The Nightmare's Return

Chapter 1

-Rachel looked outside of her dorm window. It had been a couple of years since she had decided to sign up for college. It was a community college, that offered some good courses. It had been years since she finished grade school, and graduated from high school. She had tried to get jobs involving writing, but no one really seemed to be hiring scary story tellers. Rachel had attempted to write other kinds of stories, but it didn't feel right. She kept getting turned down by publishers that she sent her manuscripts to, while working different jobs after she graduated. She was so hopeful that she would get her work fully published and become a real life selling author, her books lining shelves in book stores, that she didn't put too much thought into whatever else she could do in life. The small part time jobs she had taken while writing her stories and trying to get them accepted were mostly just paychecks so she could have at least some money for herself, and some to give to her mother for groceries and to help a little with other bills since Rachel lived with her, until she became a successful author.

But after a few years Rachel's mother started to talk her into other options for her life. That maybe some more schooling would be good for her, in case the "whole writing thing" didn't turn out. So Rachel started to go to classes in her community college classrooms. After a year of going to classes at the school, Rachel decided to move into a dorm, her mother helping her with the payments. Rachel told her mother that it would be easier to think about her classes, but Rachel mainly wanted to just be away from home for once, she wanted to feel that sense of being out in the world. She also needed more self-reliability, and hoped to find more of herself while on her own. She called her mother every night after her day was over, but only visited every now and than on the weekends. Rachel was twenty-four now, and was good at taking care of herself.

Looking outside her window, Rachel thought back to past days when she was still in grade school, and when it was easier to speak to her friends. Everyone had mostly split apart due to different life and career choices after graduation. Akiko went off to film school to do more things in film, and Graham decided to go to the same school as well, but for lessons in, 'Historic Film Accuracy In Horror'. It was going to help him absolutely perfect criticism in his favorite genre in film, and make him more of a professional about it. Louise went into fashion design, Adam to veterinary school, and Gavin..

Gavin had gone to stay with his mom for awhile, after a big argument with his dad. Gavin had felt as if he was constantly getting lectured to by his dad about what to do after graduation, and not being listened to about wanting to possibly do something other than college. Gavin's mom lived a county away from his dad's and his home, so when there wasn't anywhere for Gavin to stay for awhile till him and his dad had some time away from each other, so things could cool down, he told Rachel he was going to stay with his mom for awhile, and that he would call Rachel everyday and also do some FaceTime with her till he got back.

It was fine, but when he got back both he and Rachel only saw each other a couple of times per week, as Gavin was now doing intern work at a successful local bookstore. His dad had wanted him to apply to college but like Rachel, Gavin wanted to stay involved in storytelling, convincing the head manager of the bookstore to give him a chance to be an apprentice, and eventually run the store. And Gavin had the motive to eventually be able to manage what kind of genre of books that could be spolighted in the store, like anything involving scary stories.

Everyone seemed to be happy. Every MS Member had found what they wanted to do in life. Everyone seemed headed for success. Everyone except Rachel. She looked outside her dorm room window at the people walking on the cement paths below, that ran through parts of the grass areas at the college, hoping that soon she would find something for the next step in her life.