Author's Note

I'm sorry if the story formatted weirdly, it's my first time publishing and making a story like this. Also, please give me all the feedback and criticism and don't hold back either. I want to be able to improve as a writer and improve my stories. Anyway's I hope you enjoy the story

A New Start

Chapter-1 Where it all began

"Dialogue"

Thoughts

Notes, letters, text messages

It was just another ordinary day for me, you know the usual. Wake up, go to school, go home, relax, do homework, sleep, rinse and repeat. All the days seemed like blurs to me, it was the same thing everyday. Anyway, it was another day for me and I had arrived home to find it empty. "Hello? Anyone home?" I shouted. No response came back so I went upstairs towards my room and put my backpack down. Afterwards I went to the bathroom and took a look in the mirror.

I was... well I looked like crap, since it was after track practice. Believe me, running during the summer is like hell, especially when it reaches up to 90 °F. My hair was damp with sweat and I was sore from running the previous day before. I'm about 5'11 and I weigh around 175 Pounds. My hair color is brown and my eyes are brown and I would like to say that I'm smart since I'm taking AP classes, but anyone could do those I guess. Oh and I forgot to say, the name's Mason Visconti.

I washed up and went into the kitchen to see if any food appeared in the pantry. Luckily for me, I found some Cookies so, I snatched my precious food and took it to my room. After arriving in the previously mentioned room, I took a seat at my desk and opened my laptop. I began surfing the net for a bit, checking the news, browsing reddit, and watching youtube. Eventually, I began going through folders of stuff I had saved up from over the years. After reminiscing for a bit, something caught my eye. A game titled "DDLC" with its pink logo, I was stumped for a moment until I realized what game it was. "Huh, I thought I deleted this game." I said to no one in particular. I was about to put the game into the trash when I stopped myself and remembered what was in the files. I pulled out the .chr files out of the game and took a look at each one. Sayori, Yuri, Natsuki, and Just Monika. I chuckled a bit at the game that made me cry a few years ago, it was the first game that actually made me cry. When I first saw it, I thought it was another dating sim. Low and behold, it's a psychological horror game that breaks the 4th wall. After looking back on those memories I put the .chr files back into the game folder. Afterwards, I went about my day as usual, I did chores and fed the dog. Oh yeah , I forgot to mention I have a dog named Prince and he's an alaskan malamute, although he's still a pup he likes to run around the house and make a mess. I also have a sister and an older brother, but my older brother left after college and my sister isn't home. Anyway, it was until I went to bed that things got spicy. I laid in bed staring up at my ceiling and let useless thoughts fill my head until I drifted off to sleep. This was where it all began.

When I woke up, I found myself being pelted by water. What the hell? I then realized I was outside and there was rain pouring down on me in the middle of the street. Where the hell am I? Nothing looked familiar to me, there were houses lined up and they all looked the same. I stumbled around for a bit and tried to locate where I was. "Hello? Somebody? Anybody?" What I said didn't matter since no one heard, I think. I began digging through my pockets checking what I had. I found my phone or at least I think it was my phone. I also found my wallet with cash and… keys? "Mason? What are you doing out here?" I spun around to see a girl slightly shorter than me with a worried expression, it was dark so I couldn't make her out well.

"What? Where am I? Who are you?" I asked

"It's Sayori, your neighbor. We met last week, don't you remember?" She said

I looked at her, confused and scared. Who the hell is this girl and where am I? She suddenly grabbed me by my hand and began pulling me towards one of the houses. "Come on, let's get you home." I decided to play along for now since she seemed to know who I was. We arrived at one of the houses and the girl tried opening the door. "Mason, do you have your keys?" she asked. My keys? Oh right. I pulled out the key from earlier and slipped it into the lock and opened the door.

Once we got in, she turned on the lights and I took a look at her. She was just short as I had guessed. In addition to that her hair was short and oddly enough she had an unnatural coral pink tint to her hair, it looked dyed. She was wearing a pink shirt with shorts and a little red bow in her hair. "Mason what were you doing out there?" She asked with a worried expression. "I… I got lost." Yeah I know it wasn't the best lie, but I didn't have enough time to think of something else. "You got lost? In front of your own house?" She asked with a confused look. "Yeah…" I said sheepishly. "Mason are you okay? You seem… weird."

"No, I'm fine. I just got confused is all." I lied

"Well, okay just go to bed early since we have school tomorrow." She informed

"Okay." The fuck is going on, I wondered.

"I'll see you tomorrow, Mason. Goodnight." And with that she left out the door. I took a look around the house, there was a kitchen connected with the living room, a laundry room and a couple of spare closets. There was an upstairs with a restroom, a guest bedroom, an empty bedroom with a king size bed, and a smaller room with a twin sized bed. Jesus I'm starving I thought to myself. I went to the kitchen and found some snacks and munched down on them quickly. I found some cup ramen and decided to cook, bake? I don't know what's the right word, but I made myself some ramen. I also found a note on the kitchen counter which read.

Mason, your Mother and I are going away on a business trip, we won't be back for at least a week or two. We've left you with money to buy groceries and other essentials. Please try to go to school even though we're not there. We hope to get back soon. Love Dad and Mom.

Mom and dad are away on a business trip? That was the least of my worries, right now I was trying to figure out where the hell I was. I just woke up in the middle of the street and I had to be led into my own house by someone I didn't even recognize. All the worrying made me tired so I went into the room that had the twin size bed since I felt guilty if I slept in my parents' bed. I got into bed and almost immediately something came to mind. Wait that girl, she looked familiar. The way she was dressed and especially her hair color. What did she say her name was… Sayori? That's the part where I had a mental breakdown. After calming myself down I began thinking of a logical solution as to why I was here. The one I could come up with was that, I was trapped in a fucking video game. The "how's?" and "why's?" would have to wait for tomorrow since I was still exhausted, so I crawled into bed and drifted off to sleep.

Chapter 1 End