Chapter 2
We woke up late that day which our grandparents found odd. Though they never made an effort to question us about it. We just had a normal... Well a as close to normal as we could get it lunch. The afternoon sun was as warm as ever. We stayed inside that day to which our grandparents found even more suspicious. Although, Again they made no move to question. It was obvious that they knew something was up. However why hadn't they asked yet? We headed upstairs like usual that night. I sat down on my bed after making sure that the blinds were closed.
"Why do you think they haven't said anything yet?" I asked without looking at him.
"I don't know. Scared maybe. Afraid that we actually found it. Afraid to ask because it might confirm their assumption." Cliff muttered, his voice void of any emotion. "We're a couple of idiots, aren't we?"
I chuckled dryly. "Yeah. We are. We ignored all of the warnings thinking that we could do something others had failed to do."
Cliff sighed. "We just have to last the summer. Then we can get home and… be safe…"
"...Yeah."
There was another moment of silence.
"I'm going to go and talk to Mr. O'lair tomorrow." Cliff decided.
"I'm coming too." I replied and he just nodded before turning in.
I killed the light on my side and did the same.
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I stirred and lifted my head from the pillow. I scanned the room, confused as to why I woke in the first place. Cliff was asleep and from what I could see it was still dark. I slipped out of bed at the sound of voices downstairs. I slowly crept to the door and place my ear on the door. Yep. Someone was definitely talking. I thought for a moment. Gran? Gramps? I blinked sleepily as I tried to make out the words. With a few seconds of no luck and my being confused and impatient I slowly opened the door as if the creature from the videotape would be standing there. Maybe it would be. How would I know?
I looked up and down the hallway and after I was sure no one was there or rather nothing was there I exited out into the hallway and moved toward the stairs. I stopped when the floor creaked. The voices stopped for a second.
"... Do you think…?" Grandfather whispered sounding kind of worried.
"... Lets go check."
Sh_t. I moved a lot quicker at the sounds of steps on the stairs. I gave the door a quiet shove and slipped into bed. About ten seconds later there was some whispering on the other side of the door. The door slowly creaked open. I could see it in the reflection of the old TV. I closed my eyes at the sight of their faces coming into view. I listened closely. They entered the room. I felt eyes on me. Then heard what sounded like a sigh of relief. Now I was certain. They definitely knew something. They exited and I waited. Silence.
It was silent and that bothered me. I had really wanted to listen in on a conversation. I turned over and opened my eyes to look at Cliff and continue with my debating on waking him. A gasp caught in my throat.
The creature from the woods stood in our doorway. It just stood there. Its head tilted slightly to the side like it was thinking something over. Even though it had no visible eyes I could tell it was looking at me and that in itself was scary enough. The seconds ticked by seemed so much longer.
"Wh- what…" I started though I couldn't continue.
What did it want? That was what I wanted to know, but… I was afraid. What would I do if it spoke? What would I do if my speaking to it set it off. I tensed as it seemed to draw forward. I closed my eyes and when nothing happened I opened my eyes again to see that it had vanished. I- I looked at it. I saw it clearly. Clear as day. Mr O'lair had warned us against that and I saw it! Now what? What did it mean? I stayed where I was the rest of the night. Just watching the doorway.
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Or at least that's how I felt. Cliff looked at me for a second then back to the road. I continued to stare out the window. Not saying anything about the weird looks. Just watching the forest go by. Tree by tree. Treetreetreetree tree tree tree. Tree. Tree.. Tree… Tree. Tree. The car stopped at the stop sign. Cliff looked at me again.
"... You've been quiet." He commented, leaning back in his seat as he continued to stare at me.
"... Yeah?"
He made no move to continue driving.
"Want to tell me what's up?"
I took a moment. I looked at him. "I heard Gran and Gramps talking last night…" I started as I looked back out the window. "So I tried eavesdropping. The floor creaked… They came upstairs though so I had to give up on that… Before they came upstairs Gramps said 'Do you think?' and then Gran suggested that they check it out. They came in our room and they acted relieved to see us there…" I sighed as I realized I was avoiding the problem.
"Hm… So what's your point."
"... Well… I think…" No liar. You know. He can handle it. You're both in this together. He deserves to know.
'Yeah?"
"It's watching us." I finally spat out. "Very closely."
"What?"
I looked back to him. "It stood in the hall and watched us."
"Yeah I saw…" He said though I was sure he knew what I meant. Just didn't want to admit it.
"Last night. It stood in the doorway for I don't know how long."
"You saw it in the TVs reflection?" He asked sounding uneasy.
I shook my head.
His gaze darkened like it always did when something was serious. "What do you mean?"
"I saw it, Cliff. I'm scared." I whispered.
Cliff looked ahead and chewed on his lip. I looked back out the window. I stared at the trees blankly like I had been. I froze.
"Cliff. Cliff drive." I told him quickly.
"Wha-" He started to look, but I prevented that by pushing his face forward and he got what I meant.
He drove. Fast. It was already going to take my life, but it would not take my brothers. Not if I could help it.
I was listening to 'The Music of The Night' right when Slendy showed up in the story. 'The verse Let your mind start a journey to a strange new world Leave all thoughts of the life you knew before' and stuff. The after it was all Mulan! I'll make a man out of you! So of course I was all darkness. Leaving. WRITE! Yeah I know, but I wasn't sure if anyone liked this story...