Month: December 2019

Chapter 1, New life

I regret this, but I’ve never felt more alive. Escaping from that hell called home, feels like the best and worst thing that’s ever happened to me. It feels so great to run away from that son of a bitch who calls himself my father, but at the same time, I feel bad that I had to run away from mother. She was the only person who cared about me. So why’d I leave her behind?

Suddenly, a hatchet flew past my ear. An exctasy of swearing and footsteps came from within the trees. I tried to run, but strange yet mystical golden strings wrapped around my arms and legs as if I were a puppet. A shady figure stepped in front of me. They were tall and pale, not to mention skinny. Although, it looked as if they had no facial features. They didn’t! All around me, there were strange, unique people, all staring at me as if I was some sort of hunted animal. “STOP!”, I heard a voice call out. It was the faceless man. All the strange beings froze, as if they were waiting to pounce.

The strangest thing happened, the strings loosened from my limbs and fell to the ground. “Masky, is this really the person you were talking about, she looks so… weak and feeble.” said the tall man. I got proper pissed after that. “I’m not bloody weak, I’m plenty strong”. Everyone stared at me again as if I was insane. Someone stepped forward. It was a girl, she was wearing some sort of mask. Maybe she was Masky? “Slendy, if I may, she could be usefull to us”. She might be Masky… who knows. “Masky did say she was Zalgo’s daughter in the first place.” (ok, not Masky). A boy stepped forward, he might be this Masky, and how do these people know about my father. Slendy spoke up “What now Masky, you already led us to the enemies daughter?”. So he was Masky, wow… he already seems like a bastard.

He said nothing, he walked up to me and grabbed my wrist.“You’re coming with me” whispered Masky. He dragged me into the trees until we were out of eyesight and earshot. I was frozen with fear,I didn’t know what to do or what to say. Masky spoke up. “Listen, I feel that you could be usefull to us, but not everyone exactly agrees with me”. All I could do was look back at him, it’s almost like my whole body stoppped working. “I know you might have a few questions, but you need to listen to me Kathrin”. I stared back at him in shock, my body started working again. “How the fuck do you know my name and how the fuck do you know who my father is!”. His body language showed he was offended (karma bitch!). He started talking again (snore), “like I said, you have many questions, I’ll explain everything if you join us”. I was shocked, I barely knew this guy and he’s asking me to join him!? There was only one thing I could do.

We walked, well he dragged me back to the other psychopaths and said “Lets go back”. He seemed happy, all I did was say ok but it seemed as if I had squeeled ‘OMG Yasss’. Everyone calmed down, they seemed almost… friendly. The girl came up to me and we actually had a nice conversation, her name was Jane, she told me about everyones names and what they’re like. I thought Masky was a bastard but he actually seems really nice. We stopped outside of a massive mansion. It looked as if it was five times the size of a normal one. We went in and all I could think was ‘shit that’s amazing’

tidy and pretty. Jane started giggling as she led me to a door. Apparently I was staying in there. I turned the light on to see a neatly organised room.

I think I figured out why Jane was laughing her ass off. As I sat down on the bottom bunk, Masky walked in… my face went as red as a fucking tomato! Jane was behind him, I could hear her laughing so hard, I thought she was gonna run out of air. Masky had his mask up a bit so you could see his mouth. Seeing my new roomie wasn’t the worst part, because it wasn’t just Jane laughing. There was Jane, Jeff, Eyless Jack and Zero. All of them were laughing as if it was the funniest thing they’d ever seen. I tried to stay calm however I couldn’t help but start laughing along with them. The only one who wasn’t laughing was Masky. He looked embarrassed as hell. Maybe it’s the first time he’s stayed in the same room as a girl.I stopped laughing and told the others to go away (hehe). He looked much calmer after that.

Luckily we get along well, if we didn’t then I’d be very screwed. I think I may have upset him a bit. I was stupid enough to ask him why he wears a mask. He told me “There are some things the world wouldn’t understand”. But he showed me what’s under the mask. I didn’t understand what’s wrong with his face. I don’t want to sound like I have a crush on him, because I don’t, but, he had beautiful blue eyes. “I don’t understand, there’s nothing wrong with you, y-you look… cute.” We both went red, this was awkward. “I guess in my head I feel that nobody would accept me here if I wasn’t scary in some sort of way”. Hearing those words made me feel bad. Should I help him with this problem of his?

