Lukas stared at the thing in front of him, terrified. Its dark shape seem to enlarge everytime he dared to look up. He took a step back and froze when his back hit the icey, cold brick wall. He closed his eyes and raised his hands as if he could block whatever awaited him.

If only he could.

A moment passed slowly and still nothing had happened. A loud scream erupted from the beast as if somehow Lukas had done something.

But he hadn't. No. He was just a small boy who hadn't done anything but cowered.

But he wasn't dead, somehow.

Hesitantly he opened his eyes and found himself staring into blue eyes. Surprised, he shoved the person in front of him away, feeling guilty as he fell over.

He studied the person who had saved his life. His blonde hair as sticking up randomly and he was wearing a black overcoat, a bit to big for him, in his hands he held a sword.

"I just saved your life, you know!" The boy grinned up at Lukas. "You should be thanking me!"

"You're annoying and loud." Lukas crossed his arms still shaking. "But, thanks."

Lukas held out his hand to help him up, he gladly accepted.

"I'm Matthias!" He stated his name proudly. "Who are you?"

"Lukas."

Lukas let go of his hand and picked up his bag. When he stood up he caught Matthias staring at him.

"I better go home." He mumbled and began walking out of the alley he had been cornered in.

Matthias moved from his frozen position and ran after him. Lukas stopped hearing his plea of him to wait.

"Yes?"

"I'm walking you home." Matthias crossed his arms stubbornly. "In case something else decides to attack you."

But it wasn't the reason why Lukas had accepted his offer and he was sure that wasn't the reason why Matthias had asked in the first place.

》timeskip《

Lukas woke up slowly, rubbing his eyes to get rid of the drowsiness of waking up.

He turned his head and found Matthias staring at him. He looked away and sat up.

He looked outside the window. They were parked on the side of a street, the sidewalks were busy full of shoppers and tourists. He could hear snippets of their conversations as they passed Matthias' car.

In the distance the old fortress, or Akershus, stood in the heart of Oslo.

"How come you didn't wake me sooner?" Lukas asked, turning his head towards Matthias.

The other man grinned at the Norwegian. "You're cute when your asleep, and your not frowning at me for once."

Lukas frowned at him.

"See? You frown at me way to much! Cheer up and smile, like me, Luke!"

"Over my dead body."

Matthias pouted lightly. "Just wait Lukas, I'll get you to smile one day."

"Mhm... Whatever floats your boat, Matthias."

He stretched and frowned realizing he hadn't had ant coffee yet.

"I'm going to find some coffee." He mumbled before stepping out of the old car. Matthias nodded and jumped out of the car to follow him, knowing how angry Lukas got when he didn't have his coffee.

Together they walked down the street, pushing past tourists and salespeople until the reached a small coffeeshop.

Lukas ordered a coffee and waited impatiently before his order was ready. Holding the cup of steaming coffee he played and then took a seat next to Matthias.

He took a sip and let out a happy sigh. "So, Matthias, how are we going to proceed from here?"

There was a moment if silent thinking before Matthias responded.

"Well, I was thinking while I take care of the ghost, you could look for clues about Emil."

"By yourself?"

"Well, yeah. Remember you asked me to deal with the paranormal things?"

Lukas closed his eyes and exhaled slowly. He took a sip of his coffee before responding, carefully thinking about his words.

"It'll be easier if we both look for clues."

"I guess that's true, if you really want to."

"How are we getting ins-"

Lukas jumped slightly as Matthias' phone rang. He watched the other answer it and listened to the starting conversation.

"Oh, hej Magnus."

The man, Lukas asumed it was a man, began talking again. Matthias face grew serious as he listened to the other man's problem.

"Yeah. I brought a friend up, we'll take care of him in a second."

There was a babble of words Lukas couldn't understand.

"Alright, we'll look for her as well."

The phone conversation ended swiftly and Matthias looked at Lukas and grinned.

"I found our way in."

He stood and pulled Lukas up. "I'll explain while we get our stuff."

Lukas nodded and stiffly stepped away from him as he finished his coffee. Matthias then grabbed his arm and took off towards the car to grabbed the needed supplies to subdue the ghost.

