The place was decked out with obviously the best money could buy and I couldn t help but feel my eyes light up at the sight of all the amazing Halloween decorations, I looked around for my friends, scanning the crowd.
I barley managed to see them all clumped together on the other side of thee room. They all looked confused. Every single person here was either popular, on the sports teams, or a cheerleader, ect. ect... I still had no idea why I was even invited...
I pushed the mask up on my face and straightened up into a decent posture, crossing the floor to my friends, who looked at me in surprise.
I narrowed my eyes and glanced at them before letting my eyes wander the room, is this Arthur guy even gonna show himself...? I asked.
Jerry frowned slightly, he hasn t made an appearance yet but I m sure he will...
Maddox and Dallas squealed, a high-fived each other.
We can t wait to meet him~! Dallas boasted, this is like, the coolest party ever.
I sighed slightly, feeling my posture slouch, I really didn t like these things, and I knew nobody here besides my friends... how had I even let myself get talked into going to this thing again?
I still think this is a bad idea, guys- i started and was interrupted by Dallas squealing loudly and pointing towards where a spot light was pointed at the second floor balcony. There appeared to be no-one there. I narrowed my eyes and turned towards it ...
Ladies and Gentlemen~! a thick British accent rung around the room I am Arthur Kirkland, the cupcake king! or, your host for this evening!
The guests quickly echoed the voice with clapping. it seemed that everyone but me was enthusiastic about this...
Suddenly there was a drumroll from some unknown speaker somewhere, and a large puff of pink and purple smoke appeared on the balcony where the spotlight was pointing.
I narrowed my eyes slightly as the claps got louder, and as the smoke cleared away a boy probably 15-16 years old was standing there, dressed in a pink button down shirt and purple vest, with a bright blue bow-tie on. His hair was an odd, blondish-pink color and his eyes were even crazier! They were like a cotton candy blue with a weird pink hue to them... he must be wearing contacts, I deduced.
I am Arthur Kirkland and I approve Cupcakes~! he yelled, running down the stairs like a four year old.
Something felt... off about his character and it bothered me that I couldn t place it! I furrowed my eyebrows together and watched his movements before Dallas broke my concentration.
HEY! HEY GUESS WHAT? she shrieked, HE S HERE HE S HERE!
I resisted the urge to face-palm.
Arthur stopped at the very end of the stairs and looked around, surveying his guests. He smirked, his eyes stopped directly on me...
I froze and stared back, it was like I couldn t look away! Something wasn't right... I could just feel it... we really needed to get out of here...
Arthur tore his gaze from me and spoke into his microphone I HOPE EVERYONES HAVING A GOOD TIME! he laughed cutely and began walking towards a double door, i hope everyone likes cupcakes! he purred.
Chase stuck out his tongue ... cupcakes..? At a fancy party like this?
Maddox had the same expression on her face though I could see Tyler smiling at the thought of any kind of food considering we hadn t eaten in a while.
Michael nudged Maddox and Chase, be polite!
Dallas squealed and jumped up and jumped, holding Maddox s hand with a vice like grip.
I looked over at them all wearily and gulped, g-guys...! I think we need to leave.
Dallas stopped instantly and turned to face me, why should we leave?
I licked my lips slightly in anticipation, I-i don t feel all that great... can we please just go home?
Dallas frowned, at least let s stay for the cupcakes! Everybody except Maddox and Chase nodded in agreement.
I leaned against the wall, my shoulders completely slumped inwards now, alright... I whispered.
Arthur had opened the double doors to reveal tons a waiters and waitresses coming out with platters with cupcakes on them, I felt my stomach lurch.
Jerry and tyler immediately went to run for the platters but I stuck my arms out, catching Tyler by the back of his shirt collar, causing him to choke and turned on me, Jerry on the other hand, ran for the platters.
Dallas smiled and gripped Maddox s hand tighter, causing her to cry out slightly. lets see if we can go find arthur...~ she whispered dreamily and Maddox immediately blushed, looking down and nodding frantically.
I ignored them as they ran off, my eyes trained on the platters. People where coming from all directions to grab one of the colorful cupcakes, by the time Jerry got back, they where all gone.
That s when the first scream rang out...
My eyes narrowed slightly as Jerry bit into his own cupcake, ignoring the scream, my eyes traveled over to the source of the scream, a girl had fallen to the floor, hacking up blood and convulsing in spasms, she was foaming at the mouth...
I knocked the cupcake out of Jerry s hand frantically, hoping he hadn t eaten enough, people all around us began falling to the floor and doing the same as the girl had, people who hadn t eaten their cupcakes yet, screaming in terror and dropping them, running for the doors...
Yet, there was a semi-large group of boys who hadn t taken cupcakes and were just standing there... watching the scene play out...
I narrowed my eyes and stared at the group of men for a couple seconds, before widening my eyes, ... g-go... I whispered.
Chase widened his eyes and looked at me what?
I spun around and shoved the three remaining boys towards the door, GO!
Michael grabbed onto Tyler and Chase s arms and began dragging them to the door, while I turned around for a second, just long enough to see weapons seemingly appearing out of nowhere into the mens hands. A large bat with nails sticking out of it appeared into the hands of a dark red headed male with a hair curl surprisingly similar to Chase s. Two men that had similar hair curls both got guns, and that s when my eyes locked on Arthur. He was standing behind those three men, holding nothing but what looked like... a cookbook...?
I felt my insides twist up and I went to yell at Maddox and Dallas, but they weren t there... I looked down to see a horrified expression plastered to Jerry s face, his cold lifeless eyes staring up at the ceiling. I almost threw up right then and there.
I gulped and looked around frantically in the mass of people for my little sisters but there was no sign of them anywhere! I began to panic, feeling my heartbeat and breathing quicken.
I finally snapped back to reality as I heard a scream in the direction I shoved the boys in.
Chase ran back over to me and crashed into my side, KRIS! he screamed in terror.
Michael ran back, a little less freaked out, but still panting, Tyler right behind him.
w-what is it..? I looked at their faces, knowing it wasn t anything good.
the doors are locked... Tyler panted.
there s no way out...