Chapter one: The attack

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[Amber's POV]

I was brushing my hair when when I got a text from Tara.  Tara and I had been dating for a little over  a year  since we finally got the courage to admit we liked each other. Mindy already knew. It was a shock that Tara was even into me, I always thought it'd be Wes.

[Tara's POV]

{Tara texting Amber}

{Me: Are we still on for movie night on Friday?}

{Amber: Yes!! We need to think of Movie ideas.}

As I was texting Amber, the landline started ringing. At first, I ignored it. and looked down at my phone again.

{Amber: You there T?}

{Me: Yeah, sry, got distracted by the landline ringing}

{Amber: Ppl still use those? Lmaooo}

I responded with laughing emojis before the landline started ringing again.

{Me: It's fckn ringing again}

{Amber: probably one of those scam calls, unplug that shit}

Eventually, the phone stopped. Fuck finally.

I went into the kitchen and put some chicken nuggets in the oven.

{Amber: did I leave my charger at your house}

{Me: you leave a lot at my house lol, I'll go check}

As I was getting ready to walk up the stairs the landline started ringing again. I answered this time.

"Hello?" I said.

"Hello Tara." A deep voice replied.

"Excus- do I know you? How did you know my name?"

"I'm from group." He replied.

"What group?" I asked.

My phone buzzed, and I looked to see Amber's message.

{Amber: Did you find it? I'm on 15%. I'm gonna cry bajkwkekd}

"Your mother's group." The man on the phone said.

"I didn't know she had that, is it like therapy or something?" I asked.

"Something like that." He said.

{Amber: babe??!?! Helllooo}

{Me: sry I haven't looked yet, I'm otp}

{Amber: otp w who?}

{Me: the guy who called my landline like 600 times}

{Amber: wtf, hang up LMAO}

"My mom's not here." I said.

"Oh, well, that's fine, I can just talk to YOU then." He replied.

"Um-"

"Tara, can I ask you a question?" He said.

"Uh ye- yea." I said in a shaky tone.

"What's your favorite scary movie?"

"The babadook or insidious, I really like ghost movies." I said, looking around.

"Really? Well, I like SLASHER FILMS." He said, stretching the words out.

"Oh yea?" I replied.

"Yea, you know, in the first stab movie, the guy calls the dumb blonde and asks her what her favorite scary movie is?"

The blood drained from my face.

He continued, "He also did horror movie trivia, and if she answered all the questions wrong, she died...do you want to DIE Tara?" He asked.

I hung up the phone and made sure my security systems were armed.

{Amber: im coming over, my parents are leaving for the night}

{Me: STAY AT HOME}

{Amber: WHY!?}

{Me: I think the guy on the phone just threatened me}

{Amber: Are you sure it's not Wes or Mindy pranking you?}

{Me: Amber, I'm really scared}

The landline started ringing again. I answered it.

"YOU HANG UP THE PHONE AGAIN AND I'LL GUT YOUR LITTLE GIRLFRIEND LIKE A FISH!" He yelled.

I sunk behind the counters.

"What do you want?" I cried.

"To decorate the outside of your house with your insides." He said and cackled.

I crouched on the floor crying.

I called Amber and pressed the emergency button, calling the police on my Alarm system.

>on the phone with Amber<

"TARA YOU'RE SCARING ME ARE YOU OKAY?!" She said, concerned.

"He's gonna kill me." I cried.

"Grab a knife and hide, I called the police it's gonna be okay." She said.

"No- no He's gonna kill me." I said, leaning into the wall.

|SYSTEM DISARMED|

I looked at the controls and panicked, re-arming the system.

|SYSTEM ARMED|

"Is he HACKING THE SYSTEM!??" Amber yelled. "I'M GETTING IN MY CAR RIGHT NOW!"

"No, he'll kill you too!" I cried.

|SYSTEM DISARMED|

|SYSTEM ARMED|

|SYSTEM DISARMED|

|SYSTEM ARMED|

"I'M ON THE WAY!" Amber said.

Suddenly, it was quiet. Then, the landline started ringing again.

"Hello?" I said with tears streaming down my face.

"I just have one more question for you, Tara..."

I whimpered in fear, leaning against the wall.

"Do you think I made it inside your house before you could re-arm?"

Suddenly, a tall figure in a black robe came behind me.
I ran through the kitchen and down the hallway. Whoever this was was fast.

I screamed "SOMEBODY HELP ME!"

I made it to the front door when the figure in the ghostface mask grabbed me and slammed me against the wall. I then collapsed to the floor.

"TARA!?" I could hear Amber screaming and crying on the phone.

My vision was blurry from the hard contact my head made against the wall. He started stabbing me viciously, and I kicked him, sending him flying back.

I couldn't make out what Amber was saying, but she was in distress from the little I heard.

I began crawling towards the door when the person behind me slammed their foot on my ankle, breaking it.

The worst thing I've ever felt.

I knew I wouldn't be able to walk. He stabbed me again and I turned over to punch him. I missed and he drove his blade through my other hand.

At this point, I was ready to give up, I turned back on my stomach and tried crawling to the door.

I heard police sirens.

The last thing I remember is that blade going into my back

All I could do was scream.

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