I expected a dark and gloomy day filled with rain, but instead it was bright and sunny. I would never expect that the day I leave everything behind would look like such a pleasant day. I felt like I was in a movie, staring out the car window, my music blaring from my headphones as we drove to our new home.
"Smile Ollie, we are moving to California, not Hell." My brother teased lightly punching my shoulder
"Mine as well be." I sighed
Jack and I are pretty close, he's always has been there for me, and I've been there for him. We are twins, but not identical so no one really knows it and we are okay with that.
"Come on, we'll stick together, just like usual." Jack smiled poking my cheek and I did the same thing to him
"This is going to be weird. At least we've got a few weeks before school starts to figure out the town." Jack offered hoping that would cheer me up a bit
"Very true." I admitted sighing returning to watching the scenery speed by. I watched the beaches turn to woods, and then cliffs, and finally back to beaches. "It's so pretty…"I whispered to myself thinking about the sketchbook that was hidden in my luggage.
"Yeah it is." My dad smiled in the rear-view mirror, "Here we are you guys." He said stopping at the front of a decently large house.
"Wow." Jack said, "I swear to God if there is some creepy legend that goes with this house I am getting back into that car and driving away."
"I'm coming with you." I laughed grabbing two of my luggage bags and walking to the front of the house waiting for either my mom or dad to unlock the house
"Welcome to our new home." My mom said unlocking the door and pushing it open to reveal the inside of our home
"Wow…" I sighed walking inside smiling to myself. I didn't know what to expect walking in, but I was in awe, it was an older home, but still looked beautiful.
"Race you to get the best room!" Jack yelled running up the stair and I quickly dropped my bags and chased after him, "I call this one." He said smirking at me
"Whatever." I laughed pulling the door open to the room across from Jack's.
I never knew how much I wanted french doors for windows until I walked into that bedroom. The room was beautiful and open. There was a large wooden chandelier that looked like deer antlers, the walls were painted white and they were completely bare, but not an intimidating bare, a bare that would spark imagination.
"Let's explore." Jack said pulling me back from my world of imagination
"Really Jack?" I asked, "We aren't ten anymore." I scoffed trying to bury the excitement of an adventure
"Sooo?" He laughed, "Let's go. We are surrounded by the woods, let's go find something cool!" He continued as he ran out of my room
"Of course." I laughed grabbing the jacket I threw on the bed and ran after him, "GOING EXPLORING!" I yelled running out of the house following after him out of the house and through the forest
I ran through the trees, pushing the branches away from me as I ran. I had no idea where my brother was, and more importantly, where I was. I kept running until I reached a small, slow moving river. "Wow...this place just gets better and better." I sighed looking around. I felt like I was in a fairy tale of some sort.
"So, this is what she looks like." A dark voice whispered and I quickly spun around but there was nothing there
"Doesn't seem like much." Another voice scoffed, but this time I saw someone standing in front of me. He wore a dark clothes, and had strange tribal-like tattoos all over his body, "Would you like this to be easy or hard?" He asked me walking towards me and through his cloak I saw what looked to be a large sword. "You'll die either way." He shrugged
I stood there unable to move as the man moved closer and closer to me. I wanted to run and find Jack, but I didn't know where he was and my legs wouldn't move.
"Easy it is then." He laughed pulling out the sword and bringing it to my face as it turned from a sword to an ornate dagger. "How does it feel to know you are about to die?" He asked my running the cold blade against my neck
"No." I whispered and I took off running.
"GET HER!" A third voice roared as I ran further and further away from the two men, but I ran deeper and deeper into the woods. I didn't turn to look behind me, too scared that I would see them chasing after me.
"Shit!" I cried as I tripped over a root of some sort and when I looked up I saw another man, "AH!" I screamed pushing myself away from him
"Shut up!" He groaned walking over to me, "I'm not going to hurt you." He said reaching his hand out, and I saw more tribal tattoos like the ones the other men had
"How can i trust you?" I asked not taking his hand
"Because, I'm saving your life." He replied his hand still in front of me
"From what?" I asked taking his hand allowing him to pull me up in to his arms
"Demons." He stated simply.