Chapter 4: THE ARRIVAL

Soon after , they passed out from exhaustion and were in a deep slumber . The moonlight brightly shone on their faces , making their skin glow and stood out in the darkness of night . The night sky is pale blue with a few clouds and full of dancing stars , and the surface of ocean reflects the radiant sky . The cruise is dilatory gliding on the surface trying to meet the line where the sky meets the sea and reach it's destination .

The girls will be reaching to THE AUTUMN VALLEYS via a mini yacht accompanied by their Uncle Ethan ( husband of Aunt Wren) after getting out of the cruise . The journey on yacht is minute and of only 4 hours as compared to the Cruise one .

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The Buzzing sound woke the girls from their beauty sleep the next morning . Muttering some incoherent words under their breath , they get ready for the day .

" The alarm clock SHOULD know better than to wake up three peacefully sleeping girls !" Emily whined while trying to straighten her nest of hairs .

" How much more time will M take in the bathroom , it's already been 15 minutes ?" Aastha asks .

" I reckon she is asleep in there " Emily replies .

" Thinking about a future with Terry , I assume ." Aastha whisper - adds . "Should I wake her up ?"

" Do the honour, Aastha , I would be surprised if she doesn't murder you right away ." Emily praises .

" You are not making it any easy you know ". Aastha says with sarcasm dripping from her voice , " Here goes for nothing ".

She starts kicking the bathroom door trying to wake her lovely friend up .

" I swear , if you bang on that door one more time , I will LITERALLY pick you up and throw you out the window into the cold water. " Mia warns from inside the door .

Aastha think the option through and bang on the door nonetheless .

The door creaks open and in came Mia with a dangereous glare towards ... Emily , wait - Why Me ? Where the hell did Aastha went ?

Oh , no , she might have escaped after provoking Mia .

That Jerk .

Okay , so time to calm Mia down ..... Think , my dear mind , think ..... Oh yeah , She might be Hangry , FOOD !!!!!!!

Emily hastily runs toward her bedside table with Mia on her tail . She grabs a packet of chips and give it to Mia with which she calms down immediately. That Jerk , someone is gonna die today , and she knows her fate .

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They met their Uncle Ethan and greeted him . And are now , on their way to Autumn Valleys. They will reach there around 6:15 .

" Uncle , is there Anything , we should know about Autumn Valleys , cause I researched before departuring from Montana , but there isn't anything about it on Google ". Aastha asks as curiosity got better of her .

" Mmm , there are many strange things but the most of all is a stereotype , I guess "

He replies back .

Emily and Mia who were not interested in this conversation before look upon after hearing the word ' strange ' .

" Uncle , do tell us the story . "

" Yeah , you have got all of us curious , now !"

He thinks about it for a moment longer than needed to be and finally decides against it .

" You see , young ladies , that is a story for tonight , you should just know that some people believe this Island is haunted and don't roam here and there after 7 ò clock . KEEP THAT IN MIND ." He says and dismissed the girls to not ask more questions about it right now.

Chatter quickly broke among the three girls but they don't let it get better of them . They forget about it after some time and get excited all over again .

It is only 15 minutes more to go to reach their DESTINATION.