[AN: Here's chapter 2, hope you like it. For the title-and-song-excerpt
things, I just thought it was kinda funny, so bear with me. ^_^ Also, gomen
for the shortness of the of this chapter and the previous one ^^']
Thanks for those who reviewed! And for those who haven't, hey people! I thought you heard me!! I'm gonna be insane if there are only few reviews!!*tries to say in a creepy voice as much as she can* I... WOULD... HAUNT… YOU…DOWN…
Disclaimer: Hehehe, I forgot this from the last chapter [last chapter's title was 'Nearly Forgotten']. I don't own the all the stuff in this fic… only the fic…Mwahahaha!
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Chapter II: We're Not Alone
'Cause you're everywhere to me
And when I close my eyes it's you I see
You're everything I know
That makes me believe
I'm not alone
-Michelle Branch's 'Everywhere'
-Tomoyo-
Ouch. That. Really. Hurts. Now what? I looked around.
"Uh, Syaoran, where are we?"
"More likely, what happened?" he replied. "Perhaps we ended in the basement or something." He added. Yeah… maybe that's what happened. A rustling sound made me turn around…
OMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGOSH!!! It's them…t-the kids…the cousins…Eriol and Sakura!
"Owww!" I heard Syaoran cry. I was roughly tugging his shirt. I didn't care. I shrieked and pointed to the other pair. He annoyingly turns his head to them and…and…his mouth drops open in shock. The cousins were looking at us with accusing looks. Huh? I was confused.
"Who are you? Why did you lock us in the house?" Eriol demands.
"And what did you do with Aunt Nakuru?" Sakura adds.
"Hey! We didn't do anything!" I said to them. I don't care if I don't know where we are. I just don't like it when people accuse me.
"And we don't even know where we are!" Syaoran tells them.
"What do you mean by that?" Eriol questions. Oh…He looks much cuter in personal…
"Er, I hope you will believe what were gonna tell you…" I started.
The cousins looked at us expectantly. Syaoran began on us watching a movie, and in the middle of it, fell headfirst here. He skipped on the part that the cousins are just characters from the movie. Well, I think that's just the right thing, coz' maybe it will just worsen the situation. I don't think that they will accept the fact that they are just fictional characters.
"I'm sure that Aunt Nakuru knows how to find your way back home." Sakura cheerfully says to us. And out to the corner of my eye, I see my best friend Syaoran blush. Hmmm, this is interesting, I thought.
Suddenly, Eriol asks me. "Will you help us find her?" he says.
I was lost at words. "Ummm…Syaoran?" I sheepishly looked up to him.
-Sakura-
Hoe? These guys came from another world? But that isn't the problem. They're lost and they need our help. Maybe I could cheer them up.
"I'm sure that Aunt Nakuru knows how to find your way back home." I said to them cheerfully. I noticed the girl, Tomoyo, was smirking. Hoe!? Then my cousin Eriol asked her if they could help us find our Aunt. She blushed. Looks like my cousin has an admirer. She then asks the question to her companion. I look up to the Syaoran guy and waited for his answer.
-Syaoran-
Everyone's waiting for my answer. So I thought it over. If Tomoyo and I will wander around the house alone…Nah! "Okay, we'll help you find Aunt Nakuru. Besides, the more the merrier." I sarcastically added.
-Eriol-
I smirked at what Syaoran said. "And we'll help you find your way back home" I said. I glanced at Tomoyo and she smiled gratefully at me. I felt blood rushing up to my face. I haven't noticed that she is very pretty. I wonder if she and Syaoran are dating…HUH? Where did that came from? GOTTA FIND AUNT NAKURU, GOTTA FIND AUNT NAKURU, GOTTA FIND AUNT NAKURU, GOTTA FIND AUNT NAKURU, GOTTA FIND AUNT NAKURU… "Do you know where that goes?" An angelic voice made its presence known…then two hands grabbed my shoulder and shook me. W-Wha? I looked up and met a pair of amethyst eyes…
-Tomoyo-
We followed the two cousins down a long dark hallway lined with paintings of sad, weird looking people. Cobwebs cling to the frames. Creepy…I wonder if these people fell into this house like us never got out…
"Do you know where that goes?" I stopped and turned to the cousins. Syaoran stopped and so did Sakura, but Eriol kept on walking as if on a trance. I ran up to him and shook him. He stared at me and…
…I stared at him also. [AN: She's holding him, where else will she look, anyway?^_~]. Suddenly, I heard a noise behind me.
"What's that?" I quickly swirled around. Then I smiled, seeing only a big red bouncing ball. Then it hit me. IT WAS BOUNCING BY ITSELF!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I managed to say- er shout. Well, nobody could blame me, I mean it's not everyday you could see a ball bouncing by itself in a haunted house in a movie where you got 'sucked' into it!!!
