FOR ANYONE CONFUSED, I'M REMASTERING THIS STORY IN THE WAY THAT IT'LL BE EASIER TO READ AND NOT THAT THE ACTUAL PLOT IS CHANGED. K'BYE.

February 21st, 2015, Michigan, Possum Springs, Mae's Going Away Gathering, Just outside of the bus stop.

Everybody that Mae knew had showed up to say goodbye to her before she left for college. Gregg, her parents, Casey, and Casey's parents. Mae stood in front of the door that led into the bus stop, she had her usual clothes on, an orange shirt with a slashed zero design in the center of it, her dark brown jeans, and boats, she also had a beige backpack on that held all sorts of items in it for school. She looked at the small crowd of people that had come with her to the bus stop tears starting to form in her eyes slightly before she said "I'm going to miss you all."

Gregg whimpered as tears started to form in his eyes as well, he quickly ran over to Mae and hugged her which took the cat by surprise, he wore a white jacket with blue sleeves, on the back of it was the Possum Springs High School's symbol, he also wore blue jeans, and red high tops sneakers. Gregg had "stolen" the jacket from one of his bullies back in high school, but in reality the bully had just lost it and never cared to go look for it, he squeezed Mae tightly and said "I'll miss you too duder."

Mae returned Gregg's hug before the two let go of each other and Gregg walked back over to where he was standing before. Casey walked over to Mae, even though they where only a year apart in age, Casey being nineteen while Mae was eighteen, he was taller then her which wasn't something new to her due to her being so short "Can't believe you're going to colleague before me."

He wore a black hoodie jacket, blue jeans, and black sneakers. Mae shrugged which made something in her back pack to move around "You just haven't put any effort into it. You're much smarter then me."

Casey chuckled "That might be true, but either way. I'm very happy for you."

Mae rubbed her left eye as her tears began to build up "Thanks Casey."

She then motioned for Casey to bend down so she could give him a good and hearty hug. After she finished hugging Casey he walked back to his parents' side and both Casey's and Mae's parents spoke in unison "We are very proud of you Mae."

Mae smiled and took in a deep breath "Okay here I go. See you guys latter."

She then turned around and walked inside of the bus stop heading for the bus that would take her to colleague, as the bus pulled out of the bus stop to get on the high way everyone waved at Mae as it wen't by Gregg being the most enthusiastic out of them all. After the bus left the sight of everyone Mae's parents said goodbye to everyone and got in their car to head home, Mae's parents offered to take Gregg home but he told them no saying "I've got a bike, that's how I got here first."

He then hopped onto his bike and headed home leaving Casey and his parents alone at the bus stop. Casey's dad faced Casey "You need a ride home?"

Casey shook his head "Nah... I'm gonna spend the night with one of my friends."

His mom sighed "Just don't stay at Steve Scriggins's place. You know we don't approve of you sleeping at his house."

Casey chuckled "I won't... Besides his house is getting fumigated tonight so I couldn't even if I wanted to."

His dad grew a confused look on his face "Where are you going to stay then?"

Casey put his hands in the pockets of his hoodie and shrugged "I'm gonna stay over at Jack's place."

His mom winced "Baby, that's all the way out in the woods! Past the Food Donkey! Are you sure?"

Casey sighed "Yeah I'm sure. And yes I'll be fine."

His mom nodded her head slowly "Alright... Just don't go anywhere near those train tracks!"

Casey laughed "I will... See you guys tomorrow."

His parents both said goodbye before getting in their car and driving home. Casey made the long journey to his friend's house all the way out in the woods, the house was built by Jack's dad when he thought that the government was going to invade Possum Springs for what they did in the Worker's Revolution or something like that. He made it through the entire town without much excitement, he walked alongside the train tracks that ran along the outskirts of town and where next to the Food Donkey despite his mother telling him not to, the Food Donkey's lights where still on and people where still getting food and various other items before the store closed for the night, that story had been open since before Casey was ever born and he believed that it would stay open well after his death sometime in the future. He walked into the forest that surrounded all of Possum Springs and most of the surrounding area for several miles, he pulled out a small flash light he kept in his hoodie pocket and turned it on so he could navigate through the dark forest.

It would take him an hour or two before he would get to his friend's house so he sat down on a tree stump and pulled out a meth pipe and a lighter that he kept in his jean pockets for times like these, just before he was about to smoke some of the pipe he herd very loud rustling behind, he turned around and saw nothing he then faced forwards again and attempted to smoke the pipe when he heard more rustling from in front of him, he stood up in anger "Okay this isn't funny who's out there?" he flipped the lighter one and used it's flame to see in front of him and also possibly burn whatever was causing the rustling if it was aggressive, suddenly someone grabbed him from behind covering his mouth and grabbed the had that had the lighter in it.

