Chapter 3
Bleeding portrait
"Em--- ok, that was not the kind of song I will sing----" said Hakuba as he press the bell.
"Do you know that girl?" asked Heiji.
"Nop. Never seen her before."
The door opened, and instead of a typical ugly old man who answered it (like you would expect in an old mansion like this), it was a handsome young man.
"Hakuba! You are finally here!" shouted the young man happily, he have a pair of nice green eyes and light brown hair. He reaches out to shake hands with Hakuba.
"Yes. It is nice to see you again, Richard." Hakuba said in a very *English* gentlemen way.
"And these are my friends I mentioned to you. Kudou Shinichi, Heiji Hattori, and em--- Kaito Kuroba"
Richards eyes went wide and he smiled. "Interesting names, it is very nice to meet you all of you. My name is Richard Norferk." Then Richard shook hands with all of them.
"Please come on in!" said the brown hair young man, waved his hand and smiled the whole time.
As the boys walked into the mansion, they noticed it iwa decorated like a mixture between hotel, mansion and art gallery.
There were huge paintings of portraits on the wall, the kind that have eyes following you where ever you go.
Red carpet, long, old curtains, oak furniture, loads of mirrors. It gave out an old and formal atmosphere. The boys looked around the big hall and was fascinated by the size of the mansion.
It was not dark at all, there was loads of lights and lamps all over the place, it chased away that spooky feelings the portraits gives to people.
Over all, it seems to be a very comfortable place.
"Food!" shouted Heiji in English as soon as they walked pass the kitchen.
Along with a *funny* accent, Heiji asked :"What are we having for dinner?"
Richard smiled, as the boys followed him to their rooms which were located up stairs, he turned around to face Heiji.
"We are having Yorkshire pudding or you can have black pudding. Mash potatoes, pork, beef, chicken. After that we have either pie or cakes."
"Sounds delicious!" said Kaito, showing that he could speak good English too, "What is a black pudding?"
Hakuba grinned at him. "It is blood pudding. It is made out of blood."
He watched as Kaitos face turned into a funny colour.
"We also have fish, if that is better?" asked Richard, then he noticed Kaitos face turned from disgusted into pure horror.
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The boys only had two rooms to share with, each with two single beds, so it wasn't hard to guess who and who Shouldn't be in the same room.
"I am NOT sharing a room with Kaito! I bet he snores like a pig!" said Hakuba, standing outside one of the room.
"What?! I bet you fart at night in your own bed!" Kaito answered back.
Richard blinked in curiosity, because the boys were arguing in Japanese.
"Ok ok, how about this" said Shinichi. "I will share the room with Kaito, and Heiji you are with Hakuba."
Heiji shrugged. "Fine by me, at least I am not acting like two little kids."
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After the rooms were sorted out, the boys followed Richard around the house, having a little tour.
Then Kudou noticed something. Everyone in the house was wearing black, the maids, the servants, the cooks.
Heiji also noticed all the servant were looking at them in a funny way.
"What?! Never seen a Japanese before?!" snapped Heiji to them.
"What is going on?" asked Kudou to Richard. "Why is everyone wearing black?"
Suddenly, Richards green eyes was covered by a layer sadness. "Funeral. We`ve all just been to my fathers funeral this morning"
"WHAT?!" shouted Hakuba, shocked. "Sir Norferk is dead?!"
"Yes, it happened two days ago. I-I found his body on the beach----" Richards eyes went red, he looked pale and sick.
"I-I believe someone killed him--- but there is nothing I could do--- Hakuba --- I --I--dont know what to do-----"
Hakuba puts his hand on Richards shoulder. "Do you want to talk about it? We can go someplace else if you like."
"HAKUBA!! WHAT A SURPRISE!!" screeched the woman who was walking down the stairs. She then rushed towards Hakuba and gave him a hug and big kiss on both cheeks. Of course, Hakuba did the same back to the woman.
"I might NOT get use this English way of saying hello." Muttered Heiji, he stepped further away from Hakuba, in case the woman might suddenly noticed him and wants to give him a big kiss too.
"Richard! You didnt tell me Hakuba is going to be here!" said the woman, she was in her mid 40s, she has light brown eyes and hair, and got a huge friendly smile on her face.
"And who are those young handsome boys?"
"Everyone, this is my Aunt Louise." Said Richard. "Dont worry, she wont bite. She is just a bit too friendly some times."
"The dinner will be ready soon, please come and joining us!" said aunt Louise, she then rushed off to tell a maid that the windows are not clean enough.
"You will meet all my family soon at the dinner table." Said Richard.
"Em-Richard, we saw this little girl?" asked Hakuba suddenly "I have never seen her before. Is she one of your aunts daughter?"
"What little girl?" asked Richard blankly. "We dont have any child in the hotel, and we closed since yesterday because of the funeral."
