We drove down the road towards the school. I couldn't help but wonder if I should try to get to know Lexi at all. It wasn't really the time for bonding. At the moment, I was trying to call my mom. I wasn't sure if she would believe anything that I had to say to her since it sounded crazy.

"So, my phone is not working." I declared. It wasn't the best time for them to be doing tower maintenance.

"Slappy's taken out the cell towers." Stine explained. "That's what I would do. He's cutting off and isolating us from the world."

I then heard a bump and then another one.

"What's that?" Lexi asked. At that time, some handprints appeared on the screen.

"It's the Invisible Boy. He's a real pain in the ass." Stine answered before he slapped Champ.

"Hey, don't touch those." Lexi replied before she tried to grab him.

"Roll down the window." I ordered.

"Hold on." Stine declared before he slammed on the breaks. "Is everyone okay?"

"Yeah." I answered.

"I'm fine." Champ added. "Wait! Look out!"

I then noticed that there was a telephone pole in the road. He swerved and he hit a post on a side of the road, but no one appeared to be injured.

"Wow, that thing came out of nowhere." Stine remarked,

At that time, something else came out of nowhere. It appeared to be a…giant praying mantis. We all screamed when we saw it. I already didn't like bugs, so that was the thing out of my nightmares.

"I don't remember creating a giant praying mantis." He stated before the monster spit up on the windshield. "Right. It's from A Shocker on Shock Street."

"Less remembering, more driving." I ordered before he turned on the windshield wipers instead. "What are you doing?"

"I can't drive if I can't see." He pointed out.

"Just fucking go!" I screamed.

He began to drive and the creature began to follow us. It crashed into city hall. Everyone seemed to be giving him different directions.

"Does someone else want to drive because I will pull over right now." He replied in frustration. He began to drive erratically. It was a good thing that I didn't get motion sickness and it was also good that we were the only ones on the road. He continued to head forward and eventually pulled into a supermarket, which also seemed to be empty. I couldn't believe that no one from the city shopped at night. Of course, they could have ran away because possible monsters. Eventually, he swerved to avoid another car and flipped his car. Fortunately, we had enough time to go inside of the store before the monster could get to us. It did end up getting to his car and tearing it up.

"Wait, I thought that thing was a robot." I explained.

"It wasn't in the first draft." Stine explained before the monster dropped the car to the ground. "Oh, not the Wagoneer. I had such low mileage on it."

I couldn't help but wonder how all of the damage these monsters was going to be paid for. I wondered if he could write that into the book, but probably not.

"Does anyone know how far we are from the high school?" I asked.

"It's not very far. We can cut through the cemetery." Hannah replied.

"That sounds like a bad idea." Lexi commented. "Cemeteries and monster movies don't mix."

"It'll be fine. The high school is just past the woods on the other side." Hannah added. She really knew her way around town.

"Huh, how do you know that?" Stine asked as he grabbed her arm.

"Um…sometimes I get a little restless and go exploring." Hannah explained as she folded her fingers.

"When?" He asked in exasperation.

"At night after you go to sleep." She replied.

"You are grounded." He remarked.

"That is so unfair!" Hannah argued. This wasn't the time for that.

"Alright, we can argue later. Let's go to the school now." I suggested.

From there we split up. Hannah was with me and Stine was with Lexi and Champ. At least I finally got some alone time with her.

"I don't know what I was thinking. There is a lot more going on here than New York." I remarked.

"Hey, you cut yourself." She told me.

"What? Is it bad?" I asked.

"Totally." She answered.

"Wait…did something happen to my face?" I questioned.

"Yes." She responded before she rubbed head. "You look exactly the same."

I smiled and she smiled and I thought we were about to kiss before I heard a sound. She turned to face it.

"What was that?" I asked.

We slowly walked forward and I noticed nothing before I saw some hairy arms. It was a werewolf and it was enjoying the meat. It didn't seem to notice us. We could probably sneak the other way. That was until Champ decided to open a soda and it turned towards us. We quickly moved away and split up again. This time I was with Stine and Lexi and Champ was with Hannah.

We headed down an aisle and suddenly Stine started spraying himself with some Axe. He was probably too old for that stuff. It also wasn't the time to prepare for a hot date. That just gave me some strange thoughts.

"What are you doing?" Lexi asked him.

"It's The Werewolf of Fever Swamp. He can smell my scent." He whispered as he continued to spray himself. Lexi looked just as confused as I was. "It's not working. I have to hide."

"What was that?" She questioned.

