In Beacon Hills, deep in the forests, a fairly large log cabin was shown. There were a few lights on, but it was mostly dark out, much like the dark snowy forest that surrounded the cabin.
A young girl, with short blonde hair tucked into a beanie, wearing a grey sweater and black yoga pants with grey boots, stood in the kitchen looking out the window. Ignoring the other people in the room, she squinted her eyes...Was someone out there?
Said other people, 4 of them, were on the other side of the middle island. Another girl, with short blonde hair tied in two pig-tails, wearing a green long-sleeve shirt and a ruffled skirt, placed a piece of paper on the counter-top. The guy that was with them, shook his head and sighed, rubbing the back of his neck. He was wearing a red flannel with blue jeans.
"Oh my god, I can't believe you actually did this." Another girl said, smirking with excitement. She had shoulder-length black hair and was wearing a white t-shirt with a blue jacket over it, and black sweatpants. "Shh..shh..shh" The girl wearing green said, referring to the two other people in the room, passed out drunk from their fun from before.
"Don't you think this is a little bit cruel?" The last girl said, her strawberry blonde hair tied back into a bun, wearing a red sweater with white design around the collar and blue jeans. The girl in green stared at her, "Oh come on, she deserves it." She said, brushing it off.
The girl in red got defensive, "It's not her fault that she has a huge crush on Theo-" The girl said, gesturing to the guy who was standing close by, but not saying anything. "Lilly's been making the moves on him. I'm just looking out for my girl, Ki." The girl in green said, shooting a smile towards Kira, the girl with the blue jacket.
Kira smiled back at her as the 3 of them followed the girl in green out of the kitchen, "Just because he's class Pres doesn't mean he belongs to everyone," she said, pausing for a second, "Theo is my man." She finished. Theo sighed, "Hey, Ki.." He said, "I'm not anybody's man." He said and Kira scoffed.
They joined the other two people in the room, another boy with a shaved head, wearing a grey jacket with black jeans, and another girl, blonde hair tucked into a stripped beanie, wearing a long-sleeved dark green shirt with a purple vest over it and black jeans. "Whatever you say, darling." Kira responded, laughing..
Leaving the group, the girl in red, Lydia, went up the stairs instead of following them, 'I've got to find Lilly..before she gets to the room...' She thought to herself. "Lilly!" She called out, "Lilly!"
Meanwhile, downstairs, everyone else was getting into a hiding space in a bedroom. Malia, the girl with the stripped beanie, hid behind the closet door, while Boyd, the boy with the short brown hair got inside the closet. Kira and Erica, the girl in green, both slid under the bed, giggling as they did so. Theo was left standing in the center of the room. Kira giggled, "Ooh, she's here! Shh.." She whispered out.
"Theo?" Lilly whispered, holding a candle out to light the hallway. Her black hair fanned out around her face, her glasses resting on her nose. She was wearing a black blouse with blue jeans. She opened the door to the room.
"Theo? It's Lilly.."
"Hey Lilly."
Back in the kitchen, the girl, Lucy, stood by the window. Something walked by and she squinted her eyes, "Hey..Did you see that?" She asked aloud, "Mom said it'd just be us this weekend.." She said, turning around when no one answered her, "Scott?" She called, looking at her brother.
She walked away from the window and went around the island, picking up a bottle that was beside her passed out brother. Jeremiah Cragg. She hummed, then patted Josh's shoulder, "Jeez, Scott." She said, smirking, "Once again brother you've outdone us all." She said, shaking him. He groaned once, then snored quite loudly.
Lucy was about to walk out of the kitchen, to find her friends, but a piece of paper caught her eye. It was upside down, but it was clear there was writing on the other side. She slid it over to her, picked it up, then flipped it over.
Lilly,
You look so damn hot in that shirt...but I bet you're even hotter out of it. Come to the guest room at 2:00 am. ;)
Theo
xxx
"Oh my god.." Lucy said, looking in disgust at the note and glancing over to Scott who let out another loud snore, "What did our na ve sister get into now?" She asked, shaking her head.
"I got your note." Lilly said, her voice soft and gentle. Theo nodded, "Glad you could make it." He said. Lilly smiled at him, moving her hands towards the buttons of her blouse. Theo stepped forward, "Maybe we should start with a little...you know, making out, and see where it goes from there." He said, a suggestive tone in his voice.
Ignoring him, Lilly went to undo the first two buttons, Theo whispering to himself, "Oh hell yeeaah.." He said. With the first couple buttons undone, she slipped the shirt of her shoulder, revealing a butterfly tattoo on her arm. Erica, under the bed, whispered a little too loud, "Oh my god, she's taking her shirt off!"