"But--- We saw a little girl with blond hair and greens eyes-she was about 6 or 7 years old"
While talking and walking, they arrived at the end of the corridor, then they could turn right. The shape of it is like an upside down L.
Kaito kept quiet, eyeing the place around, then he suddenly noticed something on the wall.
"Em, guys." Said Kaito, his voice is low and sounds surprised.
"THAT little girl, Richard." Kaito pointed towards one of the big portrait on the end of the corridor, it was hanged at the corner. It was a portrait of a little girl in black dress.
She was holding a white flower in her hand and her big green beautiful eyes were looking straight at the boys.
Richard barked out a laugh. "That is a portrait of my mother, Lady Norferk, when she was 6 years old. My mother died 7 years ago!"
Heiji was about to say something when Hakuba suddenly hold up his hand and stopped him.
"Yes, I think we were a bit tired from the flight. Maybe we didnt see any thing at all." Said Hakuba, but he couldnt stop looking at the portrait. An uneasy feeling haunted everyone.
As the boys walking off, they exchanged a puzzled look. They DID see a little girl walking down the stairs.
And she looked exactly like Lady Norferk.
Shinichi frowned, he have a bad feeling about this place from the start, but he couldnt wait to solve the mystery surrounded this place.
His detectives sixth sense were already working as soon as he stepped into the Moonlight hotel.
A scream.
The boys jerked up in surprise when they realised the scream came from behind them.
They turned around and saw a young woman collapsed on the floor. Mouth opened, face paled, she was shaking.
"Anne! " shouted Richard to his sister. "What is wrong?!" the boys ran towards her and saw her pointed her hands up towards a portrait.
"Mum---mum--- the eyes----" Anne cried, her voice sounded horrified.
Shinichi, Heiji, Hakuba and Kaito looked up at the portrait all at them same time. They realised what the woman was crying about.
The portrait of Lady Norferk when she was a little girl.
Where the eyes should be white, it was red. Blood red.
Her green eyes were gone, and a two lines of blood trickled down her lovely pale face.
Her hollow black pupils staring straight at the boys. It looks as though she was crying blood, crying till she have no more tears left in her soul.
Suddenly, a part of the song they heard from the little girl appeared in Heijis head again. That lovely, sweet voice.
"In the corner of the darkest room
Awaits your most horrid doom
For once you can never tell
If this is nightmare or its real."
To Be Continue----------------------------------------
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Bleeding portrait
"Em--- ok, that was not the kind of song I will sing----" said Hakuba as he press the bell.
"Do you know that girl?" asked Heiji.
"Nop. Never seen her before."
The door opened, and instead of a typical ugly old man who answered it (like you would expect in an old mansion like this), it was a handsome young man.
"Hakuba! You are finally here!" shouted the young man happily, he have a pair of nice green eyes and light brown hair. He reaches out to shake hands with Hakuba.
"Yes. It is nice to see you again, Richard." Hakuba said in a very *English* gentlemen way.
"And these are my friends I mentioned to you. Kudou Shinichi, Heiji Hattori, and em--- Kaito Kuroba"
Richards eyes went wide and he smiled. "Interesting names, it is very nice to meet you all of you. My name is Richard Norferk." Then Richard shook hands with all of them.
"Please come on in!" said the brown hair young man, waved his hand and smiled the whole time.
As the boys walked into the mansion, they noticed it iwa decorated like a mixture between hotel, mansion and art gallery.
There were huge paintings of portraits on the wall, the kind that have eyes following you where ever you go.
Red carpet, long, old curtains, oak furniture, loads of mirrors. It gave out an old and formal atmosphere. The boys looked around the big hall and was fascinated by the size of the mansion.
It was not dark at all, there was loads of lights and lamps all over the place, it chased away that spooky feelings the portraits gives to people.
Over all, it seems to be a very comfortable place.
"Food!" shouted Heiji in English as soon as they walked pass the kitchen.
Along with a *funny* accent, Heiji asked :"What are we having for dinner?"
Richard smiled, as the boys followed him to their rooms which were located up stairs, he turned around to face Heiji.
"We are having Yorkshire pudding or you can have black pudding. Mash potatoes, pork, beef, chicken. After that we have either pie or cakes."
"Sounds delicious!" said Kaito, showing that he could speak good English too, "What is a black pudding?"
Hakuba grinned at him. "It is blood pudding. It is made out of blood."
He watched as Kaitos face turned into a funny colour.
"We also have fish, if that is better?" asked Richard, then he noticed Kaitos face turned from disgusted into pure horror.
*****************************************************
The boys only had two rooms to share with, each with two single beds, so it wasn't hard to guess who and who Shouldn't be in the same room.
"I am NOT sharing a room with Kaito! I bet he snores like a pig!" said Hakuba, standing outside one of the room.
"What?! I bet you fart at night in your own bed!" Kaito answered back.
