On the wall hung a series of old photographs, each capturing a moment frozen in time. In one of the images, an elderly man about the age of 30 I assumed, stood proudly beside his wife, The man's face seemed quite stern yet relax like as if he found his peace in life after a long time of hardships. The woman was dazzling, unlike Her husband who had black hair and brown eyes, she had beautiful mesmerizing ocean eyes, and blonde hair that made her look like she came from paradise. Her smile as warm as an angel.
Beside them, two children were filled with happiness, their eyes sparkling with the innocence and excitement of youth. The family radiated warmth and togetherness, their smiles telling a story of love and cherished memories.

The children were both girls, around the age of 10 I assumed. One had the same beautiful long blonde hair as her mom, her blue eyes filled with joy the other had short brown hair with blue eyes. As I stared into the photo's The happiness I felt slowly left me, making me feel heavy I felt something was off.
The short hair girl's smile seemed like it was hiding years of torture.., like as if she is forced to smile. Her eyes seemed baggy like she hadn't slept for days, and even in the blurry photos I could see the bruises peeking from her sleeves... something wasn't right..

"Wow great-" Louis said."And you are telling me I should believe that? That ghosts are real? it's-"
"Impossible? hard to believe? I know," Chloe said. "Come on, we must keep going or we won't have time,"

I took the photo out of the frame and slid it into my jeans pocket. I wondered, what happened to that lovely family? I was beginning to get curious of what happened here. I had to find out, even if it meant losing my life.

Chloe gestured us to follow her. We followed her through the wooden door on the left, leading us into the dark creaky hallways.The hallway stretched out before us, a long, narrow passage with doors lining both sides. The darkness was thick and oppressive, making it hard to see more than a few steps ahead. Each door seemed to hide its own secrets, adding to the unsettling feeling. The air was cold, and the silence was so complete it felt like the darkness itself was watching. Every step echoed, . It was a place that made the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, a place where the shadows seemed to whisper and the emptiness felt almost alive.

Whispers.. The more deeper Chloe was leading us into the house, The more unsettling I felt. The more I could feel the voices the whispers saying my name again and again. Beginning to get louder and louder.. I took a deep breath.

"it's freaking me out frey.." Tiffany shivered. Her eyes wide open as if she could hear them too.
I held and squeezed her hand.

" it's going to be fine. All we need to do is do the ritual, find Jade and get out before sunset. hm?"

Tiff gazed down, she shrugged one shoulder.

" well... I have this cold feeling inside of me. I have no idea how I got here. It was all a blur-"

"tell me about it,"

" well, instead of my name I heard something else too-"

"what? what was it? what did it say?" I said sounding more concerned that ever.

"It hypnotized me, pulling me to this house. It said a poem.. like a hint.. like a prophec-"

We were interrupted by a noise inside the room on one of the right side of the doors.
A loud Bang hit the door, jumping everyone out of their places.

And another bang.

Me and Tiff hurriedly stepped away from the door.

"What was that?" Ethan asked.

bang!

"We don't know!!!" Tiff squeaked , slowly taking large steps backwards.

BANG!!

The door busted open, showing us the most horrible thing we have ever seen.
The monster was thin and towering at 7 feet tall. Its long black hair hung down, almost covering its horrifying, gory teeth. With a menacing look, it seemed ready to kill anyone who dared to come close.

"RUN!-" Chloe said, like as if we needed to be asked.
We all ran as far and as quick as we could back to where we came from with the monster right behind us. I kept running. I tried catching up to Chloe but everything seemed to be getting farther and farther away.

My mind began to turn liquid, my feets began feeling heavy and numb. I could hear the whispers inside the rooms getting louder and louder.. screaming for help. I looked up realizing everyone was gone, my mind was throbbing, I was out of breath, my lungs tightening-

things weren't making sense right now, I thought this was the end of it. I could hear the monster getting closer and closer- it's glowing red eyes staring me down..





(no new characters here btw, i dont know what to do with the old man, wife and the two kids, any suggestion who they could be?)