a/n hey guys guess what I'm back with a brandnew chapter and I hope it's long enough so please read and review.
Chapter 5
Secret passages and a ghost hunt
As they ran out of the library they headed toward the stairs and ran up them until they reached the next floor. As they stepped onto the landing they went toward this thing that was covered up as they walked by it, it made a noise.
"Wrooooooooh, Booooooooooo."
"What was that" Sora said.
"It sounds like its coming form behind that curtain thing" Tai said not so sure of himself.
"Yeah it does and I volunteer you to move it" Sora said a little scared.
"Why do I have to do it" Tai said.
"Well because you're the guy" Sora said. So with out questioning her grabbed a hold of the curtain and pulled it off. They both screamed and jumped back, and when they did that they noticed that it was only a parrot.
"Look Tai it was only parrot" Sora said.
"Ha ha I scared you brraaaack" the parrot said.
"No you didn't" Tai said.
"Oh yes I did brraaaack" the parrot said.
"Tai don't argue with the parrot" Sora said.
"Fine you win I won't argue with the parrot any more" Tai said.
"Good I'm glad" Sora said.
"So Parrot do you know Latin" Tai said
"My name isn't parrot brraaaack it's Loulou brraaaack Loulou" Loulou said.
"Ok then Loulou do you no Latin" Tai asked again.
"Yes brraaaack" Loulou said.
"Alright do you no what purgamentum means then" Tai asked.
"It means garbage out brraaaack" said Loulou.
"Ok Loulou do you know about any 13 ghosts around here" Sora asked.
"Brraaaack yes" Loulou said.
"Do you know where to find them" Sora said.
"In the halls, in the conservatory and up the musical stairs brraaaack" Loulou said.
"Um where are the musical stairs" Tai asked.
"In-between the moon door and the red door brraaaack" Loulou said.
"Thanks for help" Tai said.
"By bird" Sora said.
"Don't leave me I love you" Loulou said.
So Tai and Sora covered the bird cage back up and walked the hall in search of the door with moon on it.
"Sora I just remembered my door has a moon on it and Jane's room is right next to mine and her door is red" Tai said.
"Tai you're a genius" Sora said.
"Ok, but I thought Izzy was the genius" Tai said.
"God Tai sometimes I think you actually are stunned" Sora said.
So they walked down the hall toward Tai's and Jane's rooms and when they got there they noticed the opening in the wall.
"So do you think that, that's the opening that the bird was talking about" Sora said.
"Well there's only one way to find out" Tai said and then stepped onto the stairs and it made a bling a noise.
"What was that" Sora said.
"I think it was the stair" Tai said.
"Why do you think they're noisy like that" Sora said well there's only one way to find out" Tai said.
"We have to climb the stairs don't we" Sora said.
"Yeah we do" Tai said.
So as they walked up the musical stairs they learned that some of the stairs made the same noise. When they got to the top of the stairs they saw these levers on the wall and they all had letters at the top.
"Dare you to poll one of the levers" Sora said.
"Fine then" Tai said and reached up and grabbed the lever marked A and it made a whoop noise.
"Maybe we have to pull them in a specific order" Sora said.
"Yeah but what order smart oh so smart one" Tai said sarcastically.
"I the order of the stairs of course" Sora said back at him.
"Ok then you can go to the bottom of the stairs and walk back up the except this time write down the noises it makes" Tai said.
"And what are going to do' Sora said. I'm going to do the levers" Tai said.
So Sora went to the bottom of the stairs and wrote down all the noises and Tai did the same except with the levers and when they finished Tai pulled the levers in the right order and a slot opened up in the wall and in the slot they was a key that looked very old.
"So I wonder what this key goes to" Tai said as he picked up the key and took a closer look at it.
"May it goes to a door" Sora said.
"Or it could go to a jewelry box or something" Tai said not so sure of what the key was for.
"We could always ask Izzy what he thinks" Sora said.
"That's a great idea, but first let's go talk to your aunt" Tai said.
"But we're not supposed to talk to her" Tai said.
"Oh come on break the rules for once" Tai said.
"Oh like who seems to always wind up in detention for some odd reason" Sora said with a smirk on her face.
