# CHAPTER 6
Chloe's POV
It's getting cold here above the tree so I wore my jacket. I have a visible bruised line on my arm but it was nothing compare to Beca's bruise on her waist and arms when a woman jumped on her top for her not to move. She was still that she made a right move tho.
It's already night and we decided to go for a walk here at the northern part where we could see a beautiful view of skyline, stars and moon above the tallest tree. We're sitting in one of the branches. I'm in front of her while hugging her. Listening to her heartbeat.
After a while of silence, she put out her phone and put it on a camera mode. I looked at it and I saw her and myself. She clicked the video capture in landscape mode.
"Hey Chloe, how did you decode the hint in your stickers?" Beca asked that made me buried my head on her chest before giggling. "Come on, answer me. This is a mini interview with mini Beca." She chuckled at her own joke. I decided to look at the camera while I wrapped my arms on her waist.
"Well, it's very simple. The first hint was Golden Apple and we can associate that with Aphrodite. Remember the myth about the judgment of Paris? That's my basis. I saw the sticker above the tree."
"Oh. You climbed a tree huh? I like that. You really have a strength and intellect. I didn't know you're into Greek Myths."
"I love Greek Myths when I was a child though." I smug that made her giggle.
"Okay Beale so what's the next one?"
"Hmm, the next hint I've got is a mathematical formula. Which was very easy to me coz that's my favorite subject. I can still remember it. It goes like a² - b² - (a+b)×2 a is an even number, b is an odd number while (a+b)×2 is an even number, where the sum of (a+b) is the same number it was when "a" has a longer tail and b is rotated 180° clockwise. Base on the given clue, the a written in italicized letter and extend, its tail looks like a number 9. Same with letter b, if rotated, it looks like 9. At first I thought I would use the Pythagorean theorem but I didn't. I divided 9 into 2 because there's 2, 9 from rotated a and b. That's the numbers in which one is even and the other is odd. 9 divided by 2 is equals to 4.5 which also a sum of 9, obviously. So, I come up with 4 and 5. If we square 4, we will get 16. And 5² is 25. (a+b)×2 is (4+5)×2 and we will get 18. So the numbers will be 16-25-18. If we substitute it with the alphabet, 16 is P." I said that made Beca count using her hand.
"Now I got it. 16 is P, then 25 is Y and 18 is R, so you've got the word PYR, which is the Greek word for fire. And since Hephaestus, a god of fire belongs to 12 Olympians, you think you've got the right deduction." She exclaimed in front of the camera. I just nodded in enthusiasm.
"Exactly! So I went to the place where there's always a fire so I went to the compost pit. They always burn the garbages there and since it was surrounded by metal, I figured out that I got it right since Hephaestus is the god of fire and metalworkings." I said that made Beca nodded while smiling at me.
"And what's the next hint you've got my smart lady?"
"The next hint was no challenge at all, just a picture of light bulb and a tooth."
"It's Athena then. The goddess of wisdom, craft, and war." She proudly said.
"Yeah, and I found the sticker on one of the Quarter's tent named Athena where there was a medics. Athena is also a goddess of medicine."
"And the other?"
I smiled widely. "Another piece of cake! It was a date. March 19-April 21."
"Then it's Ares. That's the first zodiac right? Aries which pronounced the same as Ares, the god of war. Wait, since the zodiac Aries is symbolized by the ram, don't tell me the next hinted place was a pasture of goats?"
I grinned while exclaiming.. "Bingo!" She just made a face. "The next hint was just a letter C and there you saw me." She formed a grin.
"Actually.. I'm the one who put the stickers in the water.." She giggled that made me pulled away from her.
"What?"
"It's not my plan at all. I just find it cool if I saw you swim there. I forgot the color of your sticker so to be fair I threw all the cards there and wait for you to come up."
I narrowed my eyes. "Silly."
"So let's go back to the topic. If the hint is C, then it must be Poseidon coz 'C' sounds 'sea' that referred to Poseidon god of the sea and other waters, earthquakes and of horses. Right?"
"You got it right." I said and lazily place myself on her chest again.
"So, the next one?"
