Author's Note: Welcome to my new story.

It has been awhile since I wrote a story, so my writing skill might be a bit rusty...wait. Rusty? Like the otherworld? How appropriate because today, it's Silent Hill: Chasing Spirits.

An alternate title would be Silent Hill: Hell's Visit.

The idea for this story came to me when I was playing Silent Hill 1 a few months ago. Ever since then, it became what is now on your screen.

Hope you enjoy the story. Ahead is some info on our protagonist.

Subject: Nicholas Brooks (Prefers Nick)

Current Age: 23

Occupation: Unemployed

Education Status: College Drop-out

Current Year: 1990

Current Time: Unknown

Running...running into the darkness. I don't know how long I've been running for. It feels like as if I have been running for years...decades. I don't even know where I am. But, it felt like I was running away from something; I felt fear and tension all over my body, adrenaline was running through my veins.

Then, I realized that I had my flashlight in my chest pocket. I tried turning it on...It wouldn't turn on. No matter how much I pressed the "On" button, the light wouldn't come on. I needed the light, it was really dark, I couldn't even see my own two hands if I held them in front of my face.

Then, I saw a small dot of light in the darkness. Like a bee attracted to honey, I ran towards the light. Eventually, I got there. It was a welcome sign that was all lit up, it read (in big, slightly faded letters):

"Welcome To Silent Hill"

Silent Hill? How the hell did I get here? My last memory was...why am I drawing a blank here? I couldn't remember anything before running in the darkness. What happened to my memory?

Then, my flashlight came on without warning. I took it out of my pocket and scanned the area around with it. I saw that I was in the town of Silent Hill. The town was covered and shrouded in an eerie fog. I couldn't see past two feet. At least the darkness faded away.

I slowly walked through the seemingly empty streets. Then, I heard static. It sounded like as if it were coming from my jeans pockets. I dug in my pocket and found that it was a radio! How did that get there? I don't remember putting a radio in my pocket. This made me wonder...

I checked my other pockets and found my butterfly knife (or Balisong if you would prefer that name) and keys (they were engraved: "Urban Apartments"). I couldn't hear my own thoughts clearly because the radio was still emitting static; was the radio broken or something?

Then at the edge of my vision, I saw a figure coming towards me. The figure resembled that of a nurse except...it was covered in glass shards that were piecing it's skin and it looked like it has third-degree burns. It's face looked untouched...sort of. The place where the mouth was suppose to be there was nothing, no mouth where the mouth was suppose to be. Whenever it moved, it moved with a limb. In it's hands was an iron pipe.

The "nurse" came towards me and raised it's pipe, threateningly. Thinking fast, I side-stepped just as the pipe came down, it made contact with the sidewalk we were on. This "nurse" obviously wanted to hurt me really bad, so I took out my butterfly knife and flipped it so the blade was exposed. I came towards the "nurse" with the knife and started cutting "her". Eventually, The "nurse" fell. Right when I was gonna move on, her corpse started moving again, so I went back to her body and stomped on it and made sure she was dead.

Then, I realized right after I stomped on the "nurse", the static my radio was emitting had stopped. I took out the radio and I realized something. When the radio started emitting static, the "nurse" shortly appeared after the static started and when the "nurse" was dead, the static stopped...Something tells me that this radio is gonna be very useful if there will be more of these "monsters" around.

While I was roaming the streets, I figured I might as well find the apartments to which the keys belong to. While roaming, I checked random doors and noticed a similarity between them all: The lock was either jammed or broken. And my main question is: why? Why were all the locks messed up? Did someone just go around Silent Hill breaking and jamming locks?

After some roaming, I finally came across some apartments. At the entry gates, there was a big sign that reads:

"Urban Apartments"

Under the name, there was a little small caption (probably their slogan or something) that reads: "Your personal summer getaway." The entry gates had a lock on it, lucky, I had the keys, so I let myself in. All the lights were out in the apartment building, so, I turned on my flashlight. I found myself in the apartment lobby, there was the front desk, and two hallways to the left and right.

