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Amity Park had always been weird. It’s citizens always just felt a little off to outsiders.
It only got worse after the portal opened. After they were sucked temporarily into the ghost zone.
Visitors never stayed long. They claimed the town was too far, too difficult to find. And when Amity Parkers visited other places, people always gave them a wide berth. Hardly anyone looked them in the eye.
Amity Parkers just thought this was because people from bigger cities were rude.
But even within Amity, those Fenton children were considered especially strange.
Especially the boy.
Strangers noticed it most. When they spotted one of the Fenton children, they froze till the perceived threat had passed. The effect was lessened for Amity Parkers but even still, whenever the children were around they couldn’t help feeling an intense sense of dread.
The girl gives weird vibes and her eyes are so perceiving. She can read you scarily easily.
The boy gives off fight or flight vibes, but mostly flight. He feels like looking at a predator and when he smiles, it’s all threat.
The Fentons had always been strange. They had waltzed in talking about ghosts and portals, and the town had called them crazy. But then the ghosts had shown up, and everyone had to adjust.
They changed, but it was okay. They were used to the chaos now, they embraced it, like all small towns embrace their singularities no matter how small.
Ghosts were real.
At first it had been terrifying, but things had settled down. They even had ghosts employed now!
But even before the portal opened, that Fenton girl had eyes that were too wide, that didn’t blink, and that seemed to stare into your soul. She’d make casual remarks about what would happen tomorrow or next week, and they always came true.
And then the boy was born. He had been average sized, but he had felt like he weighed nothing at all. This didn’t change as he got older. He moved silently and his teeth were sharper than they should be. When you looked at him, your brain registered a threat.
It only got worse after the portal.
The boy’s appearance wavered like a mirage and to look at him hurt your brain. The girl’s movements appeared otherworldly and it felt like she could tell what you were thinking.
Amity Park had always been strange, but those Fenton children; they were something else.