"It's a picture rebus. 3 pictures, the first one was a painting and a sculpture, the second one was a basketball team and last one was a messy room." I retorted that made her frowned.
"I don't get it. Enlighten me please."
"That's simple. The first picture is Art since painting and sculptures are known artworks. The second is team and the last one is mess. If we combine those three words, we'll have Art, Team and Mess."
Beca formed an 'o'. "It's Artemis then, the Greek goddess of moon."
"Yes, and the picture hint, the second picture was encircled so I guess it was the hint to the next place so I went to the basketball ring and the sticker was up in a tree again."
"Don't tell me you climbed a tree again?" She skeptically asked. "Coz I'm gonna think about your ancestors being an ape too."
I laughed at her lame joke. "Sorry but yeah. Actually my dad was a red monkey." I proudly said that made the both of us giggled. "I got the sticker with another picture in it on the side. It was a ring around a circle and it must be Zeus. Every time I saw a circle with a ring around it, I'll remember the planet Saturn, the hint you said was a circle before a ringed circle so the planet before Saturn is Jupiter, which is also the name of the Roman counterpart of Zeus. God of the sky, lightning and thunder." I explained.
"But where did you found the sticker?"
"I don't have to find it. The Ashley have it. Remember what she said?" She shrugged her shoulder and I rolled my eyes. "She said it's a cycle. The end would be the same place." I said while looking at the camera. I can still remember her exact words.
"As expected from my awesome girl." Beca said and stopped the video and put her phone inside her jacket. She made me look up on her and slowly leaned on me while looking at my lips to kiss me. It was a loving kiss. She's not moving as she pulled away. "God. I'm dying to kiss you again, awesome girl." She husked as she moved on my neck. She trailed warm kisses onmy neck up to my jaw. "I'm not going tired of kissing you like this." She whispered as she kissed my jaw.
"Me too.." I respond while feeling her kisses on me. I bit my lips at the building sensation on me. I thought she's going to take off my jacket but she just hugged me.
"I love you."
"I love you too."
"We need to go down now.."
"It's too early."
"Yeah Chlo. It's like 10 pm now."
"Really?"
"Yes. Past 10."
"Another 30 minutes."
"Fine."
Few minutes ago. A question dropped on my mind.
"Who's your room mate?" I thought she's already sleeping when she took few seconds before answering me.
"Jean."
"Oh."
"Don't worry okay?"
"Yeah. I trust you though."
Third Person's POV
After 30 minutes of staying on each others arms they decided to go down. Chloe was the first one who went down and walked away. Beca said that she need time interval of going down so the redhead walked on the dark forest alone.
Then someone called her from a far.
"Chloe! Join us here!" Stacie yelled at her. She's with Emily, Fat Amy, Matthew, Jean and Cynthia Rose. She doesn't want to be rude so she walked towards them. "I thought you were with Beca.." she giggled.
She sat beside her. There's so many tents all over the oval field that looks like they are already sleeping. There's also bon fires and torch everywhere to add some light to everyone.
"I'm not." Chloe simply replied. The sitting arrangement was in a circular form like this:
Chloe - Flo - Stacie - Jean - Matthew - Emily - Cynthia Rose
"What are we doing here?" Chloe asked innocently as she embrace the warmth feeling on the small bon fire that maybe they did.
"There's no heater inside my cabin." Stacie answered. "I also can't sleep because I have a weird room mate so I decided to walk outside then I saw this girl." Pointing on Jean. "Rambling around so I walked with her."
"I'm looking for Beca actually." Jean smirked at the redhead. "I can't find her so we went here then I saw Matthew with these ladies with him making fire with a piece of wood. I decided to help them."
"We can't sleep because it's cold so we made a fire." Matthew explained. Then Chloe looked at Flo.
"Same with them. I can't sleep because it's cold so I walked around."
They're in the mountain so expect that it's really cold there.
"Did you see Beca?" Jean asked Flo.
"Well, I could say yes. I think it's Beca and.. Jessica." Flo said while looking at the blonde and brunette who was walking together. "Beca! Jessica! Come here!" She shouted that their attention. They looked at them before walking towards us.
