Minerva opened her eyes and sat up to find herself in the room that she had been sleeping in.

"What was that? Was that dream or did it really happen just now?"

She looked over at the nightstand to see the book that had a large castle being watched by someone. She picked it up and opened it.

"This book is about monsters that were created."

She continued to skim through the pages then she stopped on one page that had a message written in it.

Whatever you do, do not sleep, do not make a sound and most importantly, do not let them see you. Let the games begin.

Minerva just closed the book and looked out of the window.

'What does that mean?'

She just shrugged and left out of the room and went to the first floor. As she was walking she heard a crushing sound under her.

'Another floor?'

Minerva went to look for a way to go down then she found one that was in the meeting room. She smiled at the thought that the mission wasn't going to be a waste after all. She soon arrived to the lower floor and was impressed. In this room she assumed it was the basement because she saw some odd looking statues of monsters and beasts all over the place of many sizes. One beast was of a large demon cat.

Minerva walked further into the basement then she stopped and looked around. It wasn't dark in there but outside it was. Minerva frowned as she looked around the basement on where she was and spoke.

"You may as well show yourself because if I find you, you'll regret it."

Just then Minerva saw a little girl coming out of her hiding spot. The girl had long silk black hair that were joined by two buns and she had dark green eyes. She wore a dark blue no sleeve Chinese dress that was long but had a slit on both sides going to the hips and she wore light blue pants to go with the dress.

Minerva blinked at the fact that this little girl who she she assumed was either 12 or 13 years old looked just like her.

Minerva closed her eyes as she placed a hand on her hip.

Without any warning the girl ran to her and clung onto her as if her life depended on it. Minerva just looked at the girl then she frowned a little as she gently pushed the girl away from her.

"Don't just grab onto me like that."

The girl looked at the floor then Minerva turned to leave.

"Come on kid, we better get you to a safer place."

The girl went with Minerva up to the upper floors. As she followed she didn't say anything to Minerva. Minerva normally didn't mind there being peace and quiet but since it was a mission she wanted to know why the girl was here in this place.

When they got to the entrance floor Minerva looked at the girl. She had the girl to sit down on a chair then placed a hand on her hip.

"Now tell me who you are and what happened to this castle."

"..."

Minerva frowned at the girl.

"It's either you tell me or I'll make you go outside and stay there until you want to talk."

The girl looked up at Minerva with fear in her eyes. Minerva didn't seem to be bothered by that, it wasn't surprising since the way she was raised she was taught not to show any signs of weakness. Even if it wasn't her but rather someone else or a child she didn't care. She knew that she took up that much from her father.

"So you won't tell me then, that's fine."

Minerva began to walk away to take the girl outside but then she stopped when she felt a hand grab onto her. Minerva stopped walking then frowned as she looked at the little girl. She saw the girl cautiously wrap her arms around her waist then Minerva scolded her.

"What did I say about grabbing onto me?"

"..."

Minerva looked at the girl.

"Maybe I should just put you out of your misery."

Minerva had her hand coated in her magic and lifted it up to strike but stopped for some reason when she heard something upstairs. She frowned and roughly pushed the girl off of her causing the girl to fall back. Minerva ignored the girl's staring and went to the upper floor.

When she got to the room she had heard the crashing sound from she saw that the room was filled with dolls. Minerva just looked at the dolls then looked over at the sliding door to see that one doll was being hanged and there was blade through it.

Minerva blinked then went to the doll only to see a note written on it and read it.

Beware of what is near

Within you, is fear

For claws and fangs are sharp

Time will stop your heart

Minerva just stared at the note.

"What does that mean?"

She frowned then heard movement behind her and looked to see that all the dolls had come to life and were holding large knives and other sharp weapons. They were all coming to her then Minerva pulled the large knife that was in the hanging doll out.

"I'm not running away from a little challenge from a little doll army. Let's play a game of Child's Play."

With that Minerva began to slice the dolls up. She was expecting the dolls to simply break apart but instead the dolls were like human flesh. After destroying them Minerva went back to the entrance floor and saw that girl was still there and was looking at her. Minerva raised a brow in question at the girl.

"Why are you still here, little girl?"

The girl didn't say anything but she looked up at Minerva only to be slapped in the face. She looked at Minerva who didn't seem to have a problem with doing that to her then the girl placed a hand on her stinging cheek. Minerva frowned at her.

"I would just leave you outside but since I need to know what is going on in this place, I'm going to let you stick around."

The girl almost smiled but was glad she didn't when Minerva's scolding face was inches from hers.

"But let's get something straight, I'm not babysitting you, got it?"

The girl nodded then they both left to the upper floor where the bed rooms were. Minerva was in one room while the girl was in another. Minerva didn't mind about having the girl to sleep alone then she went to sleep.

'One thing after another.'

As for the girl she tried to be brave and went to sleep.

Next morning

The next morning the girl woke up early. She sat up on the bed she was laying on but then nearly jumped when she saw Minerva sitting in a chair looking at her.

"You finally woke up."

The girl was a little scared but then she looked away. Minerva stood up then headed for the door. She stopped at the doorway and the girl looked at her.

"Alright get ready kid. You have 30 minutes to do what you need to do. When I come back you better be ready to leave because you're not coming back to this place."

Minerva left the room closing the door. The girl got off the bed and began to get ready.

For Minerva as she was getting ready she wondered how come the girl never said anything to her.

'I will get her to talk to me by the time we get back to Sabertooth. A brat like her wouldn't last long if she stayed quiet.'

After 30 minutes passed Minerva went to the room that the girl was in. she opened the door and saw that the girl wasn't in there.

"Where is she?!"

Minerva went look for her but soon found her in a room looking at a family portrait. The girl blinked then looked over her shoulder to see Minerva glaring at her.

"You little brat!"

Minerva went to the girl and slapped the portrait out of her hand then grabbed her roughly by the arm pulling her out of the room.

"You left the room and I had to come look for you. So you can forget about having breakfast for running off like that. We're leaving now!"

The girl still stayed quiet as she was being pulled out of the room. She didn't even wince or cringe at the firm Minerva had on her arm. She didn't fight with Minerva nor did she want to.

Minerva took the girl out of the castle and they both were walking through the gate. As they were leaving the girl looked over her shoulder at the castle as it became further and further from her. She lowered her gaze and went with Minerva to the small town.

Before they reached the town Minerva grabbed the girl by her jawline and looked at her dead in the eyes.

"Kid, I'm only going to tell you this once. If you say one word about those dolls I had to fight or this mansion to anyone I will personally make you suffer by my hand, am I clear?"

"..."

"Am I clear?!"

That alone made the girl flinch then they went to the town.

At the manor

There was movement on the very top floor of the manor. The movement scattered around and the movement were blood thirsty hounds. There were only a few of them then one of the hounds snarled as it went into one of the room but then it stopped when other hounds came into the same room.

The hounds then left the room and went sniffing around the manor. The leader of the hound pack then lifted its head and howled. It was soon joined by the other hounds that were with it.

AN: Alright Chapter 6 is done! I hope you all are enjoying the story so far. I will continue to update. Also, thoughts or requests for this story are welcomed! Until next time!