Chapter 2:

[Cara]

The tree just missed Cara's leg. She dived away just in time but the tree roots fell on her face, covering her in dirt. Her eyes stung horribly and her hands were bleeding. Her dog whimpered. She rubbed one eye with the back of her hand. Her dog's paw was stuck underneath the heavy tree trunk! She raced to him, gently rolling it away from his paw. Bandit licked Cara's hand affectionatly and limped off towards the house. She sighed and wiped dirt clumps from her shorts and t-shirt. Her neighbors weren't home. But if they had been she knew they'd be so alarmed. She decided to play dumb, like she didn't even see it happen. If she mentioned anything then they'd have reason to blame her somehow. She ran upstairs to wash of her hands. the warm water felt terrible on her cuts but she knew she had to clean them or it would become infected. When she was done she bandaged the scrapes. There weren't that many and it wasn't that bad. Three baindaids were needed on both hands. It made them stiff and hard to flex. But it would have to do. Cara left to her bedroom when bandit came bounding in the room, half limping on his paw. Cara pet his head and he started to lick her face.
"Bandit! Stop!" She said pushing him away. She too a few steps backward...a few more... and went tumbling out thwe window! As she fell she reached for something to grab. One hand rested on the window sill the other on... a leather strap? She pulled down what was in her hand. CLICK! A light blinded her. She blinked , trying to get the yellow spots in her eyes to stop dancing. Then she saw what she was holding. The camera.

[The Haunted Camera]

:-[looses 2 grown up teeth ,bloody nose,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Cara]

Cara threw the camera through the window, still blinking. She heard the sound of the picture developing and then reached for the other side of the window to pull herself up. She grunted with the effort and pulled herself up but felt a searing pain through her mouth. She cried out and tumbled into her room. Blood? She coughed and one of her teeth came out. What? She had already lost all her teeth! Hand over her mouth she ran to look at the photo and uttered a gasp of horror. There she was, with a bleeding nose and two lost teeth in the bottom of her mouth. She turned and coughed again and her second tooth fell out. She ran to the sink and washed out her mouth. But she couldn't get the taste out of her mouth. The pain eventually stopped and the sink was tinted red. She grabbed a paper towel to wash it but then the same pain she'd felt in her mouth traveled to her nose. Blood came trickling out. Pressing the towel to her nose she felt ready to sob. What was happening to her!? That stupid camera! She realised. It must have been causing all the problems. It was obvious after the pictures of the tree, herself and her dog. It was EVIL just EVIL. Then she decided what she had to do. She had to destroy it. She walked over to her room where the camera lay on her floor next to that horrible photograph. What could she use to break it? Her glance landed on a metal baseball bat resting against the wall. Holding the paper towel with one hand, a bat in the other she walked foward, her face set in a furious scowl. Rasing it high above her head she slammed it down against it's side. No progress. She whacked it again. Not even a scratch. She hit it again and again. But the a camera wouldn't even dent! She screamed aloud, bashing it angrily, trying to break the stupid thing. BUT IT WOULDN'T BREAK!!! She threw the towel in her garbage can and grabbed the bat with two hands, trying so hard to smash it but all it did was move a few inches across the rug. But then she hit the button with her bat. She heard the click of the shutters and swallowed hard, wondering what it would show.

[The Haunted Camera]

a box with monster blood

[Cara]

The picture showed a little box on her dresser. What was it? She carefully walked up to it, afraid it might explode or something. She looked at the top. Monster blood? Taking a deep breath, she opened the box.