Title: The Haunting
Author: CRene
Rating: R
Summary: The Salem teenagers spend Halloween at a Haunted House.
*Note* Banner created by AndieMc*
**Song played in Chapter Two is Thriller by Michael Jackson.**
***Song played in Chapter Three is Scooby Doo: Where Are You? for Hanna Barbara***
****Song played in Chapter Three is Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr.
Chapter One
It was the day before Halloween and the Salem High students were making plans for the day of the year
that the can scare the living daylights out of their friends and get free candy. Phillip Kiriakis was standing
by his locker admiring himself in the mirror, like he did every morning, when Shawn Brady came walking up
to him.
“My dear ‘ole Uncle Phil, do you have any plans for the celebration tomorrow night,” Shawn asked.
“I was thinking of taking Chloe to the haunted house on Elm Street. Why,” Phillip wondered.
“How about we take the girls to a real haunted house? I heard my dad talking about this mansion in
Springfield that is supposedly haunted. Who wants to stay here and go through the same mazes we do every
year. Let’s take a ride and have some fun,” Shawn explained.
“What are the girls going to think of that,” Phillip questioned when suddenly the girls they were referring to
came walking up behind him.
“Think of what,” Belle asked.
“Brady, here, wants us to go to Greensboro tomorrow night to check out some haunted mansion,” Phillip
replied.
“You mean the Graves Mansion,” Kevin wondered standing behind Mimi Lockhart, his girlfriend.
“You heard about the place,” Shawn asked.
“Who hasn’t? This mansion was built my Sir Walter Graves in the 1910’s for his beloved Maribeth. After
seven years of that place she committed suicide in the tub finding Sir Walter in bed with her sister,
Bethanie. Their child, Elizabeth, who was only six at the time found her mother. Elizabeth never got over it
and it drove her crazy then finding out the truth by the age of sixteen she killed her aunt and her father.
Finally Elizabeth killed herself in the same room her mother died in ten years to the date. They say that
Maribeth and Elizabeth haunt the place, always trying to find a way out of there. And you can hear Walter
and Bethanie’s voices coming from the bedrooms,” Kevin answered.
“Sounds phony to me,” Chloe stated.
“Let’s find out,” Phillip mentioned.
“I’m in,” Belle chimed in.
“You are afraid of spiders and you want to go in this place,” Shawn asked his girl putting his arm around
her.
“I can be just as brave as you Shawn Douglas Brady,” Belle confirmed.
“Watch it man. A girl that uses the entire name means business,” Phillip laughed.
“So it’s a plan,” Mimi said.
“Everyone meet at Capital Park at ten. We can take two vehicles, Phillip, Chloe, Mimi and Kevin in Phillip’
s car. And Belle and I can take the truck. Make sure we each bring a flashlight,” Shawn said.
Suddenly the class bell rang and each of them went on their separate ways. Belle was beginning to get
worried that maybe agreeing to go on this trip wasn’t such a great idea.
“Chloe, do you think this is such a good idea,” Belle asked Chloe in the cafeteria sitting down at their
regular table.
“Belle, everything will be fine,” Chloe assured Belle.
“What ever you say, Chloe,” Belle replied.
Halloween night everyone kept quiet about their plans for the night. Everyone hid the fact from their friends
and family that they were planning on taking a trip to Greensboro. “What are your plans tonight,” Brady
asked watching his baby sister grab her jacket heading out the door.
“Plans with Shawn,” Belle said running out quickly.
“She is up to something I just know it,” Brady stated out loud.
Outside Shawn was waiting for Belle in his father’s truck. To him she looked breathtaking even though she
was in blue jeans, a baby blue sweater, and her jean jacket.
“Hello, there beautiful,” Shawn told her giving her sweet kiss on the lips.
“Hey, handsome,” Belle giggled.
They drove in silence to Capital Park hoping Mimi, Kevin, Phillip, and Chloe were waiting for them. What
no one knew was someone was following them?
At the park Mimi and Kevin were sitting on the bench kissing madly while Phillip and Chloe were leaning
against a tree discussing the plans for the night. Shawn and Belle snook up on their friends making Mimi
jump into Kevin’s lap.
“Mimi, I don’t know if you are going to be able to handle tonight,” Chloe stated.
“I’ll protect her,” Kevin admitted.
“Yes, Kevin, but who will protect you,” Phillip laughed. Shawn hit Phillip on the arm reminding him to play
nice with Kevin and Mimi.
“Okay, let’s get this going,” Belle said.
“We will meet at the truck stop on 54th in Greensboro,” Phillip told Shawn.
“Got it. Don’t get lost, Uncle Phil,” Shawn laughed jumping in his truck.
In Phillip’s car Mimi and Kevin were in the back seat while Chloe was sitting next to Phillip. Chloe wanted
to take Shawn’s advice and play nice with Mimi and Kevin.
“Since it is Halloween, what is your favorite scary movie,” Chloe asked.
“Goonies,” Mimi spit out.
“Meems, Goonies is not a horror movie,” Phillip interrupted.
“Sloth was scary to me,” Mimi admitted.
“I liked Mikey,” Chloe stated. “But Bren was hot.”
“Hey, your boyfriend is sitting next to you,” Phillip told Chloe.
“I prefer the classics like The Blob and Frankenstein,” Kevin admitted.
“I like the Scream trilogy,” Chloe stated.
“Which one was your favorite,” Mimi wondered.
“Three. There is a part in that one that makes me close my eyes every time. When Neve Campbell is sitting
in her living room and her dead mother comes walking up to the house calling her name I can’t watch it,”
Chloe explained.
“Phillip, you never answered the question,” Kevin stated.
“Well, it’s the original Halloween. There is something about Jamie Lee Curtis in that movie,” Phillip
answered.
In the truck a few miles behind Phillip were Shawn and Belle. It was quiet between the two since Belle was
getting shaky about going on this trip. Suddenly the front driver’s side tire blew making the truck swerve.
“Pull to the side, Shawn,” Belle yelled.
“I’m trying,” Shawn stated.
When he finally got the truck under control he pulled to the side. When he pulled a side Belle jumped out of
the truck falling directly into mud. Shawn got out hoping to fix the tire.
“Belle, we have a problem,” Shawn told her.
“Please don’t tell me,” Belle stated.
“There’s no spare,” Shawn admitted.
“Shawn, I haven’t seen another vehicle for the past ten miles,” Belle told him.
“I think we might have another problem,” Shawn said looking around. “I think I told a wrong turn.”
Belle knew this was going to be a bad night. Now she was on a deserted road with a flat tire with Shawn
Brady miles away from any civilization.
Chapter Two
Driving down the road, Phillip was beginning to get worried when fog began to appear out of nowhere. The
line of sight was becoming worse inch by inch. He knew the gas station was coming up, but would he miss it
because of the fog.
The radio station they were listening to in the car was coming through clear as day until the fog hit them.
Suddenly all they heard was static.
"Chloe, can you try something else," Mimi asked.
"Yea," Chloe replied but when she did there was static on every station.
"This is getting eerie even for me," Kevin stated.
"What happened to protecting Mimi from the ghost and goblins," Phillip wondered.
"Did someone say ghosts," Mimi mumbled.
"He was kidding," Chloe shot back turning around in the seat looking at Mimi.
Looking through the back window Chloe concentrated on something or someone that was standing in the
middle of the street behind them. Chloe couldn't believe her eyes.
"Kevin, look," Chloe told him pointing out the rear window.
"What's back there," Mimi asked turning around. "Ahhhhhhhhh."
"Don't do that Mimi," Phillip ordered.
"You don't see that through the mirror," Chloe asked.
"See what," Phillip asked looking through the window. Finally he noticed the figure standing there.
"It's a werewolf," Kevin screamed.
"There are no such things," Chloe pointed out.
"Don't let him suck my blood," Mimi screamed.