Jessica really intended to find Beca because she knew she's around with Chloe so she find her so when she saw Chloe walking on the dark forest alone, she waited for Beca to come out. Knowing Jean's company was around she decided to really wait for Beca's appearance. When she found Beca jumped off the tree, she walked towards her and tell her everything that they need to walk in a different direction.
But they couldn't avoid Flo's voice when they are called so they agreed to join them. Not knowing Chloe was there too. So when they reach them they saw Chloe looked away that made Beca uncomfortable.
"I've been looking for you Beca." Jean blurted that made me Beca want to punch herself. "Where have you been?"
"I just walked around." Beca said lazily before sitting down between Emily and Amy. Jessica sat between Matthew and Amy.
Chloe - Flo - Stacie - Jean - Matthew - Jessica - Beca - Emily - Cynthia Rose
"Well, I think it's a good idea if we play Spin the Bottle?" Jean recommended that made Beca groaned. "What?"
"I'm up with that." Stacie said while smiling.
"I'll pass." Matthew was about to stand when Jean stopped her.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"I'm the only man here ans it's very awkward to play with you. I only knew you, Chloe and Jessica here."
"Then welcome to the club Matt." Jean enthusiastically said while pulling Matthew down. Matthew just sighed before conceding.
"Just don't ask weird questions guys."
"Well, we don't need questions. It will just create drama so it's only dare!" Jean exclaimed. "But the consequence of it if you didn't do the dare, you need to take off something from you."
They all groaned.
"What?" Matthew asked skeptically. "I really don't want to play Jean." He frantically said.
"Dude, it's not hard to take off your watch, ring, belt, socks. It'll be fun guys! Don't be so kill joy." Jean said and took something from her back. An empty bottle.
"You'll going to enjoy this Jean." Emily blurted that made Jean winked at her.
"I'll be the first one who will ask." She said and spin the bottle. Chloe nervously sighed when the bottle stopped to Flo.
"Well, Flo. Blow someone's torch." Jean ordered and Flo stood up and began to choose a torch. She chose the torch behind her.
And it's now kinda dark to their spot. Their only source of light was coming from the small bon fire they made. Flo just giggled when she heard Matthew groaned.
They started laughing at each other as they dare crazy things like..
"Wake up Ashley tell her to sleep again."
"Go ran around the Team C's tents while shouting like a Tarzan."
"Go throw a stone over one of tent D's tents."
"Take one of the camouflage men's shoes."
"Wake one of the camouflage men and tell them there's a bomb."
"Wake one of your team mates and tell them a joke."
And some sort of crazy things that they laughed with until all of them has nothing to take off anymore. All women were still in their tops, shirt, bra and shorts while Matthew already took off his shirt leaving his tank top and shorts.
It was Flo's turn so she spun the bottle and it pointed to Beca.
"Beca." Flo said. "Straddle on Jean's lap for 5 minutes." Beca looked at Jean before smirking. Chloe thought she's going to straddle on her when she stood up but she didn't. She has nothing to take off coz she took off already her earings, bracelets, ponytail, jacket even her shoes so she decided take off her shirt. Leaving her white tank top.
Jean bit her lips at Beca's teasing before narrowing her eyes to her. "You're such a tease." Beca just smiled and sat up. She spun the bottle everyone was looking at the bottle while Beca's just looking at Chloe. Few seconds later the bottle stopped to Emily.
"Hi Em." Beca teased and looked at Stacie. "Hi Stace." She giggled. "Hold Stacie's thigh for 10 minutes."
But Emily didn't hesitate and took off her top then threw it to Beca. Her hot body exposed to them which made Matthew looked away. She took the bottle and spun it.
Few seconds later, it stopped to Stacie. Emily just looked away. "I dare you to.. break your phone."
Stacie didn't do it so she took off her shirt that showed her black lace bra and vigorously threw her shirt to Emily that got her attention to look at her. Cynthia Rose, Chloe and Beca just chuckled together.
Finally Stacie took the bottle and spun it. It's so long after it stopped to Matthew. Matthew was shocked.
"Hey Matthew. I dare you to.. kiss me." Stacie seductively said and winked. Matthew just shook his head and took off his short, leaving his boxers. Stacie frowned but smiled by the way. "I'll make sure you will take off all of your clothes."
