Chapter 10
The McCallistar Mansion
You are all very nervous for this one. It can't be good. "How did you agree to do this for the McCallistar's?" friend 2 asks. The McCallistar family was a very rich and famous family. Their house was also very... pansexual. The father was the most successful. Josh McCallistar was a famous entrepreneur, and also invested in crypto currency and stocks. Mia McCallistar was the wife. She was also very successful, but not as much as Josh. She was a fashion star and made a lot of money. They had 4 children. Alex and Alisha who were twins, David, and Rachel. Rachel was the oldest. She was born in 1927, and has sadly recently passed. She was more of a rebel against her parents, and was very bratty. Alex and Alisha were very kind and out going. Both are still alive and were born in 1934. David was the youngest son. David was born in 1947. David was very quiet and only spoke to close friends and family. David was the one to ask you to investigate the home, as Alisha had gotten a random illness when they started noticing the paranormal in their house. They also have had a history with paranormal events in general.
"David wanted me to check this out. He was willing to pay heavily for us to investigate this" you say. This place is massive, and would be very dangerous. A lot of this was torn apart. There were paint chippings on the wall, broken floor boards, and ripped carpets. There are a lot of rooms. When researching this place, you find out how many rooms there are. This mansion includes 33 rooms, with them being the 2 living rooms, sun room, laundry room, master bedroom, master bathroom, 3 other bathrooms, 6 guest bedrooms, 2 kitchens, 2 dining rooms, a bigger dining room (kind of like a castle), a home theater, pool that goes indoor and outdoor, a normal game room, video game room, home bar, a mud room, storage closets (3), a boiler room, and a panic room. All of this is split between a basement and two floors. You all decide to split up. You check the second floor, friend 2 checks the first floor, and friend 1 checks the basement. The first floor has the sun room, a storage closet, mud room, the bigger dining room, a kitchen, game room, 2 bed rooms, 2 bathrooms, and both pool areas. The second floor has a kitchen, dining room, a storage closet, living room, panic room, master bedroom, master bathroom, 2 bedrooms, and 2 bathrooms. The basement has the video game room, home bar, movie theater, 2 bathrooms, living room, laundry room, boiler room, storage closet, 2 bedrooms, and dining room.
You go up the stairs. You enter the dining room. With the reader on, the light stays on level 1. However, the light flickers and turns on. As soon as you leave the room, friend 1 goes on the walkie talkie. "Guys? I found fingerprints". Adding it to the new notebook, you see there is a random amount of options. There are ghosts with one piece of evidence, two pieces, three pieces, all the way to 7. "We found one piece" friend 2 says on the walkie talkie. You begin to search the other room when you see someone in the corner of it. "Very funny guys. But it's time to be serious". "What's so funny?" friend 2 asks. "Yeah? What do you mean?" friend 1 adds. That's when you see the figure is getting bigger. Not because it's growing, but because it's going after you.
Scared out of your mind, you start sprinting down the hall. This ghost is kind of slow, but starts speeding up when nothing is in its way. You go on the walkie talkie and tell friend 1 and 2 "The ghost is hunting now. I'm on the first floor. Meet me there". Friend 2 is already on the first floor, and meets you at the staircase. Friend 1 rushes up and you see them at the basement door. You see the ghost going down the stairs. It seems like it's locked onto you. Because of this, you all split up. Friend 1 goes into the game room, friend 2 goes to hide in a closet, and you run to the sun room. Once you reach the sun room, you realize your biggest mistake.
The sun room only has one entrance, and the ghost is blocking it, heading straight for you. You are ready to run past it, when it disappears. Randomly. You go on the walkie talkie. "It's gone, but I think we should stay together". "Agreed" friend 2 says. You all meet back at the stairs, and start investigating each room on the first floor. "Did you find anything suspicious?" friend 1 asks friend 2. "No, not really" friend 2 replies. You search the game room, and nothing. There are a bunch of board games, and other old video game consoles. Something isn't right about this mansion. You exit the room, and see that friend 1's face is ghost white.
"What happened friend 1?" you ask. Friend 1 is still standing there, shook. "I.. I saw the ghost. Right outside the window" friend 1 replies. "Well... let's hurry then" you say, trying to comfort friend 1 and 2. You then decide to rush to the basement. You reach a window. "Hey what? The fingerprints used to be here" friend 1 says. Now more scared then ever, you all go back to the split plan. This is when you check the rooms quickly. Once you reach the panic room, another dot lights up. The favorite room.
"I found the room guys" you say. "Nice. Where is it?" friend 2 asks. "Panic room". Once they are both up, you start testing everything. Not freezing. You turn on the spirit system and ask "Can you write in the book?". Right then, ink starts appearing in the book. "Two more pieces. Spirit system and book" adding it to the evidence book, you have 3 ghost possibilities. The options being specter, wraith, and shadow. The wraith is a fast and dangerous ghost. The shadow is a big and strong ghost. The specter is more invisible, being harder to see for stealth attacks. You hear a knocking at the window in the hall. You got outside to investigate. The knocking continues. Not really scary until you realize you're on the second floor.
You rush back when you hear friend 1 say the orbs were found. As soon as you walk in, the reader goes off with 5 lights. Once you put in the information, you see the ghost is a wraith. Looking at each other, you run to the front door. Not before the door locks and the ghost is behind you.Â
"What do we do?" friend 2 asks. "Leave through the window" friend 1 suggets. You go to the sunroom where there is a shattered window. You all crawl out through the window, and escape the mansion. Your ghost hunting ends here.
Cool stories written by: Brandon M
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