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I wanted to run. Believe me, I really, really, REALLY wanted to
run. But I saw Taffy's adorable white head pop out from the deep
hole in the ground, and I couldn't leave her. So I sobbed, "Please
don't hurt our dog! Or us, either!"
"Your dog?" The Phantom reached for Taffy and held her in the
air. Taffy's legs dangled and she looked so helpless. "Hey, I like
dogs. You'd better take care of this pup before it falls in another
hole. Luckily I was here to pull it out." He leaned against the
shovel and stared at us. "Bet you girls wonder why I'm digging in
the middle of the night."
"Digging... uh... graves?" Shanna stepped forward to take Taffy
in her arms. The pup wiggled and happily licked Shanna's face.
I pointed to the ground. "Whose...uh... bones?"
"Those aren't bones. Look closer." He shined his flashlight.
"They're carved white chess pieces. My old pal Zeke had the black
ones. See, a long time ago Zeke and I were playing chess. Zeke won,
but I thought he'd cheated. I got mad. Took my chess pieces and
left, telling Zeke he was a dirty cheater and we weren't pals
anymore."
"And you buried the chess pieces here?" I guessed. He nodded.
"But the next day Zeke was in a terrible accident. He died. And I
never got a chance to say I was sorry. Until now."
 Suddenly a blond boy in old-fashioned clothes appeared out of
nowhere. The boy held a box filled with black chess pieces. I
glanced at the Phantom and he changed right in front of us--into a
dark-haired boy holding white chess pieces. And I could see right
through him. He wasn't human.
Shanna and I exchanged horrified looks. THE PHANTOM REALLY WAS A
PHANTOM! Only now there were two of them!
Screaming, Shanna and I ran out of the orchard... together.
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