hey guys, makin' a new storey :D This time, about HOW aka "House of Wax". One of my favorite movies, next to Halloween and Phantom of the Opera. Anyways, my story is dedicated to my dearest onee-chan("older sister"), Lindsay. The story is about me and her if we were in the HOW world. Based on the 2005 take.
(Not the best tittle but meh -.-')
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters except me and Lindsay. Enjoy the story!
Chapter 1- The beginning of the end
Ahhh, summer, best time of the year. No school and no worries. Me and Linsday had planned this trip since forever. And now was the best time to make the move. Linsday was so cool to drive us to the hotel to pass our vacations together. She was happily loading the car with the food for the trip, whisling while she put the things away. Linsday was wearing a green tank top, with some baggy blue jeans, and sneakers. I walk out with the last bags, smiling happily. I was wearing a white t-shirt, with some dark blue jeans, and some sneakers too.
"This will be the best Summer ever!" I yell, putting the bags on the trunk. Linsday smiled, turning her head towards my direction. "Yep, and just think about the hotel, it said on the add that it had a pool too!" "Niiiiice~!" I said, getting inside the car, on the passager side. Linsday walked to the other side and got in, putting the keys on the ignition, making the car start. Putting the seatbelts on, we started our journey.
Our journey started well, just the first hour we jammed the music loudly and sang till our lungs hurted. We laughed it off as we reached the highway. We stopped for 20 minutes on a small gas station, grabbing some snacks and refelling the gasoline tank. Oh and going to the bathroom. After that, we heading out the highway again.
After another hour, we stopped, looking at a sign on the end of the road. "Ambrose? Where's that? I never heard of it." "Seems to be a small town. Ohh, there's a house of wax there!" "What really? Let's check it out!" I said excitedly. "We still have time, it's probably nothing big, it can be fun and we can take pictures to show our families!" Lindsay stared at me, hesitatly thinking if we should go. But then she gave in, nodding. "Okay, but we'll only be there for a little while." "Yay!" I yell out as she started the car and turned it towards the dry road.
For what seemed to be hours, we arrived at the end of the road, confused. "Why does the road stop here?" Linsday asks, as she shuts down the car, walking out, and looking around. I got out and also looked around. "Strange…why would the road stop? The road should have still com-WAHHH!" Lindsay turned around and ran to the sound of my voice, looking over at me from above. "You okay Fu!" she asked me, climbing down the dirt slowly to not lose her balance and fall in next to me. "I-I'm fine but get me the heck out of here!" I yelled back at her.
I was buried into a three foot inch of animal carcasses. I felt the need to vomit but holded it back as Lindsay tried to pull me back from the horrible mess. We stopped when we heard a truck aproaching us, stopping really close to the dead pile of animals. A tall man with dirty blond hair, wearing a green cap came out and went to the back of the truck to pick up yet another dead animal carcass. Throwing the dead animal to the pile, the man finally spotted us.
"Hey, what ya gals doin' there? Need a hand?" he asked us. " Hum, yes, if it wasn't too much trouble…" I said to the man, reaching to grab his hand. Lindsay followed me and I felt reliefed by finally coming out of the disgusting pile. "Name's Lester, nice to met ya little ladies. What brings ya to these parts?" "We were going to spend our vacations on a hotel but we stopped to see a sign about the Ambrose town…Do you know where it is?" Lindsay asked.
"Well, you gals are lucky 'cause I came here. 'Cause the road leading to the town is no more. Only I know a way into town….But why did some pretty town gals like yerselfs want with this little town?" "We just thought it would be fun…Because we saw in the sign that the town had a wax house…" I said, looking at him, annoyed by the fact that meanwhile he was talking to us, he was checking us out like we were a piece of meat. "Ah yeah, the wax house, yeah, it's pretty cool. Ya'll love it. I could take ya there if ya gals want."
"But what about our car?" "Dun' worry, there's not many people coming here." Lester said, turning around and walking to his truck. I looked back at Lindsay. "Well…what do you think? Should we go with him?" she looked at me with worried eyes. "I don't know…I mean…Look around, look at him. Can we trust him?" "I know he seems weird but look, we'll just take a look around, visit the house and leave. Nothing more and we'll stay away from him. Okay?" I reassured her, holding her shoulders gently. She sighed but nodded in defeat. After all, what could go wrong?
We got in Lester's truck, and he immediatly began to turn the car on. Slowly and steadily, the truck started to move and we began our voyage to the town. Silence was heard inside the truck, because none of us dared to say anything for atleast 10 minutes. It had to be Lester to break it. "So…where are ya gals from?" "Oh huhh…We're from Kentucky…" Lindsay said quickly. "Oh…well, just a few more yards and we're there…Then all ya need is to cross the river and you're there."
"Cross a river?" I asked, curious. "Why do ya think the road is blocked?" he asked me, taking a quick look at me then averting his eyes back to the road. I looked back to Lindsay, and shrugged a bit. We stopped probably after a hour. Lester turned off the truck and looked at us. "There's the river. Just jump the rocks and ya there." We nodded and walked out.
