Escape the Night: The Dark Dimension
A/N: Hello, world and welcome back to Escape the Night!
Yes, it's time for the next chapter and I will have an important announcement at the end. Onward!
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Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Escape the Night. I just own any and all characters that I just happen create.
CHAPTER THREE: SCARY HIDE-AND-SEEK PART ONE
Alex and Ernie stepped inside the mansion and they began shouting to get the attention of the Devourer. "Hey! Come on! Let's go!"
Hearing them, the Devourer exited the lounge and charged right at them! The two boys then bolted back out the door, and they were surprised when the Devourer skidded to a halt, just short of the doorway.
"Come on!" Ernie shouted.
"We're right here!" Alex shouted.
The Devourer reached for them, but when it touched the doorway, there was a flash of purple light that forced it back, and it roared furiously and with clear disappointment.
"There must be some kind of magical barrier keeping the Devourer inside," Ernie guessed, figuring that's why it hadn't chased them outside earlier. "It can't leave the mansion."
"You guys!" Alex called out to their friends. "He's stuck! He can't come out!"
Ernie sighed. "You know, Alex," he said, realizing something. "We can't stay out here where it's safe without risking the others when they go inside to set up for the séance."
"I know," Alex agreed, hating what they were about to do, but it had to be done.
Exchanging a look, they waited until the Devourer moved away, and then they charged inside, running across the foyer and up the stairs. Moments later, the Devourer gave chase, clearly determine to catch them both. "Come and get us!"
Once they were certain that the Devourer was upstairs and busy with chasing Alex and Ernie around, the others sneaked into the lounge to start getting everything together in order to do the séance.
"Grab candles," said Andrea and they hurried to gather up all of the candles from different parts of the room, including two that were on the bar. They set them on the floor outside the doorway, and they all cringed when they heard the Devourer growled from somewhere above them.
"Get the basin," Tyler hissed and Joey ran to get it while he, Andrea, and Dawn set up the candles like shown on the diagram.
"Ok," Joey said, returning with the basin and set it in what was to be the middle of the triangle that was being made by the candles. "We have to place this in the center."
"Follow the lines on the floor," Andrea advised, gesturing to the lines on the floor. "That'll make it easy."
Dawn nodded and set one of the candles at what was to be the bottom point of the triangle. "Ok, so this is the bottom of the triangle."
Just then, the Devourer suddenly appeared in the doorway, growling, and they screamed. They dropped the remaining candles, and they fled to find hiding places in the room. Joey grabbed Dawn by the arm and they both hid behind a curtain, hoping and praying that the Devourer would either not find them, or just give up and leave.
Unfortunately, the Devourer kept moving into the room, and he was getting closer to where Dawn and Joey were hiding, almost as if he could sense their presence somehow. They were certain that they were going to be found and killed when-
"Hey!"
The Devourer turned and saw Alex and Ernie standing in the doorway, and it was looking as if they were daring it to come after them. The Devourer started toward them, and they slowly started backing away, but there was no fear in their faces.
"Alex, Ernie," Joey whispered as he and Dawn peered around the curtain, watching fearfully as their friends kept backing away, luring the Devourer out of the room.
Suddenly the two boys turned on their heels and ran for the stairs, the Devourer giving chase, and they all disappeared upstairs once again.
Joey, Dawn, Andrea, and Tyler came out of their hiding places, hoping that Alex and Ernie wouldn't get themselves killed by distracting the Devourer, and they went back to work on setting up everything for the séance.
"Ok," Joey said, picking up the diagram. "Ok, we only need six candles." And they had more then six candles.
"We're good," Tyler said, setting aside some of the candles so that six were positioned to form the triangle. "We're good."
Joey nodded and read what they needed to do next. "'Place group of glasses as shown'."
"What glasses?" Dawn wondered.
Andrea spotted some shot glasses on a nearby table and she grabbed them. "Here."
Joey checked the diagram and pointed at the bottom of the triangle. "There needs to be three at the bottom here." And Andrea quickly set up three of the glasses in the proper spot.
A/N: Boy, this isn't going to be easy for them is it? Ok, now for the announcement: I'm trying to finish up writing MLP Season 3 and I'm close, but I've been having issues with having too many fanfic projects on my plate.
So there may be a delay between updates after today, and I just wanted to let all of you know. I will be posting normally on AO3 as I strictly post Escape the Night on that site. Bye for now! R&R everyone!