So in this, Brendan and Ste are accompanied by Cheryl and Nate to a house for a weekend stay. The house however is occupied by something sinister. I thought it maybe different to try a spooky fic?
Rated M,just in case,as it's Stendan,and they can't help themselves. ;)
The Forgotten House.
Friday 10am
Brendan, Ste, Cheryl and Nate drove up through the wrought iron gates, and up a long driveway. There was a large hedge maze to the left of the grounds of the drive, with large oak trees dotted around. They had received word an estranged relative had passed away leaving the house desolate, and in need of repair. They had all decided to drive up together, curious as to the house they'd never even known about till now.
Brendan drove up the almost never ending driveway and towards the house, it was a beautiful hot day, the sun shone down on the house, it looked incredibly grand in the sun and had huge windows all across the front, and ivy had grown pretty much over the whole house, shrouding it. The car pulled up to the front door, it was a huge wooden door, and much how you'd expect a castle door to look.
Ste got out of the car first and looked at the house in awe.
"Hey, this is mint init?!" Ste gushed excited.
"Yeah if you like creepy looking places it is" Cheryl moaned "Its bloody massive!"
A slight breeze passed around them, making Cheryl and Ste both shiver.
"Wha, What was that?" Cheryl cried "I went really cold then" Cheryl folded her arms up to her chest.
"Wind love, just the wind" Nate closed his arms around Cheryl warming her up into a hug.
"Hey, is anyone gonna help me here?! Cried Brendan. He was overloaded with bags and you couldn't see his face as he juggled precariously. Ste laughed at him and went over to help.
"Jesus Chez, how many bags ye need to bring for a weekend? We ain't moving in for a month you know?! Brendan exclaimed.
"Oh shut up Bren, I need everything I packed. Most of it's alcohol!" Cheryl winked as she rooted in her bag for an envelope. In the envelope was a letter and a skeleton key, that apparently opened every room in the house. They all walked up to the front door and looked up, the house towered above them.
The house was not unlike a tardis, bigger on the inside if that was possible. The deco was old Victorian style; and they felt like they had traveled back in time. There was an old smell to the place, dusty and a hint of wood. There was a stretched out staircase in front of them, and on the ceiling was a vast chandelier swaying slightly.
"Why is it moving?" Cheryl whispered to Nate. "Just the breeze love, these old houses don't have much insulation"
Just then another chill touched up Cheryl's neck making her feel Goosebumps, she let out a shriek and grabbed onto Nate.
"Chez, what's wrong with ye?" Brendan asked.
"It's this house, it's creepy!" Cheryl replied.
"Nah!" Said Ste. "Its just cos its a old house, an it's big. You'll get used to the place!" Ste smiled as he ran up the stairs to the top.
"I've always wanted to do this!" Ste shouted. He straddled the long banister and began to slide down but half way he stopped and jolted forward quickly.
"Ouch!" Ste winced
"Needs polishing then?" Brendan laughed walking up to Ste and helping him off the banister. He gently stroked over his arse. "That better?" He winked at Ste.
"Yeah, thanks" Ste grinned.
They all decided to look upstairs first; Cheryl demanded they all stick together. They made there way past the rooms upstairs, the hallways were a cloudy grey colour, which made the place have an unloved feeling.
They went into the last room on the corridor, it was a study. On the walls there was a large book case full to the brim of books. A solid oak desk was placed in the middle of the room,with an old oil lamp on it. Pieces of paper and pencils were lying on it. Over on the wall Green velvet curtains hung down heavy from the tall windows of the room.
"Wow, this place is brilliant" Nate enthused. "How come you've never mentioned it before?" He looked at Cheryl and Brendan.
"Well, we didn't know about it, did we Bren?" Cheryl replied.
"Never met the relative who lived here, she was estranged from the family". Cheryl said as she went to sit down at the desk.
Suddenly there was a loud thump behind them. Ste jumped and turned round on his heals but couldn't see anything.
"What was that?!" Ste exclaimed. "Nothing Steven, just..."
"Wind? Fuck off blaming the wind now will ye!" Cheryl sighed.
They all turned to leave the room when a second thump noise came from behind them. Cheryl ran up to Ste and strangled a hug round his neck.
"Can't Breatheee!" Ste choked
"Sorry Babe" Cheryl held his hand.
"Well, I know what's been making the noises!" Nate spoke as he collected two books off the floor. "Just these books, must have fallen off the shelves eh?" He replied putting them on the desk.
They walked off closing the door behind them; they failed to notice a light flickering under the door as they walked away.
