Chapter 7: Ghosts in the Dark
After school, Nick, Judy, and all the other students went home. Of course, Judy was both excited and nervous, while Nick was just nervous. Luckily, they just had one last rehearsal until the play. Nick and Judy of course hoped for the best, but they had no idea what mayhem would occur. And it wasn't going to be good.
The day of the play, classes went good. Judy and Nick couldn't wait to get one last practice in before the actual play. Of course, they wanted to do their best, but it turns out, they would get the exact opposite. And nobody would expect it.
Everyone got to the auditorium, and went on stage. Mrs. Herd stood in front of them.
"Alright class. Now everyone get ready. I want everyone to really give it their best in these last few practices before the play, so let's get started!" Mrs. Herd said to her class.
"Yes Mrs. Herd," the class replied. All the students got into their costumes, and started practice. Overall, everything was going good, and with their first run, everything went perfect. Luckily, they had another hour and a half or so to do another practice of the play. That practice went good too.
"Good job everyone. Now, why don't you all get out of your costumes and then once we go over the final parts, you are all free to go," Mrs. Herd told her class. All the students nodded. Everyone then went backstage to get everything put away. This included costumes, props, the beds used for the play, and other items.
"I'm so glad everything went well," Judy said as she got out of her costume. She was happy nothing bad had happened.
"Same here Judy. Hopefully the play will be a hit!" Nick agreed as he too got out of his costume. While everyone put their costumes and the props away however, a badger named Billy was getting the bed used for the play all nice and neat. Suddenly, the lights went out!
"Ahhhhhhhhhh!" everyone screamed, getting frightened from the sudden lack of lights.
"Ahhhhhhhhhh!" Billy screamed along with the other students. As he did though, Billy tripped, and fell onto the bed, with the bed sheet and blanket falling on top of him! Now Billy was stuck under the covers on the bed.
"Ah! Help! Who turned out the lights?!" Billy cried out in a muffled voice. Poor Billy couldn't see anything as he tried to get out.
"Mrs. Herd, what happened?" Nick asked nervously. Everyone else asked their teacher the same thing.
"Don't worry class. The lights have been flickering for a while now. It seems the lights went out and need changing. Here, use these flashlights. I'll go get the janitor to fix the lights! Everyone stay here," Mrs. Herd told the class, handing out several flashlights. She then quietly and quickly ran out of the auditorium door, and went to go get help. The students all turned on their flashlights, and gathered together to make sure they were all safe and sound.
"Phew! At least neither of us got lost," Judy said in relief as she stood by Nick.
"Me too Judy," Nick replied calmly, reassuring her. Suddenly, one of the students noticed someone was missing.
What everyone didn't know, was that Billy was stuck under the bed covers, and was struggling to get out. Unfortunately, since Billy was a badger, as he struggled, he burrowed futher and further under the bed sheet and blanket. The covers got loose as Billy struggled, calling for help.
"Hey, where's Billy?" a tiger said curiously. Everyone gasped. A brown bear named Sam looked around.
"Billy's my partner. I'm going to go find him!" Sam said before taking a flashlight and going to look for his friend.
"Be careful!" another student said before the bear disappeared with the flashlight. Sam carefully and quietly walked, shining his flashlight everywhere to look for his friend.
"Hello? Billy? Billy? Billy, where are you buddy?" Sam called out, trying to find Billy with his flashlight. Billy on the other hand, was still struggling under the bed covers on the bed, trying to get out and couldn't see anything. Poor Billy's attempts to get free were fruitless.
Suddenly, Sam heard a noise and went to investigate. Sam shined the flashlight around as he advanced towards the noise. Suddenly, he saw a ghostly figure on the bed waving it's arms around wildly.
"Ahhhhhhhhhh! A ghost!" Sam exclaimed, shaking in fear. The ghost cried out, but it sounded like mumbling to Sam. This scared Sam even more, but before he was about to run away, he heard a voice come from the ghost.
"Heelp! Help me! I can't see! Someone get me outta here!" The ghost mumbled as it continued to wave it's arms around. Sam stopped, and carefully advanced towards the ghost. The ghost sounded familiar.
"Billy? Is that you?" Sam asked nervously.
"Yes! I tripped, and fell on the bed. The sheet and blanket fell on me and now I'm stuck! Help! Get me outta here!" Billy cried out, still trying to get untangled from the sheet and blanket.
"Don't worry little buddy! It's me, Sam. Hold on, I'll get you out of there!" Sam replied before putting the flashlight down, and rushing to his friend's aid. Unfortunately, since Billy was stuck, he kept waving his arms around, trying to escape. This only made getting the bed sheet and blanket off of Billy more difficult.
"Billy, stop moving. You're only getting more tangled up!" Sam said as he tried to get the covers off, but with little success.
"Ahhhhhhhhhh! Help! Get me out! Oooooooo! I can't see! Help! ... Oh! Ahhhhh! Oh no! Ahhhhhhhh!" Billy cried out before tripping again, causing him and Sam to fall off the bed and onto a mat. The white bed blanket quickly fell off of Billy and onto Sam once they landed onto the mat. Once the two play buddies got up on their paws however, they both realized that they were not only stuck in the dark, but under the covers too. Billy was still stuck under the bed sheet, and Sam was stuck under the blanket.
"Ahhhhhhhhhh! Oh no! Help! Somethings got me! Help! I'm trapped!" Sam cried out as he struggled under the blanket.
"Ahhhhhhhhhh! Help me! I'm stuck under the sheet! Help! Get me outta here!" Billy exclaimed, trying to get untangled again.
"Hey everyone, I hear something..." Judy said as her ears went up. She could hear noises. Like mumbling.
"Come on! I think that's Billy and Sam. Let's go," Judy told the other students as they all followed her. As the group advanced, the noises got louder. Suddenly, Judy noticed Sam's flashlight, and picked it. The group heard the noises again, and shined the flashlights in the direction of the noise. Suddenly, they all saw two big, white, spooky ghosts in front of them, waving their arms like crazy. The students froze, then freaked out.
"GHOSTS! Ahhhhhhhhhh!" everyone screamed before running off. The two ghosts chased them as the group tried to get away. From that point, everyone ran for their lives as the ghosts chased them in the dark. After several minutes of ghosts chasing the class in the dark, the lights came back on. Then, everyone saw the ghosts.
"Ahhhhhhhhhh! Ghosts!" everyone screamed before hugging each other. Mrs. Herd then walked up to the stage, and looked at the ghosts.
"Help! Help us!" the ghosts exclaimed, still waving their arms. Mrs. Herd recognized the voices and took off the bed sheet, and blanket, revealing Billy and Sam. After everyone hugged Billy and Sam, and the two friends explained that the whole ghost situation was an accident, the class was dismissed, and Billy and Sam went to put the covers back on the bed.
"I told you Judy, what could go wrong?" Nick told his partner.
"Hmmmm. What about ghosts in the dark?" Judy replied, jokingly.
"Ha, ha," Nick responded before the two friends head off to their next classes.