Disclaimer: I still don't own Disney, I just work as a Cast Member. So, with that being said, only the writing is mine.
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"Donald, there are no such things as ghosts!" screamed Mickey.
"Now, Mickey, take a deep breath," said Minnie, trying to calm down the upset mouse.
Mickey took a deep breath and then let it out, calming down. "We'll just go back towards the mansion and look for her inside. Hopefully she didn't get too far away from everyone," explained Mickey.
"So, do we need anything to protect us from the ghosts?" asked Goofy.
Before Mickey could say anything, Minnie responded, " No, Goofy. They'll leave us alone."
"Oh good, because I left my 'AJAX Ghost Exterminator' kit back home," replied Goofy, wiping the sweat off of his brow.
Pluto then started barking. "What is it, boy?" asked Mickey, going over to his faithful pup, and Pluto went into his "pointer" position, aiming at the mansion. Up, in the high window was two figures, and the one was coming onto the other. No one could make out who the figures were, but the gang had an awful feeling that they knew who one of them was.
"We have to help Daisy!" exclaimed Donald, as he ran inside with Minnie, Goofy, and Pluto right on his heels.
Mickey started to follow them, but then something caught his eye on the ground. There was a small, gold band embedded into the dirt. So, Mickey leaned over and tried to remove the ring from the ground, but had some difficulty. It seemed to have been in there for quit some time and whoever put it there, had used a great force to do it. After a few minutes though, Mickey finally pried the golden ring from the ground. He then took a close look at it and read the words "Amore vincent omnia" engraved on the band in the stylish cursive with a heart on either side. "Hmm…. I wonder what this means?" Mickey asked himself, while moving the ring back and forth in between his fingers. "I don't have time to worry about this now, I have to find the rest of the gang," said Mickey, and he put the ring in his pocket and ran into the mansion.
Wandering around the old, dusty mansion, Mickey looked around for all of his friends, but could not find even one of them. "Something strange is going on here…" he said to himself, as he looked around.
All of a sudden, a little girl skipped past Mickey singing, "It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring…."
"Wha… what?" said a confused Mickey, and then all of a sudden he heard thunder and looked out a window to see lightning. "But, I thought it wasn't supposed to rain this late tonight," he said to himself and then looked back at the girl.
The little girl now had an eerie blue light coming off of her and seemed to start to become transparent. "It's raining… it's pouring….. it's raining…. It's pouring…." seemed to echo through the halls and become softer as the girl got further and further away from him. She then turned around to face him, right before she reached the door at the end of the hallway, and gave off a creepy grin and spoke, "Please, come and play with me." She then giggled and skipped through the door.
Mickey then wiped his eyes and blinked, staring at the door. His jaw was dropped in shock from what he just saw. Was Donald really telling the truth earlier? Did ghosts really exist? Was Gracey Manor really a haunted mansion? No, it all could not be true…. Could it? Mickey shook his head to get the thoughts out of his mind. No, he was just imagining it all. But, none the less, he'd better go and see what was behind that door.
Slowly, he walked through the halls, his legs getting a bit shaky from the stillness that surrounded him. When all of a sudden the door to his left started to shake and a pounding noise came from it. Mickey was so startled he jumped back, crashing into the door facing the pounding door and let out a scream. Then a moment after hitting the door, the door Mickey leaned against started to shake and pound as well.
The mouse darted out into the middle of the hall, almost turning white from the freight he received from the split twin doors. He then started to hear the pounding all around him, and he slowly turned to look down the halls to see all of the doors rattling and looking as if they were about to come off of the hinges because of someone or something pounding on them to be set free. Without a moment to lose, he sprinted down the hall, thinking he saw a hand or two, trying to escape from behind the doors to grab him, and then heard his name being called by several voices that came from nowhere.
Faster and faster Mickey ran, though the hallway seemed to extend further and further down than it did when he started. Could he really escape this nightmare? Did his friends suffer the same fate he had… or worse? Were they even alive? All of these questioned raced through his head as he ran and reached out for the door.
The time seemed to have stood still and all became quiet as he grabbed the handle on the door and tried to open it, but he found that it was locked. "No…." he uttered, as he pulled and pulled on the door, to open it. He then looked over his shoulder and it looked to be that the doors were about to come off of their hinges any moment now, and he pulled harder. Then all of a sudden, the door swung open, as if by magic, and Mickey darted inside and slammed the door shut. "I just hope the gang is around," said Mickey, quietly to himself, as he looked around to see himself enclosed in darkness with a set of winding stairs in front of him. "Well, I guess there's only one way to find out," he said and then slowly made his way up the creaky steps.
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A/N- Yes, the little girl is based off of Sally Shine from The Tower of Terror.
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So, what will Mickey find at the top of the staircase? Only time will tell.
Please do not forget to review.
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Choco- The reason it is taking so long is because I'm now working down at Walt Disney World, and for some odd reason they think they own me, which is why I cannot spend as much time as I'd like on all of my fanfics. Plus, it is hard to balance so many fanfics at once. But, I am glad that you are enjoying it.
Aquarian Wolf- I'm thrilled that you love it so much, and thankful for a great friend like you.
Thank you so much for the offer to help. I will definitely take you up on it.