"I can't believe they are falling for this," Andrew chuckled. "Boy, this is sure going to get Miss Bossy Felicity King back for the pranks she pulled a few years ago!"

"Ya done it now Andrew King... ya don't want to git Felicity on yer bad side." ~Gus Pike

Cecily King and Clemmie Ray walked along the road talking about this and that when they came across Peter Craig.

"Hello Peter. Welcome back to Avonlea." Cecily said smiling. "What have you been doing?"

"Well I was planning to go in that house and see if everyone is all right. They haven't come out for a while now." Peter told them. "I am going to see if anyone is hurt. That old house is falling apart."

"Can we come along?" Cecily asked.

Clemmie looked sort of scared. "I heard it is haunted." Clemmie said.

"No such things as ghosts." Peter said starting to walk.

Cecily and Clemmie followed behind him. When they reached the house the door creaked open and they stepped in. "You guys?" Peter said loudly.

"I hear some talking coming for that way." Cecily said pointing toward the parlor. They all walked that way and saw everyone standing in the parlor. "Hello." Cecily, Peter and Clemmie said together.

Felicity and Izzy swung around. "Cecily!" Felicity exclaimed. "Peter! Clemmie! What are you all doing here?"

"Well I was coming in here to check on you all. And Cecily and Clemmie were on a walk and joined me." Peter said.

"Who are you?" Cecily asked Juliet.

Juliet smiled at the girl. "I am Juliet Woodhouse and I am moving into this very house in a month." Juliet said.

Izzy went over to Felix and said, in a low voice, "I wonder if she knows what she's in for."

"Cecily, you shouldn't be here, you know?" Felicity said. "Clemmie, why don't you walk her back home. Mother and Father are probably worried about you, Cecily. You can tell them that Felix, Andrew, and I are here, and we'll be home for dinner."

Cecily felt mad and in her head she thought, "'Oh Cecily, you shouldn't be here, you know,'" mocking Felicity's voice.

"That's ah good idea," Gus agreed. "This house ain't safe ta be in."

Clemmie touched Cecily's shoulder. "Yes, we probly shouldn't be here. Come on; let's go back and go play with the chickens." Clemmie suggested. With that Clemmie and Cecily were off, Cecily still angry about not being included.

Teddy heard a soft wail coming from the other room. He stepped cautiously inside and saw the trap door that Morgan fell through. "Morgan, are you down there?"

Izzy turned around in a split second. "Morgan?" She rushed to Teddy's side.

Lily did not hear a reply from Andrew and began to bang on the wall. "Can anyone here me?!" She yelled.

"Ah can hear ya," Gus said and noticed the noise coming from behind the bookcase. He pushed the bookcase and it rotated around until Lily appeared. "Why Lily, how did ya get behind there? And where is Andrew? Weren't ya with him?"

Lily walked out and threw her arms around Gus. "Thank you for getting me out!" She said smiling friendly. "I just pushed this book and it swept me behind there. And Andrew wasn't there. I was so scared." Lily said joining everyone in the next room.

"Help me Teddy!" a soft voice drifted up from the depths.

"I got to help him!" Teddy said. He ran into the closet and searched around until he found some old rope. He tied it to the old staircase banister and tied the other end around his waist.

"Teddy!" Gus said, "what' are ya doin'?"

"I got to help Morgan! He's fallen through this floor! Jasper Dale once did the same thing for me, and now it's my turn!" Before Gus could stop him, Teddy dropped down with the rope.

"Teddy!" Gus yelled again into the dark abyss so far below. He began to pull up the rope. He tugged and finally pulled the rope up, and his eyes widened in astonishent with the after thought realization that Teddy was not attached to it.

Izzy looked down. "Morgan? Teddy?" She looked down into the abyss, and also realised that Teddy was no longer at the end of the rope. Then again, neither was Morgan. Andrew, maybe? No; not him, either.

Felicity rushed over as well, and looked down the abyss. "Gus!" she whispered. "It couldn't be....could it?"

Izzy looked at Felix, then looked down the abyss again.

"Nan was right. She said this house was not safe." Juliet commented.

Peter looked down the abyss. "Well should I go down there?" Peter suggested.

"You may use my candle if you like. We have many more in the hallway." Juliet said offering her candle.

"Enough people are missing," Izzy said, "but they have to be found. I'll go down."

"Izzy, no!" Felicity protested. "Let Gus or Peter or one of the others boys go down."

"We're already missing three *boys*, Felicity," Izzy pointed out. "If a *girl* goes to look for them, maybe it'll be different."

"Well...be careful."

"Izzy no, it's not safe," Gus warned, but before he could do anything, the brave Pettibone girl was on her way.

Izzy carefully grabbed the rope and slid down, trying not to bump whatever (or whoever) it was on the other end. "Andrew? Morgan? Teddy?"

"Izzy," Teddy whispered once she had reached the ground. "Follow me, I think I hear some voices..."

Teddy lead her near a small dark room in the cellar where they heard the voices of Andrew and her brother Morgan...

