The Underworld

Chapter 6

Time flies by and the bell rings for a long period of time. The other classmates rush out the doors. We wait until the hallway is clear because it gets crowded easily. We eventually walk out the front doors and walk to my mom's car. Everyone says hi to my mom and then we are off to my house. 

The car ride seems like forever. We arrive to my house and casually walk to the door. We enter and my friends and I walk up the stairs to my room. Everyone puts their stuff in a pile on the floor. 

Carter asks, "Why is there fur on the floor?"

"From what I told you guys earlier. All of it is real. If you still don't believe me, then go lay on it and close your eyes." I said back in confidence. 

Alex goes to lay on it. "What's the worst that could happen?"

We all lay on it and eventually arrive at my fate. 

"How did we get to the forest?" Marlene asks. "We were just in your room."

Everyone looks around confused. I tell them that we could stay here as long as we want because time doesn't exist in the Underworld. I look around for Blake, but he is nowhere to be found. Hopefully all of my friends can meet him. 

"Everything looks the same as the forest behind your house." states Alex.

"Well it's not. I have a game for us." I say deviously. "That house over there isn't my own, but what lurks inside is always home. Want to find out what's in there?"

No one responds; everyone still looking skeptical. "Follow me!" I say with excitement. They follow me to the two fences. The couples are holding hands and this makes me want a boyfriend even more. I was never good at relationships. I guess it will just have to hit me in the face or something. We arrive to the fences.

"Why are there two fences?" asks Josh. 

"See? It's not the same. I was chased by this thing and it stopped at the first fence. So what we are going to do is go in the house and try to escape without him getting us. You have to make it over the second fence. Don't trip or he will get you." I say with eagerness. 

"Let's get started." says Alex, still thinking that I may be crazy.

We go through the chewed open hole of the fence I scratched my arm on. I'm careful not to do it again.  We make it to the next fence and crawl under it. After we all make it through, we walk along the side of the house. It's crusty brown walls are staring back at me. It's almost like the house is watching us. I see the huge window and it seems to be repaired. I guess things fix itself in the Underworld, kind of how Blake healed my hand. Maybe everything is immortal.

 We make it to the front door. I tell everyone to be quiet, then I open the heavy door. We enter and I wave up towards the stairs reassuring that that is the way out. We all hear a footstep down the hallway with the rooms. The same footstep I heard the first time I was here. Everyone started to get scared, but all of us stayed quiet. There was nothing to match the footstep.

 I quietly make my way to the kitchen and looked around to see what was different. There wasn't much of a difference, just a different interior, but the same layout as my house. What's strange about the kitchen is how there aren't knives in the knife holder. He knew we were here.  Whoever this "Evil king" is, he could hurt us. If he does, what are we going to do? I guess we would have to figure it out when the time comes. Maybe this was a bad idea...