The Call

Chapter 1

 It started out as a normal day I woke up, got dressed, brushed my teeth and left for school. My mom had left for work with dad so I had to make sure the door was locked and I had my keys. As I was walking through the trails my phone went off. I wondered who would be calling me, I grabbed my phone and answered, 

"Hello?" I asked. 

"I see you," said a creepy voice in a barely audible whisper. I swallowed and asked, 

"who are you? and what do you want?" I was walking at a faster pace now, almost running. 

"Why I want you silly," IT said laughing, sending chills down my spine.

I was almost at the end of the treeline when I heard creepy carnival music. I came to an abrupt halt and looked around warily, my breathing erratic.  I saw a red balloon just floating in mid-air, not moving one bit. I started to slowly walk backward scared. All of a sudden the balloon exploded and I was covered in a red sticky substance, which I soon realized to be blood. I was shocked and just stood there until I heard the same creepy laugh as before and I turned around and ran. As I was nearing my house I grabbed my keys out of my pocket with my hands shaking. I reached the door and it took me a couple of times but I finally got the door open, and I collapsed against it, trying to get my breath back. I looked at my hands and with a start saw they were still covered in blood. I ran to the bathroom and turned on the water. I stood in the water with it scalding my skin. I didn't care for I was rubbing my skin raw, trying to get the blood off of my skin. I finally turned off the water and collapsed on my bed. I left my lights on and covered myself with blankets and finally, FINALLY fell asleep.

I woke up and did my morning routine. Then, I looked up anything that might have helped me figure out what I saw. I clicked on a link and read about a town named Derry in Maine. Which wasn't too far from where I lived. As soon as my parents got home I asked them if I could ride my bike there and they said yes. I rode my bike to Derry cautiously keeping a look out for any balloons. As I was riding my bike I saw a group of kids and heard them talking about a murderous clown. I came to an abrupt stop when I heard it. I just stared at them until a boy with glasses pointed at me.  I quickly started to pedal. I didn't stop until my eyes caught an old abandoned two-story house. The house looked poor and neglected. There was something about the house that made me stop. Suddenly as if in a trance, I started to walk towards the house. It was as if I had no control over my body. As I was nearing the other side of the street I was suddenly tackled to the ground, breaking whatever trance I was in. 

"What the fuck do you think you are doing! do you have a death wish!" yelled a boy with square glasses and black curly hair.

I just stared at him suddenly feeling very confused all of a sudden. I was about to say something but a girl with short red hair beat me to it. 

"Richie get off of her!" she yelled at him

Suddenly I felt a pain in my arm and I moaned in pain. Richie got off me and I sat up and looked at my arm which had a scratch and was oozing with blood. I suddenly had a flashback of the balloon with blood. I vaguely heard someone trying to talk to me. When the flashback was done I opened my eyes and saw the black boy trying to talk to me, but my ears were ringing. Finally, my ears stopped ringing.

"-n you hear me?" The boy asked and I shook my head yes.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

"Of course she's not fucking okay look at her damn arm!" Richie exclaimed. 

"Richie calm down, he was just asking and are you okay?" A tall dark-haired boy asked me with a slight stutter. 

"I'm fine," I told them with a reassuring smile.

"I'm Beverly, what's your name?" The girl with red hair asked me.

"Riley, Riley Anderson," I told her with a smile

 " The tallboy is Billy Big Bill, handsome as ever. The short stack of pancakes is Eddie, he has a germ problem. This annoying bastard is Richie, he's a trash mouth. This boy's Ben he has just been recently added along with Mike. " She said while pointing at each of them,

"So...are you fucking crazy?" Richie asked me.

"No, I'm not," I answer him with a roll of my eyes.

"Richie enough, why were you going to the Nebolt house?" Richie asked me.

I bit my lip and closed my eyes trying to think of what to say. I mean do I want to tell them what I felt or will they run away thinking I'm crazy? I blew out a breath and asked a seemingly innocent question,

"Have any of you seen any red balloons lately?" I asked. 

They all exchanged a look. I suddenly got nervous and thought to myself 'what if start to spread rumors or hurt me? I mean I don't want to die at a young age.' Finally, Mike interrupted my inner monologue,

"Why do you ask?" he asked looking at me suspiciously.

I gulped audibly and asked, 

"Is there anywhere private we can go to talk?" 

"Follow us," Bill told me

They led me to a lake type area and Beverly looked at me sternly and demanded me to start talking,

"She doesn't have to fucking anything!" Richie told Beverly.

"Sorry, always wanted to say that." Richie apologized after getting weird looks.

"Ok, it all started when...."