A huge mansion sat in a clearing in the trees. Nothing stirred nearby, as if even the wind was too scared to blow near the house. The trees circling the clearing were teaming with life, but nothing entered the clearing. A heavy aura of evil and foreboding encased the house, an evil greater than anything ever seen lurking inside.

A group of teenagers, oblivious to the sense of danger that the house held, wandered out of the trees. Their eyes all held a tinge of excitement, looking foreword to the mysteries and adventure the mansion before them held.

"Wow!" Gasped Enkeli, her pure white wings fluttering slightly and her pale pink eyes widening slightly. "I never thought it would be so big!"

Noita, adjusting her backpack, said, "I don't think it looks very impressing."

"But at least it's in good shape! That means we can explore it, right?" Elena looked at her companions, her blue-gray eyes wide in happiness.

Knight and Xavier exchanged a glance, eyes narrowed and unsure what to tell the hyper blond. Xavier opened her mouth to say something, but Freja cut her off.

"I think we should go in!" Her soft voice was laced with excitement, "I mean, we went through all of this trouble to find it. Even if we just look inside!"

With a quick glance at the others, Knight sighed, "Alright. I suppose we can at least look around for a bit. But we are not staying long, alright?"

Freja gave a small smile as Elena ran to the front door of the house, opening it. "It's unlocked!" She yelled, happily entering the house without a trace of doubt. The others followed, Knight lingering behind for a moment as though she was worried.

"It's really clean in here." Ice looked around, taking a few steps down one of the halls and examining one of the walls. "And it's in better shape than I expected it to be."

Harmony looked around, worried, and took a step closer to Cavaliere. "I'd rather be at home reading a book. This house has an eerie feel to it and I feel like something is…watching us." She shuddered.

"Harmony is right," Noita said, looking at the front door and holding a book closer to her chest. "It's really creepy in here."

"B-but you guys agreed we could look around some and-"

Cavaliere cut Elena off before she could finish her sentence. "Whoa! No one said we couldn't look around!" He said, twitching his cat tail. "If you want, we can go look around a bit!"

"Can I look around with you guys?" Harmony said, "I mean, if this is really an old house, there must be old books in here! Maybe I could flip through a few of the books while you and Elena look around, Cavaliere!"

"Alright!" Cavaliere looked at the others, "Well, we will be looking around the house. You guys feel free to do whatever you want. We'll be back soon."

Elena led the way up the stairs, skipping steps every so often. Cavaliere followed close behind the energetic teenager, letting out a heavy sigh as though thinking about he got himself into. Harmony followed behind the other two a bit slower, looking around for any signs of danger.

Suddenly, once the other three teenagers were out of sight, something shattered a few rooms away, making the teens jump in fear. Freja clung onto Knight, nearly shrieking from fear and shock. Xavier stepped in front of the others, as though she was going protect them with her body.

"What the hell was that?" The British girl said, brushing her wavy brown hair behind her ear.

Enkeli stepped foreword. "It sounded like something broke somewhere down that hallway." She nodded to the right bound hallway, her heart racing and her legs shaking. "I-I can g-go check it out, if you guys want…?" The white-haired girl looked at the others.

"No. Enkeli, you look ready to die of fright. I'll go." Noita stepped foreword, her red eyes narrowed. "Someone is welcome to come with me, if they wish to."

Fjer looked around, noticing that no one else would go and sighed. "I'll come with you, Noita." His pink eyes were determined and showed no fear of whatever could be up ahead.

Noita nodded. "Alright. Once we check out what that was, we'll be right back. Make sure at least one of you is still here when we get back." The witch glared at all the others before heading off, Fjer following closely.

Knight looked down at Freja, who still clung to her. "Um, Freja? You can get off of me now."

Freja looked up at Knight and jumped back. "I-I'm sorry, Knight!"

"It's okay. You were-"Knight froze. "Did you here that?" Her pale gray-white eyes were wide as she looked down the central hallway. "I swear I just heard something. It was like… loud footsteps… Loud and heavy footsteps. Guys, maybe we should leave. I mean, right now. Something isn't right!"

Xavier looked down the same hall, her violet eyes wide. "Knight's right. Something isn't right. We need to-"

Before Xavier could finish, a huge monster came running down the central hallway and threw Knight against the wall. Knight cried out in pain, one of her pitch black wings held awkwardly as she struggled back to her feet, pulling out her twin swords. Xavier pulled out her sniper gun and took aim.

"Everyone, behind me!" Xavier cried, shooting at the creature. "And try to run! Just get away from here!"

Enkeli stood her ground beside Xavier. "No! I'm staying! There is no way you can take down this creature on your own!" She turned and looked at the others quickly. "Knight, get Freja and Ice out of here!"

Knight nodded and, without hesitation, hurried upstairs with Ice and Freja right behind her. With each step she winced, her broken wing throbbing with pain.

Xavier and Enkeli watched the three others flee before Enkeli came to a sudden realization. "Fjer and Noita are going to be coming back! This monster could kill them if they aren't prepared to defend themselves!" She cried, "I'll distract it while you run around behind it and warn them, okay?!"

The teen nodded her head and made a dash toward the right hand hallway while Enkeli used her daggers and distracted the monster, her heart racing in fear. 'I can do this!' She thought, dodging an attack from the creature. One of it's shocks of magic hit her in the side and she cried out, coughing up blood. She looked at the crimson liquid in horror before realizing she should run.

"Xavier! Mission abort! Stay away from here! Run!" Enkeli made a dash for the stair, adrenaline causing her to run faster. Once she made it, she looked behind her before realizing that the creature was following her. Enkeli ran up the stairs and made a dash for the closest door. She opened it, happy that it was unlocked, and then slammed the door shut. She looked around the room, seeing a closet and hurrying to it. Enkeli opened the closet door and hide inside.

Then she blacked out…