Chapter 2: Going to Hell and back to face our FEAR, finding the truth by LIES
Norman's POV
"Ok, so Mrs. Manchester, you are probably going to think that I have bugged out, but I swear to the man upstairs that 1. The word HERO was definitely not in the shape of a stick figure before I left to open the door for Allie, 2. It definitely moved from 1 side of the paper to the other when I was not looking, 3. The paper definitely did not have an illustration of a cave at all in the background, and lastly, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE!?" Norman said, clearly distraught by the recent events.
"Umm, Norman, look." Allie groaned.
What they saw was a cryptic jumble of letters.
"Ok, thank the stars that I self taught myself how to decode stuff." Allie said to Norman.
After close observation, Allie finally cracked the code.
"Ok, so it appears to be a very poorly written sentence." Allie deduced.
"Give me that thing." Norman growled.
"Unfortunate is the land in need of a HERO.
"Maybe if we-" Norman was halfway done speaking when all of a sudden, the ground opened up below them, and the trio fell into a very deep pit, and Norman's side of the journey had begun.
"Owwww" Norman moaned in a pained voice, trying not to cry.
"Where are we?" Mrs. Manchester asked.
"Whatever lets go deeper, see if the way out is this way."
Then, Norman saw a small figure that looked like...the word HERO?
"Guys I think I found something, so come o-" Norman almost finished before a sharp needle stabbed his back.
"W w hhatatatat isisisisisisi goigigigiging ononoooonnn?" Norman said in a drunk like state.
The HERO grabbed the word rave, and added B, to make brave, scaring away the needles, and healing Norman.
"What. The. Heck." Norman said.
He then looked at the HERO.
"You saved me?" he asked the letter man.
It just nodded.
They heard a hiss.
The HERO then spelled run, and Norman immediately realized what was happening with a look of horror on his face.
"EVERYBODY RUN FOR IT!" Norman screamed.
The monster gave chase.
As they made it to a cliff, Mrs. Manchester jumped, and so did Allie.
"A leap of FAITH." Norman whispered.
As he looked back, he realized HERO was not there.
"Oh, poop." Norman said, and he ran back.
The needles stung him, and he was stung again, this time, impaled, blood splashing on the floor.
The HERO saved him again, by making the word love, but the wound was still there.
Norman picked up HERO and jumped off of the cliff.
Fire was everywhere. And they ran. They Lied to twist the truth to be able to escape, they survived nearly being crushed, and even escaped a wall of fire.
They made it to a clearing, and when HERO saw MUSE, he ran up to her and hugged her.
"Umm, who are you." Norman and Allie asked at the same time.
"I am your muse" Replied the angelic being.
Then, another monster showed up, and used the word rush to trap everyone on a wall, and was about to kill the group when MUSE screamed.
"STOP THIS NOW GARMR!" MUSE screamed.
GARMR, then escaped, and a large colossal being appeared.
"FENRIR" MUSE said in a deep, monotone voice.
The beast's hand destroyed the platform, as the group was ejected from the bowels of the polluted side of the city, and were spit out on top of the sewer on ragern street.
FENRIR grabbed MUSE, and ripped her apart, but her wing of the letters SE survived, and formed the word SAVE to stop the HEROES from hitting the ground and getting killed.
The Final stretch of the journey had begun.