Note: Madame Leota is owned by Disney, and her incanations are from the Phantom Manor ride (some changed to rhyme in English). There are also a few lines from the Hautned Mansiom movie that I threw in.
Chapter 3: Meeting the Madame
Adrianna and Mike left the portrait hall, and found themselves at a grand staircase. The large windows near it showed that the storm was still raging on, and didn't show any signs of letting up. They slowly climbed the stairs, taking in the details and exquisiteness of the manor. Everything was hauntingly beautiful – the two could tell that the house, although now far from it's original grandeur, was still a work of art.
Adrianna continued to hear strange music – it sounded as if someone was singing, the same tune over and over.
She finally realized what it was as they continued through the house; the bride, singing. The woman appeared to them, in a hallway that seemed to go on forever. She was holding a candelabra, and she seemed to appear and disappear, frozen in time, searching for something…or someone.
"Mike! Look at that woman!" Adrianna said to him, trying to convince herself that the mysterious woman wasn't a hallucination. Mike saw her too.
"Who is she? That looks like…like that woman in the weird stretching room thingy!"
"I know. And I think she needs our help," Adrianna said determinedly.
They continued on, and passed a piano that seemed to be playing a doleful funeral march by itself, a monstrous clock that continued to chime thirteen with spinning hands that never stopped, and a hallway of doors that seemed to be keeping something in behind them – some moved in and out as they were breathing, others creaked open and shut from the top, and screams and the sounds of clawing on the door could be heard from other doors. And all along this area was strange wallpaper, which showed the faces of demons over and over...Adrianna suspected that their eyes were actually watching them pass by.
Mike and Adrianna continued through this macabre place, Adrianna trying to figure out why she was here and how to save the woman, and Mike wanting to get the heck out. Eventually they came to a door, and they could hear strange chants coming from inside. It was a woman's voice.
"Spirits and phantoms on your ghostly flight, escort the beautiful bride into the night..."
Adrianna opened the door. It was a dimly lit room, and all they could see was the back of a large chair, and a strange green glow emitting from in front of it.
"Warlocks and witches, answer this call, your presence is wanted at this ghostly ball..."
"Hey! Um…hi," Adrianna said, walking over to see who was in the chair. She could see that there was a green glowing crystal ball sitting on a table, and tarot cards were scattered about on it. It looked like a séance. However, the chair was empty.
"From midnight to the first light of the day, we will waltz together with a ghastly array…"
The chanting continued. Adrianna couldn't believe her ears: it was coming from the crystal ball! She walked around it, and was shocked to see a woman's face inside. Her pale skin and raven hair looked green because of the glow from the ball, but she had sharp features and vibrant red lips. The woman finished one last incantation.
"Join now the spirits in nuptial doom, a ravishing bride, a vanishing groom..."
"A vanishing groom?" Adrianna questioned. But Mike, who had come over to see what Adrianna was looking at, had already asked something.
"Woah! Who're you?" Mike said, astounded.
"I am Madame Leota. See-er of all. Voice to the spirits."
"You're a fortune teller."
"Yes."
"So I assume you know all about us?"
"Yes."
"And why we're here and everything?"
"Yes. I know all things past, present, and future."
"Cool," Mike interjected, "Can you tell me who's going to win the next super bowl? Because I-"
"Look," Adrianna interrupted, "We need to find out what's going on here. I think we've wound up here because we're supposed to help this bride person. But we don't know how."
"That you must figure out on your own, child," Leota purred, smiling slyly at Adrianna.
"Are you sure you can't-"
"The answers you seek can not be found in the cards – you have to find them yourself."
"But can't you just-"
"Look kid," Madame Leota said, in an annoyed tone, "I don't make the rules, okay? I just work here."
"Well…uh…can't you at least fill us in so we know what's happened here?" Mike tried.
"Ah, now that I can do," Madame Leota said with a chuckle, "Watch closely…"
Her face disappeared, and the swirling green energy in her crystal ball suddenly showed Ravenswood Manor – but it looked new and majestic instead of old and run-down.
"It all began in the year 1849…"