The Beating Doll

Luci Meets Rob

(A/n: i own nothing. Everything belongs to the rightful owner. Only the Ocs throughout the story.) 

It coldest day in September, kids in school while their parents have gone to that day and for some relax. A woman rode on her motorbike with a side cart around town looking for a shop. Her emerald eyes spotted a mini market to see the owner with a month old infant and a man swiping the floors at the front. "Hi Mom,Dad, and my little Maya." Said the woman. She got off her bike and walked to the owner and the child. "She was missing you all day, Luciana." Said the owner. "Oh you did." Said Luciana holding a dark brown hair girl wrapped in a blanket. Maya rubbed her eyes slowly opening them to see a honey hazel color reaching her small hand towards Lucianna's silver hair. "There goes those children again." Said the man seeing five children chasing a young boy wearing glasses and dirty school uniform holding a tissue and notebook. "Dad, is little boy new in the neighborhood." Said Luciana watching them turn the corner. "No he lived here for eight years now. I recently spoken with his parents and explained that the poor boy has serious allergies which keeps him inside except for school." Said the father. "Well I better have a talk with them later." Said Luciana looking her father. "Like scare them of because of our family name." Said the father. "Harold. It doesn't mean anything." Said the mother. 

"I'm being serious Abigail. Those rumors here in Columbus are getting out of control and not to mention our daughter has to raise a child alone." Said Harold. "Well I'm going to the house with my daughter while you two stop arguing." Said Luciana getting the carrier strapped onto the bike securely and gently placed Maya putting the safety belt on. "See you at home." Said Luciana putting her helmet on and covered Maya from the cold. She started her engine and drove off carefully to the neighborhood five blocks away. Parking into the driveway Luciana took her helmet off shaking her hair and flipped it to her right side and saw the kids again in front of a house across the street throwing rocks at a window. "Come on Maya." Said Luciana taking the straps off. She opened the door after unlocking it heading to her room upstairs putting her daughter down in the play pin. Luciana looked both ways making sure no cars were coming and slowly walked towards the kids with a serious face. "Come out, Stine." Said a boy throwing a small rock at a window. "What's the matter afraid of a little dirt." Said a girl with realizing that Luciana's shadow hovered over them. The boy looked curiously at Luciana from his window as one of the kids stopped and slowly turned around in fear. "It's The Elm Witch!" Said the boy with blonde hair making the kids look at her and ran off screaming. "Hey, Stine. Was it? Are you hurt?" Said Luciana as the boy opened his window. "I'm fine. Thanks for that miss." Said the boy. "Luciana White. Don't worry about those kids. If you run into them after school just come to my parents shop or my house over there. What's your name?" Said Luciana. "Robert Stine. Well I was very nice to meet you but I have to work on something." Said Robert. "That's fine. Bye Robby." Said Luciana rushing inside as Maya started crying.

The sun was going down as Luciana got the table ready for dinner. "Hey, can you get three more plates? The Stines want to join us for what you did for their son." Said Abigail from the kitchen. "On it." Said Luciana taking them out of the near by cabinet. "Come on this way mother." Said Harold holding an elderly woman out the basement. She was wearing a beige dress with a black shawl over her slightly hunched back with raven cane in her boney hand. "Keep talking to me like a child. I'll make you regret it,boy." Said the woman getting to her seat. "Jani please don't do anything weird again. The neighbors will be coming over any minute." Said Luciana taking sleepy Maya upstairs to the crib. "We'll see." Said Jami putting her cane down on the arm chair. Ding Dong. "Coming." Said Harold walking to the door. He opened the door to see a couple and Robert holding the note book again. "Welcome Stines. Dinner is almost ready. Please take a seat." Said Harold letting them in. They walk to the dinner table looking around seeing Luciana carrying Maya down the stairs. "Hi I'm Luciana and this is my daughter, Maya." Said Luciana shaking their hands. "Lets have a seat while Maya her bottle." Said Luciana walking into the kitchen.  "She woke up." Said Abigail turning the stove off. "No she just needs her bottle." Said Luciana putting the bottle into the microwave for a minute. "Harold can you get the high chair." Said Abigail. "Why can't hold my own great granddaughter." Said Jami.

"Mother." Said Harold giving her a look while pulling the high chair out of closet. "It fine dad and Jami can feed her." Said Luciana walking to the table. She put the high chair at the end between her seat and Jami  while Robert sat across from her next to his mother and father. "Alright here we go spaghetti squash with meatballs and tomato sauce. I hope that's fine with you Robert." Said Abigail. "Perfect thank you." Said Robert. "So Robby your a writer." Said Luciana curiously. "Yeah but I'm not sure if there any good." Said Robert looking a the note book. "Maybe I can help. I did take literature and writing class back in high school and in college." Said Luciana handing the warm bottle to Jami to feed Maya. "You sure cause I don't want to intrude." Said Robert. "Don't worry about it I can stop by at your place after school if that alright with your parents." Said Luciana taking a drink of her water. "That's very excellent so what did I hear about the elm witch going around." Said Mr. Stine. "This better be good." Said Jami. "Mother. We discuss this earlier." Said Harold. "Well you see my mother had friends that have a unique gift of helping others and some not so much. We don't really don't to talk about it." He said.

"So how do like the food?" Said Abigail changing the subject. "Very good actually." Said Mrs. Stine as Robert was halfway done. "Anyways Robby can I read what have so far?" Said Luciana. "Ok here." Said Robert giving her his notebook. Luciana read the title,'Welcome to Dead House' and continued on the chapter while Jami look over her shoulder interested. "Woah. I'm getting the chills by reading this. Robby you got a gift. Sure there's a little spelling correction but this is good." Said Luciana. "Glad your enjoying it." Said Robert. Luciana finished the pages and gave it back o in time for everyone to get some rest. "Goodnight Stines. Don't let the bedbugs or the ghouls scare ya out of bed." Said Luciana closing the door after they crossed the street. Luciana cleaned the dishes while her parents took maya to her crib and Jami went down to the basement. Jami looked around her cabinets and pulled out some jars to make a drink of some kind.