The Gate of the Gothic

Chapter Two - The girl in the cabin next door

Marin hummed Material Girl whilst walking to her cabin, looking at the scenery while doing so. She stepped up the stairs that led to the porch of her cabin and admired the design's that lined the cabin's doorway. The intricate patterns seemed to whirl around in curves with no end, and with a woman's face on the doors mantle, smiling gently. Marin walked inside, laid her suitcase beside the door's entrance and began to observe the cabin. The inside was clean, as expected, with a fireplace placed in between two windows, and a Flat screen TV perfectly placed above it. The floors were wood with a slight creak and lead to two rooms, The main bedroom, and the restroom. After that was the terrace in the back which lead to a pool and hot tub. You could say this was a little much for one person, especially a 15 year old girl only wanting to brag to her friends about her abundance of many, and way, way to much time on her hands. The day had gone by quickly, it was already 5:53 in the afternoon, and Marin was watching a movie with the fireplace on. Almost everyone in the cabins nearby were asleep and the only thing that Marin could hear was her TV and the crackling of the fireplace. "Huff...Huff". Although it only lasted for no more than a few seconds, it was still able to be heard

even amongst the fireplace and the TV. This sparked Merin's curiosity, allowing her the will to investigate even though she was somewhat scared. Merin turned off the TV and tried to put the fire out to the best of her ability, and walked towards the door and slowly twisted the door nob, opening the door.