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[maybe_youll_die]

"It looks bigger than last time we were here," said Wednesday, standing next to Samara and staring at the abandoned hut, so far from civilization as they knew it. "Haunted houses grow on their own, you know. Like people

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[youngestqueen]

Lucy wondered if this was a good idea, but didn't say anything of the sort, her hands held nervously behind her back, watching and waiting to see what happened next.

[maybe_youll_die]

"What do you want to start with?" Wednesday asked, examining all the divination materials as they emerged. "Should we look inside to see if anything has changed?"

[__badseed]

"Probably a good idea," said Samara. She began to dig out a flashlight. Sometimes she missed being able to see in the dark. "It's coming up on the anniversary of the murder, so the spirit might be more active."

She glanced at the other girl with mild interest. "Are you scared?"

[youngestqueen]

"Scared? Oh, no, of course not. I've just not done anything like this before." Armies she'd faced down, all sorts of things in Narnia. But never a ghost. Not like this.

[maybe_youll_die]

Wednesday, of course, didn't have to point out that she wasn't scared. "He might have moved things around. Ghosts like to do that."

[__badseed]

"Only if they don't have anything better to do," Samara said to Wednesday. "It would be very boring to be a ghost that only got to move old furniture and stuff around. He'll probably be very appreciative that we're doing this for him."

[youngestqueen]

"Do you think he will? I mean, what exactly are we doing?" It had sounded interesting, but the closer the got the more she was, well, frightened.

[maybe_youll_die]

"We're going to try to talk to him," said Wednesday. "He might have moved things around because no one was listening before."