It was 7 when we got to the living room Dad, Evan, Rebecca, Alexa, Tom, Hannah, Eric, Rose, Louisa, Serena and Pam were sitting on the sofas. There was a big cardboard box on the coffee table in front of them and several more on the carpet.

"Hey," I said.

"What's all this?" Mandy asked.

"Hey," Dad said.

"Halloween decorations," Evan answered.

"We're putting them up now?" I asked.

"Yeah. You don't mind do you?" Rebecca said.

"No, no. Just let us put our stuff up in my room."

"Ok. We ordered pizza for dinner," Alexa informed me.

"Ok sounds good."

"I love pizza," Amber said as we climbed the stairs to the second floor.

"Babe?" Puck said.

"Yeah?" I returned.

"After this I'm going to Rachel's to bake, so I can't stay long."

"Ok."

Rachel, like myself, lived in a large house.

"I already know the schedule," Rachel said, as we reached my room.

"Of?" I asked, opening the door.

"For the club."

"Oh."

We went into my room and set the hopping bags on the floor. This meant mr. schue had already told her.

"We're doing a Valentine's Day show and one for St. Patrick's Day," Rachel said.

"Oh."

"We should do a cabaret themed one...you know, you, Lily, Serena, maybe Amanda," Puck said.

"I could be in it as well," Tina said.

Puck looked at her; "you, can cabaret dance?"

"Clearly, you don't know me," she returned.

"We're also doing a gay pride one," Chris said.

"It involves rainbows," Cory said.

We went down the stairs and into the living room, where everyone exchanged introductions.

We crouched down on the floor by the boxes. We pulled out orange and black garlands, cauldrons, skeletons, cat figurines, fake spiders, fake lilies, fake roses, witch's hats.

"Lilies?" Puck asked, looking at me.

"They're the death flower," Lily answered.

He turned to her; "oh?"

"Yeah. During the 1930's for funerals, they couldn't afford roses."

"Oh."

"Evan, Rachel, Puck, Serena, Rose and I'll do the attic," I volunteered.

"Ok." Dad replied.

"Alexa, Tom, Eric, Louisa, Serena and I'll do the bedrooms," Rebecca said.

"Sounds good."

"Adam, Amber, Cory, Chris, Dianna and I'll do this floor," Mandy said.

"Alrite."

"Mike, Tina, Brittany, Santana, Lily and I'll do the outside," Brian said.

"Ok. Just take a box or 2 and start," Pam told us.

"Ok."

Evan and Puck took 2 boxes each and them, myself, Rachel, Serena and Rose climbed the 2 flights of stairs to the attic.

-XXX-

When we got to the top floor of the house Evan and Puck set the boxes on the floor.

"We'll go get some more," Evan said.

"Ok," I said.

They went down the stairs behind us.

"Wow," Rachel said.

"It's so big," Serena said.

"I know. I've been up here before but yeah, it's still big. Dad's hardly ever up here, so," Rose said.

"I've actually never been up here," I aid.

"So where's the attic?" Rachel asked.

"Well, right in front of us, I...think."

"Yeah you're right Ashley it's right in front of us," Rose told me.

"Ok."

A few yards in front of us at the end of the dark wooded hall were 2 giant wooden doors with large metal handles. The doors met in the middle and stretched to the walls. Along the walls and down the hall were several door.

"That's, your attic?" Serena asked.

"Yeah apparently so."

"Omygod that's huge!"

"Yeah I know."

"Why are there so many doors?" Rachel asked.

"Bedrooms, probably," Rose answered.

"Wow. An entire family could live here and you'd never know."

"Yeah it's a bit creepy."

"It's also warm. And stuffy. And dusty. And...well, don't take off your shoes cuz you might get a nail or a splinter," Serena observed.

I noticed carvings in 3 of the doors and went over to them.

'DO NOT ENTER' one said, 'KEEP OUT' another read, 'MY ROOM' the 3rd one said.

"Why would anyone carve in the doors?" Rachel asked.

"I don't know. But I have a feeling...that whoever carved these isn't the owner of these rooms".

I placed my right hand over the first one, and immediatly got an image; a man pushed a dark haired girl into the room, locked the door it and put the key in his pocket.

"Noooooo!" her screams echoed.

I stepped back from the door.

"Oh. my god," I said.

"You ok?" Rose asked.

"I...something happened in this room. Something dark. Whatever you do don't go in there," I warned them.

I went to the next door, and traced the lettering. Again, I got an image.

"Don't worry, it's perfectly safe. There are lilacs in there Lily and I know how much you like them. Emerald's already been examined," the tall thin old man in the white lab coat said, holding the door open for the brunette.

I stepped back and went back to the group.

"Lily..." I whispered.

"Hm?" Serena asked, looking at me.

The next image that flashed through my mind was of the brunette, her curly black hair now dyed red.

"Honey?" Serena asked.

I shook my head to clear it; "nothing."

"Ok."

"Do you think we should go in the other rooms?" Rachel asked.

"No, not...not right now."

"Usually nothing fazes you. You sure you're alrite?" Rose asked.

I looked at her. Her green eyes were wide.

"I'll tell you about it later," I told her.

"Ok."

It was also quite dark.

"There a light up here?" Serena asked.

Don't turn on the light, I heard a voice say.

"No. But I have one," I replied

I pulled my Zippo out and flicked it open, lighting the flame.

"Don't smoke up here, it's made entirely of wood," Serena said.

"This is for light sweethart," I told her.

"Oh."

In the dark I saw a glint of a reflection and realised there were mirrors placed in between the doors.

"Why are there so many mirrors?" Rachel asked.

"I don't know., Rose answered.

"Oh."

Alongside one wall below a mirror I noticed a wood end table on which was a wrought iron candlebra with black candles stuck in it.

"Black, candles?" Serena asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah. We shouldn't light them."

"Ok."

Rachel crouched on the floor in front of the boxes.

"Guess we should open the boxes," she said, taking the lids off the top ones and setting them aside.

She stood up. Serena moved closer to me and wound her arm around my waist.

In front of us, the candles flickered on.

"Whoa," Rachel said.

"Yeah I saw that too," Rose said.