Chapter 16

They entered a dark room that appeared to be the kitchen.

"Fancy," said Anna sarcastically, even though it was fancy. The kitchen was clean, and inside the building, it was nice and warm. There was a door to the right side of the room and the left.

"The right door, that would lead us to the entrance area," said Esmia. "But, we don't want to get caught, so we should take the left door."

"Ok," said Anna. They walked to the left door and it led into a wide dining hall. It was dark in there too. There were fake, decorative torches on the wall. There were no plates or silverware on the table, which had a white cloth on it. Above, hung a black chandelier. Esmia beckoned Anna towards the end of the hall. They paused at the door to listen. No sounds were heard on the other side, so they opened it. The room was wide, like an auditorium. It had many chairs. They were red and looked soft and cushiony. On the stage, the floor was a gray color and it had a throne in the middle. The throne was all black with red cushions and this time, there was one real torch on each side. Anna looked to see a door on the opposite side of the room.

"That door must lead to the other side of this place," said Anna. She pointed and Esmia nodded. They head towards the stage. Esmia eyes lit up.

"I remember this," She said. Esmia blew out the left torch, then the right. A buzzer went off.

"What?! They must've changed the pattern!" Esmia said. The torches lit themselves back up. Anna look at her puzzlingly.

"What pattern?" asked Anna.

"You have to blow out the torches in a certain pattern," said Esmia annoyed. "And they changed it!" Suddenly, the throne turned over into the wall by itself and Raven was standing there.

"Trying to get in, are you?" She said. The throne then flips back out of the wall into its original position. "Hmph, very well." She takes out a long sharp dagger.

"It's showtime!" She yelled. Raven runs toward Anna, but Anna moves out of the way resulting in Raven falling off the stage. She quickly gets up and lunges at Anna's feet and quickly ties her up with a rope she had in her pocket. Esmia attacks her but Raven takes out a cloth and covers her face. Raven smiles as Esmia faints. Poison was placed into the cloth beforehand. Anna shrieks as she flails her arms. Raven ties her arms up too.

"Let's go see Riven. He'll be glad to see you! Hahahahaha!" laughed Raven evilly.