Chapter one the old house

The morning sun was just rising with fog rising from the ground. A car passes by through the winding roads, a fifth-teen year old sits in the back of the car with his pets in the very back. "Brandon are you alright sweetie?" Lisa, Brandon's mother, asked as she looked back at her son.

Brandon looked at his mother and nodded then turn and looked out the window. Lisa smiled and looked back at the first of the car. Tom, Lisa husband puts his hand on Lisa's hand and started rub it softy "brand new start." Tom said with a smile.

Brandon had three dogs, two boys and one girl. The two boys were named Theo and Toby. The girl dog was named Sierra. "Ready for the house Toby?" Theo asked, Toby looked up at Theo. "Yeah I guess so," Toby replied sitting up, Sierra Toby's sister sat next to him. " the only thing that sucks about this is that we can't really see our grandparents," Sierra replied.

Theo smiled. "Yeah but come on. A new home and a new place to play around its perfect!" Theo said with another smile. Toby chuckled as the car came to a sudden stood stop. " God some cars just need to give a warning," Tom complained as the car in front of him went up the hill. Lisa watched the other car as it went up the other hill.

"Wonder what the hell was his problem," Lisa wondered. Tom shook his head. "Who knows dear." Tom replied. Theo, Sierra and Toby all watch as the car races up the hill. "Gosh humans these days huh?" Theo stated Sierra and Toby both nodded. "I know right and how they drive. It's just dangerous," Toby replied.

Brandon sighed and ran a hand through his spiky blondish brown hair. His sapphire blue eyes showed regret. He had to leave all his friends behind just because his got this stupid mansion! He glanced over at his slightly disgruntled parents. He saw the back of his dad's head which had the same colored hair as his. His dad was saying something but Brandon was too deep in thought to care.

That's when he saw it. From the distance he could see the outline of a big mansion in the distance. He looked on with wonder as they got closer and closer. The looming mansion was black and had gargoyle statues along the roof. The windows gave away nothing as white curtains prevented further sight. When Tom drove through the giant gate entrance, he parked the car in front.

"Doesn't it look great?" Tom asked as they all got out of the car. "Has a rustic feel to it!"

"I don't know dad it looks more creepy than rustic." Brandon said.

"Oh Brandon give it a chance!" His mother scolded him.

Brandon sighed and nodded. He took his black wolf hoodie out of the car and put it on. Then he grabbed his luggage and went into the mansion with his dogs in tow.

"This place looks so cool!" Theo exclaimed "I can't wait to see what the backyard looks like!"

"Your such a pup!" Sierra scoffed. "This place looks so old and gross!"

"Chillax Sierra." Toby said. "Like Brandon's mom said 'give it a chance'.

"There they go again." Brandon mumbled as he heard his dogs bickering and barking.

When he entered the building he looked around. In front of him was a grand staircase where the bedrooms were. To his right was a series of hallways and rooms meant for storage and various other things. Lastly to his left were the dining and kitchen areas. He took a deep breath and went up stairs. It took a sec to get his suitcase up there but once at the top of the steps he looked around for an empty room.

He heard a banging sound above him but shrugged it off. Who knows how many rats were probably here? He found a room to his right in the hall and walked in. There was a nice clean bed with white sheets and pillows. That was the only thing nice about the room however. The walls were covered with drab lime green peeling paint while the hard wood floor was discolored in some places.

There was a dresser to put his things in.

"This room could use a makeover." Theo commented.

"Is that a spider?" Toby asked.

Brandon sighed and put his suitcase on the bed. He heard another bang but shrugged it off again. He opened the suitcase, took out his clothes, and placed them in the dresser. Then he took all his books on wolves of the northern frontier and put them atop the dresser. Finally he got out his wolf posters and put them on the wall. One of them was of Balto the hero dog who saved Nome about two years ago.

"Brandon!" His mother called. "You settled in yet?"

"Yeah!" He called back.

"Ok!" His mom called out. "We're taking the room down the hall from yours! Dinner is in ten minutes we're having spaghetti!"

"Ok." Brandon finished.

He put the empty suitcase on the floor and slid it under the bed. He sat on the bed and let out a huge breath. Theo, Sierra, and Toby looked at each other and jumped on the bed.

"Wait! No! Stop!" Brandon said as they licked him and nuzzled his face.

He started laughing it tickled so much. Nothing improves your mood more than your dogs giving you affection.

"Thanks guys." He told them. "You're the best."

They barked their approval. Brandon smiled and got up. He left the room and went downstairs for his mom's spaghetti. When he got the dining room all the food was already laid out. His parents smiled as he walked in.

"Great now we can-" his mom began.

BANG!

They all jumped a bit.

"What was that?" His mom said looking worried.

"Probably just mice." His dad said.

Theo was hiding under the table shaking with fear while Sierra just shook her head.

Never the less they all got up and went upstairs. They went to where they thought the sound came from and saw the a chair was knocked over. The room the chair was in had lots of things that easily could have fallen over.

"Huh.. The wind must have blown it over." Tom said.

Lisa nodded and the two left with Brandon still standing there.

"But this room has no windows." He said to himself.