On the front desk, I saw that there was a map to the apartments and a first aid kit. I took the map and on it, there was a message. It read: "To all staff, Most of the apartment locks are either broken or jammed. Have someone send for a locksmith; we got to get those apartment locks fixed before our tenants start complaining about them." Under the words, it said, "P.S: And don't forget to inform the guests that the left wing is blocked off due to apartment renovations." And, of course, as an after thought, I took the first aid.

On the top right corner of the map, someone wrote on the paper with a marker. This message said, "Room 32..." Room 32? What's in room 32? I should probably check out that apartment later. Room 32 was in the right wing, I marked it on the map.

So with that, I was off. Right when I entered the right wing, my radio started emitting static. I turned down the volume of the radio, and listened carefully. I heard footsteps up ahead. I drew my knife and exposed the blade. Then, a figure came walking out of the darkness into the light of my flashlight.

This figure resembled a female figure that had no arms. Like the "nurse", it was covered in glass shards that pieced it's skin. The face...well, it didn't have a face, save for a mouth. And, again, much like the "nurse", it walked with a limb. For some reason, This...I, dare say, monster vaguely reminded me of someone I once knew.

The monster stops moving and starts running, it was charging! I managed to sidestep at the last second. I felt the wind swooshing by when the monster charged by. After the beast charged by, he kept on running...until he collided into a wall. The monster then goes to me and starts headbutting me. I, of course, started to cut it with my knife. Soon, the monster was dead. I had minor injuries through, and my radio had once again went silent.

After using some of the medical supplies in the first aid kit that I found, I explored the right wing. Most of the doors in that wing were jammed or broken except for rooms 32, 36, and 39. Room 32 was locked, there must be a key for it somewhere in this hotel. I decided to check out room 36. I will check out room 32 when I get the key.

Upon entering room 36, It looked like a normal apartment. There was the living room (with Tv, I might add), a kitchen, a bedroom, and...a book that is partially covered in blood? The book was on top of the bed. All the pages and covers, save for one single page, was blank. What kind of book is this?

The single page said, "Mirrors...They were once believed to be a gateway to another world. Others believed it was just a simple reflection in the glass. Which side was right? Personally, I am on the side of the gateway." Under that passage, The words, "Room 39_Mirror." were written. This caught my attention because these words didn't match the above text. I guess I might as well go there, seeing as how there was nowhere else to go.

Upon entering Room 39, the apartment was completely different from Room 36. There was a single lamp in the center of the room, nothing else. On the wall that I was facing (On the wall opposite the door), there was a giant mirror. I walked towards the lamp. I don't know why...but I felt like I was drawn into the lamp, like as if I had to turn it on. It felt like...like as if the lamp was beckoning onto me like a sailor to a mermaid's song or bees to honey.

I flipped it on. Nothing happened. The lamp's lure faded away. A few moments later, something goes off in the distance. It sounded like...like an air raid siren. Where was it coming from?

After the siren ended, I noticed that right when I shined my flashlight at the mirror, The light illuminating from my flashlight started to flicker on and off. And my radio started emitting a static...however, the static was quieter then it would normally sound when there was a monster nearby. Then, the walls, the ceiling, the blank walls (to the west and east of the room), and the very floor I was standing on, like old wallpaper, started to peel off; Revealing brown (almost looked like it was burnt) floors and walls. The mirror (somehow) turned into a giant, industrial-sized fan! After everything stopped...changing, My flashlight and radio started to calm down.

Everywhere I looked...it was...it was like a completely different world. Where was I? Was I still in the apartments? I took out my map and noticed that it, too, had changed. Before, it looked all bright and positive like a brightly, lighted Christmas tree...but now, its like as if the texture of the paper matched that of the walls, ceiling, and everything else in this weird world. The map was still labeled, "Urban Apartments", the message was still there (although, it was ineligible), and Room 32...on the map, room 32 gave off some sort of...eerie glow.

