A/N: Noa748 here! Well, here's the first chapter to a story we've been working on for a while now. Title is...subject to change. We suck at naming things. Any recommendations, post 'em in a review. :3

Okay, this has mostly elements from SH2, and Jamesy-poo is present because he's cool like that. The two OCs, Kila and Tess, interrupt him around the time after he gets out of the hospital (it never turned into nightmare hospital like it was supposed to because it was feeling nice that day). Oh, and Maria? She'll be briefly referenced, but for the most part she's out. James never gets lonely enough to need her because he has two girls following him everywhere. (sorry, James.)

Disclaimer: Don't own, don't sue.

"With every light there is a shadow, and with every shadow there is a light."

Silent Hill

"Ugh. Where am I?" Kila stood up with one hand to her head.

Alone, she was on a road. It was one that seemed as endless as time itself, engulfed in a fog. Kila stood in its center, lost and unamused. She panicked slightly and looked at her hands. They were shaking as she noticed something around her wrist-- the only legible part was a name.

"Kila Kiss." She frowned. "That seems...unusual, but at the same time it's familiar." She glanced around.

It was just the wind, right?

"It must be mine, then why else would it be on me...AH!" This time both hands flew to her head as overwhelming pain pulsated through her head.

Odd, fuzzy and abstract images dared not to make sense. Kila visualized pure light, a red-orange and furious fire, and then felt a different kind of pain. It wasn't physical, but something else. A tear slid down her cheek.

A rumbling noise faded in the distance-- a vehicle. "People! They can tell me where I am!" Kila decided to follow the noise among the fog.

A little while earlier-

Miles of highway rushed past her as she drove in her old Chevy Cobalt. Tess couldn't help but grin-- today had been so easy. It was her first time driving such a long distance, and she'd built it up to be some huge difficult thing. As it turned out, most of the trip was spent going a straight line on the highway. Hell, she could've done this blindfolded!

Her grin suddenly fell. Crap, maybe not. In her sudden burst of confidence, she'd gone and taken the wrong exit. Hopefully this wouldn't be too much of a detour.

She took a couple glances at her map, figuring out which roads to take in order to get back on track. Feeling satisfied, she put the map aside and continued onwards.

Then things got confusing. Roads started appearing that weren't shown on the map, and Tess began to question herself. Dammit, she'd jinxed herself, hadn't she? The road she was on was unmarked, as were all the others, so she couldn't tell if she'd really gone the right way.

She spent a short while trying to figure it out, growing more and more frustrated with the map, convinced that it was severely outdated. Finally, Tess sighed and reached a decision. It was getting too foggy to find her way around very well-- she was in a marshy area and the temperature had risen while she was driving. She'd have to call her dad, who had been tailing her to make sure she did all right. She'd lost him after turning on the wrong exit, but she would have to call him now so he could find her and get her out of this mess. She was probably going in circles, anyway.

The phone rang for a second or two, and her father picked up. "Where are you?" he asked immediately, a touch of humor in his tone. She smiled, her previous frustration slipping away. He'd already guessed what the problem was, and was ready to poke fun at her.

"Yeah, I'm kinda lost."

"Well, where did I lose you?"

"I took the wrong exit, and couldn't find my way back...the map's a piece of shit, as far as being helpful goes."

"All right..." he said in mock exasperation. "I guess I can come and find--"

His voice was cut off by an earsplitting burst of static. Tess dropped the phone, jumping in her seat. The car swerved, and she barely managed to keep it on the road.

"Holy shit..." she breathed. What the fuck was that?

The car passed something, standing still on the side of the road. She frowned, catching a glimpse of it in her rearview mirror. It was too far to make out detail, but...it looked sort of like a statue, watching her drive by. She had a strong sense of admission, like the statue had been decorating a gate.

That was an odd impression...

The static had stopped as quickly as it started, and she cautiously pressed the phone to her ear again. "Dad?"

"...can't help you anymore. Too late."

"Huh?"

"You'll have to find the way out for yourself. I don't have time; I've got a meeting to go to."

"What? Dad, I'm lost! Screw the meeting!"

"Look, I don't know what you want me to say." He sounded truly exasperated this time, and she was hurt. He cared more about a stupid meeting than helping his own daughter?

Suddenly a thought occurred to her. It was utterly ridiculous, but...her dad would never abandon her! He'd been so supportive and helpful the entire day...

