)
Fidelitas2006-03-18
ch 30, reply
good chapter!too bad John happens to act so strangely to Christy...What's wrong with him?
I was seeing them getting closer and now this :(
Oh my the horror house is in flames...i hope everyone will be alright...can't wait for the next chapter...
update soon,please :)
Yeah John is actiang like a typical resilliant guy...must be that time of the month LOL
dulcedivaxo2006-03-13
ch 30, reply
I'd lovee to smack John upside the head right now lmao. Maybe its a guy thing... that they want to act tough and not have a bunch of girls talking about them and their feelings or something, but still... geez. I'm kinda scared about the fire, now that you told us something is going to happen to Joy/Dave.
lol...yeah john was a bit of a loser. Anyway i hope u liked this chapter :)
AngelsAriel2006-03-13
ch 30, reply
Oh my God! Don't tell me anyone of the group is in there! And why in the world is John acting like that? Please update FAST!
Keep up the awesome job!
Ari
P.S. Your welcome, I love reading it!
:D :D I heart you LOL