"Hey that's not funny I don't always end up in detention" Tai said with a mad look on his face.
"You look so cute when your mad, oops" Sora said then covered her mouth.
"Did you just say I was cute" Tai said giving her that same smirk that she gave him first.
"Umm….. No……I said…… let's go talk to my aunt" Sora said trying to cover up her little slip of the tong.
"Ok fine then but I know what I heard" Tai said and smirked at her as he went down the stairs and back into the hall. As they walked down the hall they reached Sora's aunts bed room. They knocked on the door and there was no answer.
"Ok there's no answer so let's go" Sora said and started to walk away.
"Wait the doors open let's go in" Tai said.
"Tai no offence but we shouldn't go in there with out permission" Sora said with a worried look on her face.
"Oh come on stop being a chicken and follow me" Tai said and held his hand out to her.
"I don't need your hand I'm not afraid to go in I just worried we might get caught" Sora said with a worried tone to her voice.
"Oh Sora don't worry we won't get caught" Tai said and pulled her into the bedroom. As they walked toward the bed they noticed that there was figure behind the curtain.
"Excuse me Aunt Helen" Sora said not so sure of her self.
"Yes who's there" Helen said.
"It's me Sora Takenouchi your niece and my best friend Tai Kamiya" Sora said.
"Oh hello there I'm Sorry you have you to see me like dears but you see I haven't been feeling like myself lately" Helen said.
"How come you haven't been feeling yourself" Tai asked?
"Well I'm always tired, and sweating and feeling faint and hungry and very, very thirsty all the time" Helen said in a sort of evil way.
"When did you start feeling like this" Tai asked.
"When I found this curse at the end of secret passageway, they told me not to go poking around but it's not exactly easy not to go poking around" said Helen in a frightened voice.
"What did the message say and where is this tunnel" Sora asked.
"I can't tell you that because I've already said to much and I don't want you to meat the same fait as I did" Helen said.
"Aunt Helen we only want to help" Sora said.
There was no answer from Helen.
"Alright we'll go now but if you need anything just ask and we'll get it for you" Sora said and then they both left the room.
"That was interesting" Tai said.
"Yeah, I didn't even know that there where any secret passageways here" Sora said.
"I think we should pay another visit to Jane after all" Tai said.
"You know what I think your right" Sora said. So they both walked off in the direction of Jane's room. When they got there the door was open so they walked in.
"Hey Jane can we ask you a couple of questions" Tai said.
"I guess so" Jane said.
"Jane do you know where any secret passageways are" Tai asked.
"Yes I do" Jane said.
"Can you tell us where they are" Tai asked
"Of course I can, there's a tunnel behind the door with the coat of arms on it by the dragon statue" Jane said.
"There's only one problem with that" Tai said.
"And what problem would that be" Jane said.
"Well it so happens that the door is locked and we don't have the key" Tai said.
"Well that's an easy problem to solve" Jane said.
"Oh and hoe can it be easy" Tai said.
"Well for one thing I have the key to the door" Jane said.
"How about you be a good girl and give us the key" Sora said.
"Only if you can put this puzzle together in less than 5mins" Jane said.
"Oh and who has to put it together" Sora asked.
"Your boyfriend of course" Jane said.
"Haven't we established this already that Tai is not my boyfriend" Sora said.
"Whatever you say" Jane said.
"Alright I'll play you for the key" Tai said.
"Remember you only have 5 minutes to complete the puzzle, so on your mark, get set, and go!" Jane said and Tai started to do the puzzle and as he did the puzzle Sora caught sight of the book that Tai was looking at the last time.
"4 minutes left" Jane announced as she did Sora flipped the book open, she looked at each page very carefully and as she did she noticed that there were no words and only pictures in the book. As she looked closer she noticed that they are clues that go with the old manor.
"2 minutes left" Jane said.
As Tai did the puzzle, he was becoming very close to finishing it. Man this puzzle is confusing Tai thought to him self.
"1 minute left" Jane announced.
"Come on Tai you know how to do this" Tai murmured to himself.
"30 seconds left" Jane said.
"Yes I'm done" Tai said.
"Only five seconds to spare here's the key to the door" Jane said and handed Tai the key to the door.
"Thanks" Tai said.