"Mimi, that's vampires," Chloe stated.
"There's a first for everything," Mimi replied.
"Phillip, step on it, okay, I want to get as far away from here as possible," Chloe told her boyfriend.
As Phillip looked ahead he began speeding up in the dense fog until something suddenly appeared before
him. Phillip swerved to miss the creature in the middle of the road when he looked back it was gone.
"Phillip, why did you do that," Chloe asked trying to gain some composure.
"There was something in the road," he answered. "It looked like Frankenstein."
"That's crazy," Kevin stated. "I think we need to get to the gas station."
"If we can find ourselves out of this fog," Phillip replied.
Suddenly the radio came back on playing full blast a tune that everyone knew:
**It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark
Under the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes,
You're paralyzed
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one's gonna save you from the beast about strike
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight
Mimi was beginning to get really scared curling up closer to Kevin.
You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run
You feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sun
You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination
But all the while you hear the creature creepin' up behind
You're out of time
"Kevin, hold me," Mimi whispered in his ear.
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
There ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyes
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside of killer, thriller tonight
Phillip went to turn the radio down but it would go right back to max.
Night creatures call
And the dead start to walk in their masquerade
There's no escapin' the jaws of the alien this time
(They're open wide)
This is the end of your life
"Phillip, just turn it off," Chloe yelled.
They're out to get you, there's demons closing in on every side
They will possess you unless you change the number on your dial
Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together
All thru the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen,
I'll make you see
The radio would not turn off no matter what he tried.
That this is thriller, thriller night
'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghost would dare to try
Girl, this is thriller, thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a killer, diller, chiller
Thriller here tonight
Suddenly it stopped for a moment with regular broadcasting then went back to the loud song.
Darkness falls across the land
The midnite hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize y'awl's neighbourhood
And whosoever shall be found
Without the soul for getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell
And rot inside a corpse's shell
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grizzy ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller**
After the song ended the radio went dead. Mimi moved back over to her side of the car. While Chloe checked
her car door making sure it was locked. The four of them were becoming more frightened by the minute.
On the deserted road where Shawn and Belle were, Belle was sitting inside the truck while Shawn looked at
the damage on the tire. Suddenly Shawn noticed a bright light coming from behind the truck.
"Belle, get out here. Someone is coming," Shawn told her.
Belle got out of the vehicle standing next to Shawn while the vehicle came closer and closer to them.
"It can't be that far away," Shawn stated.
"Shawn, look," Belle said pointing to where the vehicle was coming from.
"Where did it go," Shawn asked. "There weren't any crossroads around for three miles."
Out of nowhere the car with no lights on drove by them. Not being able to see the driver that was inside the
vehicle, Shawn hid Belle behind him. The car suddenly stopped twenty-feet pass them. Belle began to pray
for her life, not knowing who was driving the vehicle. Suddenly the driver's side door opened and out walked
a shadow.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh," Shawn and Belle screamed for their lives.
Chapter Three
Phillip finally caught a glimpse of the gas station where he was supposed to meet Shawn and Belle. He
couldn’t believe the sight before him. There was a semi-truck, two cars, and a pick-up truck surrounding the
gast station, but there was no human life around.
“I don’t see Shawn’s truck,” Chloe stated.
“This is getting really creepy, guys,” Mimi said.
“Mimi, what is your problem,” Phillip asked. “Scooby Doo is braver than you.”
“I don’t have a problem, Fred,” Mimi replied.
“I think we should pull up and wait for Shawn and Belle,” Kevin said.
Five minutes later the four of them were in front of the gas station standing outside of Phillip’s car. Mimi
was getting hungry, but the door to the gas station was locked, yet the lights were on.
“Are you as hungry as I am,” Kevin asked his girlfriend putting his arm around her.
“I bet they have Scooby snacks in the gas station for you, Meems,” Chloe laughed.
“That was not funny,” Mimi said suddenly thinking of something to pass the time. She began to sing:
***Scooby-Dooby-Doo, Where are you?
We got some work to do now.
Scooby-Dooby-Doo, Where are you?
We need some help from you now.
Come on Scooby-Doo,
I see you... pretending you got a sliver.
But you're not fooling me,
cause I can see,
the way you shake and shiver.
You know we've got a mystery to solve,
so Scooby Doo be ready for your act
[Scooby Doo]Uh-uh Uh-uh
Don't hold back!
And scooby Doo if you come through
your going to have yourself a scooby snack!
That's a fact!
Scooby-Dooby-Doo, here are you,
Your ready and your willing.
If we can count on you Scooby-Doo,
I know you'll catch the villian***
“Nice job, Meems,” Chloe remarked.
“You watch to much television, Meems,” Phillip stated.
“I have a baby brother who loves that cartoon plus it is my favorite,” Mimi admitted.
“I always like Daphne,” Kevin said.
“I figured you were more of a Velma type,” Phillip told Kevin.
“Can we get off of this topic please. Where is taking Shawn and Belle so long,” Chloe wondered.
“Maybe they are making out in the truck on the side of the road somewhere,” Phillip laughed. “It’s not like
we don’t do it.”
“They wouldn’t do that knowing we were here waiting for them,” Mimi replied.
“But we would,” Phillip laughed.
Belle was standing next to Shawn in front of the truck watching the figure get out of the car.
“AHHHHHHHH,” Belle screamed.
“Tink, it’s me,” Brady shouted.
“Brady, what are you doing here,” Shawn wondered watching Brady come into focus.
“I followed you guys. I knew Belle was up to something when she left and I had to make sure nothing was
going to happen. I lost you for awhile there, but I guess you guys are okay. Where are the others,” Brady
wondered.
“We took a wrong turn,” Belle stated folding her arms giving Shawn a dirty look.
“Where are you supposed to meet them,” Brady asked.
“At the gas station on 54th in Greensboro,” Shawn answered.
“Don’t tell me you guys are going to the Graves Mansion,” Brady stated. “Get in the car.”
The three of them were heading in the direction of the 54th gas station listening to the radio. Belle was
sitting in the back seat of the vehicle when she looked outside noticing the figure in a tree. She blinked
hoping the figure she was seeing was her imagination.
“Are you okay,” Shawn asked turning around watching Belle keep blinking her eyes and shaking her head.
“I thought I saw something,” Belle answered.
“What,” Brady wondered.
“A ghost,” Belle replied.
Suddenly a song came on the radio making the three of them pay attention.
****Ghostbusters!
If there's something strange in your neighborhood
Who ya gonna call?
Ghostbusters!
If there's something weird and it don't look good
Who you gonna call?
Ghostbusters!
I ain't afraid of no ghost!
I ain't afraid of no ghost!
If you're seeing things running through your head
Who can ya call?
Ghostbusters!
An invisible man sleeping in your bed
Oh! Who ya gonna call?
Ghostbusters!
I ain't afraid of no ghost!
I ain't afraid of no ghost!
Who ya gonna call?
Ghostbusters!
If you're all alone, pick up the phone
And call
Ghostbusters!
I ain't afraid of no ghost!
I hear it likes the girls
I ain't afraid of no ghost!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Who ya gonna call?
Ghostbusters!
If you have those other freaky ghosts, baby,
You'd better call
Ghostbusters!
Let me tell ya something--
Bustin' makes me feel good!
I ain't afraid of no ghost!
I ain't afraid of no ghost!
Don't get caught alone, oh no!
Ghostbusters!
When it comes through your door, unless you just want some mo'
I think you'd better call
Ghostbusters!
Who ya gonna call?
Ghostbusters!
Who ya gonna call?
Ghostbusters!
I think you'd better call
Ghostbusters!
Who ya gonna call?
Ghostbusters!
I can't hear you!
Who ya gonna call?
Ghostbusters!
Louder!
Ghostbusters!
Who ya gonna call?
Ghostbusters!
Who can ya call?
Ghostbusters!
