He was an idiot not to realise what was going on, the second him and Jon had entered that room the thought sprang into his mind. He was the fool, led into the trap.
As he awoke from whatever miasma had put him in his slumber, he saw that he was alone. The room was barren for the most part littered in broken shelves, bookcases without a single book on them. The only light came from behind him. It was blinking, shattering sparks of energy across the ground. Wherever he was, it wasn’t the manor which hadn’t been ordained in modern technology.
He looked closely and saw the light was coming from a bulb hanging from a thin wire. It was loose from its socket, as shown in the frame being broken and the glass covering the bulb cracked. The light created a split shadow across the ground keeping Erick in the dark. Below the bulb was a pile of old weary books, however he couldn’t make out any more details from them. There were windows as well, to Erick’s surprise. He could hear a light melody of rain outside.
Erick attempted to stand up but found his legs didn’t have the strength yet. He came tumbling back down. He scanned the room more but found nothing outside of a haunting feeling building in his chest. He had been here before, it struck him as odd at first but then his thoughts were confirmed when he looked above him.
It was the skylight.
The same one in which Maisy had saw and described to him. He had stumbled across the room when he first arrived.
“Oh shit….” He muttered softly, attempting to pick himself back up again. This time there was more success he was able to stand for a few seconds before falling. Knowing that he would be stuck there for a while, Erick decided to check out the pile of books.
He crawled over, pushing his weak hands against the hard wood, likely getting splinters. Once he made it to the pile, Erick grabbed one of the books and stared at it.
The Spellstorm Horror
The same book which Maisy had found, the same book that predicted their fates. Now Sei and Ryan made sense, since Sei became that monster and Ryan well….Erick knows what happened to him. The part which he didn’t understand was the next part, it said that Ryan would go after Erick but he knew this wasn’t true as Ryan had already changed before him. Perhaps the book was wrong about their fates, or perhaps it wasn’t about their fates at all.
Suddenly the book snapped shut entrapping one of Erick’s hands in it. He howled out in pain, as his hand was crushed by the books surprising strength. Erick attempted to rip the book apart, however it stayed crawled around his screaming hand.
He looked around for anything which could help him, but he found nothing.
He frantically hit the book against the ground trying to make it let go, but to no avail. Suddenly as all hope seemed to be lost the book fell down off his hand. He looked down at his hand and saw it was bloody but not destroyed. Blood dripped from his palm landing on the wooden ground.
“Fucking book” Erick cursed.
Looking down at the thing which caused him so much pain. To his surprise the blood he expected to be splashed across the page was soaked into it. Giving the book a crimson hint. On the page of names there was new information written in his blood.
Victor Grams – DEAD
Karissa Spellstorm – UNKNOWN
Sei Everdeen – ALIVE
Mike Sampson – DEAD
Erick James – SOON
Ryan Levees – ALIVE
Seth Julie – UNKNOWN
Charlotte Frederick – DEAD
Jonathan Levees – UNKNOWN
Maisy Grove – DEAD
“What….the hell….is this”
Written next to all of their names was their current status. Erick pondered the names and recognised his friends. Mike and Maisy were dead.
“Maisy…..” he mumbled, wiping his eyes.
But also Ryan and Sei were alive, Erick was confused by this. If they were alive, then that means they were still conscious after they transformed.
Under his own name he gulped….SOON.
“Soon….what does that mean, god damn why has this book got to be so cryptic”
“Its not cryptic at all” said a voice from the dark.
“It’s quite simple really Erick”
Erick looked up, into the darkness and saw a slender figure walking out. The same one he saw before, the same one…which killed Maisy.
“S-Sei?”