Until Dawn - Your Story

One Year Later - Chapter Two

One Year later - Chapter Two

"(Y/N)?"

"What?", tired as hell you open your eyes and look into a familiar face. Surprised and shocked at the same time you wince scared. Sam gives you an innocent smile, while she sits down next to you. "I'm sorry. I didn't want to scare you, but it seemed that you had a nightmare", she sounds really concerned.

A sigh escapes your mouth as you give her a shrug with your shoulders. Relieved you look around to see that you are back in the reality. Back to the cable car station. "I dreamed about the night a year ago. I still can't believe what happened", is your answer. To be honest you don't want to talk about your dream or what happened the last year. It's already hard for you to come back to the ski lodge.

"Wait... Where is Chris? He was here a second ago!" You only see his backpack right next to you. "His phone is buzzing", Sam notices and points at the cell phone. "Great, but its owner is still gone", is your answer as you stand up from the bench. "Chris?! Chris!", a bit worried you look around for him. The mountain looks so dark in this moment like something bad is going to happen.

"Hey, Sam... (Y/N)?", a familiar voice can be heard behind you. A slight smile appears on your lips, while you turn around to your friends. "Chris! Sorry, I totally zoomed out", you reply and secretly you hope they don't see that this mountain gives you the creeps right now. He winks at you to cheer you up, then he turns around to look at Sam.

"Are you my secretary?", Chris asks sarcastically. Of course Sam couldn't keep her hands away from his phone. Some things will never change. "It was buzzing", she replies totally innocent and gives the phone back. "I just try to forget what happened, because I found something amazing", Chris gets his backpack from the bench. Sam and you change a surprised look.

"Alright, lead the way", you let out a sigh. The two of you follow the blond man behind the cable car station. There is a shooting range and a smile appears on your lips. It reminds you of your own father, because he loved to shoot things. "Ta Dah!", Chris is so proud that he found the range.

"Do you want to try, Sam?", he wants to know smiling. She just shakes her head, while you lean on the fence. There are a lot of memories in your head right now. "(Y/N)? Wanna try?", Chris asks you friendly. For a second you look at the gun he has in his hands.

"Why not. It's been a while that I shot something so don't judge me, dude", you inform him as you take the gun out of his hands. The weight in your hands is familiar and you feel a little bit better than before. If someone would attack you now you could defend yourself without trouble.

The empty bottle on the barrel is your first victim. "Keep calm, breath in, aim correctly and then shoot", you hear your father's voice in your head. After a few seconds you pull the trigger and the bottle falls from the barrel. "Wow, nice shoot", Sam compliments, while Chris pats your shoulder impressed.

"I'm so out of practice, but thank you! Here, show us what you can, cowboy", you give the gun back to him and lean again on the fence. There is so much going on in your head now. Sam and Chris are talking, but you don't even listen to them. This uneasy feeling in your stomach won't go away. A year ago you would have shrugged the feeling off and moved on, but after the loss of two of your friends everything has changed. Especially the way you live your life.

There is no time to relax, because every time you stop doing something you think about Hannah and Beth. You don't know if you did the right decision as you ran away from the shadow person thing. What if you could have saved the twins? It's probably too late to think about it and "What if" questions don't change what happened a year ago.

"Hey, our ride is coming!", Sam catches you off guard as she put a hand on your shoulder. "Woah! Sorry, I zoomed out again. Right?", you reply smiling. She just nods in agreement, while the three of you make your way back to the entrance from the cable car station. "You are in the clouds with your head. What are you thinking about?", Chris wants to know.

He is still grinning like a boy. The shooting was apparently really funny for him. "I just thought about how fast a year goes by", you tell him just the half of the truth. "That's true. It's weird to come back", Chris agrees, while Sam wants to open the door. "Here, Josh wants to keep people out. They found some strangers sleeping in the station one time", you explain, while you get the key from your jacket pocket.

"What? Creepy", Sam steps into the station. Sighing you look around as she gives you the key back. The mountain still looks terrifying as hell. Chris and Sam are talking about Josh. He had a rough time the last year. You know that too well, because you were by his side and try to help him through his darkest days. It was the only thing you could do. This guy is one of your oldest and best friends.

"Finally", a sigh escapes Sam's mouth and the three of you enter the cable car. It's so overwhelming to look out of the window and see that the mountain comes closer. All the emotions are back, while Chris and Sam are chatting again. You are not really interested what they are talking about, because you are busy with organizing the thoughts in your head.

The ride is too short to tame the chaos in your head, but it helped to calm down. "Oh my god. I feel so trapped right now!", you knock on the window so Jessica opens the door for you three. Chris is the first one who steps out of the cable car station. "Oh my god! I thought we were goners. Another ten minutes in there and I would have chewed off my own leg", he says a bit too dramatic, but matching to your words.

Jess just rolls her eyes before Chris snaps the note out of her hands. "Hey...", you hit your elbow into his rips. "I am just doing like Sam taught me. Other people's private things are my personal playground", is his - be honest - good answer. Judging you look at her. "That's your fault, Sammy", smiling you wink at her. This is going to be a dirty secret battle so ...

Should you wait for Chris and Sam or should you go to the ski lodge alone?