Hi. My name is Matt, and what you are about to read, is a story that I wrote. There is something you should know however. I did not think up the plot line for this story. I did not create this story. A friend of mine, Kristy Harrington, from the UK, had a dream of the events in this story, and decided to develop it into a story. But she claims she's not that skillful when it comes to writing (though, I do not agree. She's written plenty of great stories before), and there for, she has asked me to write it for her. She's the primary creator and co-editor, where I am the primary editor and writer. The credit goes mostly to her. Please read and enjoy, and be sure to post reviews, and let us know how you like it. - Matt, Friend and Writer.

Created By Kristy Harrington and Written By Matt Smith

PORTAL OF DARKNESS

Chapter One

The seminar started at an hour ago, which made Kristy a little uneasy, because she hated to arrive late. She didn't even know why she bothered to come, seeing as she was so bloody late, but she did for some reason. She rushed up into the building. It was five stories tall, so she stopped at the front desk as she clearly forgot to read the email they sent to her, to inform her which floor the seminar was taking place on.

"Hi," she said to the receptionist, who looked up at her, seeming bored. "I'm here for the Forum and Website seminar."

"That started an hour and... three minutes ago."

"Yes... I know. What floor is it?"

"3rd Floor."

"Thank you."

She took off to the nearest elevator. As she waited for it, she took out the paper ad for the seminar and looked it over again. The elevator dinged as the doors opened up. She stepped on and pressed the 3rd floor button. The ride was short, as all elevator rides are, and she stepped off into the hall and walked down to the only door on the floor.

She peeked inside. There was only a few people there, and it looked like they were still setting up chairs. She stepped inside. A man looked up at her as he set a chair out. "You here for the Forum Seminar?"

She nodded. "Yeah."

"Well, we'll be starting in a few minutes."

"I was told you had started an hour ago."

"That lady at the front desk couldn't find her head today, so she doesn't know shit." He muttered, and went back to setting up chairs. She walked over and took a seat in the back row that had been set up.

As the minutes went by slowly, there was a loud chatter of people out in the hall. Suddenly there was a flood of people coming into the room. She stared at the different people that came in and found a seat. She couldn't help but notice two guys who came in, quiet looking, but they sat down next to each other, seeming to be the best of buddies.

One of them seemed so familiar to her. She'd seem him from somewhere, but she couldn't place it. He wasn't a star. Far from it. But still... She took out her cell phone and used it to get on the internet as the main speaker started to talk.

She brought up facebook which was a god send in her life at the moment, she looked through her contacts and there he was. Matthew Smith. The other guy had an Australian accent, which led her to believe that it was...

"Blazer?!" She called, as everyone was walking out of the seminar as it ended. Both guys turned. "Kristy?" They both called back. A grin broke out onto her face as she ran over to them. "Hey mates!" She said, but then her face dropped the grin slightly. She suddenly had no idea what to say to them.

"So we finally meet!" Matt said. She studied him. He was tall, 6 foot, with dirty blond hair, dark green eyes, with a little acne on his face. He was skinny, but not too skinny like some people. He was wearing a blue t-shirt, with white and black strips down it all over. It had a collar to it, so it looked slightly professional with the kakke pants he had on. He had on black dress shoes, but they weren't shinny, so it didn't give off the effect that he was totally rich and famous.

She looked into his eyes and suddenly forgot what she was doing, or where she was at. Suddenly there was a strange tune. They both looked at their cell phones, but then put them away. "Uh... Kay, your ringing."

She blinked before snapping out of it. "Right! Sorry!" She took out her cell. "Who's the two dudes?" A voice asked her. She blinked again. "Who's this?" There was a puff of annoyance. "It's me! Lara! Guess I'm late for the seminar."

"Yeah..."

"Sorry. Alarm didn't go off this morning."

"It's fine! Come on over. You have to meet these two."

She hung up her cell and suddenly Lara was by her side. "Matt! Blazer! This is Lara!"

"Shadow."

"Your name is Lara..."

"I go by Shadow." Lara hissed, and extended her hand out. "Shadow. So nice to meet you Matt, Blazer. Such an odd name, wouldn't you say? Blazer?" He cocked his eye at her. Kristy rolled her eyes. "No! It's Matt and Blazer! From the forum!"

Lara thought about it for a moment. "OH! Awesome! Nice to meet you face to face!"

"It's nice to meet you both in person, Lara. Kristy. You guys wanna get something to eat? My treat." Matt said. They all smiled.

