In the Dark of the Night
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Escape from Bogy House -2
An=Virginia Foxx is based on the three sisters Leah, Maggie, & Kate Fox .
David Holmes is based on Daniel Home, better known as D. D. Home.
------------------Chapter Two-------------------------
Entry 8
By Amanda , during the late winter.
As I stated in the last seven entries, things were quiet for a time. That ended early this morning. It happened as we were sitting at breakfast. My eldest, Jun, gave a cry of alarm. As I looked over, a ghost was knotting her hair. That in itself was not what broke the prior trend. For it has happened before, both Jun and Shizuru, my second daughter, have had ghosts tie knots in their hair on several occasions. But this morning while the mischief-making spirit was knotting Jun's hair, another ghost appeared.
All that was seen of the vile spirit was a sickly white hand and forearm. By the size of the appendage, one could tell that it was male. After frightening off the mischievous one, the new ghost hoisted Jun by her hair several feet off the floor!
Admist poor Jun's screams, I could hear something else. I'm not certain since there was such a ruckus. The entire family was either screaming, yelling or sobbing. But there was something else that should not have been there.
It was very soft but I swear I heard a man chuckling at Jun's plight!
It dropped her quite unexpectedly while her feet was four feet above the floor. Thankfully, my husband, Shoda, had grabbed ahold of her legs scant seconds before the hand let her fall.
As I stated in the first entry, hauntings are not new to this old manor. However, all previous were harmless like Abigail, merely mischief-makers such as the ones that knot the hair, or unusual occurrences such as the breaking mirrors.
There is the Lady in White, all she does is walk down the eastern hallway on the second floor. In the attic is a ghostly cat that hisses at any girl, it's Sir Nickolas, my grandmother hated cats and consistently kicked him, the poor thing hated all girls afterwards. No one can ignore the laughing boy in the Solarium, he is never seen, merely heard. There are more ghosts that have been sighted than that.
However, the claws, the large ghost ball and now this ghosty arm, these are far more hateful than the Irate Monk in the herb gardens. At least the he only stares hatefully, he hasn't attacked anyone in the 600 years that he's haunted these grounds. I always suspected he's upset because a manor was built on the lands where his monastery once stood.
"I don't know about the rest of you but I'm getting hebbies-jebbies." Yusuke grumbled as he rubbed at the goose bumps on his arms. "I cant' believe that a ghost story is getting to me."
Botan slightly frowned as she pointed a finger at him. "That's because this isn't just any 'ghost story', it's a record of what really happened to our missing friends during their childhood." She was not angry at him really, just annoyed that his male 'macho' prevents him from saying how worried he's getting due to the journal's content.
Entry 9
By Amanda , late winter
The hauntings are getting worse. Last night we were woken up by a dreadful screaming. It seemed to originate from the second floor sitting room. When Shoda went inside to investigate, unseen hands picked him up and tossed him across the room!
The pale arm appeared at the breakfast table again this morning. It again picked Jun up by her hair. This time it started to yank her up as if it was flexing it's arm and poor Jun was a weight. Her scalp is so sore right now.
Genkai flipped through a few pages. "The next three entries are the same. Mainly the father and Jun being thrown across the rooms. The mother getting a few more scratches. Ahh, it finally introduces the last two sisters."
Hiei shared a look with Kurama at Genkai's last sentence. Both wondering how she knew there were two more sisters when they just recently got the first journal. 'Did you come across any mention of these other two sisters in the few pages you read in the third journal?' he mentally asked Kurama.
'No,' Kurama replied with a thought. 'In fact, this sister Jun was not mentioned at all, nor the parents. The only family in the third journal mentioned is Shizuru.'
Entry 13
By Amanda , last day of winter
Each night the screaming from the sitting room continues. My beleaguered family hasn't much sleep of late. Everyone is suffering from the lack of sleep.
Until this evening the ghosts attacked only the eldest of my four daughters and my husband Shoda, with only minor incidences happening to me. The small scratches are nothing compared to poor Jun being tossed about the room!. About five in the afternoon my third-born daughter, Yoshiko, came into the solarium crying hysterically. All I could make out was Shizuru and the baby were bleeding in the western sunroom. I ran as I quickly as a could while screaming for Shoda. The sight I saw when I entered the room ... sweet heavens, it was a chilling sight that will haunt me to the day of my death!
