[IC] The Haunted house in the woods

[Jasper19]

Leo floats through his door" yes I will"He thinks back on his actions during the night a couple of old ghosts had become corrupted and some had even disappeared to the evils of the night.He shakes his head to clear his thoughts and floats downstairs with ashyln not realizing since it was still early in the morning that traces of his evil form still appeared such as his wrists were opened.

[EvellynGrace93]

Lacey looked down at Leos hands, with a small shock. "Leo, Why are your death wounds on your wrist?" She asked slightly concerned as she grabbed his hand to look at them. Was this why he was acting so strange yesterday? They made their way down the staircase and to the entryway.

Elizabeth walked through the door to see Ashlyn and Leo waiting for her. She smiled at them the best she could, still not used to this. She noticed the sun start to disappear behind some clouds and some raindrops start to hit the windows, adding to the creepyness of the house. "Thats weird, it wasn't supposed to rain today." She said as she looked over the two ghosts at the huge windows at the top of the stairs. a small flash of lightening filled the growing darkness of the home.

[Jasper19]

Leo 's proverbial heart sank " oh no. " he whispered as the sun was covered and the blood started dripping down his wrists and he started to turn gray. " Hello Ashyln"he said in a cruel tone completely unlike how most people see him. " Glad you could make it"he said and started smiling a evil smile.

[EvellynGrace93]

Ashlyn looked horrified at Leo as the blood started dripping from his wrists and his skin turned an evil sort of grey. "Oh no." She said as she moved from him to Elizabeth. "Elizabeth, I suggest you leave, now. RUN!" SHe exclaimed as she sort of made herself a barrier between Elizabeth and Leo. "Leo what is going on!? This isn't you!" She said as she hadn't been around this malevolent evil almost since she had been stuck to this house.

Elizabeth stared horrified at the sight that she was seeing. This wasn't the same being that she had met yesterday. This was the type of being that she had been haunted by since her father had been taken, the same type of thing that she had ran from that last night in the house. She knew she couldn't leave the house and she wouldn't be safe in her jeep anyways if she did leave, as branches and depris were being blown all over the yard and the driveway. Making a split minute decision she decided to make a quick run for it. Running towards the kitches she tried to find her old hiding spot, not realizing she was alot bigger than her 8 year old self from the last time she had been in this house.

[Jasper19]

Leo smiled and the doors began to close and the paintings and dishes rattled. " Oh but this is me Ashyln and it's your fault you couldn't save me hounding save anyone. "He said floating closer to her with each word and reached a gray hand out to grab her wrist." just accept it you're evil in your own right. "He said laughing" Now tell me where did Elizabeth run off to. "

[EvellynGrace93]

"No Leo, I warned you to be in your room and hide before the darkness fell. You knew. I am not evil and neither are you. This is not you. And I won't let you take anyone else ever again." She said as she disappeared in a ball of bright light, which showed how pure her soul really was. She appeared again next to Elizabeth and tried not to frighten her as she led her to a dark hiding spot just off the kitchen. It was technically the servants kitchen back in the time when that was a thing. "Do not say a word and try and control your breathing." She whispered as she stayed down with elizabeth.

Frightened to no end, she listened to the storm outside get more and more violent, she saw dark grey beings floating around as she tried to find a place to hide. Ashlyn suddenly appeared next to her and guided her to a hiding spot. She sat with her knees near her chest and she hadn't realized she had tears streaming down her face. She wasn't prepared for all of this, she had left her flashlight and her holy water, and everything she had with her in her jeep in prep for tonight. But this was the house when anyone dared to step foot on the property, it tried to swallow any living thing whole. She nodded as she heard Ashlyn tell her to try and stay calm.

[Jasper19]

Leo floats through the kitchen " where are you guys? "He said floating just inches from Ashyln and Elizabeth's hiding spot. Making a frustrated growl and shattering the Windows from the anger at not being able to find them he floated up the stairs to terrorize the other ghosts.

[EvellynGrace93]

"You need to leave." Ashlyn whispered as she got up, checking to make sure no one was around. She motioned for Elizabeth to make her exit. She figured that the storm outside was less dangerous than what was searching for her in this house. AFter Elizabeth left she tried to make her way up the stairs without being spotted. She saw leo infront of her terrorizing some of the other ghosts and she turned the other way back down the stairs and into the statue room, hiding behind one of the statues.

Elizabeth covered her head as glass fell all around her. Getting up she made a beeline for the door. She ran through it and ran straight to her jeep and opened the door the best she could in the rain. She roared the jeep to life and sped her way to start down the long driveway. Getting about a quarter of the way down she couldn't see in the rain. A Bright blast of lightening struck a tree infront of her and came down in the road, causing the jeep to flip forward on itself. Elizabeth crawled out from the window into the glass spread across the driveway she had a gash on her forehead with blood mixed with water streaming down her face. Her leg had a gash in it from the counsole smashing in. The crash was so loud it could be heard from the house.

[Jasper19]

Leos head snapped to the sound looking through the window and smiling " should have stayed in your hiding spot. "He disappears and reappears on the driveway floating down to Elizabeth's car." Now you will feel what I feel and have felt every single day after my death. "He gets to the car and causes a piece of glass to float in the air.

[EvellynGrace93]

Elizabeth looked over at Leo and pushed herself back in the gravel in and the glass, cutting up her hands in the process, leaving a line of blood from the gash in her leg. "Leo, Please, Don't do this." She pleaded feebly as she backed up against the fallen tree next to the smoking jeep. She prepared for the worst, she knew she wouldn't be able to escape him, and anything waiting for her in the woods was going to be far worse than what was in front of her now.

Ashlyn heard the crash and looked out the window. Disappearing and reappearing behind Elizabeth, moving her hand to make a barrier of thing smoke between them and Leo. "You need to get up and run." She said as she watched her try to stand up and hobble her way over the tree and into the woods.

