Chapter Four

“That was weird.”

Lori and Kate sat in the living room and watched Kelly pace back and forth. Lori swung the shirt sleeve around her waist as the once bubbly Kate now stared at the floor. The voice and what it spoke still haunt their minds, but Kelly wouldn’t allow herself to become paralyzed with fear. However, she kept talking to keep her mind occupied and from imagining any more embarrassing thoughts about that journal.

“That voice must have been recorded,” Kelly said as she walked around the living room. Her breasts bounced slightly with each step, which Lori saw despite herself. Lori wished to give Kelly her shirt back, but that would mean everyone would know about the hole in her dress. Kelly lifted her hands up to fix her bun, showing off her pretty brown face.

Lori looked at an empty spot on a coffee table. It reminded her of the table where she read that diary. Worst of all, she couldn’t stop thinking about that entry. Was the classroom mostly made of witches? What did they do to him? Did it really happen? If only she was smart enough to bring the book down with her. “Even if that was the case, how do you explain me not being able to read to the first page?”

“I don’t know. Maybe it was glued.” For some reason, the air in the cabin had turned cold. Kelly’s nipples became erect and visible on the top of her bra. Kelly shivered, the realization that she had been topless with her bra for the past ten minutes dawning on her. Kate brought her legs close to herself, showing her white panties in the process.

“Can we just stop talking about the attic!” Kate burst out, perhaps a bit too strongly. “I just want this night to be fun, is that so much to ask?”

KNOCK. KNOCK.

Everyone jumped from the sound of the hard knocks. There shouldn’t have been visitors to knock on their door as the cabin existed in the middle of nowhere. The three girls looked at each other to see who was brave enough to open the door. Kelly ran behind a couch to hide her pink bra. Lori ran to the kitchen to grab a weapon but tripped and broke the bottom half of her dress. Lori quickly recovered and tied the shirt again as a makeshift skirt, leaving her butt exposed.

Kate realized that she needed to be the adult of the group. Kate slowly made her way from the couch to the door, her heart pounding with each step. She looked through the peephole, and her jaw dropped at what she saw.

Opening the door, the group was shocked to see a topless stranger wearing booty shorts. “Thanking you for showing a girl in.” Stepping into the cabin’s light, the three saw that the woman wore an expressive white mask that obscured her face. The smiling mask looked like the stage masks used in Greek plays. “Do you mind if I get comfortable?” the woman asked. After not getting any response, the masked woman shrugged and cracked her neck as the changes began. Her breasts began to expand from B-cup to D-cup. Tattoos appeared on her breasts and arms as piercings found themselves on her nipples and ears. Her hair shriveled inward and styled itself in a butch hairstyle. Her flats shifted into 4-inch heels. “Much better.”

“H- how did you do that?” Kate asked, not sure if what she saw was real.

“I’m… not sure. This body isn’t even mine; I’m just here for the ride. But oh boy, does this person talk. She’s all, ‘I don’t wear piercings,’ ‘give me back my body’ and ‘at least put a goddam shirt on.’” The room looked at the masked woman dumbfounded. “Weren’t there four of you?”

Kate’s eyes went wide. “Oh shit.”

The three girls ran upstairs to the second floor. They found their friend staring at the diary at the end of the hallway. Kate was initially relieved until she saw that Miriam wasn’t responding to her. Kate saw that Miriam was surrounded by a red glow. Miriam’s pants slid up her legs and combined to form a sleek mini skirt. The sleeves of her shirt receded into themselves as the shirt shrank into a tube top. Her socks stretched high on her legs as the material changed to pantyhose and her sneakers wobbled into 4-inch heels. Miriam looked like she was ready to go for a whole night at the bar. Crouching down to her eye level, Kate saw that her friend’s face was blank as if lost in thought. “Hey, Miriam, are you alright?”

A silly smile crept onto Miriam’s lips as her face came to life. “Yeah! You’re here, bestie! Now we can party like there’s no tomorrow!” Miriam got up at a speed that caught Kate off guard. Lori and Kelly watched as Miriam grabbed Kate’s wrists and **** her to dance to a song only Miriam could hear. Kate’s panties flashed with each jump.

“What’s wrong with her? Why won’t she stop?” Lori asked. Kate tried to stop Miriam’s nonsensical dance, but the girl was too lost in her world to care, let alone stop.

The two girls heard footsteps coming from behind and saw the topless woman at the edge of the stairs. Though they couldn’t see her face, something about her demeanor showed that she enjoyed the sight of the two seniors dancing like drunk idiots. “This cabin reeks of paranormal activity. Can’t you feel it?” she asked, passing her finger along the rail and inspecting it.

“Who are you?” Kelly said. “Did you do something to our friend? Are you part of some sick joke?”

The woman let out a hearty laugh, leaning forward and catching herself. Wiping away an imaginary tear, she spoke, “You have no idea. The name of the body I possess is Janet, but you may call me Jade. I’ve always wanted to be a Jade.” Jade sauntered towards the freshmen girls. Lori stood behind Kelly as Kelly tried to put on a brave face. Her breasts moved up from her crossed her arms. “Geez Louise, tough crowd. Can we at least pretend like we’re having fun? We can’t have the tone of the narrative shift melodramatic.”

“What’s wrong with our friend?” Kelly asked Jade.

