Subj: Dare Story - Chapter 3
Date: 8/18/01 5:27:26 PM Central Daylight Time
From: Liz the Lucky

After several minutes of walking, a large mansion loomed in front of the group.

"That's not Collinswood," Scarlet noted.

"No, it's ... The OLD HOUSE!" Kim exclaimed, heading at full speed towards the door.

"Willie!!!!!!!!" Carol added, right on her heels.

The rest of the gang paused long enough to look at each other, then followed.

Kim stopped. So did Carol, Connie and Scarlett. The others weren't quite so lucky. Fortunately, the door opened, so instead of crashing into that, they all ended up in a pile on the floor.

"Hey, who brought the Twister?" someone was heard to remark.

"Forget that, who opened the door for us?" somebody else said.

"Ah did." A figure stepped into view. She had long blonde hair and, despite the chill in the air, was dressed in a skin-tight minidress and heels.

"Good God," Jon remarked, his mouth running dry.

"Not yet, but Ah'm wahkin' on it. Heah, let meh help y'all tah yah feet." The figure held out her hands and a few minutes later, everyone was standing. "Ah'm Elaine, if y'all haven' guessed."

"Nice to meet you," Cindy said. "But, uh, aren't you fiction? I thought we were supposed to write us for this?"

"Weh ah, but Liz isn' allowed tah travel, even fictionallay, sah she sent meh in hah place. Anayway, theah's a few people Ah've been wantin' tah meet, an' this'll give meh the chance tah do it."

"Oh, that makes sense, I guess," Donna agreed. "So now what."

"Now weh," Elaine started to answer, then stopped. Turning, she spotted a figure on top of the stair. "Aristede, yah [bleep]! Yah [bleep] is mine!"

The figure blanched and fled. Elaine whipped a knife out of heaven-knows-where and ran after him.

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