[A/N] Me:I thought I uploaded this chapter since it's been done for a while now. O_o Oops~ ~ I am sooo sorry.
Chapter 3: If more are present…
If more spirits are present for the haunting, chances are they will want attention as well.
"Mess?"
"Yeah," Dante frowned. "It seriously pisses me off but things aren't so bad now a cute girl is moving in." He smirked and winked at me making my face flush.
A loud bark came from the opposite end of the wall and my eyes drifted over to a giant dog-like creature with red eyes. Dante continued as if he hadn't heard it.
"Anyway, you may want to stay with me since Vergil's being an ass like usual."
The dog growled loudly and started walking down the hall. It was so big I was surprised it could fit in the hall!
Dante pulled out a black gun then a silver one. "I'm trying to have a conversation here do ya mind?"
The dog only barked and charged forward. "Guess that's a 'yes'." Dante muttered as he grabbed me jumped out of the way.
"Heh, well that wasn't very nice." Dante said putting his guns away and pulling out his sword. "Sorry babe, but I can't let wild animals roam around the house. You know which room your body is in right?"
"Y-yeah, it's in the next hall but-"
"Go on ahead I'll be right behind you."
I just stared at him for a few seconds. He couldn't seriously want to fight this thing right?
"Go!" He ordered when the dog charged forward again. I ran down the hall while he held it off.
'Why is this happening?' I thought running around the corner. 'The house is even bigger than I remember! Some of the hallways I went through shouldn't even be there! What the hell is up with this place?'
I ran passed rooms and chanced a brief glanced behind me. At first the hallway looked clear but then spaces started rippling, kinda like when you look into the distance on a really hot day. The ripples turned into see through forms that got darker and darker forming more demons.
"You're kidding!" I continued to sprint down the hall as they darted after me. Finally I made it back into the same room this had started in. My "body" was lying on the floor and my dad was kneeling next to it. He looked confused and shook it as if I was sleeping and he was trying to wake me up.
"Dad!" I yelled kneeling next to him. "Dad I'm right here can't you see me?"
Somehow, he didn't hear me despite my loud and desperate screams. I tried to touch his hand but he moved it and my hand briefly connected with my body. Everything blurred out around me and for a second I couldn't breath.
"Amy?"
I opened my eyes not even realizing they'd closed then I bolted upright and looked around expecting monsters to burst through the walls at any moment.
"Amy, relax it was just a bad dream!" My father said quickly when he saw my distraught expression.
"No it's not! I mean I thought it was, but Dante is real, and so is that man in blue a-a-and there are monsters or demons or whatever in this house and we have to go-" I continued to ramble until me father pulled me into a tight hug.
"Sweet heart, you fell asleep, how I don't know, but you were passed out when I got here."
"No I wasn't! I saw you and mom and Liam-wait-LIAM!" I pulled away from my father and stood up. "Where's Liam?"
"Liam is fine, just calm down-"
"No, Dad you don't understand they came for him but then they went for me and he may not really be sleeping!"
"Well of course he's not sleeping; he's wide awake with your mother downstairs." My father said standing. "Like I said, it was just a bad dream; would you like to talk about it?"
"…No. I'm fine now." I mumbled defeated.
He sighed deeply. "Very well, I'm here if you need me, until then continue unpacking and no more sleeping on the job kiddo."
"Aye sir." I replied somewhat sarcastically.
He left the room and I glanced around waiting for some mysterious phenomena to happen. Truth be told, it most likely was another dream brought on by my hectic imagination combined with the creepy-ness of this house, but I still didn't feel safe in this room. It was as if a malevolent force was stalking me…
Shuddering, I quickly left the room mumbling. "It was only a dream." But that didn't stop the hair on the back of my neck from rising up when I heard the faint echo of the cackling demon.
Before I could stop myself I broke into a run and dashed through the halls. My mind flashed back to when I was running from the hideous monsters and I started to sprint until I reached a familiar room. This time I skidded across the wood floor and around the corner due to my speed. As soon as I made it through the door I slammed it behind me and leaned against it. The deep red walls greeted me with an unknown comfort I had yet to take notice to.
The malevolent force still felt close and a dull but noticeable bang echoed through the room. The door shook slightly. Something was obviously trying to get in. I rushed away from the door and spun around to see if something would come through but nothing happened.
After a few seconds another thud was heard making me jump. I didn't notice I was shaking until I felt something warm wrap around me causing me to stiffen. I looked around for the source of the sudden warmth but there was nothing there. A familiar scent enveloped me and I calmed down almost instantaneously. I inhaled the scent and felt faint. A light airy chuckle sounded to my right and a small barely noticeable smile slid onto my face.
