The manananggal outside the window hissed. Its needle-like tongue flicked on and out excitedly.
The manananggal outside the window hissed. Its needle-like tongue flicked on and out excitedly.
"Barricades!" Maia yelled, because every good tree house had a good defense system... Right?
Everyone flew into action. Ashley yeeted down wooden boards over the windows. Jimmy frantically moved things in front of the boards, like shelves. Lukas rolled up the ladder and put a crate over the trapdoor.
Is that why it's called a trapdoor? Maia wondered. Because it traps people inside?
The bumping and screeching noises slowed down to near silence, then stopped altogether. Don't talk yet. Maia wrote on a piece of paper. Someone might here. We talk by paper. She continued.
They other kids nodded solemnly and agreed. For a minute, all was quiet. Then Jimmy turned around, felling someone cold pressing against him. "Ashley, you're cold!" He complained.
Ashley turned to look at him from the other side of the room. She gasped, going white with fear. "Jimmy, whatever you do... Don't turn around." She warned. She
Jimmy, of course, immediately turned around to look, and he found himself face-to-face with a- "MANANANGGAL!" Everyone screamed. Sitting right next to the boy was a-
"
The manananggal outside the window hissed. Its needle-like tongue flicked on and out excitedly.
"Barricades!" Maia yelled, because every good tree house had a good defense system... Right?
Everyone flew into action. Ashley yeeted down wooden boards over the windows. Jimmy frantically moved things in front of the boards, like shelves. Lukas rolled up the ladder and put a crate over the trapdoor.
Is that why it's called a trapdoor? Maia wondered. Because it traps people inside?
The bumping and screeching noises slowed down to near silence, then stopped altogether. Don't talk yet. Maia wrote on a piece of paper. Someone might here. We talk by paper. She continued.
They other kids nodded solemnly and agreed. For a minute, all was quiet. Then Jimmy turned around, felling someone cold pressing against him. "Ashley, you're cold!" He complained.
Ashley turned to look at him from the other side of the room. She gasped, going white with fear. "Jimmy, whatever you do... Don't turn around." She warned. She
Jimmy, of course, immediately turned around to look, and he found himself face-to-face with a- "MANANANGGAL!" Everyone screamed. Sitting right next to the boy was a-
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