What Lurks in the Cellar

chapter 10

Fiora

i fell, screaming. i felt drops of water on my face that felt like little knives and needles cutting my skin. i saw the ground, sun, moon, and stars pass me over and over again. i tumbled in the air, the sound of a piano ringing in my ears. i had never been musically talented so i didn't know why i was hearing the piano. it got so loud that i couldn't even hear my own scream. and then i hit the ground. 

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Will

i hadn't wanted to frighten her. i never did, but i didn't know she took her dreams so seriously. i was upset, it seemed i always was. i tried to keep up with her but she was too fast. Adolf was so close and then she turned. i already knew where she was heading, so there was no need to follow her over the fences she jumped. Chris however did not know and jumped before he regretted it and found us on the other side. 

She was such a strange girl, i hadn't known much but i knew that when i first looked into her eyes. there was something different about her. i didn't love her, i liked her yes. in a way that friends like each other. not that we were really much friends, more like enemies that are forced to tolerate one another. 

i found the house to find the door locked, so she had locked the door. i had Adolf break through it. he was a strong man, with a force i didn't know most people had. the door went flying, hitting a fancy vase and breaking it. he ran in, in many ways i could see that all three boys here held affection for Fiora, but she was Oblivious to it all. 

i ran in and stopped shocked. this reminded me like the front part of my house. everything was so similar even the place the two doors separated. i walked slowly imagining my brother's Gavin and Jonathan laughing at a joke my old father had said. but i knew that couldn't be true, the day that Susan was taken, Jonathan, my older brother was severely injured, with a blade through his side. when i had exclaimed her kidnapping to Fiora i had left out some important details. like how Jonathan loved Susan, and how he was the one who had gotten hurt not i. i lied to Fiora because i wanted the worthy news but in fact i was the only brother unharmed. 

in the end i had failed, i didn't even know if my brother was alive. i had made a promise to him, to me, that i would save her if it was the last thing i did. but now i was stuck in this other world with people i didn't get along with.   Adolf was searching the house like a mad man, he called out for Fiora again and again, looking though room. he finally found her, i was half way up the stairs. he yelled for her, i made it to the top just in time for her to give me a wicked smile and step through. 

i was shocked that she had disappeared, it seemed so weird. Adolf and I ran to the door, the room was pitch black.

"We must follow her." he insisted. 

i nodded, looking back i saw Chris and Austin run up behind us. they watched us with worry.

"Follow me." I said looking back at them.

Chris nodded, Adolf looked grim, and Austin held a look of worry. i nodded once more before i stepped into the gaping hole. it was the same sensation i felt before. the cold drops of liquid, falling in tumbling circles, and it was so familiar but i still screamed. and the world seemed to go dark for me.