The chapter where things actually get creepy

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"Ahhhhhhhhh"
"Mahnoor are you bleeding?"
"No! Abir is on her period!"
"I can smell blood!"
The girls screamed in desperation. They were trapped. Blood dripped from peeling walls. All exits were sealed. There was no escape.

The lights flickered before turning on completely, illuminating the disgruntled face of Oliwia.

"Shut up everybody! It's just Halloween decorations..." She muttered as she turned on the light completely and then continued placing blood-red decorations on the wall.

The girls sighed in relief watching Oliwia decorating.

A whole week had passed since they found out about FF's body disappearance. They had wasted their whole week of holidays worrying about FF. However now they had accepted the fact that whatever happened wasn't their problem anymore, they would just let the police deal with it. So today on the last day of the half term holidays they had decided to celebrate the scariest night of the year at Oliwia's haunted house.

"Do you need help?" Abir asked Oliwia trying to act nice as she played a game on her phone.

"Well.. If you don't mind then find some blood for people to drink" Oliwia muttered continuing her work.

"So you are a vampire?!" Mahnoor yelled triumphantly.

"You already asked!" She screamed and walked up to Abir and grabbed her hand. "And I already answered the question." She carried on while pulling Abir towards the kitchen.

"Blood." She said and she left Abir in the kitchen.

"You can do the rest" she sat down and gave them a dirty look waiting for them to move.

"But..you finished" Alice stated avoiding eye contact.

"The food isn't ready and we need some creepy music" Oliwia sounded like she gave up on the party.

"Music? I know the perfect music for our party! Mendes and Bieber will make our party amazing!" Alice exclaimed.

"Alice no"

However Alice didn't listen instead she started singing.

"MY MAMA DOESNT STALK YOU, SHE STALKS EVERYONE"

"Please don't..."

"SO BABY YOU SHOULD GO AND STALK YOURSELF"

"Alice shut up"

"NEVER"

"Never say never! Wait why did I just say that" Mahnoor realised what she had just caused.

"NEVER SAY NEVER... Is that a knife?! PUT THAT KNIFE AWAY" Alice said in fear.

Oliwia kept walking closer and closer to her holding onto a knife. Alice ran for her life but she ended up tripping over a pumpkin. Oliwia took advantage of this and kneeled over Alice pointing the knife right at her heart.

"Kill me if you've ever been my friend, kill me" Alice quoted.

"Gladly" Oliwia smiled mischievously as the knife got closer and closer to Alice.

"Alice you do not get to quote The Maze Runner©" Mahnoor cried showing more emotion than Alice, who supposedly was about to die.

But Alice didn't answer back, she had fainted or she was probably pretending to be fainted. This made it easier for Oliwia to keep Alice in place as she would stab her.

"Oliwia...please don't do something you would regret.... you have a great life ahead of you...please don't throw it all away just cuz of Alice! As tempting as it may be to kill her..." Mahnoor cried and laughed as she recorded the whole thing. Her snapchat story was going to be great today!

"Whatever..." The knife was just inches away from scraping Alice's heart.

"AHHHHH STOP RIGHT THERE!!!!" Abir ran from the kitchen, throwing her pink fluffy apron to the floor before pushing Oliwia to the side, rescuing Alice just in time. Whilst doing this she ended up spilling the 'blood' all over the floor.

"OLIWIA YOU ARE THE MURDERER!!! I KNEW IT" Abir breathed heavily.

"OMG I LOVE THIS!!!" Mahnoor kept laughing.

Abir glared at Mahnoor "The police would have questioned you too! You are a witness"

"Can you please do that again? The camera quality was bad so It doesn't look that nice" Mahnoor rewatched the whole scene on her phone.

"Were you seriously recording the whole thing?! You aren't any better than Oliwia, the actual murderer"

"Relax Abir, this knife is fake, it's part of my costume. It's Halloween for Gods sake!!" Oliwia explained.

Abir got all awkward as she realised  what had happened "ohhhh, sorry. But how do you explain the blood on alice"

"WHAT BLOOD?!" Mahnoor and Oliwia said in unison.

There it lay Alice's lifeless body covered in blood.

After a minute of silence, Alice started moving.

"Mmm.. Strawberries!" She said licking her elbow.

"I thought blood tastes like metal or something like that" Mahnoor insisted

"This one doesn't" Alice shrugged " Do you have more Abir?"

"I found loads in the kitchen" Abir drowled and she walked it again.

"Ugh.. it's such a mess! Mahnoor clean it up before Alice starts licking  the floor!" Oliwia demanded

"Don't tell me what to do!" Mahnoor argued.

