Miku, at Len's insistence, sat on the bed as Len began his and Rin's past and story.

"You see," Len began, taking a deep breath, "Rin and I were born as humans like yourself a long time ago. Neither of us know for certain when we were born, but it must have been over two hundred years ago."

Miku began feeling uneasy. She wanted to ask him so many questions but thought it best to keep her mouth shut.

"We were born into a rich family," Len continued, "and we were not exactly raised by our parents. We only saw our mother on special occasions, and I don't think we have ever once met our father. Being raised on an estate we had no need to go to school, for we had tutors, or any reason to even leave home, and when we were by other children they would not allow us to join in there play. It was a sad life for the both of us."

"It was a short life, too," Rin said, in a voice so sad it mad Miku wonder if this was the same girl who had just thrown a knife at her minutes before. "We both grew incredibly ill and were beyond hope of recovery. I watched as my little brother died next to me." Rin's eyes were downcast. "Depressed from losing him, I gave up every fighting chance I had left and allowed my mind to slip into the darkness of death. You would think both of us would have crossed over to the afterlife, right?"

"That wasn't our case though," Len continued on. "Because we weren't raised in love, neither of us knew of its meaning. It's against the rules for children to enter Heaven unless they carry love in their hearts so we were given one chance to learn what love is. We were given what was called the best love anything could ever receive: love from a child. Our souls were then placed in the bodies of rag dolls and sent to Earth to become a child's playmate."

"But it didn't go well," Rin said, her voice now dripping bitter. "The children throughout the decades treated us poorly. I was separated from my brother countless times, with the longest time apart from him being fifty years. We were unable to communicate with each other in our doll bodies, but it was always calming to know that the other was okay. With our state we began to lose hope. Then one day a child found us in the streets and, despite her parents wishes, took us home. She cleaned us, made clothes for us to wear, and treated us as if she knew of our human souls. That girl was you."

"You are the only person we have come across that has ever truly loved us," Len said, fighting back genuine tears. "You called us your best friends and named us. Rin and Len. We do not remember our real names for so much time has passed, but neither of us cared. You named us from your heart and showed us real love." His face twisted bitterly. "Or so we thought."

Rin wiped her eyes before she spoke so Miku wouldn't notice her tears. "Seven years ago you brought us to this forest to play like you normally did. Then," she took a breathe, "then you left us! You abandoned us! The nicest person we have ever come across left us in the woods as if we meant nothing to her!"

"You said that this forset give bodies to the bodyless souls on Halloween night," Len said as Rin recomposed herself. "That is true. On the Halloween night of that year I noticed I could move on my own free will. When I noticed Rin could do the same we were over joyed that after all these years we were finally reunited for the first time since our deaths. We found this mansion as well as the rules."

"One," Rin said, going back to the little girl voice Miku had heard her use before, "souls that leave the forest will lose their bodies. Two, the mansion only appears on Halloween night and is the only place where souls can keep their bodies year round. Three, anything, even the living, trapped on the inside of the mansion when the sun rises on Halloween night is unable to leave and vice-versa. You see, Miku-Sama, the cream was supposed to put you into a deep sleep until the sun rose so you would have no choice but to stay. But," Rin held up her knife, "you now either willingly give us your heart and stay here forever, or refuse and we take it from you. Either way we'll get your heart so I think it's fitting for us to leave the choice up to you."

Author's Note: So now we know how Rin-Chan and Len-Kun can be alive on Halloween night~. But don't they have such a sad story, though?

Hana Okita: Well you don't have any childhood dolls you abandoned, do you? Because if not then you are perfectly fine to have the time of your life, but if so . . .

zhane17: Because cliffhangers are cool! X3 They keep the reader interested, do they not?

nekopyon: Nope, Neko-Chan, they really are children after all. You were way off. XP Good guess, though.

HarmonianTraveller: Well don't the undead have amazing reflexes? Besides, reflexes that can't be human add to the creepiness level. I mean, who catches a knife right before it stabs someone's face? O.O

-Ray