The House Upon The Hill

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After the cat's led him up to the Forgotten Valley, upon this valley is a tall hill, about 9 ft tall.. Looking up you could see a cottage-looking house on top of this odd hill, the cats left James once he got used to the surroundings. He started walking up the hill, he walked up until he started to run out of breath, James would sit down on the grass. Looking around to see the beautiful sight of the forest trees, the flowers, and the creatures roaming around this valley. How pretty it was after the sun started rising, James got back up and ran to the house quickly, knowing what happens if he stayed within the sun's sight.

After a while of running he finally opened the door and closed it. Letting out a sigh of relief, Once he opened his eyes, sitting there was that same cat he saw when running away. The cat meowed and walked towards another door, he didn't know where this door lead to, but he followed the cat anyways. Just before opening the door, a calming voice was heard. " As soon as you open that door James, your life will finally restart. Giving you a chance to change into who you really want to be. Farewell dear child." The room went silent as he whispered to himself, "I'll be fine.." and walked through the door. Waking up in a shock, he was in his room, in his bed, but something was off. Nobody was yelling downstairs or upstairs, it was so quiet he could hear the wind whoosh past him. James got out of bed and ran upstairs quickly.

After checking upstairs, he ran downstairs. Everybody was gone, "Why is everybody gone? Where am I?!" James yelled. "You're home, aren't you? I thought you were safe here." an unknown voice echoed through the house, James looked down. The cat was sitting down beside him, but was the cat talking just now? He shook it off and walked outside, realizing the world was more bright in color than it was when he ran away. He was in another world, in another space, where everything was peaceful and calming. He finally felt at home, but not just yet. "How about you look around James? Don't you want to finally feel at home, where nobody is harming you?" James quickly looked down, but the cat only meowed. Something was off about this world and that cat that follows him around. But he decided to wander around the neighborhood, hoping nothing was going to go wrong.

After walking around for what seemed like hours, or even days, he finally felt at home. With the cat by his side he was sure nothing was going to go wrong, the sun wasn't dangerous, the nights are more calming, the mornings were filled with joy. Nothing could go wrong right? Wrong. After a while of staying, the world started glitching out. James started freaking out but a portal appeared right in front of him, telling him to go through. James ran towards it and went through with the cat beside him. What happened to that world back there? Why was there a portal? So many thought ran through his head. Where was he? "Hey, there's a house over there, It looks.. similar to mine?-" James told the cat in confusion. "It does look similar to yours, why don't you go inside? Maybe there's something inside for you to use as a weapon or as defense" The cat spoke, James was sure he was hearing things but looked down at the cat again. The stray only meowed. Once again he shook it off and walked into the house. There was blood on the floor, walls, and ceiling. He looked in horror as in the middle of the living room, was a knife and a dead body that resembled his Eldest sister and another dead body resembling his youngest brother. 

He looked at the dead bodies then the knife, and carefully picked it up. Holding it, he slowly started to walk out when the outside world had seemed to change. Creatures were everywhere, Tall ones, short ones, and creatures that seem to have resemblance to his family. He carefully walked outside as the cat started following him again, "Why is there.. so many creatures?!" He muttered under his breath. "Welcome, to our hell we call home. James" the cat spoke, it was soft enough for him to hear. James looked down and picked up the cat carefully. "Listen, I don't know if you're the one talking, but just stay quiet." James carefully spoke, and started walking towards the portal. As he almost reaches the portal, a creature notices him and prepares to attack. The cat jumped off getting his attention, He turned around noticing the creature running towards him. He took out the knife and cut it's neck off. Alerting the other creatures, Him and the cat ran towards the portal before it closed, and landed somewhere safe. "What were you thinking you damn cat! I'm just glad we both managed to get out without dying to that.. creature" James said annoyed. "You could've died, and we don't want that to happen now do we? This is just the beginning." The cat spoke harshly. They continued on their way through these hellish worlds together.

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