-Syaoran-
How I wish that if I open my eyes Tomoyo and I are back to the theater, and people will 'shush' us. But of course, fate has other plans. And with me being by Sakura, doesn't help the situation a bit. I can't focus. No! I can focus. Only on Sakura, anyway. I can't get her off my mind. Even though I barely know her, I can't forget how cheerful she acted a while ago, even though our situation seems hopeless. And it seems that now, the situation has gone worse. Tomoyo was shrieking and so was Sakura. And it was just because of a bouncing ball… then I noticed… that it was a BOUNCING BY ITSELF!! Oh god… wait, maybe it can help us.
"Hey guys, I'm going to catch the ball" I announced and looked at the panic- stricken girls. I sighed.
"I have to see how it bounces itself." I waited in the hallway until the ball is almost upon me. I stretched out my arms and leapt just as the ball reached the highest point in its bounce.
"Gotcha!"
PPPPPOPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!
"YAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!" the ball exploded the moment I touched it. I quickly took back my hands and gazed at them, wondering why they didn't get hurt. Then, I noticed a paper. It must have been inside the ball. I read it aloud. It says: PLEASE HELP ME! VAMPIRES HAVE LOCKED ME IN THE NORTH TOWER. YOU WILL FIND THE KEY BEHIND A PAINTING OF A MAN WITH A PINCE-NEZ. SIGNED. AUNT NAKURU.
"Let's save her!" Sakura cries.
"Let's find the portrait with the pince-nez. Follow me." I charged down the hallway. Then it hit me. I turned around to the others. "What's a pince- nez?" I asked awkwardly.
Eriol snapped his fingers. "I know! Find a painting of a man wearing a hat and a tassel. He ordered. "That's where the key was hidden"
"Very smart, cousin!" Sakura said to him. How I wish I were the one who figured it out. I looked down. Then Sakura came up to me "C'mon." she said and held my hand. Oh my…so much for being depressed.
We scanned the walls of the hallway, but unfortunately, most of the paintings are of men wearing hats. Then Sakura announced. "Why not let's split up. We'll go this way and you cousin go that way…" I blushed, remembering that Sakura was still holding my hand. As I glanced around, focusing my mind on something else, I spotted him. "No need" I said, pointing to a painting of a tall man with a long black beard. Wearing a hat and a tassel. We all dashed towards the painting. The trio crowded around me as I slowly removed the painting from the wall…
…and are immediately plunged through the floor.
"It was the wrong painting!" Tomoyo cried
"It triggered a trapdoor!" I added as we nose-dive through the darkness…
Next:
-Tomoyo-
Sigh… this is the second time. It seems that there's a lot of 'falling into nothingness' lately. And I really hate it. After we landed, where we barely survived, someone joins the search party. And I think that he will not help the situation…
"We've heard stories." Sakura cries. "About empty suits of armor searching for a body."
Thanks for those who reviewed! And for those who haven't, hey people! I thought you heard me!! I'm gonna be insane if there are only few reviews!!*tries to say in a creepy voice as much as she can* I... WOULD... HAUNT… YOU…DOWN…
Disclaimer: Hehehe, I forgot this from the last chapter [last chapter's title was 'Nearly Forgotten']. I don't own the all the stuff in this fic… only the fic…Mwahahaha!
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Chapter II: We're Not Alone
'Cause you're everywhere to me
And when I close my eyes it's you I see
You're everything I know
That makes me believe
I'm not alone
-Michelle Branch's 'Everywhere'
-Tomoyo-
Ouch. That. Really. Hurts. Now what? I looked around.
"Uh, Syaoran, where are we?"
"More likely, what happened?" he replied. "Perhaps we ended in the basement or something." He added. Yeah… maybe that's what happened. A rustling sound made me turn around…
OMIGOSHOMIGOSHOMIGOSH!!! It's them…t-the kids…the cousins…Eriol and Sakura!
"Owww!" I heard Syaoran cry. I was roughly tugging his shirt. I didn't care. I shrieked and pointed to the other pair. He annoyingly turns his head to them and…and…his mouth drops open in shock. The cousins were looking at us with accusing looks. Huh? I was confused.
"Who are you? Why did you lock us in the house?" Eriol demands.
"And what did you do with Aunt Nakuru?" Sakura adds.
"Hey! We didn't do anything!" I said to them. I don't care if I don't know where we are. I just don't like it when people accuse me.
"And we don't even know where we are!" Syaoran tells them.
"What do you mean by that?" Eriol questions. Oh…He looks much cuter in personal…
"Er, I hope you will believe what were gonna tell you…" I started.
The cousins looked at us expectantly. Syaoran began on us watching a movie, and in the middle of it, fell headfirst here. He skipped on the part that the cousins are just characters from the movie. Well, I think that's just the right thing, coz' maybe it will just worsen the situation. I don't think that they will accept the fact that they are just fictional characters.
"I'm sure that Aunt Nakuru knows how to find your way back home." Sakura cheerfully says to us. And out to the corner of my eye, I see my best friend Syaoran blush. Hmmm, this is interesting, I thought.
Suddenly, Eriol asks me. "Will you help us find her?" he says.
I was lost at words. "Ummm…Syaoran?" I sheepishly looked up to him.
