Author's Note: Nothing here. Just enjoy the chapter.

Current Time – 5:45 pm

I had always thought that the library was always a nice quiet place where you could go. Borrow some books, Do homework (If you had any), and a place where you could hang out quietly. But that statement doesn't apply to this library. This was the Silent Hill Library. Come for the books, Stay for the monsters...mostly because you wouldn't be able to find the exit in the thick darkness and your most likely dead.

The monster that was coming towards me and Lana looked completely different then any monster I had faced before. This monster looked like a female figure that was hanging from the ceiling. It was hanging from some rope that looked like it was coming out of the actual ceiling. The monster, instead of having any limbs, had tentacles. Occasionally, it would make a sound that sounded like a mix between a cough and a choke.

Lana slowly starts backing away. I said, "Lana, go hide!". She turned around and ran away out of my flashlight's illumination, leaving me to deal with the monster. I took out my Beretta and started unloading on the beast. I might as well have been throwing plastic bottles at it, mostly because it looked like the bullets wasn't leaving any signs or marks of injuries on it.

I eventually gave up on the pistol and took out my steel pipe. Right when I got the pipe out, The monster was above me and preparing to attack. I was about to take a swing at it when one of the tentacles grabs me by the neck and lifts me off the floor.

I felt the tentacle's hold on my neck getting tighter. It was starting to get hard to breathe! I accidentally dropped my pipe and was made defenseless. I started groping around my pockets for my knife and eventually found it. I grabbed it and started cutting the tentacle. The beast releases it's hold on me, dropping me on the ground.

I quickly grasped for much needed air. While I was getting more air, The beast shrieks in pain. That must be it. Blunt objects (like my pipe) aren't good enough, It's sharp objects (like my knife and excluding my bullets) that are it's weaknesses. But then again, maybe it's tentacles are it's weak point and not just sharp objects. I wanted to test this theory.

I quickly recovered my pipe and took out my gun. Then, I started shooting at it's tentacles (after quickly reloading). Each bullet (about five, had to reload after three shots) caused the monster to let out shrieks of pain. After shooting the rest of the magazine, the monster fell down onto the ground. I ran towards it with my knife and made a slit where it's throat is suppose to be, ultimately killing the creature.

"Damn, that had to be the worst I have faced yet...", I said out loud. Then, I yelled, "Alright Lana, it's safe!". However, only silence answers my call. I repeated her name. This time, a scream answers me.

"Lana?", What happened to her? I couldn't leave the library like this. I felt like as if I was partly responsible for her coming to Silent Hill for some reason. I had to find her. But, where to start...?

When I heard the screams, it sounded like as if they were coming from a floor above. I guess I might as well start at the elevator. When I got there, I pressed a button. Nothing happens. Then I noticed something.

In the chair, next to the elevator, was an audio diary. I haven't seen these in awhile. They stopped making these because the company that produced them had to shut down when a scandal threatened to ruin their reputation. I remember that even I had one in my house (even through I don't use it, but that's besides the point).

I hit the play button and listened to the message (recorded by a man).

"Ms. Pendanski, where is the key to the elevator?"

(a woman in the background answers) "I don't know."

"Well, I need to get to the third floor to run some errands."

"Keep looking, I'm sure it's around here somewhere."

The recording ends with static. So, you need a key to access the elevator. I guess I might as well start searching for it.

I started the search at the entrance to the library. Nothing.

I looked around the front reception desk. Found a box of ammo* and a health drink*. But no key.

I searched around the endless aisles filled with books. No key.

I couldn't think of anywhere else to look when I heard something I least expected. The sound of the elevator doors opening. I walked to the elevators and saw that I wasn't hearing things. The elevator doors did open. Slowly and cautiously, I walked into the elevator.

The doors automatically closed behind me. Then I realized something, the temperature was starting to drop; It was slowly, but noticeably getting colder. What the hell is going on?