"Now don't go snogging in there or anything like that" Jane said.
"We're not dating" Sora said and grabbed Tai by the rist violently and dragged him out of the room.
"Ouch Sora that hearts, would you let me go" Tai said when they had reached the door with the coat of arms on it.
"I'm sorry Tai I didn't realize how mad I was" Sora said with a sort of sheepish grin on her face.
"Man do you ever have a strong grip" Tai said as he rubbed his rist with his other hand.
"I'm sorry ok I didn't mean to hurt you" Sora said.
"It's ok Sora I just didn't expect you to have a death grippe that's all" Tai said as he took the key out of his pocket and placed it in the key hole of the door. As soon as they heard the door click they opened it to reveal a small room with a statue of a jade dragon.
"How do you suppose we open the tunnel up" Tai said.
"I don't know" Sora said while looking at the dragon and still feeling bad about Tai's rist.
"I think the feet turn on this dragon" Tai said as he turned one of the feet of the jade dragon statue.
"Yeah but which way" Sora said.
"That I don't know" Tai said.
"Hey maybe Izzy would know" Sora said.
"Maybe but I doubt it" Tai said.
"Well we should try any way" Sora said and she grabbed Tai by the rist again and jolted down the hall towards another flight of stairs leading to the third level of the manor where the rest of the digidestins are staying. As they rushed past door after door they came across the one they were looking for.
Sora knocked on the door there was small come in and Tai and her walked in when they got inside the room they noticed that the room was full of books and that there was whole shelf devoted to alchemy. Up against the middle wall there was bed a king size bed with a blue and white comforter that matched the light blue walls and the white trim on the walls. As they looked around a little longer they noticed that there was a large desk in the right corner of the room and that's where they spotted the maroon haired boy typing away at his pride and yes they were talking about his laptop.
"Hey Izzy" Tai said.
"Oh hey guys" Izzy said to Tai and Sora.
"So do you want to take some time off of your laptop and help us figure out how to get into a secret passageway in room that was locked before we got the key" Tai said?
"Um well what I'm doing is researching up on the house but I would love to help you guys" Izzy said.
"Trust me it's going to be a lot more fun than what you're doing" Tai said.
"Yes but I thought we're not supposed to be snooping around" Izzy said.
"Hey it's fun, and besides you know me I don't know how to follow rules" Tai said.
"That's true" Izzy said and looked at Sora for a reaction to Tai's statement, but she only shook her head at it.
"Well I guess I could get out of this room for a while" Izzy said and got out of chair following the two of them down the hall and then down the stairs then through another hall until they stopped in front of a door in which Tai turned the door knob and opened the door.
"Wow this room is fascinating" Izzy said as they walked toward the Jade dragon.
"Bu where is this so called secret passageway at" Izzy asked.
"Well Iz that's the thing we don't know which way to turn the feet" Tai said sheepishly.
"Oh and you thought that maybe I could figure it out right" Izzy said.
"Sora does but I think may we should ask Loulou" Tai said.
"Who's Loulou?" Izzy asked.
"Well you see Izzy Loulou is this 80 year old parrot who knows just about everything about this house" Sora said.
"Prodigis let's go talk to this parrot then" Izzy said.
So they all went out into the hall and Tai pulled the sheet off of the bird cage.
"Hey Loulou I have a question for you if you don't mind of coarse" Tai said to the parrot.
"Of coarse brraaaack, what's the question brraaaack" Loulou said.
"Loulou do you know which way to turn the feet on the jade dragon in the room with the coat of arms on it" Tai asked Loulou.
"You answer's on the coat of arms look at the items that point up, down, side ways and left ways brraaaack" Loulou said.
"Thanks Loulou" Tai said and put the sheet back over the bird cage.
"All right what do you think she meant by that" Tai said.
"Isn't it obvious Tai we have to look at the coat of arms and look at the things that are pointing up, down, right and left and if you would have noticed there are six feet on the dragon and six pictures on the coat of arms and not only that there three feet on each side of the dragon and there are three symbols on each side of the coat of arms" Izzy said.
"Ok but do you know which direction the feet go in" Tai said.
