ExperiMENTAL

Chapter 13~ Dance 'Till You Drop Part One

  She finally gave in. "A little while back, I was wondering around campus..." She began. "I was exploring the halls late at night. Around midnight, I think. Everyone was supposed to be asleep, but I was new and I just wanted to get the feel of how the grounds worked. When I was turning the corner, out of the corner of my eye, I could see people with flashlights.

  I ran to my room and locked the door. I wasn't fast enough, so they started banging on the door, demanding I open it. I then hid in the closet. After a minute, I heard a loud crash followed by heavy footsteps into my room. It was silent for a moment until they kicked down the closet door, leaving me exposed.

  I screamed, which was a big mistake. They just grabbed me while one of them covered my mouth with a cloth. Next thing I know, I woke up in a small grey room. Some lady asked me some questions, which I answered honestly, but she still wouldn't let me leave. She told me that they take punishment very seriously here.

  She left for a few hours and two men came in. One of them had a burning medal rod with a circle on the end. They told me if I cried, they would burn me with it." She started tearing up. "Then they told me to follow them. They took me to a pitch dark room and locked me in there. At first I didn't get it, but then I felt it. Small drops of water. One every 5-10 minutes.

  After a while, it drove me crazy. 'Why wouldn't it stop!?' I would scream. I finally gave in and started crying hysterically. Somehow they found out and the men returned." She was full on crying now with tears running down her cheeks.

  "They used the medal rod right here." She pulled up her sleeve and showed me the scar in the shape of a circle. I gasped. That was horrible! "They kept it pressed until I stoped crying. I thought I was going to die, that they were going to kill me. Then, the lady who asked me questions returned.

  She told me they would let me go, but only if I promised to stay out of trouble. She said that I was lucky. My punishment could have been much worse. Of course I promised and they released me. Ever since then, I've always been really careful about doing risky things." She finished.

  I didn't know what to say. What do you say when someone tells you something like that? Instead, I leaned over and engulfed her in an affectionate hug.

  "I'm so sorry." I said as my voice started to choke.

  "It's ok. That was a year ago, so most of the traumatical pain has gone away."

  "I see." I nodded. She looked like she quickly wanted to change the subject.

  "Hey, you know the Halloween dance is tomorrow. We should go help set up." She suggested.

  "Umm yeah, sure." I replied. I completely forgot it was around Halloween time. Well I guess I wasn't really worried about it when I was on the run for my life.

  We got up and walked together towards the gymnasium where the dance was supposedly being held. I had just noticed the halls were actually really creepy when I thought about it. Wooden floors that creeked when you walked on them, portraits of professors looking like they wanted to murder you, and gothic chandeliers that hung from the ceiling. It all added to the uneasy atmosphere.

  We arrived at the doors and peered inside. The gym was full of open boxes with decorations and people pulling them out and putting them on the walls. There were cotton webs, giant stuffed spiders, and Posters of pumpkins and stereotypical witches. Then I heard someone yell from behind us.

  "BIRDIEEEEE!" Gilbert yelled as he ran across the room and attacked Matthew in a hug. They both ended up falling and making a huge thud.

  "Oh crap, are you guys ok?" I asked when I ran over, dragging Amia behind me.

  "Yup, fine. I'm exited to see you too Gil." Matthew said, wiping dust off his pants.

  "I thought you guys didn't go to this colloge?" I asked.

  "We don't. We just pop by and make sure the students are alright every once n' a while." Matthew replied.

  "Ah, ok."

  "Hey Birdie, I know it's kinda obvious, but I have to ask. Will you go to the dance with me?" Gil asked. This is just personal opinion, but that might have been the cutest thing I ever heard come out of someone's mouth.

  "Gil, you already know the answer. Is maple syrup and pancakes the best thing ever invented?" Matthew replied.

  "You know it!" Gil said. Then a supervisor stomped over.

  "You four. Get to work!" The man commanded. Again I hid my face as best I could.

  "Yes sir." Amia said and grabbed some purple and black tinsel out of the nearest box. Once he left, I started a conversation with her.

  "So, who are you going with?" I asked.

  "His name is Kiku. He's from Japan and he's a nice guy. You?"

  "No one at the moment." I replied.

  We helped put up some decorations when Alfred and Arthur arrived.

  "Here to help?" I asked.

  "Yup. What can we do" Alfred asked.

  "Well your brother might need help with that thing." I pointed to where Matthew was having a hard time moving an abnormally large sized pumpkin.

  "K. Mattie, wait up, your gonna pull something!" Alfred called.

  "I GOT THIS. POLAR BEAR STRENGTH!" He yelled as he managed to move the pumpkin about half an inch.

  "Yup. Keep telling yourself that. I'm coming." Alfred said as he went to help out the Canadian.

  "They have a special relationship." Arthur commented.

  "Well to be fair, so do you two. Did you ask him?" Amia asked. Wait, what?

  "Yeah, I did earlier. Of course he said yes and that's when we came." Arthur replied.

  "Wait you two were dating?" I asked.

  "Yes, our one year anniversary is coming up." He replied.

  "Neat!"

  The rest of the afternoon was spent making small talk with other students while putting decorating the gym. It was freakin' fun!

  A/n: Yay! Halloween chapter part one! Part two up soon hopefully because I know this is soooo late. A little prucan to make up for it @Missmapleleaf? Anyway, hope you enjoyed reading as always. Until next time . . .

  ~~~Sugar~~~