Okay, just a warning. Erik is a little evil in this chapter. But don't worry, he will get much sweeter in later chapters, I promise! This Erik is Susan Kay based, and this chapter he is quite evil. Sorry everyone, I hate to do this to you! But as I said, Erik will get better in later chapters. Thanks again to all of my reviewers!

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"I'm telling you Meg, I saw him! He was sitting on my bed and he was covered in blood! Why don't you believe me?" I asked Meg on our walk home from school. We weren't going to ride the bus today because our parents were disappointed in the bus driver. They were sending complaints to the principals about him and hoping that he would be fired.

Meg kicked a stone in front of her. "Why should I believe you? What are the odds that that would happen?"

"It could happen anytime, Meg!" I said surely of myself. "I mean, we did after all let him out of the board-"

"Okay, listen Christine. You go on that board tonight and talk to Mr. Erik, alright? You ask him if he was really on your bed and covered in blood. I'd like to who's blood it was. I'm sure you were just seeing things anyway."

"I wasn't." I stated. "I saw what I saw what I saw."

Meg only snorted. "Sure,"

We were both silent on the way back home. Once we reached our street we said our goodbyes and I walked inside the house. I was sort of confused that the TV wasn't on or that my mother wasn't in the kitchen cooking dinner. Everything was silent.

I set my bookbag down on a chair in the kitchen and kicked my shoes off. I looked on the kitchen counter and nothing was out. No pans, pots, food, or anything.

"Mom?" I called out. I looked in all of the cupboards and under the table. Where could she be?

"Seth?" I called out louder. I still heard nothing. I raised an eyebrow and went upstairs quietly. I went in Seth's room first. He wasn't there. I decided to check the garage and see if mom's car was there.

I raced downstairs and looked out the door in the kitchen that leads to the garage. Her blue minivan was in the garage, and Seth's car was in the driveway.

"Hmm," I mumbled. I went back upstairs and into my room. I almost screamed when I saw the Ouija board set up perfectly on my floor. The planchette was at 'Hello'. I gasped and went over to it, shutting the door behind me. I put my fingers over the planchette and said Hello back.

Me: Who is this?

Board: Erik

Me: Erik, do you know where my mother is? Or Seth?

Erik: Yes

Me: Where are they? I'm getting scared!

Erik: Don't cry

A tear had just slipped from my eye and landed on the board. I wiped the rest of my tears away and asked again where my mother or Seth was.

Erik: Gone

Me: Gone? Well where are they?

Erik: Attic

I gulped. In the attic? The last time I went up there was when I was seven years old. But I never went up again because I thought there was a ghost.

Me: Why would they be in the attic? They never go up there. You're lying.

Erik: Go see

Me: If I go up there, you must promise not to do anything mean to me. Understand?

Erik: I would never hurt you dear

Me: I'm serious, Erik! Don't frighten me!

The planchette stopped moving. I said goodbye and packed the board away quickly. It was time to go to the attic, and I hated being up there, especially alone. I opened my closet and grabbed a metal baseball bat. I crept down the stairs and tiptoed over to the garage.

But I let out a scream once the doorbell rang. I gripped my chest and walked over to the front door. I had my baseball bat ready just in case. Once I opened the door, I gripped the bat tighter.

"Woah! Put that thing down!" It was Raoul. He looked so scared, he put his hand on the bat and took it away from me. "What are you planning on doing?"

"I'm sorry, Raoul." I chuckled. "I thought you might of been someone else-"

"Like who?" He asked. He walked in the house and shut the door behind him, still gripping the baseball bat. "Is someone harming you?"

"No, not at all. It's just that I'm really scared. I am getting ready to go to the attic."

"The attic?" He asked. Before I could answer, he grabbed me by the waist and pulled me closer to him. He kissed my neck and then my lips and gripped tighter on me.

I giggled and kissed him back. But then I remembered Erik. He wanted to kill Raoul. Why? Because he was jealous of him. Why? Because he is my boyfriend. But why? Erik loved me, and I knew it. He could probably kill Raoul now. Was that why he was drenched in blood? Had I seen the future? Was it Raoul's blood he was covered in?

"Raoul, stop." I tried to pull away from him, but he only pulled me closer.

"What's wrong, Christine? Can't I kiss you?" Raoul then started to kiss my neck. I moaned and looked over his shoulder, for I saw something black.

It was Erik. He was right behind Raoul and he looked very angry. He had a rope in his hand and his teeth were gritted. The Punjab Lasso. He was ready to kill Raoul and I knew it. So I screamed and moved away from Raoul. Erik was gone.

"What is it?" Raoul asked. "Do I have something in my teeth?"

I panted and then rolled my eyes. I grabbed the metal baseball bat that Raoul had dropped on the floor and led him over to the garage. I still had to go up in the attic to see if Carlotta and Seth were there.

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(Just to let you know that there is violence in this part. But you will have to read it anyways to know what happens, sorry!)

"We're going up in the attic, understand? And you are coming with me, I insist."

