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Walking out in the freezing cold trying to get the stupid power to my crap apartment back on during a blizzard was not what I wanted to do on my day off from work. The day was going to be spent at home watching Netflix and shoving snacks in her face and a few hours of playing some old Harvest moon ds games. Not waking though a snow storm raging over the city. It seemed the world outside my small apartment building had other ideas. The power had gone out for the fourth time that month and after a call to the tenet who lived a few blocks away, the only message was "Fix it yourself ".
Aka the reason I was freezing my butt off in the middle of this storm. Walking down from my apartment and down into the lobby, the storm outside was going crazy. I sighed, Rita why did you have to love here? This place sucked, hell the electric box to the whole apartment was OUTSIDE, not even inside like normal freaking buildings. My head hurt as I realized I really had to go out in this butt hurt storm just to get my power back on.
Shoving my hands deeper into my pockets I shoved the glass door to the building open and headed out. Looking around all I could see was snow. I hate snow. I hate storms. I hate this building and everyone in it. My thoughts where cut short as a hand grabbed me by the back of my shoulder. Yelping I tried to shove the hand off me but was meet with a stronger force, the person or thing pulled me around the building. My feet dragged across the snow as I tried to free myself but was unable to. My voice was cut short. The person shoved me passed them and down.
No, this person didn't just shove me down the river bank behind the building. The free fall was long as I tried to scream, to reach out for another to stop my fall. I couldn't die like this. The bank was to deep, as soon as I hit the freezing water, I would have minutes to get out, if that long. My body would freeze in that water, I would drown within minutes. Tears filled my eyes as I finally opened them at the last second before I hit the water. The last thing I saw before plugging into the cold frigid water was someone dressed in all black standing on the top of the bank looking down at me as I met the water.
I hit the water, well my back did but I didn't fully sink. The impact of the freezing water was there, but not the full watery death part. I waited, but instead of sinking into water, I sunk into what felt like a dark cold void. My eyes where glued closed and I felt like I was falling for what seemed like hours.
A silent scream left my lips as my back hit...cold wet sand. My eyes still didn't open, but my body rolled over this new wet sand, hitting my back first before I rolled across it and onto my my side. My eyes shoot open as a loud horn alarm blasted though the air. A dark night sky filled with some of the most bright stars I had ever seen filled my vision. It's all I could see as I looked up, my eyes not budging from the scene. My head only turned as I heard the loud sound of crashing waves coming at me from my left side. My body rolled over more just in time to not get completely drenched in sea water. Wide eyes turned in the duration to see a large boat now sail a bit away from what looked like a small dock.
Body aching I sat up for a moment, my body damp and covered in wet sand. Eyes wide as I watched the boat leave, the realization hit me full force as I silently watched, my eyes going wide.
I some how was on that boat and they had just literally tossed my body off on this beach in the middle of the night.
My eye twitched.
Falling back into the sand I found myself wanting to scream at the nothingness. I didn't understand any of this. One minute it was early morning and freezing cold out, now it was warm and dead middle of the night stuck on a wet beach. What was I supposed to do?
POV
The short bodied woman groaned before lifting herself off the wet sand. Her thick thighs gave a small jiggle as she brushed some of the sand off her jeans, she brushed a bit of the sand off her bomber jacket. She cracked her back as she shook some more of the sand before making her way back on shore. Her boots hit the sand for a while as she made her way off the beach. After a few minutes her boots meet fresh green grass and dirt. Looking around she found a street lamp? There was no actual street but just two dirt paths leading in two different decorations. She took the left side, a trailer with multiple lights lit the path better. The woman thought for a moment to go and knock on the door but stopped the thought as she passed the home.
She didn't want to bother the owner, there was probably a better place to go if she kept walking. She hoped there was actually more of a town or something up a head of she kept following the path farther up. As she followed the path she made sure to keep a eye out. She looked around as she walked, her mind thinking things over. The path & buildings looked oddly natural, like she had seen this place before but she could not place them. Maybe if it was day time she could remember where she had seen this area before.
The walk was quite as she finally found herself closer to what looked like a town. Outside building lights shined though the darkness of the night. Her eyes following them as she got closer. The dry dirt path trailed off into a brick pathway much to Rita's delight. As her feet meet the brick path she stopped to look around, the new street lights helping her to see where she really was now. A few buildings and what looked like a few sets of houses filled the area of what looked like a small natural town.
