Sorry it took so long to get this out. It's been hectic, what with school and all. But now that this chapter is done I can get into actual interaction. Just had to get all the info out first.

By the way, I own nothing. I'm just using these characters for the enjoyment of myself and others. So there :p

Enjoy ^-^

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She waited until they had all made it into the front hall before starting. If they wanted to admire the structure then they'd do it on there own time. Besides, she wanted to get to the story telling so she could know the true reactions of their…guests.

"This is the front hall. I will be showing you only the main rooms. Living room, kitchen, dining room, and bedrooms. I will also be showing you a 'special' room. All other rooms and places you will have to discover on your own. Before I start the tour we will do basic information in here. Now, you are allowed to wander outside on the grounds but you are not allowed to leave the property, not unless you're leaving for good. Nobody other then you nine are allowed on the property. The kitchen has been stocked with plenty of food. Starving will not be an issue unless none of you know how to cook. Not my problem. Are there any questions?"

"When do we get the five hundred?"

Her eyes shifted over to the one called Aya. The smile she gave him was purely predatory and she could feel him tense.

"The moment you leave, be that whenever. I do hope your man enough to stay with us though."

"hnn."

She smirked. He was going to be a tough one to crack but crack him she shall. Looking around the room the blonde with the odd hairstyle fidgeted with the need to ask a question. So she made it easy for her.

"Yes Usagi?"

"…Will you be staying here also?"

"No. Rick and I will…pop up, and check on you all. Anything else?" Her eyes darted from person to person but no one said a word. Good. She turned and headed down the middle hallway.

"Follow me then. First stop will be the dining room." She led them down a short hallway into another room built in a circle. In front was a giant marble staircase leading up to the second floor and then again to the third. In the middle of the first staircase stood a large wooden door and then six other doors stood on the sidewalls, three on each side. The place truly was a maze and it would definitely work in their favor. She headed for the door closest to her on the left.

"This, is the dining room. Fun fact number one: On that very table a man devoured his daughter while she was still alive. Her screams were stopped only when he tore her voice box from her body and fed it to his Doberman. The man was later shot twenty six times by an unknown person. His body never found. I do hope you enjoy your meals. Kitchen is through that entrance in the back."

"Wait. Why didn't anyone help her?"

What was his name…Omi? How cute for him.

"Maybe he ate them too. I'm not really sure but most likely they were scared. Fear can paralyze you if it's strong enough. On to the kitchen."

Don't worry little ones, she'd make sure they felt it at its strongest. Now, she had seen the look the two girls shared and the way they inched away from the table. They would end up draining the one with the bow much quicker since she wasn't originally in the plan but that would just mean more power for her mistress. She smiled at the thought.

"Everything is either in the cabinets, pantry or the three refrigerators. Nothing, I repeat, NOTHING, is in the meat closet and it would be *wise* not to go in there. There's no handle on the other side and it *is* freezing. No one would be able to hear you scream. Also, fun fact number two: At one time missing people would be found hooked and skinned in there. The only way others could tell who someone was was by the hair that was left on the scalp. Once again, stay out. Now, go back through the dining room, into the main hall and turn to the door on the left. Where following the circle."

She walked with Rick who had yet to say a word, but that was fine. He was taking notes. They would have plenty to discuss when they left the group on their own. For now she had a story to tell.

"Fun fact number three. Let me tell you the story of this house. The original builders were newly weds from France. Mr. Alex and Mrs. Janice DeLaWitt. They were very wealthy and well respected persons but Janice longed for life away from the city. Japan had always been beautiful to her and she finally convinced her husband to build her a home here. A few days before they left to the finished home an old street urchin warned them not to leave France or their new home would forever be cursed and the worst would come in the form of two very close things. Now, Janice and Alex laughed at that. They had already sold their old home and land to a friend and built a new one. They were going to start a new life and nothing an urchin could say would stop them."

She smirked. What fools humans could be.

"A few weeks after their move Janice got pregnant. The two of them were thrilled. But then strange things began happening. Some of the staff would vanish; small injuries would befall the residence. Then the screaming came. Tortured screams that could never be found. It began to be believed that the screaming was coming from the missing staff. So Janice made a room. But we'll visit that one later. After nine months she gave birth to twins. A boy, Philip and a girl, Veronica. Things continued to get worse and Janice spent most of her time in the room while Alex spent his in here. The library. When the children were fourteen Janice was found dead."

She looked up to the high ceiling were a metal hook hung. She knew they were probably thinking something gruesome.

"We are not sure what used to hang there but a year after his wife's death, Alex hung himself from that hook while his children watched. But, Philip and Veronica never were quite…sane. They refused to leave the house despite all that happened, making the staff feel inclined to watch over them for they were only children. But I will tell you about those two at another time. On to the living room!"

It had been decided that they would create a whole new room so they had and they furnished it with leather couches, chairs, and a large glass coffee table. Of course they had added video games, foosball, Ping-Pong and a big screen TV. Just, no actual television.

"The TV only plays DVDs and there's a whole selection in those two cabinets. If a DVD that you want is not there, tell either Rick or I and we will get it for you. Nothing interesting happened in here because it's new. Head back into the main hall and wait by the door in the stairs."

