The characters from the Haunted Mansion, the Haunted Mansion itself and Ghostbusters don't belong to me and never will be.

Chapter#8Confessions and Escape from the Storage Room

Kylie's point of view

"Come on, Kylie. We've been at this for an hour." Eduardo complained.

He, Roland and I have been searching for a door or something to get out of the storage room the two vampire-like beings trapped us and few other people in so we can warn Garrett and the Preciosa's daughter Sally before the demon couple reaches them. Why did I drop my PKA meter?

"It's only been 25 minutes, Eduardo." I said. A little annoyed.

I wasn't mad at Eduardo. Seeing the people trapped in the storage room with us and hearing about the Preciosa's daughter being in danger and we can't warn her or Garrett is what was bothering me. I never felt so useless. Roland and the Preciosas were searching for the exit on one side of the storage room while Eduardo and I were searching the other side of the room. Where it was empty for some reason.

"Well, where else would this so called exit be?" Eduardo asked.

"I'm not sure." I answered as I walked over an old lamp on the floor.

"So Kylie, what's with you lately?" Eduardo asked.

I stopped in my tracks. I turned around, facing Eduardo.

"What do you mean by that?" I asked.

"I mean you've been tired a lot the past few days. What is that about?"

I raised an eyebrow. "You've been tired a lot too." I said. "Yesterday I found you sleeping on the couch and you walking like a zombie at the firehouse. What have you been doing?"

Eduardo stared at me surprised. "You saw that?" he asked.

I nodded.

"Yes I did. What have you been doing lately?"

Eduardo stared at me for a few minutes. "Um well..." he stopped."Can you keep a secret, doll?"

I stared at Eduardo confused. He wants to tell me something, what's bothering him that he can only tell me? I nodded.

"Yes." I answered. "What is it?"

"Well." Eduardo started. "I haven't slept well the past few nights. Mostly because I've been having the same weird dream the past few nights."

My eyes widen. "He's having the same dream too?"

"What was the dream about?" I asked, trying to act like nothing's going on.

"It was weird." Eduardo continued. "I woke up in the middle of a courtyard of a mansion that looks like this one. I heard somebody talking behind me. I hid behind some plants in a garden near where I was standing. I saw two men walking towards where I was hiding. They talked about some plantation thing or something. Then one of the men said he was a vampire."

"A vampire?"

Eduardo nodded.

"Then the man grabbed the other man and bit him on the neck. Then I felt someone giggling behind me. I turned and saw a girl around 20 or something standing in front of me."

I stared at Eduardo.

"A girl?" I asked nervously. "What does she look like?"

I hope she's not the same girl from my dream.

"She was 20, I think." Eduardo answered. "She had brown hair, green eyes and was wearing a white dress. I got to tell you, Kylie. There was something about her that scared the heck out of me."

"Uh huh." I said a little amused with what Eduardo said. It sounds funny when he said a girl scared him. But I didn't show it. "What happened next?"

"She tried to kiss me." Eduardo said. He shuddered after he said that. "It was weird. When she tried to kiss me. I heard a voice in my head. It said come to the mansion, my husband. Then the girl turned into a vampire with black hair, super pale skin and fangs. She looked a lot like the chick who locked us in here."

I let Eduardo's words sink in for a few minutes. That sounds familiar. Like it happened in my dream. Only different. When Eduardo calmed down a little he asked.

"So what about you? What have you been doing lately?"

I swallowed. After what I heard I wasn't sure if I want to tell Eduardo about my dream. But I had to. I can't keep it a secret anymore.

"You're dream was similar to mine. Only a few differences. I woke up when I heard talking and laughing. I was lying in a bush. After I got out of the bush. I saw a group of people watching a young woman dressed in a pink summer dress, holding a parasol in one hand. She was walking a thin rope that stretched over a river. As the woman walked back across the river. The rope started to snap. Then the woman fell into the river and was eaten by crocodiles. Everyone panicked. I was pushed back towards the back of the crowd. Then I felt someone grab me and pull me away."

I stopped for a few minutes.

"Then what?"

"Then I saw a girl. The same one you saw in your dream. Only she was crying and a man with black hair, dressed in a black robe was beating her. When she saw me. I heard voices in my head. One was female saying run, don't go into the mansion. The other was male saying come my bride, come to the mansion." I shuddered as I remembered that part of the dream.

"And then?"

"I woke up." I answered. "And for the past few nights I had the same dream. I wasn't sure what it meant. It felt so...so..."

"Real?" Eduardo finished. I stared at Eduardo. Feeling like I was floating alone in space.

"Yes." I said. "Real."

Eduardo and I stared at each other for a few minutes. Eduardo slowly wrapped his arms around my waist. Normally, I'd be mad if Eduardo did that. But for some reason, I wasn't mad. I let Eduardo pull me closer to him. I wrapped my arms around his neck and we kissed. As our lips touched. I felt warm sensation spread throughout my body. I felt...

"Hey guys we found the...oh." Eduardo and I broke the kiss and turned to see Roland and the Preciosas standing near the corner, staring at us. I blushed with embarrassment.

"Roland...Mr. and Mrs. Preciosa we were just..."

"We heard a noise." Eduardo spoke up. I looked at him like he was crazy. "And I was..."

"Don't explain." Roland interrupted.

"Anyway." Mr. Preciosa said. "We found the exit. Let's go and warn Sally."

"And Garrett." Roland said as he and the Preciosas walked away and disappeared around the corner. Eduardo and I watched them leave. Then we stared at each other for a few minutes.

"Kylie, I..." Eduardo started to say. "Explain later." I said quickly.

"Right now we have to find Garrett and Sally." With that Eduardo and I ran off to catch up with Roland and the Preciosas.

"Oh." I thought as we ran. "I hope we're not too late."