"Shh, listen," Teddy told Izzy.

Morgan and Andrew were whispering in the room...

"I can't believe they are falling for this," Andrew chuckled. "Boy, this is sure going to get Miss Bossy Felicity King back for the pranks she pulled a few years ago!"

"Pay back time, my good friend!" Morgan smirked, "This is sure going to put my *dear* sister in her place too. You should have heard us Andrew. I was telling my sister this big sob story and she was believing it."

Teddy turned to Izzy and whispered, "all we found were two rats!"

Meanwhile, Gus peered down through the dark. "That's it, if they don't answer ah'm goin' down there." Gus yelled into the abyss, "Teddy, Izzy, can ya hear me? Are ya alright?"

Lily looked at the girl who was standing looking down. She though it was a dream when she had seen Juliet when she went behind the bookcase but now she realized it was not a dream but she was really there. "Juliet?" Lily said.

Juliet turned around at the sound of her name and saw Lily. "Lily!" She practicly yelled. They threw their arms around eachother. "I thought I was never going to see you again. Imagine you and me shipped to the same island?"

Lily smiled. "I know. How nice you look Juliet. I imagine you left quite a deal of suitors behind in England."

Juliet blushed. "Well maybe a few."

The girls both looked down the abyss. "I hope everyone is all right." They said together.

Peter looked at Juliet and smiled. "I am sure everything will be all right." He said.

Juliet looked back at him and blushed. "I hope."

* * * * *

"Gus, we're fine," Izzy replied. She boldly went into the room where Andrew and Morgan were. "Alright, you two. Time for you *both* to get off your high horses. The joke's over," she said so all above could hear her. "And this, Morgan Pettibone, is the lowest, most selfish thing you've ever done. You must really love making people miserable." She headed back for the rope.

As she climbed back up, Felix congratulated her saying, "Well done, Iz! As I once told Sara, it pays to hold your temper; you just let others lose it for you!"

Both began to laugh. "I wasn't about to let my brother get the better of me."

"Izzy wait," Morgan pleaded, "it was only a prank."

"Well, at least Felicity and I are even now," Andrew admonished while crossing his arms confidently.

Felicity looked down the hole. "And as for you, Andrew King, you'll be getting your due, to be sure!"

"Ya done it now Andrew King," Gus said, "ya don't want to git Felicity on yer bad side."

The cocky smile soon disappeared from Andrew's face. "What? But...Felicity, we're even now!"

"Come on, Iz," Felix said. "Let's get out of here." The two walked out of the house...

Lily watched the two walk out the door. She peered down the hold. "Andrew?" She called.

"We're safe Lily," Andrew replied. "We just had to show my cousin a lesson."

Nan walked towards Juliet. "Juliet, I thought I had lost you!" Nan said. I was walking along and when I looked back you were gone. You have scared me senseless." Nan told her. Nan looked around and saw the others. "Who are you? And what are you doing in Mr. Woodhouses estate? Tresspassing I presume?" Nan asked raising her eyebrows.

"Nan it is okay. I am most certain this place is going to need some fixing up." Juliet muttered.

Nan looked over. "Lily! What in the heavens are you doing here?" Nan asked bewildered. She smiled and threw her arms around Juliet's cousin. They hugged and looked at everyone.

"We're..." Felicity was trying to think of a good explanation. "We're friends of Lily's. We came across this house, and decided to have a look around. We didn't know anyone else was here; this old house has been abandoned for years!" She then focused her attention back on what was going on below.

Nan smiled. "Well if that is all then it is fine."

"I can't believe they actually thought that there was *really* a Lisilee," Morgan smirked.

"I *told* you it's just an old wives tale!" returned Felicity. "Morgan Pettibone! Andrew King! Somebody could have been hurt with your stupid prank!" Infuriated, Teddy turned to climb back up the rope.

"Oh Teddy, go play with the girls okay?"

"Yeah, go play with Cecily's dolls. Hahaha."

Kyle had found some rope, shimedied down the abyss, and started looking for Morgan. He heard the others above just after he got down, and quickly and quietly gathered his rope, saving it in case it would be needed in the near future. He started looking around, as best he could, without a light source. Then, from a different end of the basement, close to the cellar stairs, he heard others talking, but didn't recognize any of the voices. Sensing something wasn't right, he quickly and silently headed to the other side of the basement, figuring that's where Morgan and Andrew were. He got there just in time to hear it was all just a prank and saw Izzy climb back up the rope. But, before he could join the group, he heard footsteps heading in there direction. Kyle, sensing trouble, decided to hide behind some big crates and wait and see what was going on.

Suddenly, Andrew and Morgan heard a creeking sound behind them. They turned and stared in frightful astonishment to see an older woman walking down the cellar steps with a large candle holder. "Who dares invade the premises of Lisilee!" She scoffed in a gruff voice while taking a puff from her cigarette. The two boys stood paralyzed, shaking, with mouths agape in fear.