I apologize for any mistakes, this is my first fanfiction.
Jane ran through the nearest door and slammed it behind her and slid to the floor panting heavily. It got Jake, there was no way she could get to him now, and Roxy and Dirk had been split up from Jane and Jake for a while. She didn't know what to do, she didn't want to die. Why hadn't they just listened to the warnings and stayed away from this creepy mansion? This all started when they found an old book about the house in the town's library yesterday…
"Hey, chums! Look what I found!" Jake exclaimed, jogging up with a worn looking book in his hand.
"Jake, shoosh, were in a library!" Jane scolded.
"Right, sorry." Jake smiled sheepishly. "But look what I found; it's about an abandoned mansion past the edge of town."
Dirk raised a brow. "Where'd you find this dude?"
"It was way in back behind another book, I almost didn't see it, but I noticed the front book was sticking out more than the rest." He stated.
"Let me see that!" Roxy took the book from Jake and started flipping through it. She grinned, scanning bits of information from page to page. "Oh my god you guys, we totally gotta' check this place out!"
Jane frowned. "If it's abandoned, it might not be safe. We could get hurt."
"Come on Janey, it'll be fun!" Roxy slung her arm around her best friend.
Jane furrowed her brows and crossed her arms. "I still don't think we should do it but since you insist, I say we only stay a bit."
"That's the spirit, my dear Jane!" The boy adventurer exclaimed.
"Well let's check this bad boy out and get out of here." Dirk motioned to the book.
The rest agreed and headed to the checkout counter at the front of the library. Once they had the book as theirs they left and headed to Jane's house to look more into the book and have some cake she had made the previous day.
"Alright it says here the place used to be owned by this real old lady, long time ago. It had the name here but it's like faded out." Dirk skimmed through a couple other pages. "In fact, there is a bunch of info missing from here, we better let them know before we return it, that we found it like this. But back to what is was saying, it says here that old lady died and no heirs were found to take over this place and eventually it was left to the city. It was going to be turned into a heritage site, but it didn't catch on , so it was left abandoned for years after that."
The blonde girl clapped her hands together. "Jane! We could totally turn this into one of your detective things and investigate the place!"
"But what would we investigate? We already have the book to tell us stuff about the house." Jane questioned.
"I got it!" Jake blurted. "We can find out what kind of lives were lived out in that house, the book doesn't give us that information!" He grinned.
She was still a bit unsure but agreed to the plan nonetheless. So plans were made for the next day to meet back at Jane's house tomorrow afternoon, with Dirk bringing some things for their supplies.
Jane and Roxy were sitting on the curb chatting when Dirk and Jake walked up.
"Good afternoon, ladies." Jake said with a smile on his face. Dirk in turn just nodded to them.
"You guys got the stuff?" The teen baker questioned.
Dirk rustled though his backpack. "Flashlights, tape-recorder, and a few snacks in case we get hungry or something."
"Here put this in there too, just in case." She handed him a small first-aid kit. "We don't know how bad the flooring or others things will be, and I'd rather have that to be on the safe side."
"You got it Crocker." He placed it in his pack, putting her more at ease knowing they had it.
A cold breeze blew through the air, giving everyone a bit of a chill. Jane zipped up her jacket and pulled on her hood, "Brrr, it's a good thing we all brought jackets, we won't be so cold."
Now with all items accounted for, and everyone dressed accordingly, the four kids set out on their way to the edge of town and past it.
