Chapter 1
It was a cold, rainy day in Derry and the Denbrough household was quiet as a mouse. Bill and Georgie were making a paper boat strong enough to float in the water and while Bill was indeed sick, it didn't stop him from helping his little brother make one paper boat. As Bill tore paper from his notebook and started to fold the boat, Georgie drew a smiley face on the foggy window in Bill's room. Georgie looked out of the window and saw a opportunity to test out their paper boat, but was worried as he remembered what their parents said about going out in the rain.
"Sure I won't get in trouble, Bill?" Georgie asked.
"Don't be a wu-wu-wuss. I'd come with you if I wasn't...dying" Bill replied.
He coughed as he spoke, but Georgie could tell that they were fake. He got up and gave Bill a annoyed look.
"You're not dying" Georgie said.
"You didn't see the v-v-vomit coming out of my nose this morning?" Bill asked.
"That's disgusting" Georgie said disgusted.
He walked over to Bill's bed and saw the boat was still in progress.
"Ok, go get the wax" Bill said.
Georgie was alarmed. He knew where the wax was, but as much as he wanted the boat to finish, he didn't like going into the cellar.
"In the cellar?" Georgie asked nervously.
"You want it to fl-fl-float don't you?" Bill asked.
"Fine" Georgie said defeated.
He walked over to the table, grabbed the walkie-talkie and left Bill's bedroom. As Bill wrote" S.S Georgie" on the boat, Georgie walked downstairs; towards the living room where their mother was playing a classic tune on the piano. Georgie headed to the kitchen and went towards the old cellar door. Georgie looked up; holding back the fear he had of going into the cellar and slowly opened the door. The room was dark, cold, and empty and looked as if it hadn't been used in years. Georgie slowly walked down the stairs; trying to hold back his fear until the loud screech of the walkie-talkie came on.
"Georgie, hurry up" Bill spoke.
"Okay, i'm brave" Georgie mummered.
He continued to walk down the stairs until he reached the bottom of the stairs. The light in there didn't work, but Georgie could still manage to find his way in the dark cellar. He came across the shelf where the wax was and as he reached it, Georgie thought he saw two glowing eyes in corner of the stairs towards a door that was under the stairs. Georgie was spooked and managed to grab a flashlight and turned it on; only to find two old shiny light bulbs. After grabbing the wax, he made a run for it out of the cellar and made it back to Bill's bedroom. Georgie laid next to Bill as he was finishing with the final touch of wax on the boat.
"Alright, here you go. Sh-Sh-She's all ready, captain." Bill said.
"She?" Georgie asked confused.
"You always call a b-boat, she." Bill explained.
"She. Thanks Billy." Georgie said smiling.
After giving him a warm hug and Bill giving a few tickles, Georgie said his goodbyes and skipped happly out of Bill's bedroom. Bill started to put the wax back into the box and got up to look out of the window. Georgie was in his yellow raincoat along with rain boats. He held the boat and was it waving at Bill.
"Be careful" Bill warned.
He had a gut feeling that something bad was about to happen, but ignored it and watched out of the window. Georgie picked up the boat and put it in the stream of water going down the storm drain and chased after it.
Meanwhile
Henry was watching from the storm drain as he saw Georgie running after the boat by himself. Henry was wet, but he saw a opportunity to report back to Pennywise. Henry climbed down and raced towards the tunnels to find him. Pennywise was in his lair; gathering cooking materials for a upcoming cake he and his father always ate every 27 years. All they needed for the cake was kids fears and sinners blood with a bit of tears into it. Pennywise perked in alarm as he heard fast footsteps approaching him.
"Master, I have good news" Henry reported.
Pennywise turned to see Henry soaking wet and bowing in a knight-like pose. Pennywise smirked as he knew that Henry possibly did have more than just good news.
"Oh really, well than, what is it?" Pennywise spoke interested.
"I have found the youngest child in the Denbrough family. He is outside; playing with a paper boat and is running away from his house. He is alone, master." Henry spoke.
Pennywise's grin turned evil and his eyes were wide with joy as he realized he had the opportunity to strike.
"Excellent! Henry, I need you to gather the rest of the cooking materials and after you put them on the table, go and rest, you look beat." Pennywise ordered.
Henry got up and looked at Pennywise.
"Your wish is my command." he replied.
Henry walked towards the pile of stuff as Pennywise headed straight for the tunnel entrance. He realized right away that if he didn't reach Georgie in time, they would surly have to try again. Pennywise saw a storm drain and climbed up to see that Henry was right. Pennywise saw Georgie by himself and knew right away that he would be his first target.