Chapter 2, Help

After Masky had left the room, I became curious about what other rooms there were in the mansion. I did what anyone would do, and went exploring. The room I was staying in didn’t have a sign on the door like lots of the other rooms. I walked past Jeff and Ben’s room and Jane and Nina’s room when I found a door without a sign. Being the stupid person I am I opened the door. What I saw scared the fuck out of me. The room had piles of fresh corpses, piled as high as the roof. I felt something tenderly touch my shoulder. I squeeled in fear, just to find EJ behind me. “You scared the fucking shit out of me!”. He looked at me (I don’t know if he could see me or not). “That’s the thing with us”, he bent his head down and whispered “We’re murderers.”

It took a while for it to hit me, but when it did,it felt like I’d been hit by a truck. I looked up at him, I felt broken inside. “B-but, y-you seem so nice” I stuttered “How could someone so nice be someone so mean at the same time” I sounded stupid, but I now understood why Masky felt so insecure about the way he looked. I ran back to my room, shut the door and hid underneath the bed. I lay there crying. Everything seemed wrong, but I now realise how obvious it was. It had been five minutes later when Masky came into the room. I tried to stay as quiet as I could. I covered my mouth, trying to stiffle my sobs. He started talking. “Look, I know you’re in here Kathrin, I’m sorry, I should have told you at the very beginning what we were”. I didn’t say anything, my body stopped working again. “Kathrin, I’m not gonna force you, but please come out of you’re hiding place”. I couldn’t come out of my dark heaven, I felt broken, like an old record. “Please come out, I promise, I’ll explain everything”. I wanted to know everything, I had to speak up. “I’m down here, I’m not coming out, but I-I want to know what’s going on”.

What I heard came at me, once again, I felt as if I’d been hit by a truck. I came out of my hiding place and collapsed on the bottom bunk. I feel like I’m going to pass out. I sat up, my body went limp. All I could think of was my childhood. I kept remembering the time I followed my father to work, I stared as I saw him pull out a gun, pull the trigger, kill an innocent human. The tears keep coming, it’s as if they’re endless. Masky sat next to me, he wrapped his arms around me. He felt, warm. “I’m really sorry Kathrin, but we both know that the past can’t be erased, can’t be changed”. I hugged him back, I had stopped crying but I was still broken. “At least I’m not the only ones with secrets”. Masky looked at me,he grinned. “If I’ve told you my secret, you should tell me your’s, if I can trust you, you should trust me”. We stopped hugging, I didn’t know what to tell him, or did I…

“You really want to know”, I looked at him, he nodded. “I’m… not exactly a human”. Masky looked at me as if that was the worst secret he heard. “I’m not a demon either”. Now he looks surprised. “The reason I’m called Kathrin is because I’m a cat hybrid”. Masky just stares at me. I pull down my hood and show him my ears. “Wow… I don’t know if this is offensive or not but… can I feel them?”.

I almost died! I know that he’s unaware of the unspoken rule but that didn’t stop my face from going as red as a fucking tomato. “That’s gonna be a hard no, sorry but there’s an unspoken rule about that”. He started smiling again, I might be screwed. “Well, it’s unspoken, so nobody talks about it, in my head that means it’s not a rule”. His fingers stroke my ears like you would a cat. I started feeling warm, then hot. I pushed him away. “Listen Masky, you wouldn’t understand why you shouldn’t”. It’s getting too hot, I took off my hoodie and then Masky sees my tail. “What about your tail?”. I’m so fucking screwed if he starts touching that. “It’s the same with my tail, touch that and I’ll go into heat-” I gasp, did I say that out loud… I did. Masky put his hands up as if surrendering. “I-I did’t realise, s-sorry about that”.

Later that night, I was running. Running as fast as my legs could. He was chasing me. By he I mean my father. We were in the woods, there was no clearing. It was as if I was running in circles. He got closer and closer until… A pit opened up just below me, I was falling, falling, falling. I woke up screaming, luckily Jane had told me the walls were soundproof. But Masky heard everything. He hung down from the top bunk, looking at me.“You alright, you kept screaming something about … monsters”. I sat up, dazed and tired. I knew it was all a dream, but the pain was all too real. “Y-yeah, it’s just a dream, I’m not gonna die… not anymore”. I tried to go back to sleep but it’s almost impossible to go back to sleep after you have a screaming nightmare.

