Ghastly Familiar
By BeckyLynnetteCohen
Disclaimer: I own Anna Maria, Samantha, Jean Claude, Sydney, and Savannah. That is it.
Chapter 3: Anna Maria and the Phantom
Once back in the kitchen, Anna Maria turned on the sink. Nothing happened. 'Water must be shut off or the sink doesn't work.' She thought. Pulling out the notebook again, she wrote 'check water or buy new sink.' Just to be safe, she turned off the faucet and walked on. There was a door on the far side of the kitchen so Anna Maria opened it. It had stairs leading downward. Anna Maria smirked and shut the door. 'I'll make dad go down there when he gets in here. Walking towards the table, Anna Maria noticed a pile of old brochures about the house. Picking one up, she read it.
Scenic view of the Eiffel Tower! This house is the one for you!
Built on the site of the old Paris Opera House. Folklore galore!
'How cheesy can you get! Holy shit.' thought Anna Maria. Putting down the flyer, Anna Mariawalked around towards a stove. 'Gas heat. Lovely…' said Anna Maria.
Walking back through the kitchen, Anna Maria went down the other hall way that she hadn't been down yet. Through this hall way there were three doors. She looked around and noticed that this hallway was in desperate need of a paint job or new wall paper. The flowery stuff that they had put on back in the day was beginning to fall off. Anna Maria shook her head. 'Corny, and had no idea what the hell kind of wallpaper to put in a hallway…' thought Anna Maria, jotting down 'new wallpaper/ paint right hallway' in the notebook. Arriving at the first door, Anna Maria turned the handle and found herself in a small bedroom.
This bedroom was SMALL! She could barely fit inside it with the dresser and the bed in the room. Looking around, she noticed that there was virtually nothing wrong with the walls and ceiling of the room but the carpet was horrible. It didn't match the color of the room at all and clashed with everything. 'Can you say rushed?' said Anna Maria, writing 'new carpet for REEEALLY small bedroom' in the notebook. Deciding to get the hell out of the room before her claustrophobia kicked in, she bolted up the hall way to the next door. The door was locked so she kicked off the door knob and kicked the door open.
This room was perfectly in tact and it looked like it was a master bedroom. 'Wow… A little minor updates and this room would rock.' Thought Anna Maria. Smiling, Anna Maria closed the door and moved on to the last room without writing anything down.
When she was opening the last door, the hallway got very cold. Anna Maria rubbed her arms, wishing she hadn't used her coat as gloves to get rid of nasty food. Looking around to see if a window was open or something, Anna Maria felt a rope go around her neck. Pulling her pocket knife out of her pocket she sliced the rope and spun around. There was a man in a stark white mask and a black cape behind her. Slowly, she backed into the door.
"W-who are you?"
The man didn't answer but kept moving closer. Anna Maria's eyes widened.
"I SAID who are you?!"
Still nothing and he kept moving closer.
"WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?!"
The man was inches from her face and he smiled evilly at her.
"I'm known as Erik."
The man suddenly vanished. Anna Maria was breathing really heavily at this point and dropped to her knees to try and calm herself down. 'Come on, Anna… You're just seeing things. He was a figment of your imagination....' Getting to her feet, Anna Mariaopened the last door and the man… Erik was standing in front of her again.
"Haven't had enough yet?"
"I'm just imagining you. You're not real! No one has even lived in this house before!" said Anna Maria.
Erik laughed, an evil laugh that made Anna Maria's bones shake.
"If I'm not real then who tried to kill you?"
"I was imagining it."
He laughed again.
"Oh, I'm going to have fun with you."
"Erik, you said your name was?"
"Some call me that. Others call me the Opera Ghost. And I thought you said I wasn't real."
"I could be dreaming. And I want to get some information from this dream!"
He laughed yet again. At this point, Anna Maria was beginning to get angry.
"We will meet again, Anna Maria Noveux. We will meet again."
Erik then disappeared leaving Anna Maria to pass out in the middle of the room.