Casey started to strongly resist who ever it was, he tried to kick, bite, and burn the person that was standing behind him when suddenly several people emerged from the bushes in front of Casey, they all wore red dark red hooded jackets and black masks that covered their faces, the jackets reach down to their knees as well "Good job Eide. That's was the best sneaking you've ever done!"

The person that was talking seemed to be the person standing in front of Casey and the person behind Casey must've been that Eide guy, who then said "Thanks. But can we hurry this up? My hands are starting to cramp from resisting his resistance."

The person in front of him rolled his eyes "Fine... Lurv you know what to do."

The person that stood next to who Casey now thought was the leader walked over to Casey and pulled out a damp rag, quickly Eide removed his hands from Casey and Lurv put the rag over Casey's mouth and that caused him to drop his lighter in shock, then Lurv put his other hand behind Casey's head so he couldn't escape. Whatever was on the rag started to take effect and Casey began to become unconscious, he started to yell for help which was muffled and eventually he finally passed out. Casey eventually woke up inside of a cave, in front of him was the same people that abducted him in the woods all still in their identical outfits. Casey tried to move but his hands where bound together by ropes and he was being held down by someone behind him. He took a look around the cave and saw that in the center of it was a large hole and there was even more people in dark red jackets standing on the other side of the hole in front of Casey "Wh- What's going on?"

The person behind him shoved Casey's head down "Shut up."

The person that held Casey down was Eide. After a little bit someone on the other side of the hole walked over to it's edge and faced the side Casey was on "It is time! It is time for us to sacrifice Casey Heartley so that we may prevent the death of our fine town!"

The other people in the cave cheered but Casey didn't join in "Wait what?! You're going to sacrifice me?! Why!?"

The person that Casey thought was the leader of this cult huffed "I won't answer the questions of a drug addict low life."

Casey tried to stand up but Eide held him down again "Say that to my face! I dare you! And tell this Eide guy to loosen his effing grip!"

Eide then kicked Casey in his side causing him to fall over and groan in pain "Heh. Just like every other low life. You talk big words, but you can't back em' up."

Casey coughed and tried to stand up but Eide grabbed him and started to walk over to the hole and the leader raised his hands up into the air while everybody except for Eide lowered their heads "Casey Heartley! You have not and will never become an asset to this town! But all of that changes today! Your sacrifice will prevent Possum Springs from wasting away into nothing but dust and broken dreams! Are! You! Ready!?"

Casey resisted Eide with all of his might but he couldn't stop him from pushing Casey closer to the hole "NO! I'm not ready! I promised Mae that I'd see her when she comes home! I promised Gregg that I'd help him find a boyfriend!... I promised my parents that I'd be home tomorrow! Please! I'm not ready to die!"

The leader lowered his arms and the others raised their heads up "No one is ever ready to die Casey... That is why we must do this. To persevere the town! To return it to it's former glory!... And don't worry about Mae Borowski when she comes home we will take good care of her."

And with that Casey reached the very edge of the hole and Eide pushed him forwards, what happened next looked like it happened in slow motion to Casey. He fell forwards but before his feet left the ground he spun around and tried to grab Eide but his hands literally went right through him, Casey's feet then left the ground as he started to fall farther into the hole, the cultists moved closer to the hole to watch Casey fall, then the last thing he thought of before reality returned to normal speed was, Why? As he fell he could hear wind howling in his ears, tears flying upwards as he fell, the cultists walked away from the hole and Casey could hear themselves congratulate each other. Then he fell so far down the hole that the entrance began to grow smaller and smaller, until it was only a dot of very dim light. Casey fell for what seemed like forever when he had only been falling for a few seconds but even still this was a really deep hole, Casey was then able to flip over and have his stomach face downwards instead of upwards and he saw that he was rapidly approaching what seemed to be a thin layer of flesh mixed with fungus that covered the bottom of the hole, he looked up towards the entrance but he could no longer see it, in fact it looked like it was never there to begin with.

