The moon shine with a great intensity tonight. The crickets sounded incessantly and the owls looked around with their greats.

Maria Gomez, was in the middle of the forest with the objective of finding her missing brother in the same area where he had been and locate the abandoned house.

And for that, Maria was ready. She brought a backpack with a notebook, a flashlight, batteries and a camera.

Maria was sitting on a log while waiting for her co-worker, Ricky. Before going to the house, she had looked for someone to help her in the search.

She listened to the footsteps of Ricky, who was approaching his partner. Maria, point her flashlight at him. It can see that he was exhausted from walking in the woods.

"Remove that light away from my face." He said, while covering his eyes.

Maria, did what he asked, turned the light of the flashlight aside. He clearly was angry about being out there.

"I cannot believe you got me involved in all this." Ricky said. "This is not my problem."

"But mine is." She said, serious. "And I'll need help to find him."

"I know that family is important and everything. But understands that this is stupid." He explained. "Believe that you will find your brother in that house. It's crazy."

"You're right, is crazy and stupid." Maria affirmed, admitting the illogical nature of her plan

"So?" Ricky asked.

"We are in a world where there are superheroes, paranormal success, zombies, Digimon and Rabbids. So it would not be so crazy the idea of my brother has disappeared as if an act of magic." Maria explained. "And besides that if I'm going to do this stupid idea, a stupid help me out and like you were the only one I could find."

Ricky, was offended by the last, but he couldn't deny that there are unusual things in various places on the planet. That doesn't mean that Maria's brother has disappeared that way.

"I understand your point. But seriously do you think he has disappeared just like the children you're investigating? "

"Not exactly," she clarified. "It's a different case. Trust me."

"So we're still going to the house?" Ricky asked, already knowing his partner's response.

"Yes, let's go."

Maria, stood up the trunk and the two left. They had already walked a good time and probably, they would find the old house. Although it was not easy to walk after the storm that happened before nightfall.

She was worried that the storm had lasted all night. Although if it had been the case, Maria, would go the house anyway. But once she thought about it, it's very strange that a storms was so frequent and that it was not so bad. Well, there were any other accidents, but not so serious.

Trying to think of a theory about it, she remember that two days after Mario disappearance, there was no storm.

Does it have a relationship with the disappearance and with the storms? Maria thought. No. The first thing is to look for my brother.

She did not keep thinking about more questions until some of them are resolved. She had to be very concentrated.

In a short time, the two journalists found the abandoned house. It's just like Maria, had imagined. Old, ugly and disastrous. But Maria, was not surprised to see that the house was small.

"Is this the house?" Ricky asked, a question that the answer was very obvious.

"It's in the middle of the forest and it's very old. So yes, this is the house." Maria answered.

"¿When this house was built?"

"It must be built in 19-I don't know. But doesn't matter, Let's go inside."

The two went to the abandoned house. Maria, examined the door, it seemed that it wasn't close and that the police didn't think to close the house after the investigation.

The girl opened the door slowly to open it completely. It was very dark in there, they couldn't see anything. The good thing was that they had flashlights to see what's inside the house.

They entered the abandoned place and looked around the place. There was no furniture, the windows were dirty, they heard the wood creaking for every step they took and there is nothing here. The place was empty.

"Hey, Gomez." Ricky said. "Are you sure that your brother disappeared here? I don't see that there is anyone here or something that is weird."

"I'm sure." She stated without any doubt.

"Why are you so sure?" He asked, questioning his partner. "How do you think he could disappear?"

"Well, maybe someone was here or something supernatural happened. Like a ghost, for example."

In that part. Ricky, looked at Maria, with a look of terror after hearing the mention of a ghost.

"You say there could be ghosts here?"

"Yes." She affirmed.

"See you tomorrow, Gomez." Ricky said as he left the place.

But before he could leave, Maria, grabs him by his sweatshirt.

"Won't you believe in ghosts? Right?" Maria asked, with a small smile on her face.

"Of course I believe in ghosts." He answered. "Even as a child I saw the same Llorona."

What Maria had heard from La Llorona, is that she was a ghost that traveled through some parts of the city, saying 'Ay mis hijos', because she is looking for her children.