Chapter 3, Crossfire

I can’t sleep. All I can think of is what would happen to me. I decided to go outisde, it’s been a while since I’ve seen the sunrise. I throw on my jumper and sneak out through the window. I turn back to notice that Masky’s not in his bed. He might just be out filling what he calls a ‘quota’. I climb on to the roof. Bright rays of sunshine wrap around me in a warm hug, the sky is a shade of all kinds of reds, oranges and yellows. There was a warm breeze that swayed all around me, filling my lungs with fresh air. I sat down, it must have snowed last night since there was a layer of white, fluffy snow. I drew a little heart in the snow and added an M in the middle. I stopped and kicked it away, because there, sitting in front of me was Masky. I scooped up some snow and crept up behind him. I parted my hands and let it fall on him. “Hey, that’s cold!”. I couldn’t help but laugh. He grabbed my collar and pulled me down until our faces were only a few centimeters apart. “Masky… what are you doing.!?” I tried to move back but his grip was too tight.

He eventually let go and I sat down next to him. “The sun’s beautiful, isn’t it” I whispered as I stared up at the sky. Masky replied, “yeah… beautiful”. I turned to look at Masky but he wasn’t looking at the sun. I froze. “M-Masky, the sun’s in the sky, not on me”. He took of his mask and smiled. “I know that, but the sun’s not the only beautiful thing up here”. I went red as fuck when he said that. I didn’t realise,he thinks I look beautiful. But why, what’s so special about me. “I-I don’t understand, why me?” I started to talk but I was stopped. Masky edged closer, I closed my eyes thinking this was all just a dream. What happened next was probably the best thing in my life. I opened one of my eyes. He put his head against mine, and kissed me.

I was shocked, scared almost. “What was that for?” I spoke in a subtle tone, but he could tell I was confused. “I’ll leave you to think about it.” Masky stood up and left me there. When he had gone back in, I couldn’t help but squeel in delight. I went back through the window to find the room empty. I went out of it and walked around the mansion, but didn’t open any doors. Yep, not doing that again. It was all going fine until… Bang!

I woke up, tied to a chair. My mouth was covered by a piece of cloth. When I fully woken up I could see that… I was naked! A door opened behind me, then shut. A raspy voice came from the dark. “When you laugh, the world laughs along…” I recocgnised that from somewhere, but where?

“But if you cry… the world keeps laughing”. He stepped into the light and pulled of the cloth. “What the hell, where am I!”. He just laughed, then looked at me and smiled. “I believe Jane told you to be careful around me and my stuff.” I looked up to see Laughing Jack, holding the cloth in one hand, a rock in the other. “Well, I’ve caught you, that makes you mine, Masky can’t have you anymore”. I looked up at him in horror. He went off into the dark and wheeled out a table. It was full of tiny flasks with different chemicals inside of them.

Jack went behind me, cut the ropes and pinned me to the ground. I heard a cracking of bones and an excruciating pain in my arms and legs. He ripped my back open, literaly, ripped the skin apart. Ix couldn’t help but scream in pain and agony. “No matter how much you scream, no one will come to save you”. Those words shattered my heart into a thousand pieces. All I could do was lie there as he injected the fluids into my back. It stung like hell. I kept screaming, but like he said, no one would come to save me from this agony. Jack had left the room, probably to get more torture items. I kept crying, the minutes turned to hours, but it felt as if it took days.

The door opened again, I couldn’t move. I was stuck, waiting for the pain to start all over again. A hand touched my back, I screamed, waiting for the rest to come. “Calm down, or he’ll hear you!”. It can’t be… “Masky, h-how’d you find me”. I winced as Masky tried to lift me by my arms.”It’s no use…” The raspy voice came back “Arms and legs are broken, you can’t carry her back”. I was terrified. Would he harm Masky too? I heard a thud, a smashing of bottles and a triumphant cheer.

