[LaVon]

Poor brittany looked so confused "I-I I don't know...it was as if I was being pulled away.." She looked up at Alexs face. "by something invisible ...because when I looked back there was nothing but thin air..". As Alex helped her friend up she was thinking if it was safe to go further,because they fasinated her ...about the cat and her friend and the shuffling footsteps facinated her.Then all of a sudden she could feel big hands on her shoulder pull her down. She looked over and noticed brittany fall with her,both landing with a thud.All alex could smell was garlic breath from the creature that pulled her down,it was all around her.Coughing Alex managed to help herself and brittany up. "we need to run." alex whispered.So they ran against the wind, it felt like little daggers nipping at her skin the wind was so fierce. She looked in the distance to try to find refuge and glimpsed a little house with a light on and there on the front lawn watching them was none other than the cat.This house was way off down the raod, it felt like she was getting closer but her eyes told her that they had a long way to go. Alex could tell brittany was getting tired from the way she was gasping for air. "just alittle way to go." Alex said to her encouragingly.As she ran Alex could feel a big hand grab her from nowhere causing her to trip.She looked up and saw a blurry face but she knew who he was it kept getting darker until she could see no more, it was all back as if surrounded in a pool of black liquid...you think that fall was nothing but it was because she had hit her head hard...her consious lingered back and forth between reality and dream land but a slight drip in her dark pool kept her focus.

Her eyes opened slowly trying to not to cause herslf confusion.The first thing that came to sight was a boy leaning over her,his eyes were worried.She sat up abruptly knocking him over in her hurry. "its you!" she exclaimed.He looked at her longer as if she was a virus. And with that he vanished right in front of her.Alex was paralized with the emptiness she felt..wheres brittany?she must have never notice me fall.. "fifer!" Alex stood up steadily yet fast.It had to be Brittany, it was Brittany because she was the only one who called her fifer.......

It started when they were in 3rd grade in miss jones class. There were three alexes one of them was her. She remembered that first day of that class because it was the day she made a friend for life.Miss jones took roll from her role book that was pink and covered in little scribbles. it was pretty..."alex fifer?" she snapped up every one was laughing at her.this was a new school and it was going to be hard to live this up "here!" the teacher looked sternly at her "finally. i called your name about four times.dont let it happen again." she turned around toward the chalk board. "now class," she wrote her name on the board "this is a warning and dont any of you get the wrong idea." miss jones then walked to her desk and sat down. "now you have five minutes till recces so talk lightly and get to know one another." she then started to read. Alex stood up and looked for someone to talk to, it was as if everyone had their own groups already. the cute boys who like to show off were in one, the girls who thought they were all that, and then there was a mixture of boys and girls who looked like they loved to have fun. she walked up to that group there was about eight kids there they all turned and looked at her. as if they had talked badly about her. It was awkward to just stand there staring at them and it be returned " So what do you want?" a girl in pigtales walked in front of the group. her name was Alexa not alex but alexa. "can I hang with you guys?" alex asked feeling her cheeks turn red.

Alexa turned to her friends and talked with them. They were all nodding their heads but when she turned around all alex could see was mockery. "no" and alexa then pushed alex to the floor causing every one to stare. It was as if everyone was against her, tears filled her eyes and her lip started to quiver. But she never cried " hey alex!" alexa chimed " are you going to cry?"
"Hey!" everyone turned their attention to a girl with porslin blonde hair and an angel face "why dont you leave her alone?!" she walked up to alexa and stepped hard on her toe "your just some loser trying to look cool!" The girl reached her hand toward alex for her to grab and pulled her up on her feat.
Alexa was glaring at alexe's savior. Alex didnt know what just happened but she knew it was good. The two girls walked to the other side of the room when alex noticed she was still holding the girls hand and blushed. "oh thanks for your help..." the girl looked at her curiously "um..I'm alex" the girl looked as if she was thinking hard on what to do next and then as if she came to a conclusion she smiled.
"and im brittany! lets be best friends forever and, can i call you fifer?"
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The air around her was full of tension as she ran to where she thought Brittany was but it was hard to see for the sky was covered by black clouds that threatened to rain any minute. but every time she turned around she saw the same house they were chasing in the first place. It was always there never leaving her sight. this was the only way to go she thought as she headed toward the house. maybe the invisible things took her hostage or or maybe they took her inspite of knowing of her wealth. Her legs were aching from all the running she had done that very night. But despite her pain she felt as if she could go on further like she was given energy just by following the house.
It felt like she would never stop for it was never getting closer as if it was under a curse that she couldnt escape. her only answer was to go forward. All of a sudden the wind picked upi again but with more force then she expected hitting hard like daggers that withered away as it hit her. Her whole body was in pain and it seemed like it would never end but then as if a miracle it all stopped as she stopped to breathe there in front of her sat the house as if it got bored playing tag and quite.
She fixed her hair to at least look a little decent. this house was a mansion amoung mansions and if she was going to knock on this door she would at least try to look nice. she put her hand up to her mouth and and smelled her breath it was a decent mint smell.with a bit of achlcohol...ew. It was from that little party her and Brittany had went to earlier that night. she wiped her forhead with the back of her hand. she was ready to knock on the door when she reached for the knocker the door suddenly swung open, there a butler stood elegently in his panguin outfit.
" You are?" the butler asked with little inquirey.
His eyes were cold as he looked her up and down she felt smalll under his harsh gaze. " um..." she paused for she was getting quite nervous under his spector " my name is Alex Fifer um is there a phone?" she had no idea why she asked for a phone but it seemed good at the time.
The butlers eyebrow poped up " Alex fifer?"
"...yes?"
He turned around and slowly walked down the long hallway that she could now visibly see. he turned then and motioned for her to follow.feeling her fear rise and slowly turn into anticipation as she shut the big wooden door behind her. the long hall she stepped into was in gothic decor: red and black curtains, fabric, rugs, wall paper and cusions , everything there looked older than her great great great great grandmother that she unfortunitaly never knew. There was little lighting but enough for her to see the butler infront of her. She watched as she passed doors which varied to many... it was a very long hall.
The butler stopped and she accidenlty ran into him "ooph" she mummled. Alex looked up, the butler was standing as still as a stone statue. she peeked over at his face and his face was blank. "we have been expecting you miss fifer." the butler spoke with a quite voice that still echoed in her ears. he turned his head slightly toward hers. Alex jumped back deligently hoping thisi was not one of her twilight zone nightmares again.
" pinch me if this is real!" she yelled, something behinde her pinched her side. she screamed. closing her eyes she turned around and started to swat at whatever had piched her.

"Now is that any way to treat your host?" His voice was smoothe and silky soothing her heart. Alex slowly opened her eyes and at once she reconized him. He was the boy from earlier that she took for a cat he was taller up close. He was wearing an elegant white outfit that made him look evan more royal, Slowly she felt as if she could faint any second, as if to answer her her knees gave out causing her to fall the red floor was rushing fast to her face then her fall was jerked to a halt. He had caught Alex carefully picking her up in his arms she rested her head on his shoulder. He smelled of an earthly mist that made her gently drift off to sleep.



thats the end of chapter one!