~Warning AU- takes place in Maine in the U.S (why in Maine? Honestly I don't know.)

It had been only a couple of days since Mai and her stepparents moved into the neighborhood and already, she had heard so many crazy stories about her front door neighbors; the neighbors that lived in the old creepy-looking Victorian house shrouded by a mess of trees.

According to an old lady who lived close to her street, said that the family that lived across from Mai, were cannibals. Mai thought the idea was bit ridiculous. On the other hand, she heard from a group of small children that nobody lived in the house and that it was actually inhibited by ghosts. The idea was also ridiculous. Mai didn't like gossip and so far she did not like the town by the amount of gossip that would go around. All the town seemed to be preoccupied with her neighbors. Another theory about them was that they were vampires and that they would only come out at night. Mai continued pondering about the neighbors, as she stared at the house.

"Mai, you are going to be late for school," Ayako scolded from the front porch, which made Mai break out of her daze.

"Yes," she replied as she started to make her way towards school.

"Are you sure you don't want me to drop you off at school?" Ayako called out.

"I'm fine, besides, it's only a twenty-minute walk," Mai yelled back.

"Okay. Good luck then!"

"Thanks," Mai smiled. As she turned to make her way towards school, she missed a boy with black hair and deep blue eyes peaking through the shades as he watched her leave.


Mai didn't really know what to think about school. Her classes were fine and most of her teachers were nice. Her classmates were a whole different story. The guys were very friendly, but the girls weren't, in fact they seemed to hate her, and she had no idea why. The only girl she befriended that day was Masako Hara. Mai ended up having three classes with her and because of this, they started to talk. Mai also befriended a guy named Yasuhara, or Yasu for short. Yasu was one the only guys she met that did not want to date her, which was one of the reasons why she instantly liked him.


By the end of the day, Mai was a bit exhausted. She ended up walking home with Masako, who ended up inviting herself over to her house. "Maybe this is the reason why a lot of girls don't like her," Mai wondered.

Throughout the walk, Masako was talking about how the girls in the school were so annoying. Mai just listened, not making any comment because it seemed that Masako wanted to rant more than anything.

It was when they approached Mai's street, the street that only contained three houses, as it was more of a circle street, that Masako stopped walking.

"Is something wrong Masako?" Mai asked, curious on why her newfound friend stopped walking.

"You live on this street?" Masako asked, dumbfounded.

"Yeah, is there a problem?" Mai asked as she continued walking towards her house, while Masako eventually followed. Masako didn't respond. "Well this is it," Mai said, motioning towards the pale huge yellow house.

"I can't believe you live across from them," Masako said.

"I don't understand? What have you heard about them?"

"I've heard that a married couple have adopted a whole bunch of kids and that they basically use them as servants and force them to have relationships with one another," she said with a look of disgust on her face.

"That's gross and probably not true. Where do people come up with these lies?" Mai said disgusted.

"Who knows," she shrugged.

"Well now I kind of want to know more about the family," Mai admitted as Masako's face lighted up with excitement.

"I dare you to go inside."

"What? There is no way I'm trespassing!" Mai exclaimed.

"Do it! I mean, who knows if anyone actually lives there, no one has ever seen these people."

"What? Then why are all these people saying such horrible things about them?"

"Who knows and honestly who really cares. Just do it Mai."

"No."

"I'll give every boy your number then," Masako grinned as she waved her phone.

"What, how did you get my number?" Mai asked.

"You gave Yasu and me your number earlier, remember?" Masako reminded her.

"Nice going Mai."

"Fine," Mai sighed.

Both Masako and Mai headed towards the backdoor. They don't see anything out of the ordinary as they took a quick glance at the backyard. They finally reached the backdoor and Mai slowly turned the knob, to find that the door was unlocked. Masako smiled at Mai and in return, Mai glared at her. Afterwards, Mai stepped inside, checking if anyone was home, but she did not see or hear anyone.

"Okay, I went inside. I'm done now," Mai whispered.

"That's nothing, just go in a little further," Masako whispered.

"No," Mai said as she tried to exit the house but Masako blocked her.

"I'll do it," Masako threatened, as she waved her phone in the air.

"Fine," Mai huffed, as she walked deeper into the house.

Mai had no idea where she was going, but she noticed that the house was decorated beautifully and was maintained well for a family that was supposedly dead, at least according to one rumor. Mai walked past the kitchen and a living room only to stop at a small library. The door was open and she noticed that no one was in there, so she decided to take a sneak peek since she had a weakness for libraries.

Mai browsed through the series of books and was pleasantly surprised when she saw a copy of Pride and Prejudice. She took it out and began to admire it when someone grabbed her arm.

"What are you—" a tall man started.

Frightened, Mai didn't really think, just acted. She ended up stomping on the tall man's foot with her own, which took the man by surprise. It gave her the opportunity to twist the man's arm, since he was still holding her own. The man quickly withdrew his arm in pain and Mai quickly dropped the book, ready to flea the scene when a boy around her age with black hair and dark blue eyes appeared in front of the door.

"And who are you? Why did you barge in my home and assault my guardian?" asked the boy with the deep blue eyes.

"Uh..."

"If looks could kill, I would have been dead already. Great Mai, how do you think they will react when you tell them that someone dared you to barge in on their home," she thought.


~Honestly i don't know why I started this when I have several other stories to update, *curses*

~I blame it on writers block and my recent dream that I had.

~Well if you guys liked, let me know what you thought.