Someone put a blanket over my back, it still stung but I tried not to scream. I was turned over so I was lying on my back. I could see Jeff, Jane, EJ, Nina and Slendy all looking down at me. I was wrapped up and carried off to a white room. Everyone left except for Nurse Ann. She fixed up my arms so I could sit up properly. “How did you end up in the hands of LJ anyway, I’m quite curious”. I thought about it for a while, but I couldn’t remember anything, just flashes… “I’m..not quite sure myself, the last thing I remembered was being on the roof, after that it’s… fuzzy”.

Chapter 4, Zalgo

It’s been two months since the incident. My back’s been stitched up and my arms and legs have fully healed. Now I’m up on the roof, the sunset was always my favourite time of the day. But I keep wondering why Masky kissed me. We’re not dating, and I don’t think he even likes me in that way. But watching the sunset helps me clear my head. Something touches my forehead. I look up and freeze. “What the-”. I black out, I’m highly allergic to lemons, some idiot put a slice on my forehead. I wake up to find myself in a dark room, not tied up, no lights either. I wince as rashes spread all over my body, it felt like they were burning me. I heard the turning of a lock, the door opened. What I saw must have the worst thing I’d ever seen.

“F-father?”

“Oh come on, is that really the way to greet the person who raised you as a child” The pain in my body was becoming unbearable. I screamed for help. Father bent down and, with a few strange words, made my rashes disapear. I sat up, confused. “W-why’d you help me, I-I thought you hated me”. He looked down and laughed. His eyes grew wider and wider, he sounded more and more insane. “Of coarse a fucking hate you! Why do you think I kidnapped you! To have a FUCKING TEA PARTY!” I was terrified,my powers wouldn’t be strong enough to fight him, but I’ve got to try. I start singing.”I pirouette in the dark…” a glowing ring forms around me “I see the stars draw near”. He starts laughing again, but that doesn’t stop me. “Somebody shine a light, I’m frozen by the fear in m-”.

“What’s wrong darling, didn’t you forget, you’re mine”. It was Jacks raspy voice again. Wait, he’s on Zalgo’s side..? I drop to the floor as a searing pain shot through my chest. “That’s right, I’m not on you’re side, but neither are you isn’t that ri-” The door slams open. “HELP ME!” I shout out with what I feel is my last breath.

Chapter 5, Deathmatch

I woke up, but… I thought I was dead. I look up to see Masky, running. Running through the forest. “Where are we?” He looked down at me and stopped. He put me down and took his mask off. “We’re in the forest, and you’re in my arms.” I was so overjoyed. I lunged at him and hugged him tight. “Thank you so much, for everything.” He kissed me and for once in my life I felt safe. We heard an explosion in the background. I whispered “Friends first”. We ran back to the shack to see all our friends held by the neck. What could we do? I finally knew the purpose of my demons. “I didn’t want anyone to see me like this but… I guess I have no choice.” I stepped closer and closer to Jack’s back. “I guess the world does always laugh at pain, doesn’t it?” Jack turns his head but before he could speak, I impale him and pull out his heart.

“Kathrin, what are you doing!” I could hear Masky shouting to me from behind. But I couldn’t reply. I was busy lending a hand. I took it and placed it on the ground. Then I cut my arm just enough to make me bleed. I made a pentagram around the still beating heart. “You wanna know what I’m doing, I’m summoning a little… help.” The pentagram started to glow a deep red. The ground opened up and the heart fell inside the endless cavern, leading to hell. Suddenly, there was a pickup in the wind, fallen leaves swirling along with the wind. Sharp pains rose in my back, nothing I wasn’t used to though. Just then, devil’s wings and horns ripped and shredded their way trough my skin. I screamed to ease the pain. Everyone was watching me, I can’t fuck this up.

The wind stopped, I opened my eyes and… it worked. My inner demons have set themselves free. My feet touch the ground. My father starts talking. “So… you show yourself once again… Evilyn.” I am Evilyn… I am a demon… I want to… kill Zalgo. “Father, you’ve forced me to do this, I really don’t want to… but I’d love to kill for you.” He smiled as I hovered towards him. I was smiling, laughing even. “That is.. kill you, for you.” I started singing again. It’s not any old song though. My mother, taught me this song if I ever needed to go against anything too powerful for the normal ones. She said ‘Remember, only use this when your demon side is out, it takes to much power if you’re a cat’. I still her words, so soft and fragile. So… flamable. “Even by burning down your mother you still remember her words… I’m as disappointed as I’ll ever be.”

