7) Haunted Hideaway

Haunted Hideaway

After a few minutes of walk away from the foggy graveyard, because we all agreed we didn't wanted to try our luck for more ghost-meetings by staying close to the graves for longer than neccecary- Namir was the first to get sight on a old huuge building. After a bit more of silent walking, we all stood in front of the huge wooden doors, inspecting the wooden fortress. "I feel like we should not go in" I say finally, sighing heavily. Arctic answered "Yeee nah. No no." The others were agreeing to this statement as well, just Khaos shaking his head and walking closer. "I don't think we have a choice" He said simply. Müsli mumbled something under his breath, but we all agree on ignoring him. Astoria looked around, following Khaos, and then the huge old doors swung slowly open under heavy screeching. We all spook back a bit, with Müsli nearly running off, if Arctic wouldn't have hold him back. "Look I really don't think-" starts Arctic, but Khaos fell im into his word, saying "If you dont see it, I shall tell you. There are eyes hiding around us in the shadows. There are souls and demons, ready to greet and take us." We all tense up and stare into the darkness of the thick forest around us. Astoria was visibly the first one who noticed something was off, her eyes fixating on a movin shadow, and her tail swishing in fear. I look at Khaos, and his look tells me everything I needed to know. "I think we should listen to him" I say finally. The others sigh and try to argue, but after a distant howl of presumably something wolf-like, they decide to give up and follow me. I was the first to enter this hideaway. Khaos followed very close behind. After him Arctic and Astoria slowly walked inside, and Müsli and Namir followed us, looking very uncertain and unhappy. As soon as the last hoof had crossed the doorframe, the large old wooden doors slammed shut. We gasped and someone, sure it was Müsli, yelled in fear. At first we saw nothing. It was dark inside the hideaway, and our eyes took a good minute to get used to the new lighting situation. We all stood very still and silent close to each other. Müsli shivered, and Arctic's hair was everywhere, and especially in Khaos' face, which he commented very unhappily with "Arctic get the fuck out of my face." I hid a grin and then started to slowly walk along the hallway of the hideaway. With my movement, candles, who were mounted on the wall, started to lit up, allowing us to take it all in. We were standing in a long, long hallway, on the walls were a few wall-rugs and many spiderwebs. The flickering light of the candles made it look even creepier. Astoria looked around, uncertain, and then screamed. Müsli nearly had a heart attack out of fear, and Namir yelled too. The door we just walked through was gone, there was a solid rock wall behind us. "Wow, good Idea, very very good Idea to enter this SURELY haunted hideaway! Namir spit the words out and started walking along the hallway, probably to get further away from that creepy wall. "I want to go home" whimpered Müsli, and Astoria said "I know, I'm so sorry. I can assure you we all desperately want to go home. And we will find the exist out of this mansion and then we will find the way home!" As often, i admire Astorias calmness, and the way she was able to reassure Müsli, even tho the chances of us finding back home soon were very very slim so far. "Come on guys, lets find some doors and uh... explore! Lets treat this like an adventure!" Arctic said, trying to hype us up. "I know Adventures from my home," Namir said very stiffly, "And this is most vertainly not one we should pursue." I couldn't argue against that. "I will lead the way" says Khaos, overtaking Namir and then starting to walk slowly over the dark red carpet. We looked around, but couldn't find a door so far. Astoria looked very worried, switching even more worried looks with Arctic, who finally got rid of his awful looking Wizard costume. Walking through this long, creepy hallway probably made us all realize that we could seriously be in trouble. We could only hope that the owner of this haunted mansion wasn't around, or at least not awake. We silently followed Khaos, until the end of the corridor came closer. There were 3 doors. "Should we check whats behind them..?" Astoria asks shyly, but Namir shakes his head frantically. "Maybe theyre a trap!" He exclaimed, and I shush him to make sure he isn't waking up whatever this mansion may home. Khaos sighs and says "Im unsure what we should do. Should we first try the left one? Arctic just answers "Maybe they are locked." Khaos nods, and I say "Let's see, which open, and then we see whats behind them. Khaos nods, and Arctic tries to push the first door open, but it won't move. Astoria tries the next one, the right one, but that one seemed to be closed as well. I step in front and push on the last door, and it swings open with a faint squeak. "Well, I think we should take this one then?" Müsli laughed high pitched, and Namir immediatly shush-ed him. Khaos looked at me, and I nodded. And so I slowly enter the room as the first one, the others following after me, and Khaos following as the last one.