Author's note: I do not own any of the movies or books that might be mentioned in this fic. All the credit for the Throne of Glass series and anything connected goes to Sarah J. Maas.

-"I'm bored."-Aelin said as she tossed another piece of chocolate in her mouth. She, Dorian, Aedion, Fenrys and Lysandra were sitting in her apartment, watching a movie and trying to enjoy Halloween. But, aside from the occasional trick-or-treaters, there was nothing going on. Rowan had said that he would try to come but he was quite busy studying for exams and was running late, Chaol was spending the day with Yrene, Lorcan and Elide couldn't make it and Manon couldn't get out of her job without killing her boss first. So it was just the five of them.

-"Don't complain, you picked the movie."- Aedion said, turning away from the TV.

-"Well, I thought it was going to be scarier."-Aelin answered. Except for a few bits here and there nobody found it scary.

-"The first Sonic trailer was scarier than this."-Dorian whined, his muffled voice coming from under a pile of pillows.

-"Why are you trying to suffocate yourself?"-Aedion asked.

-"Why not? I have an exam tomorrow."

It was quiet for exactly a minute and a half before Fenrys jumped up with a wide grin on his face and said:

-"I know what we can do."

-"Oh God, this is the "I am going to do something extremely stupid and get in trouble" face.-Lysandra said, even though she seemed as curious as the others to know what had come to his mind.

-"You know that old house at the end of the street? The creepy abandoned one with the broken windows?"

-"That people say is haunted? What about it?"-Dorian asked, pushing the pillows aside from his face.

-"Let's go there."

There was one more minute of silence.

-"This is probably not going to end well."-Aelin said, then grinned-"Count me in."

-"I am also in."-Dorian said, getting off the couch.

-"Well, I guess me too, then."- Aedion got up from the floor.

-"Wait for a second. What happens if they catch us? That place is private property."-Lysandra, the only person in this room with some common sense asked, looking somewhere in between excited and worried.

-"If they catch us, we are probably dead, which means that we are going to miss every exam and the finals this year. If they don't, we are going to see a cool place and actually do something interesting. I see this as a win-win."

Lysandra sighted, but got up and followed them out the door.

The creepy old house was at the very end of the street, exactly after the street lights ended. In daylight, it was just your normal abandoned building, but at night it was downright scary.

It was surrounded by a high iron fence, a few cameras montaged on. The group stopped a little out of view and looked at each other.

-"So who climbs first?"-Fenrys asked, the enthusiasm in his voice kind of dying.

-"I am starting to have second thoughts about this."-Aedion said, but just as he finished the sentence Aelin reached the top of the fence, jumped over and landed on the other side. Lysandra followed her shortly after.

-"You guys coming or what?"

Despite the cameras and the iron fence, the house was left unguarded and, surprisingly, the front door was unlocked. The group slowly walked in the house, looking around. There was still furniture there, covered in a thick coat of dust, but otherwise untouched.

The moment everyone was in the house the door slammed shut behind them. Everything went dark except for the little light coming from the windows. Dorian tried to turn on the lights from a light switch next to the door, but of course that did nothing. He looked at it and sighted.

-"This is how most horror movies start."

-"Oh, come on, you don't seriously believe this haunted house stuff, do you?"-Aedion asked while looking at a portrait on the wall. He stumbled back a few moments later, looking a little shook.

-"What's going on man? You look like you just saw a ghost."-Fenrys asked with a puzzled look on his face.

-"That thing just blinked."-Aedion pointed at the guy who was drawn on the portrait. It was completely motionless, just a kind of creepy looking guy with long blond hair and way too pale skin. The only interesting thing about the painting were the man's eyes, which were gold and so bright that they almost glowed.

-"Creepy ghost stories are getting the best of you, heh?"

-"I am not joking."

-"Come on Aedion, you are seeing things. You don't really believe in ghosts, do y…-Fenrys couldn't finish his sentence. The carpet flew backwards from under his feet and he fell on his nose. He got up with a grunt and looked at his friends.

-"Alright, who pulled the carpet?"

The other four looked at each other. The carpet was laying at the other side of the room, an inanimate object at its finest.

-"Neither of us."-Dorian said, a frown replacing the calm look on his face.

-"I don't like where this is going."-Aelin made her way to the door and twisted the doorknob.-"It's locked."

-"Let me try."-The the three guys took turns pushing, pulling and kicking the door, but it didn't even budge. Aelin and Lysandra stood aside, glancing at each other.

-"Should we tell them that there are windows we can get out through?"-Lysandra whispered.

-"Nah, they'll eventually figure it out."