Chapter 8

After tying up Flaky Kayser sighed and then looked at the monitor and saw everyone, but the four that were planned separation, he then looked and saw a few of the party guests in shock at something but he couldn't see what it was, he got out of the monitor room and went into the kitchen and hid behind everything he could to not be seen, but get close enough to have a view of what everyone was looking at.

Kayser made it to the back of the group and figured why not mess with their mind while they are here, he tapped Lammy on the shoulder she jumped and screamed everyone jumped and screamed because of that and then everyone was giving a glare at Kayser.

"What I was just using the bathroom, guys chill out." Lumpy walked out of the room and saw Kayser, "Oh for the love of…" he sighed and looked to the ground, "Dang squirrel, you are worse then that coon. Whatever; get in here right now." Lumpy grabbed Kayser and started to drag him into the ball room for questioning. Everyone was sort of snickering, but then looked into the hole to find Belize.

Lammy was the nearest one and yelled into the hole for Belize, but no response, she tried again, and again no response, "Belize you better say something or I'm not going to fix your favorite meal tomorrow." Still there was silence, "Okay what is it with everyone going around getting missing, and where is Flaky?"

"What Flaky is gone?" Everyone jumped and turned fast and saw Belize was with them with no Toothy or Flippy. "Why are you doing this to us?" Belize slightly smiled "Doing what? Trying to host a party for my little sister… if that is doing something to you, then yeah, I am doing something, but if that's not what you mean then I have no idea what you are talking about."

Lammy walked up to him and looked into his eyes "I know you well enough Belize to know when you are lying so what are you doing to us?" Belize sighed "Fine sheesh. Me Toothy, Kayser, and Sniffles were playing a prank, on everyone, not intending you and Rose, but everyone who shown up just before you did."

Belize then looked at everyone that was within an hour to an hour and a half before Rose and Lammy shown up. "But yeah other then that I am not the cause of what's happened and no idea what happened to Flaky." Belize said with a smile to see if Lammy would believe his truth was a lie.

Lammy was about to respond she believed it was a lie, but she hasn't really heard him tell a lot of the truth around her, so she wasn't fully sure if it was a truth or a lie. She sighed and started to sit and stare trying to figure out. "He's lying." Everyone looked around and saw Michelle sitting at the top of the stairs.

"Well partially anyway, he knows something, that much is obvious." Belize looked at Michelle a bit confused at first, but then started thinking, she may be a bit more clever then he though, and knew she had to go next once he knows Toothy has Flippy under control and in on the plan.

Belize then smiled "Wise, very wise, Michelle... Too bad that I have to really disagree with you about it in a way, when I said that statement that I don't know what happened to Flaky, I didn't lie, but the problems causing just the front door to get jammed locking everyone in." Belize went over to the door and pushed it, punched it and did a full body slam into it and fell to the floor everyone heard a couple of bones crack.

They walked over to Belize and helped him up, and everyone looked at the door, it has not moved even an inch. "See that's all I did, I'm shocked she figured that out." Michelle just smiled and started to slowly walk down the stairs. "Belize… Do not believe that everyone in this town is not perceptive to some things, I saw you tampering with the door right after you finished the questioning."

Belize sighed "Well, that's awesome, but this little party is not over. So I'm not opening the door." "Belize your little game is over, we know what's going on now." Belize smiled and laughed, "Oh you think this little game is over, but what you didn't count on is the plan changed after I went down there, it was supposed to be me, Toothy, and Sniffles taking down Flippy, but yeah what happened changed my mind, and I figured, you know what why not use this to an adva-" "Get on with it Belize we need just want to enjoy the party and then go home." Rylie said looking around and seen it was getting later.

Belize sighed "Fine its now a murder mystery, someone killed Sniffles." Everyone looked at each other and then everyone looked at Belize. Belize had a shocked expression on his face. "What you all think I did something to Sniffles?" everyone nodded.

"Well you are all idiotic, I wanted this party to be fun and enjoyable for my little sister, I'm at least trying to be responsible and still have some fun, which before anyone even shown up my original party plan was a little fire show I'm sure you all would have enjoyed, but Sniffles, Toothy, and Kayser were the only ones here and everyone else was almost late." Belize looked down.

