Caden led the way down the long hallway. Rose was close behind, both were cautious, looking behing their shoulders. It was silent in the hallway, except for their footsteps and breathing. As they made their way down the hall, they passed closed wooden doors that seemed to contain strange rooms, or stairs. Rose wanted to check one out as they passed the fourth room. She whispered to Caden, being careful not to break the silence and listen for anything else.

"Caden, we should check these doors, there must be something behind them."

Caden pointed in the direction where they were headed, saying. "There's something up ahead."

Rose looked up ahead and saw the end of the dimly lit hall. At the end, there was an open door frame. The two briskly, yet cautiously made their way to the door. Rose stepped in front of Caden, and looked around. In front of her was an incredibly large room. It was a main foyer, and it was larger than her old home! It had to be six- no, seven or mabey eight times larger and taller than her old home! Rose made her way to the center of the room. Caden remained it the small doorway, eyeing around the area suspiciously. And on the far right side from where Caden stood were these blocks of dark oak wood. All piled up covering the entire large wall. And on the opposite side of it was a large grand flight of stairs. It was almost as wide as the wall, and as soon as you would reach the top of stairs, you would either walk to the left or the right and follow wherever the hall led. The stairs were covered in a blood red carpet. And it wasn't until then that Rose realized where she was standing. The floor beneath her had scratches and dark patches. It looked as if the floor got struck by lightning, and a wolf was scratching at the ground. The sight of it made Rose make her way to the stairs. Caden followed.

"Hello? Helloo?" Rose called up the stairs. Hesitantly, she took a couple of steps up. Caden grabbed her wrist and and took a step up in front of her. Caden looked up the stairway, scanning for any trace of anything. Rose continued to call out.

"We don't mean to intrude, but we were sent here by Amber. We were hoping if you could help us."

Silence followed, Caden let go of Roses wrist and slowly took two steps up. Then he began slowly accending up the steps. Rose looked down at main floor, and sudden chill ran up her spine. She quickly made her way up the steps, passing Caden. She was the first to make it to the top. Caden stepped in front of her. Looking to the left first, then to the right. He turned his body to the right.

"Let's check this way. I'll take the lead."

He began walking, Rose following behind. The right side of the platform led to winding flight of stairs. The stairs were also covered on a red carpet, which seemed to be a trend in the strang place. They reached the top of the winding steps and found another long hallway. The hallway was also covered in red carpet, torches lit up. And high up on the ceiling lining down the halls were red tapestries. And on those tapestries were tiny objects sparkling white and red.

"This house is even bigger than Ambers." Said Rose.

"It's bigger than any Mansion I've ever been in." Caden Commented.

Caden started walking down the left side of the hallway. Signaling Rose to follow. As they walked down the knew hall, Rose thought to herself.

'This is such a large place. Must have took the builders ages to build.'

"Hmph, more stairs." Said Caden as they another wide and large flight of stairs.

"Where does this one lead? Another hallway?" Asked Rose.

Caden shrugged, "It might. Come, if we keep going we'll find something or someone."

Caden began heading up up those stairs, Rose slowly following behind. Caden was picking up the pace, Rose was already exhausted. The last few long flights of stairs made her leg sore, but she pressed forth. She was trying to make more effort to follow Caden when she saw flicker in the corner of her left eye. Rose paid no attention to it until she heard the creaking of steps on wood. She stopped, hoping to hear it again.

*crrrrrr*

The sudden sound of creaking at the bottom of the stairs made Rose jump and spin around.

Nothing.

To Rose, it was both creepy and unusual. She was just about to turn back when she saw the little in the corner of her eye again. She turned her head to the left and gasped! Downstairs on the main floor turning around a corner, a single flickering light. A silhouette of the flame flashing on the walls, disappearing.

"Hey wait!" Said Rose, rushing down the steps, as soon as she made it to the floor she rushed to the light.

"Wait! Hold on!"

Suddenly the light was quickly fading, followed by the sound of rushing steps.

Rose ran towards the fading light and turned to see the source of the light.

There was another long hallway. Only a few torches lit the hallway. Not as much as the other halls. No one was there. Rose stood there confused, and a little spooked.