Derry Maine 1908

It was almost Easter in Derry the kids were happy and the carnival was in town too so they were all excited so very excited. A young woman in her early twenties a mysterious woman no one knew her really well they did she was just very good at disguising herself as a peasant everyday she would walk across the kissing bridge and into town carrying a basket full of masks she made for the poor children that didn't have much. " Come on, come on Hannah is here yay!" only the children knew her first name she trusted them they would never tell any adults about her well sadly some of the kids that came to her had no parents... Hannah smiled down as the little kids surrounding her she liked it when the carnival came to town means there were lots of hiding places to give the poor children gifts and some nice rich kids here and there " Hannah!, Hannah what did you bring today?!" her usual spot was by the kissing bridge or around the corner of the library the carnival would do for how long it would be in town.

Hannah smiled her hood covering her eyes a bit " many masks today little Tim.." Little Tim gasped and smiled showing off his little teeth with a front tooth missing " do you have any clown ones!" Hannah giggled " no sorry darling not today but I will make one for you next time promise" she said as she ruffled his dirty blonde hair making him giggle. " But... I have an even cooler one.." she reached into her basket and pulled out a turtle mask " here you go I know how much you like turtles Tim" she said with a bright smile as she saw the little boys face lit up reaching his hands up to her making a grabbing movement with his fingers she gave it to him happily.

The other kids around her giggled as he ran off happily saying bye and thank you to her. " Me, me next! little Lilly said jumping up grabbing the basket" hehe woah hold on there Lily sweetie". It was just another normal day in Derry there was even a new wagon at the carnival that belonged to a clown a very mysterious clown... and IT was hungry.. hungry for fear. Pennywise was the name of ITs clown form he smiled as he breathed in the smell of the carnival and emotions of his prey as they walked passed him he jumped a little when a little boy ran passed him with a turtle mask on he growled and shook his head making the bells on his suit jingle " little brat.." he hissed through clenched teeth but smirked as balloons appeared in his hand he followed the little boy and appeared in front of him making the boy almost fall flat on his face " hiya Timmy! would you like a balloon?" Tim removed his mask slowly looking up at the very tall clown " wow! cool a clown yes I would love one hehe!" Tim giggled.

Pennywise giggled too bowing as he gave Tim a balloon " im Pennywise... Pennywise the dancing clown!" he said shaking his head a little. Tim giggled as he heard the bells jingle " yes Pennywise loved when the carnival came to town his food was so much easier to catch then before the carnival arrived " you wanna come and play with ol' Pennywise little Timmy? I'll make some animal balloons for ya haha!". Tim gasped and nodded his head " can you make a turtle Mr Pennywise?" Pennywise cringed and growled a little at the request " s-sure... come on follow me little Timmy" he said letting the boy grab his hand leading him away from the crowd Derry wasn't the same as everyone saw the missing poster of a 10 years old child Tims mother was looking everywhere for him at the carnival she thought he would be safe so she let him go to the carnival by himself she thought nothing would happen to him the only thing that the police found was a cracked turtle mask with spots of blood on it near the Barrens.

The next day Hannah noticed the change of the town and the missing poster she took one off a wall her breath hitched as she knew that cheeky smile anywhere "little Tim no... I just saw him yesterday..." she whispered to herself as she sighed sadly putting the poster in her basket and continuing her walk to the carnival no children came to her today there was hardly any kids at the carnival the ones there were stayed very close to their parents and the ones that had not parents well she figured they were hiding so she went to go find the orphaned kids she wasn't the only one looking for them either Pennywise was annoyed that most of the kids that he tried to get there stupid adult parents would drag them away or demand them to come back to there side.

He growled to himself a string of drool dripping off his bottom lip he was getting more hungry by the minute a smirk then came across his face as he noticed to kids that looked to be siblings that had no parents around them running looking for a hiding spot he chuckled as he followed them in the shadows. Hannah found a few poor darling kids hiding behind tents scared out of there skin from hearing about little Tim going missing scared that they might be next " hello... hey its ok im not going to hurt you im Hannah but shh you got to keep my name a secret from adults " Hannah smiled as she reached her hand out then she had an idea " hey I know you might not trust me but if you come with me... I'll keep you safe.." the two girls who looked about eight and a little boy who looked six poked their heads out a little one of the girls nodded and took Hannah's hand trusting her the other two followed grabbing onto Hannah's dress she smiled not caring if her dress got dirty from the little boys muddy hands.

