Jess looked up in shock as her, her mother Zoe, and her ather Nick, pulled up outside their new house. It was huge.
"How much did this cost!" Jess said, looking up in awe.
"A lot." Nick laughed. "But less than we thought."
"Really?" Jess asked, and Zoe nodded. "How much?"
"Enough." Zoe smiled. "They gave it to us cheap because its been empty for years. All the furniture is there, its been cleaned, and it should be a nice house."
"Awesome!" Jess beamed as she walked up to the door. She looked into the gardens as Nick got out the keys and opened the door.

The interior was definatly not modern, as there was wood everywhere. There was stone floors, a huge wooden dining table, and it was very spacious. The removal truck was still to arrive, so soon the place would look more full.

The only thing that looked out of place was the kitchen. This had been redone as the appliances were old. There used to be an old metal stove, but now there stood an oven, a microwave, and a gas cooker. Zoe liked the modern kitchen, as she would know how to use everything.
"This is actually so big." Jess said, walking around. She entered the living room and it was near empty, but not quite.

There were no chairs or sofas, no tables, but there was an old huge mirror sitting on the wall. There were odd markings burnt into the wooden border.
"Mum?" Jess shouted, and she heard the clicking of her mothers heels.
"Yes?" Zoe replied.
"Look at the mirror." Jess said.
"Oh, I thought this was supposed to be an empty room..." Zoe said, but then shrugged. "Oh well, if someone loved it so much, it would have gone with them when they left."
"Maybe they forgot it?" Jess suggested, as she walked up to the mirror and traced the boder with her fingers. She got dust onto her hand, so she wiped it off, transfering the dust to her jeans.
"They would have come back by now." Zoe shook her head. "There hasn't been anyone living here for at least twenty years."
"Really?" Jess asked. "Why wouldn't anyone want to live here?"
"I don't know." Zoe said. "I think its beautiful."
"And its huge!"
"You like it because you get a big bedroom." Zoe laughed. Jess had a really small bedroom in the old house, so she wanted to give her a bigger one this time. Maybe she would finally keep it tidy if she was happy with it.
"Yeah!" Jess said. "My other one was tiny!"
"I know." Zoe replied. "Go and see it if you want."
"Which one is it?" Jess said, getting increasingly excited.
"Second on the right." Zoe said, and Jess was gone.

While Jess went upstairs, Zoe looked at the mirror. She thought it was a bit strange, seeing as it was so clean and so pretty. Why would anyone want to leave that behind? Oh well, someones loss, their gain!

Jess gasped as she walked into her bedroom. It was perfect! It did need painting and her furniture needed putting in, but the size was great. She shut the door behind her so she could get looking around.

Considering how long no one had been in there for, there was surprisingly little amount of spiders. She was glad as she hated the things. She found the odd few, so she would have to get Nick to get rid of those for her.

She saw that there was a little bump underneath what looked to be a strip of wall paper. She felt it, and it was hard. She knocked the wall and it sounded as if she was hitting a wooden door. If she hit another side of the wall, it sounded fine.

She slowly peeled away the wall paper, so she didn't rip it, and there was in fact a small wooden door. She would have to crawl to go in.

Inside, it was small and she couldnt stand up. She looked around and she saw a huge drawing of the same symbol that was on the side of the mirror. She would have to try and find out what it was.

In the corner of the narrow tiny room, there was an old candle, and a wooden cross. Jess thought this was strange, so she decided to leave. As she was crawling out her mother walked in through the door and started laughing.
"What are you doing?" Zoe asked, and helped Jess out.
"I saw it was lumpy under the wallpaper, and it was easy to peel back and I found a door." Jess said. "I can use it as an extra storage space."
"You'll need it with the amount of stuff you have." Zoe said, kneeling down to look inside. "Its that symbol again."
"I know." Jess said. "I kind of like it."
"Me too." Zoe said. "Its weird."
"Yeah." Jess smiled. "But can I get rid of the cross and the candle?"
"Yeah." Zoe said, going in further. She pulled out the cross that was stood up against the wall, and the candle that was stood next to it. It was almost as if it was supposed to be there.

She took it out and got up. Zoe dusted off her skirt and walked out, leaving Jess to look through her room again.

"Whats that?" Nick asked, looking at what Zoe was carrying.
"Oh, they were in Jess's room in a little cupboard hideout thing." Zoe said.
"The people who gave us the house told us to keep stuff that we find in the basement." Nick said and Zoe looked confused.
"Why can't we throw them out?" Zoe asked.
"Don't know." Nick shrugged. "Owners told us not to. No idea why."
"Oh, well i'd better do it then." Zoe said, and opened the door and walked down the steps into the basement. She put the items in a wooden box and walked back up to Nick, and shivered.
"Cold?" Nick asked.
"Yeah its cold down there." Zoe said and rubbed her arms. Nick walked over to her and gave her a hug.
"Better?" He asked.
"Yeah." Zoe held him tight. "This house is great. I love it already."
"I like it too. I like all the little things they left behind. Makes it all unique." Nick explained.
"Yeah, but some of it we don't need." Zoe said.
"Thats why we put it in the basement." Nick smiled.
"Ive never had a basement before." Zoe said. "I think it would be good for doing washing down there."
"Yeah." Nick said. "Im going to start looking through all the old boxes down there tomorrow."
"Really?" Zoe asked.
"Yeah, its intriguing isn't it?" Nick asked. "I mean, that stuff could have been there for years! Think of how much its all worth..."
"I thought we had to keep it in the basement?" Zoe said, confused.
"We bought the house and everything in it, so why can't we?" Nick said.
"So I could have thrown out the candle and cross?" Zoe asked.
"Yes but I wanted to keep it." Nick smiled and kissed Zoe. "This house is perfect."
"It is, isnt it?" Zoe said, snuggling into him.

But the house, wasn't as perfect as what they really thought...