Under the Hood (discontinued)

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

The loud, high-pitched noise of my teapot echoed around my home. I stood from my keyboard that I stole from one of my victims and made my way to the kitchen. I saw the large groups of steam fly out on my silver colored teapot then turned off the oven. I made my favorite peppermint tea then sat on the couch. I sipped the hot, minty, liquid then began drawing in my sketchbook, but, I paused, I no idea what to draw. I groaned then glanced at the clock on the wall. Oh shit! I thought, I placed my tea on the coffee table, another thing I stole from one of my victims, then dashed upstairs. I changed out of my school uniform into my normal clothes, then I snatched my purple jacket and left my cabin.

*Timeskip*

Clockwork's house wasn't that far from my place so I ran for a good two minutes. When I got there, I was out of breath then I slumped on my knees, I'm not much of a runner. After I finally caught my breath, I approached the front door then knocked, it was quiet for a few seconds then Clockwork opened the door. "Katie!" she exclaimed, "Glad you're here, come inside." She pulled me by my arm then led me to the living room. There I saw Nina, Jane, Ben, EJ, and Toby. Clockwork me sat next to Nina, who gave me small hug. Just then, another girl walked in from the kitchen, she was wearing an oversized blue shirt, her black hair was tied into two ponytails and her bangs covered her eyes. Nina then introduced me to her. Her name was Lulu. She seemed like a nice girl, she Nina, and I interacted with each other until we all left Clockwork's place to go to the plaza.

When my friends said plaza, I thought they meant like a mini mall, not a gigantic... uuh... stripmall. By that I mean, a bunch of retail stores and fast food places lined up beside each other on both side of a wide street, which was packed with other creepypastas. Not a good place for you pretty child. I officially agreed with the voice. So, when my friends weren't watching, I turned around, but unfortunately, I run into, once again, Hoodie. This time, we both fell back on our butts.

"We really need to stop meeting like this." Hoodie chuckled as he rose to his feet. He stuck out his hand, I gradually took it as he pulled me up. "I hope I didn't hurt you." I shook my head. He sighed, then there was an awkward pause. "So, do you want to walk with me." I twisted my head to see that my friends were out of sight. I faced Hoodie again.

"Y-yeah." I answered softly. Even though he wore a ski mask, I could tell he was smiling, he stuck his arm out to me.

"Might I lead the way?" He said in a tacky british accent. I hesitated at first then looped my arm around his. We both began walking, arm in arm down the stripmall, people began staring at us as we walked by, like we're the hottest couple in town. That's fucking weird because I barely know Hoodie like that and I don't have a crush him. Don't move too fast. The voiced giggled. I spoke in my mind, Sure you don't pretty child, sure you don't. I became annoyed and grunted softly, Hoodie must've heard because he turned his head to me then asked, "Are you alright?" I nodded my head.

"Hey Hoodie!" A voice shouted from behind us. We turned our heads to see a guy in a white mask running towards us.

"Masky!" Hoodie exclaimed in excitement. He releases my arm then gives that Masky guy a big hug. "Dude it's been a while!"

"I know, I finally completed my mission." Then Masky looks past Hoodie's shoulder. "Who's your friend?" Hoodie turns around.

"Oh, Masky this is Katie. Katie, Masky." I shyly waved my hand. The next part took me by surprise. Masky removes his mask, I saw his face, he had pretty honey-colored eyes and his hair was a dark brown color. I also noticed he had sideburns, but that's not what shocked me. He takes my hand and kisses it, like how a prince would kiss a princess's hand when they first meet. I blushed madly. He looked up then smiled.

"Pleasure to meet you." he said then backed away. I buried my face into my hands, which were the sleeves of my jacket, so that Masky and Hoodie don't see the embarrassment on my face. "Sorry." I heard Masky apologize.

"Well, that was... unexpected." Hoodie said. I lowered my hands slowly. "Masky, would you like to hang out with us?"

"I don't know, I wouldn't want to interrupt you guy's date." I glared at him.

"We're not on a date." Hoodie said slowly. "We're just..." Masky cut him off.

"Oh, really?" he teased. "Then explain why you guys were locked in each other's arms?"

"Oh come on Masky leave the lovebirds alone." I turned to see EJ and Nina walking towards us. EJ had his arm around Nina's shoulders (I'm guessing they're dating). EJ spoke again, "So what if they're not dating."

"We're not, Jack." Hoodie said. I said nothing as Nina came over to my side. EJ, Masky, and Hoodie continued their conversation as Nina began ours.

"So, do you like Hoodie?" I shook my head.

"N-no." Yes you do. I didn't respond. Nina just looked at me then pulled my arm as if she's taking me somewhere. I simply followed until we approached a pizzeria. Freddy Fazbear's eh? The voice said. "N-nina?"

"Come on, this place is awesome." Nina continued to pull my arm as we entered. This place wasn't what I expected, the party room was in fact enormous with at least sixteen, if not more, party tables lined up across in two rows. By the tables, was a stage. Now, I'd expect some animatronics or toy statutes performing on the stage, but there was nothing. "Bonnie!" Nina called out, "Freddy!"

"I-I d-don't t-think a-anyo-one's h-here." I said.

"Weird, they're always here." Nina continued walking along the party tables, I followed. She went up to a separate stage beside the main stage, it was definitely smaller with violet curtains and neon stars. I noticed an "Out of order" sign in front of it. "Let's see here." Nina spoke as she climbed on to the stage.

"N-Nina..." I started but she already went inside, dumbly, I entered as well. I noticed how the inside was a bit bigger than the outside.

"Foxy!" Nina called once more. I felt my anxiety boil my blood creating goosebumps a long my arms and legs. I used my left hand to twirl my scarlet hair as I stood by the open curtain. "He's not here." Nina said as she walked over to me. Then, we hear a growling like sound from outside the curtain, like an animal is feeling hungry. Nina and I looked at each other, then I felt something grab me by my pink night dress. I didn't scream or anything knowing it was some sort of prank. Nina raced out to see Toby and Clockwork laughing.

"What the fuck?!" Nina exclaimed.

"Gotcha!" Toby said. He released me then helped me to my feet.

"Seriously you guys?" Nina confronted.

"Sorry Nina" Clockwork said. She walked over to the main stage. "Let's see if the mics are working," she climbs on then grabs one of the microphones, her voice echoed throughout the pizzeria, "Testing, testing... one, two, one, two!"

"Well it's working, Natalie." Toby said. He joins Clockwork on the stage and grabs a mic as well. "Calling all the monsters, calling all the monsters!" Him and Clockwork began singing a song that I was unfamiliar with, but I just laughed along with Nina as our friends began busting silly dance moves. When they were done, Nina and I applauded.

"That was awesome!" Nina said. We all laughed about Toby's and Clockwork's performance as we left the pizza place. We decided that we would eat at nearby fast food place. There, we bump into that Jeff weirdo.

"What are you losers laughing about? He asked as Toby and the rest of sat at an empty table.

"Silly stuff, Jeffery." Toby says as they do some weird handshake. I pulled my hood down so Jeff doesn't recognize me. As I did so, I saw Nina rise up from the table and squeeze Jeff with her arms.

"Jeeeffff!!!!" she exclaimed excitedly.

"Nina," he started then took a deep breathe, "Let go of me!" She did as she was told. You oughta watch out for him, pretty child. The voice warned, sometimes I don't trust the voice, but this time, it might be doing it for my safety from Jeff.