She continued walking with the three children staying close to her she then saw Lily and her little brother trying to find a hiding spot she walked quickly after them picking up the little boy in the process. Pennywise was so close to reaching the two little brats he could smell their fear the little girl feared snakes and the little boy feared losing his sister oh ho how this was going to be fun he then stopped he could now smell three other kids and a young female? they were close to his wagon so he watched from his wagon leaning on it and growling how dare this young woman interrupt his meal time.

" Lily, Tyler!" Hannah shouted Lilly and Tyler stopped in there tracks and smiled brightly at seeing Hannah Lily grabbed her brothers hand and ran towards Hannah and the other three kids " Miss Hannah oh thank god I.. I was so scared I heard what happened to Timmy and saw the poster I just.. didn't want my brother or me to be next... I.." Hannah knelt down as she placed her hand on the girls raven black hair noticing the horse mask around her neck from yesterday Lily was almost crying Hannah could see she was holding back tears " it's ok... I am here now... I won't let anything happen to you two I promise.." Hannah said whispering the last part as she hugged Lily her little brother hugged Hannahs arm bless him he was only three years old god... where were these kids parents? did they just leave them or did their parents die? she sighed knowing she would never find out.

Hannah could feel someone watching her she turned to a wagon and noticed a clown staring at her grinning he had very bright blue eyes she looked away pulling her hood down more " come on kids lets get you somewhere safe.." Hannah mumbled as she made sure the kids followed her out the carnival. Pennywise chuckled as he watched the young woman my my she was like a kid magnet she had three kids already with her they had different smells so they weren't her kids but she she smelt different to other human woman she smelt like fire yes that was it he noticed that she looking at him so he just grinned he could see strands of brown hair coming out of her hood and noticed her neon blue eyes from under the shadow of her hood she didn't look poor so why was she acting like she was and where was she taking the little brats?.

Hannah dropped off the orphaned children and her friends house Mrs Jones a lonely old lady shes the only one left in her family Hannah knew her since she was a child. Mrs Jones would always help her with taking in the orphaned children Hannah would do it herself but her mother would be furious if she came home with random children Hannah's mother was not a nice lady shes always been horrible even when her father was alive she has a little sister too Penelope everyone calls her Penny she likes the nickname she was only six years old she was worried about her sister the most tough Penny was the only person she loved she didn't like her mother at all her mother would always hurt her in many ways.

" Are you sure you dont want to spend the night here either Hannah?" Mrs Jones said with a worried look Hannah sadly smiled and shook her head " no I have to go home you know that Mrs Jones... thank you for taking these poor children in they are really scared since Timmy went missing.." Mrs Jones sighed " you're welcome....a yes... it what happens in this town dear.." Hannah tilted her head " what do you mean?" Hannah said as she watched the children giggle as they ran up stairs to choose there rooms " this town has been cursed.. I dont really know how long but people go missing mostly children every 27 years.. I was always scared when I was a little girl that I would be next to go missing.." Mrs Jones said looking like she has been scarred for life from something.

" Makes sense a little but who is taking them?" Mrs Jones looks up " not who dear.. what is taking them... but don't you worry I will keep these children safe" Mrs Jones said with a smile. Hannah nodded " thanks again Mrs Jones" she mumbled as she walked out the door and back home it was getting a little dark now she walked onto the kissing bridge running her fingers over carved names as she sighed she was lonely but kinda happy her biggest dream was to have children of her own and for her children to have a life that not like hers.

But all the men her mother tried to get her to marry were all nasty or stuck up or just wanting her body Hannah sighed threw her nose as she leaned on the bridge her strands of hair blowing in the wind and hearing the river flow " whats a lady like you doing on your own?" she gasped and jumped as she heard a man next to her she didn't even hear him walk up to her she looked up at the man he was very tall about 6 ft 4 maybe? she was tall for a woman though Hannah was 6ft tall the man had brown hair going to the side bright blue eyes very handsome face making her blush a little he was wearing a smart brown suit " urrr.. uhm I was just on my way home.." she mumbled trying to cover her face with her hood more the man chuckled " oh sorry for interrupting then miss?" she smiled up at him awkwardly " oh no, no its ok and uhm.. I dont really give my name out to strangers.." Hannah said with a shrug " oh well im Robert.. Robert Grey see now we're aren't strangers" Robert said as he held out his hand out to her Hannah couldn't help but giggle this man seemed different then other men she has met she shook his hand.

