I went back down to the river to see if I could find any clues I noticed a bunch of younger boys looked about 14-15 there emotions were strong very strong I watched curiously as I tilted my head to the side they were messing in the sewer pipe " hehe silly boys.." I went down to them to see what they were up too " doesn't smell like caca to me senor!" " ever heard of an staph infection!" " oh I'll show you a staph infection" pfft what the hell were these boys doing I smiled and giggled a little I could see two of the boys in the sewer pipe the one with glasses was messing around with one of the boys outside the pipe. " g-guys!" the other boy in the sewer pipe picked up a white sneaker my eyes widened.

"Whose sneaker is it?" I knew who that sneaker belonged to " Betty Ripsom...." the boy with glasses said " what if shes still here?..." they then started arguing about not wanting to go missing and then shouting at the boy with the stutter about his brother being missing too how horrible... I got a big whiff of sadness but also hope from the boy so then I decided to speak up. " You boys having fun in that pipe there?" I said with a smirk as I crossed my arms I saw one of the boys jump as they all looked at me " not really.." the boy with curly hair mumbled I chuckled as I walked closer to them " the names Hannah maskit i'm new to the town and heh.. I've learnt a lot already about this town... I heard what happened to that sneakers owner...." I said sadly.

" You knew B-Betty Ripsom?" the boy with a stutter asked I nodded slowly " yeah... she was gonna show me around town and hang out with me... she was really happy to have a friend like me..." I said as I sighed. The boys in the sewer pipe walked out and came up to me as the other two followed " im B-Bill... this is Riche, E-Eddie and Stan.. nice to m-meet you Hannah.." I nodded and smiled " nice to meet you too.. so tell me do you boys have anything better to do then playing in grey water?" I said raising an eyebrow and smirking before one of them could answer there was a splash next to us and a whiff of blood I could smell I turned and saw a chubby looking boy trying to crawl back onto his feet he was covered in dirt and blood I went over to help him " oh my god are you ok kid?" I said sensing fear and pain from the boy. He nodded slowly " we need to get him some Medical help he's bleeding badly.." Richie then looked at Eddie " dont you have a discount at the chemist?" Eddie nodded " yes but my mum will go crazy if she finds out i'm buying loads of shit she wouldn't let me see the sun for months" I sighed " just come on we need to get stuff for him" I said as I helped the boy up " t-the names Ben" he mumbled to me blushing a little I smiled a little at him " i'm Hannah..".

We got to an Alleyway close to the chemist so Ben could sit down Richie and me stayed with him as the others went to get some stuff for Ben I lifted up his shirt slowly there was a H cut into his belly looked like by a knife I growled then pretended to cough to hide it " who did this to you?..." " Henry Bowers and his gang.." I looked up at Richie I could feel anger and fear from him " he's a dick..." huh Henry Bowers... well if I ever see this boy or his gang I'll show him not to hurt kids... " hey urr Hannah did I ever tell you your hot... and look really badass" Richie said mumbling the last part Ben gave him a "really dude?" look I just smirked and giggled a little god this kid had a mouth but he was cool " pfft thanks I guess Richie but i'm a bit too old for you i'm 18 heh.." he just shrugged and wiggled his eyebrows at me " soooo... heh" I just laughed.

A few minutes later the others came back running a little as Eddie carried the stuff to Ben and got to work sorting him out I then smelt a young female around I looked out of the alleyway and saw a pretty girl about 15 she had long ginger hair a very pretty face with little freckles and pretty blue eyes Bill was talking to her I could see the blush on his face I just smiled she then came up to us " Ben?" Ben looked up surprised to see the girl then quickly looked back down as Eddie patched him up. The girl then looked at me I could sense she felt a bit scared or untrusting of me I didn't blame her I could tell she was a victim of bullying by other girls I gave her a sweet smile " nice outfit makes you look pretty" I said as I winked at her she smiled at me knowing that she could trust me " names Hannah nice to meet you" " I'm Beverly nice... nice to meet you too but im must be going...". I nodded Bill followed her out the alleyway as I could hear Richie and Eddie argueing a little Stan mumbled something and rolled his eyes I giggled to myself knowing that I was going to protect these kids and this time I will not fail whatever took Betty I was going to make sure it wasn't going to hurt any of these troubled kids at all.

