What remains

I always thought they were only fairytales. Something that adults had invented to feed kids imagination and entretain them. Castles of sugar and sweet hopes, I never expected it to be real. The same way I didn't expect them to be as cruel and dark as our reality, until I came across it.

Even now those words still echo in my mind.

''Out with the old, in with the new,

Long Live the Queen''

Chapter: June

June was walking down Brooklyn alley with a bored expression. It was another plain day, and she was just returning from the National library where she had been studying for as long as she could remember.

She still wore her glasses, trying to hide the big bags under her eyes. She felt exhausted after those intense days of studying, but what else she could do with her final exams behind the corner?

The sky was getting darker as she walked towards the house she shared with her aunt. June had moved to the city a few months ago to attend the university she wanted, and since her aunt lived in the center of the city she moved with her. They didn't see each other much, since her aunt worked a lot, but they get along just fine.

Once she reached the apartment door she opened it with her rusty keys and went inside. The hallway was silent compared to the noisy and busy street. She walked towards the elevator and pressed the bottom as she yawned. The doors opened and she entered it. As the elevator started to work she rested her back against the wall and looked herself at the mirror.

Her blue eyes examined the girl reflecting on the mirror, from under the nerdy big round glasses she wore. She had long brown hair, tied up in a ponytail. Her pale skin looked even paler under the weak lights of the elevator. Due to the humidity of the city and the cold season she was wearing a white jersey and tight blue jeans under her long brownish coat. She blew a lock of hair out of her face as she rested her head too against the wall. Her upper lip twitched upwards as she let out a long tired sighed. June closed her eyes as she counted mentally the floors that remained to reach her own.

Finally the doors opened and she stepped out stopping in front of the door at the end of the corridor. She used her old keys again and opened the door.

''Finally home'' she said to herself. She stood in the entrance in silence. As she expected the house was empty. She let her bag fell to the wooden floor as she got rid of her shoes and let them rest in the middle of the corridor. June walked barefoot to the living room where she had left her phone. She grabbed it and opened it to see all the messages and missed calls she had received. There were some advertisement from the mobile company, some texts from Red and thousands of calls from her aunt.

''I'm so dead'' She breathed as she dialed the number and brought her phone to her ear. She waited as her phone was trying to reach her aunt's. ''Please, don't freak out, please don't freak out'' she kept mumbling as she waited an answer, but then, surprisingly the voice mail was displayed.

''Hello, I'm Kesley Brannigan, right now I can't attend you, please leave a message and I'll call you back later''

That's odd… Her aunt, even if she was a badass detective and was really busy keeping the troublemakers out of the streets, she normally answered her phone.

A high beep returned June to reality.

''Erm… Aunt it's me, I just saw the calls, I'm sorry I was out for so long and didn't say anything, I was in the library'' She started speaking. ''Nothing criminal'' She added feeling a bit awkward with her lone talk. ''Well, I guess you must be working, I just wanted to let you know that I was fine and no crazy psychopaths had abducted me…'' There was little pause before she continued. ''So…yeah, take care, and I'll see you after work, Bye''

Then she finally hung up and left the phone on the table. Her aunt was rarely at home since she was a detective and her job was very demanding, but lately she had been extra busy with a new investigation. It made June worry a bit, but after all it was her job.

June decided not to think more about it and taking a book with her she laid down on the couch. She sunk herself on the soft sofa ad opened the book.

Hours later she let the book aside and looked out the window. She couldn't see much since it was pitch black. Then she gazed at the clock hanging on the wall. It was 22:00 pm and her aunt was still not back. Maybe she had something to do. It made sense, and it was completely possible, but for some reason she felt uneasy. She got up from the sofa and walked towards the table where she had left her phone earlier. She hadn't received any calls or texts from her aunt.

''Mmm'' She breathed out. But then her phone buzzed and she quickly grabbed it from the wooden surface. June looked the number. She raised an eyebrow when she recognized the number. She brought it to her ear.

''June!'' Someone talked a girl's voice from the other side of the line before she could say anything. June was going to greet her but the girl continued talking ''It's your aunt!''

June opened her eyes surprised and dropped the phone.

Here's the first chapter!

I recently came across this game, The Wolf Amog Us, and decided to play it, I immediatly fell in love with it and its characters, one of them Bloody Mary, so I decided to write a story about it. I still don't know where will this story lead but I hope you had enjoyed this first chapter, which was a little introduction and the set up of the story.

I'll try to post the next chapter soon, so, please leave a review with your opinion, some criticism. It really helps me a lot!

Oh, and as a reminder, english is not my mother tongue language so forgive me for any grammar mistakes that may be in the story (though I'll try to avoid them!)

See you soon~