Marie caught her breath as she stopped running. She couldn't believe what she saw. She shook her head and let out a gasped breath. How could Violet be dead? It didn't make any sense. The girl was in the classroom when Marie left. How did she sneak out and get murdered?

She stared up at the ceiling then dropped her gaze. Just then she noticed no one had come out. She walked towards the class and saw Violet sitting right in her chair. Not one ounce of blood graced her shirt. Marie blinked and backed away from the door. What the hell was going on?

Marie felt close to fainting. She placed a hand over her eyes and felt her body tilting backwards. She blacked out just before she crashed to the floor. Only one was witness to her fall.

Marie opened her eyes and looked around. The room was colored a strange pastel green and she felt a cot underneath her. She sat up and saw the school nurse sitting across from her.

"How do you feel?" The nurse leaned forward and placed her hand on Marie's forehead.

"I'm feeling fine." Marie pulled away from the nurse and swung her legs over the edge of the cot.

"That's good." The nurse got up and bustled over to the medicine cabinet.

Marie got up and left while the nurse's back was turned. She didn't stay long enough to see her reaction to her missing. She walked down the hall and headed for the library. The walk somewhat calmed her nerves but questions swirled in her head. What if Kristy never did die? She wondered if everything that happened that day had been a lie.

She leaned against a set of lockers and heaved a sigh. Was anything else going to spin out on her? She had the faintest wisps of the mystery in her grasp and then it would vanish. She looked up at the ceiling as she contemplated this mystery.

How was she supposed to solve this madness? Especially when she didn't know if she was going insane or not. She leaned away from the wall and continued on to the library. Though she ran into something solid and fell to the ground.

"Ow," she looked up and saw a boy standing over her.

"You okay?" He knelt down and helped her up.

"Yeah, just fine," she distracted herself by brushing off her wrinkled pants.

"Oh, you're Marie right?" He asked.

"Yeah, who are you?" She looked up at him. He looked about her age with sandy blonde hair.

"Conner, Conner O'dell," he held out his hand.

Marie stared up at this Conner and refused his handshake, "I should get going."

"Oh, okay," he looked at her blankly as she brushed past him.

Marie walked down the hall, feeling a shiver along her spine. She had never seen the kid before. She supposed it wasn't odd since she didn't know every single face in the school. But he seemed a little weird, especially with knowing her name. She dismissed the weirdness as she reached the library. She had to focus on this mysterious case involving her sister.

She sat down in front of a computer and opened a search engine. She typed in Silent Hill mysteries and clicked on the first link. A picture popped up with some writing beneath it. She looked at the picture and saw that it was a church. She dropped her gaze down to the writing.

But something was going on with the computer screen. It fuzzed and strips of white rolled up the screen like a television screen. She backed away as the strips went faster and faster. Suddenly the screen popped off.

Before she could get up and get help, it switched back on. She stared at the screen in confusion as something red dripped from the top of it and slid down. She reached out and touched it. Warm stickiness attached to her finger. She rubbed it between her fingers. It felt like blood but it wasn't the right shade of red.

As soon as the strangeness started it ended. The red on her fingers vanished and the screen was back to normal. Marie bit back a shriek of frustration. Why was this happening to her? She flicked a glance at the screen and stopped.

The picture was blood red even though it had been black and white when she found it. She backed away and got up from the chair. Everything was going crazy, and she didn't know if it was her mind or something else. She grabbed at her hair and let out a ragged breath to keep from yelling.

She quickly shut off the computer and ran out of the library. She didn't care if she caused a scene anymore. She just wanted this ten year long madness to end. She kept running until she hit outside. She didn't even realize that she hit the forest until she was aware of the lack of light.

She stopped running and looked around her. The woods seemed oddly comforting compared to the madness in her school. But the comfort stopped when she saw a yellow dress snagged on a branch. Why was she seeing a yellow dress? Then it dawned on her. Kristy wore a yellow dress just like this one, Marie walked over to it.

This time the dress stayed and she was able to touch it. She disentangled it from the branch and looked down at it. It was the same yellow dress Kristy wore. She remembered that they buried the dress since the cops couldn't find the body. She held the dress and looked up.

The gate was there again. She shook her head and closed her eyes. It couldn't be here. That gate had been closer to the woods of her family's house. But it was the same gate before it. This time it stood open as though inviting her to enter. The strange lake wasn't there but she couldn't bring herself to go any closer to the gate.

She dropped the dress and ran off. The dress vanished and the gate slammed shut. She continued to run until she broke away from the trees. She dropped down to the grass and tried to catch her breath. She looked up from the grass and blinked in confusion. It wasn't her school.

Fog surrounded her and the building before her was not her school. She stood up and looked around. The forest was gone and she was on a hill. Where the hell was she? She looked out and saw the dull reflection of a lake. The fog blocked her view of her surroundings and she felt a shiver of fear.

Marie heard a skittering sound and turned in confusion. She couldn't see clearly unless it was the tall building behind her. She knew she couldn't stand in the middle of this open space. She headed for the building and walked inside. It was dark and she couldn't see clearly. But she could see something like pews close to her.

She walked down the long aisle between the pews and looked about. Her eyes slowly adjusted to the light but she wished for a flashlight or something. But she made due with her eyes. Another skittering sound echoed around her. She ducked behind a pew and looked around. Nothing seemed to move but she stayed still and kept her breath shallow.

Suddenly something moved not far from her. She covered her mouth to keep from alerting the shadowy thing of her presence. Thankfully the creature moved on and she let out a soft breath of relief. She slid under the pew just to keep on the safe side. She couldn't hide under the pew forever though.

She listened for any sound and crawled out slowly. Nothing seemed to be around and she made her way out of the building. She looked around and found a path. Seeing nothing else she started to follow the path. She didn't know someone was following her.