Chapter 1 • Stranger Waking

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I opened my eyes, seeing only darkness wrapped around me. Maybe this was hell? It was a weird hell, that's for sure. Then two things showed up; there were words on them. It was a white background with an arrow on it. I am guessing I am meant to pick one. They were saying:

'What's that noise?'
Or
'Is it morning already?'

I clicked the second one and, like magic, the words came out of my mouth:

"Is it morning already?"

I looked around, confused by the darkness around me and then I heard someone talk:

"I better hurry up and find that uniform before someone spots me."
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"Urghh... this kid weighs a ton!"
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"Try this for my size! Mya-ha!"

A blue flame showed up in front of me, burning the darkness away, or well, I guess the lid, and the options came up once more:

'BWAAAH?!'
Or
'F-fire?!'

I picked the first option:

"BWAAAH?!"

The lid disappeared and that voice talked again:

"Now to grab the goods..."

A cat showed up on the screen, it was a grey cat, with a fork-like tail that was black, blue flames coming from it, grey ears, it had a black-and white striped bow, and the cat could speak. The cat had a shocked face displayed on their face, with their paws up in the air.

"What?! You ain't supposed to be awake!"

The options showed up once more saying:

'A talking... weasel?!'
Or
'F-floating coffins?!'

Honestly, I didn't want to pick either but I picked the second one because I knew there was no way that cat was a weasel!

"F-floating coffins?!"

The cat got pissed off that I was ignoring it, not like it was on purpose:

"Oh-ho! You got a lot of nerve ignoring me! Human, the name's Grim. Believe me, you won't forget it!"
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"Now gimme your uniform and be quick about it!"
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"'Cause if you don't... you're gonna regret it!"

As Grim says that, blue flames showed up super close to me, almost about to roast me but doesn't and the options were there again:

'S-somebody help!'
Or
'Getting roasted alive by a weasel? What will I dream of next?'

I picked the second option even if I knew it wasn't a weasel, I just thought it was funny:

"Getting roasted alive by a weasel? What will I dream of next?"

Grim got pissed off again when I said that:

"Well, keep dreamin', 'cause I ain't no weasel!"

Then my body just moved on its own and ran by 3 rooms that flashed before my eyes, the rooms being a hallway, a classroom, and the other one being a place with an apple tree and a well, and then I made it to the library with the options showing up again:

'Where am I?'
Or
'If this is a dream, I'm ready to wake up now'

I picked the first one but I already knew which room I was in:

"Where am I?"

The blue flames showed up once more and Grim was backed:

"Foolish human! Did you really think you could slip away from ME?"
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"Now, unless you wanna get burned to a crisp, take off that—"

Something hit Grim; it was so fast I couldn't even see it, but I looked at Grim and he had a whip around him, stopping him from leaving:

"Me-YEOW! That hurt! What gives?"

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