A/N: Hello again. Here is chapter 3! And while you read, Amelie's name is pronounced as (Emily) just to let you all know (: This chapter has more bios about her friends as well so you will be seeing them in 'Pull Through'! Enjoy!
Hetalia and its charas are owned by Hima-Papa
I do not own 'It Takes Two'
OCs belong to me
All the buses started to enter the camp grounds. The children pushed their round faces against the windows to get a better look. There were many cabins, smaller ones for the camp staff, and a very grand building to which they assume was the mess hall. The camp also provided a dock for swimming and many open green fields for playtime. What the previous owner had always dreamt of: a child's paradise to remind them even though times have been rough, there was room to grow and to enjoy happiness. This camp was that example. With all the children looking and aweing at the sight, Amelie took out the camp's pamphlet in her tiny hands. In this distinct pamphlet were many schedules that organize activities and sporting events. The little girl for sure will be attending the soccer game later this afternoon. She had always loved the sport. Well, every sport the little girl had ease playing them; however soccer was special to her. Running was the best part, and of course kicking the lights out of the ball. The thought of soccer excited the girl. She couldn't sit still in her seat. Arthur would at times correct her that the proper term was 'football'. But they all knew that their 'footballs' were completely the opposite. With soccer being the only thing that was interesting towards Amelie, she wasn't really looking forward to the rest of the camp experience. She'd rather stay back at the orphanage and play over there, but she just had to get on the bus after Arthur cheered her up. Going to this camp was a requirement that she had to face. On the brighter side she could keep bugging Arthur to cough up her ten bucks. She knew that she was going to get it soon. That was for sure.
With the bus coming to a halt, Arthur was the first to enter out and told the groups heading out, "Make sure to bring all your belongings with you." All the children scattered out of the bus at lightning speed keeping their backpacks and items close by. Arthur was now on alert telling the children properly to head to their designated cabins to unpack. All the girls and boys entered the cabins. There were almost one hundred children attending the camp so each cabin had two residences for boys and the same with the girls. Entering in the cabin, Amelie and her group started to get settled into their bunks. They were all aligned with top and bottom bunk beds. Pretty much every girl remembered her selected spot since many of the beds' railings were marked with their names with marker, pencil, and sometimes carved to give it the woodsy display. Bella started to climb up to the top bunk since she never had gotten the opportunity to have a top bunk before throughout the years at camp.
"Hey Bella you blind or somethin'? That's my bunk!" Amelie shouted frowning slightly at her friend. Bella looked confused until she saw Amelie point her finger up to the ceiling saying 'Amelie's bunk' carved in the wood. With the top bunk already chosen Bella sighed climbing down the railing, "Sorry Am didn't notice," She gave an embarrassing blush and once again was stuck with a bottom bunk under Amelie's. "Nah it's okay Bell!" Amelie smiled with a grin and climbed up her bunk placing her disorganized backpack on the corner of the bed. She had the whole day to unpack things so now wasn't the time to do that. So instead she sighed slightly as she looked towards the window of the cabin. This top bunk did give her a wonderful view of the whole area of the camp and lake. Amelie was always curious about one particular landmark while she looked through her window: a big house. It wasn't just any big house; the house looked like a castle to house many royals of kings and queens. It was just across the lake and from the view; it was a spec in the girl's eye. Wonder what that castle held?
"Oh yeah we have to meet the guys like now! Dimitre found something!" Bella started to unpack her items pulling Amelie back from her day dream. "What?" Amelie shook her head and adjusted her position on the bunk letting herself lay down on her stomach to see Bella. "Ugh why do we have ta meet them!? You know I don't like Dimmy!" Amelie commented frowning and kicking her backpack to release some anger. "Well he wants to see that house across the lake," Bella started to look more scared. Horror or anything related in that category was frightening towards her. Sometimes or mainly majority of the time the brown hair girl will chatter 've ve ve ve ve' to calm herself. It was something maybe her birth mother had passed down to her. "Why that house? Is it haunted or something?" Amelie asked worrying slightly inside, but she didn't show it. She couldn't afford to be called a chicken after all! She had a reputation to hold! She was one of the noble leaders of the 'East Side Children's Center.' All the kids look up to her and ask the girl for advice, help, anything. Being frighten on just a house would totally knock the girl off the charts in her popularity and rank.
