I'm so happy! Yesterday, I got 3 pillowcases full of candy! Anyway, plenty of Halloween spirit left in me, so plenty of updates… cool, huh?
"Right… really, Relinka, open the door!" Knuckles yelled angrily.
Relinka looked over at Knuckles. Relinka's eyes showed no emotion or feeling and they were white… all white, not showing the silver pupils he owned. "I cannot… the spirits will not allow it…" he said, having a possessed voice. It seemed as if he had talked with two voices.
"What the HELL? Just run for your fucking lives!" Max screamed, running up to the front door. "What in the world are you doing? Let us out!" she yelled.
Kai grabbed her by the arm. "Sorry, Max… but, Relinka's right… the spirits won't allow it… and since he's the guardian of our village and this house… the spirits use him to talk to others." Kai said.
Vinny was shaking, holding onto Sonic's arm. Sonic's eyes roamed around the house.
"Why is this house so important? What's wrong with it?" Sonic asked in a shaky voice.
"There's nothing wrong with it… it's just that… you know what? Never mind, everyone, let's just take a rest… I need a good sleep…" Kai muttered.
Relinka nodded. The rest followed Kai and Relinka, since they knew more about the house than any of them.
"Well, Kai, can you tell me a story… to help me sleep?" Charmy asked Kai.
Kai then stared at Charmy. "So young… in a house of the dead…" she whispered.
"Wha-?" Charmy asked slowly.
"Oh nothing… I'd be happy to tell you a story!" Kai said with a smile.
"Great!" Charmy said happily.
Relinka pointed out the empty rooms. Knuckles felt a million eyes fall on him as he entered… but there was no one there. He took a look around the room he was assigned to. It was an old room, the windows were shut close, and the floorboards just like downstairs, the full moon shining brightly. Although the windows were slammed shut, the curtains were floating up and down, as if some wind pushed it away from the frosted windows.
"Okay… let's start with this… there once was a village named Onyxia… the village had more than one name… but, let's just call it Onyxia." Kai said.
Charmy's door was slightly ajar. He felt a small slight wind pass by the door and he turned to find nothing. "Well… maybe it was just my imagination… anyway, keep going, Kai!" he said with a smile, slightly frightful of the house.
"Well, the village of Onyxia kept their dead… it was a scary experience for the younger kids… but, as they grew older, they understood…" Kai mumbled.
Knuckles roamed around the room. It seemed strangely quiet. He then heard the quietest thing ever, a sob, a cry out in the obscurity.
"What... was that? Is anyone there?" he called out into the darkness.
He quickly turned around, looking in all places possible. What is this? I've always been told… that fear just dulls your senses, completely destroys them… but, what I truly think is that fear actually sharpens your senses… you have an acute sense of hearing… a sharp eye, for… everything around you…
Knuckles peeked outside his door. The hallway was dark and quiet. He then took a candle from his room and stepped out into the hallway. "H-h-hello?" he whispered out loud.
He continued down the dark hallway, watching his steps in front of him, making sure he was safe. Knuckles also turned to see behind him a few times to see if anyone was following him.
As he got closer to the end of the hallway, the cries grew louder... and they weren't normal cries, either. From Knuckles's point of view, they sounded to be in pain, in anguish. Near the end of the hallway, he found one open door, it was the room Charmy was in. Knuckles stood outside of the room, trying to hear what was going on inside.
"And, in Onyxia, the spirits, they never counted it as a curse if you happen to find one... it'd be a blessing... unless you don't live in Onyxia, then... then, the spirits find you strange, and begin to curse you, ridicule you, begin to-" Kai had stopped talking. Her eyes slowly roamed. She then stood up.
Knuckles took a small peek inside the door. "What's going on in there?" he whispered to himself.
"Sorry, Charmy... I have to go... I'll finish tomorrow, sorry!" Kai rushed.
"How do you know we'll be here tomorrow?" Charmy asked.
Kai took a look outside his window, it still rained as hard as ever. She then closed the curtains. "Well, judging from the rain, we might be here all week..." Kai said.
Kai then headed for the door. She found Knuckles standing out in the hallway.
"The spirits do what?" Knuckles asked her with a serious face.
"I thought you didn't believe in such things..." Kai whispered.
"Please, just tell me, spirits do what?" Knuckles asked again. He grabbed her right arm.
Kai shrugged his hand off of her arm. "I need to go..."
She then walked to the end of the hallway and turned the corner. Knuckles sighed, running after her. He turned the corner to find a dead end... and no Kai.
"Huh? W-w-where'd she go?" Knuckles searched around for any doors, windows or any openings. He found nothing... at least, he thought he didn't. On the verge of giving up, he heard a cry. It sounded like a young woman, sobbing.
"H-h-hello?" Knuckles said out loud.
He turned away from the dead end, to face a door. He walked closer to it, looking back to see if Kai was there. He found nothing once more. Knuckles touched the doorknob and it was cold as ice. He shivered from the fear and the freezing feeling.
"What are you doing?" a voice asked.
Knuckles quickly turned around to find Relinka standing behind him.
"How'd you get here? I shoulda heard you... or... or... or seen you!" Knuckles said.
Relinka shook his head, talking Knuckles's hands off of the doorknob. "Go back to sleep, Knux..." Relinka sighed.
Knuckles sighed... Well, if Kai's right, there's always tomorrow...
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