"Yes I do" Izzy said and walked into the room Sora and Tai followed him into the room. When Sora and Tai entered the room they noticed that Izzy was at the jade dragon and turning the feet on it in a certain direction.
"Izzy are you sure you should be doing that" Sora said, but before Izzy could reply there was a low growl and the wall opened up.
"Holy crap there really is a secret passageway" Tai said.
"Prodigis we did it" Izzy said.
"Yeah but I think we're going to need flashlights" Sora said.
"I think you're right" Izzy said.
"Don't panic guys because you know I brought flashlights with me" Tai said.
"You smartass why would you bring flashlights with you" Sora said.
"Well you never know when you're going to need a flashlight" Tai said.
"Guys I think we should wait until everyone is asleep before we even thing of going in there" Izzy said.
"Yeah I think you're right and besides we have to go on a ghost hunt tonight anyway" Tai said.
"Tai ghost aren't real" Izzy said.
"I don't think the computer in the library meant real ghost I think it means plastic glowing ghost" Sora said.
"So are you in Iz" Tai said.
"Sure, but when tonight do we meet each other" Izzy said.
"We will all set our alarms for 12:00pm tonight" Tai said.
"Sounds good, so I'll meet you in the library at 12:00pm tonight but I have to go and study some more of those books in my room they might come in handy you know" Izzy said and with that he walked out of the room and headed for the flight of stairs leading to the next level up.
"So what do we do now" Sora asked Tai.
"Well if I have to be awake tonight then I'm going to take a nap" Tai said and walked off in the direction of the room he was staying in.
"Yeah I thing I'll do the same" Sora said to him and walked in the same direction toward her room.
…………….In the library at 12:00pm……………………..
"Aright everyone ready" Tai said.
"Yep type in the password to the computer please" Sora said. So Tai typed the password into the computer and it started to talk.
"So who's ready to go on a ghost hunt" The computer said so Tai clicked the yes button and the computer began to talk again.
"Now remember our little friend s won't stay out for, so on your mark, get set, GO" the computer said. So Tai gave them each a section of the manor to do and they rushed off.
As Tai was the last to leave the library he noticed the little glowing ghost on the out side of the library, he pushed back into the wall and then he ran up the stairs in search of some more.
As Sora made her way into the conservatory see seen a purple glowing thing on the side of the door and pushed it into the wall then ran down the spiral stair case to find the other one.
As Izzy left the kitchen hallway he saw where the last two ghosts were. So he went over and pushed the first one in then the other one over by the grand staircase. As he finished he noticed that Tai was running down the stairs racing for the library and Sora come out of the conservatory door racing toward the library as well. So Izzy decided to the same thing.
As they entered the library Tai had already put the password into the computer and it was talking again.
"Well done you are one of the few that have seen the thirteen ghost of Blackmoor Manor. Now listen closely when you are facing the GREEN dragon look to the left and pull below the vase with the tree. But a word to the wise if you are wearing a hat hold on to it and have fun" The computer said and automatically went back to the password page.
"Ok so does that mean that we go back to the room with dragon and pull down on some sort of leaver thing" Tai said.
"I guess so" Sora said.
"Well Tai do have those with you" Izzy said.
"In my room I do" Tai said.
"Ok than you go and get the flashlights and meet Sora and I in the room with the dragon" Izzy said.
So Tai went off in the direction of his room to get the flashlights and the other two headed toward the dragon room. Tai grabbed three flashlights then he headed toward the dragon room and when he got inside he noticed that Izzy already had the passageway open.
"So what are we going to do first" Tai said.
"I think we should do the computers first" Sora said and then pulled below vase.
"Alright who's going to slide down" Sora said.
"I'll do it then tell you what's in there ok" Tai said then sat down on the slide type thing and slid down and as he slid down he noticed that there was a target board when he reached the bottom he stood up and ran back up the stairs and into the room with the dragon in it.
"That….. Was…..fun" Tai panted.
"That's great but what's in there" Sora said.
"There's a target board on the wall which probably means we have to throw something at it" Tai said.
"Ok now that we know what's in there, let's go into the secret passageway and find what's in here" Izzy said as he took the flashlight from Tai and disappeared into the blackness.
A/n I hped you licked and if you did please review and I'm sorry for all of the grammar mistakes to.