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It's Halloween and there's a full moon. Everyone is dressed up, whether it be for a party, trick-or-treating, or just to be in the spirit. There is a mansion up on the tallest hill where an old man lives. Legend has it he's a warlock. Sadly, he died of an unknown cause. He was always the one with the most Halloween spirit and gave away the most candy to the children. The strange thing is, he was only seen on Halloween. No one ever went into his house, until now.

You are to go into his house, find his room upstairs, and enter in a door that calls to you. When you get inside, the costume you wear becomes you, and all the powers you thought you'd have becomes yours. You find yourself in another home in the past, and there are more magical beings and creatures. You turn around, But there is no door. Or you open it and it leads to only a closet. When some realize their power they get mad for it, destroying and refusing to leave. Then there are some in this world that would do anything to destroy you, the newcomer. Lastly, there are those that help you to find your way. On the way, you find out interesting things about the old man who's house you entered. Decide whether you are to find your way back home or be stuck in this weird alternate world forever.

Irene waves goodbye to Conner and Serenity. "Bring some cndy for me guys! I'll stay here and clean up a bit!" Their house was a mess from the party they had last night. It was really just a get together with friends, but boy did they leave a mess! That wasn't really why Irene wanted to stay behind though... Something weird happened to the old man who lived up the hill, and Irene wanted to know what happened to such a harmless man.

She knew the rumors of him being a warlock was stupid, but something weird DID happen at his house the day of his death. He may have been old, but not old enough to just die like he did. And what was with the small scratches all over him?

Irene's job at the hospital was good for at least something. Being an assistant nurse allowed her to see the old man's body... His death was not natural. Irene waited until Conner and Serenity were out of sight, then slipped out the back door and the opposite way from the house to the old man's mansion on a hill.

Heading home from her job at the shop that night Guinevere smiled at each child walking past. Naturally she was wearing her fallen angel costume to be in the spirit of the holiday she loves so much. Along her way the old house on the hill caught her attention, and so she decided to change her course and head over. Harold her older brother also on his way home caught the sight od his sister and decided to follow along.

"Guinevere wait up will you?!" called Harold as he ran up to his sister. "Man you walk fast. Besides where on earth are you going?" he asked. Guinevere glanced at him for a moment. "To the old man's house on the hill, something looked funny and I want to check it out." she stated as they reached the door. Reaching for the door handle Harold nodded that he was going with. Of course it didn't surprise Guinevere at all, what did though was that something was pulling them upstairs, down a hallway and to a door.

Irene looked around frantically. "This isn't his house... Wh-where am I?!" Irene went out of the small room and down some stairs. Even in her franticness she realized this house was an exact replica of the old man's house, just brand new. Red carpet, crystal chandeliers, the place was like a royal mansion. Irene ran into a maid, who dropped her towels she was carrying as they both fell on the ground. "Oh, I'm sorry." The maid shook her head. "No, it's my fauly. I shouldve..." The maid stared at Irene as if she was a ghost. She dropped her towels and ran. "What's her problem?" Irene said to herself.

Guinevere and Harold looked at eachother then the door. Letting out a gentle sigh Harold reched out opened the door and led his sister through. Once the door was closed both blinked, they certainly weren't at home any more. "Umm..I don't think we're in Kansas anymore Toto." stated Guinevere with a nervous giggle. "Not funny Guin. Let's get out of here." muttered Harold as he opened the door again, seeing only a closet this time.

Lexy fell hard into the bedroom that lay beyond the closet door. Expecting to see her brother and an empty room, her expectation was only half correct. “Damien?”

Damien stood up from the window sill that he had been sitting at, occupying his mind by watching people arrive and come inside the house. “Yes Ally?” Damien asked coolly and with out any emotion. He walked over towards his sister and bent down to help her up to her feet.

“Where are we?” Ally asked as she took a look around to see the empty room that she thought she was once in now fully furnished. She asked as she to walked towards the window and watched as people by the bunches rushed into the house.

“I would seem that we are still in the stupid house, Ally.” Damien said as he examined the closet door. He opened it only to revile an occupied by quit ordinary closet. “And I thinking we’re not going to get out the same way we came in.” He said in a very dismayed tone.

“Well let’s go out through the front door.” Lexy suggested. “There’s so many people here no one will notice two kids walking out of here.” She gave logic to her thoughts. “Plus it’s getting late and we have to get back home before midnight.”

Damien groaned in dis-pleasement. “Weather you like or not Ally I’m still trick or treating, even if it means staying in this stupid house for a while.” He gave a wicked smile.

Lexy rolled her eyes and grabbed her little siblings hand and both of them walked downstairs. While down stairs Damien pulled away from Lexy and quickly hid himself with in the crowds of freaks in costumes. “Damien! Damien!” Lexy began to yell until she began to fell really dizzy and sick like. She wanted to find Damien and get the hell out of there but she went weak at the knees and had to sit down. She sat down in a chair near the stairs hoping that Damien would come to her.

Damien evil smiled widen as he spotted a punch bowl full of red punch. ‘ha ha, hope they like arsenic with their punch.’ The demon thought as he walked quickly towards the punch bowl and slipped some powder into the bowl, then quickly walked away with out any of the many guess noticing him. Damien shook his head, ‘I was hoping to use that on a evil little piece of crap dog down the block, but taking out an entire party is so much sweeter.’ He thought to himself as he walked back to his sister who he found sitting in a chair near the stairs. “Come on Ally let’s go.”

“Okay…” Lexy tried to get up to her feet but for some reason she was unable to, she felt to weak and fell back into the chair. “Damien, I don’t know what’s wrong with me…” She said as she tried again , again only to fall back into her seat.

“Maybe your just thirsty.” Damien said as he jammed his hand into his sister’s backpack and pulled out a water bottle and handed it to her.

“Maybe, thank you dark prince.” Lexy took the bottle and took a sip of the water. With disgust at the taste of it she quickly spitted it out and slightly choked on it. “What the hell Damien are you trying to kill me?” She asked as she looked at the bottle.

“No, Ally, no I’m not trying to kill. I would never kill you, you’re the only one I can trust. Besides if I wanted to kill you I would have done it a long time ago.” The evil child looked at his sister with out any emotion, then he look at the bottle in her hand. He took the bottle from his sister’s hand and took a big gulp from it and swallowed it. “See.”

“Hum, that’s really odd because when I tried it, it tasted like vomit.” Lexy shook her head.

"The wizard that ran this world, he was killed by 'the beast.' He said before his eath, that a group of strangers would destroy the Beast and save our earth!" Irene was quiet for a second, then chuckled. "Only one problem: I'm just a normal kid. I can't fight anything. Especially something called, 'the Beast.'

Thanks anyway, I'll find my own way home." Irene waved goodbye, and to her surprise the people let her go. Though they looked defeated and sad. Irene felt a bit bad, but what was she to do? Irene went up to her fake ears, but surprisingly she felt them as a part of her head. She tugged at one, and realised it wouldn't come off. She froze. "What the... My costume ears, they won't come off!"

((I decided eventually I'll just play my brother and sister. rolleyes ))