Dread Part 2

Everyone picks out their rooms, Hayley and I in one room, Charlotte in the room across from us, Claire and Mark in the room next to us, and Daryl in the room across from Claire and Mark.

"What's wrong babe?" Hayley whispers into my ear as she wraps her arms around me. Her hands slide up into the bottom of my shirt and wrest on my stomach.

I sigh and turn to look at her, her big beautiful green eyes staring into my soul. I crack and finally tell her, "I don't feel very... Good about tonight. I mean, its just that I feel like something dark or bad is going to happen."

Hayley nods "Like at my sweet sixteen party?" she sits on the edge of the bed as she says it, then adds, "nothing happened at the party though."

"What about your brother falling off the porch and breaking his arm?" I look at her expectantly.

"Oh yeah. I always forget about that." she gives a nervous laugh. "Nothing is going to happen babe." She kisses my forehead and starts unpacking.

I fight the urge to sigh and start unpacking as well. Putting my clothes nicely folded into the bottom three drawers of the dresser. I always take the lower half and leave Hayley the top half since she's taller than me.

I turn to let her know I'm done and notice something strange on the bed. I walk over and pick it up. It's a wooden board, I flip it over to see what's on the other side and I drop it.

"Hayley! Why in the hell would you bring a damn Ouija board on this trip? Where did you even get it?" I look at Hayley expectantly.

"I just thought it would be fun and I got it from my brother. He said it's fun to use to scare friends with." Hayley takes the Ouija board and the planchette and heads to the living room.

I sigh and follow her. "I'm down" Charlotte speaks up.

"Not me, what if we let Satan out?" Asks Claire.

I hear Mark chuckle and chip in, "Babe there's no such thing as a Satan, and even if there were, I'd protect you."

"Satan is a being, not a thing. Also, Ouija boards are known as spirit boards so only spirits can come out. Both good and the bad." Adds Daryl.

"I'm not doing it. I have a really bad feeling about it." I look at Hayley giving her my best I'm sorry face.

"Fine let's do a show of hands. Those wanting to use the board hands up" slowly Mark, Daryl, Charlotte, and Hayley all raise their hands. Claire and I share an uneasy glance before moving to take our places around the coffee table.

Charlotte looks around at everyone before beginning. " Two fingers on the planchette at all times. Do not stop touching it before we say goodbye and you'll be fine." She places her thin pointer finger and middle finger on the edge of the planchette and everyone follows suit. She moves the planchette in figure 8 six times before letting it rest in the center.

"Hello, is there anyone here with us now who would like to make contact?" Asks Charlotte.

"Uh, how do you know how to do this?" Asks Claire.

"What do you think I do when I'm not with you guys? Now focus." Charlotte continues with the séance. "If someone is with us please give us some kind of sign."

Slowly the planchette moves over the letters H-E-L-L-O. We all look at each other waiting to see who moved the planchette to mess with us.

"Who are you?" Claire speaks up "Are you Satan?"

The planchette quickly moves to "no" and you can feel some of the tension lifting.

"Who are you?" Asks Charlotte. The Planchette spells out S-I-S-T-ER. Everyone looks at each other. "Whose sister?" She adds.