“There’s no chance of me living, the stairs are solid concrete”.
Then suddenly my life flashed before my eyes my birth, my father hitting me, my mums funeral, I saw everything then a bright light appeared I began to look into it I saw my mum she was smiling at me with her perfect complexion then she began to walk away I tried to reach out for her but I couldn’t get her she was becoming further and further away then I began to fall through the light further and further downwards till I saw the ground I was an inch away when all of a sudden I awoke I jerked up sweating and breathing rapidly I looked around my surroundings I was no longer lying on the boiler room floor with my skull shattered into a thousand pieces and drowning in a pool of my own blood but to my surprise I awoke looking up to a dark cloudy sky I lay on the ground and breathed a sigh of relief I staggered to my feet and looked at my surroundings I was standing outside the school gates but not the school gates I knew so well I didn’t recognise anything the gates were old and rusty unlike the newly painted ones I knew, the gargoyles on the pillars at each side of the gates were chipped and cracked, there was weeds growing out of the cracks and the pillars them selves were cracked and looked as if they had been standing for hundreds of years not twenty. But the school it was horrible there had been acts of vandalism caused everywhere the windows were smashed the doors were hanging off their hinges the whole place just seemed evil. There was a thick mist and the only light I had was the moon in the sky so I headed for the school but out of the corner of my eye I thought I saw the gargoyles head move I span round quickly but the gargoyle was still sitting with its back hunched facing the opposite direction I shook my head a gave a feeble laugh then headed for the school.
When I got inside the school I heard the silence no children screaming no teachers speaking just silence there were mice on the floor and the roof was leaking, the graffiti carried on in here as well I looked at it closer and noticed it was the same phrase written over and over again
“Beware the beast it is the beginning of all endings”
I carried on down the hall until I reached the janitors cupboard – which was really an office but it was named that because it was no bigger than a small cupboard you would use for storing things – it was all-different my jacket was decorated in dust and cobweb, there were rats in here as well nibbling at my sandwich I had brought in for my lunch but it wasn’t as fresh as I had left it, it was off coloured and mould had begun to grow as if it has been sitting out for weeks. I lifted my head and looked in the dusty cobweb filled cabinet where I kept my keys, they were all missing apart from the boiler room key I peered as it for a while then I noticed someone else’s reflection in the glass apart from mine standing behind me was the most beautiful women I had ever seen, she was stunning her hair was white blonde, her eyes blue as the deep ocean her face was of pure perfection and she glowed with beauty as if she was a goddess I turned around to speak to her but as I did horror struck me the beauty that once stood behind me was no longer a goddess of perfection she was a horrid, old hag. Her face was peeling and knotted, her lips were no longer a ruby red but dry and cracked, her nose was crooked and bent and her eyes they were no longer that that deep blue that would trap any mans heart, they were pure nothingness just deep black holes. She reached out for me with her pale, skeletal old hands, I picked up my old sandwich and threw it at her and it flew through her she let out a high-pitched screech and vanished. I slammed the door, turned around and was sick until there was nothing left in me. My heart was left pulsating and broken.
I grabbed the key for the boiler room and began to run down the hall. Now my office was on the ground floor and the boiler room was at the top to I began my ascent from the ground floor up to the third. As I reached the first floor I heard a disturbing scream I stopped and stared into the darkness of the corridor the screams echo faded until the silence returned I began to walk forward when all of a sudden three boys jumped out of a near by classroom and began running down the hall I shouted at them to stop but they didn’t listen so I began to chase after them but they had already turned the corner and vanished before I could catch them. I leaned up against the wall to catch my breath wondering why those three boys were here and what they were doing. Once I had caught my breath I began to think what was going on the key, the woman and the three boys they must all be adding up to something so I began my trek up the second flight of stairs. I got up onto the second floor as I did I tripped over something it was a torch from my office I bent down to pick it up but as I did I heard whispers and deep breathing a cold shiver went down my spine. I looked up and seen a dark clump standing in the middle of the corridor I slowly switched on the torch and as I did I recognised the clump of people huddled together they were members of staff that worked at the school. They where huddled in the most crooked positions standing perfectly still with only their mouths moving whispering in perfect harmony.
