Hey Everyone!! How're ya likin' ma story so far? Well guess what! IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER! Well you see, since this was my first fanfic, I was a bit shakey with my first chapters. but from what I'm getting from the reviews, I think I'm improoving! Always remember, I appreciate constructive critisism! So please, give me 'sings' FEED BACK FEEDBACK. OH! FEEDBACK FEEDBACK. OH! XD Anyways, onto the story!
Chapter 10: Hilarious Hauntedness...
Well you are the one, the one that lies close to me,
Whispers 'hello' I miss you quite terribly,
I fell in love, in love with you suddenly...
Syaoran's finger twitched as the familiar song played. Slowly, he inhaled.
'Strawberry...' he thought to himself and he brethed in the smell a bit more. Slowly, he opened his eyes. It was then that he realised that it was Sakura's hair that he was smelling.
Now there's no place else I could be but here in your arms.
'In my...arms?' Syaoran suddenly became fully awake and aware that his arms were wrapped around Sakura.
"I love...this...song..." Sakura muttered as she started to wake up. After rubbing her eyes, she realised she was in Syaoran's room. "Syaoran? Why are you hugging me?"
Syaoran blushed slightly and removed his hands as quickly as possible.
I like where you sleep,
When you sleep, Next to me,
I like, where you sleep, here.
"Wow. It's like the singer was inspired to write this song from you two!" Meiling giggled. Tomoyo and Kero burst out laughing as well.
Syaoran and Sakura sat up in bed and looked over. Right where the second bed had been, was two chairs. Tomoyo sitting in one, video camera in hand, and Meiling in the other. Kero and Nikita were on the ground still recovering from laughing so hard.
On the other side of the chairs, was a small radio playing 'Here In Your Arms by HelloGoodbye'.
"Wow. First Syaoran in Sakura's room, now Sakura in Syaoran's room! You guys just can't take your arms off of eachother!" Tomoyo, Meiling, Nikita and Kero all fell over laughing again.
Syaoran, red-faced, stood up, ready to defend himself. "But there was a Clow Card!" And Syaoran explained the whole story.
"By the way, where were you that whole time, Kero?" Sakura asked after Syaoran was done explaining.
"I was asleep! I tell ya, once I'm asleep, not even a tornado could wake me up!" Kero said proudly before his stomach rumbled loudly. "Anyways, I'm starving! Who's ready to eat?" Everyone agreed and were about to head off before Sakura remembered something.
"Wait! We were suppoesed to pack everything we needed for the next two days!" Everyone ran to their rooms to get ready.(Except for Syaoran...because he was already in his room... :P)
At breakfast, everyone had their large bags with them. After everyone finished eating, they all followed Ms. Mizuki around the cottage area. Soon, they came to a large forest on a hill. They all proceeded to hike up. Everything was beautiful. After the thunderstorm, every flower and plant that was dieing before was now healthy and alive. Everything was green and dark brown around them and it smelled like pine trees.
It seemed like hours before they came to the top. There, they found a bunch of old cottages. They had two floors, unlike the other ones, there were cobwebs, bugs and some had broken windows.
"These were the first cottages built. They were the fanciest and most expensive." The manager explained.
"Why are they so run down then? I would rather pay less for one of the other cottages!" Meiling pointed out.
"Well, rumor has it that a long time ago, before I bought this place, there were guests in all of these cottages. Suddenly, the day after they checked in, they all mysteriously vanished. Ever since, nobody has dared to buy any of these cottages. I'm not sure if this rumor is true, but it sure does keep people away from these cottages!" The man laughed.
"Well, I know I'll stay away from them!" Sakura shivered. Alot of the other kids agreed with Sakura. The owner looked at them and burst out laughing.
"Ironic because you are all staying the night in these!"
Everyone froze. "B-but what if WE disappear?!" Meiling stuttered.
The man shrugged. "Then your bus driver won't have to do his job!" The man burst out laughing again. Everyone gulped.
The old door squeaked as Syaoran opened it. A million spiders and cockroaches scurried away when it hit the wall behind it. They appeared to be in the living room.
Sakura shivered. "This place is creepy!"
Meiling pushed her out of the way and stepped into the cottage. "Well, I'M not scared! I've taken on much worse than this!" As if on cue, a cockroach came out from behind the door and scurried in front of Meiling. "WAHHH!!" Meiling screamed as she ran farthur into the house and disappeared around the corner.