"I think it would be best if we didn't talk about it." I remarked. "How is that stuff supposed to attract women?"

It wasn't long until Hannah and Champ made their way back to us. I noticed that Stine was hiding under some produce. The wolf got on top of the produce and began to slobber with some of it landing on his face. He looked like he was about to sneeze. I shook my head.

"Do something." Hannah whispered. I noticed that we were conveniently by some dog toys. I opened up a squeaky chicken leg and threw it. As I predicted, the wolf ran after it and we urged Stine to run towards us.

We then started to run.

"He's on our tail." Stine declared. It was at that time that I realized that he had the advantage because he could climb on the coolers. I did not want to be eaten by a werewolf before I got a chance to kiss a girl. I knocked over a shelf causing him to trip.

Stine took a moment to celebrate before he tripped and fell into a shopping cart.

"Get me out." He ordered.

"I can't." I pointed out. I decided to do the next best thing and started to push him.

"I said get me out." He repeated before he realized the beast was behind us. "No keep pushing!"

I noticed that Lexi, Hannah, and Champ found an exit.

"Go! We're right behind you." I declared. We ran toward the door and shut it behind us.

"Let's see him get through that." Stine declared. At that point, the door began to move.

"Let's not." I suggested. We began to run before he broke through and I noticed that he had us cornered.

However, just like when it looked like we were done for, a car appeared and rammed into the beast, knocking him into a dumpster. I then noticed that Lorraine was driving it.

"I'm okay." She said before the airbag deployed. "I'm still okay."

"What just happened?" Hannah asked. "Who is that?"

"That's my aunt Lorraine." I explained as she got out of the car.

"Oh my God, I think I killed that bear." She stated.

"It was actually a werewolf." Hannah declared.

"What?" Lorraine asked.

"What are you doing here?" I questioned.

"This is the back of my store. I didn't know where else to go." She explained as I noticed her parking spot. "I can't get a hold of your mother or the cops or anyone. Hello."

"Um…hi." Stine stammered.

"I don't think we've ever been properly introduced." She declared as she held her hand out. "My name's Lorraine."

"R.L. Stine." He responded as he shook her hand. "We owe you a great debt of gratitude. Your reckless driving saved our lives."

"That was nothing." She giggled.

"Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorraine!" I yelled. "We don't have time for this. I need you to go to the police station and tell them to meet us at the high school. Can you do that?"

"I can do that." Lorraine agreed. "Oh, did you want to exchange numbers?"

"I would like to but we can do it later." Stine replied as we ran off.

We began to walk to the creepiest part of town. I wasn't sure what was scarier than a cemetery at night. Of course, some of the other things that I had seen tonight could probably top that. I knew that I never wanted to write a horror story after this. I probably never wanted to read one or even watch a movie. I may even have to give up on werewolf movies after coming close to face-to-face with one. Maybe I could still watch the ones where the people turn into wolves. Those would probably still be okay to watch.

Soon we actually arrived at the cemetery. I could tell that I wasn't the only one who seemed to be a bit disturbed.

"This is a bad idea." Champ declared before we heard a soft creak. "What was that?"

Suddenly, he tripped and Stine helped him up.

"Are you okay?" The man questioned.

"Yeah, it's just a root." Champ declared. "There's nothing scary here."

"So how did you get the nickname Champ?" Stine asked.

"It's not a nickname. It's my name. It's short for Champion." Champ explained. Wow, that was ironic and kind of embarrassing.

"You're actually name is Champion?" Stine chuckled. I had seen some of the names that he had given his characters, so I didn't think he had any room to judge. "Sorry."

Champ then started to explain how his parents were Olympic gold medalists. I started to tune out. Lexi started to walk with them.

"You know if you're scared, I can hold your hand." I offered.

"Please you're the scaredy cat." She replied before she screamed suddenly. I kind of wanted to laugh because her hood got stuck on a statue, but I knew it wasn't the time for that.

"Hey, you're fine." I explained. "It's just a statue. It's fine. Just give me a second and I'll get it off."

"I guess you're my hero." She quipped as I removed the garment from the statue.

"There. Looks like you're safe now." I retorted.

I walked closer to her. This was it. I was about to get my first kiss. I closed my eyes and then opened them again because I was nervous. It was then that I noticed that some moonlight was shining down on us. However, what was important was what was happening with Hannah. She was not only glowing, but I could see through her. Holy crap, she was one of them.

So, I was going to have this chapter be longer, but I really wanted to end at this part. Anyway, Taylor found out that Hannah is a ghost. That is going to complicate their relationship. Please don't forget to review.