Shizuru was stuck on the ceiling, unable to move except her eyes. It was is if whatever specter held to the ceiling had frozen all muscles allowing only her eyes to move. I followed her horrified gaze to see where her little sister, Misao, was. To my horror, Misao was dangling in midair. It was as if some malicious ghost of a puppeteer had attached strings to my baby and using her as a marionette. Her mouth was open but no sound was being emitted. While both were being held I could see four bloody lines appear on various parts of their bodies. It was as if a ghostly set of claws ware raking across their flesh.
Do you have any idea how ghastly it is for a mother to see her children in such a plight and unable to help them? I have never felt so helpless. My daughters needed me and and even with my psychic abilities I did not have the strength to aid them! When Shoda appeared he screamed "Release my daughters!". Surprisingly, the malevolent force did so, although it meant that Shizuru fell from the ceiling and Misao fell from midair. Both of my dear daughters have suffered injuries from the falls. Shizuru was knocked unconscious and her left arm was broken while Misao's leg was broken.
My father has decided to call in a priest. Shoda called his father in Japan right after the incident. Akira, my father-in-law, boarded a plane this very night and will arrive in England tomorrow.
--------------------TBC---------------------------
The Kuwabara Family
Grandfather -
Mother- Amanda
Father- Shoda
The daughters (in accordance of age)
Jun - ---------10 yrs. old
Shizuru -------6 yrs. old
Yoshiko ------ 4 1/2 yrs. old
Misao--------- 2 yrs. old
**pulls out hair** Gaah !1 That's it I'm sticking with the ages listed above. I was trying to work in the age difference between Shizuru and Kazuma into the story. How many of you realize that Shizuru has different ages in the manga and the anime? In the manga it clearly states that when Kazuma was 14 his sister was 17, only 3 yrs. difference. But in the anime, during the finals of the D.T. Shizuru makes a comment of being in her 20's. If she was 20-21, then she would be 6-7 years older than Kazuma. If I stayed with the manga saying she's only 3 yrs older, then I would have to re-write this chapter and change Shizuru from being second to third or possibly fourth born of the girls..... It's easier just to say she's 6 years older than Kazuma.
While looking through a baby name book for Japanese names I found a block that had some Japanese 'virtue' names for girls, while I didn't find Shizuru I did find Shizu listed and even Kazuko. Under boys I found Kazuo. Since I found forms of Shizuru (Shizu) and Kazuma (Kazuko) in the virtue name list, I decided to pick names for the three other sisters from it.
David Holmes is based on Daniel Home, better known as D. D. Home.
------------------Chapter Two-------------------------
Entry 8
By Amanda , during the late winter.
As I stated in the last seven entries, things were quiet for a time. That ended early this morning. It happened as we were sitting at breakfast. My eldest, Jun, gave a cry of alarm. As I looked over, a ghost was knotting her hair. That in itself was not what broke the prior trend. For it has happened before, both Jun and Shizuru, my second daughter, have had ghosts tie knots in their hair on several occasions. But this morning while the mischief-making spirit was knotting Jun's hair, another ghost appeared.
All that was seen of the vile spirit was a sickly white hand and forearm. By the size of the appendage, one could tell that it was male. After frightening off the mischievous one, the new ghost hoisted Jun by her hair several feet off the floor!
Admist poor Jun's screams, I could hear something else. I'm not certain since there was such a ruckus. The entire family was either screaming, yelling or sobbing. But there was something else that should not have been there.
It was very soft but I swear I heard a man chuckling at Jun's plight!
It dropped her quite unexpectedly while her feet was four feet above the floor. Thankfully, my husband, Shoda, had grabbed ahold of her legs scant seconds before the hand let her fall.
As I stated in the first entry, hauntings are not new to this old manor. However, all previous were harmless like Abigail, merely mischief-makers such as the ones that knot the hair, or unusual occurrences such as the breaking mirrors.
There is the Lady in White, all she does is walk down the eastern hallway on the second floor. In the attic is a ghostly cat that hisses at any girl, it's Sir Nickolas, my grandmother hated cats and consistently kicked him, the poor thing hated all girls afterwards. No one can ignore the laughing boy in the Solarium, he is never seen, merely heard. There are more ghosts that have been sighted than that.
However, the claws, the large ghost ball and now this ghosty arm, these are far more hateful than the Irate Monk in the herb gardens. At least the he only stares hatefully, he hasn't attacked anyone in the 600 years that he's haunted these grounds. I always suspected he's upset because a manor was built on the lands where his monastery once stood.
"I don't know about the rest of you but I'm getting hebbies-jebbies." Yusuke grumbled as he rubbed at the goose bumps on his arms. "I cant' believe that a ghost story is getting to me."