I said goodbye to everyone as I went back to the hotel Bill invited me to go cliff diving with them tomorrow which of course I said yes to he asked Bev too but she said she would think about it hopefully she would come along. As I got to the hotel it was awfully quiet I walked past the young receptionist she smiled at me I gave her a nod as I got to my room I could smell something...odd but shook it off noticing that room service has been in I took my sneakers off and turned the lamp on as I was about to take my jeans off I heard a low growl come from behind me my human form stiffened I sniffed the air a little it smelt like popcorn, the sewers also blood.. I lifted my right arm slowly but stopped as I heard a warning growl I snarled in return.

" Your in my territory..." its voice sounded low and high which was kinda disturbing " I know your not human... I could smell you straight away as you entered my town hehehe.. saw your warning too poor little Betty didn't know WHAT hit her..." I growled as I turned around slowly it was hiding in the darkness all I could see was its yellow eyes " I figured out what you do to these poor people in this town.. it's your own little place these humans are under your power except for the kids... what... are you?" I asked tilting my head " THat's What I WAnt to KNow... about you.. hoho!" suddenly it stepped out the darkness it was a clown it had a victorian greyish clown suit, bells around his wrists and ankles jiggling as he moved closer to me he was tall very tall I was 6ft tall he was maybe almost 7ft he wore white gloves, had red and white boots with a pom pom at the end that matched the ones on his suit, he had worn out ruffles around his neck that had little blood stains on and what looked like drool too ugh.. his makeup was as white as snow with bright red lips and lines that went up from his mouth to his eyebrows, his hair was bright orange.

I stood my ground even though I felt threatened my eyes glowed pink and blue warning him not to come closer he let out a dark chuckle I jumped as he suddenly bowed " i'm Pennywise... Pennywise the dancing clown.." he said as he straightened back up bells jingling and eyes glowing yellow warning me. " My names... Happy mask..." Pennywise scoffed " your true names Hannah maskit... thought I recognised your smell..." he said mumbling the last part which I did not get he suddenly grabbed me by the neck lifting me up I gasped " as I said your in my territory...." he snarled as his voice sounded demonic I shapeshifted back to my monster form and whacked him with my tail making the end sharp he snarled as he let go of me I crouched down a little as my ears went back hissing at him as my sharp black teeth showed from my jagged mouth and my neon pink tongue glowing in the blackness of my mouth " I dont give a shit about your territory.... I will protect the kids here from you if it's the last thing I do Pennywise...".

He moved his hand from his face as he just smirked at me " well never thought I would see an Ego monster.... hehehe you're just like me same powers but missing one thing.. you can only sense emotions you can't read minds...." I growled " i'm nothing like you! I dont kill and eat innocent children!" Pennywise grinned showing off his buck teeth " hehehe no... you protect them ohoho! well try too" he laughed then suddenly charged at me his gloves ripping into dark brown claws and buck teeth becoming rows of sharp needle like teeth I backed up quickly and ducked as he tried to claw at me I then head butted his stomach he was stronger than me but I was quicker he went back a little giving me time to shapeshift back to my human teen form and run out my room I could hear his laughter echo as I stepped back " hehehe will meet again soon Hannah.... yes.. we will...".

I put my hand on my throat to check if it hurt there was no bruise there but I could still feel the pressure I listened carefully if he was still in there but all I could hear was the lamp light buzzing I sighed and walked back in if he wanted a battle then so be it I may be weak without my human counterpart but I could still fight him with the help of the kids I met today I huffed as I flopped on the bed now I dont have to sleep but sometimes it felt good to rest even if I didn't need too this town still felt familiar to me I just can't put my finger on it.