The Midnight Club Riverdale (Volume 2)

Hermione's POV: The Doll

My heart was racing as I left Alice's trailer. I still couldn't believe that Penny wasn't The Angel Of Death. Knowing that Penny might not have been the culprit to my father's abduction made me shiver "Hermione wait up!" I sighed, and in the midst of all this I had the worries about Fred "What?" I said, getting slightly annoyed "Hey, are you okay?" I shook my head "No, are any if us?" He hesitated "Yeah your right, do you want me to take you home?" I shook my head, I wanted to find my dare alone "Okay, I'll pick you up a 3 for your test?" God my drivers test, I'd forgotten "Yeah" We parted and I started walking home.

When I arrived at my house there wasn't anything there, I thought perhaps maybe my mom had taken it in. I prayed that she hadn't opened it. I entered my house and closed the door "Mom, I'm back" I shivered, my skin felt numb. My mom came rushing in, her arms open wide "Oh mija your back" She cried flinging her arms around me, she pulled away from me "Did you hear about the girl? Oh its awful! And just a few minutes away from where you were last night!" She put her hands on her hips "Did you hear or see anything?" I shook my head "No mama, I was asleep" She tutted "Come in, let me make you some green tea" I threw my purse on the stairs and trudged into the kitchen. I looked around, no parcel.  My stomach rumbled I should've gotten a burger at Pop's I thought, opening the fridge. There was nothing in there apart from a few eggs and some milk "When was the last time you went grocery shopping?" I asked, afraid of what the answer may be. She scuttled towards me, the kettle brewing behind her. We sat down at the table and she sighed "We are not doing very well mi querida" she said, taking my hand. Ever since my father had died, my mom had been struggling even though she worked 6 hours cleaning toilets at the five seasons, her payroll was not enough, we were hanging on by a thread. I stroked her hand, "We'll get through this" I said, although I was barely convinced "I'll incase my hours at Pop's, hopefully that will help" suddenly there was a knock on the door "I'll get it!" I said jumping up and running through the hall. I opened the door and sure enough there was a parcel sat on my door step, I looked around but there was no one there. I carefully picked up the parcel and shut the door "Mom I'm gonna head up to my room and open this okay?" "Okay" She said, I trudged up the stairs, the box in my hand. I entered my room and kicked the door to a close with my foot, carefully placing the box onto my bed, I breathed in and reached for the scissors that were in a pot. I carved down the middle of the box and ripped it open. Sure enough, inside was a small doll, only it didn't look like me, it wore a black dress and high heels, a string of pearls wrapped around its neck, almost suffocating it. I raised an eyebrow, confused as to why the doll looked nothing like me. I placed the doll on my bed and reached into the box, I pulled out a piece of clothing, it didn't take me long to realise that it was the dress the doll was wearing, only a bigger version. I put it a side and picked up shoes that were wrapped in blood red tissue paper, I unwrapped them. They were the same black heels the doll wore. I shivered and reached in for the last thing, a pearl necklace that came with a note, the first part of the note was almost the same as Alice's, but there was another message for me at the end:

PS: I have gifted you some clothes I think you might need to wear, you'll know when the times right, and if you don't wear them, they'll be blood on your hands - your blood
Best Wishes
The Angel Of Death
Xx

You'll know when the times right? What did she mean? And why were they all of a sudden sending me gifts. I put the note on top of the clothes and picked up the doll, ripping it's head off just like Alice had done. Just like Alice's, there was a note, covered with red- presumably blood. Hopefully not, they were probably just trying to scare us- right? I unfolded the note, revealing my scandalous Truth and Dare:

Dare: Break his heart- you know what to do (hint his name begins with J)
Truth: Tell Freddy what you got up to
Don't do it and they die
Xx

I slammed the piece of paper down onto the bed, tears appearing in my eyes. I knew what I had to do, I'd had this feeling welling up inside me for a long time, urging to do something I know would be wrong, but now I had to do it. Or everyone I loved would die. I had to break Fred's heart.

