Episode 1
Act 1

After the loud shriek that had silenced everyone, the power returned. Leaning against the wall was Lovino. His face was petrified.

"Lovi! Are you okay? What happened?" Antonio hurried to the other, his face worried for his friend. The Italian's hands were clamped together, trying not to make his body tremble.

"I-it touched me!" Lovino stuttered.

"What touched you?"

Lovino blinked a few times at Antonio in confusion. "You know… T-that damn hand that touched me! It was glowing too!"

Antonio still had a concerned expression for Lovino, but sighed. "Are you sure you weren't just seeing things? I was right over here and didn't see a thing!"

"So you're saying you don't believe me?"

Overhearing, Feliciano quickly ran over and hugged his brother. "Don't scare me like that, Lovi!"

Outbreaks of embarrassed bickers came from Lovino towards Feliciano and Antonio.

"Goodnight, Yao." Mei sighed. It was at least twelve or one AM by now. It would be hard to fall asleep, but staying up all night probably wasn't best either. People would surely rescue them soon!

"Goodnight, Lili." Vash then comforted his sibling, saying how things would soon be solved. He took a room next to Lili's upstairs.

Everyone else in the large household soon also prepared for the night, retreating into their designated rooms, a single question repeating over and over again in their heads. Just who was behind all of this?

"You do know what you did, don't you?" A voice whispered, goading Arthur to raise his voice.

Arthur glanced down, his eyes empty of any hope. "Of course I do." He croaked out. He couldn't see the person that he was speaking with, only their silhouette.

The person standing before Arthur sighed. "Though I cannot blame you. Not everything is of your fault. You could say… It's mine. Come." The figure walked towards a door that had suddenly appeared. He/she grabbed the door, slowly opening it. Loud screams were heard from the other side. Light from the door began to reveal the person before Arthur's figure. He could clearly see their legs. And then—

"Hey! Arthur!" The Brit opened his eyes to see Alfred looming over him, worried. "Apparently something happened and some people are missing! I found you here still and you were mumbling stuff! You alright?"

Arthur paused for a moment before taking a large breath. "…I'm fine. Who's missing…?" What kind of dream was that?

"Francis and Michelle!"

"What?" Arthur got out of bed. This was definitely serious. It wasn't like someone…

.

"Thanks for staying with me Francis…" Michelle let out a small yawn, having sentiments of guilt. After all she couldn't sleep and ended up sitting in the garden. The sky was like it would normally be, filled with stars and a bright moon. Though the posters about this death game scared her, she felt oddly safe outside. She should also trust her friends instead of believing those posters.

Almost a moment later Michelle saw the door slide open to reveal one of her older siblings, Francis.

He sat down next to Michelle, "You can't sleep?"

Michelle nodded a yes, her gaze going to the ground. Francis exhaled, closing his eyes for a moment. "I mean… Five of our 'friends' are murderers here!" Michelle tried her calm herself down. She slowly began to stroke her left arm.

Michelle had a lot of words and phrases to describe Francis. One was hopeless romantic. Another was understanding. Her brother could be very serious when it was time to be. "You just said five of our friends. Do you really think any of our other friends would plan something like this?" Everyone had known each other for so long… Something like that was impossible. Michelle glanced up to have her gaze into Francis'. He didn't seem overwrought unless he was hiding any signs of worry.

Francis stayed with Michelle for the rest of the night. They ended up strolling around the rest of the area and the forest, chatting among each other until morning came.

"…Seriously? They're right here." Leon was standing next to Yao. Were they quarreling a moment ago…?

"Where were you two? We were worried you know!" Yao exclaimed.

Francis explained where they were. Eventually the panicked mood that was floating around died a bit. "Breakfast!" Ivan smiled. While everyone else was searching for Michelle and Francis, Ivan and Natalia had been making kasha for breakfast. They couldn't try to escape once more on an empty stomach, now could they?

Vash huffed, still not having any luck. Any way out was still impossible. There was still no sign of anyone's family looking for them too. Surely people would be looking for them here!

"Thank you Elizabeta." Lili gave a small smile. She was wearing a towel as her dress was in the dryer. To help keep her mind off some of the events that happened, Elizabeta helped her wash out her dress. No one had brought any extra garments.

Elizabeta returned a smile. Hopefully this would be the first and last time clothing would be washed.

Mei ended up going downstairs. She didn't really know why, wouldn't she feel better being with Kiku, Leon, or Yao? The television was on. Did someone forget to turn it off? Mei stayed fixated on the television's screen. Only then did her gaze move away when something quitedisturbing happened on the screen.

"I wonder what time it is," Matthew sighed.

"Who knows?" Alfred responded. All everyone could do was assume the time. It was most likely almost dark again. Did they already go through a whole day in this wretched mansion? "You'd think someone would come looking for us by now, wouldn't you?" Arthur was listening in to their conversation but didn't add anything. Actually it kind of made Alfred realize that Arthur was a little quiet all day. Or maybe it was just him. Or maybe the whole day was just stressful and a huge toll.

Mei came upstairs, her face completely filled with horror. "No… N-no one is going to save us!" Her hands had a deathly grip on the television remote. She looked like she was going to let out a loud wail at any moment.

"Mei! What's wrong?" Yao demanded after hearing his little sister's distress.

The younger sibling didn't say a word. She held onto the remote with one hand and slowly pointed to the basement. "T-the TV…"

Yao became baffled as slowly others came to see what was going on. Mei forced herself to go downstairs. Ignoring the posters, she blinked at the screen. By the looks of it she had rewound the screen and paused it. She then clicked play.

News 101

On the screen appeared a news reporter in front of what appeared to be the ruins of a home. "Last night this mansion completely burned down. It has been reported that there was a Halloween party here, but the remains or anyone else could not be found. The fire department is looking into how this fire could have happened." In the background many police cars and fire trucks were in the area. Everyone stared at the screen with blank stares. Not a word was said.

Hey… It's me again. Am I selfish for wishing I never went to this party? So that I would never,ever have to go through what everyone is… will go through? What I go through? After today was when everything got worse. I feel terrible. Terrible about how Arthur must feel about me. How Lovino feels about me. Alfred. Matthew. Kiku. Ludwig. Gilbert. Feliciano. Me. Everyone, how everyone must feel! I don't even see the point now, 'ya know? As soon as I'm done writing this I'll forget that I wrote it. You probably forgot too. You don't remember who wrote this. But that's okay, I forgive you.

I forgive you.

A/N: Wow guys thank you much! 7 reviews and 13 follows on the first chapter! I'm sorry for updating so late! I've actually had time to write, I just kept getting distracted by videos and stuff every time I got on the computer to type ^^" (tips on how *not* to do that are welcomed haha) Once again reviews are welcome and thanks for all the beta offers! This chapter was shorter than the first one but I wonder what could possibly happen next chapter~