The group looked on the back. It had a lady on it with perfume. She had blonde hair and makeup on that glimmered. They looked for a sign of what to do next. There was another note.

To find her coffin, you must talk to her, but you need to find a spell first. Look in the drawer 10 paces from here.

Ash stopped reading this and walked. He found the drawer-with nothing in it.

"Guys, its empty." They looked over his shoulder and saw he was telling the truth. It was indeed vacant. Landon sat down. He was first to give up. Most followed. They were confused. They talked in groups about what they think happened. Jace and Harry looked over to two people. Irene, who was talking to Veronica, and Landon, who didn't seem to care about anything. Jace suspected he was worn out from the riddles, but truth is, he only cared what happened to him at the moment. He didn't care for them. It was him against everyone.

Ashley was kind of spacing out. Camri was trying to grab her attention, but she was in her own world now.

"Hey Veronica, do you think the note was lying?" Irene said. Veronica started to speak but was cut of by Harry, who made his way over there. He was not going to give up so easily like the rest of them, he was getting home, with or without them. With Ruby gone, he only had Jace. This could not stand! Camri looked at Harry wondering what he was gonna do. She poked Ashley which made her snap back.

"The note can't be lying, if that's true, I almost died for nothing. Ruby, Loretta for nothing!" Ashley nearly cried at the sound of Ruby's name, "This cursed house, trapping us here for bloody eternity! And I, I won't belive that. I'm done with all these death traps!" Harry finished and took the drawer and threw it on the floor. A paper was now slightly visible, and it was in one of the planks of wood. Ashley, now, focused on the action in the middle of the room got up, tugged it out, and recited aloud;

"Through truth cut lies, through false spirits rise." A paper which had only a circle in it, had ink bleeding through to the showing part of the parchment. It showed a diagram and an incantation. They had to recreate it to enact the spell, though they didn't know what it did. But they needed something of hers so it can be connected to her.

"Something like her birthstone or clothing, and be quick, by the witching hour, your chance to escape will vanish, and you will remain in this estate forever," Camri finished it and dropped the letter.

"How many more must die to escape this bloody house," Harry said quietly for he had got his anger out. He ran his fingers through his hair and feared he had made an aggressive impression on the group.

"Okay, so split up?"Ash asked,"One to find her clothing and one her birthstone?" He waited for the group to respond.

"Sure, this half of the room goes to find her clothing and the others find the stone. But first, what do you think is her birthstone? Dimond?"Jace was observant and pointed out the diamonds on her bracelet. The group agreed. Jace, Ashley, Harry, Camri, and Teddy took the birthstone, while Veronica, Ash, Irene, Celina, and Landon looked for her clothing.

***

"Where the bloody hell does she keep her diamonds?" Harry stated confused. Teddy shrugged, not knowing either.

"Well, we may not have any luck yet, but maybe we could look a little bit longer,"Jace said,"In the meantime, do you have any suspicions? You know, about who is sketchy and all that."

"Maybe Veronica, she did invite us after all!"Ashley said.

"And I bet my bottom dollar she voted Ruby in. Before that, she sniched on her to me about voting you in," Harry looked at Jace after finishing.

"She voted Ruby in! But she wasn't doing anything bad!" Ashley said still very upset about Ruby. They were never that close but knew her before the party.

"I don't know, Irene seems to float away from the group, not interact well, and know more than the rest of us."Jace argued, still suspecting Irene.

"Most of that makes sense, but being antisocial doesn't mean she brutally murdered Loretta, led to the death of Ruby, and trapped us all here," Said Teddy, thinking about how he was not interacting much either and wouldn't want people ganging up on him.

As the group bickered, Camri wandered around and heard whispers. They led her to a small sliding door. She instantly got scared and nervous, but followed them anyways. She had prove herself to the group! She opened it and revealed a vanity room, the exact one where the photo was taken. She then spotted something shiny in one of the drawers. It was her diamond bracelet.

"Guys, look!" She said proudly as she snatched the bracelet from it's place.

"Woah," Jace said plainly with a slight laugh at the shimmering diamonds. To be honest, he wasn't all that sure she was going to be any help. Harry instead looked at Camri, the very same girl who had been introduced to Ruby before she-

Harry shook the thought out of his head. It was too painful. He walked with the rest of the group to the lounge.

***

"You're doing it wrong," Landon exclaimed from where he was looking for anything she wore in the picture. They were trying to unlock a drawer, hopefully filled with clothes.

Veronica then responded angerly; "Then tell me, how do you do it?" He ignored her, went over and popped it open.

"How-"Celina started as Landon interrupted.

"Simple, I'm the Professor, I know things." He smirked. Irene looked at him annoyed. Veronica rolled her eyes.

"I could have done that" Veronica said. She opened the drawer and looked for the robe she that she was wearing only to find a key in its place.

"A key?" Celina said unimpressed.

"Find a keyhole then I guess" Ash responded and turned around to look for it. He searched and searched. He seemed to others the most determined. But he had his reasons. He didn't want to seem incapable. Later on he became tired so he sat down on the bed and felt something. He undid the sheets and found the robe.

"So, the key was useless," Said Irene peering over his shoulder. They left and as Ash got up, he hesitated and grabbed the key. It must have been in there for something right?

***

They had gone into the room with the diagram and decided to start without the other group.