Elizabeth ran until she tripped over a headstone in the dark, twisting her ankle. She got up and limped her way to the lake out the back of the house. While she had a second she sat down against the big tree next to the lake to catch her breath. She was loosing blood and her ankle was starting to swell in her boot. In the distance she could hear some barking and howling. This was truely a nightmare.

[Jasper19]

Leo growled " stop trying to stop me Ashyln she will die in this house whether it be by my hands of her fathers."He waved his hand dispelling the smoke and grabbed Ashyln by the neck. " If you continue to get in my way I will cause you to become the very thing you have Ashyln even if you were once my friend. "He throws her aside and starts to float to the forest.

[EvellynGrace93]

Ashlyn grabbed Leos hand as he held her throat. When he threw her aside she got mad. Soemthing that she hadn't felt in a long time. "Leo, I am older than you, I am stronger than you, and if you want to get to her, you are going to have to go through me." She said as she disappeared and reappeared over the water in the lake, watching Elizabeth from a distance. A crack of lighting lit up in the distance and a stong clap of thunder accompanied it.

Elizabeth sat under the tree, wondering if this is how she was going to go. Dying in the same house as her father. Suffering the same fate as her father and Leo. Forced to live an evil existence. She wiped some blood from her face on her arm as she sat there trying to collect herself and try to figure out her next move.

A man with a gash in his neck and blood flowing out of it. He was grey with black looking veins all over him. He looked out of the window and saw Elizabeth by the tree. He walked through the window and made his way toward her.

[Jasper19]

Leo growled and floated over the lake to Ashylyn" so be it. "He said as the storm grew even more fierce starting to become borderline hail.He moves toward Ashyln when suddenly he stops for a split second and his features change" I'm sorry " he whispers before becoming filled with evil once again. " I won't make any hesitation to corrupt you now Ashyln I hope your choice was worth it. "

[EvellynGrace93]

"Leo I know you are in there. Snap out of it." She said as she noticed the man walking towards Elizabeth. "Leo if you do not snap out of it, She will die here. Just like her father and just like you." She said. Knowing that there was some incling of emotion in there somewhere. She grabbed Leos had and started glowing a brighter light. She wasn't sure if this was going to work but it was worth a shot. If not her and Elizabeth were going to be lost to the house.

Elizabeth looked over at the lake and saw that Leo was going after Ashlyn. She didn't know how to help and right now she didn't even know if she could move. She looked over to the house and saw a frightening sight of a man coming for her. She realized that that man was her father, but he didn't look happy to see her. She realized that ashlyn was right and now she was just going to be stuck here like them.

[Jasper19]

Leo screamed from the pain of the light and suddenly tendrils of darkness started to spread across the light. "Good she can die just like us and just like the rest of the people who lived in this house "He broke out of her grip and grabbed her wrist causing it to become gray and her veins to become black." And you will regret ever getting in my way. "

[EvellynGrace93]

Ashlyn wasn't strong enough to escape the grip of Leo. She tried to glow bright again but it was just a small amount, as the darkness was trying to take her over. She fell to her knees as her arm started to turn grey. "Please leo, don't" She started to be able to see her aunt and uncle and her cousins on the edge of the Lake holding out their hands to her. She saw Elizabeth starting to give up hope that she was going to make it out of there alive. A Small sliver of sunlight broke through the clouds onto the lake over where ashlyn was. She wasn't sure it was enough though to make a difference.

Elizabeth looked at the darkness falling in all around her. Her father moving in closer to her. She knew she was dying in this instance adn the thought of being with him was a better feeling right now, than sitting here bleeding out.

[Jasper19]

Leo gasped and let go as the sunlight hit him and he turned back to normal and started crying " I'm so sorry Ashyln i-i didn't want you to find out I became a horrible person." He sniffles then remembers Elizabeth " W-We have to save Elizabeth her dad is here. "He flickers in and out in distress.

[EvellynGrace93]

The clouds began to disperse and the light of the day started to shine through the clouds. The rain started to recede and it started to become normal again. But most of the day had been spent in darkness, it wouldn't be long before the darkness would close in again. Ashlyn looked at Leo and stood back up she pulled him into a huge hug, super happy to see him back to normal. She looked over at Elizabeth as the light started to poke through the clouds.

Elizabeth was looking directly at her dad. He got right in front of her face as he held out his hand, putting a vision in her head of how he used to look. "Little Lizzy." He said in her mind as he pulled her up into a standing position. "Daddy?" She said as tears rolled down onto her cheeks. He began to pull her to the house, to Ashlyn and Leo it looked like the Man they knew as the ghost but to Elizabeth he looked like her father, and no one else was around, the house was like it was before they had moved out. Only she was her age she was now. "We have been waiting for you." He said in a hushed tone.

[Jasper19]

Leo eyes widened and he disappeared and reappeared in front of Elizabeth" don't listen to him he isn't the father you knew. " He turns around to face Elizabeth's dad "you will leave her alone this house will not take anyone else!"

[EvellynGrace93]

Ashlyn showed up next to Leo. She saw the look on Elizabeths face. "Leo, Hes in her mind, she can't see you." Ashlyn said as she looked at Liz's father.

Elizabeth walked right through Leo, completely oblivious that he was there. "Your mother has been worried sick love." He said to her as he guided her back into the house. When she walked in she was greeted by her mother who was healthy and the house smelled like a pie baking. "Mommy?" She said as she walked over to the nothing that was there. Her father walked her through the house and up the stairs to the landing. "Your sisters have missed you." He said as the image of her sisters as kids, as she remembered them came out of their rooms in the hall. He was leading her to the balcony, his plan was to have her jump.