Chapter 5
"You know, that was a strange task to do." Mark inquired as we headed down the hall to the green door.
"Yeah it would archery have to do with being a perfect teenager?" i responded.
"Wait, you know the name of the game is called the perfect teenager?"
"I do? I guess,... i don't really know why, but that sentence just came to me."
"This game gets weirder and weirder by the minute."
We moved on and arrived at the door. I was hesitant to go inside but Mark wasn't and we were quick to open the door. We walked straight into a wooded area. A bow and some arrows were on the ground. We picked them up confused.
"What's with the bow again?" asked Mark.
"Whatever the reason i think we'll find out soon." I said as I heard various noises from the woods. A growl came from behind a bush. A hair covered creature with sharp teeth leaped out from behind the bush.
"Wolves?" asked a confused Markiplier. I shrugged and loaded my bow as Mark held it. I aimed for its head and shot right before it attacked. It fell to the ground and disappeared. A doe came bounding over a different bush and i was careful not to shoot it. More wolves and deer came and I shot all the wolves, some taking more arrows than others, and i let the deer go by.
After a while no more wolves came by, but there was nothing to indicate the trial was over.
"What's that?" i asked confused as a massive shape loomed behind the bush.
"I think it's a bear. Well guess this is the boss." he held up the bow again. I set an arrow into it and prepared for the bear. It came out from behind the bush and walked slowly towards me. I dropped my arrow.
"Katlina! What are you doing?"
"Shhhhhhhh!" I shushed him. "Make me walk towards it and sit on the ground." he did so and didn't say a word, waiting for me to explain. The bear got closer and i could smell its breath in my face. It stopped in front of me and fell to the ground panting. "The task was to protect the deer by killing the wolves, as if you were protecting your family. But the bear was already injured and was a trick to kill something that you misjudged, like accidentally killing a family member that was running away from trouble that you didn't see." i stroked its head and felt it breath its last breath. It the disappeared to join the wolves.
"Wow, that was… i mean...sad but… weird." he said not knowing how to respond. He made me stand up and we walked back through the door into the hallway. The door turned brown and another turned red.
"I have guessed that for the red door i am on my own. I'll see you back in the hallway in a little while." i said. If Mark nodded i didn't know. He moved me to the door and opened it and i stepped inside.
The ringing came back but i expected it and was prepared. I knew Mark was gone because i tired to move forward but couldn't. I could, however, move both of my arms. I found myself laying on some sort of metal bench with a cushion on it and there was a bar across my chest with heavy objects hanging on either side of it.
"Ready for your strength building exercise?" said a woman's voice i could hear just over the noise of the ringing.
"I guess?" i responded confused.
"Good. Place both hands on the bar above you." i did so. "Now lift up and pull back down to your chest. Do this right 10 times and we'll move on." i took the hint that that was all the help i was going to get. I pushed the bar up and immediately dropped the heavy thing on my chest. Wow, this was going to take some time.