In the Dark of the Night: chapter 3

chapter 3: Slumber Party

Meanwhile, it was the end of the day in the public Oakhaven junior high school, there were unfortunately uniforms, but Marie just told herself that it could be worse. She went to her locker to get her things and when she shut the door, she gasped a little to see one of her new friends.

"Hey Marie, wanna come over tonight?" Luci invited with a casual smile. "My parents are gone tonight and they said I could have one friend over. I got popcorn, CD's, movies... Everything!"

"Sure, my mom probably won't care if I go." Marie shrugged with a smile.

"Sounds great..." Luci grinned. "Sorry it seems sudden since you moved in and all, but I just thought you could use a little help."

"Yeah..." Marie smiled. "Too bad your parents only said one friend, I'd ask Taylor to come."

"Yeah, sorry about that..." Luci put her arm around the blue-haired girl. "Tell you what... If you have fun at my house, I'll make a slumber party some other week and she can come, how about that?"

"Sure, that sounds great!" Marie grinned now.

"Great..." Luci grinned. "Come right over at 6:30.. See you then!"

Marie smiled, she felt so glad she made a friend and now she was going to her first sleepover. Could her life get any better since moving away? Maybe going to live somewhere else from now on wouldn't be so bad.

"There you are, Marie," Lee smirked. "Who were ya talkin' to?"

"Yeah!" May added, snorting.

"A friend, unlike you..." Marie snorted.

"I don't see anyone!" May called out.

Lee hit the back of her head. "Stupid, she's obviously pretendin' like that weird home for invisible pals or whatever."

"She's not imaginary..." Marie growled. "At least I can make friends unlike you two freaks!" she then walked away from her bullying sisters.

Lee gasped, then turned angry really fast. "Like who? That Mike Mazinsky loser!?"

"Or that stupid boyfriend stealer!?" May added, referring to Dee Dee.

Marie growled to them. "Ah, go eat an ant sandwich!"

Lee and May looked at her go, then to each other and looked angry.

Marie walked off, but she was then grabbed by them and beaten up.

They finished off by dunking Marie's head into a toilet in one of the bathrooms and walked off.

"That takes care of that!" Lee laughed.

"Yeah, that'll teach her!" May smiled back.

Marie growled at her sisters and released her head at the toilet and ran out the bathroom ,then grabbed May by her hair and shoved her inside of the locker and then grabbed a trashcan and shoved Lee in it. "That will teach you!" she retorted, breathing heavily as she wrung her hair and took

a deep breath. She then tried to make sure no one saw her and she went off, leaving her sisters after she gave them a taste of their own medicine.

Mrs. Kanker was gone to have a meeting with Mayor Corey with other members of the Oakhaven City Council, Lee and May just got themselves junk food with movies, and Marie just followed an address that Luci gave her and once she found it on her phone, she knocked on the front door to make it right on time.

Luci opened the door and smiled. "Ah Marie, great timing!"

Marie smiled and walked in. "Your parents leave already?"

"Yeah, but don't worry, I'm sure you'll meet a relative of mine sooner or later..." Luci shrugged as she shut the door behind Marie.

Marie wasn't sure what she meant by that, but shrugged it off so they could have some real fun. The girls did typical sleepover things such as giving each other makeovers, eating pizza, sharing stories with each other.

"Gosh Luci, this is the most fun I've ever had..." Marie smiled as they were now sitting in beanbag chairs. "I never really had a best friend before."

"Tell me Marie... Do you like Truth or Dare?" Luci asked.

"Yeah, that's my favorite game!" Marie chirped like a song bird on the first day of Spring, she wa so happy and excited to have a social life now.

"Why don't we play?" Lucie smirked.

Marie smirked back, this game was usually more fun with more than just two people, but it would work out. "Okay..."

The two played their game for a while.

"Okay,... One more... Marie, truth or dare?" Luci asked.

"Dare this time... I could use a little excitement before I go to bed." Marie smirked to her.

"Okay..." Lucie took out a burnt book and cracked it open, handing it to the blue-haired girl. "I dare you to read that."

Marie looked at the book. "What kinda book is this? Are these magic spells?" she asked.

