Sweet Sacrifice : Rocking Halloween: Chapter 1

Welcome to this new short story of mine. I hope you will enjoy this adventure, as much as I enjoyed writing it! :)

Rain fell from the sky like a waterfall, making the area in it damp and cold. As if the cold wind didn't do enough. The summer came to an end, welcoming Autumn's best surprises.

A sponsored sort of contest was held for bands and vocalists. Two vocalists or instrument players (that entered) were picked out of a bowl full of names, and they were going to live with each other. Their sponsors paid for their transport, accommodation and covered all sort of insurances.

The whole idea of this is to get people to live a new experience! Our first winner, is Jared Leto!

So, who do you think you're sharing house with Jared? :D

JARED: I don't know! But I hope it's a girl! Being in a band of boys, some female advice could be used!

Female advice.. Sure..

Our second winner was standing outside the house already. Mesmerized by the view. Amy Lee, stood proudly in the rain, waiting for the second winner.

So, who do you think you are going to live with in this house? :)

AMY: This house? Well, looking at the state of it, I hope it will be a girl! I'm afraid that the chances of getting a slobby man in the house, are higher than getting a slobby woman!

Not all men are slobs! :/

AMY: I said the chances are higher!

She was right! The house was in a terrible state! Trees died all around it. The ground was muddy and wet. A house couldn't possible be standing here a little while. Amy had a feeling that this house had more secrets inside. Old houses always had. This was the oldest of them all.

JARED: Is this my roommate? It's a girl! Yes. Just as I suspected!

AMY: I recognize that voice...

Every person with good music taste does! :3

AMY: Jared Leto. Hello.

JARED: Ha! Who would have picked us to live together?

In fact you guys have many shippers! ;)

AMY&JARED: What?

Nothing! ^_^

AMY: So like, shall we head in?

The house was older than the two imagined. It was once a huge villa, 500 years ago. With age, it was improved, but you can't deceive age. Sections of the villa were cut off. Over periods of years the villa changed from orphanages, to bought out vacation houses by wealthy people. Now, it was small, lost it's beauty and space. Legends say, that families that were accommodated by the house, had terrifying events in their lives. Whether it was death, or loss of a close one. Nobody ever lived to their full potential here.

There are marks showing where the house extended to. The soil was covered up for so long, nothing could grow on it.

The house inside wasn't horrible at first sight. Amy and Jared sauntered in, both expecting to enter a warm granny's house, but nothing like that happened. The hall was empty, large stairs were placed in the middle. four doors lead to the same room. They must have all been separate rooms before.

The door needed oiling, and re-painting. two pictures hung on one of the walls. They were paintings of the two women, that built this house at first. The walls were damp, and the floor couldn't handle the weight of a human being. It creaked beneath them, threatening to break.

The kitchen was connected with the living room, dining area and an empty space. That had major leaks. The furniture was old, even creepy, but the house was very inspiring. Jared and Amy kept positive through the case. Sure if they wanted they could always fix a leak, and re-place furniture. if they got the jobs in Midnight Hollow of course. But there was always doubt. Would they love peacefully in a house that could collapse at any moment?

The dining area had decent tables and chairs. The windows were in needing of blinds or curtains. Something that could keep the heat in by a few percent.

The living area was quite empty. A sofa and armchairs made a U-shape facing the fireplace.

A bookshelf was jammed in the corner of the room. A wall, built quite recently behind it. Maybe that's where the heating and gas were stored.

The upstairs had a freshly built bathroom, and a piano to the side.

The bathroom was the newest. It was well placed, and stood out against the age of the house.

AMY: So this is my room? And here are my packages ready for me!

So it would seem! :)

AMY: It's very cold here though!

Soz. :S

Her most cherished keyboard was there too! ;)

AMY: I guess it's best to go to sleep, big day ahead of me tomorrow! And we have to make rules with Jared!

Like? No bringing in strangers, no loud music, Food is shared, no smoking, no woohoo?

AMY: pretty much!

Wow. That was fast! O.o

Jared's room was the exact same as Amy's, but like a mirror image!

He to had his packages with stuff in them.

As well as his trusted guitars.

Next morning..

AMY; It's time to make this room alive!

How so? O.o

AMY: By placing the keyboard here!

AMY: And putting up blinds and clutter around the room!

Hey Jared! Get up!

JARED: It's still night! G'way!

Actually, it's morning! -_-

JARED: But it's dark outside! Ergo. Not morning!

It's always dark in Midnight Hollow! Get used to it! :P

Yay! He got ready! ^_^ Now. Make progress! Amy's ahead of you! :P

AMY: Huh?

JARED: I rock this guitar!

You do! :3

JARED: A warning, to the people, the good and the evil! This is war! To the soldier the civilian, the martyr the victim..

JARED: This is-

AMY: SHUT UP I'M READING.

JARED: How rude of her!

JARED: I guess I was a little loud!

AMY: A LITTLE? The ceiling was SHAKING!

After Amy went to her room, Jared went down to the sitting room, and picked up the newspaper.

JARED: Hey there's a phone number to a person who employees singers! Good start to find my way around Midnight Hollow!

How'd you take out the microphone? O.O

JARED: Run away! Run away! I'll attack!

JARED: Oh how emotional!

O.o

AMY: These walls need to be more soundproof! Jared wouldn't be able to tell between day and night!

Well said! ^_^

Where ya going? o.O

AMY: Talk to J!

You nicknamed him? O.o

AMY: Hey J! Where did you get that mic?

JARED: My employer sent it through very fast almost teleport like mail! Services in Modnight Hollow are very good!

Only if he knew! ;)

JARED: So, Amy. Do you wanna like, do a duet song sometime? Just for the fun of the creativity!

(He is asking her out for dinner.. XD)

AMY: We could try J, but now we got to re-do this place! It'll collapse on us soon enough!

(She rejected! XD)

JARED: Sure! I gotta go. Sing to this town! The employer's number is in the newspaper! Call him, we can get our names spread around here! You know, er. Spread our creativity! Like an artist shows off pictures in a gallery and so on!

AMY: Okay! Bye!

AMY: He sounded very nervous! Am I that scary?

Nope! Go find your job and don't worry about J! ;)

So Jared went to Simagon Alley! (Harry Potter anyone?)

But there was nobody there so he went to the park to sing! ^_^

He sang his heart out! But, taking that half of Midnight Hollow are dead, he's lucky to get some fanbase! XD

Some ladies were rather taken by his singing! ;) This woman just has no expressions though! :P

He sang well and earned a good bit of tips! :D

Back at home, Amy made herself a decent meal for a cheap stove!

But the Mac and cheese was way to hot to digest, and something outside caught her eye. There were plants in the back garden!

How did they live on such soil? Amy had no clue. It was pretty clear that the plants grew garlic. The garlic was in great state. It looked and smelled better than any other, and there was plenty of them!

Supposedly nobody lived in this house over a few years. Amy was terrified, were they being lied to? There was no way something could grow in the shadows, in the terrible soil, and un-attended! Maybe there was a gardener she didn't know of!