INSANE, it 2017

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               ୨♡୧ — 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐕𝐄

▌ 𝐋𝐘𝐃𝐈𝐀 𝐅𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋 towards the blood-curdling house. "Bill! Wait!" Lydia called out.

"It's fine, Lydia." Bill's voice was stern. "I just want to say before I walk into this house, if I never make it out... I just want you to know that I meant it."

Lydia furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. "Meant what?"

"I meant what I said about wanting you to come hang out with us." Bill spoke.

Soon, everybody else showed up. "Bill, you can't go in there! This is crazy!" Bev exclaimed. "You don't have to come in with me. What happens when another Georgie goes missing? Or another Betty? Or another Ed Corcoran? Or one of us? Are you just gonna pretend like it didn't happen like everyone else in this town? Because I can't. I go home, and all I see is that Georgie isn't there. His clothes, his toys, his stupid stuffed animals, but he isn't. So walking into this house is easier than walking into my own." Bill spoke.

He then turned to open the door. "Wow." Richie muttered. "What?" Bev questioned. "He didn't stutter once." Richie mentioned.

They all started to walk towards the door to go in with Bill. "Wait!" Stan stopped everyone in their tracks. "Shouldn't we have some people keep watch? You know, just in case something bad happens."

"W-w-who wants to stay out here?" Bill stammered. Everyone raised their hand except for Beverly. Lydia would have volunteered, but her fear over-powered her this time.

"Fuck." Richie sighed.

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Bill, Richie, and Eddie went inside of the house while everyone else stayed outside.

Lydia couldn't help but feel worried about them. There was something off about that house. And there was. The clown loved inside of there.

She was thinking of what might happen while they were inside.

All of a sudden, she heard someone whisper. "Lydia." She heard it whisper. It was Eddie's voice. She tried to ignore it, but her curiosity took over. She got up from where she sat and followed the sound. Nobody seemed to notice that she had left.

The sound led her into the house and upstairs.

It led her into a room, but when she entered, nothing was there. It was an empty room with nothing but dirt, old and creaking floors, and walls that were falling apart.

It wasn't until then that she realized she had been tricked. She heard someone or 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 come up from behind her. It placed a hand on her shoulder.

Lydia instantly knew who or what it was. The clown. She didn't want to turn around, but something was making her turn to face the clown.

It started laughing.

Lydia wanted to scream, but she couldn't. She was too frozen in fear. "Little Lydi, you are just too gullible." It spoke. "Don't be afraid. It's just me,  Pennywise the Dancing Clown."

Lydia covered her eyes with her hands. "It's not real. It's not real. It's not real." She repeated.

When she opened her eyes, the clown was gone. She started to turn around to check if anything was behind her.

But when she fully turned around, she wished she hadn't.

She saw herself, but it wasn't only that. She saw herself 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑.

She saw her dead body laying on the floor with blood pouring from her arms, legs, and stomach. She saw flies around the dead body, and her eyes were nowhere to be seen.

Lydia felt sick at the sight. She let out a blood-curdling scream as she stumbled back. She felt tears stream down her face.

She swiftly moved towards the door and opened it. She ran down the hallways, trying to find the way out, but it was like her fear had caused her to be lost in this horrifying house.

She ran down a hallway and entered a room. She was relieved when she saw Richie and Bill standing there. That was until she saw Pennywise right in front of Eddie.

"Is this not real enough for you, Billy? Am I not real enough for you?" It said with fake hurt in its voice. "It was real enough for Georgie." It smirked.

Bill was shocked at what he had just heard.

Before anyone could do anything, Pennywise started running towards Lydia, Bill, and Richie.

Suddenly, Beverly came in with a spear and stabbed Pennywise in the head. "What the fuck!" Lydia screamed.

Instead of its blood pouring down, the blood floated up. Bev stepped away and over towards Lydia.

"Get Eddie!" Richie exclaimed. Lydia, Bev, Richie, and Bill rushed over towards Eddie. Richie and Bill kneeled down next to him while Bev and Lydia were standing up, panicking.

Pennywise looked more terrifying than he was before. The white gloves that Pennywise was wearing were ripped as he grew sharp claws.

He turned around and clawed Ben in the stomach. Ben then fell back, and Mike caught him.

Lydia felt herself panic more and more.

Pennywise walked out of the door that Lydia had walked through and disappeared into the hallway.

At this point, everyone was screaming.

Bill got up and went to follow Pennywise. "Don't let him get away." He said.

"Bill, where are you going?" Lydia shouted. When Bill returned, he came back over to Eddie.

"Okay, I'm going to snap your arm back into place." Richie announced as he was referring to Eddie's broken arm. Don't fucking touch me!" Eddie yelled. Richie then snapped his arm back into place. Eddie let out a scream as Lydia winced.

The losers club then bolted out of the house and towards their bikes.

All Lydia could think about while she pedaled away was how she would never forget what she had seen in there.