She could feel the hate rolling off the Irishman the moment he caught sight of the rose wood door. Engraved upon it an angel stood, wings folded around her and written above in words of gold: 'Faith: We Live By Believing and Not By Seeing. 2 Corinthians 5:7'

She walked in front of the angel to obscure his view. His reaction to the room they were about to enter would be amusing indeed. "This is Janice's room, or as we like to call it…" She opened the door and turned on the light. "…The Cross Room."

"Holy shit!"

"This is a little scary."

"How many of those *are* there?!"

The German flinched and she knew he could sense the Irishman's anger. She'd ask 'Rick' about it later. The inside of the room was covered in crosses of every shape, design and size. There was barely enough room for all of them to fit in, it was so crowded. What caught everyone's attention though stood in the center of the room. A giant silver crucifix, every detail perfectly made. She stood in front of it to get everyone's attention. She'd have to make this quick so as not to upset the Irishman further. It appeared however that the he was being held in place by something unseen. She'd have to ask about that too.

"Fun fact number four. Janice had always been a religious person so when things began to go wrong she came in this room and prayed. It started out with only one cross but as things continued to get worse she continued to add more. There is a total of six hundred seven thousand. Alex had the door made for her to show he didn't think she had gone crazy. He never came in here though. After Janice gave birth things went from bad to sinister so she ordered that a life-size crucifix be built entirely out of silver. As the children grew up she kept them praying in this room."

She looked at the crucifix and a cruel smile formed on her lips. She couldn't help it. It was just funny what these humans put their faith into.

"Her praying, however, did little to save her for on the children's fourteenth birthday she was found crucified to her silver idol, her eyes staring in fear at nothing and everything. The staff that left when she was found had believed the children had something to do with it. And who knows, they may have been right. I did say those two weren't quite sane. And things did get worse after they were born. But that's another story for another time. Go out and up the stairs to the second floor, turn to your left and wait at the first door. One of your names will be on it."

They all filed out like obedient students, not one saying a word. Oh, they were dying to ask questions but they were going to wait until she was all finished. Such well-behaved and polite humans they were. She snorted. She was well aware that they could all kill someone in a heartbeat. Well, maybe not those girls. Those two would be easy to scare. And scare them she would. The name on the door said, 'Ken'. Oh! She liked this room.

"Okay Ken, I don't have time to show you your, or anyone else's room so I'll tell you the history out here. Here's fun fact five. A young couple was staying in this room when they got into a rather nasty fight. In a fit of rage the young man got an ax and chopped her into several pieces, placed it all in the tub and left them there for the maids to find. The tub in this bedroom is the same one in that story but a shower head has been attached to it and all the other tubs. I hope you enjoy your room. The one directly across is Aya's."

"Most of you were not given a room with a story behind it. You happen to be one of them Next is…Omi. Your room is fun fact six, the sad tale of little Peterson who, at the age of seven, was repeatedly stabbed to death by his own mother in the very bed you'll be sleeping on. She later killed herself in the kitchen with a meat cleaver. It was said that he was such a sweet kid and such a shame he had to go that way."

The thought of sleeping in that bed disturbed him, she could tell. She was also starting to enjoy this. Who was next…

"…Yohji. There's no story that we know of for this room. I guess your one of the lucky ones. Neither is there a story for your room Farfarello and it is right here next to Nagi's and across from Schuldich. Nagi, you were given a room with a story. Many people told of a young girl weeping near the balcony. No one has ever seen her and no one knows what happened. Now, just because some of you didn't get a story doesn't mean nothing happened. Every room in this manor has a story behind and most of them are recorded somewhere in the library, if any of you are interested. Now go back to the stairs and keep going to the right. Minako and Usagi, you are down there with fun fact eight and nine."

Just two more stories' then she and Rick could leave and let the fun begin. She had to bite her tongue to keep from laughing.

"Minako, your room is called the doll room mainly due to the endless amount of porcelain dolls decorating it. Now, a woman mysteriously vanished while in here one day. When her daughter came in a few days later she found a doll identically resembling her missing mother lying on the bed. Everything was the same from the graying auburn hair, right down to the black button up boots. Makes you wonder about the other dolls in there."

"Didn't someone buy them?"

"It was never made clear just how the dolls started collecting in that room. But don't worry Minako; just keep thinking of that money and nothing can stand in your way. Now Usagi...your room is my favorite and I like to call it the princess room. It really could be fit for a princess. Unfortunately there is a story behind it. A young girl's head was found placed on the vanity within that room. Her body never was found. It was said that a deranged lover got mad at her and, wanting only the body to do with what he wanted, cut off her head so as never to see her face again. Truly a tragic story. Are there any questions?"

The two girls were still running that last story through their heads and no one else was speaking. Good. She wanted to start messing with them as soon as possible.

"Don't worry, I'm sure you'll have plenty of questions for us tomorrow. A few last minute information. Cell phones won't work out here. We've tried but they just won't. However, for some reason Internet connection does work as long as you brought a laptop. Friday nights Rick and I will bring pizza or whatever take-out you want. Seeing as how its Wednesday start thinking. Now feel free to wander anywhere you please. There is a pool and it has been cleaned and fixed up so yes you may use it. You just have to find it first. I hope your stay here will be…interesting at least. You may want to bring in your luggage before it gets dark. I heard it might rain tonight. Well, that's all. Rick and I will see you sometime tomorrow."

She nodded to Rick and he followed her down the stairs. Neither one of them spoke as they got in the car and drove down the driveway. The moment they were out of sight range however, the car and its two passengers vanished.