"Matt?!"

"Matthew!"

"Kristy?! Blazer!?"

Another girl, with an accent, walked over. She was beautiful, in those terms, but looked mischievous in her own way. Matt looked at her. "Yes?"

Suddenly another girl walked up and smacked him upside the head. "Thanks for leaving me downstairs!"

"I told you where I was, Rebecca!" He replied snappishly.

"It's me! AJ!" The other girl said. Matt turned suddenly, his full attention on her now. "AJ! Awesome! Come on. We're going for lunch. My treat." He said again. They all started for the elevator. Everyone else had gone, except for the clean up crew. Blazer pressed the call button for the elevator.

They all kept looking around at each other, smirking. Suddenly he elevator dinged, and the doors slid open, to reveal a younger girl inside. "Is this the..." She started, as they all turned to look at her. "Forum Seminar is over." Matt said, and stepped onto the elevator. Everyone followed him on and Lara pressed the first floor button.

"Wait a minute. You all look familiar." The girl muttered. Kristy turned. "We're all best friends from a forum..."

"Awesome. What's the name of the forum?" The girl asked. "Forum of Fear." Blazer replied. The girl's eyes grew big. "Seriously?"

"Yeah... why...?"

"It's Kate! Blazer! Matt! Kristy! Lara! AJ! Rebecca! It's me!"

Blazer looked at her, and his lit up suddenly. "Kate!" They suddenly hugged each other. Suddenly the elevator shuddered and stopped moving. The lights went out. "Is everyone alright?" Matt asked. "Fine." Everyone said. AJ reached around and opened up the emergency phone. "Shit. It's dead." She muttered.

"So we wait..."

2 hours later

"Yeah, so I'm a news reporter now. I've written articles for Time Mag too." AJ said. "Wow. So what news stories have you done?" Lara asked. "You know the one on the war on Iraq, where we saw the entire battle with the mercs verses our troops?"

Lara nodded. "That was me. I was the camera operator, because the actual camera guy got killed."

Matt shook his head. "That story had serious up close shots of the mercs..." He said. "Yeah..." AJ murmured, smiling.

"You did that?!" Kristy hissed, surprised. AJ just laughed. "Yeah. That was all me. You should have seen every news paper, TV channel in all nations come after me, offering every kind of benefit you can think of to get me to work for them."

We all chuckled. Blazer looked over at me. "So, Matt here, was telling me that he's head of the radiography department at the Florida hospital in the US."

Kristy cocked an eyebrow. So did AJ, Kate, and Lara. "Really? Wow... that's... big." AJ said. Matt shrugged. "Not really..." He said, blushing slightly. "That's great Matt." Kristy said, smiling. He just smiled back.

Suddenly the power came back on, and the elevator started moving again. Everyone got up from the elevator floor. "It's about time. I'm so hungry!" Rebecca said. Everyone nodded in agreement. The doors to the elevator opened and we all stepped out. "This isn't the first floor." Kate murmured.

Blazer shrugged. "Power to the elevator got reset, and it's forced to start back at the bottom floor. Must be the basement of the building..."

"Let's have a look around..." AJ said. "Uh... let's just go get something to eat." Matt said, trying to distract everyone from following AJ. But they all followed AJ anyway, as she moved down the hall of the basement. "Dude..." Blazer said, as Kristy entered the next room. She found them staring at a large metal door. "What the hell is that?"

"A blast door, obviously!" Matt said. Kate rolled her eyes. "Well, let's find out." AJ said, smirking as she examined a control panel next to the door. "AJ, wait!" Lara said. It was too late. She pressed a button, and suddenly the large metal doors began to open up, sliding sideways with a loud creak. As the doors completely opened up, they let off a rumble, causing us all to lose our balances. AJ caught her self by grabbing the door frame. There was a loud revving sound.

Matt nodded at her and she looked down at her hands, which had pressed into the control panel. "What did you do this time, AJ?!" Blazer muttered. She merely smiled sheepishly. "Oops?" She said.

Suddenly there was a loud and strong wind that began to pull anything not nailed down to the floor inside the room beyond the blast doors. We didn't have time to react as we were all sucked into the room. We all tried to grab hold of the door frame, but it was too strong to fight. Kristy forced herself around, only to see a large black circle open up on the wall. She let out a scream as they were all sucked into it. As soon as they were all out of sight, the circle closed, leaving the room quiet, dark, and empty.