“Can someone please stop us?” The three turned to see Kate and Miriam still dancing in circles. Miriam was now brandishing Mardi Gras beads around her neck and confetti in her hair as her hands moved on from Kate’s wrists to her dress. All the while, she kept Kate in motion to disorient her so that she could strip her boring dress. “I don’t even know how she’s not even dizzy yet.”

After some effort, Jade grabbed the diary while Kelly and Lori separated Miriam from Kate and led her downstairs after telling her that the kitchen had a karaoke machine (it did not). Kate had been through events that had left most people passed out, but after a few minutes with the transformed Miriam, she was about ready to call it a night once the room stopped spinning.

While Miriam used a ladle as a microphone and danced around the kitchen, Jade put the old book down on the coffee table and spoke to the remaining girls. “So first off, hi. I feel like we just met. Tonight, I will be your exorcist, and before you ask, yes, it is ironic that a possessed person is performing an exorcism, and no, I have never done an exorcism. However, Janet saw The Exorcist 12 years ago, so we’re in good hands.”

Kelly raised her hand while covering her chest with her other hand. “Do you know what’s going on?”

“I’m going to keep it real with you; your friend’s singing is off-key.” Kelly rolled her eyes as she got up from her seat to put a shirt on. “I wouldn’t go upstairs if I was you unless you want to end up like your friend.” Kelly stopped at the foot of the stairs but leaned against the railing. Pointing at the diary, Jade continued, “If this book is any indication, an evil ghost was released from this book, and now you and this cabin are haunted.”

Kelly walked towards Jade. Kelly would be lying to herself if she said that she wasn’t intimidated by her big tits and how she just flaunts it like it was no one’s business. Then again, if “Jade” was to be believed, this body wasn’t even hers, so of course, she wouldn’t care. “I don’t believe in ghosts, but obviously, something strange is going on. If you do any funny business, we will gang up on you and break that mask.”

If there was a time Jade wished that she could change its expression, it would have been now. She did not like it when humans thought they could boss it around. Jade closed its hands in a fist, the smiling face and perky tits betraying the anger Jade was trying to display. Then Jade relaxed and let go of its fists. “Fine. We just need to go as a group and lure the entity back into the book.” Everyone nodded in agreement and started up the stairs when an invisible mist hit Jade’s mask. “Wait. Actually, we need to split up.”

“Isn’t that the worst thing to do in a horror movie?” Lori asked. The shirt around Lori’s waist fell to the floor, causing her to lean forward to grab it as quickly as possible and accidentally grind her ass on Kate’s legs. Lori promptly got up and covered her panties with the shirt haphazardly. Both of her and Kate’s faces turned red.

“Well, that was fun to watch,” Jade said. “Janet’s body is starting to feel hungry, and once this mask is removed, I no longer possess her, and she won’t put me back on. So, we need to hurry.” It walked back to the living room and moved the coffee table and small rug. Under the carpet was a door on the floor. Pointing at Kelly and Lori, Jade spoke, “You two explore the second floor while you explore this dark and creepy basement you probably didn’t know existed until now.”

“And what about you?” Lori asked as she regained her confidence and tied the shirt around her waist.

“Someone needs to watch over ‘Party Girl’ and make sure she doesn’t embarrass herself.” Jade pointed, and they all looked to see the kitchen expanded to allow room for a chandelier. Miriam leaped from the table and swung on the chandelier, cheering with each swing. “If we don’t catch this poltergeist, it will turn this cabin into a trap and change you.”

The college girls grumbled but went to explore various parts of the cabin. Kate took a deep breath and stepped down the wooden stairs to the basement. Lights were already turned on in some parts of the basement, but most remained dim. She didn’t know what was down there, but she needed to get out of this creepy basement before something terrible happened to her.

As Kate walked through the maze of boxes, the apparition watched in the shadows. His hands glowed red as he knew exactly what to do with Kate. With the flick of his wrists, the basement door slammed to the floor, plunging the basement into near darkness. Kate jumped back and turned around. She could barely see the way back to the living room.

Stumbling over boxes, Kate tried to feel her way for the stairs, but the stairs were out of her reach no matter how far she walked. She waved her arms in one direction and waved then in another direction, only to cause a stack of boxes to stumble. No matter which way she turned, she couldn’t reach the walls or the stairs. She was trapped inside an infinite basement.

That’s when she felt a finger on her shoulder. At first, she could feel it through her dress but then felt the finger on her skin. She swatted the finger away and tried to see who touched her. But in her turning around, the feeling felt alien, as if she felt too much. Kate wobbled as she lost her balance. For some reason, she could no longer feel the two inches of her heels. But what’s more, she could no longer feel the fabric of her dress but only her warm skin.

She knelt on the wooden floor and tried to feel for her clothes but couldn’t find them. Her breast swayed with each breath. She stared at the empty ground and thought about how her situation could possibly get any worse.

In the distance, the door swings open. The light coming from the doorway was blinding. Kate held her hand in front of her face to shield her eyes. She heard footsteps walking towards her, but Kate couldn’t find the strength to move her legs.

“Get up.”

Kate felt her body jerk up into the air with her arms stretched forward. The apparition walked up to Kate and began to fondle her breasts. He stopped and shook his hands until something appeared on them. With the help of the light from the ceiling and from the doorway, Kate could see that the man was holding… her dress?

“If you want them back, I need you to do something.”