Who ya gonna call?
Ghostbusters!****
“Okay, that was creepy,” Belle announced.
“It gets worse,” Brady said.
“What,” Shawn asked.
“I’m lost,” Brady answered looking around.
“Great,” Belle mumbled sitting back in the seat.
“Look ahead there is the gas station,” Shawn announced.
“Oh no,” Brady shouted. “Look.”
A semi-truck was speeding towards Phillip’s car and no one in front of the car noticed. The truck was getting
closer and closer.
“Noooooooooo,” Belle screamed.
Brady stopped the vehicle watching intensely the events unfolding before his eyes. Phillip, Chloe, Mimi and
Kevin were about to killed by a madman in a semi-truck.
Phillip heard a scream turning around knowing Belle anywhere he noticed Brady and Shawn in the car a
hundred feet away. Chloe turned also catching a glimpse of what Belle was screaming about.
“Oh god no,” Chloe cried watching the semi-truck rushing towards them.
Chapter Four
Mimi and Kevin turned around to see the semi-truck heading for them. Kevin grabbed Mimi in a hug
making sure they would be together in the afterlife. There was no way for them to escape the truck. As the
truck was just feet away from them it disappeared.
"Where did it go," Shawn asked to Brady.
"It couldn't have just disappeared," Brady admitted.
"It did just like the ghost," Belle replied.
"There are no such thing as ghosts," Brady stated.
"Then what happened to that truck," Belle wondered.
"It was our imagination running wild," Brady answered.
"We better get over to them to make sure they are okay," Shawn stated.
Brady drove over to the Scooby gang we were shell shocked at what happened to them. Kevin was still
holding Mimi in his arms since she wouldn't stop shaking and rambling on about the how she seen the light.
"Are you guys okay," Shawn asked jumping out of Brady's car.
"Did you see that? I can't explain what just happened," Phillip said.
"I think we should be heading out of here, that's my opinion," Chloe admitted.
"Okay, Phil, stay right behind us this time," Brady ordered. Everyone got back into the vehicles and headed
off to the Graves Mansion.
Four miles down the road, Belle was getting a gut feeling that they should not have come out tonight.
Everything that had happened so far that night weighed in on her decision to tell everyone she wanted to go
home.
"How about we not do this and just go home," Belle stated.
"Belle, don't worry, everything will be fine," Shawn told his girlfriend.
"Shawn and I will protect you, Tink," Brady stated.
"Yea, but who will protect you," Belle wondered.
"We don't need protecting," Brady replied.
In Phillip's car, Mimi was still shaking in Kevin's arms. She couldn't believe that she had seen a werewolf
and that they almost died from an imaginary semi-truck smashing into them.
"Will you stop," Chloe ordered Mimi.
"Leave her alone, Chloe. Mimi has always hated Halloween ever since the age of nine when an intruder
killed her grandmother that Halloween. She hates Halloween, so something like this scares her," Phillip
explained.
"I didn't know that," Kevin stated lifting up Mimi's chin to get her attention.
"It's not something I like to talk about. Grams and I were very close and that night I was supposed to spend
the night with her, but I began to get sick from eating to much candy. If I would have went I could have
stopped it," Mimi cried.
"Mimi, you could have been hurt also," Chloe stated.
"She's right," Kevin told her kissing those lips of hers.
"Look we are here," Phillip announced following Brady up the long windy driveway.
Both vehicles stopped and everyone got out heading for the entrance of the dark, abandoned mansion.
Boards and ivy were covering some of the windows and the stairs were missing from the porch leading to the
door.
"Everyone have a flash light," Brady asked.
"Yes," everyone answered.
"I think we should split up," Phillip suggested.
"No way," Belle replied.
"Belle is right. When we go in there everyone grab the hand behind you. We don't want to get separated from
the group," Shawn stated.
Brady went to reach for the door handle when the door suddenly opened by its self.
"It must be the wind," Shawn said.
Everyone grabbed each other's hand walking into the mansion. Brady had a flashlight in one hand and
Belle's in the other who had Shawn's who had Mimi's. Mimi had Kevin's who had Chloe's who had Phillip's.
"I don't like this," Belle stated.
"Belle, it's fine," Shawn replied.
"You guys, I think we should split up," Brady suggested. "We can cover more ground that way."
"How about Mimi and Kevin come with Belle and I. You can have Phillip and Chloe," Shawn suggested.
"Guys, who has my other hand," Phillip asked terrified.
"Phillip, I have your hand," Chloe answered.
"No, who is holding the other one," Phillip wondered.
"No one," Shawn replied.
"Well someone is holding it," Phillip screamed.
Brady shined the flashlight at the end of the train to see a creature holding up Phillip's hand. The creature
lifted Phillip up by the arm letting Chloe's hand go. The creature threw Phillip across the room having him
hit the wall knocking him unconscious. The rest of the gang screamed and ran for their lives. Where were
they going to go? Would this creature come after them one by one?
Chapter Five
Shawn ran as far as he could taking Belle’s hand with him. She was shaking horribly about what she had
just seen. How could this happen? What was that creature? Shawn had found a closet to hide in taking Belle
with him.
“What was that,” Belle cried in Shawn’s arms.
“I don’t know, but I am not letting it near you or me,” Shawn said kissing her gently in the closet trying to
reassure her.
Chloe had tried to stay close to Phillip to make sure he was still alive. Yet, Brady had forced her to come
with him running up to the second floor.
“I want to go back to Phillip,” Chloe screamed with tears flowing down her cheeks.
“Do you want to end up dead also,” Brady questioned pulling her into a bedroom locking the door.
“He’s not dead. He can’t be dead,” she yelled trying to force herself past Brady, but he blocked the door so
she could not get through. “No, this can’t be happening.”
Chloe was stepping farther and farther away from Brady hoping to find another way out of the bedroom to
go to Phillip. She wanted to be with Phillip, if he was dying, she didn’t want him to be alone. Noticing the
door on her left she went to open the door.
“Ahhhhhhhhhh,” Chloe screamed as a knife was put into her gut.
Brady turned around to see a creature lifting Chloe up in the air by the knife sticking into her. The creature
tilted his head to watch the life go out of Chloe amazed how the victim has the face of horror on them. When
Chloe’s lifeless body fell forward the creature took the knife out of her.
Brady unlocked the door running out into the hallway. He couldn’t believe that Phillip and Chloe were died.
Why did his sister and their friends want to come here? He ran down the hall hoping he would find his sister
before it was too late.
“Belle,” Brady yelled. “Belle, where are you?”
“Brady,” a voice he didn’t recognize echoed through the halls.
Brady knew whoever had killed Chloe was after him. He kept running but the hallway seemed to be getting
longer and longer. He was lost everything looked different than when he entered the room with the
breathtaking but now dead Chloe Lane.
On the other side of the house Kevin was entering the kitchen his flashlight flying everywhere making sure
he wasn’t walking into a trap.
“Kevin, wait for me,” Mimi yelled running up behind him.
“What is going on here,” Kevin wondered. “This can’t be real.”
“I’m scared,” Mimi replied.
Kevin and Mimi stood in the middle of the kitchen looking around to see nothing but darkness. Mimi
decided to see if there was anything in the huge kitchen by opening the refrigerator.
“Noooooooo,” Mimi screamed stepping back away from the refrigerator.
“What is it,” Kevin asked rushing up towards her.
Looking inside was Jason Welles head looking straight at them. Mimi couldn’t bare to look any longer so
she turned her head into Kevin’s chest. Shutting the refrigerator Kevin knew Mimi and him were in more
danger than he had thought.
“What are we going to do,” Mimi cried in her boyfriend’s arms.
“The first thing we need to do is get out of this house then get help,” Kevin answered.
Both of them ran out of the kitchen trying to go back to the front door. Five minutes later they were back at
the front of the mansion. Mimi looked to her right noticing Phillip’s body laying on the ground with blood
surrounding him. She couldn’t believe her friend was dead.