"What?" Lilly said, voice cracking, "Oh my god!" She exclaimed when everyone emerged from their spots. "Boyd?" She asked when he came out of the closet, a camera in his hands. "What are you doing here?" She asked, just as the door opened and Lydia came in. Theo stuttered out an apology, "Uh, I'm sorry, Lilly, this all got outta hand, but..."
"Lilly," Lydia said, getting closer to her, "Lilly, hey, honey...Don't...it's just a..-" Lydia tried, but Lilly interrupted her, "Theo...!" Then she ran out. Lydia finished her sentence, "stupid prank.." Theo sighed, "Uh..damn."
Lydia scoffed and turned to look at the 4 other people who were crowded around the bed, "You guys are jerks. You know that?" Lydia said, turning to run after Lilly, calling out her name, "Lilly!"
In the kitchen, Lucy saw something run past the window, "What the..?" She stepped back from the island counter, that looked like Lilly...Wait a minute.."Scott!" She yelled, running over to her brother and shaking him, "Scott, wake up!" She tried again, "Dammit!" She said when he didn't wake up. She left the kitchen, "Guys, there's someone outside-" She said, slowing down when she saw Stiles' disappear around the stairs, headed towards the front door, "What?" She whispered to herself.
She grabbed her pink jacket and picked it up, hearing Lydia call out for Lilly. Lucy paused, so that was Lilly. She pushed through all of them, turning to face them, "What's going on? Where's my sister going?" She asked them. Erica scoffed and waved her hand, "It's fine, she just can't take a joke." She said, then Kira called out, "It was just a prank, Lill!"
Lucy furrowed her eyebrows, "What did you do?" To which Theo answered, "We were just messing around Lucy, it wasn't serious-" Lucy shook her head, tired of hearing it, "You JERKS!" She yelled, then promptly ran off into the woods, calling for her sister, "Lilly! LILLY!"
"So...Should we go after her?"
"You know, I kind of think you're the LAST person she wants to see right now, Theo." Lydia said in disgust, turning her head and watching Lucy disappear into the snow storm.
Lucy ran through the forest, following the trail. She brushed a few branches from her face and continued to run. Coming at a crossroads, Lucy inhaled and exhaled quickly, trying to catch her breath in this freezing weather. There was a noise to her right, but footsteps towards her left..
She paused, deciding which way to go before nodding to herself and following the footsteps. She ran deeper into the forest, slowing to a stop once more in front of a small pack of elk. There were only three, but as soon as they saw her, they all jumped away, back into the forest. She continued to run further.
"Dammit, Lilly. Where are you?" She asked aloud, hoping somehow and someway that Lilly could hear her. She jumped down a few rocks, landing on her feet with a soft thud. She pulled out her phone, exhaling another deep breath. She turned her flashlight on, illuminating her way.
She continued the trail, using her phone to light her way as she traveled through the snowy forest. "Hello?" She said aloud, "Helloo?" She asked again. Something lit up in the distance, a distinct orange glow, "Huh?" She asked, looking up towards it. She kept walking, "Lilly!" She called for her sister.
Walking further, the same glow illuminated just above her, atop the cliff. She jumped slightly, "What the hell was that?" She asked herself. Coming to a clearing, she pushed a branch out of her way and finally found her sister, "Lilly!" She called, jogging over to her. Lilly was sitting in the snow, arms wrapped around herself, "Lilly!"
"Lucy?"
"Lilly, oh my god, you must be freezing!"
Lucy took off her jacket and helped Lilly put it on, "Here, take my coat." Lilly allowed Lucy to help her with the jacket, "I'm such an idiot! I'm so dumb..."Lilly announced, standing up. Lucy hugged her, then opened her mouth to say she was wrong, to convince her otherwise, but something alerted the both of them.
"Lilly?"
"Lucy?"
They said at the same time, addressing each other. They both glanced at each other, silently agreeing on doing the same thing.
Run.
So they did. Both of them took off. They passed a wooden bridge, Lilly tripping on it and falling forward with a thud and a small yelp. "Lilly!" Lucy yelled, running back to her and helping her up. Once back on her feet, the two took off again, not seeing Lucy's phone drop from her jacket pocket and fall through the cracks in the wood.
"Oh god!" Lilly said, both of them coming to an abrupt stop. They were standing on the edge of a cliff. With a very sudden, and very steep drop. They huddled close together, taking each other's hand and backing up slowly, away from the creature that was chasing them, and that was currently growling. The noise echoing through the forest. "No." Lucy said to herself, "No! Damn, no!" She said, looking behind them.
They were closer to the edge now.."Get back!" Lucy tried, but whatever it was, it didn't stop. The two girls backed up a few more paces, getting closer and closer to the ledge.
"No! ARGH!"