They each chose one the bedrooms upstairs and put their bags down. Ste wandered over to the window and looked out to the large grounds. He looked down at the maze and grinned.
"Bren,after dinner,lets all go round the maze!" Ste said.
Brendan came up behind Ste and wrapped his arms tightly around Ste's waist resting his chin on his shoulder. He looked out at the maze then nuzzled closely into Ste's neck. He moved his lips over caressing his neck and up to his ear nibbling at his earlobe.
"Hmm, sounds a good idea that, watch you and Chez get bloody lost in it" Brendan smiled into his neck and pressed a kiss there.
"Hey! We won't! Besides, you'd come rescue me wouldn't you?" Ste smiled enjoying the attention he was receiving off Brendan.
A flash of light surrounded the room, shocking Brendan to turn round suddenly. He looked back at Ste and they stared puzzled at each other.
"Um, lightning?" Ste suggested.
"I guess, but during the day? And the sun is out as well?" Brendan looked out at the sky, no grey clouds.
They decided to put it down to thunder in the distance as they made there way to Cheryl and Nate's bedroom.
Ste knocked at the door. "Are you decent you two?!" Shouted Ste through the door.
No one answered.
"They must be downstairs then?" Said Brendan.
They wandered down the corridor; on the walls were old oil lamps and pictures with huge thick frames. There was now a musty smell upstairs, it wasn't very pleasant really. They were glad to go downstairs.
Brendan winked at Ste as he too straddled the banister.
"Erm Bren,I best warn ya, that bloody hurts!" Ste warned.
Brendan ignored his warning and shot right down to the bottom of the banister, landing in a heap on the floor. Ste let out his donkey laugh which began to echo around the house very loudly. Almost shaking the walls around them.
"Wow, Steven, best not laugh out loud again, I am nearly deaf now!" Brendan teased as he got up on his feet.
Ste looked around with his mouth open. "How loud was that?! This house is weird Bren" He decided.
Cheryl and Nate had found themselves in the kitchen. Cheryl was trying to figure out the arga stove. There was an old style fire place in the corner of the kitchen; it had a large pot hanging there. There were pots and pans hanging from the celling,and brass plates on the stone walls.
"Maybe this is why she was estranged from your family?" Nate questioned as he gestured to the black pot. "Looks like a bloody cauldron!" He laughed.
"Nate, Please! I am already on tenterhooks." Cheryl still couldn't work the stove so decided a takeaway a better idea. They sat down together on a wooden bench and leaned up on the long wooden table in the kitchen, so big there wasn't much room to swing a cat about let alone walk through.
Nate turned to Cheryl and kissed her when a loud squeaking noise interrupted them, Chez moved slowly and looked up to behind Nate as her eyes widened and pupils dilated.
"What?" Nate asked
Cheryl gestured behind him with her eyes, so he slowly turned around and watched as the black pot was swinging side to side, squeaking with each movement.
"HIYA!" Ste shouted as he came running in "So this is where ya hiding!" Ste said
Cheryl screamed so loud deafening poor Nate who winced as he covered his ears.
"Chez!?" Whats wrong?" Brendan asked as he came running in thinking the world had just ended.
Cheryl and Nate started to explain about the 'cauldron' swinging on it's own and Brendan mentioned the flash of light in the bedroom upstairs. This made Cheryl more on edge, so they decided a drink was in order, just to calm their nerves.
It worked as they all were tipsy after a while, they had made some dinner thanks to Ste, he managed to work the stove and cooked them up a lovely meal together. It was mid afternoon now and they were all sat around chatting. Ste decided to share in his wonderful plan of going around the maze as a laugh.
They all went outside, it was still a warm day, and the sun was hot. They made there way over to the Maze entrance, it had a wooden board outside with a map of the maze and the various locations, dead ends and way outs. Ste and Cheryl both took a picture of the map on their phones as they argued that even though it is cheating it was better to be safe than lost indefinitely. They decided to split into pairs. First team back at the entrance wins.
They were wandering round for a long while, Brendan and Ste had gone to the right side of the maze. They had found a lot of dead ends in the now and Brendan was getting impatient.
"Oh lighten up Bren!" Ste moaned "It's meant to be fun this weekend, spending some time together"
Brendan growled as they came to another dead end, he grabbed hold of Ste and swung him round into the hedge, and moved in for a long deep kiss. Brendan moved close into Ste,and pushed his groin up against Ste as they moaned into each others mouth.
A loud scream echoed around them,it making them jump apart.
"Oh my god, was that Cheryl?" Ste asked
"I don't know, quick try calling her!" Brendan spoke concerned.
