The Sleepover

Chapter 3

Emma and Chloe both went to look for Elisa, looking up and down the corridor they noticed that only one door was open, so they cautiously went in that direction, being careful to be silent.
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Elisa didn't dare look down to see what had brushed against her.
Meow
It was Elisa's cat Loki.

Elisa looked at the footprints on the floor, they didn't match the cat.
The footprints didn't leave through the window again either, which meant that whatever made them was still in the house.
Then Emma and Chloe came bursting into the room. Elisa saw the knife in Emma's hand and screamed. Emma was confused but then realized that normally if you point a weapon at someone they are going to scream.
"Sorry." Emma said sheepishly.
"Look here, something is in the house, but I don't know what it is, it's bigger than Loki." Elisa said.
"Who is Loki?" Asked Chloe.
"My cat..."
"WELL WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT EARLIER!" Chloe screamed "that was obviously what was at the door earlier."
"But if Elisa is right in saying that this thing that made the footprints is bigger than the cat, then if it was scratching at the door, the scratches will be too big for a cat to make." Emma explained. 
The girls decided it would be best to investigate the scratches, but they didn't know what to do about the window, if they left it open, anything could get in, and they wouldn't know if the thing had left, but if the window was closed then the thing wouldn't be able to get out and would continue to be on the prowl.

They decided to close it, besides the thing might have gone already. They shut the door behind them and went to the cinema room. The scratches on the door were definitely not made by the cat.
They went into the room and locked the door.
"I did a complete check of all the rooms in the corridor, they were all empty." Said Elisa.
"But that means that it has to be gone, unless..."Emma went silent and thought, "If the thing hadn't left, was it possible that when Elise was checking the rooms it hid in the corridor, and then when we left this room to go find her it came in here? No it can't have, could it?"