Syaoran sighed. "She'll be back."
Tomoyo stepped inside the cottage and looked around. "You know, with a bit of fixing up, it could look a bit less creepier. Just a few basic things could help. We could sweep up a bit, get rid of the bugs, air out the curtains, dust..."
"How are we suppoesed to do all of that in one day?" Asked Sakura as she finally entered and looked around. "This place looks horrible! Also, it's bigger than out other cottage!"
"Don't forget, we have clow cards!" Tomoyo smiled as she pointed to Sakura's bag.
"Oh yeah!" Sakura started pulling out her collection.
"WAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH-oh! It's gone!" Meiling came from the other room and started looking around. "So, what'd I miss?"
"BUBBLES!"
In front of them stood a glowing blue mermaid with a small smile on her face. "Help us clean this place up!" Sakura said to the girl. The girl looked around before smiling and nodding. Suddenly, a bunch of pink bubbles came shooting out from the mermaid's hands, going around the room and scrubbing it clean. The bubbles then started to proceed around the other parts of the house.
"SHOT!"
A tall boy with red and yellow hair stood in front of them. He looked up at Sakura to reveal his pink eyes. "Go around this house and shoot any bug or insect you see!" The boy looked around and eyed a spider nearby on the wall. He nodded at Sakura before transforming into a bolt of lightning at attacking the spider.
"SAND!"
A woman dressed in sand-like clothing appeared in front of them. "Go around the house and collect the dead bugs and insects in your sand, then send them outside." The girl glowed for a bit before sand started to appear, carrying dead spiders, cockroaches, etc, out through the windows and doors.
"WINDY!"
"Go through the pillows, blankets, curtains and others, and air them out a bit." The familiar woman in her robes of wind danced round the house, airing out everything fabric.
"FLOWER!"
"This place has an awful smell, don't you think?" Sakura asked the woman in pink beside her. The woman nodded and smiled at Sakura. Suddenly, petals filled the room, creating a beautiful smell, before disappearing, leaving the smell behind.
Tomoyo stepped into the room. By the lookes of it, windy aired out her clothes. She looked around the room. "This place lookes great! I like the touch of febreeze!"
"It's not febreeze, it's the flower." Sakura said happily. Suddenly, the woman in pink appeared beside Sakura.
"Oh! That's even better! You did a great job." Tomoyo said, bowing to the woman. The woman bowed back before turning back into her card form and flying into Sakura's hand.
After about an hour of cleaning, everyone met back in the living room and explored the cottage. On the ground floor, there was the main living room, a kitchen and a dinning room. On the top floor, there were four large bedrooms (each with a medium spa bathroom and closet).
"Wow, I can see why these were so expensive!" Meiling said as she pranced around the first bathroom they came across.
"This place is HUGE!!" Sakura yelled, before putting her hand to her ear to hear the faint echo.
"Anyways, we should start unpacking." Syaoran called from the doorway.
"DIBS ON THIS ROOM!!" Meiling screamed as she hopped into the bathtub and pretended to swim.(Don't worry! She's fully clothed! And there's no water inside the tub yet!)
"Why this room?" Tomoyo called out.
"Because I'm too lazy to walk all the way across this place and to another room."
They all sweatdropped.
"Well, judging by the buffet meal here in the kitchen, I'm guessing that we're having dinner here." Kero announced as he inspected the fridge. "Finally! I can breathe AND eat at the same time!"
After they ate, they cleared up the plates and looked at eachother.
"Sooo...did anyone bring the wii?" Syaoran looked around.
Silence.
"Damn...So what do we do now?" Syaoran looked around for ideas. As if on cue(maybe it was...), the lights went off, leaving them in total darkness.
"AAAAAAAAHHHH!!"
"AAAAAAHHHHH!!"
"OW! MY FOOT!"
"OW! MY OTHER FOOT!"
"OW! MY SHIN!"
"OW! MY SHOULDER!"
"OW MY STOMACH!"
click
Light filled the room.
"OW! MY OTHER SHOULDER!"
Syaoran shone the flashlight on Tomoyo to see what was hurting her.
"OW! MY LEG!"
"Meiling? Why are you beating up Tomoyo?" Syaoran blinked.
