A/N: The concept of 'Shades' does not belong to me, it belongs to Eragon's writer Christopher Paolini. Or just image a vengeful spirit sort of costume.

Brooke and Dakota are my characters, everything else seems to have copyrights.

"It doesn't feel right." Brooke said as she stared up at the building that was on the outskirts of town.

"Every single nerve is screaming at me to run away and never look back." Dakota stated; her body tense.

"I don't understand what you two are feeling, aru." China said.

"You mean you all don't feel it? It feels goddamned unholy and evil!" Prussia exclaimed, standing in the back of the group with the two other girls.

"You three are such girls." America scolded.

"Maybe we should stay with the car." Brooke suggested. England gave them an incredulous expression.

"You agreed until we showed up here." He noted. "And we are just wasting time standing out here."

America herded the three reluctant girls inside the house.

"No escape." Prussia whispered under her breath, unsure of where that statement came from.

As each person stepped across the threshold into the hallway, they seemed to change. Germany seemed to be wearing an actual military uniform complete with weapons, same with the other nations. Prussia now had a rifle across her back, a pistol on her right hip and her sword on her left. Hadn't she left those at home?

"This better not be some cruel Inception joke." Dakota said, before jumping at the change in her own attire. Instead of a black homemade Shade costume, it was more along her original mental design. "Holy effing shit!"

"No swearing Kota." Brooke chastised. Her own outfit had morphed into a more realistic vampire costume.

The group had just finished piling into the hallway when they heard a plate break down one of the hallway branches. They ran down that hallway and found a broken plate without any dust on it, but everywhere it could have come from was dusty.

"Bizarre, wait, where'd the Allies and Brooke go?" Dakota asked. Standing with her was only Germany, Prussia, Veneziano, Romano, and Spain.

"Uh...good question." Romano said, shocked at the sudden disappearance of half of the group. Not that he cared, but it would have been nice if they had taken Spain along as well.

"This can not be good." Japan pointed out a large creature walking across the threshold. It stopped across from them.

"DIE," It droned.

Immediately the countries sprang into action, Romano bothering to yell, "ATTACK!"

A few well-placed bullets later the group was staring at the dissipating form of the creature.

"We should get out of here." Dakota decided and the Axis plus ran for the front door, just to find the wall had sealed over the entryway.

"Nice thought, seems like we are being kept here for some reason." Spain said. Suddenly a piercing scream came from up stairs.

"Go!" Germany yelled and the Axis plus hurried up the stairs, to find France on the floor looking terrified.

"Who screamed?" Japan asked. France silently pointed at the creature walking toward them.

Prussia and Dakota ran out on either side of France attacking it with their swords angrily. It dissipated easily under the barrage of attacks from the two women.

"Where were you? You disappeared and we all ran away from the creature." France demanded, recovering some sense of dignity.

"Your group disappeared on us." Germany stated.

"No, you disappeared on us!" France countered.

"Stop it, we aren't getting anywhere with this argument, right Japan?" Dakota asked.

No one responded. The group whirled around to look at Japan, who was absent.

"Japan?" Romano, Germany, and Italy yelled.

"It's no use; something wanted us in here and wants us separated." Spain stated.

"This isn't a horror movie tomato-bastard." Romano replied.

"Rule 112; always stick together in a group." Dakota stated. "We're already screwing up the guidelines to a horror movie, this might as well be a horror movie."

"We've also already broken rules 80 and 106, don't enter a deserted house and don't go out on Halloween, especially if it's a Friday." Prussia added, shrugging slightly.

"The best solution would be to regroup and get the hell out of here ASAP." Dakota decided. "No more breaking off."

A/N: I have my new master plan, one that takes me to the end of the story. I might go back and change information in previous chapters when I get time to help the story flow a little better. Life is being, well-life, by throwing a bunch of stuff in the way right now; family visits, doctor appointments, school assignments. I'll do what I can though :)