It Floats
Outside it was raining, the streets were barely flooded, a little girl was sitting in a room, looking bored, her name was Ruby, who is no more than 7, she was sitting in her big sister's room.
Ruby: hey Yang......are you sure you don't want to do something
Yang, a girl who's 13, long blonde hair, she has a stutter and she's sick in bed right now
Yang: I c-can't right now R-Ruby, I think I'm dying
Ruby: your not dying
Yang: d-didn't you see the throw up come out my nose
Ruby: that's disgusting
Yang: h-how about this
She reached over and grabbed a piece of paper. She then made it into a boat.
Yang: c-can you go down to the b-basement, grab the oil
Ruby: the basement?
Yang: you want it t-to float?
Ruby: yeah I guess.
Ruby then grabbed the walkie talkie over on the dresser and made her way down the stairs. Their mother, Raven, was on the piano, playing a beautiful melody. Ruby made it down and opened the basement door, it was incredibly dark. She took two steps in until she heard radio static
Yang: c-come on Ruby
Ruby then hurried down the stairs, she found the oil, as she reached out for it, she was two dots glowing in the dark, it was staring at her like a pair of eyes from a wild animal. She looked over to barely see a flashlight, she turned on the light to see it was just two lightbulbs, the reflection of the little light that was in the basement spooked her. Thunder then roared in the sky, scaring Ruby, she ran up to Yang's room.
In the room, her light was lit, she used the paint brush and gently rubbed the oil on it.
Yang: there she is
Ruby: she?
Yang: you always call a boat "she" Ruby
Ruby: thank you Yang
Ruby then ran down the stairs, she grabbed her bright yellow raincoat, put it on and ran outside, it was still pouring. She ran over to the curb, looked up at Yang, who waved back, then she put it in the water, the current started pushing the boat. Ruby then started chasing it. She was having trouble keeping up with it, a roadblock also was in the way. Ruby ducked under it, but didn't notice the second one, where she hit her head and knocked her on her back. The boat made a turn and started heading towards the sewer grate. Ruby ran across the street to catch up with it.
Ruby: NOO!!!
The boat then fell into the sewer.
Ruby: no.....Bill's gonna kill me...
Ruby continued looking in, until she saw two yellow eyes open.
Ruby did a quick scream when she fell back.
????: hiya Ruby
The thing stepped into the light, and revealed itself to be a clown, he had a white face, orange hair, blue eyes, red lips, a red nose, yellow teeth, and a red line that goes from his mouth to a few inches above the eyes.
Clown: what a nice boat....do you want it back
Ruby: um yes please
Clown: you look like a nice girl, I bet you have a lot of friends
Ruby had some fear in her eyes
Ruby: three....but my sister's my best best
Clown: where is she??
Ruby: in bed....sick
Clown: I bet I could cheer her up....I'll give her a balloon
Ruby didn't know what to say, she was still shocked by this entire encounter.
Clown: do you want a balloon too Ruby?
Ruby: I'm not supposed to take stuff from strangers
Clown: ooooh, well I'm PennyWise the dancing clown.....Pennywise yes....meet Ruby, Ruby meet Pennywise
Ruby giggled a little bit
Pennywise: now we aren't strangers....are we?
Ruby stared at him for a few seconds
A neighboring house, who had an older lady, with a cat walked out, she opened up the blind and saw Ruby kneeling by the sewer grate, she thought nothing of it.
Ruby: what're you doing in the sewer?
Pennywise: storm blew me away, blew the whole circus away....can you smell the circus Ruby.....there's peanuts.....cotton candy....hotdogs....and?
Ruby: popcorn???
Pennywise: POPcorn...is that your favorite?
Ruby: uh huh
Pennywise: mine too...because they pop...hehe, pop pop pop, pop pop pop
Ruby: pop pop
Both Pennywise and Ruby started laughing. Until his eye slanted a little bit to the left, and he made a groaning noise, creeping her out a little.
Ruby: I should get going now
Pennywise: w-without your boat?? You don't want to lose it Ruby....Yang's gonna kill you.
Ruby looked at him hesitant
Pennywise: here.....take it.......take it Ruby
Ruby still hesitant reached for the boat. Pennywise pulled the boat away from her, as she continued reaching, his eyes went from blue to yellow. When she was at the perfect reach he grabbed her arm. His teeth became sharp like knives and bit down on her arm, tearing it clean off. The cat from the house stood up afraid. Ruby was screaming, she was bleeding from her torn off arm, she was crying. From behind her a hand was reaching for her, she then started to get pulled. As she was pulled in, she said one final word
Ruby: Yang!!!!
The cat meowed, the old lady checked the street, there was a puddle of blood, right where Ruby was.
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