"I dunno!" Meiling shrugged and kicked Tomoyo once more.
"OW! MY OTHER LEG!"
"Well, I guess the power went out." Sakura said as she looked around.
"You think?" Kero poked her in the arm before flying onto sakura's shoulder.
"So, what do you want to do now?" Meiling asked as she finally stopped beating the crap out of Tomoyo and sat on the ground.
"Oh! I have an idea! Let's play haunted house!" Sakura said as she walked over to the couch, picked up a pillow, tossed it beside Meiling and sat on it.
"What's haunted house?" Tomoyo asked as she sat on the other side of Sakura.
"It's a game! I'll tell it, you four can be in it!" Sakura replied as she signalled Syaoran to sit down.
"Fine!" Syaoran rolled his eyes and sat down. Suddenly, Tomoyo jumped to her feet and looked somewhere to her left.
"What's wrong Tomoyo?" Syaoran asked as he looked in the same direction, seeing nothing but darkness.
"I thought...I heard something...Must have been my imagination..." Tomoyo took a last look before sitting down in the circle again.
"Anyways...let's start. Okay, so you're all in an old house that some of your friends pushed you into. The front door slams shut behind you. You need to get out. In front of you, there's three doors, a staircase, and a square on the ground..." Sakura was about to continue when they saw a distant glow somewhere to the right.
"What's that?" Syaoran jumped to his feet. The glowing seemed far, farther than the walls of the cottage. Syaoran reached for his flashlight then realized that it was gone. Suddenly, a candle appeared in the middle of them, letting them only see eachother and the floor in between.
"What's going on?" Tomoyo asked in a scared whimper.
Sakura's pocket started to glow. Sakura reached in her pocket and pulled out the glowing card. "Create?" But something was missing..."The book's not there!" She stared at the empty card.
"This is not good... The Use must be using it!" Kero flew off of Sakura's shoulder.
"Well, nothing seems to be happening..." Meiling said as she stood up and looked around.
"It'll probably start soon." Kero said. As if on cue (again...), the area around them seemed to be morphing. Suddenly, they were no longer standing in their cottage. Instead, they were in a new house. They saw 3 doors in front of them, a staircase and a square on the ground. Behind them, appeared to be the front door of the house. Syaoran tried the front door.
"It's stuck" He announced.
"Well, this looks like my haunted house!" Sakura looked around.
"That's probably where the Use got it from. The only way to get out is to finish the game!" Kero concluded as he turned to face Sakura. "So, how do you end the game?"
"Well, you'd have to explore a bit, until you find the correct way out! It's all about the imagination of the person. If they want, they can kill you too!" Sakura said, a bit too cheerfully.
"T-that means...that the use...can...kill us?" Meiling gulped.
"Naw, the Use isn't like that. She'd just make things really difficult!" Kero said as he looked around.
"So, I guess we'd better start going around." Syoran went up to the first door and pulled on the handle. "It's not opening!"
They each took a turn, but the door didn't even budge.
"Wait! In the game, whoever you're playing with is suppoesed to act as one person." Sakura remembered.
They then all put their hands on the handle and pulled. The door swung open and they all stepped in. They appeared to be in a classroom.
"Wow. The Use is using my house!" Sakura exclaimed. "This will be easy!"
Sakura walked over over to the window of the classroom, opened it, and crawled through, they all followed. They were outside of the regular big cottage now.
"How did you know?" Tomoyo asked.
"Easy! Whenever I play this game, everyone goes the long way, with exploring the whole house, when the simple solution is to open the window and get out!"
Everyone sweatdropped.
Sakura yawned as they entered the cottage. "What time is it?"
"About 11:30." Tomoyo yawned back.
"I think It's time for bed guys." Meiling said as she rubbed her eyes.
"But what about the clow card!?" Syaoran was still as wide-awake as usual.
"She's tired too, I think." Sakura said as she proceeded up the stairs. "Goodnight everyone!"
"Goodnight!"
Me: Well, that took about a month and a half to write!
Meiling: Why?
Me: Homework, Friends, Other...
Meiling: Why?
Me: Because I'm a good person.
Meiling: Why?
Me: ...You're going to die soon.
Meiling:...
Me:...
Meiling:...Why? :3
Me:...
Meiling disappears
Me: :) Review everyone!