Matthias opened the trunk of his car and handed Lukas a duffel bag. He began grabbing things and stuffing them into the bag.

"That should be enough." He closed the car trunk and picked the bag up from Lukas' hands.

"So?"

"Well, my dear friend Magnus called us to deal with the ghost. Apparently another tourist was attacked an hour ago." He paused, looking around. "Well, he's sent his daughter to let us in and help us look around, also so we won't get in trouble with the officials."

Lukas nodded and continued to follow Matthias as He led them towards the old fortress, listening as he explained their plan of action.

》Timeskip《

They stopped, staring at the giant stone building that had been their destination. Well, Matthias was actually staring around looking for their guide.

"Excuse me?"

They both turned to see a tall, blue-eyed teenaged girl, who's blonde hair was sticking up like Matthias. She fumbled with her pocket before pulling a phone out.

"Are you Matthi-"

Matthias grinned proudly. "Yep, I'm Matthias!" He pointed at Lukas!" And th-"

His introduction was cut off by Lukas' hand. "I can introduce myself Matthias." He turned to their guide. "Lukas."

She nodded, looking a bit annoyed. "Marie."

Lukas removed his hand from Matthias' face. "Pleasure to meet you, Marie."

She nodded again, her hair bouncing around her head.

Matthias grinned. "So you're our guide?"

"Yeah, follow me." She turned and walked towards a set of doors unlocking them quickly with her keys.

Matthias grinned and followed excitedly, leaving Lukas trailing behind carrying the bag of supplies.

They followed her into the building, Matthias' cheerful voice echoing in the halls as he tried to start a conversation with Marie, but the girl ignored him.

Getting bored of his attempts Matthias strayed back to Lukas. Lukas sighed as it meant he would have to talk to his overcheerful companion.

But before Matthias could speak a word, Marie hushed him.

"This is where the ghost appears." She whispered. "Be ready at any moment."

Matthias nodded and stepped into the cavernous room, scanning it quickly. It was full of ruined cells, each in its own way to fully destroyed. A dripping sound could be heard as water slowly made it's way into the room.

Another sound joined the constant dripping, a sound of something metal being dragged across the floor.

Lukas narrowed his eyes and stepped closer to Matthias, looking at Marie. Her face had paled and she was shaking.

"Guys... You might want to turn around." Her voice shook.

Lukas flipped around quickly and found himself face to face with a grey form of a ghost.

The ghost itself wasn't much. It took the form of a man with a wild beard and crazed eyes. A ragged uniform covered his body. But wrapped around his form was thick chains.

Lukas felt himself stop breathing as the ghost stared at him, almost as if the ghost recognized him.

"Bonevik." It spoke in a broken voice before diving at him.

Lukas responded quickly by stepping back and tripped over one of the ghost's chains. Yelping he reached out and grabbed the edge of the wall.

The chain was yanked from under his feet and He fell into the wall, knocking part of it over. He yelped and fell back.

"Lukas!"

The cloud of dust choke him and hid the falling brick from his view.

It crashed into his head, knocking him into darkness.

》timeskip《

"Hey Matthias?" Lukas looked at his new friend.

"Yeah Lukas?"

"You know when you saved me? Can you teach me to do that?"

Matthias grinned and nodded eagerly. "It would be my pleasure, Luke."

He stood and grabbed Lukas' hand. "We can start right now!"

Lukas' eyes lit up with pleasure and he stood before being dragged off by the older, more energetic one, and he smiled.

》AN《

Hi! Thanks for taking time to read this story. But first I need to explain some things.

This will be a DenNor story, but later on in the plot. This story also takes place in Europe and during these two chapters it takes place in Norway, specifically Oslo.

Akershush is an actual fortress you can visit in Oslo. It is rumoured to be haunted but the ghost I used is made up.

Also the italics are Lukas' memories.

Also, Marie is not an OC but a cameo of me. Although, she will n0t have a big part and will appear one more time on the next chapter.

So, I hope you're enjoying this story so far and again this story us dedicated to Ireland_APH ((on wattpad)) who inspired me to write this.

Adieu.