Silent Hill: The University

Chapter 1: Awakening

"SILENT HILL! SILENT HILL!" Graham sat up straight in his bed, screaming those words over and over again. "SILENT HILL! SILENT HILL!"

"Wha, what?" his roommate Eric was woken up by Graham's continuous screaming. Eric wasn't sure if his roommate Graham was awake himself or still asleep, sleep talking during a nightmare. Eric got out of his bed and shook him gently with one arm.

"Woah, woah, man. What's happening? Are you dreaming? Are you awake? Tell me what's up, man?" he said as she shook his roommate. Graham was now wide awake, fully to his senses.

"What? What's happening?" Graham said, still a little drowsy, but now becoming fully awake and aware of his surroundings. "I thought I was…I could have sworn…I need to get up." Graham slid out of bed and walked grudgingly to the door to his dorm, opened it, and walked through the open door to the bathroom just across the dorm suite's hall. Eric, still worried about his roommate, followed him out. Graham was trying to wake up by splashing his face with hot water. The hot water was so hot from the sink that steam was fogging up the mirror. Eric stood by Graham. Graham seemed to be passing his hand over his face. His fingers would roll down face with every wipe.

"What are you trying to do? A magic trick where your nose magically disappears?" Eric jokingly said, trying to lighten the situation.

"Funny," Graham said sarcastically, giving Eric a cross between a weird look and evil stare. Graham went back to staring at himself in the mirror. "Ever have a dream that felt so realistic, you really thought it was real life?"

"Well, you did seem to be having quite the nightmare there," Eric stated. "You were rolling around in your sleep a lot last night. How 'bout you tell me about this dream of yours, and with my superior counseling skills I learned from Freud, I can interpret it."

"I can't remember it fully," Graham said, as he tried to recollect the nightmare. "All I can remember was a ritual at a crackling fire, a sad little boy standing over a babbling brook, children getting beaten up by adults, and a funeral burying someone. It just seemed so real that it was like I was literally transported there in my mind."

"Well remember, if you ever want to go back to your nightmare world, just touch the mirror, and you'll be transported there," Eric joked, taking a second crack at a joke.

"Very funny," Graham sarcastically said again, giving that same look as before. "Let's just get ready for class, alright? It's in a half hour."