Is this safe? Are you sure about this? I think they put those warnings on the box for a reason. I heard this was dangerous. Please, can't we just go TP someone's house like normal teens for once? Chicken?! Who you callin' a chicken?

These were the common phrases Grandpa heard when his grandsons' friends slept over. These were also his cues to go to sleep and pray police sirens or another apocalypse didn't wake him. That, or an angry teenage CEO. Whatever was going on downstairs, he didn't want to know. Turning out his bedroom light, he crawled under the covers and closed his eyes. Maybe they'd be polite enough to allow an old man the courtesy of sleep tonight.

Yyyyy

"I can't believe we're actually doing this." Tea groaned. Joey, usually, would be the one complaining, but he was too busy trying to hide the fact that he was visibly shaking. "My neighbor did this when he was a kid, and he said he got a scratch on his leg that just appeared out of nowhere. His brother had nightmares for weeks afterwards."

"If this thing is that dangerous, I vote we just put it away and, I don't know, try out one of the new games we just got in. That Fossil Fighters one looked interesting." Yami pointed at the stairwell leading down to the shop.

Tristan ignored his friends' protests and continued unboxing his elder brother's old Ouija board. "It's just an old game. And besides, what are the chances of this place actually being haunte-, y'know what? Never mind. Your house is probably crawling with ghosts." Seeing the glances that were shared, he laughed in an attempt to lighten the mood. "At least we know tonight won't be boring."

"You want to know what else wasn't boring? That time we were transported to that capsule monsters world. Do you know why it wasn't boring? Because we almost died every time we went to take a leak!" Joey shot back.

"And none of us has to pee, right?"

"I wonder if Mai would like to have a girl's night. Or Serenity. Or maybe Rebecca." Tea eyed the board, all set up, and then her jacket hanging by the door.

"Oh, come on. It won't be that bad."

"I might even settle for Vivian."

"It is definitely not going to be that bad."

"I say we give it ten minutes. After that, we play some of those new games. Is everyone alright with that?" Yugi reached out and poked the triangle resting innocently amid the sea of letters, much to Joey's horror.

"Yugi! You don't know what that thing will do!" He exclaimed as he yanked his friend back.

"Ten minutes isn't much, but I'll settle for that if you all really don't want to do this." Tristan conceded.

Gradually, everyone but Joey nodded in reluctant affirmation. "…Ten minutes. That's it. And if someone suddenly jumps out of the wall with a machete, I'm outta here."

Yyyyy

"Is there someone here?" Tristan asked, hands on a small part of the triangle. Yami, Tea, and Yugi had also claimed spots around the board and were holding onto the triangle as well. Joey had decided to watch from the couch, and that was a lot for him.

The triangle didn't move, so Tristan tried again. "Can you tell us your name?" He was just reading from a list that came with the board, but he still received a glare from the former spirit. "Ehh, next question. Can you let us know you're here?"

The floorboards gave a sudden creak upstairs.

"W-what was that?!" Joey whispered, dropping off the couch to huddle behind them.

"Um, probably just the house settling. This is an old building, after all." Yugi tried to brush it off.

They waited another minute, but no other sound came, so they continued. "Can you tell us how you died?"

"Mmph!" Another sound came from upstairs, followed by more creaking floorboards. This time, though, they didn't stop. In fact, they appeared to be heading towards the stairs.

"Uhh, Tristan? Didn't your brother use to say something about why he stuffed this thing in the attic?" Joey whispered frantically.

"Yeah, I'm suddenly remembering that."

"Remembering what, exactly?" Yami demanded, tone hushed.

"He tried this with my sister and all the pictures suddenly got knocked off the walls. I always thought he was just trying to scare me."

The top stair groaned as the footsteps reached it. Yugi shrank back and clutched the hand closest to his; Joey's. The instant Joey felt the contact, he seemed to snap out of his frozen terror. In one swift motion, he hefted the small duelist and took off for the nearest exit. Tristan, his partner in crime for years, was right on his tail with Tea's hand clutched in his. Yami was directly behind them.

The footsteps reached the bottom of the stairs and a figure emerged into the light of the moon shining through the kitchen window. Short, thick, and grey, it surveyed the mess in the living room and shook it's head in mild exasperation before walking over to the sink for a glass of water.

"I've got to talk to those kids about cleaning up after themselves." Grandpa placed the now empty glass in the sink and returned upstairs to his bed. Stretching his arms over his head one last time, he attempted to rid himself of the kink in his back, grunting as he did so.

Downstairs, the Ouija board lay abandoned on the table. Or rather, somewhat abandoned. The triangle began to move, so slowly at first that most would assume they had imagined it.

Hello

Yyyyy

Rule 45: Ouija boards are hereby banned.

Yyyyy

Requested by rubygees

I hope you all enjoyed! I've been in a bit of a Halloween mood lately, (though it's still months away -.-;). As always, please review and tell me your thoughts! I love reading each and every one I get! :3