"It's from a costume party..." Lucie chuckled. "Just read that spell." she pointed to where she wanted Marie to read.

Marie shrugged. "Silly dare... But okay," she then grinned. "Let the evil from the past Breathe again with fiery blast! Let the dark wind quiff the night. To blow away the force of light! Now I summon ancient power. This is evil's finest hour!" she then closed the book, looking to her new best friend, curiously. "What's that supposed to do anyways?"

Lucie grinned, a little evilly this time. "It brings a warlock back from the dead..."

Marie gasped at what her new best friend just said. "What!?"

Lucie laughed softly, and then evilly as the lights flickered and the wind became strong suddenly.

Marie was freaking out now. "What the heck is goin' on!?"

"DOOMSDAY IN OAKHAVEN!" Lucie grinned maliciously as thunder rumbled outside.

Meanwhile, Taylor was in her room, listening to her music until she heard something and she went to the window and the terrifying sight made her eyes widen.

"Oh, no, that can only mean one thing..." Taylor was horrified, she grabbed her cell phone and quickly dialed an emergency contact number. "Come on, Ashlyn, pick up!" she pleaded.

Ashlyn groaned, she had gone to bed and she sat up in her bed, rubbing her eyes. "Taylor, this better be good..." she mumbled, a little grumpy due to being woken up.

"Ash, I'm sorry for calling so late over there, but this is an emergency..." Taylor was very scared.

Ashlyn could sense the fear in the other girl's voice. "Taylor, what is it?"

"Someone has unleashed Ben Ravencroft from the dead and I'm not joking either!" Taylor explained in deep, deep horror.

"WHAT!?" Ashlyn was freaking out. "Please tell me this is a joke! I mean, Sarah Ravencroft's spell book was destroyed in a fire!"

"I know, but you have to believe me!" Taylor cried.

"You wouldn't lie to me, Taylor... I don't wanna believe it, but you told me, so I do... I just wanna know who's behind this, but we'll get to the bottom of this." Ashlyn promised firmly.

Marie ran out of Lucie's house, she knew she didn't like it, but she was going to go back home for the heck of it. Luci laughed wickedly as she brought hell on earth and she grinned, waiting for Ben to come back to life and come before her since she was the one who had brought him back to life.

Taylor saw Marie running. "Marie, quick, come in my house!" she called to the blue-haired girl.

Marie looked to Taylor and rushed to her, not caring she was in her pajamas.

Taylor helped her in and shut the door, locking it and wouldn't let anyone inside unless it were her father.

"Man... I didn't think sleepovers had spell books or summoning some dead guy!" Marie panted heavily.

"And to think we got rid of him," Taylor sighed, shaking her head. "We need help to destroy him once and for all."

"Who can we call around here?" Marie shrugged. "No offense, but I don't think your police officers can stop a warlock."

"Don't worry, I called Ashlyn and she's gonna try to get some help." Taylor tried to comfort the girl.

Marie sighed. "I just hope this doesn't get too dangerous with everyone we know."

Meanwhile, Cindy was lying in her bed, it was quite late for her and she had a big day at the party, her parents were out at work, but they promised that they would see her after school and they asked one of her older friends to come by in the morning to help her get ready for school. Sledgehammer was fast asleep in his cage, but also made sure Cindy would be okay as she slept home alone tonight.

Cindy got out of bed, rubbing one of her eyes, she went to the bathroom to get a drink of water, however, when she turned one knob, blood came out of the faucet. She freaked out and turned it off, then turned it on again and saw the crimson liquid again. "I must be more tired than I thought ..." she murmured to herself, then squeaked as she heard wicked laughter. "W-Who's there...?"

"Cindyyyy..." a voice drawled out her name.

Cindy shook chills down her spine. "M-Mom...? Daddy? Sledgehammer...?" she looked all around, the hairs on her neck standing on thin end. "Oh man... This feels like a scary movie... or a thriller video game or... A.... A..."

"Remember me, Cindy?" the voice tormented her. "Your favorite writer?"

Cindy's eyes widened. "No... No... You're dead!"

"I'm alive, deary, and let's just say I have unfinished business with you..." Ben taunted as he then appeared and kidnapped the little girl.

Cindy yelled out as she was taken away.