"Hey Lester, perhaps you could come back, to get us, I mean." I asked. "Sorry sweets, I have work ta do. You're lucky I even got you here." And with that he quickly turned on the truck and drove away. Me and Lindsay just stared at him till we couldn't see him anymore. "I...I guess we should go and look at the town?" I said, rubbing the back of my head, smiling a bit. Lindsay sighed. "Fine..."
We walked towards the town and looked around. It seemed...kinda deserted. "Hum...where is everybody?" Lindsay asked, looking inside a shop for anyone. "Oh look, a pet store!" I yell and run towards the shop's window, looking at some puppies, wagging their tails. "Awww, they look so cute!" I say, rubbing my face on the glass. "They look a bit...fake..." Lindsay says, frowning a bit. "Oh don't be silly, why would anyone have fake puppies on a pet shop?" Lindsay just shrugged and said a 'I don't know' face and continued walking around, me right beside her.
We walked a hill, where we spotted a church and just to our right, a few feet away, the wax house. I squealed. "The wax house we found it!" as I was about to run towards it when Lindsay stopped me, pulling me back. "Wait, before we go there, we should look for someone. Let's try the church." She said as she pulled me with her and then opened the door.
We watched what seemed to be a funeral, and a young man looked back at us. I looked back at Lindsay with a 'oh crap' look. She mutered a 'sorry' and closed the door quietly. We waited for awhile then the door opened and the young man came out, with a angry face. "What the hell do you want, can't a person mourn another with peace?" the man yelled at us. "I-I'm sorry, but we didn't know, we just arrived here and we saw no one." I said, gulping a bit. "Maybe you two should just go back from where you came and leave me the fuck alone!" he yelled again and walked back inside, slaming the door.
"How rude!" Lindsay yelled, frowning. "Let's just leave, obviously we're not welcomed here." she said as she started to walk away. I sighed and proceded in walking after her, when the door opened again. "Look...I'm sorry I was so rude..." "You're damn right you were." Lindsay added, crossing her arms over her chest." He pretended to ignore her comment. "...But my mother just died and I'm still a bit shaken..." "Oh I'm so sorry...I'm sure she's in a better place now..." I said, looking at him sadly. "I'm Bo by the way..." the man identified himself. "You can call me Fu and she's Lindsay." I say as I pointed to her. He nodded "Look, how about you can go look around some more till I'm finished here and you two can meet me at the garage store?" Bo said. I looked back at Lindsay. Lindsay stared at him. "...Fine." she said as she walked towards the wax house. I smiled at him and muttered a 'thank you' and walked after her. He quickly got back inside.
"I don't trust that guy." she said as she walked faster. "He said he was sorry..." "Still, I don't trust him." I sighed. We arrived at the wax house and looked at it's entrance. "Wow..." I say, grabbing my camera and quickly taking pictures. Lindsay walked over the the wall and examined it. She toke a bit out of it. "Wow, it's made of wax...Literaly! The whole building is made of it!" she said in surprise. "So cool!" I shout back as I entered the house. It looked amazing, I standed next to a piano as I touched it's keys. It didn't made any sound, but it was still a great peace of art. "Look at this! It's a piano! Just imagine how much work the artist must have had!" Lindsay smiled and nodded. We continued looking and taking pictures, until we found ourselfs in the kitchen. I walked in first and stopped.
"What's wrong?" she asked me. "I have a feeling we're being watched..." I said as I looked at the window, trying to see if there was anyone there. Carefully walking inside, I reached the wax statue and I gasped when I looked at it's face. Lindsay laughed. "Is the big bad wax woman going to hurt you?" She said as she walked out. I sighed in irritation and walked out after her, unaware that someone was indeed watching us. I looked around some more and noticed some little mermaid wax figurines. I examined them, lifting one up and notecing a name. "Vincent..." I read and smiled, putting the figurine back down. "Well, who ever you are, you're very talented, congratulations..." I said outloud, and went to look for Lindsay.
After checking out the upstairs, we walked out the wax house and walked back to the garage store on the town. It was almost nighfall and we hurried inside to look for Bo. "Bo? You in here?" I gasped when a hand touched my shoulder from behind. "Sorry, didn't mean to scare ya." he said, smiling a bit. I blushed and smiled back. "It's okay..." "So what is your business here at Ambrose?" he asked, leaning back agaisn't the wall. "Oh, were just passing, we're actually going on vacation." I said. "Yeah...And we're leaving now." Lindsay said as she proceeded into walking out the store. "That would be of no use. The river gets overflows over night and it's current is pretty strong. You'd get pulled away. It's best if you gals stayed over the night." Bo said, looking at our expressions. "W-What? B-But what about or stuff? What if someone takes our car?" I yell. "Don't worry, it gets so dark in the forest, it becomes a deadly trap for whoever ventures in it...Besides, no one really goes here anymore..." Bo assured us. I looked at Lindsay with a 'what should we do' look.
"Nhhh...Fine." she said in defeat. "Is there a hotel?" she asked. "I cannot afford to waist too much money..." she added. "We don't have any hotels...But you are welcomed in staying at my house." "That house near the Wax house?" I asked. He nodded. "Shall we go? I'm sure you two are tired from all the sigh seeing." I yawned after his phrase, which made him chuckle. "I'll take that as a yes." and walked out, me and Lindsay walking after him.
We could not imagine what awaited us once we arrived.
So, what do you guys think? Is it a good first chapter? R&R peaps!