But the detail is that Ricky is already afraid of being here, because he terrified those spectral beings and if he saw one. He would run.

"So if you believe in ghosts, do you admit that my idea is not so crazy?"

"I don't deny it. But if your idea was correct, then most likely there are ghosts here and I don't think about staying here to find out. "

"I'm sorry, but you won't leave here until we find my brother." Maria said, in an authoritative tone. But then, she changed her tone for a reasonable one. "Look, I'm going to go upstairs and look for clues." She pointed to the stairs at the far right. "You do the same on this floor. Agree?"

Ricky, didn't say a word. But he nodded as a sign of affirmation. Before she went upstairs, she looked at her friend.

"And thanks for coming with me. It means a lot to me."

Even though he had said he didn't want to go and that Maria, insisted a lot. Ricky, somehow or another, wanted to help his partner to find his brother. So he was not so angry with her.

"Of course."

Maria, climbed the stairs, hoping to find clues. But the only thing she found was a bed. The room was too small, it couldn't find many clues. Even in about ten to five minutes she was able to review every detail of the room.

Nothing. There was nothing. Maria, was starting to get frustrated. She had to find clues to her brother's whereabouts. She couldn't give up her brother. She couldn't. Again she check every detail of the room, but it was the same result. It was more than obvious that there was nothing here. But before checking for the third time, her partner Ricky called her.

"Gómez! Come down here! "

"I'm coming!" She yelled and went downstairs.

When she arrived at the floor, she could not see Ricky, because of the darkness of the house. She pointed the flashlight at him to see it more clearly and moved toward him. Ricky, was looking at something on the floor and he didn't have his flashlight in his hand. That's weird.

"What's wrong, Ricky? Did you find something our you dropped your flashlight?" Maria asked.

"Both things." He replied. "Look there."

She examined what Ricky was looking at. She noticed there was a light under the wooden floor. In a short time she realized that the light came from her partner's flashlight. That means there was a kind of space under the floor

"I see it ... there is depth down there"

"And as you can barely see the light of my flashlight, it's like at least a meter and a half deep."

Maria, knocked the floor. She notice that there were parts that sounded hollow and other parts solid. There was something below the floor. But there is a detail.

"How do we do it to go down?" Ricky asked, guessing what's next.

Maria, thought of a solution to go down and remove the obstacle from the wooden floor. She suddenly smiled.

"I have an idea."

Five minutes later, the two journalists were in the same place, but this time carrying a huge stone. Maria, thought to break the floor, they would use the weight of the stone and the height to drop it. But it could see how they had a hard time lifting it.

"I hate you!" Ricky exclaimed.

"Try harder!" Maria shouted.

"I'm trying!"

"But even more!"

The two lifted it a little more and drop it. They managed to destroy the exact place. Maria, examined what was destroyed and saw that there was a path under the house, a mini tunnel would be the most specific.

When the two recovered a little of their energies, they went through the tunnel. Before moving on, Ricky picked up his flashlight that had fallen earlier. It was good luck that the rock did not crush it. Once he picked it up, the two went on their way.

Maria, was surprised there was a tunnel under the house. But it was strange, the way was well hidden, there was not even a way to enter the tunnel without having to destroy it and without a conventional one, like a trap door. Another strange mystery.

The two arrived at the end of the tunnel to find a great white, round and flat energy in front. There was a kind of purple crystal ball beneath the energy. Apparently that crystal ball projected that same energy.

"Oh my god." Ricky exclaimed. "But what the heck is this?"

"I think it's a kind of portal..." Maria said, examining the 'portal'.

"How do you know what a portal?"

"Movies or TV series. I don't know."

Maria's suspicions, it was correct. There were supernatural things here. But she still couldn't understand what relationship her brother's disappearance had. Then she knew what she had to do to find Mario and solve the mystery.

"I'm going in." Maria said, determined.

Ricky was surprised that his partner decided to go to the portal. It was enough that she wanted to go to the abandoned house, it was crazy to go to a portal that they doesn't know what place it would take her.

"What?!"

"It's the only way to find my brother, Ricky."

"Maybe, but this is dangerous and you could be in the same danger as your brother."

"I know. But I'm willing to find him and take him home." She said. "But if I don't return until dawn, call the police

"But if something comes out of the portal?"