Harry sat on the couch and leaned on the arm. He was thinking about Ruby. He was so upset. It wasn't fair that she didn't get to live. Jace was to busy to notice. Others just didn't see. Camri saw. She walked over to him and sat on the couch next to him. She felt bad. She always saw him, and would've walked up to him if he wasn't always hanging out with Ruby or Jace. Plus she thought he was kinda cute when Ashley introduced her to Ruby.

"I thought it was cool," Harry broke the silence between them and still didn't look at her."When you found the bracelet." Camri smiled at him put her hand on his ankle. He looked at her and sat up. He used his cut hand to boost himself up and instantly regretted it. He fell back onto the couch.

"Here,"Camri picked up the knife that cut Harry and cut off a little of a blanket she found and held it up. Harry got what this meant and gave her his hand. She wrapped it around the very large cut and looked at Harry. She got teary eyed.

"I'm sorry about Ruby. It must be so hard." She pat his hand and smiled. He returned the smile.

"Hey, could you stop slacking and help us with this?" Veronica said. The other group had returned. They put the robe and the bracelet on the left and the right side of a big circle with a star in it. Then Teddy said the incantation;

"Find God in the dead,
Fill living with dread,
Speak to us when it works,
And to do this-" Teddy hesitated "Cast a curse." Teddy then dropped and his eyes turned bright red. Ashley covered her mouth. Irene's jaw fell. Camri grabbed Harry's arm and closed her eyes not wanting to look. She opened her eyes, looked at him and they broke apart awkwardly. Jace did the opposite of shutting his eyes and stared with them wide.

"This is Carson Green. To save your friend, take a life instead of his. Or you can leave him to die," A wraspy voice said through the mouth of Teddy "Look on the back of the diagram..." They did. It read;

If you are reading this, someone is almost dead. You have one hour. Carson Green is buried by the old maple tree. Go and do what is needed. 
                                                                                    -K. Smith

"Not him again!" Veronica exclaimed very upset and annoyed. "What was his name again?"

"Kevin?"

"No, it was Kenny," Jace said. The group nodded in agreement. He is very observant and remembered the name.

"Guys, Teddy's like, DYING!" Harry yells to the group. They all looked at him.

"Maybe he should die. Honestly, he hasn't done much but cut you," Irene said.

"But we wouldn't be where we are without him! He has helped the group a lot, and frankly, we have bigger problems then my hand,"Harry stopped, waiting for a response.

"Okay then. Let's go," Irene said reluctantly, finally giving in. They went to the old maple tree and found shovels. They dug all around it till Celina hit something hard.

"Guys, I found it!" Jace, Ashley, and Landon dug it up. Only one problem.

"It's locked,"Ashley said. Everyone looked over at the big coffin. Ash stepped up and held his key to the light. It couldn't be, it just couldn't. But he got down on his knees anyways and put the key in. It made a click as he turned it. It was open.

"The key. It was for this, not the robe," Irene said.

"What do you mean?" Jace asked confused. Landon explained how he opened the lock and found the key. He didn't know however that Ash had taken it. They opened the top. Camri closed her eyes. Harry held his breath. Celina braced for the worst.

"It's empty," Landon said. Camri opened her eyes. Harry exhaled.

"Ugh, this is just like the cabinet," Veronica exclaimed annoyed. Harry saw a folded up piece of paper and pointed it out. Ashley picked it up and Ash read it.

I am sorry, everything that has been said to you is a lie. Carson Green is not dead, and is with me, working against evil. But someone forged the note and led you to murder. But if you got our message, you know we are giving you another choice. Bury someone else in this coffin, or leave your friend to die. We are so very sorry for this incident.

-Kenny Smith

"Sorry isn't the half of it!" Irene said. She was very distressed, what if she was put in there?

"So are we voting or not?" Veronica asked kind of hoping they weren't. A lot of people still thought she invited them to this murder-fest to die, but she didn't!

"Lets vote." Camri said, her voice shaking. As the group broke into parts, she started discussing with Ashley about Veronica being sketchy. Meanwhile the other groups were Veronica and Irene, Celina, Jace, Harry, and Ash, and Landon by himself thinking.

"Who do you want to put in?" Irene said to Veronica. "I think Landon could be helping out way more, but he doesn't."

"Yeah, he seems to not care about anyone but himself, so Landon?" As Veronica finished Irene nodded.

"Who should we kick out?" Celina said "I mean, I have already been in a box, and it is not fun."

"Irene and Veronica are really mysterious" Jace said.

"So is Teddy!" Ash argued.

"How about Landon?" Harry added "He hasn't been helping much, he was the first to give up, and the only time he was really smart was when he beat Ruby," Celina, Harry and Ash all voted in Landon, but Jace voted in Irene. He just always hated her.

They put them all into the box, which Jace and Harry ran inside to get. It was time to draw the name.

"Landon" Ash announced.  Landon's eyes widened with fear. He ran away but Ash knew he was going to do this. He is the big game hunter after all. He ran in front of him and grabbed him. Camri was bawling and didn't want anyone to accept that fate. Harry and Ashley had to calm her down so she wouldn't try to attack Ash. Harry tried to put on a brave face for Camri but he was really crying tears of guilt. Celina helped Ash along with Veronica and Irene. Jace grabbed a shovel even though he hated himself for it. Landon was screaming. Camri buried her face in Harry's arm and hugged Ashley.

Teddy woke up.

A/N
Sorry for taking so long. This is my longest chapter EVER at 2287 words! This death completely destroyed me and is the saddest yet in my opinion. Inspired by Buried Alive. ❤Thessie