"Mahnoor I will give you the WiFi password if you clean this up!"

"Deal." Mahnoor got up and walked up to Alice "Get up and get rid of the blood" she demanded as she put the pumpkin in the right place.

Alice slowly did what she was asked to do.

"OMG! IT'S A SPIDER!" Mahnoor screamed while running around the room looking freaked out.

"It's a decoration " Oliwia stated.

"Yeah. I knew.. just wanted to see your reaction" Mahnoor blushed.

"Harry." Alice broke in randomly.

"Umm... What?" Mahnoor asked

"Harry is scared of spiders" she clarified as it's the most normal thing to say.

The other girls paused and turned to stare at Alice for a moment in disbelief. They then shrugged and went back to their assigned jobs, not phased by Alice's usual nonsensical comments.

"I like potatoes but the potatoes   killed me... now the potatoes make me sad and that's not good... I will never eat potatoes again." Alice continued mournfully as she continued scrubbing the blood-stained floor.

Abir stood up and grabbed her bulging school bag. She unzipped the front pocket and slipped her phone inside.

"Alright... I think the decorations are done! Now it's time to party?" Abir said in monotone as she began to awkwardly move her arms and legs, much to the alarm of her three friends.

"Abir?! Are you having a stroke?!" They began to scream as the rushed over to their gyrating friend.

Abir suddenly stopped and looked angrily at the three girls anxiously surrounding her.

"Are you having a heart attack?!" Alice screamed as she grabbed Abir's face and stared worriedly into her eyes.

"And now you kissss...." Mahnoor whispered from the sidelines while she got out her phone and quickly took a photo of the romantic moment.

Abir growled and punched Mahnoor in the arm, causing her to nearly drop her phone. She then turned and looked at the three girls and spoke in explanation, "I was dancing.... do you guys not understand how to dance?! I was trying to get into the part mood for once...idiots..."

"Oops!" Alice walked away and stood In an empty space "I'll show you how to dance! " She started dancing.

***

"Oliwia, who are those people ?" Mahnoor asked desperately looking at unknown white faces.

"My friends!" She smiled as she looked around the room.

"Do they speak English?" Mahnoor asked hopefully

"Me no English" Oliwia ignored the question and walked away saying "Make friends"

"Friends..." Mahnoor whispered to her self as she walked up to some girl.
"Hello!" Mahnoor got ignored "Hola?" She said hopefully however she got ignored again "Bonjour!" She sounded like she gave up."How do you say it in polish.. Cześć!" She shouted happily as she was proud that she remembered something.

"Hej, jak tam?" The person asked smiling at Mahnoor.

"Ona je chleb." Mahnoor stated, this was one of the very few things duolingo had taught her.

The girl looked confused and after a second she answered "Wybacz ale ktoś mnie woła!"

Mahnoor stood in that place thinking of what just happened while the girl walked away.

"Hey! I didn't know you knew Polish?" Abir asked pooping out of nowhere "Wait! You probably don't... Were you by any chance swearing at that girl in Polish?!"

"Abir!! How could you even think that??!! I am good girl!" Mahnoor yelled "I was simply saying 'She eats bread' I learnt it from duolingo"

"No wonder why that girl walked away from you..."

"Hey! At least I'm trying to socialise and I'm also learning all of your languages! After Polish I'm gonna start learning Dutch or Somali or whatever language you speak!"

"English. I speak English all the time!" Abir stated, obviously Mahnoor ignored her who was too busy giving her speech.

"Yeah English... Alice is English! I am already fluent in Alice's language! Isn't that impressive?"

"I think we all know her language. Speaking of Alice where is she?!"

"Głowa Ramiona Kolana Pięty" they heard Alice singing, as they walked forward they noticed Alice standing on a chair dancing and singing.

"Oczy uszy usta nos!" She carried on terribly.

"What the hell is she saying?! Is it a chant or something?!" Abir asked horrified, thinking that everyone in the room was preparing for a satanic ritual and that she would be the human sacrifice considering she was the only one who didn't know a single word in Polish.

Mahnoor sighed "She is singing Head, shoulders, knees and toes. Wanna join her?"

"Noooooooooo I'm too young to die!! I can't be human sacrifice!!!"

At first Mahnoor just stared at Abir worriedly but then she smirked as a plan formulated in her mind. She learned over and whispered in Abir's ear "Yes Abir, that's what we are here for. Why else would Oliwia invite us to her house if not to sacrifice us? And it is Halloween after all! After sacrificing us three they would all probably have some Polish blood soup..."

