Cory in the House: Trials of the Earth (Season 1)

Light and Darkness

Darkness set upon the city of Washington DC as Cory slowly made his way back home. Soon, only the light from the street lamps lit his way, making navigation difficult. The moon shone a spotlight through the darkness on the White House, making the path for young Cory to move on. He stuffed the pinkies in his pocket and pulled up his hood, disguising himself. The darkness around him threatened him with the unknown, making it impossible to know what is out there in the place he can't see.

Suddenly, Cory heard a noise, a loud noise. This noise wasn't like another noise he heard, in fact, this noise was completely different from any noise he had ever heard. Cory fell to his knees in fear, and began coughing violently, his mind being invaded by an unknown source. The noise grew louder, and Cory quickly turned to the White house, only to find himself inside an abandoned building, still on the ground in the same position as before. He could sense something behind him. A benevolent entity he had heard of before.

Still coughing, Cory reached up to his mouth, only to find his nose was bleeding. Cory closed his eyes and slowly turned around. Then, he opened them.

A rush of fear fell over him, giving him an intense headache. Cory fell down to the ground of the abandoned building, coughing and trying to stop his nosebleed. 'Give me the fingers, child,' a voice in his head said. Cory slowly reached for his back pocket and removed the fingers, dropping them on the floor in front of the man. The man stared down at him, making his headache worse.

Cory regained some courage, "W-who are.... Y-you?" he shouted as his cough became slightly better. At that, the entity left, leaving but a single finger behind. Cory began to recover and grabbed the finger, stashing it in his pocket, and slowly getting up. His head hurt more than anything he had ever experienced. Cory got up from the ground and looked around. He was in a small room, half overgrown with weeds and other plants. The roof had half collapsed, and beams were lying all over the place. 'I have to get out of here,' Cory thought, exiting the room.

As he walked through the halls of the abandoned building, he began hearing footsteps below. It was hard to see, as it was night and he didn't have a flashlight. He followed the hallways until he found stairs, he went down to the first floor, and the footstep sounds became louder. Cory cautiously walked through the rooms of the first floor, seeing a flashlight up ahead. As he came closer, Cory could make out the distinct shape of the Italian chef who had taken his father's job. Cory decided to trail him, and see what he could discover about the man.

'This is just like that one sonic level where you have to use stealth,' Cory thought, referring to his fangame: "Metal Sonic Gear." Cory stayed back 11 feet from Luigi, struggling to keep quiet, as he was fat. Luigi made his way through the building, shining his light into every room. Then, he stopped and turned around. Cory quickly hid in a room in the side, tripping and falling through the floor into the basement.

Luigi ran to the room and shone his light down into the hole Cory had created, but couldn't see anything below. Cory quickly ran through the pitch black basement, trying to find a way out. Luigi jumped down into the hole and followed Cory's footsteps through the concrete tunnels. Cory began to sprint as he saw his flashlight behind him. He found a room and shut the door behind him, trying to hide. Luigi walked right past the door, searching up ahead.

The room Cory had entered was fully lighted, and as he looked around he began to realise he had discovered one of the greatest things in human history. Cory looked around at the many shelves and drawers and began sifting through the books, comics, and games held in this secret vault. The entire room was littered with Sonic merchandise. Everything was sonic the hedgehog. Cory began to scream with joy as he grabbed the comics.

Luigi burst through the door, holding out a spatula toward Cory, "Stopa right there you black suited demon!" Luigi's face became more relaxed as he saw it was only Cory. "Craig, I tell you, I was half scared you were something else, come on, youa need to get home now."