Kevin grabbed the doorknob and pulled the door to escape this place that caused nothing but horror since
they entered it. Kevin pulled the door, but nothing happened.
“Mimi, we have problems,” Kevin stated. “The door won’t open.”
“Unlock it,” Mimi ordered.
“It’s not locked. We are trapped,” Kevin replied.
Shawn and Belle were hiding in a closet not realizing that the mansion they had entered to have some fun
was keeping them inside. Brady kept running through the second floor after witnessing Chloe get gutted not
being able to find the stairway. Mimi and Kevin were together realizing they might die in this place. What
were these five friends to do? Were they going to escape with their lives or die trying?
Chapter Six
“Belle, I think we should go looking for the others,” Shawn told Belle who was clued to the corner of the
closet.
“No, Shawn, I am scared,” Belle replied.
“Stay here, I will be back,” Shawn stated standing up. Suddenly Belle grabbed his arm pulling him towards
her.
“I don’t want you to go,” Belle said kissing him hard and passionately. “So go.”
Shawn got up opening the closet door slightly checking to see if anyone was around and came out of the
closet. Looking back at Belle one more time before shutting the door he blew her a kiss.
On the second floor Brady was still trying to find his way through the maze of the mansion. He finally
reached the stairs looking down he noticed two figures at the bottom of the stairs at the front door. Shining
the light down he realized it was Kevin and Mimi who were trying to open the front door.
“Meems,” Brady yelled.
Looking up towards the stairs Mimi looked into the light blinding her. Kevin moved over a bit getting out of
the light when he recognized who was shining the light upon them.
“Brady. Ahhhhh. Brady, watch out,” Kevin screamed.
Suddenly Brady’s head rolled down the stairs with his body leaning against the railing on top. The creature
had the axe in it’s hand smiling gleefully staring down at Kevin. Brady’s head stopped in front of Mimi’s
foot. Looking down she saw the look of horror on Brady’s face before feeling the blade cut into his skin.
“Nooooooooooo,” Mimi screamed. “Brady.”
Chapter Seven
Shawn was walking through the house when he heard the scream. Running to the front of the house he found
Mimi standing by the door in shock.
“Meems, what is going,” Shawn asked walking up towards her tripping over a ball that was in his way.
“Oh god,” Mimi cried. “Do you know what you just kicked?”
“A ball,” Shawn replied.
“How about your cousin’s head. Brady is dead. Jason’s head is in the refrigerator. The door won’t open and
Chloe is missing,” Mimi blubbered.
“Where’s Belle,” Kevin asked.
“In the closet,” Shawn answered.
“You left her alone. Are you crazy,” Mimi shouted grabbing his shirt collar shaking him. “You left my best
friend alone in this house with a madman running lose.”
“Meems,” Shawn yelled pulling her away. “Stop it. She is fine.”
“Guys, look,” Kevin yelled pointing to the creature that was coming down the stairs towards them.
“Let’s get out of here,” Shawn ordered grabbing Mimi’s hand.
Kevin went running behind Mimi tripping over Brady’s head falling on his face knocking off his glasses.
Before he had time to get up he felt the long blade go into his back. Slipping deeper inside of him he lost the
ability to go on. Finally falling to his death Kevin Lambert was dead.
“Kevin,” Mimi cried trying to go back to her boyfriend.
“Mimi, no, you can’t go back,” Shawn ordered dragging her pulling tightly around her arm.
“I have to be with Kevin,” Mimi sobbed finally getting away from Shawn.
She ran back towards Kevin with the creature no where in sight. Shawn stood there watching Mimi fall to
the ground next to her love. Shawn knew it was killing Mimi to watch the person you love die before your
eyes. He didn’t know what he would do if Belle was taken away from him.
“Why, Kevin,” Mimi sobbed laying her head on Kevin.
“What happened,” Belle asked coming up behind Shawn.
“We need to get out of this house,” Shawn stated turning around to look at Belle. He caught the figure
behind Belle standing there with the butcher knife in it’s hand. “Belle, watch out.”
Was this the end of Belle Black? Would Mimi overcome her grief to escape The Haunting? Would Shawn
ever forgive himself if something happened to Belle?
Chapter Eight
“Belle, watch out,” Shawn yelled pushing her aside. The knife went straight into his heart killing everything
he held true.
“No,” Belle screamed. “Shawn.”
“How could you do this to us,” Mimi asked.
“Revenge is so sweet,” the creature replied.
Shawn’s body fell to the ground holding the cross that hung around his neck tightly looking into Belle’s eyes.
Belle tried to catch her love before the heavens took him away.
“Shawn, I love you,” Belle cried.
“I love you,” he whispered before going into the afterlife holding the cross close to his heart where he would
always hold his ’Perfect Girl’.
“You are next my pretty,” the creature stated looking at Belle.
“NO,” Mimi yelled. “I am not going to let you kill us.”
“It’s too late you are already dead,” the creature replied.
Belle and Mimi clung on to each other hoping praying they would not die. All of their friends and the ones
that were dear to their hearts were murdered, but they didn’t want to die. Clinging tightly on to each other
as the knife came closer and closer and closer they screamed with every breath they had.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh,” Belle screamed jumping up from her sleep. Looking around she noticed she was in her
room. Suddenly feeling the urge to call her best friend’s she picked up the phone dialing Meems’ number.
“Hello,” Mimi asked opening her eyes to the sight of her bedroom.
“Meems, it’s Belle. Are you okay,” Belle wondered.
“I was having this horrible nightmare about the guys taking us to a Haunted Mansion,” Mimi replied.
“Where everyone was slaughtered and we were the last two to live,” Belle stated.
“How did you know,” Mimi asked.
“I had the same nightmare,” Belle answered.
“Are you okay? It seemed so real,””Mimi said.
“I know. We had the same nightmare. That is so creepy.”
“Brady’s head was cut off. Jason’s head was in the refrigerator, Kevin was knifed in the back,” Mimi went on.
“Shawn was stabbed in the heart,” Belle commented. “It was so real. We have to tell them.”
“Meet me at the lockers first thing in the morning,” Mimi told Belle.
Four hours later Belle and Mimi were standing by the lockers discussing the night’s events when Shawn
and Phillip walked up to them.
“Lovely ladies,” Shawn said kissing his girlfriend on the cheek.
“Shawn did you have any strange dreams last night,” Belle asked.
Shawn’s face began to blush like he had got caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
“Not in the company of our friend’s,” Shawn replied blushing.
“Not those kind of dreams,” Mimi shouted slapping Shawn’s arm. “Belle and I had the same nightmare last
night.”
Jan and Jason walked up to them and Belle and Mimi were shocked at what they were looking at.
“It’s you,” Mimi and Belle shouted together pointing to Jan.
“What are you talking about,” Jan asked.
“Last night, the creature, it was you,” Mimi stated.
“You tried to kill us,” Belle said.
“Shawn, Kevin, and Phillip died by your hands,” Mimi yelled.
“Calm down, girls, what ever you two are on you need to stop,” Jan replied. “I was with Jason all last night.”
“You tried to kill us,” Mimi repeated.
Kevin came up behind his girlfriend with Chloe by his side.
“What is going on,” Chloe asked.
“Mimi and Belle had a nightmare last night that Jan tried to kill all of us,” Phillip answered.
“It was just a nightmare, girls. I would never intentionally try to kill you, unless I was provoked of course,”
Jan explained.
“Since it is Halloween how about we go out tonight,” Jason asked trying to get off the topic of Jan.
“I hear the Graves Mansion is a pretty cool place to go,” Shawn suggested.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,” Mimi and Belle screamed putting their hands up to their faces screaming with fear.
Were Mimi and Belle really dreaming? Would there be death on Halloween? Who would survive?
