Children’s laughter sang throughout the school as the last bell rang.  Winter break was finally here!  Six children, most of them friends, were laughing and playing as well as planning on what to do during the two weeks out of school.  
The gang had two girls and four boys.  
Integra, a blond and blue eyed girl, and Seras, also blond with blue eyes, were the girls, and were the best of friends.  Maxwell, Integra’s brother, had fair hair with deep brown eyes.  He was best friends with a boy named Anderson, who wore glasses. Walter, a silent boy with dark brown hair and brown eyes, was friends with everyone.  Vlad, the most wild looking of all six with his raven hair, black eyes, and pale skin, was only friends with three of the group.  He hated Maxwell and Anderson.
Anderson and Maxwell always picked on Vlad.  They called him ugly names and made fun of his odd skin, because it was as colorless as milk.  Integra, Seras, and Walter told him to ignore them, but he couldn’t.  It hurt his feelings too much.
So, Vlad came up with an evil plan to get back at the two boys.

“I have an idea!”  Vlad said, running to the front of the group while walking home.  “Why don’t we play a game, a really fun one?”
“But we have to go home Vlad.”  Both Seras and Integra said.
“Besides, who would want to play with you?”  Maxwell and Anderson laughed and gave each other a high five.
Seras and Integra thought it was mean that both boys picked on Vlad so much and both had the urge to smack them.  
Walter bonked both on the back of their heads as they continued laughing, and as two lumps appeared on their heads, they stopped laughing.
“We’ll play with you Vlad.”  Seras exclaimed, patting her best friend on the shoulder.  “Since both of the boys are too ‘CHICKEN’ to play.”
“WE’RE NOT CHICKENS!”  Both boys hollered, insulted by Integra’s words.
Now that the children all decided that they would play a game together, Vlad was almost beaming with joy.  
“OK, we’re going to play hide ‘n seek.”  Vlad announced.
“But that’s a game for little kids.”  Complained Anderson.
“Nuh-uh!  Not the way we’re going to play.”  An evil smile appeared on the boys face, almost looking like a vampire with his grin.

“We are going to play in the woods, and whoever is it must count to thirty before seeking.  The rest of us get to hide wherever we want as long as it doesn’t go out of the woods.”  Explained the raven haired boy, standing in the middle of the group, drawing a map in the dirt with a stick.
The girls, Integra and Seras, both looked scared, Walter looked excited, Maxwell looked bored, and Anderson…he was in Vlad’s face looking defiant.
“Why should we play in the woods freak?!  Why can’t we just play in the neighborhood like all the other kids do?”
“Cause I said so, and you guys agreed to play!”
“That’s stupid!”
“No your stupid!”
Both boys soon tried fighting while arguing where they would play.  Walter had to hold Vlad while Maxwell had to hold Anderson.
“You’re both stupid!  We’ll play the game in the woods because we agreed.  Now get along so we can play.”  Integra took charge and marched in the woods with a very confused looking Seras.

Once they all reached the center of the woods.  They had to decide who was going to be it first.
“Since I chose the game, I get to choose who it is first.”  Vlad mused, while looking at his three friends and two enemies.  “Seras your it first.”
The strawberry blond girl smiled and nodded, “Sure, I’ll be it first.”  She then walked up the nearest tree and started counting.
Not wanting to waste time, all of the others ran, hoping to find the perfect hiding spot and not get tagged.

Maxwell hid behind another tree, Integra was hiding inside a bush, Walter was in a tree while Vlad and Anderson stood out in the center of the woods hollering in the others face.  They both found a hiding space, but it was the same one the other wanted.
“I found it first, so I should be the one to get it.”  Shouted Anderson.
“No I found it