We all know Slappy the dummy from Goosebumps. But Slappy has a twin, named Snappy with green eyes. (Y/n) is 18 and goes to visits her younger brother, Luke Harrison, who's dad makes horror movies. It is a lot of fun being around such scary stuff-esp...
"Noooooo!" Luke screamed again, as Slappy hit it hard. He rolled into the legs of the statue and sent it toppling to the floor. It landed with a deafening crash and shattered into a thousand pieces. Shards of china went flying across the floor. Snappy shielded himself behind me. And as I stared at the mess all around, my dad's precious china sculpture... I heard his voice calling from the bottom of the attic stairs: "What's going on up there? Did I hear a crash? Did I hear broken glass?" Before anyone could answer, Dad came charging up the stairs. Dad burst into the attic, eyes wide with alarm. "What's going on, guys?" Kelly, Jamal, Luke, and I stood frozen in place.
Dad took several steps toward us. At first, he didn't notice the missing Poe sculpture. But then his shoes crunched over pieces of broken china. He glanced down and groaned. He dropped to the floor and gathered up a few jagged pieces. "The Poe statue? Is that what this is?" He gazed up at me. "Uh... well..." Suddenly, I couldn't remember any words. "You broke the Poe statue?" Dad's voice was a lot higher than usual. He dropped the chunks of china to the floor and stood up. Jamal was the first one to find his voice. "We didn't do it, Mr. Harrison."...Kelly nodded. "It's true." "Then who did it?" Dad demanded. "Elves?"..."The dummies did it, Dad," Luke said. "I ... I did a stupid thing. I let them out of the case. They started to fight and... well... they knocked over the statue." I added.
Dad studied me for a long moment. Then he turned to the glass display case at the end of the aisle. "Oh no," I murmured. I saw them. The two dummies. They were back in the case, flat on their backs.
"No!" Kelly cried, stepping up to the display case. "No. It's impossible!" I state. Dad shook his head. "What did I teach you two about taking responsibility for the things you do?"... "You you've got to believe us, Dad," I stammered. I couldn't take my eyes off the two dummies, folded up in the case, staring blankly at the ceiling. "(Y/n) let them out. One of them is called Slappy. He was angry because you plan to split them up. He said he wanted to make trouble for you " Luke says, Dad raised a hand to signal silence.
"You've got a good imagination, Luke. You should write all this down. It's the start of the screenplay you're obviously working on." ...."But, Dad"...."No, I'm impressed. Seriously. I'm impressed that you can make up a crazy story like that on the spot. You didn't even take a breath." He rubbed his beard, his eyes locked on mine. "You broke my Poe statue. And two seconds later, you've got a story to get you out of trouble. Amazing.".... "He's telling the truth, Mr. Harrison," Jamal said. Dad waved him away. "I know you're their friend, Jamal. But you don't have to lie for them." Dad says. This is why I moved out, he never believes anything.
He rested his hands on top of the case and gazed through the glass lid at the two lifeless dummies. "Wait a minute!" Kelly cried. "I have proof, Dad. I can prove that we're telling the truth." Kelly says. Dad turned to her. "Proof? Ha. This I want to see."...Kelly moved down the aisle of display cases, searching the floor for my phone. Finally she found it surrounded by chunks of broken china. "I have the whole thing on video," she said, raising the phone to Dad. "When you see this, you'll know we're telling the truth. And you will want to apologize to us for not believing us." I added. Dad crossed his arms in front of him. "Okay. Show me." Kelly raised the phone. I could see from across the room that the screen was totally cracked. She pushed the HOME button. The screen remained black. She pushed it again. Nothing happened.
She shook the phone-and the back fell off. "It's totally wrecked." She sighed. "Slappy cracked it with his wooden hand. He... he ruined it." I state. Dad tapped his fingers on a glass case. "How did you really wreck your phone, (Y/n)?" he asked. "Did you drop it?" "Didn't I just tell you what happened?" I asked. "I guess you don't have proof," Dad said. Kelly's shoulders drooped. "And I guess you kids think you're going to blame everything bad that happens around here on the dummies. Well... you'd better stop that right now." Dad says. "But, Dad" Luke started. He covered my mouth with his hand. "No more."... "Mmmmm mmmppp mmmmmp," Luke said.
"One more incident with the dummies," he said, "and I won't use you in the movie. I'm serious. You'll miss all the fun. Promise me this is the last time." Dad says. "Promise," I muttered. What else could I do? I really wanted to be in the movie. So did Kelly, Luke and Jamal. And I wanted Dad to believe us. I didn't want him to think we were lying or making stuff up. But I had to make sure those dummies didn't try to hurt Dad. I had to make sure they stayed in the case. I looked for the key to lock them in and gasped. The top of the key was poking out of Slappy's pocket in the front of his jacket. "Dad, look!" I said. "I'm not looking at anything." He shook his head. "I've seen enough. Come downstairs." Dad says. "Your loss" I mutter.
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I sighed as I followed Dad to the stairs. As I started down, I turned back and saw Snappy move in the glass case. He turned his head and winked at me. Then Slappy raised one hand and waved bye-bye....
