Chapter 7: Nightscare
Later that night, almost everyone in the camp was asleep. Tommy was heading back to his, Chuckie, Phil, and Dil's cabin, when he spotted his younger brother over by the re-kindled campfire, talking with Peter and Danny. He decided to see what they were up to and walked over to them.
"Hey, guys." Tommy greeted.
Peter, Dil, and Danny looked up at him.
"Hey, Tommy. What are you doing up?" Peter asked.
"I was just heading back to my cabin. What about you guys?" Tommy asked.
"We're just talking about the camp, and what we think of it." Danny replied.
Tommy nodded and turned to Dil.
"Chance busted you for bailing on rehearsal. He's going to make you scrape gum off the theater seats." Tommy said.
Dil shrugged.
"He calls that a punishment? Camp will be so sweet." Dil said. He then said "Anyway, you guys have to start warning people. There's something really weird about this camp, and it's not just the freezer-like cabin, or Bigfoot, or the Lock Ness Monster. My gut tells me that that crazy old lady is right. Camp Everwood is haunted!".
"I'm not so sure about that. There haven't been any instances in which my Ghost Sense has went off. The only thing that is probably actually scary about this place, is that tomorrow night, some of us will be performing the worst musical ever written in front of a live audience." Danny said.
Dil smirked.
"It pains me. So young, so cynical." Dil said softly. He then got up and said "Well, I'm going to head in for the night. Goodnight.".
"Goodnight." Peter, Tommy, and Danny said in unison.
Dil left the group. Once he was gone, the group continued sitting at the fireplace. However, ten minutes after Dil left, there was the sound of a horse neighing in the distance. Tommy looked up in surprise.
"What was that? Did you guys hear that?" Tommy asked.
Danny nodded.
"Yeah, I sure did. There aren't any horses around here, right?" Danny asked.
Peter shook his head.
"Not that I've heard, no." Peter replied.
He scowled and drew Erebus.
"Something doesn't feel right. I'm going out to investigate." Peter said.
Danny shook his head and went ghost.
"Not alone, you won't. I'm coming with you." Danny said.
Tommy nodded and took out a flashlight that he had with him.
"I'll come too. More pairs of eyes can help notice things better." Tommy said.
Peter nodded, and the three set off. Danny formed an ecto-ball and held it up, so they could see where they were going. After walking a bit, they stopped by the entrance to the woods.
"Hello?" Tommy called out.
Suddenly, the three heard the sound of galloping, and Peter and Danny got into fighting stances. A horse carrying a wagon suddenly appeared from the forest and ran towards them before stopping just in front of them. Tommy gasped in shock, while Peter and Danny just flinched. Danny had the ecto-ball dissipate before looking back up at the horse and wagon in confusion.
"A horse carrying a wagon?" Danny asked in disbelief.
Peter's eyes narrowed.
"This doesn't seem right. Come on, let's check the wagon." Peter replied.
He, Tommy, and Danny climbed onto the wagon and peered inside. But instead of someone being in there, the wagon was empty.
"It's empty?" Tommy asked.
Suddenly, the horse reared up, let out a neigh, and turned around. Danny quickly turned himself, Peter, and Tommy intangible, and he flew them out the side of the wagon and landed on the ground. The three then watched as the horse and wagon disappeared into the night.