30-Apr-2000
Yay, part 2 is done! Enjoy ^_^
C&C requested, flames will be ignored.
Disclaimer: Gundam Wing is NOT mine. I'm not making any money
off of this. If you sue, you'll get my dirty socks, so don't
bother.
Warnings: none
Rowan heaved a sigh of relief as he dumped his bag on the floor. Granted, he didn't have much in the way of possessions, but it still weighed a lot. The boy looked around the house with increasing curiosity.
There was a definite atmosphere of long- standing undisturbed peace around the place. As Rowan started exploring around the rooms, he noticed a fine film of dust on every available surface. The furniture was, by his standards, antique.
Apparently none of the previous owners had stayed long enough to refurnish the house in a more modern fashion.
Oddly, though, Rowan felt strangely comfortable in this setting, which should have been completely alien to him. He puzzled over this phenomenon for a moment, but shrugged it off as unimportant. He decided to take a closer look at the entire mansion since he was planning to live here.
Leaving his belongings by the front door for the moment, the boy embarked on his quest. A considerable amount of time passed before he was finished, and the tour left Rowan with mixed feelings.
First, he was awed by the size of the place. It was HUGE, especially for a single guy to live in. It had two stories, with the living and dining rooms, the kitchen and a couple of other rooms on the first floor. The upper level had two bedrooms and a guest room/study. The house was built in what Rowan had heard referred to as "Victorian" fashion - a style that had been popular many centuries ago.
The boy had seen pictures of Victorian mansions before but he didn't know the style was still used. Although.he remembered the coffee shop owner telling him that the place had been built two hundred years ago. But still.this was COOL! Yes, although Rowan was hardly a regular teenager, many of his perceptions were a lot like those of a typical 18-year-old. Living alone in a place like this was, predictably, a grand adventure.
Another thing that amazed Rowan was that the place was stocked with everything someone could possibly need for living.
There were bed linens, towels, and bathrobes. The kitchen held a full complement of cooking utensils, silverware, pots and pans, and china. The place looked as though its inhabitants had only left for a vacation, or something of that sort, and would be coming back shortly.
Except the house felt as if it hadn't been lived in for many years.
The atmosphere was slightly eerie and, although Rowan didn't consider himself overly impressionable, he felt goose bumps make their appearance on his skin. The things that the coffee shop owner had told him about the "cursed" nature of the mansion sprang to mind.
However, Rowan refused to be intimidated by some stupid stories of an old lady. The house was kept in a perfect order; that was all. Why all the stuff in it looked about 200 years old was a question that the boy deliberately skipped. Surely he would find an explanation for everything once he settled down. But, as the teenager made his way through the untouched rooms, he couldn't shake the feeling that someone was watching him.
After finishing the tour, Rowan once again congratulated himself and marveled at his unexpected good luck. This place was a palace for someone like himself, and he owned it! Fantastic. So what if it was a bit creepy.It just added a little flavor to life.
Rowan went outside and moved his motorcycle into the garage next to the house. Upon returning, he took his meager possessions upstairs, thinking that this was as good time as any to unpack and make himself at home. He chose the smaller of the two bedrooms, mainly because a huge window with a gorgeous view of the lake and the hills took up one of its walls. Rowan loved sunlight; it made him feel... alive.
The room didn't contain much - just a bed, a desk, a dresser, and a wardrobe-type thing. While putting his stuff away, Rowan discovered that the room also contained a stereo system. By the looks of it, it was over a 100 years old. The boy had never seen a working model of this type before and he was amazed to see that this one looked to be in a perfect condition.
The player was hidden under the bed and the speakers concealed in the room so as to create a good acoustic effect. In addition, Rowan found a large box of small disks that he recalled were CDs. CDs weren't used anymore, but he had encountered some before in antique shops. Wow, the boy thought to himself, this place really reeks of history.
Once his belongings were unpacked and put away, Rowan set to looking through the CDs because he really wanted to try out the stereo system. The music was really old, most of it from the 20th century, some even from before then. The boy was looking at the song list on one disk - "Scorpions" - when suddenly an overwhelming sense of déjà vu filled him.
He knew this had happened before, he knew the kind of music this CD contained.
Almost despite himself, Rowan put the disk into the player and started it. His mind made a note in passing of the fact that he knew how to make the thing work even though he'd never been near one before. As the first sounds filled the room, he started humming the tune, and had sung most of the song before he realized what he was doing.
To say that the boy was surprised would be an understatement. Once again, however, being the utterly pragmatic and realistic person that he was, Rowan shrugged the strange experience off. He attributed it to the possibility that he'd somehow heard the song before.
By the time he completely finished settling in it was quite late, so Rowan decided to go to bed. He'd found sheets and things in the closet before, made the bed and promptly dropped off to sleep.
He'd had a lot of new experiences today and, like any normal teenager was a bit overwhelmed and tired. But, as he fell asleep, he thought he felt a presence in the room, watching him.
Unseen, the spirit smirked evilly, as it watched the sleeping boy. So, after all these years someone decided to disturb his peace again.Well, this one would soon follow his predecessors. Very soon, indeed.
End of Part 5
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