To and through the gate.

You're now face to face with the gate once more, you felt even smaller in its presence than before, as if face to face with an ill tempered metal giant, you look for any kind of handle to allow yourself inside and found nothing, the gate would not budge an inch when you tried to pry it open, clearly you won't be getting in anytime soon and with those unfriendly spikes at the top of the gate,climbing over wasn't an option "Well what now? I could try yelling" you said while cupping your mouth with your hands and yelling Felicia's name into the darkness.

You yelled and yelled until your throat was sore to no effect, Felicia nore anyone came to greet you, either no one was home or you were bad at yelling 'What now, I don't want to stay out here…' you thought gloomly as you watched the sun going under the horizon as the sky lit up into a beautiful amber colour, a precursor to the darkness that was soon to come.

Almost at the breaking point of logical thinking you paced back and forth quickly, rubbing your temples to increase your thought process "Come on John this isn't difficult, just gotta let them know you're here, easy as that" you grumbled and sunk to the ground on your bottom with your suitcase beneath you, perhaps a new perspective could help; you look around from every possible angle and noticed something shinning on the right wall near the gate, an intercom.

You scrambled over to the intercom in a flash, almost walking right into the wall in your excitement. It was a simple square shape with a rectangular button beneath a circular speaker though as far as you were concerned it was a silver angel sent from above to help.

You held you index finger to the button and spoke rapidly into the speaker "Hello, it's me John Doe, Herbert's great nephew, are you there Felicia, I'd really like to come in!" After a mintue of what sounded like shuffling and clicking you heard a feminine voice "Yes master Doe We have been expecting you, please enter and quickly make your way to the estate where I will greet you" she said; that was Felicia for you, even as child you remembered her emotionless way of speaking, as if nothing ever fazed her on any level but that did not matter as an electrical buzz sounded and the gates opened inwards ushering you inside.

You ran though the gate like a bolt of lightning and continued to walk up the stone path, not noticing the gate shunt closed behind you or the numerous trees that line the path up the estate without any kind of order. It was already dark, you could just barely see a few feet in front of you with the flashlight app on your phone, even running at full speed you only made it half way to the house "Almost there…. God im so tired" you panted loudly and looked into the sky which was adorned with countless stars across the silk like blackness; you took a moment to recognize the constellations when a loud crack came from a distance.

You whip around in the direction of the noise, shining you light into the darkness with little affect, the tree line was far to thick to make out anything or anyone "Who's there? I'm armed!" You declared and made your free hand into a gun shape while you suitcase was held between your side and arm, you really hoped that the crack was nothing more than one too many birds an an extremely weak branch because you definitely had the disadvantage in the dark and without means to defend yourself.

You began to feel very claustrophobic as the darkness surrounded you like a veil, standing alone in this forest with you destination still not in sight and the gate entrance too far to run back to, all you could do was very slowly, very carefully walk forward to the estate 'No wonder you didn't garden much Herbert, this place is fucking scary...' you thought with a grimace when suddenly another cracking sound, then another and another, each one closer than the last.

Walking among the trees you began to feel as though something was watching you, not just one thing but multiple things are sizing you up with their eyes burning into your back, just waiting for you to make a mistake and then they would all strike, that's what you thought at least as cold sweat trickled down your forehead and goose bumps covered your arms as another crack sounded and with a stomp of your foot you yelled out " Fuck it come on then, another with this bullshit, you wanna go, let's fucking go ya bastards!" You exclaimed with your parched throat and turned to face whatever would come from the shadows, as the adrenaline filled your veins you failed to notice a presence behind you until it placed its cold hands upon your shoulders.

You yelled, spun around and tried to threw a punch which was spectacularly dodged as your fist only connected with the air, you froze as a calm, calculating voice spoke into your ear "Master Doe is that any way to treat your head maid?" Though the voice was far from comforting it was certainly a relief then some killer in a mask "Oh Felicia am I happy to see you" you sighed happily, turning the light of your phone on the maid to see her form properly.

Felicia was tall, easily a head above you and dressed like a Victorian maid with a long, billowy skirt to hide her legs beneath a white apron that unintentionally accuated her generous busom, her raven coloured hair was neatly tied behind her while some locks of hair laid across her forehead beneath her green eyes which appeared slightly larger thanks to her glasses, her skin was very pale except for her lips which were an attractive shade of rouge and a small mole upon her right cheek. Very carefully she took your hand and lead you in the direction of the house "This way sir, you're safe now" you just nodded and followed like a child.