I looked up when the song was done. “I, don’t need, your approval… I need your head on a fucking platter.” I hold out my hand and my scythe drops in. I jump up behind him and get the sharp end to his throat. “Bring it on… Eve.” I felt something at my throat, a small dagger, just touching my skin. We were literally at each others throats. That’s when it started. The hole grew wider and wider. Everything was falling in, everyone was falling in. I dropped my scythe and tried to fly, but I couldn’t. The hole was sucking everything in like a vacume. I was stuck in the air, using all of my strength to stay out.

I looked down, Masky was backing away. Friends first… I dove down, but it was too late.

Everyone had been sucked in, the hole was closing fast. I had to dive in. I dropped down as fast as I could, falling through the hole just in time. I was falling,falling, falling. I could see everyone else. They looked… lifeless, dead almost. I flew over to one of the bodies, it was Sally. “Why’d you get dragged into this, a little girl like you should be playing dollies…” I looked around. Nobody belonged here. This was all my fault.

I thought I could take on my father. But trying only made things worse and worse…

Chapter 6, Darkness falls

I was falling, then running, then flying. I was doing everything except from stopping. I didn’t pause for a break. I’m flicking through the past, I see everything but… it’s not mine. Everyone I know has their past here but… I’m the only one without one. Who am I really, what am I. I see everyone, I see their pain, their triumph. I don’t see… me. Flicking through the past is like skimming a book, it’s a faster way of finding things that reading the whole thing. But when you skim, you don’t always find what you’re looking for.

“Where the fuck am I, what the fuck’s going on, I… I don’t fucking understand”. I see a light in the distance. Everyone always says don’t go to the light, but if I want to know everything… I’ve got to go through. As I get closer and closer, the light starts taking shape. The shape of… a woman. The shape of… mother. I started to run, I kept running until I could make out all details of my mother. “Mum… is that really you..?” She opened her arms, ready for a hug. I ran up to her, hugging her back. To find it was just an illusion. “What’s happening to me!”. I was crying, yelling, screaming. Calling out everyone’s names… but no one came for me. I fell to my knees. I toppled to the ground. It felt like a heavy slab of all my past failures was pinning me down, crushing my body into dust.

I looked up, there were… bubbles. I was… sinking. I woke up finally, I could barely breath. I could barely move. I tried to sit up but fell back down. It felt as if i’d been crammed into a box. I pushed up as hard as I could. It opened… and tonnes of water came gushing in, like a deep wound. When the box had filled, I swam. I swam and swam until my head broke the surface of the water. I screamed for help, a faint light shimmered in the distance. I wasn’t demon anymore, so I couldn’t just fly towards it. The light got brighter, or was it just me. I was getting more and more drowsy, but I stayed up on the surface.

The light was followed by a boat, a small wooden one. I saw Ani, EJ and… Masky. “Help, help me, please!” They all turned in my direction, they had surprised expresions on their faces. I was pulled onto the boat and given a blanket. I drooped my ears down, even with friends beside me, I didn’t feel safe. “Zalgo’s still out there, he wouldn’t give up that easily, I want to go after him” Everyone looked at me as if I had just signed my death warranty. I guess I kinda did, saying I want to go after father is suicide, but someone has to. “Kathrin, I don’t think you realise,” Masky looked serious, but he sounded quite scared “, Zalgo’s back in hell, he’s left the world in the dark and he’s baying for blood.” I don’t care. I’m not scared of the dark and I’m not scared of death. Yeah, I sayed it. “Death can kiss my ass, it’s my fault the worlds in darkness and I need to fix that.” I looked up, everyone had a look on thier faces, it’s that kinda look that means, let’s do this.

