Floating away (2017 IT au)

Tears and Scares: Part 1

Bill, Beverly and Eddie quietly entered the house as the others followed behind them and slowly shut the door. Billy stepped carefully onto the old, creaky floorboards as he glanced into the abandoned rooms. Sitting inside them were antique, worn-out couches and coffee tables that had thick layers of dust covering them.

Eddie swallowed nervously as he walked alongside Bev and shook his defibrillator vigorously. He surveyed everything with caution as he breathed heavily through his nose, careful not make much noise.

"A-actually I think I'll wait outside." Eddie implied as turned his head towards the door.

"N-no don't." Billy stated. "W-we have to s-stick together."

"Bills right." Beverly agreed. "If we stick together, we might have a chance at beating this thing."

"M-might?" Stanley stammered.

Billy ignored Stanley's nervous tone and kept on walking through the strange household, quickly glancing from side to side to check for anything dangerous.

"Hey Eddie, do you think your mum would be able to fit through those doors?" Richie whispered half heartedly.

"Shut up Richie." Eddie hissed. "Now's really not the time."

The losers club quietly passed through the living room as they made their way into the kitchen and paused in front of the table. Inside the kitchen there was a rectangular table with four chairs around the sides and a pale fridge on the other side of the room. Next to it there was a doorway that had stairs leading down into the basement with brass railings attached to the wall.

Billy eyed the basement door curiously as he began walking around the table separately from the group, completely ignoring their calls for him to wait.

"I- I'll be right b-back.." Billy muttered as he descended the stairs.

Slowly Billy crept down the creaky staircase and silently felt his way down onto the ground. Suddenly light shone through the basement windows and enlightened the whole room revealing the old Derry Well that sat creepily on the far end of the room.

"G-guys.. Guys c-come here!" Billy shouted. "You m-might want to s-see this."

"Holy shit." Richie gasped as he and the others tumbled down the stairs in union.

"It's the Well. The one my grandfather was talking about." Mike pointed out, surprised.

"What's it doing down here?" Ben whispered curiously. Leaning over the rail to take a closer look.

"I don't know." Billy whispered just as curiously.

Slowly the group of friends huddled together around the well as they peered into it, finding nothing but a small hole in the wall a few feet away from where they stood.

"Ok.. Who's first?" Eddie squeaked.

"Uh, if you haven't noticed yet genius. There's no way down!" Richie pointed dramatically.

"R-richies right.. Quickly s-s-someone find some r-rope or something." Billy said.

Immediately the losers began their search for some rope as they lifted up empty boxes and children's clothes off the floor.

They never noticed that in the far right corner, behind a rusty fence was two beady, yellow eyes watching their every move with a toothy smile on its face.

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As soon as Georgie was in the clear of his brothers peripheral, Georgie began picking up speed on his bike as he raced down the road; swerving through corners and neighbourhood backyards until finally he found the woods. Taking a moment to secure his bike off the road and drag it into the bushels Georgie took a step back and patrolled the area slightly. Being sure that his bike was hidden.
He then set off east in pursuit to locate the barrens, which he would do a little while afterwards, but before he did that; he turned back to his bike, a strange awareness overcoming him as he bid the object farewell.
"Be back soon."
He figured he did it because he was strange.
But in truth he did it because he was afraid.

He took a breath, held it, then let go as he sprinted off into the woods.

I hope I'm not too late..

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"Ugh, dude get out of there. It's grey water remember?" Richie cringed as he watched Eddie splash around in the water panicked.

"Do you think I did this on purpose!?" Eddie screeched. "Help me up!"

Chuckling somewhat, Richie held out his hand for Eddie to take; and because Eddie couldn't stand the water more than he could stand Richie, Eddie animatedly slapped a wet hand into his compadres with a loud squelch! They both shivered in disgust, earning a regrettable 5 seconds afterwards.
Stanley watched the two unimpressed as he shook his head. However he also checked behind them, to the side of them, everywhere to make sure nothing was following them while
Billy lead the group. Though, he wasn't sure how far he'd be able to bring them with this dense lighting he admitted. As if on cue his flashlight flickered on and off and he quickly turned it over to tap the butt of the light. Its been like this since since they've entered the well.

"How much farther do we have to go?" Stanley whimpered. "I don't think I can take the suspense any longer!"

"Me neither." Mike cautiously agreed, " This whole thing is exactly what my granddaddy warned me against.. It doesn't feel right going behind his back..." He clicked his tongue. "Again."

Billy glanced at his friend's miserable faces and swallowed nervously. He had to admit, he was nervous about this whole situation as well, after their first encounter, the things it could do, what he put them through... this wasn't just some insane guy in a clown costume. This was was something else. The clown was pure evil. And damn him that he felt responsible for Georgies encounter with this thing.

If it wasn't for him, Georgie would have never met IT and he wouldn't have to be down here trying to find IT.

"I.. I know it's s-scary.. A-and I know I have no r-right to a-ask this from you g-guys.. But I f-feel like, if I d-don't do this n-n-now. I'll regret it later... I just w-want to protect Georgie." Billy spoke softly.

Beverly smiled understandingly and patted Billy's shoulder.

"We understand Bill." Beverly reassured smiling affectionately.

Suddenly there was a loud crash that echoed all throughout the sewers, making the losers club jump and spin around in surprise. When they turned back though, they quickly discovered that their surroundings had completely changed.

There was no longer a stream between the teenager's feet, and the small tunnel that they entered through had completely vanished. Now they were in some hellish dome shaped lair with a huge tower in the centre of it.
The tower itself? Was made from children's clothes, toys and other miscellaneous objects recognisable.

"What the fuck!?" Richie exclaimed. "Where are we?"

"I-I-I fucking knew it!" Eddie screamed. "I knew I should've stayed behind!"

"Guys wait.. Calm down, I'm sure there's some rational explanation." Beverly spoke calmly.

"I-I don't think so.." Ben interjected. "I think we just teleported?"

"B-but that's impossible... Right?" Mike stammered. "Bill?"

....

"I d-don't know.."

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Part 1 complete! Part 2... Who knows! Thank you for reading my story, I hope you are enjoying it so far and tank you all for the follows and votes! It really helps! I LOVE YOU ALL!!!

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