Gargalaphobia

She tore open the envelope.

'Hey!' barked Vanessa from the top bunk. 'What did I say? Shut it!'

Tiara was tempted to shout back but she didn't know this tall girl well enough yet to know if she could take her in a fight.

She pulled a letter from the envelope. It was on paper of quality similar to that of the envelope. There was no address, no name and no signature. Just a message that read:

'Vanessa Holbrook is helplessly ticklish. It is her weakness.'

Tiara's face wrinkled in confusion. She checked the back of the letter -- it was blank. So she went to the cracked mirror above the sink and angled the envelope to try and read the shine of the faint ink print against the daylight.

It appeared to read: 'From the offices of President Calhoun.'

THE END.