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"When is he coming back?" Zeriaon muttered.
It was almost two months since Jack left to find "new discoveries." He had told the town that he wasn't going to be gone for long, and left before the Mayor had time to ask about the two human girls that were in Jack's house. But then again, a month and a half felt long for everyone in this town.
"We still have to stay in this house, regardless of the condition, apparently." Avakris recited what Jack had told them before he left, word for word.
Then, the screaming doorknob (thing) screamed, and knocks on the door.
"Stay quiet." Zeriaon said and carefully climbed the stairs. The knocks came again, and Zeriaon quietly opened a window on the top floor.
Three little boys(and one girl) stood there, holding in their hands what looked like a box full of heart chocolates.
Avakris had reached the stairs by then. "It's not even Valentine's Day, yet. It just passed Thanksgiving not too long ago." she observed.
"I'll scare them off then you can open the door and snatch up the heart chocolates."
"With my hand?" Avakris asked, shocked. "What if someone sees?"
"Then go find something to pull it in. Something thats hooked, like a fishing rod or a cane. There's a handle on the box, anyways."
Avakris sighed and checked the rooms for something that she could reel in something with.
Outside...
"They're obviously still in there!" Shock screamed at the two other trick-or-treaters.
"Maybe Jack took them with him!" Lock interjected.
Plonk.
"What was that?" Barrel asked.
Plonk plonk PLONK PLONK BOOM
Showers of candy poured down onto the Trio's heads. Being prepared for any type of candy stealing, they pulled their candy bags out and snatched the candies, and ran back to the treehouse.
Avakris opened the door a little bit just to fit her arm through. Reaching out towards the abandoned box, she dug around in her pocket for the candy cane. Waving the candy cane around, the hooked end became latched onto the box. Avakris pulled it in.
Inside
Zeriaon ripped off the ribbon and Avakris opened the lid. Inside were some chocolates, and a wrinkled note.
Dear Jack, I know that there's two girls in your house; I already saw them. I'm not going to tell the town that they're here, but why are they in your house? Sally
Avakris looked to Zeriaon, puzzled. The telepathic message dawned over both of them. SOMEONE ELSE KNOWS YOU'RE HERE.
They dumped the entire contents of the box and found another note, crudely folded up.
Too the to girls living in Jacks howse. i no ur in thar alreddy, but u cant trust jack. hed ovur too the tree howse for mor informayshun. lock,shock,barrel
Zeriaon stared the at note, confused and repulsed. "One. This note is barely readable. Two. Why do I think I've heard of those three people before?"
"You mean four people." Avakris added. Lock, Shock, Barrel, Sally. If they all lived here, they must have had something to do with the Christmas fiasco.
"Should we go to the tree house? It might be fun, and Jack still isn't coming back."
Curiousity killed the cat. They dropped the note, and the box itself, and opened the back door, embracing the freedom.
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Hohoho, what's going to happen?
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