Botan slightly frowned as she pointed a finger at him. "That's because this isn't just any 'ghost story', it's a record of what really happened to our missing friends during their childhood." She was not angry at him really, just annoyed that his male 'macho' prevents him from saying how worried he's getting due to the journal's content.
Entry 9
By Amanda , late winter
The hauntings are getting worse. Last night we were woken up by a dreadful screaming. It seemed to originate from the second floor sitting room. When Shoda went inside to investigate, unseen hands picked him up and tossed him across the room!
The pale arm appeared at the breakfast table again this morning. It again picked Jun up by her hair. This time it started to yank her up as if it was flexing it's arm and poor Jun was a weight. Her scalp is so sore right now.
Genkai flipped through a few pages. "The next three entries are the same. Mainly the father and Jun being thrown across the rooms. The mother getting a few more scratches. Ahh, it finally introduces the last two sisters."
Hiei shared a look with Kurama at Genkai's last sentence. Both wondering how she knew there were two more sisters when they just recently got the first journal. 'Did you come across any mention of these other two sisters in the few pages you read in the third journal?' he mentally asked Kurama.
'No,' Kurama replied with a thought. 'In fact, this sister Jun was not mentioned at all, nor the parents. The only family in the third journal mentioned is Shizuru.'
Entry 13
By Amanda , last day of winter
Each night the screaming from the sitting room continues. My beleaguered family hasn't much sleep of late. Everyone is suffering from the lack of sleep.
Until this evening the ghosts attacked only the eldest of my four daughters and my husband Shoda, with only minor incidences happening to me. The small scratches are nothing compared to poor Jun being tossed about the room!. About five in the afternoon my third-born daughter, Yoshiko, came into the solarium crying hysterically. All I could make out was Shizuru and the baby were bleeding in the western sunroom. I ran as I quickly as a could while screaming for Shoda. The sight I saw when I entered the room ... sweet heavens, it was a chilling sight that will haunt me to the day of my death!
Shizuru was stuck on the ceiling, unable to move except her eyes. It was is if whatever specter held to the ceiling had frozen all muscles allowing only her eyes to move. I followed her horrified gaze to see where her little sister, Misao, was. To my horror, Misao was dangling in midair. It was as if some malicious ghost of a puppeteer had attached strings to my baby and using her as a marionette. Her mouth was open but no sound was being emitted. While both were being held I could see four bloody lines appear on various parts of their bodies. It was as if a ghostly set of claws ware raking across their flesh.
Do you have any idea how ghastly it is for a mother to see her children in such a plight and unable to help them? I have never felt so helpless. My daughters needed me and and even with my psychic abilities I did not have the strength to aid them! When Shoda appeared he screamed "Release my daughters!". Surprisingly, the malevolent force did so, although it meant that Shizuru fell from the ceiling and Misao fell from midair. Both of my dear daughters have suffered injuries from the falls. Shizuru was knocked unconscious and her left arm was broken while Misao's leg was broken.
My father has decided to call in a priest. Shoda called his father in Japan right after the incident. Akira, my father-in-law, boarded a plane this very night and will arrive in England tomorrow.
--------------------TBC---------------------------
The Kuwabara Family
Grandfather -
Mother- Amanda
Father- Shoda
The daughters (in accordance of age)
Jun - ---------10 yrs. old
Shizuru -------6 yrs. old
Yoshiko ------ 4 1/2 yrs. old
Misao--------- 2 yrs. old
**pulls out hair** Gaah !1 That's it I'm sticking with the ages listed above. I was trying to work in the age difference between Shizuru and Kazuma into the story. How many of you realize that Shizuru has different ages in the manga and the anime? In the manga it clearly states that when Kazuma was 14 his sister was 17, only 3 yrs. difference. But in the anime, during the finals of the D.T. Shizuru makes a comment of being in her 20's. If she was 20-21, then she would be 6-7 years older than Kazuma. If I stayed with the manga saying she's only 3 yrs older, then I would have to re-write this chapter and change Shizuru from being second to third or possibly fourth born of the girls..... It's easier just to say she's 6 years older than Kazuma.
While looking through a baby name book for Japanese names I found a block that had some Japanese 'virtue' names for girls, while I didn't find Shizuru I did find Shizu listed and even Kazuko. Under boys I found Kazuo. Since I found forms of Shizuru (Shizu) and Kazuma (Kazuko) in the virtue name list, I decided to pick names for the three other sisters from it.