"Well on the bus ride he was mentioning it was haunted no one goes up there. And at the full moon Jones' dead wife's ghost will haunt the grounds looking for campers." Amelie's eyes widen before she let out a nervous chuckle, "T-Those chickens...probably a-are scared about s-seeing her right?...hehe.." All of a sudden there was a heavy knock at the door. Both girls glanced forward to see Dimitre and Yu waiting outside. "Let's go. They are here!"
Amelie gulped and really didn't want to go; but she decided to go anyways just to make sure the boys couldn't call her a chicken. Getting down from her bunk, she followed Bella outside to meet the others.
The group traveled to one of the higher decks that gave a great view of the lake. All the kids were able to get a better close up on Jones' mansion. It looked exactly what Amelie had seen through her window. She had to admit, it was more beautiful and even scarier from this perspective off the deck. "S-so that is Jones' mansion right?" Bella was shaking in her shoes as the little curl on the side of her head was moving heavily flustered. Dimitre nodded with a small smirk, "Yup they say this place hasn't been open for years ever since Jones' wife passed. It's haunted, no one goes there." Everyone's faces excluding his and Amelie's were on the brink to dash out and leave from the sight.
"Bet you five bucks that you won't go and ring the doorbell Amelie," Dimitre teased in his Russian accent. He wasn't expecting Amelie to take him seriously, but a part of him wanted the girl to take the challenge. They are rivals after all. He would love to see his opponent fall with defeat. "Alright! I'll do it!" Amelie said proudly while internally freaking out. Why? Why? Why am I doing this? Darn you Dimmy you commie!
Bella and Yu just stared and were shocked that Amelie had the guts to go out there. "But we have the schedules and Iggy will catch us!" Bella could tell from Amelie's actions that this assignment given to her wasn't a walk in the park. At least the girl had good reasons as to why they shouldn't go there to begin with. Of course she was scared; but she doesn't like the idea of missing activities and most of all getting in trouble with the camp staff. Amelie gave her friend a weak smile just for trying. But what was done was done, engraved in stone. The girl had to take on this challenge whether she wanted to or not. "It's no prob Bell. Besides we're just leaving for a few minutes, Iggy won't suspect a thing. Nothing to worry about!"
Bella nodded her head for understanding. Yu did the same. "Alright it's settled," Dimitre gave a devious smirk, "We head out to test Amelie's bravery. To see if she's not a chicken!"
"Hey I'm no chicken! I'd said I do it!" Amelie fought back in her defense. "We'll see when we get there da?" Dimitre pushed Amelie's stress levels off the rocker. Whenever the young boy would say 'da' Amelie would always know that he meant business and that he was a total commie pants whenever he tried to put out any schemes in front of her. Amelie gave a very slow and heavy sigh following Dimitre off the deck. The others followed suit and were lookout to make sure none of the grown-ups knew that they were leaving the camp for a short time.
With Dimitre's interesting route to get to the mansion, the kids stayed together going through twists and turns going avoiding to trip on tree roots and dirt until they finally arrived. When they got access to the front yard, there were many bushes and shrubs all around. Even if the house was not vacant the landscaping looked well done and proper, like someone was living there. But the rumors are true right? Maybe it was the ghost cutting the bushes or planting the trees. Who knows? But those were the perfect hiding spots so the kids could easily be hidden avoiding to get caught in the act. "Come on! Come on! We got to hide!" Yu whispered quietly finding a bush to make himself invisible. "What if we get caught by the ghost?" Bella gave another spell of 've ve ve ve ve ve' to calm herself over until she found her hiding place. "There is no such thing as ghosts Bella," Amelie gave her friend a smirk through the bushes. The girl did a count of three and she sprinted for her life in the open yard. "Look at her, like she's not scared," Dimitre hmphed in his bush watching and waiting for the girl to make a fool out of herself. The boy was silent until he realized that Amelie started sneaking towards the house. The girl was in position to ring the bell. She slowly drew her hand forward with her band aide finger hesitating to push. "I bet she won't do it," He mumbled quietly while the others watched what Amelie had planned for next. After a few short seconds, the little girl pressed it. The sound of the bell was like the others like she had heard before when parent scouting except the Goofenhusers, that sound was creepy and weird. Scared out of her wits for a while, she was about to walk away since no one answered until a certain man with brown hair opened the door and smiled, "Oh look well if it's the little orphan girl. We were just coming after you!"