"Get out of there and call the police."

"If something strange happens to the portal?

"Call the police. Well, whatever happens, call the police. Somehow the police have to find out about this." Maria explained.

Maria, was conscious of the risk of going in. But she was more than willing to go look for her brother no matter what kind of danger she finds. The girl noticed the face of concern of her friend and she couldn't blame him, she would be equally worried if a friend was willing to go to a danger that most likely lose his life.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to let something bad happen to me. For the sake of the people who love me and the ones I love. Including you on that list. "

Ricky, didn't say a word after what Maria said. He knew that no matter what he said, she was going through the portal anyway. Before leaving, Ricky said the next.

"Maria... good luck."

Maria, only smiled, lifted her thumb up and entered the portal.

When Maria came out the other side of the portal. She was in a rather elegant place, as if she were inside a castle. There were candles in various places, four columns of brown and squared, which were four meters away from each other.

But she couldn't look around so closely because she was not alone. There were creatures she had never seen in her life. They were of different sizes and colors. She couldn't describe all of them.

The detail was that when she arrived here, everyone noticed her immediately. They stopped moving to pay attention to the human. They showed no joy for her. For them, Maria was an intruder.

"Ehhh... Hola?"

One of those creatures, who seemed to be the one who boss here, was approaching her. He had stiff skin, his body was blue and the peaks and the head were red. The big creature didn't seem to have good intentions, something Maria clearly noted. When she was close enough of Maria, she was ready to run at any moment, but fear held her back.

"You!" The creature said in his grave voice. "You will come with me!"

She was not willing to follow orders from him, but she did not have much chance to escape. Even if she could evade the big guy, the rest of his friends would catch her in moments. Maria, thought she was screw.

Then a creature with the appearance of a green frog entered the place with a blue orb.

"Hey guys, I found this petrify orb and I don't know where to put it. Could you tell me where-? "

Before completing the sentence he notice the presence of the human.

"Another human!" He shouted, accidentally throwing the orb up.

When it fell to the ground. The orb was activated, all remained petrified except for Maria and the creature.

The creature turned for a moment, surprised at what had just happened. But he quickly looked back at the human, before he could escape. But while he was distracted, she pulled out an insecticide and sprayed it on the creature's eyes.

He twisted from the pain of the insecticide and clutched his eyes immediately. Before she went to the house, Maria, had stored an insecticide in the backpack if there was a case of being in trouble. Although it is not an unconventional weapon, it is useful to distract the aggressors and flee.

Once the creature was temporarily blind, Maria took the opportunity and ran to the nearest door, that door was to the left.

The girl ran nonstop in the corridors, looking for a place to hide. She could hear the creatures screaming and alarming others. She didn't know how big the place is and most likely there are more of those things hovering around.

Maria, entered a room and closed the door with a bureau. Then she looked around to see if there was anything that could be useful or a window to get out the other side. The first thing she saw was a closed window. The window was enough so that she could leave without any problem.

Maria, went to the window and opened it. But before going out the window. Suddenly a creature that looked like a purple monkey came out on the other side of the blissful window.

The creature grabbed the girl with his strange tail that looked like a hand, but she pulled out his insecticide quickly and sprayed it to him, causing him to fall off on the same side he entered.

Maria went out the window without thinking and jumped a meter and a half high, she fell on the creature with the appearance of a monkey (he lost consciousness by the pain). In the balcony, she went to the right door. But the detail that did not enter the door, but opened and closed it with such force.

"The human went there!"

Maria, scaled the wall quickly and entered the room again. What she had done was to make them believe that she had gone in that direction and would wait to go the other direction, in order to evade them more quickly.

She saw through the window the creatures that passed to the right door of the balcony and that one of them grabbed his fallen companion. Since the last one was gone, Maria stepped through the window and was back in the balcony. She could see the beauty of the night. Also noted that this place was indeed a castle and a fairly large one.

She couldn't believe the situation she was in, the creatures never seen. This is crazy. But then she remembered that one of the creatures mentioned another human. Her brother. He must be here in this castle somewhere. Maria, had the task of locating no matter what she have to.

Without losing another second, she went to the left door and went to the danger to find her brother and leave this place.

What did you get into, brother? Where are you?