(evil laugh) I can't believe how many people find this creepy and/or scary! Oh, GHH is better at writing horror than me, so if you want a good chill, persuade HIM to write one…

(ahem) Vinny belongs to V.B., Relinka to GHH, Max to DF, and Kai to me!

Knuckles woke up in the bedroom he was assigned to. His eyes pointed over to the window where he found a dark, gloomy day. It was still raining and this time, there was thunder and lightning.

He slowly stood up, staring at the windows. The curtains were still blowing up and down, but the windows were shut closed. Knuckles pondered over this, he walked over to the window. Hmm… no cracks in the window… it seems to be locked… and there's no vent here or anything… so why is this curtain still-

His thought process was cut off by a voice. "Knuckles, don't you want to eat?"

Knuckles quickly turned around to find the white echidna there, standing besides the door. "How do you get around so quietly? I mean, the floorboards creak all the time!" Knuckles said, a bit confused.

Relinka put a smile on and then shrugged. Knuckles attempted to shake his troubles again once more. He then followed Relinka down the stairs and into the dining room where everyone else was.

Knuckles walked up to a chair and it backed up itself. "What in the-"

"It was me… don't worry…" Relinka said, pointing to his head.

Knuckles nodded. "Wait… Relinka… some of the things that happen in this house… is that your telekinesis too?" he asked, suddenly remembering that Relinka was psychic.

"Some… very few… the other 'weird' things you find in this house… is commanded or done by the spirits themselves…" Relinka said.

Knuckles kept his eyes on Relinka. "Well… where are these 'spirits'? I can't see them or anything!" he said.

"They only show themselves to people they trust…" Relinka whispered.

"Well, who do they trust?" Knuckles's words just slipped out of his mouth.

Relinka shot him a dirty look. "Someone who is not nosy… not rude… someone who disrespects people's privacy and lurks around in the middle of th-"

"Enough, Relinka!" Kai said.

Knuckles sighed, sitting down in front of his food. Kai had a happy smile on her face as she sat down in an empty seat. A few eyes fell onto her.

"What? A girl can't be happy in front of breakfast?" she asked them all.

"No… a girl can't be that unusually happy on a day like this…" Vinny said.

Kai shrugged. "Well, I just had a talk with a close friend I have!"

Relinka rolled her eyes. "Just because you had a talk with her does not mean that you need to be this happy… anyway, let's say grace…"

Shadow spit out all the water in his mouth. "What? Praying? That's not part of the deal!" he yelled.

"Well, the departed won't like it!" Kai said with a smile, pulling Shadow up.

"No! I refuse to pray!" he yelled.

The house started darkening in a black fog. "Hey… what's going on?" Shadow asked slowly.

"Shadow… I think you should listen to Kai and Relinka… they know more about this place than us…" Max said.

Shadow sighed. "How can there be a fog indoors anyway?" he mumbled under his breath.

Wait… Relinka and Kai… know about this house… and that story that Kai was telling Charmy last night… does it mean something? Knuckles's eyes roamed over to Kai and Relinka, with closed eyes, folded hands and soft mutters.

Knuckles then said a quick prayer to himself and watched the black smoke slowly fade away from the dining room.

Hmm… a small talk with Kai or Relinka… or maybe both… I need to know what this place is… I don't know why but something's suddenly sparked my interest for this…I need to know… I'll even investigate every night until we leave if I have to…

After lunch, some of them found nothing to do in the abandoned house.

"Hey, Kai… Relinka… why don't you tell us how you know this place so much?" Sonic asked. Rouge nodded in agreement, curious to know.

Kai and Relinka exchanged glances. "Well, okay… let's start with this… this… is the house of the dead… and it belongs to our village." Relinka said.

"And if our villagers find that our spirits are angered… then they-"

Oooh! I stopped at this part again! Shoot! Well, review please! (maybe because it's important... that's why I'm not showing you...) Well, anyone wanna guess what the spirits do? It's kinda hard, but you don't HAVE to...