Chapter1:
It
was downpouring when I first pulled up to the entrance of the town of
NightBridge. For the middle of December there were huge sheets of
black ice on the ground I could see the cab slipping from one side to
the next. I had always had panic attacks when things like this
happened but I felt oddly safe pulling in through the gates as the
rocky path below us gave the car fake hydrolics. When we pulled up to
Town Hall I looked up at the sign that creaked in the steady gust of
wind. I payed the cab driver 5 dollars and before he could check to
see Id payed him a dollar short, I was already out of the cab with my
suitcase over my head running towards the entrance. I heard a huge
groaning creak above me and when I looked up I had almost no time to
react. I hopped backwards as the O from 'Town Hall' came crashing
down to the sidewalk, making a huge crash, as birds from the nest
inside flew out not knowing what had just happened. I sighed in
releif and ran inside before the cab driver could catch me and make
me pay the extra dollar I didnt have. When I ran inside I tried my
best to blend in with the crowd, pushing to the counter where
suprisingly no line waited for me. When I reached the counter, I
looked akwardly at the person running the desk. Her name tag said
Phyllis, and she glared at me evily looking me over before
asking,
"Can I help you sir?"
I nodded slowly. "I
just moved here, I need to know where my house is." She snarled
and went to her computer to look up my name as I told it to her.
"How
do you spell Octivian?" She was getting annoyed easily, I could
tell.
"O- c- t- vian." I said slowly to her. She gave me
a key.
"Here it should be just down the road." She said
dropping the key in my hands. I took it from her.
As I walked away
I could hear her silently mutter. "Enjoy this dump of a town."
I just rolled my eyes and kept walking.
When I reached the
house it didnt look like it was in that bad of a condition. The sky
was darkeing above me as I walked inside. The first floor board I
stepped on squeaked which echoed though the empty house. I took my
luggage and started to unpack. The thunder was booming outside by the
time I was settled in, when I heard a knock at the door. When I
answered I saw a rabbit just a few inches shorter than me with black
ears and squinty eyes. He reminded me of a guy Id known from my
previous town... but I had forgotten his name.
"Hi!" He
waved as I allowed him to scuttle inside, he was drenched from head
to toe and carrying somehing wrapped in tinfoil. I let him in,
wondering why he was here and who he was. After drying himself off
with the towel I had provided for him, he turned to me and held out
his hand.
"Sorry for just barging in on you like that. I'm
Genji, I live just down the road from you." I shook his hand
suspisciously.
"Octivian." I introduced. He nodded
smiling brightly.
"I baked you a pie!" he pointed to the
thing wrapped tinfoil he'd put on my counter. I shuddered. My
neighbors a guy, and he bakes. Does he knit to or watch those daytime
sitcoms? I shrugged it off as he went to sit in my chair.
"The
only thing I've ever hated about NightBridge..." he began. "..is
that it's always raining. We haven't had a sunny bright day in about
two weeks!" I nodded as he continued to ramble on about the town
and himself. Hopefully my other neighbors will be easier to talk to.
After a long half an hour of listening to him continue to
consistantly talk, he decided he best get home to finish reading his
book, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" which he told
me hes and obsessed HP fan. Its better than knitting, I guess. When
he left I took advantage of the stormy night to go to bed early,
which didnt come easily, after listening to the crash of thunder and
the flashing lightning through my window. Hearing the strong wind
swooshing past my house. When I finally did fall asleep, I then had
one of the most strangest dreams ever.