Richard blinked in curiosity, because the boys were arguing in Japanese.
"Ok ok, how about this" said Shinichi. "I will share the room with Kaito, and Heiji you are with Hakuba."
Heiji shrugged. "Fine by me, at least I am not acting like two little kids."
*****************************************************
After the rooms were sorted out, the boys followed Richard around the house, having a little tour.
Then Kudou noticed something. Everyone in the house was wearing black, the maids, the servants, the cooks.
Heiji also noticed all the servant were looking at them in a funny way.
"What?! Never seen a Japanese before?!" snapped Heiji to them.
"What is going on?" asked Kudou to Richard. "Why is everyone wearing black?"
Suddenly, Richards green eyes was covered by a layer sadness. "Funeral. We`ve all just been to my fathers funeral this morning"
"WHAT?!" shouted Hakuba, shocked. "Sir Norferk is dead?!"
"Yes, it happened two days ago. I-I found his body on the beach----" Richards eyes went red, he looked pale and sick.
"I-I believe someone killed him--- but there is nothing I could do--- Hakuba --- I --I--dont know what to do-----"
Hakuba puts his hand on Richards shoulder. "Do you want to talk about it? We can go someplace else if you like."
"HAKUBA!! WHAT A SURPRISE!!" screeched the woman who was walking down the stairs. She then rushed towards Hakuba and gave him a hug and big kiss on both cheeks. Of course, Hakuba did the same back to the woman.
"I might NOT get use this English way of saying hello." Muttered Heiji, he stepped further away from Hakuba, in case the woman might suddenly noticed him and wants to give him a big kiss too.
"Richard! You didnt tell me Hakuba is going to be here!" said the woman, she was in her mid 40s, she has light brown eyes and hair, and got a huge friendly smile on her face.
"And who are those young handsome boys?"
"Everyone, this is my Aunt Louise." Said Richard. "Dont worry, she wont bite. She is just a bit too friendly some times."
"The dinner will be ready soon, please come and joining us!" said aunt Louise, she then rushed off to tell a maid that the windows are not clean enough.
"You will meet all my family soon at the dinner table." Said Richard.
"Em-Richard, we saw this little girl?" asked Hakuba suddenly "I have never seen her before. Is she one of your aunts daughter?"
"What little girl?" asked Richard blankly. "We dont have any child in the hotel, and we closed since yesterday because of the funeral."
"But--- We saw a little girl with blond hair and greens eyes-she was about 6 or 7 years old"
While talking and walking, they arrived at the end of the corridor, then they could turn right. The shape of it is like an upside down L.
Kaito kept quiet, eyeing the place around, then he suddenly noticed something on the wall.
"Em, guys." Said Kaito, his voice is low and sounds surprised.
"THAT little girl, Richard." Kaito pointed towards one of the big portrait on the end of the corridor, it was hanged at the corner. It was a portrait of a little girl in black dress.
She was holding a white flower in her hand and her big green beautiful eyes were looking straight at the boys.
Richard barked out a laugh. "That is a portrait of my mother, Lady Norferk, when she was 6 years old. My mother died 7 years ago!"
Heiji was about to say something when Hakuba suddenly hold up his hand and stopped him.
"Yes, I think we were a bit tired from the flight. Maybe we didnt see any thing at all." Said Hakuba, but he couldnt stop looking at the portrait. An uneasy feeling haunted everyone.
As the boys walking off, they exchanged a puzzled look. They DID see a little girl walking down the stairs.
And she looked exactly like Lady Norferk.
Shinichi frowned, he have a bad feeling about this place from the start, but he couldnt wait to solve the mystery surrounded this place.
His detectives sixth sense were already working as soon as he stepped into the Moonlight hotel.
A scream.
The boys jerked up in surprise when they realised the scream came from behind them.
They turned around and saw a young woman collapsed on the floor. Mouth opened, face paled, she was shaking.
"Anne! " shouted Richard to his sister. "What is wrong?!" the boys ran towards her and saw her pointed her hands up towards a portrait.
"Mum---mum--- the eyes----" Anne cried, her voice sounded horrified.
Shinichi, Heiji, Hakuba and Kaito looked up at the portrait all at them same time. They realised what the woman was crying about.
The portrait of Lady Norferk when she was a little girl.
Where the eyes should be white, it was red. Blood red.
Her green eyes were gone, and a two lines of blood trickled down her lovely pale face.
Her hollow black pupils staring straight at the boys. It looks as though she was crying blood, crying till she have no more tears left in her soul.
Suddenly, a part of the song they heard from the little girl appeared in Heijis head again. That lovely, sweet voice.
"In the corner of the darkest room
Awaits your most horrid doom
For once you can never tell
If this is nightmare or its real."
To Be Continue----------------------------------------
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Hope you Conan fans enjoyed the fic so far! Remember to drop a review if you can! Thank you for reading!!