R.L Stine Pasta Chapter 12

Chapter 12

I was inches away from the daybed when I jumped up and collided with its mattress just hard enough to find myself bouncing a couple of feet up in the air. A moment later, I had stopped bouncing and tried to find the remote, only to discover that it had fallen off as I landed on the mattress. I quickly found it lying under the queen sized bed and hit the play button as soon as I sat down.

The episode showed an establishing shot of the outside of Kristy's house before shifting to the inside of it. The moment Kristy walked in, her father was calling her name in a rather ecstatic tone of voice. "Ohh! There's my girl!" Kristy's dad said as he gave her a big hug. "Hi dad." Kristy replied with a sheepish chuckle. Kristy's dad asked her how her day went and she told him she had met with a neighbor, to which he immediately lit up. "Well would you look at that! Not even one day into our residency and already my girl has gotten to know the others." He then moved his hand around Kristy's hair and enthusiastically announced, "Way to go, honey!"

Kristy's muscles started to stiffen as her eyes widened and her mouth turned into a frown that showed the upper half of her teeth. "Uh dad... You feeling OK?" Kristy asked in a shaky voice. Before Kristy's dad could answer, the two were called into the dining room to start the celebration that was mentioned earlier in the episode.

Like in the rest of the house, the room had sliding doors and reed floors. The table had thick but tiny legs and a thin rectangular top that had a bit more width than the average dugout bench. Despite its size, the table was able to have room for two bowls of what looked like slimy beans on top of white rice and three black boxes that had five compartments in them. The chairs had plush, white cushions on the back and on the sitting area. However, these chairs had no legs which I assumed made it nearly impossible to pull them out easily.

The family all sat down in the chairs and as soon as everyone was given a glass of what I assumed to be non-alcoholic wine, they all gave a toast to their first night as residents in Japan. From there, everyone happily dug into their food and guzzled down their drinks. As the family was eating, an ear piercing crash came from the kitchen. At that moment, everyone dropped what they were doing and scurried towards the kitchen. By the time they got there however, their jaws had dropped.

Appliances such as an electric can opener and toaster were thrown on the floor and had a few large scratches on them. The trash bin was still rolling around as garbage nearly covered the floor. The window above the sink had a large hole in it and glass shards were found in the sink and on the dish towel near said sink.

As Kristy stared in awe at the chaotic mess, she noticed a trail of odd looking black spots that began from the floor up to the left hand side of the counter leading to the window. Kristy then walked through the rubbish to get a closer look at the dots. She kneeled down on the floor and leaned over a bit. "Hmm..." Kristy thought as she was examining the trail, "These don't seem like any animal tracks I'm familiar with." Kristy's parents asked her what she was looking at and the only answer Kristy gave them was a small shrug.