Back to the scene
The boat kept floating on the rain water as Georgie kept up with it, but the more the rain water current kept going, the harder it was for Georgie to catch up. As Georgie hurried to catch up, the boat was about to enter the storm drain.
"Nooo" he screamed.
It was too late though, it fell into the storm drain and Georgie was worried about what Bill was going to do if he found out.
"Oh man, Bill's gonna kill me" Georgie mummered.
As Georgie looked in the storm drain, he saw a pair of orange eyes looking at him. Georgie jumped in surprise.
"Hiya Georgie." a voice spoke.
As the eyes got closer, Georgie could make out a clown face, but it wasn't a clown that he recognized. Georgie than looked at his hand to find that he was holding his boat.
"What a nice boat...do you want it back?" the voice asked.
"Um, yes please" Georgie answered uncomfortably.
"You look like a nice boy, I bet you have a lot of friends" the voice said.
"Three, but my brother's my best best." Georgie said.
"Where is he?" the voice asked.
"In bed...sick" Georgie answered.
Georgie was getting more uncomfortable every time he answered his questions, but soon grew curious about what he was doing down there in the first place.
"I bet I could cheer him up. I'll give him a balloon. Do you want a balloon too Georgie?" the voice continued.
"I'm not supposed to take stuff from strangers." Georgie said.
"Oh well, i'm Pennywise the dancing clown. Pennywise yes meet Georgie. Georgie meet Pennywise." Pennywise joked gleefully.
Georgie laughed at him. He did act like a actual clown, but Georgie still had some suspicion about him.
"Now we aren't strangers, now are we?" Pennywise said.
Georgie shook his head in agreement. Pennywise was right about that, but his curiosity was too strong to hold back any longer.
"What are you doing in the sewer?" Georgie asked.
"A storm blew me away. Blew the whole circus away. Can you smell the circus Georgie? There's peanuts, cotton candy, hot dogs annnnnnd..." Pennywise exclaimed.
"Popcorn?" Georgie answered.
"Popcorn! Is that your favorite? Pennywise asked.
Georgie nodded and both giggled with amusement.
"Mine too, because they pop, pop pop pop pop..." Pennywise laughed happly.
After a moment of laughter, Georgie kept laughing, but Pennywise stopped laughing. He knew right away that he was not here to have a fun little conversation with Georgie, but instead, he would gain his trust in order to use him.
"I should get going now" Georgie suggested.
"Shit, I need to this now" Pennywise thought.
He smiled and showed Georgie's boat.
"Oh, without your boat? You don't want to lose it, Georgie. Bill's gonna kill you. Here...take it." Pennywise offered.
He extended his arm towards Georgie while Georgie extended his arm towards Pennywise. When Georgie's arm was close enough, Pennywise grabbed his arm and struggled to keep him still.
"Hey, what are doing?!" Georgie asked angry.
Pennywise smile turned to a evil grin and got close to Georgie.
"Look into my eyes, Georgie" he ordered.
His eyes turned bright red as Georgie stared straightly at him and couldn't blink. After a few moments, Georgie fell into an illusive trance. Pennywise's grin turned wider as ever and evaporated into mist and blew on Georgie like a mini tornado. Pennywise managed to enter in Georgie's body without a problem, but fell to the ground unconscious. After a few moments, Pennywise opened his eyes and realized he was in Georgie's body. He looked around a bit and laughed with joy as his first part of the plan was completed.
"Now, time to move on with next part of the plan" Pennywise said.
He got up and crawled underneath the storm drain. Once Pennywise got down, he was surprised to see Henry waiting for him.
"Henry, what are you doing here?!" Pennywise asked shocked.
"I...I sensed something, master. I thought you were in danger." he explained.
Pennywise signed. He had forgotten that part of the spell gave the victim the ability to feel changes within their master, which meant that if something had happen to their master, their servant would come to their aid. Suddenly, Pennywise felt a loss of power, then blacked out. When he came to, Henry looked at him.
"Henry, what happened?!" Pennywise asked.
"Master, it seems that Georgie managed to regain control of himself, for a short period of time." he explained.
"WHAT?! Did he say anything to you?" Pennywise asked.
"No, he just stared at me like I was a monster, than you regained control of him." Henry answered.
"Well, I can assure that this will never happen again. Now come Henry, we must lay low for a while, until we know what we're looking at." Pennywise commanded.
"As you wish, master." he said.
Both boys walked deeper into the sewers until they disappeared into the darkness.