Author: CRene
Rating: R
Summary: The Salem teenagers spend Halloween at a Haunted House.
*Note* Banner created by AndieMc*
**Song played in Chapter Two is Thriller by Michael Jackson.**
***Song played in Chapter Three is Scooby Doo: Where Are You? for Hanna Barbara***
****Song played in Chapter Three is Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr.
Chapter One
It was the day before Halloween and the Salem High students were making plans for the day of the year
that the can scare the living daylights out of their friends and get free candy. Phillip Kiriakis was standing
by his locker admiring himself in the mirror, like he did every morning, when Shawn Brady came walking up
to him.
“My dear ‘ole Uncle Phil, do you have any plans for the celebration tomorrow night,” Shawn asked.
“I was thinking of taking Chloe to the haunted house on Elm Street. Why,” Phillip wondered.
“How about we take the girls to a real haunted house? I heard my dad talking about this mansion in
Springfield that is supposedly haunted. Who wants to stay here and go through the same mazes we do every
year. Let’s take a ride and have some fun,” Shawn explained.
“What are the girls going to think of that,” Phillip questioned when suddenly the girls they were referring to
came walking up behind him.
“Think of what,” Belle asked.
“Brady, here, wants us to go to Greensboro tomorrow night to check out some haunted mansion,” Phillip
replied.
“You mean the Graves Mansion,” Kevin wondered standing behind Mimi Lockhart, his girlfriend.
“You heard about the place,” Shawn asked.
“Who hasn’t? This mansion was built my Sir Walter Graves in the 1910’s for his beloved Maribeth. After
seven years of that place she committed suicide in the tub finding Sir Walter in bed with her sister,
Bethanie. Their child, Elizabeth, who was only six at the time found her mother. Elizabeth never got over it
and it drove her crazy then finding out the truth by the age of sixteen she killed her aunt and her father.
Finally Elizabeth killed herself in the same room her mother died in ten years to the date. They say that
Maribeth and Elizabeth haunt the place, always trying to find a way out of there. And you can hear Walter
and Bethanie’s voices coming from the bedrooms,” Kevin answered.
“Sounds phony to me,” Chloe stated.
“Let’s find out,” Phillip mentioned.
“I’m in,” Belle chimed in.
“You are afraid of spiders and you want to go in this place,” Shawn asked his girl putting his arm around
her.
“I can be just as brave as you Shawn Douglas Brady,” Belle confirmed.
“Watch it man. A girl that uses the entire name means business,” Phillip laughed.
“So it’s a plan,” Mimi said.
“Everyone meet at Capital Park at ten. We can take two vehicles, Phillip, Chloe, Mimi and Kevin in Phillip’
s car. And Belle and I can take the truck. Make sure we each bring a flashlight,” Shawn said.
Suddenly the class bell rang and each of them went on their separate ways. Belle was beginning to get
worried that maybe agreeing to go on this trip wasn’t such a great idea.
“Chloe, do you think this is such a good idea,” Belle asked Chloe in the cafeteria sitting down at their
regular table.
“Belle, everything will be fine,” Chloe assured Belle.
“What ever you say, Chloe,” Belle replied.
Halloween night everyone kept quiet about their plans for the night. Everyone hid the fact from their friends
and family that they were planning on taking a trip to Greensboro. “What are your plans tonight,” Brady
asked watching his baby sister grab her jacket heading out the door.
“Plans with Shawn,” Belle said running out quickly.
“She is up to something I just know it,” Brady stated out loud.
Outside Shawn was waiting for Belle in his father’s truck. To him she looked breathtaking even though she
was in blue jeans, a baby blue sweater, and her jean jacket.
“Hello, there beautiful,” Shawn told her giving her sweet kiss on the lips.
“Hey, handsome,” Belle giggled.
They drove in silence to Capital Park hoping Mimi, Kevin, Phillip, and Chloe were waiting for them. What
no one knew was someone was following them?
At the park Mimi and Kevin were sitting on the bench kissing madly while Phillip and Chloe were leaning
against a tree discussing the plans for the night. Shawn and Belle snook up on their friends making Mimi
jump into Kevin’s lap.
“Mimi, I don’t know if you are going to be able to handle tonight,” Chloe stated.
“I’ll protect her,” Kevin admitted.
“Yes, Kevin, but who will protect you,” Phillip laughed. Shawn hit Phillip on the arm reminding him to play
nice with Kevin and Mimi.
“Okay, let’s get this going,” Belle said.
“We will meet at the truck stop on 54th in Greensboro,” Phillip told Shawn.
“Got it. Don’t get lost, Uncle Phil,” Shawn laughed jumping in his truck.
In Phillip’s car Mimi and Kevin were in the back seat while Chloe was sitting next to Phillip. Chloe wanted
to take Shawn’s advice and play nice with Mimi and Kevin.
“Since it is Halloween, what is your favorite scary movie,” Chloe asked.
“Goonies,” Mimi spit out.
“Meems, Goonies is not a horror movie,” Phillip interrupted.
“Sloth was scary to me,” Mimi admitted.
“I liked Mikey,” Chloe stated. “But Bren was hot.”
“Hey, your boyfriend is sitting next to you,” Phillip told Chloe.
“I prefer the classics like The Blob and Frankenstein,” Kevin admitted.
“I like the Scream trilogy,” Chloe stated.
“Which one was your favorite,” Mimi wondered.
“Three. There is a part in that one that makes me close my eyes every time. When Neve Campbell is sitting
in her living room and her dead mother comes walking up to the house calling her name I can’t watch it,”
Chloe explained.
“Phillip, you never answered the question,” Kevin stated.
“Well, it’s the original Halloween. There is something about Jamie Lee Curtis in that movie,” Phillip
answered.
In the truck a few miles behind Phillip were Shawn and Belle. It was quiet between the two since Belle was
getting shaky about going on this trip. Suddenly the front driver’s side tire blew making the truck swerve.
“Pull to the side, Shawn,” Belle yelled.
“I’m trying,” Shawn stated.
When he finally got the truck under control he pulled to the side. When he pulled a side Belle jumped out of
the truck falling directly into mud. Shawn got out hoping to fix the tire.
“Belle, we have a problem,” Shawn told her.
“Please don’t tell me,” Belle stated.
“There’s no spare,” Shawn admitted.
“Shawn, I haven’t seen another vehicle for the past ten miles,” Belle told him.
“I think we might have another problem,” Shawn said looking around. “I think I told a wrong turn.”
Belle knew this was going to be a bad night. Now she was on a deserted road with a flat tire with Shawn
Brady miles away from any civilization.
Chapter Two
Driving down the road, Phillip was beginning to get worried when fog began to appear out of nowhere. The
line of sight was becoming worse inch by inch. He knew the gas station was coming up, but would he miss it
because of the fog.
The radio station they were listening to in the car was coming through clear as day until the fog hit them.
Suddenly all they heard was static.
"Chloe, can you try something else," Mimi asked.
"Yea," Chloe replied but when she did there was static on every station.
"This is getting eerie even for me," Kevin stated.
"What happened to protecting Mimi from the ghost and goblins," Phillip wondered.
"Did someone say ghosts," Mimi mumbled.
"He was kidding," Chloe shot back turning around in the seat looking at Mimi.
Looking through the back window Chloe concentrated on something or someone that was standing in the
middle of the street behind them. Chloe couldn't believe her eyes.
"Kevin, look," Chloe told him pointing out the rear window.
"What's back there," Mimi asked turning around. "Ahhhhhhhhh."
"Don't do that Mimi," Phillip ordered.
"You don't see that through the mirror," Chloe asked.
"See what," Phillip asked looking through the window. Finally he noticed the figure standing there.
"It's a werewolf," Kevin screamed.
"There are no such things," Chloe pointed out.
"Don't let him suck my blood," Mimi screamed.
"Mimi, that's vampires," Chloe stated.
