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// Le Fantôme 
// Story: Voyage 
// by Comrade Bagel Muffin 
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"This place is haunted!" Dusk screamed grabbing Escutcheon her heart racing in his chest. Escutcheon closed his eyes focusing his magic. His horn glowed bight as his golden aura enveloped the group They flashed away, but not to the outside and the storm drenched field. They reappeared into the room that was covered in mildew, rot, and mold. They gagged and hurriedly left back into the hall.
"Why'd you take us into there?" Red asked the colt as Escutcheon leaned against the wall trying to get the smell out of his nose, and trying to regain his bearings.
"I don't thing that he had planned for us to go there." Atlas said looking at door, scratches started appearing on the door. Let me leave "I don't think we're getting out of here until the inn keeper's soul is given peace."
"And how are we suppose to do that? If we can't get out how are we suppose to bury him?" Dusk got as close to Escutcheon as she could. Her face was becoming paler and paler by the second.
"I think we could Cremate him." Escutcheon looked like he was about to throw up. "But I'm not sure if that'll help us or not." The two older stallions nodded to each other.
"Escutcheon you and Dusk go back to the room Red and me will try to handle this," Atlas said softly. Dusk nodded quickly and grabbed Escutcheon and nearly dragged him to another room. It was identical to the one that they had been staying in. Turkeylegs followed the two of them into the room then took a seat at the door to the hall. Their feathers puffed out.
"Are you okay Dusk?" Escutcheon asked. "I've never seen you this frightened."
"Of course I'm frightened. How are you not?"
"I am." He said softly. She looked at him.
"You're not acting like it." She  said softly.
"Honestly out of everything that we've been through this doesn't really enter into the top ten."
"You seemed pretty scared earlier." She sat down next to him his statements and leveled head calming her nerves. "When you came teleportation back into our room."
"Of course I was horrified." He looked down at the floor. "You screamed."
"Well of course I did the water in my tub had turned to blood," she answered. "You would have screamed too."
"Yeah but you screamed." He looked up at her. "That's what scared me. I was afraid something bad had happened to you."
"I can take care of myself you know." She bit her bottom lip before nuzzling him softly. "I am kinda glad that you're here though." Before Escutcheon could say anything the floor began to violently shake. "What was that?" Turkeylegs let out a loud squawk.
"It must have been from down stairs." Escutcheon stood up. "Let's go." Dusk gulped and nodded.
"Right behind you." Dusk followed close behind him walking up next to his side. Turkeylegs went in front of the two of them. "Are you two okay?! We don't need to come down there do we?!" Dusk yelled as soon as they opened the door.
"LET ME LEAVE." The voice boomed around the inn.
"What did you do?" Dusk got as close to Escutcheon as she could. Escutcheon ran down the stairs. Turkeylegs went in front of them.
"Apparently Cremation was not enough to send this spirit away." Atlas answered his horn was lite as was Red Wine's. The two of them had shields up containing the blazing inferno coming from the fire place.
"LET ME LEAVE." The specter's voice boomed through the inn again shaking all the walls off the inn. A drop of water dropped onto Escutcheon's nose. From the leaking floor above. His eyes lit up in understanding.
"It's not the body." Escutcheon said softly. "Dusk come on. Escutcheon ran down to the basement. Dusk ran right behind him.