Six years later...
I climb the rest of the way out of the well and wipe the blood off my face. Oh, so tasty. I love the taste of terrified children. Such tasty, tasty, beautiful fear. I head upstairs and stand in front of the door. I growl. I don't know if I should go anywhere. I've been hiding in this old house for six years. I growl again and unlock the door. I yank it open and step out. I slam the door shut behind me and sneer at the kids playing in the street.
"Fuck off! Get out of here!"
They look at me and run away. I storm down the sidewalk and watch as they run away.
"Don't ever come back!"
I think about if I should go into town in my clown outfit.
"Oh, psh. What does it matter?" I mutter to myself. I growl. "I'll just go in this. I don't care."
Thirty minutes later, I'm in town. I walk around sneering at kids, scaring them off. Suddenly, I feel eyes on me. I look around and see--
"Ooh. It's a festival. I'm going."
I walk over and they stop me.
"Not aloud in here unless you have a ticket. Sorry, ma'am."
I growl and push him out of the way. I head into the festival and follow the sound of giggling. I continue walking, pushing people out of my way. Kids look at me, scream, and run away. Pennywise looks up and around. I push a man out of the way and step onto a stand.
"Listen up!"
Nobody listens.
"I'm not afraid of any of you!"
Suddenly, they all turn to me. Kids scream and adults shout.
"Have any of you seen Pennywise the Dancing Clown?!"
"Get down woman! And get out of here! You're scaring the kids!"
"I don't care!" I jump down and yell, "BOO!"
The kids scream and whimper. I push people out of my way and get stopped by a boy.
"What do you want, child? Out of my way!"
"Leave everyone alone."
"Psh. As if." I push him away and continue pushing my way through the crowd. After a few minutes, everyone ignores me and continues what they're doing. I continue to force my way past everyone and finally see what I'm looking for. I'm on the bridge and not in the festival anymore. I head down the hill and stop at the edge of the river. I see a kid and grab him. He screams, tears streaming down his cheeks.
"Oh, poor little thing. You're so pitiful."
He wrestles and I pull him closer, squeezing tighter. He screams. I smell his fear. My mouth waters and I'm about to eat him when I see it. A gloved hand reaching from the water. I growl and step back. I smile at the kid with razor-sharp teeth and he screams. I pull back and bite his throat. He screams, blood gurgling in his mouth and goes still. I stand up and drop his body. I turn around and start to head up the hill when I hear the sound of cloth tearing. I turn around and see Pennywise. He sees who I am and grins. I step towards him.
"What do you want? Mad because I took your meal?"
He reaches out and grabs my arm. He pulls me closer and examines me. "Who are you?"
I back away. "I am Penny the Dancing Clown. Or female Pennywise. Leave me alone." I turn away.
"But why?"
I turn back around and walk up to him. "Because I said so." I lean up and kiss him on the cheek. "Scar-face."
He frowns.
I laugh and disappear.
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Later, early that night, I'm walking along the sewers when I see something shoot into the storm drain as I walk passed it. I stop and duck down. I grab the object. It's a boat. And for some reason, it says S.S. Georgie on it. I smile and look up to see a little boys face.
"Oh, great," he says. "That's the third boat I've lost in the drain." He groans.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuk1RzIqhRQ
I step up and say, "Hiya, Georgie. What a nice boat. Do you want it back?"
"I don't know who you are. This isn't safe. You're a stranger. I'm not supposed to talk to them."282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrbioXaVYa
"Why I'm Penny the Dancing Clown. Now we're not strangers, are we?"
He giggles. "You're funny." He stops smiling. "How'd you get in the sewer? Aren't clowns supposed to be at the circus?"
"Not me. I was banned from the circus."
"Why?"
"The children didn't like me. I've felt so lonely down here. I need friends. Do you want to be my friend?"
"I'm not sure I should, though." He sighs and looks to his left. "I should go now. This isn't safe for me."
"But what about your boat? You're not going to leave without it, are you? Remember, it's the third one you've lost."
He looks at me with fear in his eyes.
"Come on, Georgie. Take your boat. Take it."
He crawls a little closer and reaches for the boat. I pull back and he gets closer. He reaches for the boat again and I pull away. He gets a little closer and reaches for the boat again. This time, I grab his arm and and he screams. I bite into his arm and it rips off. I drop the arm as he crawls away, screaming into the rain. I reach out onto the road and grab his foot. As I pull him in he cries out one last word.
"Billy!"
I look to my left and see Pennywise. He's grinning. I grin right back and disappear, leaving a red balloon in my place.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivwToRoXVB
