Here it is. The First Part of FRIENDSHIP. I hope you all like it.
UNTIL DAWN
O Death, O Death.
Won't you spare me over 'til another year?
Well what is this that I can see?
With ice cold hands taking hold of me.
When God is gone and the Devil takes hold.
Who'll have mercy on my soul?
O Death, O Death, consider my age.
Please don't take me at this stage.
O, Death. O Death.
Won't you spare me over 'til another year?
EVIE
MOUNTAIN ROAD
20:54
Evie revved the engine of her 2012 Suzuki GSX-R750 motorcycle was she drove down the snow covered road. Her sister was holding on behind her, listening to the same broadcast Evie herself was listening to through their helmets, which had a Bluetooth installed into both. The damn helmets had cost Evie over 1,600 dollars but they were damn useful.
"Today is the one year anniversary of the dreadful tragedy that took place on Mount Washington…" (Radio Host)
Evie gripped the bars of her bike tighter, her mind flashing back to that night and so much regret was in her heart. So many what ifs running through her head. Evie found it hard to believe it had already been a year since…then.
"Sheriff Annie Cline who was in charge of the investigation…" (Radio Host)
The honey blonde glared as she heard that name. That woman had been useless in looking for her friends. She hadn't helped even a little bit and now she was on a radio getting her 5 minutes of fame.
"Fucking bitch…" She muttered.
"What?" Sam asked from behind her.
"Nothing."
"Thanks for having me Marty." (Sheriff)
The radio cut out, making Evie tsk.
"…listeners an update on Hannah and Beth Washington…the twins who are still missing…" (Radio Host)
"One year ago tonight the Washington girls left the safety of their parents' lodge and headed out into a snow storm…" (Sheriff)
The radio cut out again as Evie silently corrected the woman. They didn't leave, they were chased out by their jackass friends and were now likely dead. The least the woman could do was get the facts straight. She was making it seem like Hannah and Beth were idiots who thought it would be a great idea to do so.
"…Foul play?..." (Radio Host)
"Not official no. There is one individual we're considering a person of interest but his whereabouts are currently unknown. He has an interesting history with the Washington family…" (Sheriff)
Evie sighed, turning carefully on the winding road, not wanting to skid out, especially with her sister holding on behind her. It looked like there was going to be another storm this year as well. Oh the irony.
"He had warned them against pursuing their construction project…and claimed the land was sacred to his forefathers." (Sheriff)
Evie remembered that, Beth hadn't shut up about the guy threatening her family.
"You know there is still that old Sanatorium on the mountain. Could he be there?..." (Radio Host)
The radio cut out again, before coming back in. The closer they got to the mountain the less signal they had. Evie really wished the Washington's had put up a freaking tower up here.
"My officers did a search of the grounds but…" (Sheriff)
The radio went out again.
"…the girls themselves couldn't have made it that far…" (Sheriff)
Evie felt Sam clutch her tighter as Evie chuckled. The incompetent women did not know Hannah and Beth then because they could have…
"Something about that mountain seems to breed tragic events." (Radio Host)
"More than you know Marty." (Sheriff)
Evie rolled her eyes.
"Thank you for joining us tonight Annie…to all the Washington's tonight…their son Josh on this, the anniversary of the mysterious disappearance of Hannah and Beth Washington." (Radio Host)
"Oh screw this." I ran my hand over the side of my helmet and switched the station.
It went quiet. For a time.
"How the hell did you get me to agree to ride up here on your bike? I'm freezing." Sam complained, hugging Evie closer to try and get warm.
Evie chuckled. "Because I am amazing."
"Sure, keep telling yourself that." Sam grumbled. "Aren't you cold."
"No, I told you to wear pants, they keep you warmer." She pointed out.
And it was true. Sam was wearing a red shirt, an onyx-black (p)leather jacket wrapped with a lipstick-red thick scarf around her neck, and a plaid-styled skirt with a grey box hat adorning her head. The skirt was certainly not the best thing to wear in cold weather.
While Evie was dressed in ripped, pale blue skinny jeans, a long sleeved beige turtle neck and a thick, off white poncho with fake fur lining it. She even had brown, knee boots covering her feet.
"Shut up." Sam buried her helmet clad head into her shoulder blades, shuddering.
"Well hello friends and fans…alright let's do that again…" (Josh)
The sudden voice of their friend nearly made them jump but they were able to catch themselves. Evie silently cursed Josh. Even when he wasn't around he was scaring the shit out of them. Evil man.
"Alright. Well hello friends and fans! It's beyond awesome to have all you guys back this year." (Josh)
Evie smiled and knew Sam was too. Josh, the ever peppy one.
"Um…first off, I gotta say I'm super excited to welcome back all my pals back to the annual Blackwood winter getaway." (Josh)
Evie heard josh scream lowly.
"So, um…Let me just let you know, let's take a moment to address the "elephant in the room" for a second… I know you're all probably worried about me…and I know it's gonna be tough on all of us going back after what happened last year…but—I just want you all to know…it means…it means so much to me that we're doing this…" (Josh)
Evie took a shaky breath, tears in her eyes as she thought about last year, when everyone was together and having fun. When they were still…Hannah…Beth…
"And I...I know it would mean so much to Hannah and Beth that we're still here together, and are thinking of them. I really want to spend some quality time with each and every one of you and…um… share some moments we'll never forget, for the sake of my sister you know." (Josh)
The honey blonde 19 year old gave a bitter smile at that. They wouldn't be like this if that stupid prank never happened. She turned onto another winding road. Almost there.
"Okay…so! Let's party like we're fucking porn stars, okay? And make this one trip we will never forget, alright? Yes!" (Josh)
"Only Josh would say something like that." Evie chuckled.
"Yeah…" Sam muttered. "He's been getting better lately but I'm worried that this trip might not be good…for any of us."
Evie wouldn't deny it. "It's going to be awkward, I'll admit, but maybe this is what we all need…maybe this trip will give us some closer that…" Evie chocked up for a minute. "…that we all need for Hannah and Beth's…disappearance…" Though she said it Evie knew Sam knew she meant something else entirely.
Sam hugged her tighter. "Yeah."
Evie hit the gas and drove off to get to their destination faster. While silently wishing she could just leave all the hurt behind her on the road.
O, I am death, and none can tell.
If I open the door to heaven or hell.
No wealth, no land, no silver no gold.
Nothing satisfies me but your soul.
O Death, I come to take the soul.
Leave the body and leave it cold.
O, Death. O, Death.
Won't you spare me over 'til another year?
BLACKWOOD PINES
(PART 1) EPISODE 1: FRIENDSHIP
&TEN HOURS UNTIL DAWN&
DATE: February 2, 2015
AUTHOR
BLACKWOOD PARKING LOT
21:00
Evie pulled into the small parking area of Blackwood Pines and turned the key, shutting her bike down. Sam was quick to get off and ran in place, trying to get feeling back in her legs. Evie chuckled, swinging off the bike and taking off her helmet, shaking her long and straight honey blonde hair out of her face.
COURAGEOUS
EVIE
SAM'S ELDER TWIN SISTER
ATTENTIVE
DIRECT
EVELYN JOSIE HALE
.:|Character Traits|:.
Honest: 9/10
Charitable: 5/10
Funny: 5/10
Brave: 7/10
Romantic: 4/10
Curious: 5/10
.:|Relationship Status|:.
Ashley: 4/10
Beth: 9/10 (Deceased)
Chris: 4/10
Emily: 4/10
Hannah: 6/10 (Deceased)
Jessica: 4/10
Josh: 5/10
Matt: 4/10
Mike: 7/10
Sam: 10/10
"Oh God, I think my toes a frozen solid." Sam shook her head as she pulled her helmet off as well.
Evie laughed and placed the helmet on her her bike, knowing no one would be coming this way and wouldn't touch it anyways.
"Well, you should have worn pants, little sister." She teased.
Sam gave her a put out look. "I'm only younger than you by two minutes, don't call me little." She placed her own helmet beside Evie's helmet, shaking from the cold. "And I told you we should have taken the care…or even the bus."
The honey blonde grabbed her Tenzing TZ 1215W Hunting Backpack her father had gotten her for their camping/hunting trips from her sidebar. She lifted it onto her shoulders and then looked at her sister with a smirk.
"And I told you that you were more than welcome to do so, but you came with me instead." Evie pointed out.
"Because I didn't think it would be this cold." Sam argued, both heading for the gate.
Behind them a figure stood, wilding something sharp in their hands before moving further into the woods.
"Oh Sammy, you should always be prepared for anything. Dad always says that." The elder twin grinned. "And you're the one who wore a skirt in the middle of winter."
Sam opened her mouth but quickly closed it and crossed her arms, rolling her eyes as she conceded to Evie's point. Wearing a skirt was not the smartest thing she's ever done but that didn't mean she was going to admit to it.
"Shut up." Sam said, opening the gate door.
DILIGENT
SAM
HANNAH'S BEST FRIEND
CONSIDERATE
ADVENTUROUS
SAMANTHA CHRISTINE HALE
.:|Character Traits|:.
Honest: 6/10
Charitable: 8/10
Funny: 3/10
Brave: 8/10
Romantic: 3/10
Curious: 5/10
.:|Relationship Status|:.
Ashely: 5/10
Beth: 6/10 (Deceased)
Chris: 5/10
Emily: 5/10
Evelyn: 10/10
Hannah: 8/10 (Deceased)
Jess: 4/10
Josh: 5/10
Matt: 5/10
Mike: 4/10
Evie laughed, throwing her right arm around her sisters shoulders and pulling her close. She flicked her mid-back length hair over her shoulder as she pulled Sam along. Sam shook her head but stayed close to Evie—she always exuded a lot of body heat—and smiled at her sister. Evie returned the smile easily, squeezing Sam's shoulder tightly.
"You know…all we need is a camera and another person and we can recreate the Blair Witch Project right in these woods." Evie joked.
Sam elbowed Evie in her ribs, making her grunt. "No, we are not doing recreating that movie."
"You're just saying that because that movie scares you." The honey blonde teased.
"It does not scare—"
A twig snapped loudly in the woods, echoing off the trees and making it seem louder than it actually was. Evie and Sam paused, both feeling like eyes were on them.
"Hello? Is someone there?" Sam asked.
There was nothing.
"Maybe it's Slenderman come to drag us off into the woods." Evie whispered.
Sam pushed her, laughing at the ridiculous statement.
"You have been playing to many games lately!" Sam stated, continuing on.
Evie shrugged. "Not to many, just enough to get it out of my system before we go back to school."
SAM AND EVIE
PATH TO THE CABLE CAR STATION
21:02
Sam shook her head and continued down the path, Evie humming some tune under her breath beside her. The younger twin looked at her sister out of the corner of her eye and wondered how she was doing. Evie had taken Hannah and Beth's disappearance almost as bad as Josh had and Sam sometimes wondered if Evie felt like it was her fault that the Washington twins were never found because she didn't go after them.
To be honest Sam was glad that Evie didn't go after them because she could have gone missing as well and Sam wouldn't know what she would have done without her twin sister or how she would have gotten through their loss without her. It was selfish, yes, but Evie was her twin and being parted from her, likely forever, gave Sam the chills.
"Sam, are you still cold?" Evie asked, wrapping her arm around her again. "Jeez, if you get sick I am so not hanging around to watch."
Sam playful smirked. "You would leave me to fight off a cold all by myself?"
Evie grinned. "Yes, I would abandon you in a heartbeat if you were sick. Sickness is icky."
"Icky? Seriously Eve, are you five?" Sam laughed.
"Well, if I'm five so are you. We are twins after all." Evie quipped.
Sam pouted. "You make it very hard to make fun of you."
"I know." Evie patted her cheek with a cheeky grin. "Come on, there's the gate."
Evie walked up to the gate and went to open it, but it wouldn't budge. Frowning, Evie took a step back, looking confused.
"Why is the gate locked?" She asked.
Sam spotted something on the ground and retrieved it, turning it over to read its contents.
She scoffed. "Oh what? Damn it."
"What's it say?" Evie asked.
Sam handed her the note, letting her read it as Sam tried to open the gates.
The gates busted. Climb over.
—Chis
"Oh, you're fucking with me." Evie muttered.
"Uhg, forget it." Sam backed away from the gates, looking put out. "That gate is not opening."
"I guess it's no surprise really. The Washington's haven't been up here since last year." Evie grimaced, rubbing her arm. "Look, the rocks over there should let us climb."
"Climbing…I'm really starting to hate my skirt." Sam grumbled.
"Oh hush. You love climbing, you're a mountain climber for Christs sakes." She smacked her sisters butt, making her jump. "Now get your lily white ass moving. I'll follow you up."
"Whatever you say captain." She mockingly saluted her sister and went over to the rocks.
X SAFE|QUICK X
Choice Chosen: Safe
Sam placed her boot firmly on the lower stone and then reached for a protruding rock and began pulling herself up. Evie stood below, watching her sister make her way up and prepared to catch her in case she fell. Sam pulled herself up, reaching for each rock carefully and insuring she had a good grip before she moved.
X CLIMB|JUMP X
Note: You only have a few seconds to decide.
Choice Chosen: Climb
Shaking her head, she began climbing again, careful about the stones she chose to pull herself up. If one was loose she might drop and that was the last thing she wanted to do. Finally, her fingers brushed the ledge and she was able to get a good grip, pulling herself up onto the ledge.
"Alright, I'm coming up sis." Evie called.
X SAFE|QUICK X
Choice Chosen: Quick
Evie took a step back and then ran at the wall, pushing herself up and reached for a protruding rock, gripping it quickly. Evie grunted and pulled herself up, swinging her other arm up and grabbing another stone and pulled quickly. The honey blonde braced her foot against the stone and pushed herself higher.
"You know…" She grunted, pulling herself closer to the ledge. "I would make a great Assassin for the Brotherhood with my climbing skills alone, better than Ezio at least."
Sam chuckled, reaching down for her sister.
X TAKE HAND|JUMP X
Choice Chosen: Take hand
Evie reached up and grasped her sister's hand, pulling herself up with Sam's help. Sam gritted her teeth, bracing herself on the ledge and tugged Evie up with her on the ledge. Both breathed out and then jumped down together, landing with a crunch of snow each. Evie shook her hands, trying to get the snow off her beige gloves as she felt the icy cold sinking through the fabric.
"Whoa, well there was our exercise for the day." Evie chuckled.
"Come on. The sooner we get to the lodge, the sooner I can take a hot bath." Sam said, walking on.
Evie grinned. "Oh and will Josh be joining you in this hot bath?"
Sam blushed. "Evie!"
"I'm sure the both of you could make it quite…steamy." She continued, giggling at her sister's red face.
"Serious, Eve, it's not like that. Josh and I are friends—" Evie opened her mouth but Sam covered it with her hand. "And that's all we are."
Evie rolled her eyes, sweeping her sister's hand away. "Sure and I'm secretly The Thing."
"Evie, I will pull out the Mike Card." Sam warned.
Evie held up her hands in universal surrender. "I'm done." She said calmly, walking ahead.
The honey blonde shivered, feeling as if someone was watching her again. She looked around and into the dark woods, but didn't see anything. Maybe it was just paranoia…being back on the mountain where Hannah and Beth disappeared was giving her the willies.
"Aw." Sam cooed suddenly, kneeling down. "Hey little guy."
Evie perked up at that and kneeled down beside her sister, seeing a red fox squirrel sniffing around them. She studied it and quickly determined a few things about it.
"A Fox squirrel, also known as Sciurus Niger. It's the most common squirrel. I'd say this one is around a year or two old. It's healthy from what I can see and it feeds well, likely because of the abundant food it can find on the mountain." Evie whispered. She looked around, finding a few acorns and picked them up. She handed them to her sister. "They are fairly docile, so you can feed the little guy if you want Sammy."
Sam smiled and held out her hand. The squirrel's nose twitched and walked slowly up to the two girls.
"Don't move." Evie whispered, freezing in place.
DON'T MOVE
Note: There will be times where you must stay completely still.
Sam followed her sister example and let the small critter walk up to her slowly. It sniffed again and was almost to her hand when Sam lost some of her balance and moved. The squirrel quickly ran back to the bushes.
"Good job Sammy." Evie teased.
"Oh damn. Wait…hey, it's alright. Come on now." Sam cooed, hoping it hadn't run off.
The pushes rustled and squirrel came back. Both girls froze again, not moving as the small creature reached them. The squirrel cautiously reached up into Sam's hand and took one of the acorns, nibbling on it as the small creature stared at Sam and then moved over to Evie.
Evie chuckled, and held out her empty hand, not moving as the squirrel searched her hand. The squirrel chucked at her and tilted its head as it studied her hand. Evie watched in amazement as the squirrel crawled up onto her hand and arm, it's little claws digging into her skin. Its noise twitched and it chucked again, walking up her arm and onto her shoulder, sniffing her face. Evie giggled softly and smiled a bit.
"Aw, aren't you a brave one." Evie whispered.
The squirrel clucked and nuzzled her face before jumping off and running into the bushes. Evie stood, a proud smile on her face as she looked at her bewildered sister.
"I'll will never understand your connection with nature Eve." Sam said, shaking her head.
"I'm just that amazing." Evie joked, swiping her hands together. "Come on, on wards to the Cable Car my fair lady!"
SAM
BLACKWOOD PATH
Sam laughed at Evie and quickly followed after her, not wanting the directionally challenged young woman to get lost. Evie was one of those people that could get lost even on a trail and Sam had to silently thank whatever God existed that she, at least, had a good sense for directions otherwise they would always be lost.
The skirt clad young woman couldn't help but think of the last time they had gotten lost on these mountains because of Evie. Hannah and Beth had been with them then, trying to teach Evie the layout of the mountain and then when tried to lead them they ended up in a place even Beth didn't know about. They were 16 then, just four friends having a good time in the woods, even if they were lost.
—FLASHBACK—
"I can't believe you got us so turned around that even I have no idea where we are. I mean, don't you go camping with your dad?" Beth complained, crossing her arms and glaring at Evie.
Evie held up her hands in silent surrender. "Yes, but usually I stay by his side...or don't leave the camping grounds." She muttered. "We're not lost…we just…don't know the exact location we are currently standing in is all."
Hannah giggled. "Smooth Eve."
Beth groaned. "Ugh, come on. Maybe if we keep going straight we'll find the path…"
"I told you Beth, Evie can't follow directions to save her life." Sam grinned, grabbing her sisters hand. "She's directionally challenged enough on a straight path, put her in the woods and she's hopeless."
Evie pouted. "I'm not that bad." She protested.
"You're right…" Sam agreed, making Evie perk up. "You're worse. Do you even know which way is up?"
Hannah and Beth giggled as Evie protested, quite loudly, that she did in fact, know which way was up and that Sam was cruel to her.
—End of Flashback—
Sam shook herself out of the memory, sighing softly. She missed them so much and being back here on this mountain just reminded her of them. Sam was already seeing this was going to be as awkward as all hell, but…Josh had pleaded with them all to come and if it helped Josh then she would suck it up and do it.
"Hey Sam, come look at this." Evie called, pulling Sam out of her thoughts.
"What?" Sam asked, looking over her sister's shoulder to see a plaque about Native American's and their beliefs. "Huh! Cool." She said as she read.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND BUTTERFLY PROPHECIES
'Tribes who once lived in these mountains believed that butterflies carried dreams and prophecies of possible futures. The color of the butterfly indicated the nature of the prophecy.'
DEATH: Black butterflies prophesied the dreamers death
DANGER: Red butterflies warned of dangerous events
LOSS: Brown butterflies foretold of tragedy affecting a friend
GUIDANCE: Yellow butterflies offered visions to help and guide
FORTUNE: White butterflies brought dreams of luck and good fortune
"I can't believe we've never seen this before. Did it just get put in or something?" Evie muttered aloud, rereading the plaque.
Sam, however, noticed something on the ground and kneel down, picking it up out of the snow. It was some type of totem. She studied it, noticing it looked fairly new. She turned it over and noticed the familiar symbol on the back of it painted a faded yellow color.
Totem Found: Guidance Totem (1 of 7 found)
Information: Depicts a scene of a bird landing on a picnic table with someone hiding behind a tree in the background.
Note: Guidance Totems can lead you away from tragedy or dangerous events if you heed their warnings at the correct time.
Sam shook her head and put the totem back down, feeling as if she just got a warning of some kind. She wondered who left it there…
"Sammy!"
Sam jumped and looked over to her sister, who was standing with her hands on her hips.
"Welcome back from Jupiter, Space Cadet, now I know the plaque is interesting and all but I want to get to the lodge. Come on, the cable car is right over there." She pointed over her shoulder to the Cable Car building.
Sam shook her head. "Right, I'm coming." She stood, forgetting all about the totem and the strange feeling as she walked away.
"It's so strange…I haven't seen this place in over a year…" Evie spun in place, looking all around her.
Sam nodded. "I know, we used to come up here ever summer, at least once, but…" Her voice trailed off.
Evie nodded in understanding and turned, heading for the map. Sam, however, looked around for Chris, but she didn't see him.
"Chris? You here?" She called.
Nothing. Uhg, that was annoying. Where could he have gotten off too or was he even here yet. With Evie's driving they might have beat him here by a good while. Her sister was known to drive crazy, even in snow.
"Sam, come check this out." Evie called, hesitance in her voice.
Sam sighed. "What now?"
She walked over towards the map and saw what had her sister so uncomfortable. A message was scrawled out across the map written in…well…something red…paint…hopefully.
THE PAST IS BEYOND OUR CONTROL
Sam shuddered. "Awesome…that's not creepy at all."
"It's like a scene from fucking Paranormal Actives." Evie said, crossing her arms. "You think it's blood?"
Sam wrinkled her nose. "I don't think the Washington's would have left it up if it was." She reassured.
Evie shrugged and walked away from the creepy message. Sam quickly followed her, now feeling uncomfortable herself.
"Where the hell is Chris?" Sam asked, rubbing her hands over her arms.
"Well his bag is here." Evie pointed out, her finger aimed at the bag sitting on the bench.
Sam walked up to it, tilting her head as she looked at it. "Yes, so where is he?" She looked around. "You're not in the bag, are you?" She called.
Evie snorted.
Sam heard some type of buzzing coming from inside the bag and leaned down, noticing Chris' phone peeking out from the front pocket.
"Hello, what do we have here…" Sam muttered, reaching for the bag.
X SNOOP|CLOSE BAG X
Choice Chosen: Snoop
Butterfly Effect Update(Any of your Business)
Sam reached into the bag and grabbed the phone out, a small smirk on her face. Now, who would be texting Chris all the way out here, she wondered.
Out of the corner of Sam's electric blue eyes she noticed her sister coming over and looking over her shoulder curiously. Sam read the screen.
Ashley
1 New Message
Ignore|Accept
"Ah ha. Look who it is…" Sam snickered.
Evie bit her lip. "Oh, you're bad Sammy."
"Hey nosey 1 and nosey 2." Someone said behind them.
Sam gasped and Evie jumped, both spinning around to see a young man with hazel eyes hidden behind a pair of black, squared rimmed glasses and dark blonde hair.
"Oh…" Sam muttered, holding the phone to her chest.
"Chris, you jackass. Don't sneak up on us like that!" Evie grouched.
METHODICAL
CHRIS
HAS A CRUSH ON ASHLEY
PROTECTIVE
HUMEROUS
CHRISTOPHER NOAH BLAKE
.:|Character Traits|:.
Honest: 6/10
Charitable: 7/10
Funny: 7/10
Brave: 4/10
Romantic: 5/10
Curious: 7/10
.:|Relationship Status|:.
Ashley: 6/10
Emily: 4/10
Evelyn: 5/10
Jess: 3/10
Josh: 6/10
Matt: 4/10
Mike: 4/10
Sam: 5/10
"You scared us." Sam said.
"I'm sorry, are you my secretary?" Chris asked.
Sam looked down at the phone, then held it out, looking at the screen. "It—It was buzzing…" She tried to defend herself.
"Cool. Well thanks for letting me know. I can take it from here." He snatched the phone back and looked at the screen.
"Oh come on Chris, she didn't mean any harm." Evie said.
Christ frowned at Evie. "Still…my stuff is off limits to your nosey little fingers."
UPDATE
Chris Relationship Status: Sam -1 (4/10)
Chris Relationship Status: Evie -1 (4/10)
Sam Character Trait: Curious +1 (6/10)
Evie Character Trait: Curious +1 (6/10)
Sam sighed. "Guys…no fighting."
Chris looked back down at his phone for a moment before pocketing it, grabbing his bag from the bench.
"Oh! So! I found something kinda amazing…." Chris started.
Evie had a teasing smirk on her face. "Oh…was it Ashely's underwear?"
Chris blushed a brilliant red. "What. No!" He glared at the snickering girl. "Nothing like that."
"Well, what did you find?" Sam interjected.
Chris grinned. "I'm not gonna tell ya, you gotta see for yourself. Come on. It's this way." He began walking toward the side of the cable car building.
"Where?" Sam asked, following. Evie right beside her.
"Right around here. Gonna blow your mind." Chris whispered, winking at them.
"Uh oh. Sammy I think Chris is leading us to where he's going to murder us." Evie whispered loudly.
Chris rolled his eyes. "No, if I wanted to murder you I would be a little more subtle Eve."
"Chris you're as subtle as a sledge hammer." Evie deadpanned.
Sam chuckled as Chris and Evie bantered back and forth. They had always been amicable to each other and were good friends, despite how much they bickered and teased the other. It always gave Sam a good laugh when they really got going.
Sam looked around and paused when her eyes skimmed over something. Curiously, she walked over to the ripped posting on the wall and whistled low.
"Whoa look at this." She mumbled.
+CLUE FOUND+
WANTED POSTER
WANTED
MILGRAM, VICTOR
Sex: Male
Height: 6'2" (1.88m)
Last Known Address:
Blackwood Pines
Last seen: 03/16/1998
Wanted in connection to with first-degree arson offense as well as various death threats.
Anyone with information regarding this dangerous criminal should contact the BPMC as soon as possible.
Blackwood Provincial Mounted Constabulary
Police Montėe Provinciale de Blackwood
July 1998
"Nice. You think we'll get a visit from America's most wanted?" Chris asked, reading the posting over her right shoulder.
"Naw, not up here, but maybe Canada's most wanted will come." Evie quipped.
Chris snorted at that. "Does Canada even have a show like that?"
"Looks like someone thought so." Sam interjected.
"Oh come on, this place is abandoned most of the year. Nobody comes up here." Chris rebuked.
"Then why are we up here?" Evie asked.
"To have some fun, remember Miss forgets a lot." Chris teased.
Evie blinked before blushing. "Oh yeah." She chuckled.
Sam laughed quietly and moved away from the poster, following the footprints in the snow to around the back of the Cable Car building with Chris and Evie. Chris jogged a bit and then turned around, clapping his hands and letting out a breath.
"Man, it is…it's definitely weird coming bac up here after a whole year." Chris commented.
"Yeah, we talked about that…on the way here. While Sam was complaining about the cold." Sam's honey blonde sister smirked.
"You're the one who decided to take your motorcycle up here. I was an unfortunate tag along." Sam said quickly. "And yeah, I swear, the moment I got here it all came flooding back." She smiled bitterly.
"It's crazy, the memories this mountain brings up." Chris sighed.
"Some good, some bad…" Evie agreed, gripping the strap of her backpack.
It was silent for a moment before Sam saw Chris shake himself and grin.
"Ta Da." Chris said suddenly, showing them a shooting range. "Pretty rad, right?"
"Chris, no one says rad anymore. We are not the breakfast club." Evie retorted, though Sam could see the interest in her electric blue eyes.
"Yeaaaaaaaaaah…." Sam dragged out, not understanding the appeal.
"Come on, look at these beauties. Your sister certainly seems to see the appeal." Chris stated, pointing to Evie, who was examining the gun on the table.
"'Beauties' is not the word that comes to mind. Why is this even here?" Sam questioned.
"What do you mean?" Chris asked.
Sam huffed. "What the hell is a shooting range doing at the base of a Ski Lodge?"
"Uh…dude have you ever met Josh's dad?" Chris asked.
Evie rolled her eye, stepping back beside Sam. "Of course we have Chris."
"He thinks he's like, Grizzly Adams or something." Chris pointed out.
Sam looked at Evie blankly, trying to convey her annoyance with Chris to her sister.
Evie tilted her head towards Chris. "He's got a point Sam. You know Robert is a total hunting buff, just like dad is."
Sam sighed. "You would know, you always go camping with them."
Chris grinned. "So, wanna try?" He questioned towards Sam.
Sam waved him off. "Uh no…you go ahead Grizzly."
"Aw, but I wanted a turn!" Evie faked a whine.
Sam rolled her eyes, silently wondering how Evelyn could be her twin sister. Sometimes Evie was just too much to handle.
Next Chapter. Already finished all the parts for Episode 1 and have them broken up through the times, mostly. There will be five parts to the Friendship episode with a bonus Part for something else.
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PS. This follows my own Gameplay. Those who survive and do not will be based off the Game I played through first.