We got back to the slender mansion, it was… empty. “Yeah… everyone else is missing, or out looking for the others.” That’s . just . fucking . perfect. We need to somehow kill an evil demon, who is the brother of Satan, with four proxies. Welp, we’re gonna die, unles… “I can try summon Evilyn, as a separate person, I just need to pop out for a sec.” I went out, killed a human, took their heart and went back. When I got back, there were more people. I saw Jeff, Jane and Hoodie, thank god they’re alive. “I need a mirror, and a black sheet of fabric to cover it.” Jeff wheeled in a mirror and Jane got some sorrt of black fabric “When old dresses don’t fit, they can never go to waste.” Once again, I slice open my arm and draw a pentagram around the heart. It glowwed a dark blue instead. The cloth was pulled into the mirror, and out stepped Evilyn. Her wavey red hair tumbled down in thick locks. Desperately trying to hide herself behind the cloth, her pale body, unclothed. I pulled of my jumper and threw it to her. Since she was a few centimetres shorter than me, it fit her like a dress. “Umm… Why’s it wet, you haven’t done anything stupid have you?” I went red, then started laughing.

Evilyn looked at me as if I was insane. I spoke up, “if you count picking a fight against father and almost drowning normal, then no, if you think it’s stupid, then yes.”

Chapter 7, Murderer

After we got Evilyn clothed and kitted I went up to roof. I got to the very top and sat down. This was all my fault… if I had just stayed at home then, none of this would happen. I curled up into a ball and cried. They were silent tears, but they were still tears. I looked up at the moon, cheeks glistening. This was the only light outside. I cried out. “Why me, why am I the one with all the bad luck,” I stood up, still looking at the moon, “Why must I be the bad guy, can’t this be someone elses fault.” I got no answer, the wind blew through my hair, a cool, gentle breeze. “You ok..?” I turned round. Masky had climbed up to the roof.

I ran down to him and hugged him. I couldn’t hide it any longer. “I can’t take it anymore, this is all too much for me, I-.” I stopped myself, I didn’t know what to say. “I don’t want to live with this nightmare anymore, I want to end myself… right here, right now.” He hugged me back, tight but… nice at the same time. “I’m sorry, this is all my fault, if I had just stayed at home, none of this would have happened.” I didn’t feel safe in Masky’s arms anymore, I felt as if I would never be safe again. I tried to push him away, but his grip was too strong, I wanted to jump off the roof, knowing it would end me. I’d end up a lost soul.

Masky eventually loosened his grip, his hands found mine. Our fingers locked, he held up our hands so we could both see. “I would never let you die, I’ll always be by your side.” I looked up at him, tears in my eyes. “Even when everyone else leaves you, I’ll be next to you, no matter what.” I didn’t know what to do. We ended up kissing in the moonlight. “Sis I’m ready to-” Evilyn had gone up to the roof. I fell back in shock. “Evilyn, w-what are you doing up here.” She started laughing, Masky helped me up to my feet. Evilyn just kept laughing. I was so fucking embarrassed, my twin sister (who is younger than me) had walked in on me… kissing a boy! “Wow, I never thought you’d ever get a guy, but here you are having a bit of a moment with one, talk about shame.”

Things got better though, right? Wrong. Evilyn ended up telling everyone about it. I wanted to fucking slit her throat. Me and Masky ended up having to hide in the attic so we wouldn’t get bombarded by psychopaths fangirling over this. After that hell of a buldoze, I ended up smacking Evilyn (quite a lot since I was so pissed off at her). After a lot of yelling, I went outside. I knew that to make a portal to hell I needed blood, but not human… animal.

There was only one way to get close to an animal, and it’sto be an animal. The lucky thing with being a cat hybrid was that I could transform into a cat. Prowling through the forest brought me back to the old days with mother. We’d always go out together in the middle of the night, catching mice and counting stars. I was able to kill a wolf, with a full flask of blood, I turned back to human. I got back into my clothes and went to a clearing in the woods. “Sorry guys, but this is a one only gateway to hell, no plus ones”, I couldn’t help but mutter to myself.

I drew a large pentagram on the emerald grass. It glowed a midnight black and a swirling vortex opened below me. I was falling. I kept falling and falling, no end. I ended up slamming onto the rocky floor of the underworld. A searing pain shot through my back as I landed. I gathered up all my strenght and stood up. I looked around… my childhood waas all in front of me. “Kathrin… is that you?” A voice called out from the distance. “Star… Star where are you!?” She came running up to me, she looked scared. “Star… w-what happened?” Her clothes were torn, her skin was stitched together, her… her mouth was stitched at the sides with a small hole so she could still talk. “Kathrin, it’s your dad, he’s gone on a rampage across hell, he-… he’s killing us all.”

