Prologue: Death
A long time ago, Terra Lander, the owner of the richest castle plantation, was having a Halloween ball. He asked for his secret lover, Gaia, to come so he could propose to her in front of the guests. Gaia was a beautiful, rich young orphan who lived with her guardian, Eraqus, who loved the girl like a daughter. Eraqus knew Terra was going to propose to the girl so he came to the party too. The only one who didn't approve of the affair was Terra's butler Xehanort but Terra didn't care what the man thought.
Just as the masked guests started arriving, Terra sat in his study to write a letter of proposal to Gaia, his sweetheart.
Dear my darling Gaia,
I hope that you are in great spirits and full of joy. It always made my heart happy to see you smile. I wish, my dear, not to idle you with my words but I want you to know that I love you and I wish to marry you. I may only be twenty-three and you eighteen but I will love you forever.
Yours forever, my darling,
Terra Lander
After he wrote the letter, he put in an envelope and passed to his servant, Ventus. Faithful Ventus swept off to deliver her the letter of proposal. Terra watched the younger man leave with a heavy weight on his heart as he sat on his desk impatiently. Surely Gaia wouldn't decline because they had been talking of marriage for a while.
About fifteen minutes later Ventus returned with a letter from her.
Terra opened it and read it.
Dear my darling,
I am flatter by your proposal and would gladly accept. Please meet me in the library so we can talk face to face.
Love forever,
Gaia.
With that, Terra hurried from the room to get to the library.
Upon arriving, he found Gaia dead on the couch with a goblet of wine close to her hand. A stab of pain pierced Terra in the heart as he gathered the dead girl in his arms. He felt as though his life ended when he saw her dead. Why would she kill herself? Terra carried the out to the hall and everyone stopped dancing. A tear rolled down Terra's cheek as he carried Gaia to the hall. Many people gasped and took off their masks in respect for the dead girl.
Terra saw no one, only Gaia, as he walked over to Eraqus and placed her in his arms. Eraqus was in so much pain that he didn't even cry. With haste, Eraqus left with her body to call on a priest. A funeral would have to be held. The party ended as soon as Eraqus left and Terra was left alone with his faithful servants, Ventus and Aqua, who gave him all the sympathy he could have wanted but he didn't want it.
Gaia, sweet eighteen year old Gaia, was dead. The sight of her dead body left him scarred and restless. Her chocolate hair that usually shone with life and sun was lank and dull and her beautiful pale skin was unnaturally lifeless and paler than it should have been. He would never again hear her sweet voice or hear her laugh at anything. She was such an angel and now she was flying back to heaven.
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A few days later, Terra stopped eating and sleeping, locking himself up in his study. In a flash of anger he knocked a few glass ornaments off his desk and threw books against the wall. Terra felt as though his life meant nothing anymore and didn't want to live without Gaia. That night he hung himself from the chandelier and died.
For a hundred and twenty-seven years no one ever stepped foot in the haunted mansion.
AN: I made the prologue chapter of The Haunted Mansion: KH Style. As many could see on YT, I made a trailer based off of it. Here's the cast:
Terra-Mr. Gracey
Tifa-Me/Gaia (Sara)
Cloud-Dad
Marlene/Kairi-Marissa (my sister)(Megan)
Sora/Denzel-Riley (my sister's friend) (Michael)
Aqua-Emma
Ventus-Ezra
Xehanort-Ramsley
Heartless and Nobodies-spirits
Aerith-Madam Leota