Marie heaved a sigh as the next day of school dragged along. Her heart felt heavy after all the mysterious madness of yesterday. She slammed her head on the desk and instantly regretted it. The pain she could handle but all the stares was too much at that moment. Luckily the teacher saved her from long scrutiny by sending her to the principle's office. Not that she was going to go there.

She slipped into the empty library and headed over to the computers. She groaned when she saw a notice that said she would have to get special clearance from the librarian. She kicked at a chair and headed over to the many shelves of books and newspapers. She skipped over the books and the newest articles. She picked up an old, yellowed copy of the newspaper when it was called 'Bleak News' instead of 'Bleak Falls Newspaper'. She found it a little funny that they changed the name. Then again it made sense.

She forced the thought away and flipped through the pages. She was careful not to smudge the ink or tear the paper. As she paged through the newspaper, she noticed dark marks drawn through some of the articles. Some were even cut out all together. Why would someone destroy such an old newspaper like this? She noticed that it was headliners and some of the obituaries that had been demolished. Why these articles? What were they trying to hide from other eyes?

She read what was left of the papers and then put it back. The rest of the articles were just a bunch of things that she wasn't interested in. She looked through other older articles and noticed the same destruction. What did it all mean? Marie was starting to wonder if Silent Hill held her answers rather than Bleak Falls. She threw the newspapers down in disgust and walked out of the library. Maybe she would have to pay a visit to Brookhaven after all.

With that sobering thought in mind, Marie set out to make sure she was sent there. It wouldn't be too hard to act insane. Most of the school thought she was already. Then an image of Conner O'dell fluttered through her mind's eye. Why was she thinking about a guy all of a sudden? It made no sense. She had only shared a few sentences with the guy. And that felt like an eternity ago. She pushed the damn image from her mind and walked down the hall.

Marie walked towards the principle's office and put on her most wild-eyed performance. She slammed open the door and made it seem that she had something hidden in her pocket. The principle and his secretary looked up in shock. She pointed at them and enjoyed watching them cringe away from her. It felt dangerously addicting to see people fear her.

"Don't make a move!" She shouted and kicked at the desk close to her.

She was rewarded with the secretary's scream and the principle backing away. She stepped closer to them and watched as he dialed a number. Just what she wanted. She turned and fled out of the office. She wouldn't make it easy to bring her in. After all she had to make it believable.

Marie heard the main door to the school burst open. She smiled to herself. It was much more easier than she thought it would be. She raced down the hall and slid to a stop as two cops ran towards her. She backed up and fled down a different hall. She ran up a flight of stairs. She would head for the roof. She kept running as she heard the cops thunder after her. She wondered what they thought of the strange girl fleeing them.

She smiled at the various thoughts and kept running. She slammed through the door that led to the stairs. But the sound of a bullet slicing through the air made her freeze. She turned and saw the cops were not far behind. She made her ascent up the stairs and burst out onto the roof. Her appearance broke apart two people who were making out. She rushed past them and stood by the edge of the roof.

She turned and smiled as the cops appeared. What a sight she must make, standing on the edge of the roof with a wild look in her eyes. She was sure the cops were thinking twice about approaching her. She took a step towards them and smiled when they moved back. Was she really all that terrifying? She was only a girl after all. She took another step but was stopped by a shocking pain in her shoulder.

One of the bastards shot her! She couldn't believe that she had been shot. She looked down at her shoulder and saw blood dripping down her arm. She let out a laugh. Did they truly think she would be stopped by such a humanly thing? She stepped forward again and felt another erupting pain in her leg. She dropped down to her knees and smiled. She had been shot and it didn't even feel like she had been.

Marie looked up at the white faces of the cops. She pulled her hand out of her pocket and formed a gun with her hand.

"Bang..."

Everything went black after that.