Ste tried calling Cheryl but his signal was dead, Brendan looked at his phone and his was dead too. They decided to try and find the exit now quickly.
Over on the left side of the maze both Nate and Cheryl had heard the scream too, with no signal available they made there way out. Cheryl was following the map on her phone; but it led them to a strange opening. Two fir trees graced a circled area,along with two benches. Right in the middle there was what looked like a trap door located in the ground, it had overgrown with weeds. Nate bent down and ripped away the weeds to reveal an old wooden door with black rivets on it, and a heavy circle handle. He tried to pull it up but it was stuck.
"Can you help me Cheryl? I want to know what's under here" Nate asked.
"I don't want too! God knows what's down there!" Cheryl walked backwards into Ste who was smiling.
"Arrggh! Ste,don't sneak up like that!,did ye hear that scream?" Cheryl asked
"Yeah, we thought it was you!" Ste hugged Cheryl
Brendan was now helping Nate pull open the trap door that lay beneath them. Cheryl and Ste helped too, they were starting to shift it when a knocking noise tapped lightly on the inside of it. They all backed off looking at each other.
"Oh I've had enough of this!" Ste walked over to the trap door and shouted
"Right whatever you are, pack it in; we had enough of your games!" Ste spoke loud at the floor when a louder menacing knock thudded through the door throwing him off balance.
Brendan and Nate tried again to yank it open, when this time it did, creaking loudly dust swirled around the air as the door swung back open. They looked inside, it was very dark and they couldn't see very well. Nate used his phone to shine into the hole and noticed a wooden ladder descending down. Cheryl pushed forwards knocking into Nate and he let go of his phone, they heard it crack on the floor beneath.
"We'll have to go down there now, won't we?" Brendan sighed.
It was dark inside the room in the ground; cobwebs were littered about as spiders cheerfully swung on them. Nate started to climb down, trying to block out the pleas from Cheryl to come back up again. From deep within the room something was stirring, it knew someone had moved the door, traveling quicker towards the light from the open trap door it moved at Nate.
"Wha..! Something just touched me." Nate spoke softy but loud enough for Brendan to hear.
"What do you mean, is there someone with ye down there?" Inquired Brendan.
"I heard it, come towards me" Nate cried.
Nate was starting to feel dizzy, like his blood had rushed out of his body in that moment; he lost his footing and crashed onto the surface below. Nate started to claw around for his phone, hoping it would still work for some light to see. He felt he wasn't alone as he tried in vain to feel around for his phone. It was happening again, coming out of the darkness towards him. A tingling sensation covered his spine, as he felt the hair hitch up on his neck, desperately trying to grab his phone, it came nearer almost to his face,he held his breath,then Brendan shone his phone into his face. It was gone.
"Hey, yis okay?" Brendan climbed off the ladder and went over to Nate, whose eyes were fixed on one spot.
"NATE,hey,it's Brendan, what happened?" Brendan moved his face round towards him.
"Nothing Brendan" Nate snapped out of it as Cheryl and Ste descended the ladder.
Cheryl was protesting the whole way down.
"What's the betting there's 'wind' down here too eh?" Cheryl spoke scared
"Oh my god, Nate! Babe you alright?" Cheryl ran to him and gave him a strangled hug.
Ste held up his phone, so did Cheryl, and Brendan. Nate's phone had broken with the fall, he stood up with a wince as he had hurt his ankle. They looked ahead to what they now realized to be a hallway of sorts, made of brick. It was cold and damp, a swirl of dust moved continuously around them, making there eyes dart at times, as they walked along.
Ste had caught up to Brendan and held onto his hand, Brendan turned to him and smiled into his eyes, while giving his hand a tight squeeze he pulled Ste very close and kissed him.
"Seriously, doing that now while we are in the pit of hell?" Cheryl screeched at them through the dim light from their phones.
"Chez, if I had my way our lips would never part" Brendan replied
"Aw Bren, ya such a romantic! Wait till I get ya home" He winked back
They carried on walking for what seemed a decade, fighting through the cobwebs and dust.
They found a door at the end, with a keyhole. Ste tried the handle but it was locked. He knocked on the door as a laugh. However there came a reply. A light started to flicker at the bottom of the door, Ste saw it and started to back off.
"Erm, guys, what is that light there?" Ste asked.
"Dunno, Hey!? Is someone there? Open the door for us will ye!" Brendan laughed and turned to the others.
A click could be heard, which seemed to echo around them. Brendan's eyes widened as he looked towards the door, the light had gone.
"Ye are fucking joking me!" Brendan hitched a breath as the once locked door creaked open for him.
*What do you think? Please let me know if I should continue this. xx *