by Bridget Webber

Created on: October 13, 2009   Last Updated: October 30, 2009

Johnnies foot was stuck in the long white sheet as he walked. He tripped slightly, only just managing to regain his balance in time before pulling his ghost costume around his knees while muttering to himself.

"Why oh why do I get myself into these situations." He groaned. " I could be sat at home in-front of my Xbox in my bedroom, but no, I had to agree to go to this stupid Halloween party, just to prove to my friends that I'm not afraid to walk there by myself in the dark tonight."

All day his schoolmates had been cajoling him. Making fun of the fact that he had to sleep with the light on at night as he was scared. He had stuck up for himself vigorously, because Sarah Jane, who he liked a lot, had been standing right behind them listening.

Now he was out in the night, walking through the rain which had made the sheet cling uncomfortably to his legs, and he wasn't sure where the party was. In his haste to impress Sarah Jane he had forgotten to ask. All he wished for was to hear a party going on, see if it was the right one, hope it wasn't, and if so head on back to the comfort of his well lit home.

Through the sound of the rain Johnie thought that he could hear something. Yes. It was the music coming from somewhere in the distance. he headed towards the sound, anticipating that it wouldn't be the party he was meant to go to, but knowing that he may as well take a chance and check it out just in-case it was after-all.

He got to a pair of large, iron gates, and peered through to see where the music originated. There was a grand old house before him, at the end of a long drive. Lights were on inside, and he could see the silhouettes of people dancing.

As he got closer he noticed a boy run inside. It looked like his friend Simon, but he couldn't be sure. So, he was probably at the right house, he had made it!

He eagerly approached the front door and rang the bell. As he stood there waiting to be let in he couldn't help noticing that the music had stopped. He lent closer to the door to hear, and it slowly creaked open, revealing nothing but darkness.

Johnnie pushed the door open fully and scanned the inside of the hallway with his eyes, but couldn't make out any shapes, or even a light coming from under a door.

Suddenly he heard giggling coming from way ahead of him, and he realised what was going on. His friends, not content with making him walk in the pouring rain on a dark Halloween night alone, had now set him up in-order to terrify him even more.

"You can

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