"BLOOD SOUP?! LETS GET OUT OF THIS PLACE!"

Mahnoor smiled, this was easier than she thought "Yeah but Alice..." before she could even finish her sentence she saw that Abir was dragging Alice with her. The smile of Mahnoor's face widened knowing that she didn't had to move a single muscle to get Alice.

"Oh Abir, my hero! You came and rescued me" sang Alice's annoying voice.

"Guys, where are you going? The party just started!" Oliwia popped out of nowhere.

"Umm.. we are taking Alice home, she is not feeling well!" Mahnoor made something up, hoping Oliwia will believe her. Her plan was working until Oliwia so rudely stopped them.

"She is perfectly fine! She doesnt even look high yet.." Oliwia stated as she gave Mahnoor a dirty look.

"Well.. People here are.. umm.. kind of.. I don't know how to say it.. not normal?" Mahnoor tried to pass the message across nicely.

"Like you are any normal!" Oliwia stated and locked the doors. " and you guys are not going anywhere!" She said and left them behind.

"Ugh. What's wrong with her?" Abir asked staring into the place Oliwia stood

"I guess she is a witch or something" Alice whispered but her friends heard her "well bye you two! I already made friends here and you should too.." she ran into the crowd screaming some random names of the people she met who were trying to avoid her.

"I give up." Mahnoor stated as she waited to see what Abir will do.

"Basically we need to be here for another three hours and thirty-four minutes.. I guess we need to enjoy it" She looked around and walked away leaving Mahnoor and her thoughts.

Meanwhile, Oliwia had a conversation with some friends she looked like she forgot about her non-Polish friends.

Little did they know that splitting up wasn't a good idea

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"Where am I?!" Alice screamed trying to get out of the place she was.

After half an hour of the party which seemed like million of hours to Some of the guests, Alice went exploring.

"Can anyone hear me?" Alice shouted as she hoped that Mahnoor,Abir or one of the Polish people downstairs hear her.

She looked around the dark room, all she could see was a very old room without windows.

"HELP MEEEE!!!!" She screamed at the top of her lungs.

No one could hear her, she was all alone in the cramped, dusty room, devoid of all life.

"All right. I'm alone. My friends aren't here to help me. I've got to save myself for once!" Alice muttered to herself, trying to calm herself down.

Suddenly, from the corner of her eye, Alice spotted something across the musty room.

Without hesitation, she rushed over to the other side of the room and knelt beside the dusty box that had caught her eye.

Alice ripped it open then stepped back as a mountain of brightly coloured cylinders poured out.

Her face lit up as she realised what was in front of her- Sweets, hundreds of brightly coloured, luminous sweets.

"Yum!" She whispered as she reached over and grabbed a handful, not remembering the important message her friends and family had told her: Don't eat random candy you find in strange places.

"You ate my candy" The voice of a little girl said. Alice just ignored the voice and continued eating. No little girl was going to tell her what to do!

"That was my candy!" It continued...

"Oops." Alice said, not caring about anything but her candy.

"You will pay for this!" Suddenly the voice of a little 6 year old turned much darker and deeper.

That is when Alice realised that were no little girls at this party.

Her head started to feel dizzy and the last thing she remember was the sweet childish voice saying

"COME PLAY WITH ME"

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Even though the horrors of the basements hadn't reached upstairs yet, Mahnoor knew that something was awfully wrong.

This party was actually fun!

Mahnoor had managed to have full on conversations with people that didn't even speak her language! The people at this party were much nicer than the people from her school. This party was much better than the one they had crashed just a week ago. Everything about this party was good but Mahnoor couldn't tell why was she having a weird feeling. The feeling that something is very wrong...

Becoming alert all of the sudden she looked around, she was trying to hear things; secrets, gossip or anything!

But all she could hear was the noise of the music and the chatter of people speaking a different language to her - that and a faint sound of a scream.

Wait a scream? Well this was a Halloween party after all, people were screaming at the littlest of things, but this screamed sounded different. Distant.

Almost as if the person screaming was in another place. Trapped. Terrified.

Worriedly Mahnoor followed the sound, all of the sudden remembering FF's murder and the unsolved mystery.

She quickly tossed that thought in the back of her mind as she looked for the source of the scream.

As she followed the scream it  was getting louder and clearer. Worry and fear flashed all over Mahnoor's face. She knew who's scream this was....
...her friend was is in trouble...

Quickly she rushed over and pulled the door and there she saw her friend screaming at the top of her lungs.

"Abir what's wrong?!"

