A hidden world

Chapter 1

Dark party

I was lying in my bed half asleep when I heard a noise coming from downstairs, someone was at the door. I went downstairs to see who was it, since my parents had already left and it was unlikely that they had forgotten their keys.

"I'm coming, I'm coming!" I shouted while the knocks on the door stopped. "Who is it?"

"Open the door already Clary, it's freezing outside."

I opened the door to find Simon, my best friend, standing in front of me holding something in his hands. I couldn't tell what it was but I could bet that were DVD's. Simon loves movies. I don't know anyone else who has seen so many movies in my life. He often made me watch them with him but I always seemed to be sleeping during the movies and he never complained.

"It was about time." He said and stepped inside. "What took you so long?"

"I don't know, maybe I was sleeping?" I pointed my pyjamas to him.

"What? It is only 8:30 pm." His face was a mask of disapproval but then changed to something soft and wary. "Are you feeling sick?"

"No, I was sitting on my bed sketching when I fall asleep." His eyes were on mine, looking me intensely as he always did when he wanted to know if I am telling the truth. His eyes stayed on mine for a few seconds and then relaxed. "Did we have any plans for today?" I said as I took a closer look on him. He was wearing black pants with a white dress shirt and his black jacket.

"Well that's why I am here actually. There is party on tonight and Eric and the others will be there and I thought that you might like to come since it is Friday and your parents are out of town....."

"What time is it?" I asked knowing already that I would go with him. He was my friend, actually my only friend, and I couldn't let him down.

"At 9."

"Simon! If you wanted me to come you could have at least told me sooner. How I am supposed to get ready so soon?" I had 30 minutes to prepare myself. It was enough for me but I couldn't stop yelling to him, he ought to have let me know about this.

"I just found it out too you know." He said with an apologetic look on his face.

"Whatever..."

"So are you coming?"

"Do I have a choice? It that or the DVD's you brought." I said and pointed the box in his hands while he smiled.

"Well I came prepared. I thought that if you didn't feel like going out we could just stay in and watch some movies...."

"Please....anything than that."

The party was close to my house so it didn't take long to get there. The house...you could say that 10 people could easily live in it. It was huge. Apparently the people that lived in it were rich.

"Are you sure that you got this address correct?" I said still looking the house as the moonlight hit its left side making it shine and letting the other side in dark. There was something that made me a little uncomfortable looking the dark windows, no light coming out of them. "It looks like no one lives here."

"No, this is the place. Look." He said and started walking forward. There was a big sign telling the quests that the party was at the back of this house. There was also a path lighted with fire sticks that would probably lead us to the party.

"Wait." I said trying to catch up with him. The place was very quiet. There was supposed to be loud music and drunken people all around dancing, making out, throwing up ....the usual staff that happens on these occasions but there was no sound. That made my stomach uneasy.

"Why there is no music?"

"I don't know. Maybe they are waiting for us to get the party started." He said with an amusing smile on his face.

"You wish." I couldn't hold my smile back. That was Simon. He could make you smile and forget everything that bothers you.

We hand reach the back of the house where everything was shattered. There were broken glasses everywhere, the furniture around the pool was destroyed with scars on them like someone or something had torn them apart. They seemed to me like claw marks but again what kind of animal could do that, at least a domestic animal.

"What happened here?" Simon said looking around terrified.

"We should call someone maybe.....what is this?" I said and moved forward to the pool. There was a hind of red in the blue water of the pool. Something was dripping from an edge of the pool, a thick red liquid.

"Is that..." Simon started but couldn't continue.

"We should call the police." I said and started to get my phone out of my purse when something hit me at the back and threw me into the pool.

I tried to stay on the surface of the water but something was pulling me down.

"Clary! Clary!" Simon was shouting and took my hand to pull me out but he couldn't. Whatever was holding me was strong. I couldn't see any more. I felt dizzy as I was going deeper now and desperate to take a breath but the only thing I manage to do is to drink some water.

I heard some voices above me and someone got in the water. It couldn't be Simon because he was holding my hand. I forced my eyes to open and saw a boy swimming towards me. He was holding a knife and was looking at me. His golden eyes was furious and for a moment I thought he was going to kill me but before I could see if this was going to happen the water started to get darker and my hand left Simon's hand. I felt a sharp pain on my arm and then I passed out.