House Of Secrets [#cghalloweenart]

Chapter 13

"Guys" Amber muttered as we went out of the old people's home.

"Yeah?" We both asked her.

"I don't think it's a good idea to go to the haunted mansion at this time." She said shakingly.

"I agree." Frank butted in.

"Well, what choice do we have? your grandfather wants us to find the final puzzle piece fast." I said as I pointed at Frank.

"Why don't we go in the morning then? it's less riskier and plus we won't encounter something that's......"

"Out of this world?" Frank asked.

"Yeah."

"But guys, it's 5:00 PM the sun's not even down yet." I told them both.

"Yeah, but you know investigations take an awful lot of time and we're just worried that the sun might come down and you know leave us in the darkness inside the house."

"Fine then you two go home, i'm gonna go and investigate this creepy ass place." I told them both.

I then walked out of their sight and towards the haunted mansion, the sun was still shining though so there was still nothing to worry about, the only risky thing about doing this is being locked up inside of the house in total darkness.

Suddenly I then recalled about what happened to Amy, poor girl. I thought to myself, she was too young to die and besides she didn't deserve to die like that. My tears then flowed down my eyes sockets as I remembered what happened to her. I couldn't believe that she just passed away like that, but I needed to be strong because something real sinister is happening to my friends whenever I find a puzzle piece from this house. It feels like if I collect an important artifact.

After a few minutes of running I finally arrived to my destination, the haunted house. As I took my first step into the gates the crows suddenly flew away leaving me frozen and frightened of what just happened. When I got over it I then walked towards the doorknob and held it gently. As I opened the door handle I then heard someone scream bloody murder.

"AHHHHHHHH!"

I was startled when I heard that, the crows and birds flew away as that sound echoed throughout the whole place. Now I was scared at this point, I don't know who's scream that was and how he ended up in here. One side of me wants to investigate what happened but one part, the other part, of me wants me to move on inside the house and forget about what I heard.

I wanted to go in now and find the final relic of this puzzle but something in the pit of my stomach wants me to go and investigate. I then investigate and tried to see where the sound came from. I then walked right behind the house, though I wish I didn't do it I was shocked of what I saw when I got to the backyard.

I then covered my mouth as to what I saw, trying not to scream loudly, I let out a small scream from my mouth as I saw him, Jake, hanged from his two legs, he didn't have any clothing on him and his neck had a very large slit, it was so large that the head was almost falling off from his body. I then looked around to seek for help but couldn't help but notice something in the distance.

It looked like a little girl wearing a white dress with red polka dots on it, holding a knife and waving it back and forth and smiling endlessly while staring at me. The child's stare gave me the creeps and I proceeded to run away from the backyard and into the front yard. I then proceeded to go inside the house to find some clues, regardless of what I just saw earlier.

After getting inside I immediately closed the door, for the fear of being seen by that ghostly girl. Tears started to form in my eyes again, seeing Jake murdered like that makes me want to give up with this journey, it makes me think that should not be doing this in order to protect my friends' lives. I then searched for my bag to see try and call Frank, but sadly my phone was nowhere to be found. Maybe it was left in my house, anyways I kept asking myself as to how I will be able to explain this to them? Another friend of ours is murdered! What am I supposed to do?!

I knew that panicking wouldn't help so I tried to calm myself down and sat down on the floor. After calming myself down I then began investigating the place, as I stood up I felt something right in front of my feet, I walked forward and saw that it was a box. I then picked it up to see if there was anything valuable in it.

When I did open it I found something very unusual, it looked like tubes, black tubes to be exact. I then tried to examine these things and realized that this was no ordinary tube, it was a phonograph cylinder, I couldn't believe it! These things were ancient, these were like popular in 1877, it was also the time where the phonograph was created.

I then took the boxes to try and find something to play it in and to try and find something hidden within these cylinders. To my luck I found a phonograph in the living room of the house, I then towards it and positioned the cylinder in it to play the recording, it started out as nothing but then I heard a voice coming from it.

"Hi my name is Dawn, i'm a girl 7 years of age living in this enormous house. Though this place is very spacious I hate it here, it's always creepy and it feels like something has been following me and stalking me. I don't like it, everytime I go to sleep I always see a girl wearing a white dress with polka dots in it, she says that I should find the puzzle pieces hidden within this house, she also says that if I don't find it in time she will take my body away from me and kill my parents please help me I don't want to be alone."

I was so creeped out when I heard that recording, did she say a girl wearing a white dress with polka dots? I then picked out the last cylinder from the box and placed it in the phonograph.

" She's here and I don't think I will be able to save myself now *static*"

"Please! don't do this, don't take my parents away from me! don't take my body away from me! *static*"

" *static* b...by...e....by..e.e.... D..a.....ww...wnn... it's .....t...i..me to DIE!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!! *static*"

I was freaked out even more with this recording that I don't even know if I can still move properly, I then snapped back to reality and did what I was supposed to do, find the final relic of this puzzle.

I picked out the piece of paper and began to read it " Turn the sphere and it will set the final relic free, turn it to the right and it will trap it for eternity."

Alright. i thought to myself. I need to find a sphere that is turnable and hollow, maybe a globe? I looked around and saw a very large globe in the living room just in the corner. It was huge, I could try turning it but it was too big to hide an artifact. I then looked for another spherical type of thing. It was the handles in the stairs.

I was kinda convinced that it was hiding in there so I walked towards it and tried to twist it. I twisted the sphere to thr left but it just wouldn't budge. I tried forcing it but it just wasn't doing anything. I then stopped and thinked, maybe it really was in the globe. I walk towards it and twisted it to the left, after a few twists the globe came off leaving the stand and to my surprise the final relic was in there!

I could tell because it looked very similar to the others, the puzzle piece looked like a necklace, I then noticed that something was missing in the puzzle piece. A thought then hit me, maybe it was the ruby that the old man gave me. I then searched for it in my pocket and found it. I then inserted it to the puzzle piece and sure enough it began glowing.

Suddenly words were projected again in the wall, and it said:

"In the 11th month of the 12th day and the 13th hour you shall seek the evil doer complete the puzzle now and end this reign of terror."

11th Month, 12th Day, 13th Hour? November 12 at 1:00 PM? Is that what it said then that's tomorrow! Complete the puzzle now and end this reign of terror? Oh man.

"Hihihihi! I know you're there Megan"

"Oh SH** Let's run!"

With that I then got my bag and the final puzzle piece and ran off towards my home.