Abir screamed even more as she stood there on the stool looking around. "RAT!! THERE IS A RAT!! RUN MAHNOOR BEFORE IT GETS TO YOU"

"'Kay bye!" Mahnoor said as she turned around to leave the kitchen and the terrified Abir behind.

"Wait! You can't just lea..." the door to the kitchen closed before Abir could finish her sentence.

Annoyed, Mahnoor walked away. This had been a false alarm! Little did she know what was in store for her...

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You might be wondering what Oliwia is doing during all of this panic and screaming.

Well, as to be expected, she was doing something with potatoes.

However, this time she was not eating potatoes, she was carving them!

Carving potatoes was a normal thing in her tradition. Oliwia didnt like pumpkins, she had always preferred potatoes.

So, while everyone else (excluding Mahnoor) was running around like headless Halloween chicken, Oliwia was busy enjoying her spooky activities.

"Everyone DIE!!" She screamed as she stabbed one of the potatoes.

Well... maybe she wasn't exactly enjoying it, but it's better that she kills inanimate objects instead of killing actual people!

Then, seemingly without reason, she abruptly stopped.

A scream echoed throughout the building. A chilling scream filled with anger and melancholy.

"Come. Come to the basement."

Oliwia looked up, "Wha-what?" She whispered anxiously.

"Oliwia! It's me, Alice! PLEASE! YOU HAVE TO HELP ME!"

Oliwia gasped, took a deep breath, and spoke:

"Ugh... what the fuck? Will you please shut up? Stupid Alice..."

She then turned back to her potato, a malicious smile growing on her face.

After a few moments, though, she paused her stabbing and looked thoughtful.

"Maybe... maybe I'm being mean. I should go and see what Alice wants...She might have drugs to give me!"

And so, Oliwia stood up and put her Halloween potato back into her cabinet of special potatoes. She  then ambled leisurely downstairs towards the entrance of her basement.

"Oliwia! Come quickly! I need you... Please help me! HELP ME!" The vicious scream once again echoed though the narrow walls of the basement stairway.

Oliwia, not phased by the haunting sounds emerging from down below her, continued to walk downstairs.

"Come."

Drip

"Save me."

Drip

"My love."

Drip. Drip. Drip. The damp walls were dripping wet with years of inactivity.

"I'm not your love! I'm like your sister remember? Idiot..." Oliwia muttered to herself as she held out her phone and turned on the flashlight.

The sudden burst of light stunned Oliwia for a moment and she began to blink furiously as her eyes adjusted to the bringing gleam.

Drip

Drip

Dri-THUD!

Oliwia's foot slammed down on the sodden floor.

"Alright. Alice, where are yoooou?" She called out in a teasing, sing-song voice as she moved her flashlight around the room.

"Alice? Seriously, where's the candy?" Oliwia muttered in annoyance, her eyes darting from left to right before suddenly-

"What is that?" She whispered as her eyes locked onto a dark shape in the corner of the room.

A dark shape that seemed to resemble-

No.

A pairs of long skinny legs. A pile of dark wavy hair. Brown eyes wide open. Tangled limbs sprawled across the abyssal floor.

And then, next to that, another pile, almost identical. Only... shorter and darker.

Oliwia, with her eyes wide open, stepped back, her body slamming against the slimy brick wall.

"N-no.... no!"

She whispered, unable to speak any louder after the shock of what she just saw.

Her hand moved across the wall, searching for the exit. She was unable to move any other part of her body.

She closed her eyes, trying to wish away the image of two tangled bodies, with piercing eyes and familiar faces.

"Boo."

And at that point she screamed. She unfroze and used every bit of energy she regained to scream.

Beside her was a figure. A ghostly, pale white figure with the face of her friend. A face inches from hers.

Beside her was Alice.

A twisted, unrecognisable version of Alice.

Alice smiled, her skin seeming to peel apart as her smile grew wider.

"Hello my love."

Drip

"You came."

Drip

"Your friends have been waiting for you."

Drip 

Drip

Drip

Thud.

Oliwia collapsed on the ground. Reuniting with her lost friends as the empty husk of what was once Alice stood above them.

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Stop!! Don't scream! Well, you can scream at our special spooky chapter, but don't scream at us! We're so, so, so sorry for not posting this chapter when we promised that we would! So please, don't scream at us! We are just really bad at sticking to deadlines... Just ask our teachers! We never give out homework in on time... 😪 But it's okay, at least we can write this story during our detentions!

Song of the chapter is 'This is Halloween' Hope you all had a great Halloween 🕷

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~Glitter,Pigeon and Potato