Worried about Stephanie, Zoe followed the fellow Goth up to the second floor, then down the hall to her parents' bedroom. "Wait, you can't go in there," Zoe told her, but Stephanie didn't stop. She walked right in, then went straight to Zoe's mom's closet, taking out clothing and setting them on the bed. "Stephanie, what are you doing?"
Zoe tried to shake Stephanie, to wake her up. But it was no use. The girl was in some kind of trance. She was forced to watch as Stephanie took off all of her clothing, underwear too, and then don her mother's clothing in its place. The moment she put on the last article of clothing, Stephanie finally snapped out of it. Looking down at herself, her eyes went wide. "What the hell? Why the fuck am I dressed like some soccer mom?"
"Stephanie, you're back!" Zoe nearly yelled.
"Back? Wait a minute, where am I?"
"This is my mom's bedroom. And those are my mom's clothes," Zoe said, pointing.
"Why am I wearing your mom's clothes?"
Zoe was wondering the same thing when she found herself in Melony's bedroom. Wait, did this same thing happen to her? Was she in a trance like Stephanie was? Was that how Melony's clothes got on her, that she had put them on herself, while in a trance? What caused her to be in a trance in the first place?
"Hey, Zoe," Stephanie said, breaking her out of her thoughts. "You know something, don't you?"
"Sort of," she said. There was no denying it. It happened to Zoe, but why ... she had no idea.
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Meanwhile, Zoe's mother (Linda) was in the kitchen, wearing a robe over her nightgown, having coffee and breakfast, when suddenly, she dropped her fork, got up, and left. In a trance, she walked out of the house and headed somewhere else.
