Chapter 5: Nightmares
Valerie lay on the couch dizzy from last night. She held an ice pack to her head and her stomach with the other paw. The world was still spinning. She soon fell asleep.
After a few minutes, Ruby searched around in her room for something to do while Valerie rested, since she already drew on her face. She wanted something loud. She got an idea.
She went to her brother's room. It had a giant note saying: Ruby if you dare go in my room, you'll be sorry!
She shrugged and went to look somewhere else. She got another idea! She went into her room and grabbed a long white dress. She snuck down into the kitchen and covered herself in flour! She took the flour sack and started throwing it everywhere! She boiled water and blew the steam towards the living room.
She got ready to spook Valerie! She tapped the snow leopard's head lightly and she looked around. She saw the whole room was foggy and she started to cough.
She saw Ruby who looked like a ghost artic fox. "Valerie," Ruby said spreading out her arms.
Valerie just looked at her flatly. "Really?" she asked.
Valerie got up and went to grab Ruby, but she just felt the cloth. Ruby tried not to laugh. She had held an exact replica of the white dress she had on, infront of her to make it seem as if she was wearing it instead of holding it.
Valerie looked down at her paws. Ruby quickly tossed the same dress behind her and stood infront of Valerie. "Don't do that!" Ruby said.
"I'm sorry," Valerie apologized. "But who are you?"
"I am the ghost that haunts this mansion! Leave here now!" she instructed.
Valerie gave her a look. "No," she stated.
"You better or else I'll burn this mansion to the ground!" she said with an evil laugh.
Valerie shivered slightly. "I'll take my chances," Valerie said walking away towards the door to get the newspaper.
As she walked out of the mansion, the door locked behind her. She turned around immediately. She tried to open the doors, but they wouldn't budge!
Ruby went to the play room and turned on the hologram and the heater that hse had secretly place by the doors and all around the mansion. Valerie took a few steps back and nearly fainted as she saw giant flames form around the mansion.
"No!" she screamed! She went to open the doors, but the doors were hot to the touch! "Ghost!" This was like a nightmare! The mansion was on fire and Ruby was in there with a ghost!
Ruby went around front and said, "You should've listened to me, Valerie."
Valerie paced back and forth, worried out of her mind! She looked through the newpaper and mail. Maybe she could try and fan it out? Then she saw a letter from Zenghui. Zenghui! He'll know what to do! she thought.
She quickly opened the letter and read it to herself, "Dear Valerie, I know my sister is probably alright and driving you crazy. If you're reading this, that means you survived for one night and are still in the house, or Ruby has locked you out and set the mansion on fire."
She paused before continuing on. "How does he know this?" she asked herself. She kept going, "Anyway, if I know my sister, she put tons of heaters in front of the house and made holograms of flames to make it seem like the mansion is on fire. Go around back and go in from there. You friend, Zenghui."
She sighed in relief. She did just that. There were no heaters by the back entrance. She went in and grabbed Ruby by the back of her neck. "How'd you get in?!"
"You're brother helped me," Valerie said as the nightmare-like drama ended for now.
Ruby sighed, but she knew she would trick Valerie one way or another!