-Sakura-
Hoe? These guys came from another world? But that isn't the problem. They're lost and they need our help. Maybe I could cheer them up.
"I'm sure that Aunt Nakuru knows how to find your way back home." I said to them cheerfully. I noticed the girl, Tomoyo, was smirking. Hoe!? Then my cousin Eriol asked her if they could help us find our Aunt. She blushed. Looks like my cousin has an admirer. She then asks the question to her companion. I look up to the Syaoran guy and waited for his answer.
-Syaoran-
Everyone's waiting for my answer. So I thought it over. If Tomoyo and I will wander around the house alone…Nah! "Okay, we'll help you find Aunt Nakuru. Besides, the more the merrier." I sarcastically added.
-Eriol-
I smirked at what Syaoran said. "And we'll help you find your way back home" I said. I glanced at Tomoyo and she smiled gratefully at me. I felt blood rushing up to my face. I haven't noticed that she is very pretty. I wonder if she and Syaoran are dating…HUH? Where did that came from? GOTTA FIND AUNT NAKURU, GOTTA FIND AUNT NAKURU, GOTTA FIND AUNT NAKURU, GOTTA FIND AUNT NAKURU, GOTTA FIND AUNT NAKURU… "Do you know where that goes?" An angelic voice made its presence known…then two hands grabbed my shoulder and shook me. W-Wha? I looked up and met a pair of amethyst eyes…
-Tomoyo-
We followed the two cousins down a long dark hallway lined with paintings of sad, weird looking people. Cobwebs cling to the frames. Creepy…I wonder if these people fell into this house like us never got out…
"Do you know where that goes?" I stopped and turned to the cousins. Syaoran stopped and so did Sakura, but Eriol kept on walking as if on a trance. I ran up to him and shook him. He stared at me and…
…I stared at him also. [AN: She's holding him, where else will she look, anyway?^_~]. Suddenly, I heard a noise behind me.
"What's that?" I quickly swirled around. Then I smiled, seeing only a big red bouncing ball. Then it hit me. IT WAS BOUNCING BY ITSELF!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I managed to say- er shout. Well, nobody could blame me, I mean it's not everyday you could see a ball bouncing by itself in a haunted house in a movie where you got 'sucked' into it!!!
-Syaoran-
How I wish that if I open my eyes Tomoyo and I are back to the theater, and people will 'shush' us. But of course, fate has other plans. And with me being by Sakura, doesn't help the situation a bit. I can't focus. No! I can focus. Only on Sakura, anyway. I can't get her off my mind. Even though I barely know her, I can't forget how cheerful she acted a while ago, even though our situation seems hopeless. And it seems that now, the situation has gone worse. Tomoyo was shrieking and so was Sakura. And it was just because of a bouncing ball… then I noticed… that it was a BOUNCING BY ITSELF!! Oh god… wait, maybe it can help us.
"Hey guys, I'm going to catch the ball" I announced and looked at the panic- stricken girls. I sighed.
"I have to see how it bounces itself." I waited in the hallway until the ball is almost upon me. I stretched out my arms and leapt just as the ball reached the highest point in its bounce.
"Gotcha!"
PPPPPOPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!
"YAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!" the ball exploded the moment I touched it. I quickly took back my hands and gazed at them, wondering why they didn't get hurt. Then, I noticed a paper. It must have been inside the ball. I read it aloud. It says: PLEASE HELP ME! VAMPIRES HAVE LOCKED ME IN THE NORTH TOWER. YOU WILL FIND THE KEY BEHIND A PAINTING OF A MAN WITH A PINCE-NEZ. SIGNED. AUNT NAKURU.
"Let's save her!" Sakura cries.
"Let's find the portrait with the pince-nez. Follow me." I charged down the hallway. Then it hit me. I turned around to the others. "What's a pince- nez?" I asked awkwardly.
Eriol snapped his fingers. "I know! Find a painting of a man wearing a hat and a tassel. He ordered. "That's where the key was hidden"
"Very smart, cousin!" Sakura said to him. How I wish I were the one who figured it out. I looked down. Then Sakura came up to me "C'mon." she said and held my hand. Oh my…so much for being depressed.
We scanned the walls of the hallway, but unfortunately, most of the paintings are of men wearing hats. Then Sakura announced. "Why not let's split up. We'll go this way and you cousin go that way…" I blushed, remembering that Sakura was still holding my hand. As I glanced around, focusing my mind on something else, I spotted him. "No need" I said, pointing to a painting of a tall man with a long black beard. Wearing a hat and a tassel. We all dashed towards the painting. The trio crowded around me as I slowly removed the painting from the wall…
…and are immediately plunged through the floor.
"It was the wrong painting!" Tomoyo cried
"It triggered a trapdoor!" I added as we nose-dive through the darkness…
Next:
-Tomoyo-
Sigh… this is the second time. It seems that there's a lot of 'falling into nothingness' lately. And I really hate it. After we landed, where we barely survived, someone joins the search party. And I think that he will not help the situation…
"We've heard stories." Sakura cries. "About empty suits of armor searching for a body."