The trial night best left forgotten

You and your group of friends walk towards the house and open the front door, It gives an eerie creak, you walk in slowly and look around, something felt different about the house tonight; you have been up here every year since you were young, but this time it felt a lot more daunting than usual, the portrait of the old owner of the house's eyes seem to be following you.
you hear a noise, you aren't sure where it came from, but it sounded serious.
everyone seems to have different ideas on where the noise came from, do you...