We thought we were done. We thought that was the last of it. Oh, but how wrong we were.

As we walked, the floor began to rise from the foundation of the house. The hallway became a field of rolling hills covered in moth-eaten carpet.

Trying to keep my balance, I let go of Kathy's hand and threw my arms out, away from my body. Kathy screamed and stumbled forward. Out of instinct, I reached forward and grabbed the back of her shirt.

I pulled her back towards me and this time I didn't let go, even as the floor rose unevenly underneath us. 

And then it stopped.

Kathy screamed again as she almost fell. I looked at the floor in disbelief.

What the fuck was that? I thought.

"Oh girls!" a disembodied voice floated in front of my sister and I. "Follow me!"

Kathy immediately began walking towards the voice.

Why is this girl so damned weak to fall into their traps!? I angrily thought.

"Kathy stop it! Snap out of it!" I yelled but she kept walking. "Kathy!" I screamed, pulling at her hand.

"What's wrong Ella? You can come too!" the voice said. "Come on Ella. Come with us. Come Ella, come..."

My vision blurred as I tried to resist whatever entity was doing this.

"Ella..." the voice called. "Ella..."

My strength faded and I found myself blindly following the voice and my sister. My mind was screaming at me to stop, to fight against it, but my body wouldn't let me.

"Come on girls. We'll have lots of fun now, won't we?"

My mind thrashed against the imprisonment of my body and I began to get dizzy. My head ached and my legs got shaky.

Finally finding my strength, I screamed, high-pitched enough to be glass shattering. It broke the spell that had been cast upon Kathy and I. I shook my head to regain what was left of my bearings. Kathy grabbed my hand and gave me an apologetic look.

"Next time, leave without me. Don't try to save me," she said.

I shook my head "no" and lead her in a different direction, down a different hall. We ran away from our dead parents, away from the rising and falling hallway floor, away from the disembodied voice.

I braced myself for whatever was to come next. I wasn't sure how much more I could handle  without completely losing my sanity. I also didn't know how much longer I could keep saving Kathy. She was too vulnerable to the attacks the beings in the house threw at us.

We just need to find a damn window! I thought with anger laced through every word. Stupid parents, stupid Kathy! Leading us here! I should've stayed outside!