My flashlight's light started flickering on and off at a rapid pace. My radio emitted a very faint static. And in the distance, a bell's chime is heard. For whom does the bell tolls? It sounded like a bell that would you would often hear from a bell tower. I didn't know that this town had a bell tower.

The bell's chime soon stopped, along with my flashlight and radio. Then, The elevator starts going up. But, it didn't go very far because the elevator (and everything around it, for that matter) becomes frozen in thick ice. The temperature became cold and frigid enough for me to see my very breath as vapor. This was a completely different world then the "other-world" and the Silent Hill that I had entered...god knows how many hours ago.

Fortunately, the elevators froze at the doors to floor two. But the actual doors were frozen solid like the world around it. Maybe the ice will break if I smashed it with my steel pipe. So, I tried that. I took out the pipe and prepared for a crash of shattered ice everywhere.

I swung the pipe at the doors and, as expected, thousands of pieces of ice goes flying everywhere. I quickly ducked and shielded my face from the flying pieces of ice. Soon, the ice settled and it was safe to exit. Even through I smashed the ice, the doors were still closed. I gripped the small gap between the doors that was previously blocked by the ice. And slowly, I forced the doors open.

Right when I set foot onto the second floor, voices started emitting from my pocket, it was my radio. Here is what the voices said:

"I know you saw me kill the fucker! I saw you running away like the frightened coward you are!" (A white male's voice)

"But...But, I didn't!" (A familiar female's voice)

"Lies! Lies! And now, I shall silence you..."

After that line was spoken, The recording stopped and all that could be heard was silence. The female's voice sounded familiar. I remember who it belonged to, but yet I can't paste the face. Or the name for that matter.

After that, I examined my surroundings (with the help of my flashlight). Everything and I mean everything was frozen solid. But yet, it still felt like I was in the Silent Hill Library. There was frozen desks, frozen book shelves, frozen tables, and all that stuff that you would often find in a library (except for all the ice, of course). What a "cool" library.

I took out my map and found that the map had also changed. The texture of the map had changed to match the color of ice. But everything else about the map was unchanged. All my other belongings were also unchanged.

All I heard were my thoughts...that is until a scream suddenly fills the slumberous air which was followed by my radio emitting static.

Author's Note: And we finally reach something that I've been wanting to place Nick in. The Ice World from "Shattered Memories".

The Ice world is about the only thing that I liked about that game. Everything else was lame...at least in my opinion.

And no, it won't be like the ice world from the game. It's gonna be like an "alternate otherworld".

The part where Nick breaks the ice at the elevator doors, I wasn't sure if the actual doors would break into pieces along with the ice. So, I asked a friend for his opinion. His answer should be obvious.

Nick's Inventory

Weapons

Beretta (pistol): 10 / 24: Given to me by Harry Mason. Said he was given it by a friend. Must have been a Very good friend.

Steel Pipe: Found in the tunnel. A pipe like this is usually used in plumbing. But it makes for a nice melee weapon. About three and a half feet long.

Butterfly Knife: A rare knife that isn't sold in retail stores. I had to order it online. Can't stress enough about how sharp it is.

Health Supplies

Health Drink x04: A drink with limited healing properties. Comes in grape or strawberry flavors. Yum.

Important Items

Flashlight: In my chest pocket. Always handy whenever I have a blackout in my house. Can be turned on/off.

Radio: Found in Goods N' Sales. Emits static whenever there is a monster nearby. Can be turned on/off (though it's not very helpful when it's off).

Silent Hill Map: Found in the Town. Pretty self-explanatory.

Silent Hill Library Map: Found on a library chair. Like the town map, it's self-explanatory.

Savior's Note: Found in my pocket. A note from the one that saved me from the tunnel. It's the same note about the valves from the same tunnel.

White Rose: Found at the entrance to the library. Beautifully crafted. But, who does it belong to?

To get much bullets Nick had, I had to do the math. It should be correct. When Nick first fired at the monster, He fired three bullets. Do the math.

Well, see ya next week for the next chapter.