" Im.... Hannah... Hannah Maskit but please you cant tell anyone.." Hannah said as she looked around seeing if anyone else was around. Robert raised an eyebrow " why not? everyone knows who you are you're the daughter of the Businessman Mr Maskit " Hannah sighed as she rubbed her arm " yes... my father he died 4 years ago... my family hasn't been the same since he passed away my little sister barely got to know him.. my uncle runs my father's company now though... I mostly look after the house then my mother.." Hannah said mumbling the last part Robert tilted his head this girl was full of mixed emotions he scrunched up his face a little " i'm sorry to hear that dear...it must be hard for you and your sister... dont have a very nice mother hey? no wonder you want to hide I've heard of Mrs Maskit and her trouble causing... at town meetings.." Hannah slowly nodded.

My this man was so nice she kinda needed a friend really Robert pulled Hannahs hood down making her flinch a little she was a pretty young woman indeed her brown hair was in a messy bun and her skin looked really soft and smooth there was also a slight blush on her cheek heh how cute. " There thats better... but I still dont get why you pretend to be a peasant?" Hannah smiled a little " so people dont judge or tell my mother that i'm helping poor people.." ah that was why " im sorry Robert but I must get back home" Hannah said as she turned around to cross the bridge " UR AH WAIT!" Robert shouted grabbing her arm Hannah winced a little he was gripping her arm a bit to hard she looked over her shoulder at him " do you... urrr want to meet me at the carnival tomorrow?" he asked with an awkward smile. Hannah couldn't help giggle a little " hehe.. sure that would.. be nice see you tomorrow then Robert" she said as she continued walking over the kissing bridge Robert smirked as he watched her walk away " good bye... HaNnAh..." he chuckled darkly as his eyes glowed yellow.

Hannah walked home smiling to herself she couldn't get Robert out of her head yes she just met the guy but.. no man has ever been so sweet and kind to her he was very charming as well she couldn't wait for tomorrow. Her smile disappeared as the front door swung open " and what time to you call this Hannah Maskit?!" her mother shouted Hannah sighed out her nose she was twenty two for god sake " sorry mother I was just... helping some friends.." she mumbled as she walked in her mother scoffed as she slammed the door shut.

" Hmph what friends? you dont have any!" Hannah closed her eyes for a second ouch that hurt to hear that from her own mother " yeah sorry I dont have any I was just at the carnival on my own..." Hannah whispered " huh well maybe next time you can take your sister so I can have a break" Mrs Maskit shouted as she walked into the kitchen " you missed dinner too so you cant eat anything now unless you had something when you were out which I doubt" Hannah sighed heavily trying to hold back tears she hated this house ever since her father died he would always stop her mother from being horrible she hoped he would divorce her so her and Penny could go live with him then this witch but that dream faded away along with her father... she went upstairs quickly she was surprised she didn't get a slap for being late.

Hannah went into her room and shut the door slowly as tears ran down her face she walked over to her desk and picked up an unfinished mask that she was working on this was her mask her personal mask she called it a happy mask even though it was kinda creepy she didn't know what colour to do for the eyes the mouth was black with lines at the top and bottom of the mouth maybe she could do pitch black round eyes to make it more creepy she didn't know yet. Next to her mask was a book a special book Hannah jumped when she heard a little knock at her door " Hannah?.." Penny said as she opened the door slowly Hannah sniffed a little and hid her mask under a cloth " im fine... Penny..." she knew what was coming her little sister was always worried about her she was the only thing stopping her from moving out she couldn't leave Penny here with that witch.

Penny walked in with curly dirty blonde hair in pigtails and a pretty purple dress she had some food in her hands " I... I kept some food for you so you wouldn't go hungry... " Hannah smiled as she sat on her bed " thank you Penelope..." she said as she took the cookies and bread Penelope smiled a little " did mummy shout at you again?.. she didn't hurt you did she?" she said as she rubbed her hands sitting next to Hannah Hannah shook her head as she ate a cookie " no... im.. im ok.. but looks like you're coming out with me tomorrow" Hannah said a bit worried Penny smiled " are we going to the carnival I've... I've never been.." Hannah nodded " yes but you must stay close to me and Robert.." Penny tilted her head " who's Robert? is he your friend?" Hannah blushed a little she didn't mean to mention Robert oops " urr yeah I guess but you mustn't tell mummy ok" she mumbled as she pressed her first finger on her lips Penny smiled brightly and giggled " ok.. eat up please Hannah i'm going to get ready for bed.." Penny said as she hugged Hannah and went back to her room Hannah smiled Penelope was her only sunshine in this town.