"There's a first for everything," Mimi replied.
"Phillip, step on it, okay, I want to get as far away from here as possible," Chloe told her boyfriend.
As Phillip looked ahead he began speeding up in the dense fog until something suddenly appeared before
him. Phillip swerved to miss the creature in the middle of the road when he looked back it was gone.
"Phillip, why did you do that," Chloe asked trying to gain some composure.
"There was something in the road," he answered. "It looked like Frankenstein."
"That's crazy," Kevin stated. "I think we need to get to the gas station."
"If we can find ourselves out of this fog," Phillip replied.
Suddenly the radio came back on playing full blast a tune that everyone knew:
**It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark
Under the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes,
You're paralyzed
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one's gonna save you from the beast about strike
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight
Mimi was beginning to get really scared curling up closer to Kevin.
You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run
You feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sun
You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination
But all the while you hear the creature creepin' up behind
You're out of time
"Kevin, hold me," Mimi whispered in his ear.
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
There ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyes
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside of killer, thriller tonight
Phillip went to turn the radio down but it would go right back to max.
Night creatures call
And the dead start to walk in their masquerade
There's no escapin' the jaws of the alien this time
(They're open wide)
This is the end of your life
"Phillip, just turn it off," Chloe yelled.
They're out to get you, there's demons closing in on every side
They will possess you unless you change the number on your dial
Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together
All thru the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen,
I'll make you see
The radio would not turn off no matter what he tried.
That this is thriller, thriller night
'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghost would dare to try
Girl, this is thriller, thriller night
So let me hold you tight and share a killer, diller, chiller
Thriller here tonight
Suddenly it stopped for a moment with regular broadcasting then went back to the loud song.
Darkness falls across the land
The midnite hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize y'awl's neighbourhood
And whosoever shall be found
Without the soul for getting down
Must stand and face the hounds of hell
And rot inside a corpse's shell
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grizzy ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller**
After the song ended the radio went dead. Mimi moved back over to her side of the car. While Chloe checked
her car door making sure it was locked. The four of them were becoming more frightened by the minute.
On the deserted road where Shawn and Belle were, Belle was sitting inside the truck while Shawn looked at
the damage on the tire. Suddenly Shawn noticed a bright light coming from behind the truck.
"Belle, get out here. Someone is coming," Shawn told her.
Belle got out of the vehicle standing next to Shawn while the vehicle came closer and closer to them.
"It can't be that far away," Shawn stated.
"Shawn, look," Belle said pointing to where the vehicle was coming from.
"Where did it go," Shawn asked. "There weren't any crossroads around for three miles."
Out of nowhere the car with no lights on drove by them. Not being able to see the driver that was inside the
vehicle, Shawn hid Belle behind him. The car suddenly stopped twenty-feet pass them. Belle began to pray
for her life, not knowing who was driving the vehicle. Suddenly the driver's side door opened and out walked
a shadow.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh," Shawn and Belle screamed for their lives.
Chapter Three
Phillip finally caught a glimpse of the gas station where he was supposed to meet Shawn and Belle. He
couldn’t believe the sight before him. There was a semi-truck, two cars, and a pick-up truck surrounding the
gast station, but there was no human life around.
“I don’t see Shawn’s truck,” Chloe stated.
“This is getting really creepy, guys,” Mimi said.
“Mimi, what is your problem,” Phillip asked. “Scooby Doo is braver than you.”
“I don’t have a problem, Fred,” Mimi replied.
“I think we should pull up and wait for Shawn and Belle,” Kevin said.
Five minutes later the four of them were in front of the gas station standing outside of Phillip’s car. Mimi
was getting hungry, but the door to the gas station was locked, yet the lights were on.
“Are you as hungry as I am,” Kevin asked his girlfriend putting his arm around her.
“I bet they have Scooby snacks in the gas station for you, Meems,” Chloe laughed.
“That was not funny,” Mimi said suddenly thinking of something to pass the time. She began to sing:
***Scooby-Dooby-Doo, Where are you?
We got some work to do now.
Scooby-Dooby-Doo, Where are you?
We need some help from you now.
Come on Scooby-Doo,
I see you... pretending you got a sliver.
But you're not fooling me,
cause I can see,
the way you shake and shiver.
You know we've got a mystery to solve,
so Scooby Doo be ready for your act
[Scooby Doo]Uh-uh Uh-uh
Don't hold back!
And scooby Doo if you come through
your going to have yourself a scooby snack!
That's a fact!
Scooby-Dooby-Doo, here are you,
Your ready and your willing.
If we can count on you Scooby-Doo,
I know you'll catch the villian***
“Nice job, Meems,” Chloe remarked.
“You watch to much television, Meems,” Phillip stated.
“I have a baby brother who loves that cartoon plus it is my favorite,” Mimi admitted.
“I always like Daphne,” Kevin said.
“I figured you were more of a Velma type,” Phillip told Kevin.
“Can we get off of this topic please. Where is taking Shawn and Belle so long,” Chloe wondered.
“Maybe they are making out in the truck on the side of the road somewhere,” Phillip laughed. “It’s not like
we don’t do it.”
“They wouldn’t do that knowing we were here waiting for them,” Mimi replied.
“But we would,” Phillip laughed.
Belle was standing next to Shawn in front of the truck watching the figure get out of the car.
“AHHHHHHHH,” Belle screamed.
“Tink, it’s me,” Brady shouted.
“Brady, what are you doing here,” Shawn wondered watching Brady come into focus.
“I followed you guys. I knew Belle was up to something when she left and I had to make sure nothing was
going to happen. I lost you for awhile there, but I guess you guys are okay. Where are the others,” Brady
wondered.
“We took a wrong turn,” Belle stated folding her arms giving Shawn a dirty look.
“Where are you supposed to meet them,” Brady asked.
“At the gas station on 54th in Greensboro,” Shawn answered.
“Don’t tell me you guys are going to the Graves Mansion,” Brady stated. “Get in the car.”
The three of them were heading in the direction of the 54th gas station listening to the radio. Belle was
sitting in the back seat of the vehicle when she looked outside noticing the figure in a tree. She blinked
hoping the figure she was seeing was her imagination.
“Are you okay,” Shawn asked turning around watching Belle keep blinking her eyes and shaking her head.
“I thought I saw something,” Belle answered.
“What,” Brady wondered.
“A ghost,” Belle replied.
Suddenly a song came on the radio making the three of them pay attention.
****Ghostbusters!
If there's something strange in your neighborhood
Who ya gonna call?
Ghostbusters!
If there's something weird and it don't look good
Who you gonna call?
Ghostbusters!
I ain't afraid of no ghost!
I ain't afraid of no ghost!
If you're seeing things running through your head
Who can ya call?
Ghostbusters!
An invisible man sleeping in your bed
Oh! Who ya gonna call?
Ghostbusters!
I ain't afraid of no ghost!
I ain't afraid of no ghost!
Who ya gonna call?
Ghostbusters!
If you're all alone, pick up the phone
And call
Ghostbusters!
I ain't afraid of no ghost!
I hear it likes the girls
I ain't afraid of no ghost!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Who ya gonna call?
Ghostbusters!
If you have those other freaky ghosts, baby,
You'd better call
Ghostbusters!
Let me tell ya something--
Bustin' makes me feel good!
I ain't afraid of no ghost!
I ain't afraid of no ghost!
Don't get caught alone, oh no!
Ghostbusters!
When it comes through your door, unless you just want some mo'
I think you'd better call
Ghostbusters!
Who ya gonna call?
Ghostbusters!
Who ya gonna call?
Ghostbusters!
I think you'd better call
Ghostbusters!
Who ya gonna call?
Ghostbusters!
I can't hear you!
Who ya gonna call?
Ghostbusters!
Louder!
Ghostbusters!
Who ya gonna call?
Ghostbusters!
Who can ya call?
