After their long fall into a leafy maple tree, Zack and Maya were walking to the center of the park, still recovering.
"Zacky are you sure you're okay?" Maya asked Zack who was emptying out the acorns that had fallen into his shoes. She was brushing off leaves that had been caught to her sweatshirt.
"I've been better.." Zack started, " Oh look a ferris wheel!" He beamed as they both ran over to it. It was rusty with scrapes of white paint across it. It didn't have any buckets on it so it clearly wasn't in operation. It looked extremely eerie in the moonlight.
"It looks sort of spooky. Hey what's that box over there?" She wondered turning to a cardboard box that seemed to just appear next to the gate by the operation box.
"I don't know …" Zack answered as he read the black, sharpie print on the box. "Lakeside ferris wheel, 1922." Zack read. " That's 16 years after the park opened!" All of a sudden an old projector in a nearby tree turned on by itself and played a silent film of the ferris wheel in motion across the sidewalk. Zack and Maya immeadately backed away to watch the film. It was in antique color do it was obviously pretty old. Watching, Zack and Maya saw a glimpse of a figure in a pointy black hood hiding in the crowd.
"Wow, it must have been Halloween when they filmed this …" Zack said. Maya ,shaking, grabbed his hand.
"Uh Zack …" she whispered in fear. "I don't think so …"
Zack slowly lifted up his head to see the black cape with the pointed hood face to face with them. He couldn't see a face and blood was dripping from his sleeves. It took Zack a minute to realize the cape was floating and it wasn't connected to a body. Zack and Maya screamed really loud and sprinted away as fast as they could, the figure following after them.
Meanwhile on the Northeastern side of the park, by the lake, Cody and Bailey were looking for the others. When Bailey fell, though she landed in six pounds of marshmallows covering the ground, she had hurt her ankle pretty bad, so Cody helped her by putting his arm around her waist while she put her arm around his shoulder. Cody thought with all the bad things happening that he should try and make things right with her, so if something really bad happened, they would still have eachother.
"Cody … I need a break …" she panted as Cody helped her to a nearby bench. "I honestly don't know how much farther I could go, I'm starting to get really scared. We need to get out of here!"
"I know, we're all scared, but we will be okay. I promise." Cody answered in a sympathetic voice, calming her by grabbing her hand.
"Look Bailey, there's been something I've been trying to tell you …" Cody admitted
"What is it?" Bailey asked with curiousity and eagerness lingering in her voice.
"Its …" Cody was trying to figure out how to put it. "Its this …" he sighed leaning in to kiss her. They both leaned in, but before they could get any further two shrill screams interrupted them.
"Its Zack and Maya!" Bailey recognized. "I can't run and I don't want to be by myself, so what do we do?" Bailey wondered. Cody looke around and found her answer.
"Look! There a speed boat ride over there!" he pointed out. "We can ride around the lake and maybe we'll see them."
"Oh Cody, you're brilliant!" Bailey complimented hugging him she suddenly pulled back and they tried the best they could to get over to the speed boats.
All this time, Woody, London, and Addison were still stuck in the Crystal Palace. They couldn't see anything, because the lights went out. .
"When is the electricity gonna be back on, I can't see how beautiful I look!" London complained.
"I don't know, there are mirrors all around and if we try and get out, we'll bump into something." Addison answered.
"What about food?" Woody asked. "We'll die if we can't have food."
"Don't you always have marshmallows or whatever in your purse." London told him.
"Satchel …" He replied irritated. "And I don't know, they must have fallen out along the way."
"Its not like they're going to save someones life or anything, they are unhealthy." Addison exclaimed.
"Unhealthy? This is from the girl who combines pixie stix and Captain crunch together in a sandwhich!" London replied.
"Woody do you have anything in your satchel that would be useful?" Addison asked.
"All I have is my camera, a bunch of wrappers, and … Cody dental floss." Woody replied.
"Why do you have that?" Addison wondered.
"So I can take pictures, I think that's obvious …" he said.
"No the dental floss."
"I don't know, Cody likes me to keep in extra package in case he forgets his."
"We need to get out of here! Help! Help!" London screamed.
"Maybe I can help." A little voice filled with innocence echoed through the hallway of mirrors . Suddenly, a white figure in the silohuette of a little girl appeared. She had silvery, blonde hair, and blue eyes. She was wearing a white lacey dress.
"Who are you?" Woody asked.
"I am Clara Ella Belle, I'm the only spirit here that is good." She replied
"Spirits! As in ghosts!" London nearly shouted.
"Yes, there are many evil spirits here at night. They use the beauty of the park to lure people in. See, the main spirit here is Slasher Black, he wants to kill people at night so they turn into ghosts and they can help them rule the world …" Clara explained. "I had enough faith to not turn evil …"
"How do we get out!" London asked.
"Follow me …" Clara suddenly faded away and shimmering, glowing footsteps appeared in front of them. Addison, London, and Woody followed the footsteps out and shouted cries of joy when they got out. Addison even kissed Woody on the cheek. London leaned over to hugged Clara but forgot her arms went right through her.
"Now if you guys ever need me just shout my name, Clara Belle." She told them.
"Haha Clara Belle, like the Disney cow," Woody pointed out.
"Huh?"
"She's from the 1900's Woody." Addison said. "Mickey Mouse wasn't even introduced until 1928 …"
"Well she should haunt Disney World instead then …"
Well everyone was talking London went over to the water fountain for a drink of water. She screamed as dark, red liquidv came squirting out instead. "Ew! Is this what poor people water looks like?"
Addison gasped. "That's blood London!"
"Oh its blood, I thought it was kool-aid …" Woody confessed.
"Its Slasher Black! He's antagonizing you!" Clara said.
"What does 'antagonizing' mean?" London asked dumbfounded.
"Seriously … I'm six and I know more than you!" Clara looked at all three of them. "So remember if you call my name I will come and help you …"
"Clara …" Woody began.
"Yes?"
"When did you die?"
"1912, April 15th to be exact …"
"Hey! That when the Titanic sank …" London said.
"How did you know that London?" Addison asked.
"Raymond Tipton, first class passenger …" London said walking away.
"Well we better go thank you so much," Woody said as they all starting walking to find Zack and Maya. Wondering what might happen next.
Okay so Zack and Maya are looking for Cody and Bailey, Cody and Bailey are looking Woody, Addison, and London, and Woody, Addison, and London are looking for Zack and Maya. Keeping up with me? Whichever story you want me to work on the most is the next one I'll update, but I have to hear from you guys!
