Horror Writing 1 [June 1st, 2014]

A.N: So, it turns out I can write pretty decently in the tragedy genre. Let's see how I do in horror! Ooo, I'm so nervoucited! One-shot...or will it be a one-shot?...MWAHAHAHA-ok, I'm done.

It was a dark, tranquil night. Bats swarmed in the sky and fireflies flickered in the distance. The five Links stood before an ominous mansion towering above them. No one seemed to be living there. It didn't even look like anyone had lived there for a /long/ time. The small staircase leading to the door was coated in dust, not that the rest of the mansion was much better looking. Green placed his foot on the first step, testing how much weight it could hold.

"Are you guys sure we should go in there?" Red asked nervously behind the rest of the group.

"What's the matter? You scared?" Blue teased.

"No," Red squeaked, trying to sound brave. Blue smirked at the answer.

"Shadow, are you sure this is a safe place to stay tonight?" Green interrupted as he took another step up the mini staircase.

"Well, there's nowhere else around for miles," he replied as he followed closely behind him. "Let's just get in before it rains," he said, pointing toward the big storm clouds overhead. Green nodded.

"Alright." The five entered the mansion together, the floorboards creaking under them as they walked into the foyer. Even though the ruins were covered in spiderwebs and dust, the place still had an elegant touch to it. A dimly lit chandelier dangled from above. There were two sets of staircases, each draped in a silken red carpet. They joined together at the top, leading the way to a great door that stood out from among the other two optional doors in the foyer.

"This place is really big," Blue thought aloud, still examining the place.

"No kidding," Vio scoffed. "It's a mansion. What did you expect?"

"Why I oughta-" Blue growled.

"There's no escape..." Everyone froze at the sound of an unfamiliar voice.

"W-what was that?" Red asked fearfully as he grabbed Blue's arm.

"Get offa me!" Blue snarled as he jerked his arm away.

"Ha ha ha...ha ha..." Green felt a chill roll down his spine and he drew his sword in defense to the ghostly voice.

"What the-" He pointed his sword at the air. The lights in the room started to flicker suddenly, and the laughs continued. The light disappeared completely for a whole second and in that second, there was a screech, a clang, and a scream; a scream that echoed with the laughter. When the lights started to flicker on and off again, in the dim light, a member of their team had disappeared.

"Green?!" Red called out hopelessly in the darkness. The lights finally grew steady again and the four could see clearly again. When Shadow looked down at the floor he couldn't stop staring.

"You guys..." he started. "Look at the floor..." Everyone turned their gaze downward and they gasped in unison. A thick puddle of blood sat where Green once stood, and a coat of the same blood was smeared across the floor in a trail. Red yelped as he scrambled away from the bloody spots quickly.

"How did /that/ get there?!" he whimpered.

"Where's Green?" Blue asked. Even though he was pretty sure of the answer, he asked. He didn't want to believe himself.

"You don't think..." Red trailed off as he pointed at the blood. Vio lowered to the floor and examined the liquid more closely. When he stood back up, his face looked pale.

"It's blood alright," he confirmed quietly. Thunder crashed outside in response to his statement and Red grabbed hold of Blue's arm again.

"Red, seriously. Stop doing that," Blue growled, shoving him away.

"What are we gonna do now?" Shadow asked.

"I don't know about you guys, but I wanna know where this trail leads," Blue said, walking to the door the trail stopped at.

"Are you sure?" Vio questioned. Blue shrugged.

"There isn't anything to do out here. Plus Green is...missing." He gulped and fixed his expression from worried to impatient. "You coming or not?" The others simply nodded stiffly and followed him through the door.

A.N: I can't-omg-trail o' blood-...HAHAHAHHA OMG I MADE A FUNNY. "Trail O' Blood"- SING THAT IN YOUR HEAD-SING IT. THAT IS HILARIOUS! Sing it like, "I walk the lonely road, the trail o' blood that I have grown to loath"-DUDE IDK ANYMORE XD