Anything Can Happen at the House on the Hill

Chapter One

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I wanted to open my eyes, I just couldn't, like I swear there wasn't enough energy for me to.

"Has he woken?" I heard a strange voice ask, and got poked in the ribs. 

"Stop it Greg, you don't want to disturb him" Alex said, in a dark voice. 

My heart started to race...well wait, no it didn't. I didn't feel my heart beat at all. It was almost like I had no heartbeat. I was dead...but living. I quickly started moving, opening my eyes and sitting straight up, looking around the room. There were three others, including Alex, standing in the room. 

"He even smells like tiramisu" The boy who I’m assuming to be Greg said, walking over to me.  He took my wrist and sniffed it. I quickly pulled it away from him, holding it against my body.  I moved quickly away from them, or tried at least. 

*Third Person POV*

Alex smirked slightly, keep her distance and watched the others look closely at him.  “What’s his name Alex?” a blonde girl asked, running her fingers over his neck.   “Jacob” she replied simply, continuing to watch them drool, over their new member. There were two boys and two girls. “I’m Beth, by the way” the other girl smiled.  Jacob smiled back at her. “Who’s that?” he asked softly, looking at the boy almost sulking across the room from them.  “That Lucas, he’s just mad that Alex didn’t bring back a girl for him to fuck” Beth said in almost a pouty voice, causing Lucas to speed across the room and admit a low growl to her.  Jacob looked at him, “you bark?” he asked, almost laughing. Lucas turned and growled at him too. “Easy boy” he smiled. Lucas went to lunge at Jacob. Greg grabbed him and pulled him away. Jacob just looked at him, “oh look at the boy who smells like burnt chocolate cake, you’re trying to hurt me.” he almost laughed at him. Lucas growled again, “well at least I don’t smell like a fucking bakery” he snapped. Beth rolled her eyes, “relax Lucas” she told him. Jacob just laughed a bit. Lucas sulked back over and kept his distance.

“So why do you all hide out up here?” Jacob asks softly, sitting around the small fire. “Out of sight, easy food” Alex explains. Beth sits with a nail file, aimlessly filing away at her nails as they talk. Jacob takes a deep breath before asking the big question weighing on his mind, “why me?” he asks in nothing over a whisper. All three of them look in his direction before Alex again speaks..well we can all see who is in charge around here. “you’re one of us Jacob, you always have been” she tells him softly, moving a bit closer to him.

*Jacob’s POV*

What’s that supposed to mean? ‘You’re one of us…you always have been..” The question weighs heavily in my mind, confusion, fear, a million things running through my head. “well why does everyone smell like sweets?” I ask. “so we can find each other” Beth answers my question this time, “if we get hurt, we can find and heal each other” she explains. I nod, somewhat understanding. “they also explain a bit of our personalities, good people smell like sweets and good things. Bad people smell like burnt sweets and unpleasant things.” Beth explains, glancing over in Lucas’ direction. I nod, “oh okay”

We talk around the fire for a while before a pressing pain in my stomach makes me speak out, “I’m hungry”

Alex, Beth and Greg all look at me and smile, “lets go hunting” Greg says, standing.  Well I guess I get to go hunt down a deer and kill it…or a person…I’m not really sure what we eat, I guess I’ll find out soon enough.