Chapter 1 – Dropping In
I was falling, and I was screaming. That tends to happen when you unexpectedly find yourself thousands of feet up into the air, and I was no exception. I'm surprised that I've been able to scream as long as I have been, since I'm not used to making loud noises.
I was too preoccupied with screaming and panicking to really process that I'm approaching a large hotel with a ship sticking out of the side, and before long, I just black out. Apparently my brain decided that it didn't want to be conscious when I landed.
Charlie felt that she was having a good day. With nothing going on, and everyone else out of the hotel for the day, she felt that it was a good opportunity for her and Vaggie to go out and for some personal time together. Something they didn't have the opportunity to do since they've been busy getting the hotel ready for potential arrivals.
Unfortunately, the universe had other plans, as something heavy crashes into Vaggie, creating a small crater on impact.
Charlie cries out in shock at what just happened, "Vaggie!"
The princess knows that her girlfriend will be okay, but still can't help but worry. When the dust settles, Charlie gives a slight gasp in surprise as she sees what landed on Vaggie: a human. A guy in his late twenties by the looks of things. A lot of questions ran through her mind at the moment, but Charlie decided checking on them both was much more important.
A voice stirs me back into consciousness, and as my mind reboots, I realize that it was a woman calling for a "Vaggie". That was…an unfortunate name, but that thought was quickly replaced with the question on whether I'm dead or not.
That was when the pain hit me. I guess that's a good sign, but either way, it hurt. A lot, but it doesn't feel like anything's broken.
How am I not dead?
I groan as I open my eyes, and the first thing I see is a beautiful woman looking down at me with a worried look on her face. It turns to relief when she sees that I'm awake, "Oh, thank god you're alright. Are you badly hurt? Can you move at all?"
"Yeah," I answer. "I think I can move."
"That's good," the woman glances down before turning her attention back to me. "Do you think you can move? You're on top of Vaggie."
I look at her confused before I realize that the ground feels a lot softer than it should…and very angry. I look down and see a woman glaring at me, her face red from both anger and embarrassment because I was accidentally grabbing her ass.
"Get. Off. Of me."
It took a second for me to process what was going on, and the realization hit me like a truck when I did. Turning bright red, I scramble off of the other woman as fast as I could without messing her up even more. Vaggie, I'm guessing, gets up and brushes the dust off of her dress, her glare never letting up.
"I am so sorry. I did not mean to drop in on you like that."
Oh fuck, did I just say that? I crash land on a woman and grab her ass, and my apology was a pun? What is wrong with me?
My train of thought was thankfully interrupted when I heard the first woman snickering at what I said, while Vaggie's glare softened slightly. "It's fine," she says; though I can tell that there's still some anger in her voice. I'm gonna have to apologize again when she calms down more.
"Haha…that's good to hear," I respond while nervously scratching the back of my head.
I get a better look at the two. The first woman was simply beautiful, almost supernaturally so. She had light blonde hair in a loose ponytail, and was wearing a pink tuxedo that looked super cute on her. Oddly, her skin was as white as snow, and the only color there was to her were her rosy pink cheeks that remind me of a Pikachu.
Vaggie was just as beautiful, though she lacked that supernatural quality Charlie had. She had long, white hair topped with a bow and ending in light pink stripes, an eyepatch covering her left eye, a cute and simple white dress with long gloves, striped stockings. Weirdly, her skin's an ashen gray, and there's a bright pink 'X' showing through her hair where the eye patch was.
I have questions about those, but quite frankly, I'm in love with the two. Maybe I can work up the courage to ask one of them out?
"So, uh…" I look away nervously because I realized I was staring. "My name's Andrew, and you two?"
The blonde woman smiles, apparently happy to meet me. "Well, I'm Charlie, and this is my girlfriend, Vaggie."
And with that, my hopes of asking them out deflate almost immediately. Oh well, as long as they're happy together, that's all that matters. Besides, it's not like I'd ever work up the courage to ask that, anyway.
"Well, nice to meet you both. Kinda wish it could've gone differently," I say while looking around. That's when I realize that there's a giant pentagram in the…. red…. sky…. "Where am I, exactly?"
Charlie laughs nervously, "Well, don't panic, but… This is Hell."
"Hell? The place you go to after you die Hell? Did I die? Are you two here for my soul?"
With that, I was starting to panic. I don't remember what happened next, but eventually Vaggie grabbed my face so I could focus on them. Charlie was giving me a reassuring smile that was actually rather calming.
"Just relax, okay?" Vaggie says. "You're still human, so that means you're still alive, and we're not here for your soul. You understand?"
"Y-yeah. I understand." I take a few deep breaths to calm myself down as Vaggie lets go of my face. "Do either of you know how I can get back to Earth?"
They shake their heads. "Do you know how you got here in the first place?" Charlie asks.
"I don't know. What happened before I woke up is all fuzzy, I don't remember anything."
Vaggie crosses her arms, "Well it looks like you're stuck down here until we find out how to get you back home."
Charlie gives a widening smile and starts bouncing excitedly, as if she's about to explode out of pure joy. Vaggie rolls her eye with a smile, undoubtedly at how cute Charlie is right now. "Yes, he can stay here until we find him a way to get back."
Charlie gives a squeal of delight as she hugs me, causing me to immediately turn red again. "Oh, you're just going to love it here at the Hazbin Hotel!"
"Hazbin?" I ask.
"It used to be the Happy Hotel, the name change wasn't by choice," Vaggie explains.
Well, that's unfortunate, Happy Hotel does sounds pretty cute. Undoubtedly Charlie named it that.
As we start walking to the hotel, I decided that, although today had a bad start, I might actually enjoy my stay down here in Hell.
I take a few steps and my body collapses entirely, apparently today's events being too much for me to handle.
Or I'll just die….
The last things I see before blacking out again are the two demon women rushing over to me, and my backpack and suitcases crashing into the ground nearby.
After almost a decade, I've decided to get back to writing. HOPEFULLY I'll see this story through to the end, as I really want to with this one
Do note, I am trying to keep everyone in character here, but there are a lot of gaps that I'll have to fill in with personal head canon, guessing, and fanon content. This is also not a serious story, though I suppose you guys can already figure that out with this chapter.
Romance: Undecided. Velvet, Loona and Verosika are top three choices. May go poly
Anyway, hope you all enjoy. Feel free to review, but no flames please