"Didn't expect you to come back so soon." A male voice purred seductively. "Shouldn't you be leaving? Trying to find a safer location?"
"I feel safe here." I replied barely above a whisper.
"I see…"
I felt something brush my hair back but in my dazed state I didn't think about odd my situation was getting. What felt like soft kisses trailed from my jaw down my neck and I let out a soft sigh allowing my eyes to drift closed.
Another soft chuckle was heard and my smile got just a little bigger.
"Hmm…I guess this means you finally stopped resisting me. Good. I can't help you with anything if you keep pushing me away." He whispered into my ear. I felt him trail his hands down my sides and for some reason I didn't mind one bit. His lips pressed against my neck and he started nibbling on the sensitive flesh. "I'm sure we could have a lot of fun, but you should know by now staying in this house isn't the best idea." He said.
He…? He who? Who was the one responsible for this? There was no one in the house but me, my Mother, my Father, and Liam.
I sighed in pleasure and titled my head to give him more access.
'No one but me, Mom, Dad, and Liam…'
He smirked continuing to nibble and suck on my neck.
'No one but me, Mom, Dad, and Liam…and Dante…'
For a second my mind locked on the last part of the sentence and part of me tried to remember why it was wrong. Before I could realize why the last part shouldn't belong my mind turned hazy again. It was as if I was under a spell.
'And Dante…yeah, it was always supposed to be like that right? Of course.'
"Do me a favor babe."
The familiar voice pulled me out of my musings but I kept my eyes closed in case opening them would make the voice fade away.
"What is it?" I asked.
"Come back tonight so we can finish this okay?"
"Mmmhm." Was my soft reply.
He kissed my neck once more and as sudden as the warmth had come it left. I stood completely still for a few minutes, though it felt a lot longer to me. My mind cleared and I was no longer in my dazed state, though I was horribly confused as to what had just happened.
"…Dante?" His name came out as more of a question. I wasn't sure if I was loosing my mind or if my house really was haunted.
The door of the room opened on its own and I slowly walked out. Once I was fully out of the room the door gently closed behind me and I was left alone in my stupor. Hold on, wasn't I alone to begin with? There was no one there…right?
"I can't take this anymore!" I sighed frustrated. I jogged downstairs to find everyone else. Liam stood in the living room bouncing a small ball off the floor.
"Liam!" I called rushing up to him and pulling him into a tight hug. "What happened? Were you hurt? I heard you scream and then you were on the floor and you wouldn't wake up!"
He wiggled out of my tight grasp and stared up at me. "I'm fine. I just thought I heard something calling me so I figured it was you playing a prank or something. Then I found this other room with purple walls and I thought I saw a weird guy with silver hair in it so I ran to tell Dad but then I fell. I must've hit my head pretty hard too."
"But if that was true, why were you in another room instead of the hallway?" I questioned.
He had a thoughtful expression and was silent for a minute, then shrugged. "I honestly don't remember how I got there. No big deal though because like I said I'm fine, and Dad checked out the house four times to make sure we were the only ones in it. I think my mind was playing tricks on me cause the guy with silver hair looked around your age, and there's no WAY anyone would have silver hair until their at least fifty or something. Not to mention no one wants to dye their hair silver, at least not at that age, right?"
I slowly nodded though I wanted to object to his statements. He walked around me and darted into the kitchen. "I'm getting a popsicle! Mom went to the store a few blocks away and I don't even know where Dad went so they can't make us wait until dinner. You want one too sis?"
"Uh, yeah but stay down here I'll be right back." I called making my way back up the somewhat long flight of stairs. "By the way Liam?"
"Yeah?" He called back.
"Was this silver haired man wearing red or blue?" I hesitantly asked.
"Uhhh…neither. I dunno, I just glanced at him, but it looked like he was wearing purple." He replied.
"Purple?" I whispered to myself with a frown. I stared down with a puzzled expression trying to make sense of anything I could.
"I just can't, it's complicated. I'm not allowed to tell you their names, just like they can't tell you mine."
"But you told me-wait-'they'? As in there are more than just you two here?"
"Shit" Dante muttered under his breath. "Yeah, the kid is the other one, don't worry about him though, he's more like a puppy than anything."
"So the silver haired guy in purple is the 'kid'…" I concluded.
"What kid?"
I jumped letting out a small squeak of surprise. I looked over my shoulder at my little annoying brother. "Liam don't sneak up on me like that!"
"Jeez I didn't know you'd have a heart attack." He said sardonically. "Anyway, what kid? Do you know him?"
"No." I said slowly. "And I'm not sure I should introduce you to any of them."
"Any of who?" He asked sounding a little more excited.