"Someone's home!" Bella cried out with Yu covering her mouth to prevent their cover.
"Look I didn't mean it! It was just a joke! I was about to run off honest," Amelie cried out while the brown hair man was pulling her inside the mansion. With the doors closed shut, the reminding three kids came out of the bushes looking stunned, shocked, sad, and many other emotions combined. Yu quietly released Bella from his grasp and she immediately started balling and hitting Dimitre's arm many times. "How could you!? We lost our friend because of you!"
"Hey! It's not my fault. She pressed the bell! It was her decision!" Dimitre fought back trying to keep his anger in without using any physical contact. With the argument continuing Yu suspected something in the upper windows of the building. Were they shadows or..? Until it hit him, "Dimitre you said it was a full moon tonight right?" Dimitire and Bella ended their spat for now and looked up to where Yu was pointing. Bella thought she seen shadows coming in the window, but there was a white figure dancing that made the girl scream and left. "It's her! AHHHHHHH!" Dimitre nodded and spotted the white figure as well and screamed before fleeing along with Yu. Whatever happened with Amelie, the kids hope for the best that their friend would be alright.
With Amelie freaking out inside Toris was trying to settle the little girl down, "What's wrong? Oh maybe it was about what happened earlier I understand, but you need to get ready for the big dinner."
"Big dinner?! Listen lurch, you don't want me there are big fat kids, well one in particular, eat him!" Amelie pointed by the door hoping the man would understand. "What are you talking about?" Toris gave a confused look prompting Amelie that he didn't mean any harm nor had the intentions of her as the dinner. The little girl gave a quick blush of being an idiot. Majority many haunted houses would have creepy people and things inside. Plus it would be dark, cold, and the atmosphere would've felt uneasy. But in Amelie's surroundings it felt like she was in a home. A home with color, warmth, and with less creepy people fitting her standards.
"Guess you think I'm pretty stupid huh?" Amelie gave a weak smile now knowing neither this house nor anyone inside will haunt her. She gave a quick glance all around finding many servants holding things moving to one place to the next. There must be something going on like that man had just told her.
"No you're just a little upset is all," Toris gave back an understanding smile.
"Looks like I win five bucks," Amelie smirked about her win against Dimitre.
"Hmm?"
"So when's this party? Am I invited?" Amelie smiled looking at Toris. Toris gave a confused look once again. He would know that his mistress should already be prepared about the preparations for this evening. He shook his head and redirected the girl upstairs, "Your dress is upstairs on the bed. Cocktails are at five. Now if you will excuse me please." Toris patted the girl on the head lightly and returned to his duties. Amelie's face fell flat when mentioning the word: dress. "A dress!? You got to be kidding!?"
The girl sighed about the outfit choice, and slowly took her way up the stairs. For the occasion they decorated it with flowers and bows to give it a festive theme. Amelie loved to pick the petals off just of false habit, but decided not to avoid trouble. Heck these people knew her? It was kind of strange. What if it was all Arthur's doing to cheer her up? But whatever the reason was, it was working. Better to be in a big mansion then in a cramped up cabin any day. Amelie got up second floor looking at the view. It was gorgeous with the chandelier placed in the center making the room very vibrant and elegant. All was great until something caught the girl off guard. She could've sworn she'd seen herself in a painting that was placed on one of the walls in the hall. The girl in the painting had the exact eye and hair color. They were even one hundred percent accurate of the hair that refused to come down. Amelie started to freak out again having the bad thoughts that the house was really haunted. With the thought in mind, came the noises and the pitter patter on the floor. Something or someone was walking on the other side of the hall just wearing white. Like it was a ghost. Amelie could tell it was a woman in white. Woman in white? Her face was white as well and boy does she look like she came out of her coffin! Her robe was very slender fitting her curves, there was a dash of white on her head hiding her hair, and whatever was on her face made her seem unappealing.
The woman in white stopped to see the little girl open her mouth screaming. Amelie ran for her life out of the mansion hoping to get back to camp in one piece.
