Spirit Beat

Solana state park near by Mille lake, a residence resides in the darkened forests was a cozy manor with heavy oak doors at both the front and back, residing a dark aura within it, seemingly from something unknown to all who visit it. The manor itself was a beautiful home, large for when it was built and settled in, there was a kitchen looking out towards the back and peeking through the trees a sight of a small lake could be seen, but it was just a small lake... that seemed to evaporate each summer due to the recurring heat that comes. The manor held many residence in the past, but a few hundred years passed since the last time someone walked through the doors, and breathed its musky air. ~ Echoed the voice of a ghost reading the history and giving a small tour for herself out of sentimentality towards her distant past. This spirit resided in the home for a long time and heard all the names, good and bad, 'Spector', 'Spirit', 'Apparition', 'Other being', it got old hearing so many names that blamed her, but no one knew the reason or tried to understand it either. Her apparition floated in a slight bob in the air, just mere inches away from the smooth wood floors that extended throughout the manor, in each room and crevice, a rustic manor of the time made beautiful by age and the rustic wooden interior kept pristine in the ages. She wore merely a night gown, which could speak many things of her passing... either during her sleep which would make a peaceful passing seem likely, but she had not. While it may of occured before sleep, or after waking, to make wearing a night gown possible where she was either readying for sleep but was sent to passing or woke up to an unpleasant situation which lead to her passing. There was little the spirit could do, she knew how to read and write.. But, what use is that in the position she is now in? Would she be able to leave her cold, old home... or be stuck in a place that reminds her of both good and bad, but seems to make her remember more of the bad. ****** Many weeks seemed to pass, but for the spirit, it is only time and she is outside the flow of it and makes watching it pass almost tedious. What happened though was most surprising for her, she heard a *creaak* echo throughout the manor, which surprised the spirit for the first time in a long time. 'Who is visiting? This is known to be haunted... or are people removing precious historical pieces to remove this place?' The spirit's thoughts went down depressingly low, but she died a curious child and will remain a curious spirit, in-life or after-life. Floating through level after level of the manor to the main floor, she saw that there was a decent size of people moving in, some animals are along with them too. "Coby, help grandfather watch over the pups outside. Annabelle, help your brother William carry a dresser in here. Quinn, please bring some of the boxes in too." A woman was calling out different names, making different orders and jobs for this family they brought to the manor. The oddest thing for this spirit was when some of the supposed 'pups' came in first as actual puppy dogs running around, but once the woman, matriarch, spoke to them sternly. The pups phased into actual 'humans', the only thing lacking were clothes on, but even that minor detail was dismissed for the bigger surprise of seeing people change from dog and back. ***** The family was larger than expected, for the apparition to believe, she found there were four pairs of grandparents living here now, along with this matriarch often called, 'Mikola', but sometimes called 'Lola' or 'Miki' depending on who calls her. There are kids of varied ages, from youngest being around four to highest being in mid-thirties for some, but thats just guessing by their appearance and how they acted, for their age. There seemed to be a type of laundry list of family members and cousins moving into this manor, but for some who cant move in the manor there are also some building their own homes in varied areas nearby the main house. Some kids had traditional names like Sam, Annie, or Mary... where other names were outside usual traditions, like Xyla, Wren, or Zaydra. The spirit felt their metaphysical being twist with the effort of trying to keep all the different people residing in her haunting place in mind, so she can keep from revealing herself to anyone, but also have full reign of her home once more at some points. The idea to be able to roam spectrally all about was what kept all other former residence from remaining in the manor for any amount of time. ****** The new residence moved in swiftly, but that did not quiet down the activity they caused. The 'pups' ran about inside and out the manor, yipping softly as they ran after eachother, sometimes catching eachother or being caught by another. While the matriarch which had the title 'Luna' Mikola to remind many of her family she was in charge and was usually taking care of paperwork and the abode, seeing where needed updates or fixing for particular reasons. The elderly usually seemed to act as the teachers and whenever there was some schooling they could not help in, they had the children work either on their resourcefulness and find out as a scavengerhunt or ask other adult figures to step in to teach the subject and better educate them. The only wonder, for the apparition was, how old were the grandparents, for some of them looked quite familiar to people she met when alive centuries ago. Aside from hair color differences, the subtle differences, like eyes, skin and how they moved or spoke held the details of who they were from the past at times. The apparition, could not help but wonder on who they were? If she knew them or someone related to them in the past?