Chapter 8, Life’s end

I couldn’t stand him, how could father do this, to Star, to anyone. Oh wait, I know why, because he’s my fucking father, a murderous shit bag who doesn’t give two fucks about his family. I looked around me. Everywhere I ran, there was chaos and destruction, almost everything was… in ashes. I ran until I found the place my father lived. The door had been broken off it’s hinges, I could hear voices, shouting, the smashing of various objects. I peeked inside… I thought I was going to piss myself, because what I saw next, would be the most terrifying thing I’d ever seen.

It was father and… mother? It was truly horrifying. Mother being hurt, raped by father. I put my hand over my mouth, I can’t tell if I was going to scream or puke. My mother, being hurt by this… this thing!? Her eyes were open wide, her mouth was gagged to mute out the screams, she’d been stripped and beaten. Her body was covered in bruises and bite marks. Her head was tilted back, I saw her eyes, staring back at me. They were filled with pain and tears, bloodshot from the hurt. They were begging at me for help. I wanted to run into that room and save her, but we both knew that I’d get… hurt too. Hard choice, try save mother, or run like a coward. I had to help her…

Well… that didn’t go so well. If you want to know what happened, I was caught instantly. Father knew I was outside the door and when I ran in he grabbed me by the neck and threw me against the wall. Now all I can do is stay down and watch them, him torturing my mother, her crying for father to stop… but the force of the throw left me slummped against the wall. All I could do was watch and cry. I couldn’t help but gag, the sights, the sounds, everything was… my fault. I had no strength to stand up. I heard the cracking of bones, the smashing of glass, the cries of pain, the maniacal laughter as it got rougher and rougher. I must have gone crazy, I thought I heard Evilyn.

Wait… that was Evilyn! “Evilyn, help!” I screamed at the top of my lungs, I felt a sharp, deep jab in my chest, the cracking of ribs, I was coughing up blood. “Shut it… you mistake of a child.” I wanted to kill him, I wanted to slit his throat and splash in a pool of his blood. But all I could think now was ‘oh god, I’m gonna die, I didn’t even make it past twenty, let alone die at sixteen’. I toppled over, this is it, I’m going to die with no one by my side, nobody to comfort me, no one to save me. I took one what I thought would be my last look at the door,and what I saw… filled me with hope.

I opened my eyes as wide as I could, I saw them, my friends, my sister. I saw them all. My eyes were brimming with tears. But how were they going to get past father… they’d get hurt too. I was so angry at father, all of a sudden, I felt as if I had the strength to stand up. I got up to my hands and knees, blood dripping from mouth. I stood up, I suddenly had a woozy feeling sweep ove me, as if I was drunk. I staggered to my feet, even though I couldn’t stand properly, I was willing to risk it all to help defeat that son of a bitch.

I somehow managed to crawl past him, it’s as if he wasn’t even paying attention, oh yeah, he was too busy staring at my mother’s naked body. That fucking pervert, I’ll show him. Evilyn lifted me to my feet, and we crept away quietly. I was propped up against the wall of the next house. “Sis, I just wanna say… WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU THINKING!” I gave a weak smile, despite my pain. “You could have died!” chipped in Jane. If you think about it, it’s my fault I came here, but it’s not my fault I got hurt. It’s father’s fault. “Come on guys, I’m fi-”. I started coughing, I was hacking away, I collapsed onto the rough, stone floor of the underworld. Blood came pouring out of my mouth. Everyone was around me, trying to calm me down, wiping the blood. I pushed them away. After standing up again I finished my sentence before I could be interrupted again. “I’m fine.” Everyone just stared at me as if I were insane. “No… no you’re not fine! You were coughing up blood just a moment ago.”

Suddenly, a crashing noise came from behind us. The fight had only just begun.

Chapter 9, The outcome

Magic was in the air, powerful magic. Dark, powerful magic that no one could stop even if they wanted to. There was a moment of silence and then… a thunderous yell came from nearby. That would have been father. The ground shook, and I could hear the sound of rocks being pulled from the ground. As we looked up, we saw what appeared to be a giant demon coming slowly towards us. I think we’re all gonna die, maybe we will. Who knows what’s in the books for us today, or tomorrow. Suddenly, a rock came hurling right at us, I couldn’t move, I was too weak to go anywhere. I was stuck there, like a broken twig, I couldn’t be of any use anymore. I felt the full blown force of the rock, it’s sharp edges sliced open my skin. I thought I was going to fall over but… I stayed strong and kept my ground.