"Why are you going up there?" Raoul asked curiously. "And with a metal baseball bat?"

"Just grab the ladder and come over here," I said. The attic door was on the roof of the garage. You needed to use a ladder to open the door and climb up there. The attic was also very humid, so I wouldn't be up there for long. Once Raoul had fetched the ladder, I asked if he could go first.

"Why are we even going up there?" He demanded. "Tell me Christine."

"Please Raoul, I don't have time to explain! I'm just too frightened to go first."

"Fine then," he said. He stomped up the ladder and busted the attic door open. He climbed into the attic and turned on a lantern that was sitting on a table near the door.

"Well, come on!" He hollered. I gulped and climbed up the steps. Once I was in the attic, I pulled on a little string that had turned the light on. The whole room was bright now.

"You can turn your lantern off, Raoul." I told him. But Raoul was gone. I looked around madly.

"Raoul? Raoul where are you! This better not be a trick!" I yelled.

I walked around the small humid attic. Raoul was nowhere to be found, along with Carlotta and Seth. My heart was pounding so fast that I thought I was going to have a heart attack.

All of a sudden, I heard the ladder fall and crash to the ground. I raced to the door to look down, but before I could, the door had slammed shut. I turned around and screamed. Raoul was standing there, covered in blood. His mouth was wide open, and his tongue was gone. His eyes were plain white and you couldn't see his pupils. I was now too shocked to scream. I only panted and cringed against the wall.

Just then, Raoul fell forward and his body had crashed down before me. I started to cry and covered my mouth with my hand. Erik was standing there with a knife in his hand. He was drenched in blood. I had seen the future, and it was Raoul's blood he was covered in.

"No, no, no!" I whispered. Erik was smiling madly at me. All of a sudden, Carlotta's body fell from above me. I screamed so loudly now. She was also covered in blood. She jerked her head upwards and stared at me. Her eyes were completely gone from her eye sockets. But she reached out her hand and gripped my blue jeans.

"Help me!" she shrieked. Before I could say anything, Erik's knife plunged into her back. She shrieked again and stopped breathing, slamming her head into the floor.

"Erik, stop, please! I'm begging you!" I said. "Please, don't hurt Seth!" I said this for I knew that Seth was somehow going to fall from the ceiling and Erik was going to plunge his knife into him.

Erik put the knife back into his pocket and walked towards me. I still couldn't believe that I could actually feel and see a spirit. Erik stood in front of me and grabbed my chin, but gently. He jerked my head upwards so that I could look into his eyes.

"Come with me, Christine." He said calmly. "Come with me, and you will get everything your heart desires."

I jerked my head away from his mighty grasp. "No!" I shouted. "You killed my mother and my boyfriend! I'll never go with you!"

"Nobody loves you here, Christine. Not Raoul, nor your mother, your father, or Meg. They were just using you. But I love you, and I will take care of you forever. So come with me..." He gripped my waist and pulled me closer to him. I kicked and screamed and pounded on his chest. I was so frightened and knew that I was living a nightmare.

Erik chuckled. "Oh my dearest, you can't fight with me. You know you can never win."

I started to cry. I begged him to let me go but he wouldn't dare. Since I knew it was hopeless, I stopped moving and let him pick me up. He chuckled again and opened up the attic door.

All of a sudden, the garage door started to open. Erik cursed and then set me down on the floor. He then stomped his foot and just like that he was gone!

I dangled my legs over the side of the door. I didn't want to jump down, for I knew that I would fall flat on my butt. Oh God, why did the ladder have to fall?

Piangi came racing from his car and looked up at me. "What are you doing up there?" He hissed.

"Daddy! Let me jump into your arms. Promise you'll catch me!"

Piangi stuffed his car keys in his pockets and held his arms out.

"Oh Daddy, I really hope you catch me!" I squealed, squeezed my eyes shut and jumped. Piangi caught me safely in his arms.

"Now tell me why you were up there!" He demanded. I gulped. I knew the news about Carlotta wouldn't be good. But I don't think he will care about Raoul, he never really liked him.

"Um, okay, long story short: Carlotta and Raoul were murdered up there."

"What!" He shrieked. He yanked up the ladder and set it back up, then climbed up and saw the bodies of Raoul and Carlotta. He yelled and I had to cover my ears.

"How did this happen?" He yelled down at me. "How?"

"I don't know," I lied. The last thing I could ever do was tell him what actaully happened. He'd probably send me to a mental institute.

I let him cry up there for two hours straight. I sat on the couch and thought about what had just happened. My mother was gone, and my boyfriend too. Erik wants something from me, but what? If he didn't, wouldn't he of left me alone by now? I closed my eyes and thought. Things like this are impossible. Spirits can't come out of Ouija Boards and kill people. I know the board isn't evil, but is it Erik? No! It can't be Erik! I love Erik, because I always thought of him such a sweet character. I never thought of him evil.

He wants something. But what?

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I also want to clear something up: I don't think Ouija Boards are evil. And just to let you know this is totally fiction. I know things like this can't happen, so don't flip out:) Please R&R!