Lavender was at a festival, eating her caramel apple. She had gotten her face painted, and was hanging out with her friends. It was a wonderful sunny day, and Lavender had done her homework and chores, leaving her with a free day. Suddenly, a large, dark gray cloud moved towards her, hovering over the festival. Lighting struck, and the sky thundered. Lavender felt as if eyes bore through her, watching her. She heard a rustling in the bushes. “Did you hear that?” She asked Eva. “Hear what? It’s a pleasantly sunny day, and everything is perfect! Let’s just enjoy our caramel apples.” Eva replied. Lavender eyes widened. So the other girls didn’t see the dark clouds. They couldn’t hear the thunder crackling, or the ominous sound of a sharp wind rustling through the leaves. She slowly turned around, and noticed a pair of yellow glowing eyes through the bushes. She sucked in a breath, and walked confidently with her friends, pretending not to notice. If she freaked out, her friends may think that she had gone crazy.

They found a pond, and her friends waded their bare feet in the water. Lavender refused, partly because her mother would be horribly angry with her for getting wet, and partly because she wanted to be ready to run if the stalker found her. Her friends finally convinced her to, and she reluctantly sat with her feet in the pond. She thought that she had seen the glowing eyes deep beneath the pond, but when she blinked, they were gone. She felt a tug on her feet and screamed. The other girls looked at her strangely. “Is there a spider? I assure you that there is nothing scary about a spider.” Cora assumed. She saw gnarly hands, covered in blood and grime pulling her down.

Down.

Down.

Down.

Her friends screamed in horror as Lavender was pulled under. Just like in the horror movies that her older brother had forced her to watch, she would not be getting a happy ending.