I started walking, stumbling but walking. Walking turned to pacing, pacing turned to running. My body was hurting like hell, but I limped on, determind to get away from the danger. I eventually caught up with the others, despite my slowness. We were all running now, I looked back… father was right behind us. Ater more running, we hid behind a large building. “How far will that son of a bitch go to see us dead!?” Jeff was getting pissed off. It felt as if I was being pierced by the firey spears of regret, I knew what to do. “Kathrin, where the fuck do you think you’re going!” I could hear Masky call out from behind, but I kept going. I walked out from behind the building. Holding my shattered side. I was right in front of father, or should I say… Zalgo.

“You bitch, where do you think you’re gonna hide now.” Zalgo was furious, but I didn’t care. All I could think was ‘ It’s time for me to save my friends’. I stood up straight and spread my arms out. “You want me dead… well bring it on fucker!” I yelled back, grinning, smiling, laughing even. Had I gone insane? I watched, a grim look on my face, as he pulled out rocks from the ground. I’m going to die now, this is really the end, isn’t it. This is not another fluke, no luck, nothing will save me now. “Bring it on you son of a bitch!” Evilyn had joined my side, he hated us both, but I couldn’t let her die. She’s far too young, well… by five minutes anyway.

Down came the rocks, I had to do it. “Evilyn, run!”. I pushed her away just enough to get her behind the wall. “Kathrin!” I could hear her screams as she was held back. I turned to face the rocks, but too late. It felt as if everything went in slow motion. The rocks, colliding with my skin, shredding it as if it was paper. The screams, piercing so close by, yet so distant at the same time. The blood, spurting out like a water fountain, almost endless. The pain, searing through my body, so much yet so little at the same time. I saw all my memories flash by my eyes, so close by yet too far too hold. I collapsed, ruble pouring down on me like bullets from a loaded gun.

I knew it now… this is the end, the end of me. There is no possibility I can survive that, no one can. This is the end. I might as well just give up, but there’s something inside of me that just won’t let go of life. What could possibly want to hold on to this shit life. Him… his memories are the ones holding on. The one who told the others, the one who’s been watching me all this time. No, this can’t be the end. The shower of rocks had ended. ‘Just play dead, don’t move a muscle’. I could hear Evilyn, her screams were so loud… but I couldn’t risk opening my eyes. I heard the swishing of a metal blade, discreetly opening my eye, I saw a blade sticking out of Zalgo’s elbow. I opened my eyes fully. I looked at Evilyn, idiot… she’s the one who threw the blade. But apparently… that was enough. Zalgo collapsed right infront of me. I sat up, edging away from him. “K-Kathrin…” I looked to the others, wincing from all the damage I took. It was… him. I had lost too much blood.

I fell back, darkness filled my vision.

Chapter 10, The end..?

I sat up, and bumped my head on some sort of wooden frame. “Ow, what the fuck… where the fuck am I.” I looked around,my room. I was on the bottom bunk. Rubbing my head, I looked at the door. He was there. “Hey there, glad you’re finally awake, we’re moving house, Slendy asked me to pack our stuff.” I stared back at him, Masky couldn’t be serious. “Moving… where?” Before I could say anything else, he sat down on my bed and put his hand on my arm. “Do you think you can walk?”

We got to the new house. It looked… smaller almost. As we walked in, we each got our own rooms. Shame, I was almost getting used to staying in the same room as a boy. Eh… who cares. As I was unpacking my things, I realised how big the room is when staying alone. It felt… empty almost. Wait… my room had… a window. I can climb to the roof, thank god!

After I finished my room, I clambered my way up to the roof. Just in time for sunset. There was something behind me… There was a sound of footsteps. “Boo!” It was Masky. He tipped snow onto my head and sat down next to me. “For fuck sake, that’s cold!” But… I guess that’s what I get as karma. It felt… nice. Watching the sunset with someone I have feelings for. But then…

“AAAAAAAAA!”

The End?