omg I am SO sorry I haven't updated quick enough, I feel so mean ;_; The next chapter is the one that reveals all so stay tuned, AND can I just thank everyone who haven't left cause I was taking to long to update, love you guyz!3 anywayyyy enjoy?
Chapter 9
I journeyed down the corridor into the darkness. I was so scared I thought I might whimper out loud. Darkness was my greatest fear and going through it with Garry didn't seem that bad, but now it was terrifying.
After what seemed like an age of walking I finally reached what felt like a door. I hopelessly scraped for a handle. Everything around me was black. I was so scared. The shadows were curling and drifting, swirling around my feet.
I found it! I threw open the door to be almost blinded by light. I ran forward and the door shut itself behind me.
I was all alone again.
The growing nervousness creeping up my spine didn't stop me running. The brightness of the corridor was blinding and my eyes were just little slits as I protected them from the light. But suddenly something stopped me. The lights went down to normal and I could finally open my eyes and look around properly.
The walls around me, were light pink. It used to be my favourite colour when I was little. I could hear tapping on the other side of the pink door opposite me. I quickly crept over and tried it, but it was locked. I started to panic but stopped when I saw a vase. I ran over to it but realised it had no water in it. Its hopeless. I'll never get out of here. Then there was a sound...
I snapped around to find a dark red door had appeared, with spray paint over it. It was words. The words said:
'Come and play with me, Ib.'
I stopped still. How do they know my name? Who was this? I looked around me for a minute thinking of what to do. Then I saw a crack in the ceiling above the vase. I need to find water...
I sucked in my breath and made my way through the door. I shouldn't be doing this, my mind told me. I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die! I clenched my fists until, even my stubby nails, were digging into my palm. There were light pink stairs in front of me and it was as if I could hear music in the distance. I nearly started whimpering with fear but I didn't want, whoever owns this horrible game to think me weak, so I moved up the stairs swiftly.
The floorboards looked dusty and worn out, and they creaked like 100 elephants were standing there with me.
"Ib!" I heard a girls voice squeak.
I didn't recognise it at first, but when I saw the shock of long blonde hair, I made no mistake.
I froze on the spot.
"Do you remember when me and you were BEST friends?" She said, I heard feet skipping but could not see anyone.
"W-we were never... Best friends." I stammered, hardly catching my breath.
"Oh, but we were!" I heard her voice darken.
My pulse quickened. So much so, that soon I could hear it loud in my ears, I wondered if she could hear it to.
"... Well, why don't you just follow my beautiful friends and we can play together!" She squeaked. "See you in the darkness..." Her voice faded away and I was left in the silence. I wanted to whimper out loud, I felt so scared.
The darkness, again? Whats that supposed to mean?
I was scared to take one more step. I needed Garry, and as for that boy, he wasn't coming with us. I don't want any strangers with us, not after Mary happened. It's too risky for my taste, so if...when I get back, I'll tell him to leave.
I scurried through into yet another corridor, the walls were black, making the corridors dim light even darker. I sprinted down it but I tripped over something. When I looked back, a horrible gnarled arm, was laying there. It was the colour of the walls around me, and had claws that were sharp enough to kill me in an instant.
I squealed and jumped to my feet, jumping over the hands the shot out of the wall, trying to grab my ankles.
I was so close to the door when an arm shot out from the wall (it was up higher than the others) and gashed my arm. I screamed and clutched my bleeding arm. It wasn't a BAD gash, considering but it still stung like hell. Still, I ran to the door and hopelessly fumbled at the door handle, trying to open it.
It was a stiff one, in fact I had to kick it a few times before it opened.
The room in front of me was pitch black. I sucked in my breath and slowly venture in, trying to ignore the fear of the dark, screaming at me from inside my head.
After a few moments of silence of me standing in the dark there was a loud clatter, near by.
I froze.
"How lovely you could reach us, Ib." The girl's voice squeaked from inside the dark.
"Why am I here?" I asked quickly.
"Well, you see Ib." I felt hair tickle my arm. I shivered.
"I like games, I like you as well. You can be my sister and you won't need Garry anymore." She said.
"Pah! I always need Garry, and there's no way I'm gonna be your sister." I exclaimed back, gaining some confidence.
"Oh? Is that so?" She chuckled darkly. "Garry will be dead in 30 minutes."
"... W-what!?" I cried.
"Garry is good as dead, anyway."
"Don't you dare say that! I hate you so much, Mary!" I exclaimed, biting back tears. I NEEDED to find Garry.
"I don't hate you. In fact, I think I can use you, me and my dolls have even wanting to cut you open."
"WHAT?!" I shouted, stepping back, only to trip and fall back over something bulky and soft. I knocked my head back against the cold, hard floor. My vision went blurry.
"That's what happens when you are mean to me." I heard Mary's voice squeak from what seemed far away, even though I could feel her breathing down my neck.
I whimpered and just then the lights flickered back on. After my eyes had adjusted I saw that what I had fallen over was a person. Garry. I tried to get up but I couldn't, the impact of my fall had made me too tired. Come to think of it, had I tripped or had I been pushed?
"Ib!" I heard his voice. I tried to stop my eyes from falling shut but they were too heavy. Garry's face appeared in front of mine.
"Ib! Ib! Stay awake! Promise me you'll stay awake! It's what she wants, it's what she wants, Ib!" He exclaimed, shaking my shoulders.
But it was too late.
The world was already gone around me.