He shrugged as she took the bottle and spun it. It pointed to Chloe.
"I'm so lucky. Well, Chloe I know you still- you know." He laughed awkwardly. "Kiss your ex's neck 10 times."
"Seriously dude? You're into this?" Jean scoffed. Matthew glared at her.
"We're having a dirty bit dare now guys. Watch out." Flo blurted.
"You started it." Jean hissed.
"She won't do that though- oh." They both look at Chloe who walked towards Beca. Beca became startle. She widen her eyes as Chloe sat in front of her.
"Wait. Seriously?!" Beca asked skeptically. Chloe knew she's just acting and at the same time securing their acts.
"I don't have choices. I can't take off my bra." Chloe said and crawled towards her. Beca can't help but to swallowed hard as she stared at Chloe. "Now tilt your head fucker." Chloe husked.
"Whoa Chloe's going wild guys." Stacie blurted.
"Hurry up." Chloe said and was about to hold Beca when Matthew spoke.
"No touching ladies." Matthew said without looking at them. She knew Chloe so warning her was in time. Jean just hissed in disgust.
"Then move now Beca. I know you still love me and.. crave for me." Chloe seductively said as she crawled closer to Beca. Beca stretched out her legs a little when Chloe reached on between her and place the redhead's both hands on her side for some support. While Beca's hands on her back for some support too. Their chest brushing as Chloe started to kiss and suck her neck. Her warm breath trailed on Beca's spine. The brunette can't help but to close her eyes in pleasure.
Suddenly Jean stood up and pulled Chloe away from Beca.
"It's too much Beale." Jean infuriated. Chloe just smiled at her and went back to her seat. Leaving Beca looking at her.
Beca muttered 'shit'.
"My turn people." Chloe enthusiastically said and spun the bottle. It pointed to Jean. "Well, you pulled me so find a frog and put it on someone's tent."
But she didn't do instead she slowly took off her shirt while staring at Beca. Showing them her grey lace bra. Chloe noticed it. The tension between the three of them makes everyone wants to back off.
Jean spun the bottle and it stopped to Jessica. "Pick that frog and throw it Chloe." Jessica shook her head and took of her bra..
But she's still wearing her shirt so.
"What the.." Flo blurted as she covered her eyes.
"What? It's cold. I can't take off my shirt!" Jessica retorted and spun the bottle.
"You're such an idiot. Your 'nickels' are now awkwardly- damn. Can you atleast cover it?" Flo infuriated as she looked at Jessica who looked at her own shirt. Trying her best to not say the word nipple. The blondie grinned at them and covered her chest with her arms.
The bottle stopped at Chloe again. She looked at her before forming a smile.
"I dare you to hold Matthew's thigh the entire game."
"What?!" The both of them exclaimed in chorus.
"I can do it but.. entire game?" Chloe asked skeptically.
"You can remove it when you're gonna do a dare though." Jessica said that made Chloe sighed. She has no other choice but to remove her belt. She grinned. Matthew and Beca discreetly sighed in relief.
Chloe took the bottle and spun it and it turns to Stacie. "I don't want you to get naked so.." She looked at Emily before smirking.
Silence overtook them as Chloe thinks of what would be her next dare to Stacie that will surely make the taller brunette would like.
Then suddenly they heard a trudging noise coming to them so they immediately wore their shirts and jacket in one swift of motion.
They were still wearing their shoes as 5 old men came. They are professors who's intended to roam the field to find if the students there are already sleeping.
"What are you doing this late?" A man approached to them. "You must be sleeping by this time."
"We're sorry Sir. We just play something to ease our boredom while we're not yet sleepy but if you can excuse us we're now going to our cabin." Stacie said in her most politely way as she stood up and shove the dirt on her shorts. Everyone stood up after they wore their laces and shoes.
"Cabin?"
"Yes Sir. We just went down here to join our friends from playing."
"Alright then. Go to your rooms now."
"Thank you Sir." They all said and they walked pass by the professors then proceed to their cabins.
The next morning..
