Betrayal

chapter 1

Everyone is out trick-o-treating or about to head out to a party except me! I mean I'm supposed to go to my friend's, Aphrodite, party but I have no costume, all thanks to my annoying little sister, Shantel! Ugh, I swear she did this to me on purpose. This morning I told my parents that I was going to a Halloween party tonight. Shantel overheard and asked me if she can tag along. I told her no because it is a teen party and it isn't kid appropriate. Then she started arguing about her "being a teenager" like me. I was fed up with it, so I left for school. When I came back, I found my Halloween disguise shredded up into pieces! I gaped in astonishment! I couldn't believe at what I just saw. So I stormed downstairs to the living room with the guise in hand. Mom looked up from her book, eyes wide.

"Oh my dear, what happened?" She asked.

"Ask Shantel!" who was hiding behind the couch. Mom looked over at her and shook her head.

"I'll go out and buy you a new one, Isis, and as for you young lady," she got up and turned over to Shantel, "you're grounded for a week, no TV, no computer, and no trick-o-treating."

Shantel, with augmented eyes, screamed and ran crying upstairs.

I thought to myself: Oh god, I hope she finds one! Where is she going to get an exact replica of the custom I had!?

It has been 2 hours since that happened and mom is still not back! The party starts at 8 o'clock and its 7:05 pm! Where can she be? I am not going to have enough time to get ready! I rush over to my dresser and pull out my make-up from my unkempt drawer. (Gosh I need to get this fix a.s.a.p.! Good thing its Friday, I have the entire weekend to do this.)

I get out the blue eye shadow and start applying it around my eyes, aiming for a misty, sort-of butterfly look. Good thing I curled my hair an hour ago or I would never make it in time.

***

There, make-up is all done. And my mom still isn't home! I think I'm going to have a panic attack! What is taking her so long! I pull out my phone, ready to dial, when I hear her car pull in. I quickly rush down the stairs to meet her at the door. I snatch the blue fairy costume from her and ran back upstairs. I put the costume on and stare at myself in the mirror, making sure everything is perfect.

I walk downstairs, and I give my mom a quick kiss on the check and a thank you. I climb into my Buggie and head to Aphrodite's.

Chapter 2

I walk up the stairs of the opulent house. It's a white and beige 4 story house on 20 acres of land! So when I say huge I mean huge and exceptionally gorgeous, too! I ring the doorbell and out comes Aphrodite in a long white dress with white and gold fairy wings. (Okay, yes we had plan to have similar costumes. Why? So everyone knows who the queens of this party are. And no, no one else is wearing a fairy costume because Aphrodite made it clear that no one is allowed to where one.)

"Isis! You're late!" She says teasingly.

"Uh, it's 8:02 Hun" we both laugh.

We walk in and it's already packed and the decorations are impressive! The lights are dimmed, mist lies low to the ground, cob webs with fake spiders dangle all over, red carpets, skulls, witch statues, well, you get the idea.

We head to the dance floor where the DJ has music blasting.

***

Aphrodite walks onto the stage. Immediately the DJ turns off the music and everyone gives her their attention.

TapTapTap

"Happy Halloween guys and girls! It's 11:00 o'clock, you know what that means!"

I grin as everyone yells in excitement! This is my favorite part of her party!

"The haunted Halloween trail!!"

Yes finally!

"So everyone get in groups of 6"

Everyone is rushing to get into their groups while I just stroll up near the stage where my group is at. We have been doing this for the past 3 years, so our group of 6 is already established, which are Jack, me, Aphrodite, Alec, Rose, and...

"Hey Isis!" Damien exclaims exactly.

"Hey Damien!" I smile at him. (Okay, Damien likes me and I sort of like him too but nothing else has happened)

I turn to face everyone else "Hey guys!"

"Everyone ready?" Jack says in his adorable Hulk costume.

Aphrodite exclaims, "Heck yeah let's go!"

***

The haunted trail is in the darkest part of the 20 acres that Aphrodite's family owns therefore making it the prefect and the spookiest trail ever! It's a dirt trail into a dark forest: consisting of skulls and dead FAKE bodies, a real guy with a chainsaw (Don't worry, the chainsaw doesn't have the blades) cob webs, lots of blue, red, yellow, and green mist, and flashing lights every so often. Tons of warning signs are scattered all over as well.

Aphrodite always has hay rides to begin the trail.

"Come on guys, get up here!" Aphrodite calls, already sitting on the hay ride. I slide up next to her along and Damien slides up next to me. Alec, Rose, and Jack sit on the opposite side of us.

"This is going to be so much fun!" I say.

"Yes it will be! There are new surprises to this year's haunted trail!" She says with a huge smile.

The hay ride takes us to a tunnel and drops us off there.

"Warning: Travel at your own risk. You and the people around you may die." Jack reads out loud.

"Man, that's harsh, ha" Damien says laughing.

We warily walk into the tunnel, clinging to one another. Its super dark in here, which adds more to the suspense as a witch pops out of nowhere. We all scream and start to run! As we nearly reach the end of the tunnel, on the far right, a light flashes and out pops out the guy with the chainsaw! He starts to chase us out of the tunnel. I trip over a log (which is odd to be out in the open like that).

I see the chainsaw guy still charging at us (which is odd too, he should have disappeared back into the tunnel). I start panicking!

"Help, Damien! Help!" I reiterate, as I scream for help.

Damien came charging with a log in his hands and strikes the guy right on the head, sending him backwards. Damien, extremely ambidextrous, crouches down over me and tries getting me get up. Jack, right beside us, screams. Laying on the ground, I look up. In the clear distance, I can see these strange looking people dressed in all brown attacking Aphrodite and the rest of our friends!

Damien and Jack both get me on my feet. We run over there to help our beloved friends when something suddenly strikes at our feet, sending us flipping through the air, landing right on our stomachs. A sharp, high pitch noise ripples through the air. In the blur of the distance, I see Aphrodite's pliable back get snapped by the tallest one of those horrid creatures. She lays limp on the ground.

I scream in bereft as the man lifts Aphrodite over his shoulder. All of our friends are now being dragged across the field.

Chapter 3

I gasp for air as I lay on the cold hard ground. Both, Jack and Damien, awake next to me. We get up off the ground as I look around. All I see are ruins of the trail along with torn branches.

"What the heck is going on?" I say angrily grabbing the side of my stomach. (Okay, I know Aphrodite said that there were new surprises, but I seriously doubt that was the surprise! Halloween Trails are supposed to be scary, but this is sick. Something is up!)

"I seriously do not know." Damien says worriedly.

"Where is everyone else?" Jack says looking around.

A few feet from where we are, we hear a vague shriek. It is Rose, one of our friends. Jack rushes over to her, helping her get up.

"What happened?" Jack asks her.

"I...don't... know..." says trying to remember. Then all of a sudden she gasps. "Aphrodite! Alec! They're in trouble! Everyone is in trouble."

To be continued...