Ghostbusters!
Who ya gonna call?
Ghostbusters!****
“Okay, that was creepy,” Belle announced.
“It gets worse,” Brady said.
“What,” Shawn asked.
“I’m lost,” Brady answered looking around.
“Great,” Belle mumbled sitting back in the seat.
“Look ahead there is the gas station,” Shawn announced.
“Oh no,” Brady shouted. “Look.”
A semi-truck was speeding towards Phillip’s car and no one in front of the car noticed. The truck was getting
closer and closer.
“Noooooooooo,” Belle screamed.
Brady stopped the vehicle watching intensely the events unfolding before his eyes. Phillip, Chloe, Mimi and
Kevin were about to killed by a madman in a semi-truck.
Phillip heard a scream turning around knowing Belle anywhere he noticed Brady and Shawn in the car a
hundred feet away. Chloe turned also catching a glimpse of what Belle was screaming about.
“Oh god no,” Chloe cried watching the semi-truck rushing towards them.
Chapter Four
Mimi and Kevin turned around to see the semi-truck heading for them. Kevin grabbed Mimi in a hug
making sure they would be together in the afterlife. There was no way for them to escape the truck. As the
truck was just feet away from them it disappeared.
"Where did it go," Shawn asked to Brady.
"It couldn't have just disappeared," Brady admitted.
"It did just like the ghost," Belle replied.
"There are no such thing as ghosts," Brady stated.
"Then what happened to that truck," Belle wondered.
"It was our imagination running wild," Brady answered.
"We better get over to them to make sure they are okay," Shawn stated.
Brady drove over to the Scooby gang we were shell shocked at what happened to them. Kevin was still
holding Mimi in his arms since she wouldn't stop shaking and rambling on about the how she seen the light.
"Are you guys okay," Shawn asked jumping out of Brady's car.
"Did you see that? I can't explain what just happened," Phillip said.
"I think we should be heading out of here, that's my opinion," Chloe admitted.
"Okay, Phil, stay right behind us this time," Brady ordered. Everyone got back into the vehicles and headed
off to the Graves Mansion.
Four miles down the road, Belle was getting a gut feeling that they should not have come out tonight.
Everything that had happened so far that night weighed in on her decision to tell everyone she wanted to go
home.
"How about we not do this and just go home," Belle stated.
"Belle, don't worry, everything will be fine," Shawn told his girlfriend.
"Shawn and I will protect you, Tink," Brady stated.
"Yea, but who will protect you," Belle wondered.
"We don't need protecting," Brady replied.
In Phillip's car, Mimi was still shaking in Kevin's arms. She couldn't believe that she had seen a werewolf
and that they almost died from an imaginary semi-truck smashing into them.
"Will you stop," Chloe ordered Mimi.
"Leave her alone, Chloe. Mimi has always hated Halloween ever since the age of nine when an intruder
killed her grandmother that Halloween. She hates Halloween, so something like this scares her," Phillip
explained.
"I didn't know that," Kevin stated lifting up Mimi's chin to get her attention.
"It's not something I like to talk about. Grams and I were very close and that night I was supposed to spend
the night with her, but I began to get sick from eating to much candy. If I would have went I could have
stopped it," Mimi cried.
"Mimi, you could have been hurt also," Chloe stated.
"She's right," Kevin told her kissing those lips of hers.
"Look we are here," Phillip announced following Brady up the long windy driveway.
Both vehicles stopped and everyone got out heading for the entrance of the dark, abandoned mansion.
Boards and ivy were covering some of the windows and the stairs were missing from the porch leading to the
door.
"Everyone have a flash light," Brady asked.
"Yes," everyone answered.
"I think we should split up," Phillip suggested.
"No way," Belle replied.
"Belle is right. When we go in there everyone grab the hand behind you. We don't want to get separated from
the group," Shawn stated.
Brady went to reach for the door handle when the door suddenly opened by its self.
"It must be the wind," Shawn said.
Everyone grabbed each other's hand walking into the mansion. Brady had a flashlight in one hand and
Belle's in the other who had Shawn's who had Mimi's. Mimi had Kevin's who had Chloe's who had Phillip's.
"I don't like this," Belle stated.
"Belle, it's fine," Shawn replied.
"You guys, I think we should split up," Brady suggested. "We can cover more ground that way."
"How about Mimi and Kevin come with Belle and I. You can have Phillip and Chloe," Shawn suggested.
"Guys, who has my other hand," Phillip asked terrified.
"Phillip, I have your hand," Chloe answered.
"No, who is holding the other one," Phillip wondered.
"No one," Shawn replied.
"Well someone is holding it," Phillip screamed.
Brady shined the flashlight at the end of the train to see a creature holding up Phillip's hand. The creature
lifted Phillip up by the arm letting Chloe's hand go. The creature threw Phillip across the room having him
hit the wall knocking him unconscious. The rest of the gang screamed and ran for their lives. Where were
they going to go? Would this creature come after them one by one?
Chapter Five
Shawn ran as far as he could taking Belle’s hand with him. She was shaking horribly about what she had
just seen. How could this happen? What was that creature? Shawn had found a closet to hide in taking Belle
with him.
“What was that,” Belle cried in Shawn’s arms.
“I don’t know, but I am not letting it near you or me,” Shawn said kissing her gently in the closet trying to
reassure her.
Chloe had tried to stay close to Phillip to make sure he was still alive. Yet, Brady had forced her to come
with him running up to the second floor.
“I want to go back to Phillip,” Chloe screamed with tears flowing down her cheeks.
“Do you want to end up dead also,” Brady questioned pulling her into a bedroom locking the door.
“He’s not dead. He can’t be dead,” she yelled trying to force herself past Brady, but he blocked the door so
she could not get through. “No, this can’t be happening.”
Chloe was stepping farther and farther away from Brady hoping to find another way out of the bedroom to
go to Phillip. She wanted to be with Phillip, if he was dying, she didn’t want him to be alone. Noticing the
door on her left she went to open the door.
“Ahhhhhhhhhh,” Chloe screamed as a knife was put into her gut.
Brady turned around to see a creature lifting Chloe up in the air by the knife sticking into her. The creature
tilted his head to watch the life go out of Chloe amazed how the victim has the face of horror on them. When
Chloe’s lifeless body fell forward the creature took the knife out of her.
Brady unlocked the door running out into the hallway. He couldn’t believe that Phillip and Chloe were died.
Why did his sister and their friends want to come here? He ran down the hall hoping he would find his sister
before it was too late.
“Belle,” Brady yelled. “Belle, where are you?”
“Brady,” a voice he didn’t recognize echoed through the halls.
Brady knew whoever had killed Chloe was after him. He kept running but the hallway seemed to be getting
longer and longer. He was lost everything looked different than when he entered the room with the
breathtaking but now dead Chloe Lane.
On the other side of the house Kevin was entering the kitchen his flashlight flying everywhere making sure
he wasn’t walking into a trap.
“Kevin, wait for me,” Mimi yelled running up behind him.
“What is going on here,” Kevin wondered. “This can’t be real.”
“I’m scared,” Mimi replied.
Kevin and Mimi stood in the middle of the kitchen looking around to see nothing but darkness. Mimi
decided to see if there was anything in the huge kitchen by opening the refrigerator.
“Noooooooo,” Mimi screamed stepping back away from the refrigerator.
“What is it,” Kevin asked rushing up towards her.
Looking inside was Jason Welles head looking straight at them. Mimi couldn’t bare to look any longer so
she turned her head into Kevin’s chest. Shutting the refrigerator Kevin knew Mimi and him were in more
danger than he had thought.
“What are we going to do,” Mimi cried in her boyfriend’s arms.
“The first thing we need to do is get out of this house then get help,” Kevin answered.
Both of them ran out of the kitchen trying to go back to the front door. Five minutes later they were back at
the front of the mansion. Mimi looked to her right noticing Phillip’s body laying on the ground with blood
surrounding him. She couldn’t believe her friend was dead.
