Chapter 3

The halls of Victorian Lawn were dark and ere. They were only lit up by small lamps in the far corner of the halls but they gave off very little light.

Both of the girls seemed very nervous. Their steps were slow and almost silence. The doors were all a dark red with the numbers one to ten on the front in shiny gold plates.

As they approached a corner Maria turned to Torrie and said "This isn't exactly the most welcoming place is it?"

An almost shivering Torrie answered "I think the demon looking statues on the front of the house sort of gave that away."

They walked around the corner and saw two large doors. Next to it was a glass cabinet with pieces of paper inside. The two girls walked over and started to read the pieces of paper.

Torrie let out a little smile and said "Well at least they have a nice menu, looks like we are going to be eating well."

She turned to Maria who had a sudden distressed look across her face. Torrie gently placed her hand on her shoulder and softly said "Maria what's the matter?"

A frantic Maria answered "Where is the salad? Why is salad not on the menu?"

A confused Torrie answered "I don't know but you will be eating more than salad surely?"

Out of nowhere Maria pushed Torrie towards the wall. For a very slim girl she had a lot of strength. She aggressively held hold of Torrie's coat and snapped "What is that supposed to mean?"

The troubled blonde didn't want any trouble. She answered "Nothing I just thought…."

An angry Maria snapped "Well don't think; don't make any assumptions about me you don't even know me."

Torrie tried to calm Maria down. "Ok I'm sorry, please calm down."

Maria aggressively let her go and walked away down the corridor. Torrie was going to follow her but thought it would be best for Maria to have some space.

She turned to the dining room and decided to have a little look inside. As she opened the large heavy doors she muttered "What on earth was that about?"

Torrie froze still as she heard the sound of her voice echoing around the room. When she had first walked through she hadn't realized just how big the room was but she listened to the last echoes disappear she looked down to the end.

The tables were all very long and very old. Torrie knew that there would only be ten people involved into what Miss McMahon had called a program but this dining hall would fit a hundred people.

She slowly started to walk along the middle of the room being tentative and unnerved. She glanced up towards the portraits of Victorian Nobles on the wall. All of them looked cold and horrible looking. As she looked at one of the Victorian queens she felt a chill coming from her eyes.

The portrait gave of a strange sensation, the feeling that someone was watching her. She slowly carried on walking but couldn't stop looking back at the portrait. She got down to the end of the large dining hall and looked towards the kitchen. She thought to herself there is no way I am going in there.

As she nervously walked past the kitchen door she saw another door that looked like took her back to the main corridor. She continued to walk hearing the nothing but the sound of her footsteps. She would look behind her sometimes mistaking her own footsteps for someone else's.

She whispered to herself "I should have just followed Maria. I have seen horror movies; it's always the blonde girl who goes off on her own that gets killed."

Torrie nervously laughed to herself as she opened the exit door to the dining hall, taking her back into another virtually dark corridor.

Torrie took slow steps trying to figure out which way she had to go. Which every second that she was away from everyone else she got more nervous, her heart began to race which for Miss Wilson was never a good thing.

Her green eyes saw light coming from round the corner. It wasn't electrical lights, more like the flickering of candles. She slowly walked towards it hoping that someone could help her.

As she got round the corner all she could see was four candles all positioned in a shape of a square.

When her eyes looked closer she could see a dark shadow that looked like someone was sat there.

Her soft voice almost spoke with a whisper "Is there anyone there?"

Suddenly a deep voice came behind her "Are you a staff member or a patient?"

Torrie screamed and without thinking pushed her way past and ran away back down the corridor she came. She ran and ran without even thinking where she was going.

In the distance she heard the sound of voices and sprinted as fast as she could towards the sound.

As she approached the lobby area she saw Maria, Stephanie McMahon and a lot of other unfamiliar face.

Miss McMahon quickly walked over to her and gently took her hand. Stephanie asked in a caring tone "What is it sweetheart?"

Torrie frantically replied "There is someone back there, who is back there?"

Stephanie looked back towards one of her collogues before turning back to Torrie and answering "It's ok I'm sure no one is back there we will help you."

An anxious Torrie pushed Stephanie's hand away and snapped "Don't patronize me. I know why I am here but I know exactly what I heard and saw."

She went to snap again but heard footsteps coming behind her. She almost was standing behind Stephanie as she looked at this very large, muscular but handsome man stood in front of her.

Stephanie smiled and spoke "Oh Torrie I'm so sorry. This must have been who you saw."

Torrie was shaking as he walked past her and stood with the others.

Miss McMahon walked into the middle of them all and started to speak. "We will do a getting to know each other exercise later on today but for now I will introduce you all."

Torrie watched as Stephanie was ready to introduce everyone. Her thoughts were fixed on one man more than the others though.

Stephanie stood by Torrie and started with her. "This is Torrie."

The group all said Hi and hello to Torrie. She glanced towards Maria and saw her whisper back "I'm so sorry for earlier."

Torrie's nervous eyes watched all the other introductions.

"This is Cody"

"Hey Cody"

"This is Jeff"

"Hello Jeff"

"This is Maria"

"Hi Maria"

"This is Eve"

"Heya Eve"

"This is Randy"

"Hi Randy"

"This is Maryse"

"Hi Maryse"

"This is Phil"

"Hello Phil"

"This is Layla"

"Hi Layla"

Torrie's ears waited in anticipation waiting to hear the name of the handsome man who had scared the life out of her.

"And last but not least this is John"

The others all said hello. Torrie looked towards him and gave him a little wave.

"Hi John"

End of Chapter 3

Really hope everyone likes this chapter.

LitaHardy21 Will is writing chapter 4 and I will be back with chapter 5.

Hope everyone has a good week

Matt