A line of a few stone houses filled the side of the other street in a line, a few trees and bushes filled the gaps of the buildings and street area. Looking around the building she had seen from the path looked to be still open, she couldn't really see but she could make out a plank on the side of the building that said something "BAR" yeah no way she was ready for a drink at this time of night, and after all of what just happened, she just wanted to sleep. A bigger building sat in the middle of the town area, and what caught her eye in the dark lit area was a big sign that she could make out as " INN Vacant " Rita grinned.
At least she could see if they had a room open so she could get out of the heat and darkness of the night. As she started walking, she heard some noise, a few laughs and what sounded like a few strings from a guitar being plucked? Come from the inside of the bar she had stepped a way from just a few seconds ago. She almost yelped as she ran a bit away from the bar door and closer to the Inn. She made her way to one of the pillars of the Inn entrance before turning back around to look at the bar again. A light shined over the gray and black brick pathway as the bar door opened. Rita's eyes shined a bit as she watched what looked like a rather tall man walk though the now open door of the bar. He kept the door open as he seemed to look back inside the bar, most likely looking back at some in the bar. A mop of black curls in a slight over grown mullet sat on the tall mans head, a chiseled jaw with a light shadow of the other side of his face. A slight cub to the upper cheek bones but not much. She couldn't fully get a great look at the man do to only the bar light and the light lamp light over head. But he was handsome, even with the small scowl that drew on his lips.
Rita could only watch as the much taller man nodded back to who ever he was talking to in the bar before fully stepping out into the street and letting the door to the bar slam behind him. He shoved his hands into his pockets and slouched a little before looking around a moment. His eyes looking Rita's way before she quickly throw herself behind the Inns pillar to hide herself the best she could from the strange man looking her way. He seemed to not notice her or just ignore the movement before looking back to the path leading behind the Inn and walking down it. His heavy foot steps being the only thing Rita could hear before they faded off and she felt like she could breath again.
The foot steps where gone as she felt around in her pockets, hoping to find some kind of cash. This place looked like it hadn't taken a credit card in...Ever. She felt around her jack pocket for anything. She hummed as she fished out what looked like a small pocket bag full of what looked like gold coins. About 400 or so it seemed. She finally sighed before finding the door to the Inn and slowly opening it.
Light filled what looked like a small lobby, the walls a sickly bright yellow and a few pictures hung on the walls. After a quick look around her eyes fell onto a small counter in the middle of the room by a back wall. A short woman who looked to be in her early 40s stud behind the desk working on something, she seemed to be so focused that she didn't hear the small chime of the door being opened and closed. Rita walked though the quiet lobby and approached the counter top.
The woman looked up and gasped before looking at Rita and saying " Oh my! I'm so sorry dear I didn't see you there! Welcome to the Inn. It's a bit late for a booking but I can tell you haven't been to town before and your luck we have a few free rooms available!" The older women smiled up at Rita gave a sleep filled smile before settling down about 100 of the coins on the counter in front of the women and saying " If this covers it I will take any room you have available Miss."
The woman looked shocked as she looked at the pill of coins in front of her, her mouth just sat in a oh before she quickly pointed up a set of stairs to the side of the lobby. The women quickly stated in a almost stutter voice " Oh yes! Upstairs first door to the left is available, the room is completely made and a complete bathroom set is set up as well!" Before the woman could say much more Rita was already stumbling up the stairs.
"B-breakfast is at 7! My name is Ruby! Thank you for staying at For-Get-Me-Not Inn for you stay!"
Rita stopped in her tracks as her hand hovered over the door knob. Her hand twitched as she opened the door, she just stud in the door way. For-Get-Me-Not Inn?
As in For-Get-Me-Not valley?? As in that stupid kid game she played when she was bored at home after work!?
Shaking she walked into the room and shut the door. She felt her legs finally give out as she slid down the door frame of the room. Her brow twitching as she looked at the hard wood floor. This wasn't real. She was at home sleeping off a bad trip or something. This wasn't really as much as it felt it was. She started to crawl over the floor to the bed that sat in the corner of the room, the lamp being the only thing on on the small room. She grabbed the sheets of the bed and made her way up onto the top of the covers.
Rolling over she quickly looked at the ceiling. If she just went to sleep she could just wake up in her own soft warm bed and not these cold sheets under her. She could wake up and go back to her normal life, most likely wake up and get ready to go back to work after a day off. Just jet back to the norm. Before she could think any more, Rita's eyes rolled back into her head. Her mind going blank before she completely passed out.