In this story, Aries and Saggi are a couple and Aquarius and Leo are gender swapped (Aquarius is a girl and Leo is a guy). Requested by @seehumisawesome
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Aries, Libra, and Virgo stood there, looking at the old, abandoned house. They were walking home from school together when one of Libra's papers flew out of her hand. The trio chased after it, and soon found themselves in front of a large, creepy, broken-down house. "Wanna go in?" asked Libra.
"Hell yeah!" shouted Aries as he started towards the house. Virgo grabbed his arm. "We should be careful. There could be something in there. We could at least come back later with backup." Virgo tried to reason with him.
"Or how about we come back with the others...at night!" Libra suggested. Both Aries and Virgo agreed. When they got home they called the rest of the signs and gave them directions to the creepy house. They all agreed to meet up at 10:00 that night. When the time came around, Virgo saw Leo, Aquarius, Saggitarius, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Scorpio, Libra, and Capricorn standing in front of the house. After a minute, Pisces and Cancer came running up. They all looked at each other and nodded.
Then the signs entered the abandoned house, the fire signs in the lead. Once all the signs were in, the door slammed shut. Virgo turned to the last person in the line, Scorpio. "Why'd you shut the door!" She yelled angrily.
"I didn't." Scorpio replied calmly.
Pisces was clinging to Cancer, both of them terrified. "Then who shut the door?"
Taurus wondered.
"Maybe it was the ghost." Aquarius suggested, looking around the room.
There wasn't much to look at. Since the windows were covered with grime and the door was closed, very little light seeped in. The signs were left in almost complete darkness. It didn't help that the house was constantly creaking and moaning.
Pisces and Cancer were freaking out at this. They were about to have panic attacks when Libra reassured them. "Don't worry you guys, it was probably just the wind." The wind blew hard and rattled the windows. "See?"
Everyone calmed down and some of the signs turned on their flashlights and began to look around. "Hey guys, come check this out." Saggitarius called. Everyone went over to see Saggitarius standing in front of a large portrait on the wall. It was of a dark, gloomy family. An old man wearing a suit and bowler hat over his neatly combed white hair held a cane topped with a gold handle. Beside him stood a woman dressed in a black cloak and hat, her hand on the shoulder of a young boy dressed to match the old man. They all stared straight at the artist, their face expressionless and their eyes dead-looking. The portrait gave everyone shivers. Suddenly, Cancer panicked.
"G-guys," he said with fear in his voice, "W-w-where's Pisces?"
Everyone looked around. Taurus, Gemini, and Leo began calling for her. There was no sign if her anywhere. "Okay guys, we'd better split up and search for her. Aquarius, Leo, Gemini, and Capricorn will be one group. Me, Taurus and Virgo will be another group. Aries, Saggitarius, Scorpio, and Cancer will be the third group. Groups 2 and 3 will search downstairs while Group 1 searches upstairs." Libra pointed to a staircase on the near side of the room. "Let's go!"
The groups split up and began to search, still calling her name. "Strange," Capricorn said as they walked up the stairs, "Pisces isn't the type to just wander off, and in a haunted house no less. Something's not right."
"Its the ghost," Aquarius said, "I'm telling you, houses like this always have ghosts."
"I guess its possible," Gemini contemplated, "But not likely. Maybe she saw something and got lost looking for it."
They reached the top of the stairs and looked down the long hallway filled with doors. Leo sighed and tried the first door. Locked. The four of them continued down the hallway, trying each door. Finally, Aquarius found one that was unlocked. "Hey, over here guys."
Leo was the closest so he went in behind her. Gemini and Capricorn were about to follow when there was a thump and a click. Leo turned around. The door was shut.
"Oh no..."
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Cancer was scared. No, he was terrified. No, he was a minute away from having a heart attack.
First of all, they were in a creepy old house. At night. Secondly, it was dark. Like almost pitch-black. It didn't help that Cancer was terrified of the dark. And third, he had lost his best friend, Pisces. Anything could be happening to her, and it was his fault. He should have held on to her, stayed with her the whole time. And now she was gone.
Cancer continued to walk in misery, his head drooping and his feet dragging against the ground. Suddenly, he heard a crack. Cancer looked at the floor abound him. The floorboards were cracking and breaking! "Cancer, get off there!" Saggitarius yelled.
Cancer tried to run, but the floorboards gave way. He heard his friends calling his name as he fell down, down, down.
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Capricorn watched Gemini pound on the door and went over to help her try and open it. But, of course, it was locked. They pulled and pushed and jiggled the doorknob, but it was no use. "Are you guys okay? We can't get the door open. Try from the inside!" Gemini yelled through the door.
From inside came a muffled call, "We're fine. We can't get it open from this side either."
"How about we all try at the same time?" Capricorn suggested.
"Okay!" came Leo's voice through the door.
"On three," Gemini said. They all put their hands on the door knob. "One, two, three!"
All four of them turned the doorknob as much as they could, but it didn't work.
"Hang on, I'll go get the others." Gemini said.
"Wait," Capricorn stopped her, "Do you hear that?"
Gemini stood still and listened. It sounded like footsteps.
Suddenly, there was a scream.
Capricorn couldn't tell which direction it was from. "You okay Gemini?"he asked the slender female, but there was no reply.
"Gemini?" Capricorn asked as he turned around, already knowing what had happened.
Gemini was gone.
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Oooooo so many mysteries! What happened to Gemini, Pisces, and Cancer? What will happen to Leo and Aquarius? Is the house really haunted? Find out in Haunted House Part Two!!!!