Nancy Drew and the Lyrics of Lenora
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Sweet Dreams
Crack Crack Crack Crash
The loud sounds woke me up with a start. Then I heard a beautiful voice. Whoever she was she was singing a high pitched opera tone that sounded both beautiful and heart breaking at once. Naturally I left my room to investigate when I realized that my door was locked from the outside. I yanked a bobby pin from my head and opened it. Outside all the hall lights were out masking everything in an eerie black hue. I pulled my body tight against the wall as I stalked forward. Soon smoke, the kind you see in scary movies or haunted mansions, engulfed my feet. I started to shiver against the fear when I thought I heard the sound of steps. Quickly whipping my head around me I made sure that no one was there and continued on to the source of the music. The closer I got the more sonorous her voice peeled off the castle walls.
Est monté les chansons percées de pétale m'appellent à
examinez mes yeux de réflexions
Où le temps n'a pas âgé
Inhalez non tire
Et l'âge de mort est pour toujours vrai
Getting closer I saw a transparent figure from behind. She had waves of raven hair loosely tied with two purple bows. Her dress mocked the color of her bows but was ripped in many areas. Her hands were cuffed as her head bobbed left to right while she sung.
CRACK CRACK CRASH
I heard the discomforting noise again as the song grew louder before it instantly cut off and the women disappeared. Looking both ways I practically crawled down the stairs to investigate where I saw the woman standing.
'Nothing' I sighed to myself, taking a step closer as a pain instantly crawled up my body.
'ouch' I thought pulling out the glass splinter. Wait there's glass! I hurried to pick four or so pieces up and ran back to my room making as little contact as possible to the ground with my bleeding foot. So much for my vacation.
As I snuggled back in bed I heard the screams of the other guest, people banging on doors, and people running around while hearing Susan's "Stay calm." and Jeffries "Don't run down there, there's glass everywhere!"
Finally, Susan unlocked my door (I relocked it on entry), "Are you ok Nancy!"
"I'm fine and what was with that that noise." Playing dumb can also be a detective asset.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you before Nancy. It's Lenora, she's at it again." She said and ran off probably trying to stop all the guest from just up and leaving.
I figured that I'd ask the guest about Lenora in the morning. As much as I wanted to look for clues, going down there calm and collected with a magnifying glass may be a bit too obvious. Instead I thought calling Ned would be a great idea.
"Hey Nance what's up?"
"First of all how is your Aunt doing and secondly guess what."
"She's doing a lot better Nan and don't tell me a masked thief, an over aged gardener, a psychopathic little girl… "
"Nope a ghost."
"Typical a ghost in the castle that Nancy Drew stays in. Are you ok Nance? Are the authorities taking care of this one? And why is this ghost haunting this particular castle?"
"I don't know yet Ned, but believe me I'm going to find out."
"Of course Nan and stay out of trouble."
"Alright and have you ever heard of a Princess named Lenora?"
"Is that our ghost's name?"
"Yep, Lenora. It was weird though. She started singing and when she was done the glass broke."
"She's an opera ghost."
"I think so."
"But isn't the closest opera house a good few miles from you?"
"Yep, but what really gets me is that she sounded so sad, and that voice was so strong. But I don't think it was strong enough to break glass."
"Why not?"
"Well before I heard the music I heard three loud cracking sounds, I think someone cracked the glass first, played a hologram, a recording, and hid. Also whoever did it locked the doors from the outside. The only logical suspect is Susan."
"Well be careful around her Nan but make sure to keep an eye out for anyone else. Call me back when you get some more info and make sure you get Bess and George up to speed."
"Already ahead of you."
"By Nance."
"By Ned."
I sat back on the bed and looked at my foot. The bleeding had stopped and hurt less. But if Susan really was the perp she'd have free access to everything in my room while I was gone so I better play it safe. Tomorrow I'll meet the other guest and find any clues that I could.
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