Josh was outside playing fetch with Shuki, the family dog, while Alex and Elle sat on the swings watching him. Shuki was a cute little husky. He was a decent sized dog, not too big and not too small.
Josh threw the red rubber ball all around the backyard. He watched as Shuki went to get the ball and then he patted at his legs saying "come here Shuki. Come on." The husky obeyed and dropped the ball in front of Josh, waiting for him to throw it again.
Before Josh could throw the ball again, his and Alex's father had come out. The young boy could hear his brother groan as his father walked up to him.
Adam had a stern look on his face as he approached Alex. Like he usually did when he came to see Alex. Alex made a face that said 'what do you want now' and rolled his eyes as his father stopped in front of him.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Alex yelled when his father grabbed his arm and dragged him off of the swing.
"You're coming with me." Adam ordered while keeping a stern look and away from Alex.
"Why should I go with you?" Alex angrily pulled his arm out of his father's grasp.
Adam turned around, enraged at his son's disobedience. "Listen here! When I give you an order, I expect you to follow it! If you want to be a soldier, you'll have to start following orders! Got it?"
"Well I don't want to be one! You were the one that wanted me to be a soldier!" Alex yelled back at his father. He was a little embarrassed to get yelled at by his father at his age in front of his friend. He was used to his father yelling at him in front of Joshua so it didn't bug him as much. "What do you want anyway?" Alex snapped at his father.
"Joey Bartlett and Scarlet Fitch have gone missing. I need you to come help look for them, along with Mayor Bartlett and Dr. Fitch." Adam growled. "Now come on!" He grabbed his son's arm again and dragged him into the house.
After the two had left, Josh looked over at Elle in confusion. "That was odd." Josh finally said after the long silence.
Elle nodded. "Hey Josh? You wanna come with me to make sure Nora is okay?" She stood up from the swing and walked over to the young brunette.
"Sure." Josh answered and dropped the rubber ball to the ground. Shuki rushed over to the ball and began to chew on it, instantly covering it in saliva.
The two entered the small house and walked through the kitchen and to the door. As they past the lounge, they saw Lillian sitting in her rocking chair, staring blankly out the window as if in some kind of trance. Josh looked up at Elle with concern for his mother. Elle shook her head. "We'll check on her when we get back. Let's make sure Nora is okay first." She whispered.
Josh nodded and the two went out the door. They walked to Elle's house, making sure to stay on the sidewalk as to not get hit by oncoming cars. After a couple of blocks they made it to the Holloway's house.
"Huh? I don't remember locking the door when I left." Elle stared at the door in confusion.
"Maybe your mom locked it." Josh suggested.
"True. Maybe she's home. Although she might be doing something so I don't want to bother her with opening the door for us." Elle pulled out a small key from her pocket. "Good thing I have this." She smiled. She gently put the key into the hole and turned it trying to make as little noise as possible, in hopes of not disturbing her mother. "Ah. Here we are." Elle said happily and pushed the door open the rest of the way.
They walked in and found the house pretty much in dead silence. The only sounds were of their breathing and footsteps, but a faint thudding sound could be heard above them as well as they walked down the hallway towards the stairs.
"What is that?" Josh stared up at the ceiling as he followed Elle.
"I don't know." Elle looked up at the ceiling. "It sounds like it's coming from…" She gasped "It's Nora! It's coming from Nora's room!"
The two rushed up the stairs and barged through Nora's door. Nora was pinned to the ground under her mother's weight. Margaret sat on Nora's legs as she was closing her hands tightly around her daughter's neck. Nora was gasping for air with tears running down her cheeks. She looked like she was in a lot of pain.
"Mom!" Elle yelled and shoved her mom off of her sister.
"What do you think you are doing?" Margaret yelled at her older daughter.
"What do I think I'm doing? What about you?" Elle argued back. "Why were you strangling Nora? She's your own daughter for Christ's sake!"
While the two were arguing, Josh went over to Nora and helped her up. "Are you okay?" he asked. He received a nod while she was still trying to regain her breath.
"I was doing what had to be done. It was for the sake of the town." Margaret glared at Elle. "Now you have doomed this town! The other sacrifices will have been in vain if I don't kill her!" She pointed to Nora, making Nora shudder and hide behind Josh.
"Sacrifices? Who else was going to be sacrificed?" Elle demanded an answer.
Margaret chuckled slightly. "Wouldn't you like to know. They were probably already sacrificed and taken away." She grinned "…and the last one is you darling." Judge Holloway grinned at Nora. "Now be a good little girl and come here." She began to approach her younger daughter.
"I won't let you touch her!" Elle shoved her mother back again. Quickly, she turned around and grabbed Josh and Nora's hands. "Come on!" She ran out the door and down the stairs with them. "You won't get away." They heard from above them. "Just watch us!" Elle yelled back and ran out the front door and into the streets with the two.
"Josh. We're going back to your house." Elle said and led the two back towards the Shepherd house.
Author's notes
So what do you think? I know it's really short, but I'm sure the next chapters will be longer since this is really just the introduction. This is my first Silent Hill fic and I have only ever played Homecoming. Great game in my opinion though. I'm going to stop rambling then. So please review, and Ciao!