Kevin grabbed the doorknob and pulled the door to escape this place that caused nothing but horror since
they entered it. Kevin pulled the door, but nothing happened.
“Mimi, we have problems,” Kevin stated. “The door won’t open.”
“Unlock it,” Mimi ordered.
“It’s not locked. We are trapped,” Kevin replied.
Shawn and Belle were hiding in a closet not realizing that the mansion they had entered to have some fun
was keeping them inside. Brady kept running through the second floor after witnessing Chloe get gutted not
being able to find the stairway. Mimi and Kevin were together realizing they might die in this place. What
were these five friends to do? Were they going to escape with their lives or die trying?
Chapter Six
“Belle, I think we should go looking for the others,” Shawn told Belle who was clued to the corner of the
closet.
“No, Shawn, I am scared,” Belle replied.
“Stay here, I will be back,” Shawn stated standing up. Suddenly Belle grabbed his arm pulling him towards
her.
“I don’t want you to go,” Belle said kissing him hard and passionately. “So go.”
Shawn got up opening the closet door slightly checking to see if anyone was around and came out of the
closet. Looking back at Belle one more time before shutting the door he blew her a kiss.
On the second floor Brady was still trying to find his way through the maze of the mansion. He finally
reached the stairs looking down he noticed two figures at the bottom of the stairs at the front door. Shining
the light down he realized it was Kevin and Mimi who were trying to open the front door.
“Meems,” Brady yelled.
Looking up towards the stairs Mimi looked into the light blinding her. Kevin moved over a bit getting out of
the light when he recognized who was shining the light upon them.
“Brady. Ahhhhh. Brady, watch out,” Kevin screamed.
Suddenly Brady’s head rolled down the stairs with his body leaning against the railing on top. The creature
had the axe in it’s hand smiling gleefully staring down at Kevin. Brady’s head stopped in front of Mimi’s
foot. Looking down she saw the look of horror on Brady’s face before feeling the blade cut into his skin.
“Nooooooooooo,” Mimi screamed. “Brady.”
Chapter Seven
Shawn was walking through the house when he heard the scream. Running to the front of the house he found
Mimi standing by the door in shock.
“Meems, what is going,” Shawn asked walking up towards her tripping over a ball that was in his way.
“Oh god,” Mimi cried. “Do you know what you just kicked?”
“A ball,” Shawn replied.
“How about your cousin’s head. Brady is dead. Jason’s head is in the refrigerator. The door won’t open and
Chloe is missing,” Mimi blubbered.
“Where’s Belle,” Kevin asked.
“In the closet,” Shawn answered.
“You left her alone. Are you crazy,” Mimi shouted grabbing his shirt collar shaking him. “You left my best
friend alone in this house with a madman running lose.”
“Meems,” Shawn yelled pulling her away. “Stop it. She is fine.”
“Guys, look,” Kevin yelled pointing to the creature that was coming down the stairs towards them.
“Let’s get out of here,” Shawn ordered grabbing Mimi’s hand.
Kevin went running behind Mimi tripping over Brady’s head falling on his face knocking off his glasses.
Before he had time to get up he felt the long blade go into his back. Slipping deeper inside of him he lost the
ability to go on. Finally falling to his death Kevin Lambert was dead.
“Kevin,” Mimi cried trying to go back to her boyfriend.
“Mimi, no, you can’t go back,” Shawn ordered dragging her pulling tightly around her arm.
“I have to be with Kevin,” Mimi sobbed finally getting away from Shawn.
She ran back towards Kevin with the creature no where in sight. Shawn stood there watching Mimi fall to
the ground next to her love. Shawn knew it was killing Mimi to watch the person you love die before your
eyes. He didn’t know what he would do if Belle was taken away from him.
“Why, Kevin,” Mimi sobbed laying her head on Kevin.
“What happened,” Belle asked coming up behind Shawn.
“We need to get out of this house,” Shawn stated turning around to look at Belle. He caught the figure
behind Belle standing there with the butcher knife in it’s hand. “Belle, watch out.”
Was this the end of Belle Black? Would Mimi overcome her grief to escape The Haunting? Would Shawn
ever forgive himself if something happened to Belle?
Chapter Eight
“Belle, watch out,” Shawn yelled pushing her aside. The knife went straight into his heart killing everything
he held true.
“No,” Belle screamed. “Shawn.”
“How could you do this to us,” Mimi asked.
“Revenge is so sweet,” the creature replied.
Shawn’s body fell to the ground holding the cross that hung around his neck tightly looking into Belle’s eyes.
Belle tried to catch her love before the heavens took him away.
“Shawn, I love you,” Belle cried.
“I love you,” he whispered before going into the afterlife holding the cross close to his heart where he would
always hold his ’Perfect Girl’.
“You are next my pretty,” the creature stated looking at Belle.
“NO,” Mimi yelled. “I am not going to let you kill us.”
“It’s too late you are already dead,” the creature replied.
Belle and Mimi clung on to each other hoping praying they would not die. All of their friends and the ones
that were dear to their hearts were murdered, but they didn’t want to die. Clinging tightly on to each other
as the knife came closer and closer and closer they screamed with every breath they had.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh,” Belle screamed jumping up from her sleep. Looking around she noticed she was in her
room. Suddenly feeling the urge to call her best friend’s she picked up the phone dialing Meems’ number.
“Hello,” Mimi asked opening her eyes to the sight of her bedroom.
“Meems, it’s Belle. Are you okay,” Belle wondered.
“I was having this horrible nightmare about the guys taking us to a Haunted Mansion,” Mimi replied.
“Where everyone was slaughtered and we were the last two to live,” Belle stated.
“How did you know,” Mimi asked.
“I had the same nightmare,” Belle answered.
“Are you okay? It seemed so real,””Mimi said.
“I know. We had the same nightmare. That is so creepy.”
“Brady’s head was cut off. Jason’s head was in the refrigerator, Kevin was knifed in the back,” Mimi went on.
“Shawn was stabbed in the heart,” Belle commented. “It was so real. We have to tell them.”
“Meet me at the lockers first thing in the morning,” Mimi told Belle.
Four hours later Belle and Mimi were standing by the lockers discussing the night’s events when Shawn
and Phillip walked up to them.
“Lovely ladies,” Shawn said kissing his girlfriend on the cheek.
“Shawn did you have any strange dreams last night,” Belle asked.
Shawn’s face began to blush like he had got caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
“Not in the company of our friend’s,” Shawn replied blushing.
“Not those kind of dreams,” Mimi shouted slapping Shawn’s arm. “Belle and I had the same nightmare last
night.”
Jan and Jason walked up to them and Belle and Mimi were shocked at what they were looking at.
“It’s you,” Mimi and Belle shouted together pointing to Jan.
“What are you talking about,” Jan asked.
“Last night, the creature, it was you,” Mimi stated.
“You tried to kill us,” Belle said.
“Shawn, Kevin, and Phillip died by your hands,” Mimi yelled.
“Calm down, girls, what ever you two are on you need to stop,” Jan replied. “I was with Jason all last night.”
“You tried to kill us,” Mimi repeated.
Kevin came up behind his girlfriend with Chloe by his side.
“What is going on,” Chloe asked.
“Mimi and Belle had a nightmare last night that Jan tried to kill all of us,” Phillip answered.
“It was just a nightmare, girls. I would never intentionally try to kill you, unless I was provoked of course,”
Jan explained.
“Since it is Halloween how about we go out tonight,” Jason asked trying to get off the topic of Jan.
“I hear the Graves Mansion is a pretty cool place to go,” Shawn suggested.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,” Mimi and Belle screamed putting their hands up to their faces screaming with fear.
Were Mimi and Belle really dreaming? Would there be death on Halloween? Who would survive?
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