"No-I…it was a slip of the tongue, I meant introduce you to him. Not that I really could because I'm not even sure where, who, or what he is." I replied.
Liam stared at me with an unreadable expression. "Riiiiight. Okay then, you need to get some sleep or something cause you're talking nonsense again."
"Shut up twerp." I said continuing up the stairs with him in tow.
"But seriously though, what did you mean by al that?"
"Never mind." I sighed. "I just want to finish unpacking, and you should do the same."
"I already unpacked a lot of my stuff, I wanna do something fun now!" He complained.
"Then go out and make some new friends or something!" I replied exasperated.
He stopped following me. "Okay!"
"Just don't leave the block or Mom might kill me." I called after his retreating form.
"Yeah, yeah I won't!"
I let out a deep sigh when the front door opened and closed. Now I was once again alone in the comfort of my ridiculously eerie home. I walked down the main hallway dragging my feet. The house looked bigger on the outside than it did on the inside. There were about five different halls each filled with about six rooms. However, all the hallways were sealed up with a wall leaving only three halls accessible.
There was the main hallway, which is the one you are in as soon as you come up the stairs. In this hall was exactly six rooms, the first two were facing each other and they were unused as of yet. Then a few feet away was the third room, Dante's room…
I shook my head. That was not supposed to be referred to as Dante's room.
Anyway, a about three feet away on the opposite wall was my room…also where the male clad in blue resided-no, it was JUST my room, nothing more. Then further down the hall was my brother's claimed room and just passed that lead to a whole other hallway. Further off just before you turn into the next hall, was the sixth room. That was the only room in the house with purple walls, just like mine only had a dark blue, and Dant-the spare room next to mine only had red walls.
In the hall connected to that one was another four rooms. The room at the far end of that hall was my parents, and all the rest of them were just spares for now. The last two hallways were down stairs. The living room led to the first opening of the kitchen, but there was also another door at the far end of the kitchen that was another hallway. This one had three rooms. One was a laundry room and another was a small room that didn't have much of a purpose yet, and the third room was locked and had a weird diamond shaped keyhole. Sadly, we were not given a diamond shaped key by the sellers.
I came to a sudden halt. 'If no one has lived here for years and IF the house really is haunted, that means the seller would've had to have known, otherwise he wouldn't have sold it right? Then like any other horror movie with a similar plot, all my problems will be solved once I find the owner!'
I looked at the opening to the purple room and shook my head. If what had caused my brother to be knocked unconscious was really the 'kid' of the group, then going in there was a bad idea anyway. Besides, even if Dante was okay, that other guy tried to kill me when we first met.
I turned ready to walk away until I heard a soft humming. I paused listening intently to the familiar tune. I started humming along and the lyrics slowly filled my mind.
"I watch the western sky, the sun is sinking.
The geese are flying south, it sets me thinking.
I did not miss you much, I did not suffer.
What did not kill me just made me tougher."
That had always been one of my favorite songs so I continued singing it.
"I feel the winter come, his icy sinews.
Now in the firelight the case continues.
Another night in court the same old trial.
The same old questions asked the same denial.
The shadows close me round, like jury members.
I look for answers in the fire's embers.
Why was I missing then, that whole December?
I give my usual line, I don't remember…"
When I finished the verse the humming stopped briefly. A series of soft thuds came from the room as if someone was walking around. The thuds stopped right before the door and the humming started up again after a few seconds. I was hesitant on singing the lyrics again since there wasn't supposed to be anyone in that room. I took a few steps back and took a deep breath then let it out slowly. If I was going to be in a house with multiple ghosts or whatever you wanted to call them, I should at least know which ones to stay away from and which ones where OK. (Though personally I'd like it if all of them stayed away).
Once I built up my courage I continued.
"What is the force that binds the stars?
I wore a mask to hide my scars.
What is the power that pulls the tide?
Never could find a place to hide…
What moves the Earth around the Sun?
What could I do but run and run and run.
Afraid to love, afraid to fail, a mast without a sail."
Again the humming stopped and I single word reached my ears. The voice spoke with uncertainty and apprehension. "Kyrie..?"
[A/N] Me: For all who don't know but want to, the song used in this chapter was Ghost Story by Sting, and no I don't own…but I'm sure you intelligent people already knew that. Whhhhhhy did I use that? Because it's AWESOME in its own cute little ways~ :3
Dante: Dante, Vergil, and the Authoress apologize for the waits.
Me: Why'd you just refer to yourself in third person?
Dante: Because Dante felt like it?
Me:…..I don't have anything to say to that.
Dante: *points to you* BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SAY TO THAT! LEAVE A REVIEW…EVEN IF IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT DANTE JUST SAID!
Me: Buncha weirdos…-.-"