Episode 1

sTaTiC

The wind howled through the tree's as the cloud covered moonlight highlighted the rain as it pierced the night sky and struck all around, She had lost the feeling in her hands what seemed like hours ago from the blistering cold and wet and now her legs and arms were starting to go numb but she had to keep going, Up the dark muddy path poorly lit by her dying phone she was almost there. With the wrecked lighthouse coming into view, A figure could be seen standing on the edge of the cliff looking out across Arcadia bay as a malicious hurricane wreaked havoc on what looked like little model houses getting tossed around the landscape along with tree's cars and anything that wasn't bolted to the ground.

As she got closer she caught sight of wetted down blue hair, "Chloe" she shouted at the top of her lungs as she forced her legs to move forwards faster. "Chloe," she said again in a loud voice now only feet away from her. As she called out the name once more the figure turned towards her.

"Oh Chloe" She gasped as her friend turned towards her, Her normally blue punky hair soaked through now framing her face which wore a blank expression, Her jacket glistened as it was pelted with rain, She moved her gaze down her friends frame and followed her arm to where her hand rest, Clutching her chest as a dark red liquid flowed over it and into the already soggy wet mud.

"Why, Why did you kill me Max" Chloe's voice emanated from all around, A Pain shot through Max's heart as she heard that sentence. "Chloe.I" She couldn't get the words out her throat felt as though she was being choked, Unable to speak. "You murdered me, Max, You did this" Chloe's voice once again came again dry and emotionless and from all around like before echoed by the howling wind. Another sharp pain in Max's heart "I didn't want to let you go, But I had no choice" Max screamed at the top of her lungs, Forcing her voice out as light glistened off the trail left by her tears.

"You may as well have stuck that gun into my gut and pulled the trigger yourself Max" Chloe's voice echoed and before the sentence was even finished Max found herself face to face with Chloe in the girls bathroom at school, Looking down she saw she was holding a gun and pointing it right at Chloe's chest. "No" Max gasped and without warning the gun went off.

"Chloe" Max screamed as she shot bolt right in her bed her heart feeling like it was going to burst from her chest and her breathing heavy. She reached over and turned on the light Lighting up her dorm room. "Again Max," She muttered, Ever since she sat in the bathroom and cried to herself as she heard her friends life getting extinguished feet away it had been the same dream. "Max you had no choice, It was Nathan that killed Chloe not you, Stop beating yourself up" She kept telling herself over and over but it made little difference to, Asleep or awake Max still blamed herself. With a sigh, she resided herself to another sleepless night got up got dressed and left her dormitory.

In the hall of the Dorm, she stumbled down the hallway dimly lit by her phones light more in a zombie state than anything else she walked past the other room's one or two voices could be heard in a low whisper but for the most part, it was quiet. As she reached the exit without even thinking she pushed the door open and went into the grounds of Blackwell. As her eyes became accustomed to the lamps dotted around the path shedding their gentle glow over the footpaths as if lighting the way, She mindlessly began walking along the path, A path she had walked only a few hours ago to bid a final farewell her Chloe. Max had managed to hold it together through the service preferring to wait until she was alone, She had done so much crying she just didn't have anything left.

All she could think about was that final moment when she finally had the guts to show Chloe how she really felt, Only to have it all ripped away because of some stupid storm, No scratch that because of Nathan, A surge of anger raged through her body as the thought crossed her mind. "I swear if you EVER get out of jail Nathan I will personally kill you" Max screamed out loud at the top of her lungs before realizing where she was. She must have been walking for hours but it seemed like only minutes, But it must have been hours as she was now walking on an all too familiar path. "Figures I'd end up here," She thought to herself as she began the trek up the path through the woods and up to the lighthouse her mind a blank and being driven or better yet pulled up there by...What was this feeling? Max could feel herself being coaxed onwards, Her leg's ached and her feet were sore all she wanted now was to just collapse and rest but this force was stronger than that. As she cleared the woods the moonlight lit up the sea, A calm and mirror like surface stretching out as far as the eye could see, A gentle breeze carried the salty sea air up over the cliff's and inland and it was eerily quite. Max had not been here since Chloe's death but tonight she found her way here without even trying.

Letting out a small groan she lowered herself onto the bench overlooking the bay as her mind began to replay the last moment Max had seen Chloe in slow motion, Tear's welled up in Max's eyes. "How can I have anything left," She thought to herself as she let the pain, guilt, and anguish flow through her already battered body and mind she curled up on the bench and succumbed to pure exhaustion.

Blank all there was was just emptiness nothing, no sound, no light. Max half expected to hear Chloe's tauntings again, Or rather to hear herself taunting herself with Chloe's voice. But there was nothing accept the dark. Max's focus shifted as she heard a faint flutter in the distance she ran forward's the delicate fluttering noise becoming more and more prominent but still no source of the noise. "What was that," Max thought to herself. As her gaze darted around the darkness trying to find what was making that noise a blue object caught the corner of her eye.

She spun around on her heel her gaze fixed on the tiny blue object that appeared to be suspended in mid-air slowly moving up and down but more to the left than anything else. Without even thinking she sprinted forwards closing the gap between her and the object, As it got closer Max's heart skipped a beat as she screeched to a halt realizing what it was.

Now in full focus the blue object was clearly a butterfly, Max froze in place as the small blue butterfly flitted towards her. "Hello Chloe" Max struggled to get the words out while holding back a wave of tears. The butterfly slowly circled Max for what seemed like an eternity but she didn't care, It was peaceful and she couldn't think of anything more beautiful to share her lonely empty world with.

Ok, I think this one went pretty well, I hope the feelings got portrayed well, Yes it's a bit morbid and I am afraid there are more to come, Had to go back several times to recheck things.

Comments as criticisms are welcome