As I walked down the dimly lit hallway I began to talk to my self.
"Father was always kind to me… He's the only father I have… and I promised mum, too!"
Monika Drevis sat at her daughter's bedside, reading her a bedtime story titled 'The Red-eyed Stranger'.
"The red-eyed stranger gave Jack the power to curse others. Jack said: "Thank you, red-eyed stranger. Now I can get my revenge."" Monika read.
"Hey, mum?" A nine-year old Aya Drevis asked her mother.
"Yes, Aya?"
"What is father always up to in the basement?"
Monika's beautiful smile faltered for a moment.
"It's… a very difficult job… you'll understand when your older, Aya."
"I wanna be older soon, then!" Aya giggled.
"Aya… Whatever happens, you should never hate your father." Monika said, suddenly.
"Mum? What's wrong? You know I could never hate father!"
"I…see…"
"Mum? Do you not like father?"
"No… nothing like that… I'm just like you, Aya, I love your father just as much."
"Whew!"
"He can be a bit… unpredictable… so lets support each other, no matter what! Promise?"
"Yeah!"
"Excellent. Now, back to the story."
I stood in the dark hallway, remembering the conversation my mother and I had two years ago. She died not long after that.
"Mum… no matter what happens, I love father."
Then I remembered the task at hand.
"I have to save father!"
Suddenly, a small crow flew in through the open window and landed on a chest of drawers near by. I smiled at it. I loved crows.
I walked into my late mothers bedroom, only to see an unfamiliar woman standing there. I approached her. She whirled around to face me. Oh joy, another corpse.
"GiVe! gIvE hEr BaCk! gIvE! mY dAuGhTeR!" The woman screamed at me.
"Kyaa!" I screamed, running out of the room.
I ran across the landing that sat above the grand entrance hall. I tried to open the door to the archives. Locked, as expected. The door next to it was no different.
I continued walking along the hall. Suddenly, another corpse popped out from behind the wall. Strangely, as soon as it appeared, it darted into the shadows again…. Was it… afraid of me? I shrugged it off and continued walking to the doll room. Which, as luck had it, was open!
I had never liked this room… these creepy dolls scared me to no end… I walked cautiously into the room, making sure there were no zombies lurking about.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw something move behind a curtain. Oh no. I pulled back the curtain to reveal two ghastly dolls gazing up at me with disturbing smiles on their faces. I could hear a faint giggling coming from somewhere… Nope. Not gonna happen. I walked back out of the room.
I walked back across the landing and through the hall. No sign of blondie… oh well… At the end of the hall I came across a door. This led to the attic. Opening the door, I saw that part of the ladder that happened to be used to get up to the attic was missing.
I walked back down the halls until I came across the entrance hall. Great, the monsters that attacked me earlier were there. I quickly (At least as quickly as you can run in a long dress) ran past the zombies and opened a door, finding myself in the east hall. I tried a door on the wall opposite myself and found it to be locked. I continued down the hall into the basement.
There it was again… the same groaning as before… know what that means? More zombies! Just my luck! What I saw, however, was a completely different thing… It looked as though many people had been melded together as one, an abominable mess of an experiment gone horribly wrong. The thing flailed its many arms, still groaning. The sight before me was horrific.
"What IS that!?" I squeaked, running back out of the basement… "That thing was blocking my way… I need to get rid of it… but how?"