Young Writers Society

Flipping the knife in his fingers, Cornyx walks into the dripping woods to the back of the darkened hotel, ebon eyes almost glowing in the dark like a wild animals'. His feet make no sound on the dampened earth as he stalks through the shadows with only the occasional flicker of moonlight to betray his presence.

Sarah stared at the woman for a good minute, unsure of what exactly she was supposed to say. The other two ghosts that called the hotel their home mirrored her response to the woman's sudden appearance in the mirror. What was she even supposed to say in a situation like this? She didn't have to worry about the woman killing her, but an attack from the other ghost would certainly hurt.

And it didn't seem like the ghost was the most friendly person in the world either.

"Um, hi," she awkwardly started. "I'm Sarah. I live in this hotel that we're in right now. Same thing with these two-" She glanced over her shoulder, only to see that the other two had left the room to go resume their game of cards. Sarah sighed, realizing that it meant that she would be in charge of dealing with this situation all on her own.

"Well, there was two other ghosts here. Anyways, this hotel is under attack by a guy named Alex and a dragon demon everyone has been calling DeeDee. And it would be really bad if they got away with whatever they're planning because all of us here, including Jeanine, would be caught in the crossfire. So maybe you could help us?"

Perse, who had seemed rather tense after noticing James, let loose a sigh upon hearing the man's words. "That's a relief - I had no idea how I was supposed to explain a three-headed dog." He grinned at James. "My name's Perse. I'm not Hades' friend, though we were at one time."

"He's my husband," Hades elaborated, though he was still trying to figure out what Perse was doing in the basement of the hotel. It wasn't like he had been gone for longer than he had guessed he would be, and there was no way that news about what was occurring on the premise's of the hotel could have gotten out. He turned his attention to Perse instead of James, asking, "What are you doing in the hotel?"

Perse gestured at Cerberus. "They all wanted to play with you, and managed to find a gateway that led to this hotel. I saw them running into it, and I barely managed to come through before the gateway closed. I had no idea where we were going. So what's happened to you?"

Hades briefly explained the entirety of the situation to his husband before addressing James - who, he suspected, was probably more confused than he had been prior to Perse and Cerberus' sudden appearance - once more. "I think our odds of taking care of this problem just went up," he concluded as Cerberus jumped up onto his legs and tried to lick his hand.

"I feel him," DeeDee laughs. "Idiot. I could easily fly out of here." She frowns. "He's trying to avoid my traps. Get on my back."

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The Woman snarls at the ghost. "Why would I? My home is here." She gestures to Jeanine.

"What she's saying is that I would die if Alex and DeeDee attack the hotel," Jeanine explains, exhasperated.

The Woman thinks for a moment. "And what about my twin sister?"

He slips through the darkness, carefully avoiding any traps. He knows he's not masking his presence very well, so instead of trying to completely go 'invisible' he simply appears as a human to any magical radars.

"Back. Now. He's human, which is bad. Very bad," DeeDee snaps.

The 'human' continues onwards, watching the forest with keen perception.

"HURRY UP!!"

Alex hops on DeeDee's back hurriedly.

As DeeDee sees Cornyx through the trees she takes off into the air, flying as fast as she could towards the hotel.