"You're not really my dad, are you." The statement sounded more idiotic with every word.

But he didn't reply.

Her blood ran cold; why didn't he laugh, or say something? Unless...no.

Finally he did reply-- an inhuman gurgle that caused her to flip the phone shut and drop it, hands trembling. What the hell was going on?!

She shook her head, taking a deep breath. It had been a long drive, and she was hearing things. She slowed the car to a stop, contemplating this. That had to be the case-- she was falling asleep at the wheel because she was driving while tired.

Tess sighed; she was officially in the middle of nowhere. She was lost on a foggy road, and she was hearing things...delightful. She turned her head to the left, wanting to survey her surroundings a little more.

A face watched her through the window.

She screamed, twisting violently away, trying to distance herself from the window. She only succeeded in tangling herself up in the seatbelt.

The man jumped back from her car, hearing her cries; the window had been rolled down a little.

Tess hyperventilated for a moment, staring at the man with wide, uncomprehending eyes.

He recovered faster than she did, leaning forward to the window.

"Hey, don't be scared. It's all right." he said, trying to sound soothing. "I didn't mean to stare in like that. Sorry."

"What the fuck is wrong with you?!" Still extremely shaken, she couldn't stop herself from yelling at him. Maybe he hadn't meant to stare in, but he sure as hell did!

Her voice lost its aggressive quality completely, though, when it cracked several times. She thought to unbuckle her seatbelt, untangling herself. Against her better judgment, Tess got out of the car so she could speak to him more easily. Even if this guy was a psycho, she had enough adrenaline pumping through her right now to beat the shit out of him.

He backed away from her, throwing his hands up in a defensive gesture. "Hey, hey. I really didn't mean to scare you."

Tess frowned, forcing herself to calm down. If this guy really was harmless, maybe he could give her directions.

"Well, you sure as hell did. What were you doing looking into my window like that, anyway? Talk about creepy."

"I--I was just surprised. I haven't seen another person in a while." He lowered his hands, looking Tess over with piercing blue eyes.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Now her frown deepened. "Wait, I guess that does make sense...the road's been deserted for a while now. I guess I never really noticed it."

He looked surprised. "You...just arrived here?"

"Um, yeah." Arrived? So this was a specific place?

His brow furrowed. "When you were driving...how long was it like this?" He gestured around us.

"What, foggy? About an hour...around the time I got hopelessly lost." She said this last part in a half groan.

"Lost..." He seemed to contemplate this, then shook his head. "Look..." He paused.

"Tess." She told him, and he nodded.

"James." He said, and continued, "You should probably come with me. This town isn't safe..."

"...Town?" She asked quietly, confused.

James pointed to the sign at the side of the road in reply to her question. It read:

Welcome to Silent Hill.

"Silent Hill..." She read softly, then shook her head. "If the town's dangerous, I'll find a way around."

James shook his head, looking at her with sad eyes. If only life weren't so cruel, those eyes said.

"It's not dangerous in the way you think," he said, "This town...isn't normal."

Tess felt her skin pale. Not normal?

"What do you mean?" She asked quietly.

His face grew even more solemn, betraying his reluctance. Finally he put a hand on her shoulder, and led her down the road from whence she came.

They hadn't gone very far before the road simply...ended. It was as if something monstrous had carved it away; the dropoff lead into an infinite mist. This was where that statue had been, wasn't it?

Her hand moved tentatively to her mouth, and she felt a sense of vertigo as she looked down into the deadly chasm the road had become.

"I think I'm going to be sick..." Tess remarked in a weak voice, and James gripped both of her shoulders to steady her. He led her away from the dropoff and back towards her car. She leaned against it, staring at her feet.

After a moment, she spoke. "James?"

"Yes?"

"Why did the road disappear?" It was the only somewhat coherent question she could seem to form.

"...I don't know. Maybe we're not supposed to leave."

"Not supposed to..." she trailed off, her voice failing her. She was silent for a minute, trying to grasp what was happening. Suddenly another thought came to mind, and she voiced it.

"That statue...where did it go?

"What statue?" James frowned.

"It was standing on the side of the road when I came. Back where that dropoff is now. It had this weird, pyramid shaped helmet..."

James's eyes widened. "That wasn't a statue. Stay away from him." His voice had taken on a warning note, and he was looking around, alert.

"Him?" She asked, tensing up due to James's behavior.

"We should probably get away from here before he shows up again." He told her, looking troubled.

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