"We were just going to snag you while people were not paying attention tie up in a closet big enough to fit all or enough until someone figured out something, but it changed when I saw what happened to Sniffles. And now we are in a new game mode, with a heavy stake."

Belize looked down the hole and pressed the button to close the trap door. "I think he will be fine later, but I don't know for sure. I actually found a skeleton down there." Lammy walked over to Belize and gave him a hug, "I know theres skeletons every where, this is of course supposed to have props." Belize pushed her away a little bit, "Lammy I'm not kidding this one fell apart plastic, plaster, or rubber wouldn't break and turn to dust like what happened down there."

Everyone but Michelle, Rylie, Miltera and Kayser looked around a little worried, this slightly concerned Belize "What's going on here?" Lammy walked up the stairs motioned Belize to follow her, he did, once he got up to the top of the stairs he saw her walk into a room, Belize went into the room, it was surrounded with newspapers from Happy Tree Town and photographs of everyone in the town, except for Rose, Belize, Kayser, Miltera, Michelle, and Rylie.

"What is all this?" Belize said grabbing a couple of the photographs showing the town when it was first built, but there was no date imprinted on the photo nor a date marked on the back. "This little haunted house was a famous attraction, before we had the curse to live forever." Lammy sighed, "It belonged to a photographer, a female cat named Rejara, she loved taking photos, she lived in this house when it wasn't a haunted house, she loved having the photographs she was nearly obsessed with them."

She started to try sifting deeper into her memory of the story while Belize was sitting and amazed looking at what the town looked like before he ever learned about it. Lammy continued "She started to work for the Happy Tree Town newspaper, which she only kept all her articles, but she never displayed them, but one day a serial killer moved into town, before getting any news about the town living forever they killed everyone, then fled town."

Belize was almost to a laughing point, but refrained from it trying not to distract Lammy. "She was the only one that hid from the rampage, she took pictures of everything, we don't know what happened for sure, but some rumors say she went insane and got tired of the immortality that she tried killing herself in all kinds of ways, but none worked."

Belize sat down in the chair in the desk hoping he wouldn't break it, Belize was content that the chair didn't break under his weight, and then motioned for Lammy to continue on. "After one of her many experiments she disappeared and was never heard from again, some say she just left the town and died like natural, or was killed then thrown out of town." Lammy started to get a little bit teary as she said that.

"Okay that seems interesting, but what does that story pertain to what's going on now and what I found?" Lammy face palmed while still slightly crying "You may have found a legend and destroyed it, along with that you may have just made me think what if Sniffles doesn't come back."

Belize looked around walked over to Lammy, gave her a light hug and then gently started to rub the top of her head, "I'm sure Sniffles will be fine just can't believe in all rumors and legends without proof right?" Lammy smiled and nodded "Yeah, but theres also a little legend that she photographed the serial killer and a lore to treasure."

Belize's ears perked up the second she said treasure. "Well tell me about that" Lammy proceeded to tell Belize the story not knowing a shadow silhouette standing in the doorway listening in.

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"I wonder how Belize is going to take the news." Pop said as he walked over to pick up Cub and stop him from entering the basement. Lumpy walked into the group and looked at the time on his watch, after he saw the time he just smiled took off the glasses and his uniform in front of everyone and put them in a bag. "Well my job here is done, good bye." Lumpy then walks into the door.

He got up from the floor, and laughed a little "I guess it's a pull door." He pulled on the handle and broke it off, "Well that is strange, who is missing a door knob thing?" everyone just face palmed as they knew Lumpy was a complete idiot when he wasn't working as a cop.

"Lumpy the doors jammed." Lumpy smiled "but I don't like jam, it bothers me too much." Kayser walked over to Lumpy and punched him in the arm. "ouch, what was that for?" Kayser pointed over to Petunia. "She did it…" Kayser then started to walk into the kitchen Lumpy glared at Petunia. Everyone just sat and laughed.

A/N Well another chapter down, Remember: Anything in the story has a purpose, so the 'useless' information in the story give clues to things and some is just to throw off from the mystery, if you have any idea, think you know who it is, go to my forum Belize's Café I will be making a post block for this story and would love to see people use it to try and figure out who the killer is, have fun everyone.