"I think we found the place." Beca mumbled as she stopped from walking. She's with Stacie, Jessica and Emily. Emily was just playing on her phone.
They snuck out of the campsite past 5 in the morning. There's still no sun yet but when they came in front of the house there's already a sun rise. They were so bored to the point that Beca couldn't sleep well so she decided to call Stacie, and same with Stacie she can't sleep well too. They were walking discreetly in the field when they saw Jessica burning a marshmallow with Emily. So they asked them if they were up into some adventure and they agreed. Jessica knew it but Emily doesn't have any idea about it.
Beca was pointing over a small creepy house with black curtains base on their vision outside the glass window.
Stacie felt a cold wind down her spine.
Emily finally took a glance at the house and it made her want to back out. "Do we really need to enter that house? You know, we can just wait for the Dracula to come out?" She said trying not be sound terrified. Stacie mock her with a chuckle. She just glared at her.
"I know your afraid of ghost-
"What? I'm not!"
To be honest, a psycho like Emily is still afraid of ghost. She thinks that even she shoot the ghost with a rifle it will not die because of an obvious reason.
But seeing a Dracula without any weapon is not far from seeing a ghost.
"Of course. The last time I went here which was last year, I heard everything about the living Dracula here and this made my interest." Beca said. She was not interested before but since she came along with Ashley in the abandoned building in Barden, she became fan of horror mysteries. She knew ghost are not real, well they are real but seeing them in your naked eye will be impossible. You can feel them but not really seeing them. And this Dracula thing made her interest if there was really a living Dracula or vampire in real life. "You know what I found? He's not going outside every sun shine. His arms are shaggy. No one saw his entire face but they are sure about his two sharp teeth. He's also killing wild animals here in the forest. I think Dracula feed on them."
Emily put her phone on the back pocket of her shorts. "And what? We'll gonna eaten by him?! No way!" She protested.
"Nonsense." Beca mumbled. "Let's get inside before the campers notice our inexistence."
Despite of Emily's refusal they still pulled her inside. The door wasn't lock and when Beca opened it they saw a black curtain again. Actually the room was really dark even there's already a sun light outside because of the closed windows and huge black curtains that kept in the windows.
It's so dark inside that made Jessica opened her phone and on her flashlight. The rest followed her.
"You know we could be sued for trespassing." Emily whispered and smirked. "Unlucky for the adults.." Yeah. Emily was just 17 and the rest of them 21 and Stacie was 20. The age where they can go to prison any time.
"That if we'll get caught." Beca smirked. "Look at this."
They went to see what she was talking about and it was a stake.
"I know we're not yet eating breakfast but this is gross Beca." Stacie said while looking at the stake that was in the plate. Beca gave her a look.
"That is not what I mean." Beca retorted and took a handkerchief inside her jacket. Using it she picked a stake and showed it to them.
Blood.
There were traces of blood on the stake.
Then suddenly they heard a creepy voice on their back.
"Who are you?"
The voice was loud and scary that it roared all throughout the room. Out of their reflexes, they turned around and unconsciously aimed the flashlight to him.
He was really a hairy man and like what Beca told them a while ago, he has a sharp teeth! He was wearing a black cloak over his body and he was shock of what they did.
The next thing they know is that he jumped us and landed right to Emily!
"AAAAAHHH!- FUCK! HELP! WHAT THE HELL!"
The for of them panicked that cause of them to let their phone fell from their hands. Jessica tried to grab the man who was attacking Emily who was lying on the floor. Stacie kept on screaming worriedly while Beca's finding a weapon to cause the man unconscious but it's hard for them to see because they don't have any sourse for light.
"Stacie, fuck! My ears! Don't scream!" Beca shouted on her that made her stopped.
"Guys! The windows!" Jessica screamed at them that made Beca ran towards the windows. Stacie also did the same and we pulled the heavy curtains then after opening the window, the curtain fell on the floor and the sun light come inside and the next thing that happened was so surprising!
Dracula was shouting like he was badly hurt and fell on the floor. His skin was burning as it was exposed to the sunlight! His skin began to swell and darkened as it was exposed.
"I don't know how this happen but I guess we really fucking had Dracula!" Emily said while panting hard.