• The five friends were laughing. Sasha, Mari, Lil, Dylan, and Cara were driving to the mall in Dylan's car. They really were having the time of there lives.
    "Wow, Dyl. This is really fun," Sasha said.
    "I know, right?"
    "Yeah."
    The girls scaned the mall for another store, and their eyes landed on a short man in a tall black hat.
    "I've never seen him before, but that dude is really scaring me," Lil whispered.
    "Yeah."
    The girls watched him. His head turned slightly to look at them. He tipped his hat and walked away.
    "Let's get some ice cream!" Cara yelled, and sped away to the ice cream stand.
    ***
    "Ok. We got rid of him. He just looked creepy," Mari reasoned.
    "But a lot of people who look creepy are creepy," Dyl pointed out.
    "Shush gals! There he is again!" Sasha whispered. They saw the short man in the tall black hat, and again, he tipped his hat.
    "I think it's time to go home," Lil said quickly. The five of them ran off to find Dylan's mom.
    ***
    That night, they didn't know why, the five girls locked and shut all the doors and windows in the house. That way nothing could get in. They went to bed,sleeping soundly, no idea what would happen. As Dyl fell asleep she looked out the window. If she had looked a second longer, wshe wouldv'e seen the shadow of a tall black hat.
    The man melted through the window as if it was nothing but mist. He searched the room for a knife, a needle, and thread. In his arms were big, heavy rocks.
    He cut open the first girls stomach, arms, legs, head, and feet. He slowly and carefully place rocks in each of the slits and quickly sewed it back up. He did the same with the other four girls. He put everything away, and melted back into the night like a goast. No one would ever know it was him. Legend said that James Black - he - had died hundreds of years ago.
    Black had killed many people the same way. Old men alone in houses, young babies. But they had all died. Not this time.
    When the girls woke up, they couldn't move, and as if somone had placed it there, they knew who the man in the hat was, and all of their mids screamed it together: James Black!