I walked up the steps of the old haunted mansion by Lead Street. A female with black thin hair followed behind me, she dared me to open the door that shall not be opened, and then had the audacity to follow me assuming that I'd be too scared to do it.

I reached out for the handle of the door but the door swung open on itself. I looked to the female and she rolled her eyes before holding her hand out wanting me to go forward. I exhaled and walked forward, entering the building few dared to go.

I looked back at her with a smirk upon my face, although she looked less impressed and shot a glare at me. I made a silent laugh for a moment before turning back around and walking further into the house.

The house was old as were the light fixtures upon the walls, cobwebs decorated the fixtures and anything else it could attach itself on. Old hanging portraits laughed as I walked past. It was mid afternoon, so the mansion was dimly lit from the rays of the descending sun.

I looked ahead to the stairs in the middle of the main hall, ascending up to the second floor. The steps were old and wooden, covered by a red silky carpet. I walked towards the stairs and placed my hand upon the banister, I could almost feel all the hands that had held it before me.

Slowly, I began the climb to the second floor. The stairs creaking with each step, my heart pounding the higher up I climbed. Reaching the top, I removed my hand from the railing only to find that it had been coated in silvery dust. I smirked and shook my head before wiping the dust off my hand and onto my pants.

I looked down the shadowed hallway where the door that started this all stood. I held my breath and walked down it, each step getting closer and closer to completing the dare.

I stopped just a few feet in front of the large wooden door that resembled a door to a dungeon, which made me question as to why it had a golden door knob as the handle.

"Don't you dare," her voice hissed a whisper at me. I shook my head and outstretched my hand towards the door's handle. Just before reaching it, my hand began to shake. I let out a low growl, I wasn't scared so why was my hand shaking? My hand gripped the golden spherical handle of the door, it had a slight chill to the touch as I slowly turned the knob to the left.

The handle cracked as it turned and a gust of wind blew through me as I opened the door. A deep growl sounded as a gigantic figure stood before us.

"You shouldn't have done that." The female mocked in an I told you so tone. I sighed as the beastly figure stared us down.