Chapter Two – Haunted Mansion
Hours later, Corey pulled up the long driveway to the house where he lived with a group of vampires. It was gated, with a high, iron fence surrounding the property. They all liked their privacy, and this was the best way to ensure it. Paige looked around in silence as they made their way to the garage and Corey parked his car. Once he turned off the engine, he opened Paige's door for her before she got a chance to and took her bags for her.
Paige shook her head, smirking as she allowed Corey to do these things for her. Dean was never a gentleman to her the entire time that they had known one another, and she had to admit, she liked this change. She followed the older man to the main entrance of the house, allowing him to open the door for her and walked in as he stood aside and closed the door once more. Paige was in awe of the entrance way of the mansion, even more than she was with the yard and the outside of the building. The structures were even more beautiful than she imagined. Granted, it was the type of mansion one may see in a haunted house movie, but that is what it made it perfect.
Before Paige got a chance to say anything, Mary appeared at the top of the left hand side stairway. The tall, slender brunette was wearing a sheer, floor length robe with black fur trim, not doing anything to hide the fact that she was otherwise completely nude. "I trust that the problem was taken care of, Corey."
"I wouldn't have returned, otherwise, Mary," Corey looked up to the owner of the house, completely unphased by her appearance. Paige took note of this. This meant that Mary often presented herself in such a manner.
"I suppose you're right," Mary nodded, leaning against the bannister. She then looked to Paige, smirking. "I see that you've brought a cute stray home with you this time."
Corey nodded, "this is Paige. It was her boyfriend that did it."
Mary nodded, biting her lip. She knew exactly what that meant. She was more than happy to take the young vampire into her care. Whether it be just until the young girl got back on her feet, or on a more permanent basis was yet to be seen. Just as she was she opened her mouth to offer up the room that had just opened up, there was a sound of someone tumbling half way down the stairs on the other stairway. Mary shook her head as she saw two brunettes getting up and quickly apologizing, while a two toned blonde stood at the top of the stairway, shaking her head at her best friends. "Alex, I swear that you have the agility of a human," Mary smirked.
Alexis Hardy straightened her pajama top as she helped the other girl up. "You should have seen me when I was human."
"Your brother has mentioned it once or twice," Mary smiled. "What brings you ladies out here?"
The other brunette pushed her hair back as she responded, "we heard Corey's car, then we sensed that he wasn't alone."
"You are hoping for a new friend, AJ?" Mary looked over to Paige once more before turning her attention back to her current housemates.
Paige couldn't help but smile a little. Sure, they weren't like her, but she could see herself forming a bond with this three girls. "It could happen," she nodded.
The three girls cheered as AJ looked over to Mary once more. "Are we giving her Bayley and Emma's old room?"
Mary nodded, "it's the only one still somewhat set up. Go ahead and show her the room. She can meet everyone else at breakfast."
Corey nodded, kissing Paige's cheek. "I live in Mary's wing. You can trust those three to show you around the East wing." He then motioned to the two toned woman, who seemed most calm. "Kaitlyn is the most level headed. She's the eldest of the three."
"Hey!" Alex pouted. "She's not much older than I am."
"A few decades makes all of the difference between us," Kaitlyn smirked as she made her way down, grabbing one of Paige's bags as Corey slipped up to his room.
"Yeah, sometimes even I am more mature than you are, Alex," AJ laughed as she joined in helping Paige with her things.
"We really shouldn't be scaring the young one," Kaitlyn smiled as they made their way into the East wing.
AJ raised her eyebrow, "we do have a new baby?"
Kaitlyn nodded, "I'd give her about twenty-five, at most."
"I actually am twenty-five," Paige nodded in astonishment. "I was sired when I was twenty."
"Then you've come to the perfect place," Alex smiled. "You can learn centuries of history in these halls."
"And even more as you make friends!" AJ chirped to add to Alex's statement.
Kaitlyn shook her head, smiling. "Mary is the oldest of everyone here. She is about four hundred and fifty years-old, I believe."
"Wow... I didn't realize we got that old," Paige blinked.
"She's actually the youngest elder. You've heard of them, right?" Kaitlyn tilted her head.
"Briefly, but never into much detail," Paige shrugged.
"Well, I'm sure that you'll hear more about them. Some of them are many centuries older than Mary," Kaitlyn nodded.
"So how long..." Paige paused, trying to calculate time in her head.
"We're not sure," AJ shrugged, knowing exactly what the younger girl was about to ask.
"As far as we know, all of the originals have been put down," Alex continued. "We don't even know why nor how."
"I guess that it matter all that much," Paige nodded as they made it to what was now to be her room. "We're here now, and we do what we have to, in order to survive."
"I couldn't have said it better myself," Kaitlyn opened the door for the young girl. "Pick either bed and make yourself at home. We meet for breakfast at six PM."
Paige yawned, "sounds good to me. I'll see everyone then."
Short chapter, I know. However, it perfectly established the entryway to Mary's mansion. The best way that I can describe the main staircase is directly in front of the front doors, and you go up about ten feet, then it splits off into two different staircases, each going into a separate wing of the house. There are plenty of films with creepy, old mansions, that look like this. So you can use your imagination. Anyway, thank you for reading. Please R&R! Then hop on over to my profile to take a poll to let me know which of my stories you would like to see next.
