The Silent One

Chapter 2

Hope was sitting by the woods, eating her lunch, and looking at the scenery. When she looked at the other side of the forest, she saw what looked like a clown. He was holding a child's hand and giving them a piece of candy.

A few seconds later, the child started coughing. Realizing that the clown just poisoned a kid, Hope grabbed her phone, ready to call 911. The clown seemed to take notice because he put a finger over his mouth, shushing her, and pointed at her then the kid and back at her again. He was threatening to poison her.

Slowly nodding and putting her phone away, Hope watched as the clown smiled a creepy smile and walked deeper into the forest, dragging the kid with him. Although she couldn't be sure, Hope thought she could hear him hum 'pop goes the weasel' while walking away.

After recovering from seeing that, Hope finished her lunch just in time for the bell. She was sitting in her next class, waiting for the late bell to ring. She went through all her classes like normal. It was finally time to go home, and Hope was walking next to the forest. When Hope looked ahead, she saw police talking to some people next to the park. When she was close, one of the officers went up to her. "Excuse me, have you seen a boy around the age of 10? He went missing."

Hope thought back to the boy that the clown was with in the woods. "Yes, actually. He was with this clown looking guy in the woods. I was in school during the time so I couldn't see any details." The officer nodded. "Don't worry, your information will help us out a lot." Hope nodded and walked home, grabbing a bag of chips on the way to her room. She started drawing some art on her computer, singing out of boredom.

After finishing her song, Hope went outside. It was getting dark out so not many people were out, which Hope was very happy about, letting her enjoy the scenery. Hope started to hear the 'pop goes the weasel' song she heard the clown humming. She looked around and saw the weird clown across the street in the forest. Hope froze, not knowing what to do. The clown took this opportunity and started walking towards her. Before the strange male could step on the road, Hope started running away, the clown was quick to follow behind.

She took twists and turns, avoiding open areas, until she was certain she lost the male. Sighing Hope went home to take a nap, she deserved it after all that happened.

Hope was sitting in one of her classes, Art, waiting for it to start, when a boy with black hair and pale blue eyes sat in the empty seat next to her. She took one glance at him and could tell something was off about him, but didn't say anything.

When the teacher came in she quickly introduced the kid next to Hope as Helen Otis and that he needed one of the students to show him around school. All of the girls' hands went up, probably because they thought he was cute and wanted to date him. The teacher sighed and asked Hope if she would do it and she silently nodded, to which all the girls glared at her.

After class, the teacher told Hope she contacted all the other staff to let them know that she was showing the new kid around so she wouldn't get in trouble. Helen followed Hope as she started walking around, telling him the name's of the rooms. Soon it was lunch and they took a break, getting some food to eat. After the end of lunch, the two went back to walking around. The school was really big, three floors, 150 rooms each floor, it took the whole school day to show Helen all the rooms.

Hope was walking with Helen to the exit of the school, talking about interests and dislikes, they had a lot in common. They walked until they had to part ways, which was after they got to Hope's house, apparently Helen lived a block away from her. The two exchanged numbers, they became friends at the school. It quickly became a routine that Hope and Helen would walk to school, eat lunch, and walk home together. They would either text or call each other when they weren't hanging out.