Hi, guys, I am back in action. So as you can see I've been making some changes to the story. I've changed Jasmines name and look. She is now Thea and her face claim is Elizabeth Olsen. The story name has also changed. It's now called "Lionheart". Anyways I hope you guys enjoy the new and improved story. After a year of editing I think I'm finally happy with the results. So please enjoy the new and improved American Horror Story fanfiction.

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love E.

Hard sunlight shone through the windows. Ben Harmon sat in the driver's seat while his wife Vivien sat in the passenger seat, staring out the window. Their seventeen year old daughters, Violet and Thea, sat in the back with their six month old dog. Although they were twins the same birthday is all they share. Violet was a petite teenager with pale skin and long light brown hair that matched her eyes. Thea was slightly taller than her sister and shared the same hair color as her and their mother. Thea and their father shared the same eye color, a pair of bright blues.

Thea lend her head against the car window trying to ignore the awful tension surrounding the car. After finding out about her father's infidelity and her mother's miscarriage the Harmon family has been completely split. The strong bond that Thea and her father once shared was completely destroyed. She now considered him a liar. Her relationship with her mother was in no better condition. She considered her weak for staying with a man that could betray the promise of staying loyal to each other.

"Isn't it beautiful?" Ben said, trying to start a conversation.

"The light is different out here. It's softer." Vivien said.

"It's called smog." Violet retorted.

Thea smirked and shook her head not surprised at her sister's attempt to break the moment.

"You should be excited, Vi." Ben, their father, started, "You can stop sneaking cigarettes and just start taking deep breaths," Ben turned his attention to his other child, "and you T, no more sneaking out."

Thea frowned; she did not want to be included in this conversation with him or anyone in the family for the matter.

"The sneaking out was a team effort" Thea smirk.

She turned her head to look out the window. The trees whizzed by as they drove. She turned back to her parents.

"I need to go to the bathroom." Violet said.

A small smirk slipped onto her lips. She knew Violet did not have to use the bathroom and just wanted to escape the car.

"We're almost there. " Ben said

"I need to go." Violet said again.

` "Vi, it's a freeway." Ben tried to joke, "Really, where do you want me to pull over? Maybe the Honda next to us has a bathroom or something."

"Bet if the baby had to shit, you'd find somewhere. Damn." Thea muttered quietly to herself.

"Really? Thea, you girls know I hate that word, unless I'm saying it." Vivien said.

"Thirteen hundred people have jumped off of this thing" Thea starts "at least that's what they think. They don't see them all and they stopped counting right before a thousand. I looked it up. Twenty six of them survived. You know what all of them said what their first thought after they stepped off," Thea smiles, mischievous, "Oh shit."

Violet turns and grins at Thea, her sister always had a way with words.

"Why did we name you Thea again? You aren't all light and sunshine." Vivien told her more outspoken daughter

"I'm really glad we named you Violet, instead of our second choice." Ben said smiling.

"Which was?" Violet asked.

"Sunshine" Vivien said

They all start chuckling; Thea shook her head and laid her head against the window.

"It's funny. Come on, you gotta admit it's funny." Ben said while chuckling.

They all kind of crack up again, a fleeting moment of family togetherness, Ben shares a smile with his wife, He hoped he could fix his mistake, fix his family. He reaches out his hand to hold hers, but she pulls it away and looks away from him.

They pull into the driveway. Everyone takes a good look, the once broken down abandoned house was now anew with new paint, shutters, gutters. There's a FOR SALE sign on the lawn. All four of them take it in as they come to a stop. They exit the car, Hallie now in Vivien's arms, and make their way to the front door. Ben rings a doorbell; they stood in front of a large house.

"I love it. Don't you love it, hon?" Ben said enthusiastically. "I mean, it looks even better than it did online."

"Yeah," Vivien said not as enthusiastic, "it's interesting.

"Great. So we're the Addams Family now." Violet said rolling her eyes.

"I don't think there were twins on the Addams Family Lee that was more of The Shining kind of twins" Thea said.

Violet smiled and bumped her shoulder into her sister's.

"Let's play forever T." Violet said smiling while attaching herself to Jasmine.

"Get off me weirdo." Thea laughed while pushing her off.

"Hey, Things 1 and 2, come here." Ben said, when they get close enough to him he wraps his arms around them.

"What are you doing?" Vivien asked as she squints her eyes at her husband.

"Isn't this place amazing?" Ben says smiling.

"Yea we get it." Thea mutters.

Marcy, the realtor, opens the door. Marcy was an older lady who had short red straight hair.

