Chapter 105: Haunted waters

| Author note: I might not be able to post for the next 2 days, so please keep that in mind, and as for why I only post 1 chapter a day now is because there is another novel I'm working on called 'Arcana and spirits' |

1st person view

"I like that title, gives us some eerie vibes"

-Yeah it's not like it took him 2 hours to come up with just the title- Dabria added

| Don't exaggerate, it was only 1 hour and 40 minutes |

3rd person view

"So is the kid that ruined our family's reputation a part of the group?" A guy asked

"What do you think?! Of course he is!" Another guy shouted "All of this was just because of a stupid egg!"

"We'll be bankrupt at this rate if we had to 'pay for the damages that you have caused', we could've just move to another kingdom and raised the egg, the investment would have turned into big profits" A third guy agreed

"Is everything in place?" the first guy asked

"Yeah, no one will even notice that the kid has gone missing, and we'll eliminate him and leave no trace!" the third guy replied

"What if we use him as hostage, the royals like that brat, we ca extort both his kingdom and this kingdom before eliminating him instead of just killing him, we'll get a lot of things out of it" the second guy suggested

"Let's do it, we'll change the plans a bit, but we'll be rich soon, so it doesn't matter, this is revenge for giving our family heads banishment and ruining our reputation" The first guy nodded and the 3 laughed like maniacs.

*****

1st person view

I was in my bedroom at my house while the others were at the guest rooms that Lily academy provided for them.

"Achoo" I sneezed "Oh no, someone's talking about me, I hope nothing goes wrong in this trip and shit!"

"What?" Damon asked as he was preparing to go to his room "Why did you curse?"

-He jinxed himself- Siege answered

-First the sneeze and the second is when he said that he hoped nothing goes wrong tomorrow- Dabria explained

"You know me so well already, well if everything is about to go wrong anyway, I'm gonna at least get a good night sleep"

I then slept soundly for the night.

*****

"Is my room special or something? Or is there some other reason that you're in my room this early?" I asked Cordelia as I woke up groggily

"Aren't you suppose to wake up early anyway? Since you're the teacher's assistant and all" She smiled "Though I'm surprised that you didn't wake up holding your sword to an intruder's neck"

"I would if I knew you weren't friendly, so why are you here?"

"Well we have words that the 3 family have been moving strangely these past few days" she answered "You should know which 3 I'm talking about"

"Oh the ones who conspired in stealing the egg, I forgot their names though"

"They are the Nour, Util and Mart family"

"Yeah them, I'll keep a look around, so anything else?"

"Your sleeping face was kind of cute"

"Yep that's all, I'm gonna take a shower now and meet you along with the rest"

*****

We were swimming through the waters exploring the seas, and having spars underwater, we then swum towards an underwater cavern where there was a huge air pocket.

"Why is there several dingy old houses here?"

"This is an abandoned town that used to be a part of our kingdom, back then land dwellers who wished to be a citizen lived here" Cordelia explained

"We decided to have a fun activity for you all today!" Ravine announced "This town is said to be haunted, a test of courage!"

"That's your uncle's grand idea?" I whispered to Cordelia

"Well to him it seems fun, so just let him be" she whispered back

"We divided this town into many different sections, please pick a small group by drawing lots and go to a section to explore, you're allowed 3 hours maximum" Ravine continued

We were then given time to explore in different section of the town in several small groups.

My group is me, my bonds, Eleanor, Lucas, and Cordelia. We were then exploring different houses till we arrived at a big wooden house with a very big garden, the windows were smashed, the house itself was a bit tilted to the side with paint on the house that says 'leave' and 'stay out'. Just then a lightning bolt flashed.

"Yeah I'm not going into that house"

"Why? You scared?" Lucas teased

"Unlike the houses that we just visited, this is a real haunted house, we go in, door slams shut, we can't break out, haunted spirts kill us or possess us or quite possibly both when we split up and we all die, this is like a scene prewritten for a horror movie and besides lightning flashes with no clouds, how would you explain that?!"

"You worry too much, c'mon" Eleanor chuckled as she pushed me past the gates

-Yeah, it's a movie troupe not, the chances that it will happen is slim- Diana added

-That's another jinx, we're all so gonna die-

We got onto the house, the floor was creaking and the cold winds were blowing.

-How can there be wind blowing?- Ace asked

-We live in a world of magic, so anything is possible- Damon replied

"The great Perseus Silver is scared of ghosts, who knew" Cordelia chuckled "But that makes you even more cute, don't worry, this big sister will protect you"

"Perseus, why don't you open the door and we'll call this even for all the times you make fun of me" Lucas smiled

-You're overthinking, I'm a goddess of death, I should be able to protect you in case a ghost really comes for you- Dabria said with a teasing tone

I opened the door slowly and eerie music and quiet whispers were heard in the background to which I slowly closed the door back and tried to walk away but Damon grabbed me by my collar.

"There's no way we're going into this house, the moment you open the door, eerie music started to play while you can hear quiet whispers, like this house is a death sentence"

"Chicken" Eleanor rolled her eyes and went to the door

She slowly opened it and said "Hello?"

"Great you just announced yourself to the ghost, they didn't know we here but now they do"

-Well they probably knew since you kept complaining- Siege retorted

"Don't worry, I'm strong enough to forcefully push him in" Damon said "Let's go in, maybe we can lock him up alone in a room"

Since I saw no way out of it, I summoned plot armor, it was in a form of a robe that goes down to my knees.

"Let's split up, you go with your bonds explore upstairs and the rest of us explore down stairs" Eleanor suggested

We then go up through the creaky stairs and explored all the rooms, looking out through the smash windows.

"See that wasn't so bad" Damon chuckled as we were descending down the stairs.

"Just wait and see"

"How was it up there?" Lucas asked

"Empty" Damon answered "Just old furniture and that's about it"

"Well this house looks weak to be able to lock Perseus up, so let's go to the next one" Lucas turned and was about to leave, but the door slammed shut and the house itself changed, the windows that were smashed repaired itself, and the floor and walls look brand new.

"I told you so" I sigh "We're so screwed"