Until Dawn: The Light in the Darkness

Chapter 4 of my Until Dawn story, enjoy.

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Chapter 4

ASHLEY POV

I shuddered at the cold, I seriously did not remember it being so cold last year, blowing onto my hands, despite my fingerless gloves, I merely took solace in the fact I was nearly there. Brushing back my long auburn hair, mostly covered by my red and white beanie I stopped by the observation deck.

Green eyes narrowing slightly I glanced back, no sign of any of the others yet. I briefly considered the weather and just how cold it was. My clothing did a reasonable enough job keeping the worst of it off, so I decided I could wait a while and see if I could spot anything with the telescope, maybe I'd even see the others coming up.

'Still can't believe it's been a whole year...' I thought sadly. 'I thought we would never come back here again.'

It was true, after all the drama with the police, the pain of losing Hannah and Beth, I couldn't imagine what the Washington's must have been going through, yet here we were, coming back, just as if it was another year, another case of us following tradition, despite the disappearance and likely death of Hannah and Beth.

Even without his sister's, Josh had invited us up and seemed actually rather excited and hopeful.

Pondering this and the enthusiasm with which he invited us up to the lodge this year; completely contrary to what I had expected, I approached the telescope and began to look through it, taking a moment to adjust the telescope so I could see properly. I couldn't help but smile a little as I took in the breathtaking view.

"Wow..." I whispered.

I let out a slow breath and straightened up for a moment before looking through the telescope again. Moving the view around, I zoomed in when I spotted something.

"Whoa, hello..." I whispered. "Somebody is getting a little friendly...and not in the friend-zone kinda way."

I couldn't believe what I was seeing, Mike and Emily were on one of the paths leading up to the lodge, looking rather close and actually appeared to be flirting. Normally I wouldn't have thought twice about such a sight, if it weren't for the fact that Mike and Emily were supposed to have broken up, with Mike now dating Jess and Emily now with Matt.

I shook my head as I turned the viewfinder away, muttering to myself. "They might need to check the expiration date on their big break-up."

Just then, who should suddenly pop up in the viewfinder, playing some practical joke to scare me, but Matt himself. I jumped, startled.

"Oh my god..." I gasped as Matt approached, laughing.

I groaned and he shook his head.

"Hey, sorry about that Ash."

I shook my head.

Turning to him, I let my exasperation show.

"Jeez louise Matt.

Matt stepped back, raising his hands. "Hey, sorry, I didn't mean to scare you Ash, well, I did mean to sorta scare you but not, for real scare you."

"Oh my gosh…." I groaned through gritted teeth, gently shoving him. "Oh my gosh!"

Matt was suddenly awkward. "Uh, damn, I'm really sorry Ash."

I sighed lightly and eased up, it wasn't like he had any mean intent.

"It's fine, it's fine." I said quickly, trying to calm things down.

Smiling again, Matt gestured to the telescope.

"So, what are you looking at, see anything juicy with that thing?" He asked. "C'mon, let me see."

I stammered desperately as I stepped in front of it, faltering. If Matt looked through the telescope, he'd see Mike and Emily.

"Um...No, it's, it's nothing, really, it's not like real interesting or anything." I stammered; trying to dissuade him.

Matt raised an eyebrow. "What, for real, I bet I could find a cool bear chowing down on a fox or something."

Defeated, I stepped aside; already feeling bad. "Um...sure, go ahead."

I stepped back and watched dejectedly as he peered through the telescope. It did not take long for him to react.

"Oh, son of a bitch!"

"It's, it's alright." I said quickly; trying to calm him. "It's probably nothing..."

He turned to me and shook his head, clearly angered. "Is it ever just nothing with Em? Is it?"

"I um..." I mumbled; feeling a little overwhelmed.

With that, he stalked off, leaving me to follow awkwardly.

The whole remainder of the trip, despite apparently still having the presence of mind to pick up and carry Emily's bags, Matt was silent and apparently lost in thought.

'What do I even say, I just…?' I wondered, unable to help but feel worried.

I wished there was something I could say or do to help him calm down; but he simply remained angry and I wasn't sure where to even start. In the end, I never got a chance, for I soon found myself, along with Matt, arriving at the lodge. Josh was already there, waiting and grinned.

"Hi."

I smiled a little awkwardly. "Hi Josh."

Matt just nodded; Josh raised an eyebrow and spoke.

"Well, you guys are the first here and here are some more...we'll talk a little more shortly." He said quickly.

I turned and watched as he headed down to greet the new arrivals. I smiled a little, seeing some familiar faces, Sam and Grant, along with Chris.

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