"Welcome." She greets the family of 4, she gestures to the house, "It's a classic L.A. Victorian, built around 1920 by the doctor to the stars at the time. It's just fabulous. These are real Tiffany fixtures. Venetian chandeliers, original moldings. The stained glass is some of the only of its kind that survived the great quake. As you can see, the previous owners really loved this place like a child. They restored everything."

The house inside was large and beautiful with wooden structures and open spaces. Marcy shows them around. The Foyer is epic, beautiful, soaring ceilings and a grand staircase, House porn worthy.

"Gay?" Vivien asked

"God mom, just throw it all out there." Thea smirked

Vivien turned to her blue eyed child and playfully glared at her.

"What do you think?" Marcy asked, she was desperate, She just had to sell this house to someone, anyone.

"Tiffany." Ben said "Wow."

"Do you cook?" Marcy asked as they enter the kitchen.

It's beautiful. Looks original except with all of the modern bells and whistles.

"Viv is a great cook." Ben quickly replied before his wife said anything, "I got her cooking lessons a few years ago, and she ended up teaching the teacher a few things."

"Cooking lessons" Marcy said slowly, "romantic. Aren't you a psychologist?"

"Psychiatrist," Ben corrected, "You said something on the phone about there being a study that I could use as a home office? I'm planning on seeing patients here, so I can spend more time with the family."

"How refreshing," Marcy said

Vivien shakes her head. Vivien puts her dog, Hallie, down, and it goes running outside the kitchen, Hallie sniffs around, pees in a corner, and then senses something. Something was off in this house, even a dog could tell. Hallie begins yapping.

"Violet, Thea, honey would you go see where Hayley went?" Their mom asked. "Thank you."

The twins look at each other before they follow the yapping noise of the dog. Hayley was backing at the basement door.

"What are you yapping at?" Violet asked

"Please shut up." Thea begged.

She won't. Thea looks at the door. It's bolted shut. Old school bolted with two heavy bolts and two huge padlocks. Someone doesn't want to let anyone in or maybe out, it could also be a bit of both. Thea taps at Violet's shoulder to get her to look at the door. When she does she wiggles the doorknob, trying to pry it open. After several unsuccessful attempts, they finally get the door the dog was yapping at to open. Violet looks at Thea and raises an eyebrow. Thea looks at her and shakes her head frantically; Violet holds her hands out and the two girls play Rock, Paper, Scissor, Thea losses, twice. She goes down the stairs. Behind some kind of grate someone watched as Jasmine slowly walked down the stairs. She looks around the basement, she sighs when she sees it's empty and heads back up the stairs.

Marcy was still showing the house to Ben and Vivien. She just wanted this house off her hands. It was way more trouble than it was worth.

"When I saw the pictures of this room online, I thought maybe you could use it as your music room." Ben said remembering how much his wife and Thea loved music.

"Are you a musician?" Marcy asked

"I was. Cellist," Vivien said, "And our daughter Thea likes to play the piano."

"She was a very good one, in fact. And Thea is an amazing pianist." Ben complimented

"Why did you quit?" Marcy asked.

Vivien turned her head. She did not want to tell this lady that she stopped because she was with child. A child she lost. She did not want to tell this lady that the stress of her husband cheating and the moving caused her to have no time to practice. She did not want to tell this lady that Thea stopped practicing because she started to rebel against their family. When she turned her head she noticed that a corner of the wallpaper was pealing. She goes to the wall, grabs a tiny peeling piece of sea grass wallpaper and gently pulls it off. It opens a small window to the original wall, no bigger than a couple of postage stamps.

"This wallpaper is peeling over here." Vivien stated. "Looks like maybe there's a mural underneath it."

At that time Violet and Thea entered the room, Violet was carrying Hayley in her arms.

"The last owners probably covered it up." Marcy hesitated, she was afraid that if she told them what had happened to the last owners they would not buy the house, "They were modernists. Speaking of the last owners, full disclosure requires that I tell you about what happened to them. "

"Oh, God," Vivien said horrified "they didn't die in here or anything, did they?" she said, her face twisted in a bit of fear.

"Yes actually, both of them, Murder-suicide. I sold them the house, too. They were just the sweetest couple. You never know, I guess." Marcy answered, hoping she did not scare them away.

The twins looked around the house interested. People died in this house, they were attracted to dark things such as this.

"That explains why it's half the price of every other house in the neighborhood, I guess." Ben said trying to lighten the mode.

"I do have a very nice mid-century ranch, but it's in the Valley, and you're going to get a third of the house for twice the price." Marcy said, it was a bit of a lie but that was okay as long as this house gets sold.

"Right." Ben nodded.

"Where did it happen?" Violet asked

"The basement," Marcy answered.

Thea's eyes widen and her lips spread into a smirk. She was just in the basement. Cool.

"We'll take it." Violet said and Thea couldn't help but agree.