Luna Loves U: Hey, I am sorry for the long wait for this chapter. I have been working hard to continue being a college student, after I let my grades slip to much and I am just now in a position to write the next chapter.
Disclaimer: I own nothing, except for Anna.
The children crept into the house and walked to the bottom of the stairs leading to the attic.
"Anna?" Zach calls up the stairs, "Anna!"
The children around him stare, and wonder why they aren't just going up the stairs.
"Zach? Why can't we just go up?" Emma asks, walking behind him and looking up the stairs.
"Anna was always particular about who entered her room, in fact she once pushed our mother down the stairs." Zach explains, remembering the day and how upset his father had been.
The children just looked at him in shock, "She really pushed her down the stairs, just for entering without permission?" Milo asks.
"Yeah, I've never seen my father as angry as that. But Anna just glared at him and laughed at his 'that's your mother' speech. She even threatened to push him down the stairs, if he didn't get out." Zach explains, "She isn't answering, so we can only hope that she is giving us permission to enter."
They walked up the stairs and opened the door, nervously peeking in to the room, hoping not to be greeted with a shove. But all they could see and hear was what looked like a body on the bed and the beeping of a machine.
"Anna? Are you here?" Zach called, making the other kids look at him.
Chuckling sounded through the room, "I'm right here, little one." Anna says from the far corner of the room, that was shrouded by darkness.
Zach whirled towards the direction that Anna's voice came from, "Anna…"
Anna steps out of the shadows and smiles at her brother, "Hey little one, nice to see you."
Zach's eyes widen, as Anna materializes from thin area, "What…How…How are you here?"
"I've been here the entire time. I've was always here, watching, waiting for the perfect time to show myself to you and Dylan." She replies, before her eyes narrow and she hisses out, "But, from what I've seen in the past few days, I don't know if I am happy to finally be able to talk to you or not."
Zach flinches at her visible anger, her face twisting into an unpleasant sneer, "Anna…please don't be mad at me." He says, trembling from the tears that are gathering in his eyes.
Anna's face smooths out and she gains a soft look on her face, "Don't worry little one, I am not so mad at you." Her face then gains a more serious look, "However, I am not happy with how you have been treating Dylan."
Zach's face scrunches up, "Why do you always defend him?! Isn't he the reason you are in that bed?!" He cries, pointing to the now visible body in the bed with a machine hooked to it to keep it alive.
Anna just shook her head, "It wasn't his fault Zach, it was that 'man's' fault. He is the one who always attacked us, all blame lays with him for my coma."
Zach begins to open his mouth, only for Milo to cut him off, "Enough Zach, don't forget why we're here." Zach snaps his mouth closed and nods.
Milo then turns to Anna, "Give us Dylan and we will leave you for last."
Anna, who had watched the interaction between Zach and the oldest boy, looked at Milo and blinked, before throwing her head back and laughing. Milo and the other children looked unnerved at her laughing and turned to look at each other.
Anna's laughter stopped suddenly and she snaps her head back towards them, "I don't think so, but what you can do is summoning the boogieman for me. I want to speak with him."
The children blink at her in shock, before looking at each other and back at her, "Summon the boogieman? Are you serious, girl?" Milo asks, looking at her like she is crazy.
"I am, now bring him here, as I have something to talk to him about." Anna orders.
Milo looks at her for a couple more minutes, before nodding to Catherine, who runs off downstairs, "She will bring him, I hope you understand what you just asked for girl."
Anna just look at him, "I'll be fine, boy."
The room falls into silence, with the only noise being the beeping noise of the machine. After a few minutes however, the sound of heavy footstep can be heard coming up the stairs. The children all look towards that sound, before Milo smirks at Anna, "I hope you are ready for what you asked for."
Anna just glares, before gulping and watching the door, as the footsteps get closer. The footstep come to the top of the step before stopping and the door opens slowly, creaking as it opens. Anna gasps, as she is meet with a man that is tall, with shoulder length black hair and hollowed out features in his face.
Anna stares, before thinking, 'I hope that I know what I asked for too."