Crimson Moonlight

Summary: Iris Summers works for a Paranormal Investigation team. She returns to the glass house to study the ghosts. What happens when she unexpectedly falls in love with one of the ghosts? Will the other ghosts prevent them from being together?

WARNING: This story has quite a bit of swearing in it, and will also have some violence in it and sexual content (possibly a lemon) in it. If you don't like that sort of stuff, then DON'T read it! I'm not going to tell you that you have to be 17 to read this story, just be mature about it. Oh, and don't flame me. Flames will be stuck on my wall of shame and laughed at by my friends and I! ^________^

Oh and one more little tid-bit, this is my first fanfic so it might not be the best written piece I've ever done, but I tried really hard! So be nice! Please read and review! I want to know what everyone thinks of it! ^_^;;

Now enough of me babbling, lets get on with the story!!

Chapter 1: Putdowns and appraisals

Iris Summers looked up at the hazy afternoon sky. She had been working for the Paranormal Investigation Headquarters now for 8 months and she didn't really fit in. "Why don't I ever get any decent assignments?" she said to herself, "all I ever get are these shitty small jobs! I can handle the tough jobs just like everyone else!" She looked down at the ground and turned around. "I guess I'll be stuck doing paperwork for a long time." She looked backed up and slowly walked back into the headquarters building.

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*Great, * Iris thought as she scanned the mass of files on her desk, *This is juuuuust what I need… more work.* She slumped down in her chair and grabbed one of the thick, tan folders. She didn't even have time to glance at the report, when one of her co-workers slammed another folder down right in front of her face, causing the papers she was holding to fly out of her hands and onto the floor.

"Mark, what the fuck do you want?!" Iris yelled as she bent down onto the floor to scoop up the papers.

He looked down at her and rolled his eyes. "Well, its nice to see you to. I just thought since your working on all these files, you wouldn't mind one more."

She stood back up next to her desk, placing the messy papers back on her desk. "Heh heh heh. Your such an asshole, you know that?" She said staring at him coldly.

He just smiled, turned around and started back to his desk. He laughed aloud. "Keep working Iris. Maybe SOME day you'll get a better job! Yeah right! HAHAHAHA!!" He said still laughing.

Iris clenched her fists together and sat back down in her chair. She wished she could get a better job, just to show him she could do it, so she could laugh in his ugly face. *Maybe he's right,* she thought, *maybe I'll be stuck doing paperwork for the rest of my life… NO NO NO! I cant let what that bastard said get to me!*

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Mr. Stephens, Iris' boss, had been watching the argument from his office. He sat back down at his desk and turned on the intercom. "Miss Summers, will you come into my office please." It was only about 30 seconds until the door creaked open and Iris slowly stepped in.

"You…wanted to see me sir?" She said hesitantly.

"You've been working here for a little over 8 months now, am I correct?"

"Y-yes sir."

"How old are you Iris?"

She stepped a little closer, "I'm 21 sir."

He stood up and turned around, "I don't normally give important assignments to workers as young as you, but I think I can make an exception. Its about time you started taking assignments from me."

"Really?! You mean it?! Thank you sir! I promise I wont let you down!" She clapped her hands in excitement and hastily walked toward the door. She was stopped by Mr. Stephens voice.

"Wait a second! Don't you want to know what your first assignment is?" He questioned her.

"Oh, y-yes of course!" She turned around and walked back to his desk. "Sorry. Just got a little excited I guess."

"That's alright. Now, back to business." He turned to open the window and looked down at the parking lot below. "Your first assignment is this: There is a house I want you to go investigate. This house is no ordinary house though. This house is…. Well, you'll see when you get there. Anyway, this house has ghosts in it.

Iris' eyes widened.

"12 ghosts to be precise." He continued, "I want you to go to the house and find as much information on the ghosts and house as possible. I'm going to give you 10 days to do this. Now go pack; you will be starting immediately. Here are the directions to the house. Now go."

She took the directions, quickly scanned them and smiled. "Don't worry sir, I wont let you down!" And with that, she took off to her car.

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Iris' blue SUV pulled up the driveway of the glass house. Stepping out of the car, her jaw dropped in amazement at the incredible structure in front of her. "Holy shit…" she paused "I didn't know the house was like THIS. How would someone make a house like this?! Its almost entirely made out of glass!"

Opening the hatch to the back of her SUV, she grabbed her suitcase and cautiously walked up to the front door. Taking the key in her free hand, she stuck it in the key hole and turned.

She was taken aback by it when the key was pulled in to the slot. "What the… hell?" She scratched her head in confusion. "What the fuck… was that suppose to happen or…"

She was interrupted and startled when the doors slid open themselves.

"Shit, this house is already starting to creep me out. And I'm not even inside it yet!"

Nervously she stepped back a little. *Okay, don't chicken out now,* she thought, *I know I can do this.*

She brushed some of the chocolate strands of hair out of her face, took a deep breath, and stepped through the doorway into the glass house…

To be continued….

Author: So what do you think of the first chapter? Do you like it? Hate it? Please review, I have to get working on the second chapter!

- The14thGhost