House Of Wolves (Creepypasta Fanfic)

Chapter 11: Condemned

Bathory

He was the first one I saw when I walked through the doors.

He's the one who condemned me.

Jeff was standing on the stairs, staring at me. He looked bored and intrigued at the same time. I could hear Maven physically growling at him but she was no where to be seen; there was another boy on the steps beside Jeff, sitting down and smiling. His eyes were black with red pupils just like Maven's and for some reason I already felt extremely comfortable with him. Not to mention the Link costume brought back good memories. I remembered one of Maven's stories about a hacked copy of one of the Legend of Zelda games and his name came to me finally: Ben. He waved at me and even though I was holding Grinny, I did my best to make a little wave back. He seemed elated that I even made such a small gesture.

Slender led me up the steps, right past the boys; every fiber of my being wanted to lunge at the pale man and rip him apart, but I was sure that was against the rules. Too bad. Slender brought me up to the third floor and we walked past a door that was painted with stars and a moon. I could hear laughing from inside, like people were having fun. I'd have to do some snooping when I was out on my own.

Eventually I was led to a door with white paint like many of the other ones, but the more I looked, the more painted doors I saw. They had patterns or pictures on them, presumably to let you know who's room was who's. I saw one with a pokeball painted onto the knob, probably someone who enjoyed Pokemon. It sparked my interest and I wanted to meet them.

"This is your room. As I'm sure you've seen as we walked up here, people like to paint their doors and decorate to really make the place feel like home. You can do that too, if you'd like. I'm sure you'll have people willing to help you as well."

"I like painting," I said softly, reaching for the knob, "so what's going to happen tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow I'd like it if you stayed here during the day while I clear up the mess with the authorities. If you want you can start trying to meet the other residents. Start out small; the play room is on this floor, the door with the stars and the moon. Sally and a couple others will be in there, and I'm sure they'd be glad for some company. The day after that you can return to your world and go to school at your leisure."

"Just as things were getting good for me," I stated blankly, string at my hand as I held the knob, "I finally met a boy I actually liked. I was doing good in school. I even got revenge on this one bitch who tortured me. I was handling it all, and then all because of one. Stupid. Mishap. It all came crumbling down..."

"Try not to blame Jeff for what he's done. He had no intention of hurting you or your family."

You really think that matters? I shook my head with a sigh, throwing open the door, "goodnight, Slender. I'll try to talk to some people tomorrow."

"Goodnight, Bathory."

I slammed the door behind me, placing Grinny on the floor; he meowed before stretching out, taking his time to flop over on the carpet and worm his way around. The way he smiled with his little snaggletooth seemed almost sinister now.

The room really was quite plain. White walls, white bedsheets, white desk, white wardrobe. There was another door in the room, and surprise: a white bathroom. At least I wouldn't have to leave to bathe. Just the thought of running water sounded spectacular right now and I dumped my bag out on the bed, leaving it for me to sort later. I just stripped down and walked into the bathroom, locking the door behind me. This was my first time seeing myself in the mirror.

My hair was tinged a soot gray from the fire and it really was shoulder length. I looked so much different with short hair and my head felt so much lighter; there were small burns on my body, ones that wouldn't take more than a few days to heal. If I got some real food, that was. My stomach ached at the thought of tearing into flesh but I knew I'd have to deal with whatever they had around here for a day.