This "Room 39"...was different; it was like room 39, but at the same time, it wasn't. There was no lamp, and in it's place was...a wheelchair. Placed on the wheelchair was a gun (a Beretta, to be exact), I picked it up and it was just a normal gun...nothing happened when I picked it up. So, I decided to keep it. Right when I was gonna leave "Room 39", I noticed a box of ammo for the pistol and, of course, I took it. It carried a total of 9 rounds.

Right when I exited the room, My radio emitted static. Out of the darkness, another one of those charging monster comes into the light of my flashlight. This one looked slightly different from the last one. The skin still held mirror shards, but this time, it's skin appeared more bloodier.

I shot the monster with about two shots before it could do anything and immediately, it fell. But my radio was still emitting static...Right when I was gonna go in for the kill, the creature, basically, crawls away back into the darkness, never to be seen again. While it was crawling away, it made like a muffled screaming sound as if it were in agonizing pain (And I don't think it was from just my shots).

The apartment hallway that was the right wing was completely different in this "world". The entrance lobby was closed off by some kind of wall that looked like it were made out of human flesh. Room 36 and Room 35 were still there. Room 35 was still locked, but room 36 wasn't. So, I went in that room.

Room 36 looked almost the same as its other counterpart except the walls and everything else matched the rest of this "world". Where the book was suppose to be was a key. I picked up the key and it was labeled, "Room 35". But now, I ain't sure I want to enter that room, especially, in this "world". But, what else was I to do? So, I had no choice.

As I was making the quick walk to the room, The hallway looked different. It looked more burnt...if that was possible. The hallway had changed while I was in Room 36. At the door to Room 35, I, slowly, unlocked the door. And when I opened it, I peered in. All I saw was pitch darkness (even if I shined my flashlight into the room)!

Then suddenly, as if in slow motion, several things happened at once, a rusty-looking blade comes out of the room and stabs me in the chest. And in the darkness of Room 35, I saw two glowing red eyes. Then, I heard nothing but...beeping? Suddenly, I was back in my bedroom, laying on my bed in a cold sweat. Then, it was all coming back to me. The beeping was coming from my alarm clock.

I turned off the clock. The bright sun was shining through my shades. And it was 9:00, a new day. But...that dream; I'll had that same dream over and over again for the last four days. Each day, there would be some subtle variations like the texture of the walls would be different, Each room would be shaded differently, things like that.

But, I only had one question that was running though my head this whole morning. Why? Why did keep getting this dream...or nightmare? It was like as if...Silent Hill was calling me. It's been awhile since I've been there. The last time I was there, it was a resort town, my girlfriend and my best friend went there with me...But I digress, I'm just rambling on now.

Was there something in Silent Hill for me? I had to know. I picked up my phone and dialed a number. I had to get a ride. I would drive there myself, but I don't know where my car is. I always lose my car, at least I could say, "Dude, Where's My Car?" with it actually making sense.

"Hello, buddy? ...Yeah, it's me…could you do me a favor? I need a ride...To Silent Hill...I'll explain it to you on the ride there...Yes, I know what you went through but-...I said I'll explain everything on the way over to Silent Hill! Geez..."

Author's Notes: And that is Chapter one! Hope you enjoyed it.

And who is this "buddy"? You'll find out in the next chapter. Here's a hint: He is kinda important to the video game series.

When the siren went off, I decided to have the flashlight and radio do what they did to add some elements from "Shattered Memories". And also, its the siren that was heard in the movie.

The gun that Nick was originally gonna find was gonna be a revolver (a S&W Model 29 .44 Magnum revolver), But I changed my mind and went with a Beretta.

This will be the longest chapter in the whole story. Every other chapter will have +1,250 words. So, I hoped you enjoyed what I did here.