Lucy screamed as Lilly slipped on the snow, sliding down the cliff and taking Lucy with her. Thankfully, Lucy had grabbed onto a tree root that was sticking out, holding onto the root with one hand and Lilly with the other. Lilly dangled from her grip trying to find purchase with her other hand.
The same orange glow that Lucy saw appeared again, this time on top of the cliff, where they just were. However, up close now, Lucy could see that this orange glow was fire, but it looked like it was shot out, like a flame-thrower. "Hold on, Lilly!" Lucy yelled, tightening her grip.
Someone suddenly appeared over the ledge, a mask over their face, dressed in layers of clothes, making it hard for the girls to tell if it was male or female. There was a large tank on their back, and their arm reached down, but was just short of reaching Lucy's hand.
Lucy glanced back and forth between the reaching hand and her sister. She could reach the hand if she let go of Lilly. But she couldn't do that. She couldn't.
She wouldn't.
She said a silently apology in her head, then let go of the root. Both girls fell from the fall, screaming as they went. Lucy landed with an audible crack on top of a large rock, her screams stopping as her back snapped and she was knocked unconscious. The two twins rolled down the steep drop, the scream now gone as both of them were now unconscious.
They both landed near each other, at the bottom, with two soft thuds.
Lilly's glasses fell off.
"Before we begin, there are a few things I need to make sure you understand."
A man, probably late-20's, with black hair and stubble, walked away from a large open window over to an oak desk, a name tag on the edge that stated Derek T. Hale. There was a small cup on a plate was in his hand. "You see, no one can change what happened last year." He moved to sit down, setting the cup on the desk at the same time, "The past is beyond our control. You have to accept this in order to move forward."
He gave a cheeky smile, his head tilted one way, before he continued, "But there is freedom in this revelation. Everything you do, every decision you make from now on, will open doors to the future." He said, voice getting more serious than before. "I want you to remember this, as you play your game. Every single choice will affect your fate and the fate of those around you." He explained.
He leaned forward, intertwining his hands on the desk, "So. You have committed to commence with this game. He have a small smile and stared, "This is significant." Dr. Hale said, pushing himself back of the desk and leaning in the chair, "And I want to help you see it through." He said.
He picked up a small folder and opened it up, crossing one leg over the other, "Sometimes.." He began, "Sometimes these things can be a little scary...even terrifying...but I am here to make sure that no matter how upsetting things may get," He paused, giving a small smirk and squinting his eyes a bit, "You will always find a way to get through it." Dr. Hale finished, nodding his head.
"Alright. We will start with a simple exercise." He said. He grabbed a postcard from the side of his desk and set it down in front of the other person. "Could you please pick up the card? And I want you to look at the picture on the other side, and tell me what you feel about it." He explained, "It is essential that you answer honestly in order to get the most out of this experience." He finished, waving his hand as to tell the person to 'go ahead'.
A gloved hand reached out a grabbed the card, sliding it closer before picking it up and turning it over. It was a barn, basically. The bright red building was more in the back of the picture, covered by high raised corn stocks and a scare-crow to the right. The person put the picture down.
Dr. Hale grabbed a pen and uncapped it, "So...how did that picture make you feel? Remember: be honest.
"Uneasy..."
"Okay," Dr. Hale said, writing it down, "Honesty is good." He said, nodding. "But," He continued, "What do you think it is, that makes you feel... uneasy?" He asked.
"The scarecrow."
"I see...I see." Dr. Hale, writing on his note-pad. "Let's say, the scarecrow were not there...Would you feel comfortable staying there on your own for a period of time? Say a week, for example?" He asked.
"Sure."
Dr. Hale nodded to himself. He shifted in the chair, "And what if I told you, that this barn, was haunted?" He asked slowly, his voice deeper.
"I'd be scared."
Dr. Hale gazed at the person across from him. "Ahh," He said, putting the pen down on the desk. "Alright, alright. I sense that you suffer from a significant fear of... of the supernatural." He said, "What lies beyond the veil of death is, after all, the ultimate unknown..."
"Don't you agree?" Dr. Hale said, leaning forward across the desk once more, "And what could inspire fear more than the terror of uncertainty?" He squinted his eyes, "Please remember." He finished, his voice deep and low.
The seriousness on his face suddenly vanished, replaced by a cheeky smile, "This is only a game." He said. He suddenly glanced at his wrists, as if pretending there was a watch there, "Well," He announced, "We seem to be out of time for this session." He continued, "But we'll talk again very soon. Okay?" Dr. Hale said.
He gave one last smile, then stood up and grabbed the plate with the cup on it. He walked back over to the large window, the spoon in the cup clicking every so often with his stirs. He began to hum a soft tune.