Chapter One A: The Mansion No One Should Enter
A house stands abandoned, about a three hours walk on foot. No one know who lived there or how long it has been abandoned. There have been reported rumours that it was haunted. Four unlikely heroes step closer, seeing the magnificent architecture of the building. The white walls were stained with dirt from the garden close, the stained glass windows covered the four levels of the mansion, the wooden door hid the secrets inside the house, and the small cross against the top of the door.
"This is it!" Paused a girl with blonde hair that was pinned up to look like buns, "It's really here?"
"I thought it was just a rumour, I never thought that we would actually be standing here looking at it." The girl next to her replied, brushing her long black hair off from her shoulders.
"What a desolate feel!" Another girl said, fixing the red bow in her long blonde hair, "Not bad."
"I don't find it very interesting, though." The man added, fixing his green jacket.
"I don't either." The girl with the black hair paused, "Can't we just look at it from the outside and head back to town?"
"After all the trouble we took to get here?" The girl with the buns cried, "C'mon, let's go in for a little while!"
Mamoru sighed as he headed towards the door and opened it for them all. They all headed inside. The wallpaper was a color of brown with a mix of yellow. Usagi and Minako began looking at the different panels in the room they walked into. A staircase lead up to the second floor on the right. Rei and Mamoru glanced at each other.
"It's cleaner here then I thought." Said Usagi, glancing at the others.
"H-hey, could we get going now?" Mamoru asked, feeling a chill run up his spine.
"What's the matter? Is our brave Tuxedo Mask afraid of a wittle ghost?" Minako laughed.
"N . . . No." He replied, looking frightfully pale.
A crash felled the air in the room. It sounded like something had shattered. Mamoru jumped. Usagi and Minako glanced towards where the sound happened.
"W-we should get going!" Mamoru paused, "This place is dangerous."
"Don't be silly, Mamoru. I don't feel any supernatural presences here." Rei paused, "Where is your common sense?"
She slowly began walking towards the right, where the crash happened. Usagi, Mamoru, and Minako watched her as she left.
"Be careful, Mars!" Minako called.
"I will. I'm just going to see what fell." She paused, still walking, "I'll be right back."
Rei glanced at a door that she came at.
"Maybe this is the room where the sound came from?"
She twisted the handle, but it didn't open.
"Must be locked."
She headed towards the kitchen.
"This would make a lot of sense." She began to look for what fell.
She noticed another door in the kitchen.
"Let's not waste time." She said to herself, "It's probably locked anyway."
She glanced at the bamboo wooden flooring on the floor, noticing different shards of glass. She followed the shards of glass to find a broken plate.
"Ah, this is what fell." She examined it, "I better be careful around it."
She sighed as she began walking back towards the room where she thought the others were.
"What?!" She walked closer, "Did they leave?"
She sighed and slapped her forehead.
"How regrettable."
She headed towards the front door to see if they had left. It wouldn't open.
"The door is locked?!" She paused, "Does this mean they are still in here?"