“Beware the beast it is the beginner of all endings”
Their whispers were becoming louder and louder until they were shouting then all of a sudden they stopped shouting. The silence hit me it was cold and frightening I stared at the once human things for a couple of seconds to scared to move then they opened their eyes simultaneously and stared back at me. I clasped my hand over my mouth so I didn’t scream their eyes were blank with no expression their sparkle had left them now they just looked dead. Then unexpectantly they began to move towards me some staggering some dragging them selves across the floor I could see their faces in the light, they were horrible their skin was torn and bloody, their clothes old and damaged and their bodies were bruised and broken I felt nauseated. I began to move back they were getting closer to me one tried to swipe for my face I swatted it with the torch I felt my back hit the wall, its cold hard surface made me feel like a small inferior creature and a lucky predator had caught its prey in the corner. I lunged the torch at one of their heads it flickered and went out. The darkness that came brought me no relief I could no longer see what I was facing and as I sat waiting to be pounced on by these creatures I noticed that they were standing perfectly still once again my nose almost touching theirs I looked at my torch and it hit me they only reacted to the torches light. Now all I had to do was get out of their and the only way was forward so I began to worm my way through their twisted shapes I was terrified as I slid past each individual I could feel their breath on the back of my neck when clumsily I stepped on one of their foot. I jerked my head and the thing was staring at me it took a swing but I managed to duck and it hit another thing instead I ran out of the group and looked back they were fighting amongst themselves gouging each others eyes, biting, scratching they were monsters they had lost all civilised intelligence and were back to basic instincts as if they were apes fighting for a scrap of meat.
I began to run up the stairs onto the third floor at the top of the stairs the three boys stood their giggling they waved at me to follow them as they ran off so I jogged after them. They led me to the boiler room I looked at the door and noticed something peculiar another me was standing their with the blonde haired boy away to walk into the boiler room I ran towards me to warn him but he closed the door behind him. I ran up to the door shoved the key in and flung open the door I wasn’t prepared for what I saw a rope appeared under my other half’s feet as he hurdled towards the ground I watched in horror as two boys ran out giggling and laughing. I walked slowly down to my body blood was tricking from his skull but he was still breathing then suddenly I heard a roar from the corridor it made my spine shiver I jumped up a shadow appeared outside the door is was huge the shadow shot fear inside me but what followed didn’t, as the roars echo died down I heard the echo of shoes and around the corner appeared the beautiful woman again I screamed at her to get back she floated down the stairs past the three boys who faded away after her she walked right up to face. I could see the evil in her eyes, all the hurt and pain that had been done to her. she stared at me for a few seconds then began to move her hand down my chest, my breathing had become more rapid now as her hand reached my belt buckle but then all of a sudden she picked me up by the buckle and launched me towards the wall I lay there for a few seconds trying to figure out what was going on but she began to move again I jumped up and ran for the door but she appeared at the foot of the stairs before I had even began to ascend them she grabbed my throat and flung me to the roof. I landed with my back on the floor and she was standing over me. She kicked me full force in the ribs I jumped up and scampered away from her but it was no use she was everywhere I turned. I ran behind the giant boiler and hid my chest panting rapidly I heard her shoes
Clip, clop, clip, clop
It was like hearing a clock and the closer the sound got the closer I was to dying. The echoes of the shoes were coming from every direction I dint know where she was going to appear then a metal rod rolled towards my feet I looked down at it and picked it up when suddenly she appeared in front of me I swung at the side of her head.
She grabbed the heavy pole and tossed it aside as if it were a plastic toy I stood there in shock I could feel the colour draining from my face, she grabbed my arms and lifted me up when suddenly I felt a sharp pain go into my back. I looked down in horror a sharp piece of the boiler was sticking through my stomach blood pouring out first a small amount but then more and more until I began to feel faint and I stared at the lady with utter fear in my eyes when suddenly I recognised her the beast it was my mother.
“Beginning to all endings” I thought to myself and finally I understood the phrase. I tried to speak but I was too weak I must have lost half my blood supply
she giggled like a small school child, turned and strutted away triumphantly I watched her float back up the stairs she then turned, blew a kiss and vanished I screamed out for her but the only reply was the sound of my own echo I sat there staring as my surroundings faded around me.