So incase you already hasn't figured it out, The Angel Of Death wanted me to kiss Jaime. It sounds stupid when you say it, but actions speak louder than words. I'd had this feeling for a while that Jaime liked me, there was always tension om the air when we were together and I felt myself blushing when I was around him, but Fred, I love him, and I know it. I knew that whatever I would have with Jaime would never be a strong as what I had with Fred. Its just one little kiss, and one little confession, it's not gonna mean anything to me. I flopped down onto my bed and contemplated the thoughts going around in my head. Crap, Fred is picking me up in a hour for my driving test I thought. It was the quickest hour of my life.

"You okay?" Fred said to me, we were in his truck, on the way to meet with my driving instructor "Yeah" I lied, you could feel the awkwardness in the air. We were both keeping huge secrets and I couldn't help but thinking maybe Fred's dare was similar to mine. He would probably ask me any moment if I even got one "So, did you get a parcel?" There it was don't lie Hermione, don't lie Hermione "No" I said quickly. Wow Hermione, you just lied to your boyfriend, and it wasn't even believable. He looked at me confused "That's wierd" "Yeah" I laughed awkwardly "So wierd, I guess maybe they couldn't think of a dare for me?" Fred nodded, slightly on edge. We arrived shortly at my drivers test and I guess you could say it sort of went well "You'll recieve your results within a week" said the instructor. It was a joke really, I mean even if I passed I wouldn't be able to afford a car, It would be almost all of my college savings, its not like my mom had I car I could drive around in either. I climbed back into Fred's truck and sighed "You did good" He said taking my hand, I rubbed it "I can't believe it's happening again" I whispered "I know, but we'll get through it, together" I looked into his eyes and my bodied filled with guilt "Can we go for a drive?" I asked "Just the two of us, away from everyone else?" He nodded. We drove around for what seemed like forever, we decided to go to what we called the 'rich' side of Riverdale. We drove passed the town hall and the 3 story mansions, fantasising what it would be like to live in one, but that's all it was, a fantasy. Fred drove out of the estate, and we passed an apartment that caught my eye "Oh my gosh, pull over!" I urged, Fred parked on the sidewalk and I winded the window down, taking in the luxurious apartment that was to die for. On the front of the building were words carved in the brick, 'The Pembrooke 330' My mouth opened wide in awe and a smile spread across my face "Imagine living there" I said, that's all I'd wanted when I was younger, I'd dreamed about being a reality star living in New York in a fancy apartment, a limousine to travel around in, but I knew it would never happen "Looks like it's for sale" Fred exclaimed "Come on" He said, gesturing that we leave the car "Let's go inside" I wasn't sure we would be able to but I followed him all the same, crossing the road and walking up the stone steps. The front door was open and there was a middle aged man inside, moving some boxes "Excuse me sir?" I asked "May we come in?" He looked up at me, a smile plastered on his face, he reminded me if Santa Claus "Of course" He said, we stepped inside "No one ever comes here, this place is far too good for this town, the owners moved away years ago, but I pop back every now and then to check on it, I'm their butler you see" I nodded, taking in the glass chandelier that hung from the marble ceiling. The man turned away from what he was doing, approaching us "Are you looking at buying? You two look awfully young" He asked, I laughed "I wish, even if I wanted to I could never" "Well your welcome to look around all the same, I'm Smithers by the way" I took his hand "Hermione" Fred shook his hand to "Fred" Smithers kept his word and let us look around, taking in the beauty of my dream home, the place I would never get to live in. Once we had looked around we thanked Smithers "Before you go Miss Hermione" He said, reaching into his pocket and pulling out a card "Incase you ever need me, I have a feeling you will" He winked, I laughed but took the card anyway, to be polite. We got back into the car, reflecting on the hectic but somewhat nice day we'd had. I looked at Fred who was driving me home, god, I really didn't want to break his precious heart.