He then looked back at the strange flesh fungus-thing and saw that he was much closer he raised his hands up to protect his face and he finally hit the layer of strange materiel, he broke right through it like plastic wrap and was flung out of the hole, he tumbled across the ground of the cave covered in the strange materiel that he just broke through he eventually came to a skidding halt which dragged his entire backside across the ground. He just laid there staring up at the ceiling of whatever cave he was inside of, he took several deep breaths and sat up groaning in pain, he checked his body for any kind of bones that had broken removing the strange material from his body as he searched, the material felt like how it looked fleshy, slightly fuzzy, and slimy. Somehow he didn't have any broken bones anywhere but he had to have bruised himself all over, he stood up winching slightly and took a look around the cave he was inside of, it looked exactly like the cave where the cultists had thrown him into the hole except it didn't feel the same, it may have looked the same but it defiantly didn't feel the same it felt... Dead, all over the cave floors, walls, and the ceiling was vines made out of the same material that Casey had just removed from his body and it looked like they where all coming from the hole, or they where trying to go into the hole, small spores flew through the air Casey hoped they wouldn't poison him.

He turned around and saw an elevator at the back of the cave that he hoped was still working, he walked towards it and saw that the fleshy vines also trailed through the cave towards the elevator, and up the shaft. He stepped into the large industrial grade elevator and pressed a button on it's control panel, the elevator sprung to life, the doors closed, two red lights in the back of it turned on, and the elevator groaned as it raised upwards. He heard the metal of the shaft and the metal of the elevator screech together as it rose. Eventually the elevator reached the top of the shaft and the back doors opened up allowing Casey to step out of it, he walked through a long tunnel that eventually lead to an opening that also led out to an old abandoned mine quarry that the town was once famous for, if this still was Possum Springs. He walked through the quarry heading for a path that would lead him towards the woods, everything was exactly like how Casey had seen it when he was about ten, Mae, and Casey had snuck into the quarry so that they could grab an authentic mining helmet for Bea's Harfest costume.

He slowed down from a painful trudge to a depressed shamble, the thought of his friends made him feel hollow like he'd never see them again even though he didn't know what was going on. He shook his head and continued this time jogging, his mind returned to the thought he had before. Bea didn't want the helmet she was going to try and make her own but she was struggling so Mae Casey to help her get the helmet so she could give it to Bea, he never really met Bea the few times he saw her was on Mae's birthday parties, but after she turned twelve he never saw her again Mae said they had a big fight, and he never took the time to find Bea and try to fix her and Mae's relationship. Eventually he reached the top of the path, he turned around and took another look at the quarry below him. There was random metal, rocks, and lumber just sitting all over the place with no real purpose now, either they were stacked together or just strewn about randomly. He turned around and walked towards the woods just like inside of the cave that strange material was everywhere, the most disturbing thing was that the trees were literally covered in the stuff, from top to bottom. After what felt like forever Casey eventually reached the spot he was abducted and somehow the things he must've dropped when he passed out was still there except his flash light and meth piper were broken.

Luckily for him the lighter was still good. He tried several times to turn it one and on his tenth time the lighter flashed to life, once the lighter turned on was when Casey realized just how dark it was. He continued walking through the forest towards the town as he did he heard something rustle the bushes behind him, he quickly spun around and looked directly at where he heard the rustling and nothing was there. He turned back around and picked up his pace jogging faster now almost sprinting, he eventually reached the Food Donkey's fence which had a massive hole in it with the strange vines tangled in it as well, he walked through the hole and took a look around the empty parking lot, the store's windows and doors were completely smashed in with the same vines running into the store he didn't want to take a closer look, as he jogged away from the Food Donkey he took a glance behind him and saw that the sign had been broken and had fallen onto the ground.

He eventually reached the edge of town and saw the Click-Clack Diner had been flipped on it's side with the door facing skyward, he remembered the time Gregg, and Mae had broken into the diner to try and get Mae's favorite toy when she was younger that she had left there a day ago, they where able to avoid breaking any locks or doors by going through a window that had been left open for some reason, once they got in the diner Gregg accidentally leaned against the window causing it to close and somehow lock it's self lucky for them Casey had gone out to get his mother's birthday present and just so happened to see Gregg panicking as he tried to get the window open again, and all Casey had to do was open the front door that was left unlocked for some reason.

Only just now did he realize just how many coincidences it took to get Mae and Gregg into that situation, not only that but they also got away with it which all was confused Casey seeing as how everyone left finger prints almost everywhere. But now the diner was on it's side, windows smashed, door wide open, and covered in those vines. It was like the vines were trying to destroy Casey's favorite memories, like when he found an actually nugget of gold in the woods, when Casey was able to convince the diner's manager to let Mae have her tenth birthday party there and to let them sleep over in the diner it's self. Sighing Casey walked away from the diner towards the town not wanting to see what if any kind of horrors this strange, twisted, demented, upside down version of Possum Springs had to offer.