Village Of The Damned

I lived a normal life before I moved here, I went to school played with my friends I was normal , Happy, I belonged. That was at least until we moved here. The town was supposed to be a “beautiful place” but all it reminded me of was the places that are in horror movies tagged as “Haunted Towns.” It rains almost every day and all the towns people are always wearing gloomy expressions, their pale, depressed and might as well be zombies. There are even rumors that this town is close to death and welcomes the spirits of the dead. Sometimes the dead are  among the living.

“ Elliot-kun! Are you ready for school yet ? “ my mother called from downstairs. I groaned sitting up slowly in my bed having not slept well at all. I dreamt about the rumors I had heard about beings that weren't alive they had come back from the grave to once again walk among the living except these beings didn't come for peace they came to devour the souls of villagers. I rubbed my eyes slowly getting to my feet and shuffling over to my closet slipping on my uniform. Today I started school here for the first time I wasn't exactly nervous just, worried. I didn't want to know what the school here was like what the kids were like.

I trudged down the stairs the smell of bacon and eggs filled the room. “Morning mom” I mumbled. She smiled putting the eggs and bacon between 2 pieces of toast and drizzling ketchup over it. I smiled glad she remembered I liked ketchup on it. “Thanks mom” I began to nibble on it thinking about my dream. Suddenly there was a knock at the door it startled me making me drop my sandwich. My mom went to answer it “That’s funny I wasn't expecting any-“ her voice cut off and I glanced over to see what was wrong. “M-mom i-is everything alri..” I stopped my mothers eyes were wide she had an expression of pure fear on her face. I got up and walked to the door my heart racing as I reached beside where my mother was standing. I peeked around to look out the door. My eyes widened and my stomach lurched I felt sick. At the door a body of a young girl expression frozen with terror hung with a noose around her neck tied to my roof. She wore only a night dress on it written with blood were the words. Who is dead ?.

I screamed flying back against the wall my mother finally able to move after being frozen from shock brought me over to the table telling me it would be okay and she called the police. The image of the girl kept appearing in my head. Who is dead? , Who is dead ?. The words echoed in my thoughts and suddenly my mind wandered back to my dream about the beings that also called this village home. I felt sick again and turned to see my mom talking with a cop I looked at the clock again I was going to be late for school. My mom came over and said I could stay home if I wanted but I shook my head." I'll go mom I want to be there on the first day I'll be fine okay" I grabbed my bag and stood at my driveway as the bus came the image of the girl flashed into my head again. I put my headphones in and got on trying to stop thinking about it there weren't many people on my bus and they all looked out the window. Expressions vague and depressed they didn't even seem to notice me get on. Even the bus driver acted as though he was just opening the door to let in some air. I looked around and sat down at the back looking out the window turning up my music hoping that school would be a little better than the ride here. As we began to move it started to rain we passed houses stores and parks as we came more into town I looked at the alleys suddenly my eyes widened standing there in one of the alleys was a man wearing a long white tailcoat, His pants were dark grey almost black and his vest purple. he had a purple red tie.He stood seeming to be looking at me his face hidden by a mask painted with a grin and 2 crimson teardrops he brought a finger to the mouth of his mask as if to shush me. I blinked and he was gone I sat back into my seat embracing my knees. " it's just you're imagination. your just startled from your dream Elliot that's all."

The school appeared in the distance it matched the dull appearance of this town perfectly it was grey and slightly run down looking. Crows circled the roof and landed seeing it made a chill run down my spine. The bus stopped letting all the kids off as I got off I looked around at all the students no one was talking it seemed like they all were just standing around as if they knew no one here . I walked towards the school thinking the day was going to be aagonizing when I felt a tap on my shoulder I turned to see who it was and a boy stood behind me he had blackish blue hair and gold eyes. " y-you're new right ?" he hesitated voice emotionless. I nodded not sure how to respond " Y-yeah just moved here" The boy looked to the ground then back up to me his expression already sad darkened. " Oh, well welcome I suppose"  he hesitated  "I'm Mitsune Kanato...Y-you can just call me K-kanato if you want though"  I smiled slightly " Ok I'm Elliot , Elliot Baskerville I moved from Europe."  Kanato looked at his feet " W-why did you choose to move to Honshu ?" he seemed slightly concerned like I should never have moved here. " uh my mom had work here so we moved" Kanato sighed deeply

" Did it happen to you yet ? was it your house that he went to ?" He played with his jacket looking as if he almost regretted asking me this. " P-pardon Did what happen to me?" Suddenly the girl flashed in my head for a moment and I covered my mouth Kanato looked at me. " E-elliot ? you okay? you look kind of sick "  I swallowed "W-who came to my house Kanato ? who left that girl like that at my door ?" Kanato fidgeted " I-I'm n-not sure if I can say..." He avoided looking me in the eye "It might be a bad omen you probably shouldn't have moved here Elliot-Kun" I remembered the man I saw in the alley and was about to ask Kanato about him when the bell rang.

He made a move to head to the school first "Elliott we aren't supposed to talk about things to newcomers" He looked up at the sky " We've all sort of gotten used to the things that go on here, Soon you will too most likely"  I hesitated and followed him into the school thinking about what he said. How could anyone get used to something like this ? As I made my way to my class I thought about the man again was it him who had done that to the girl ? would he kill more people too. I sat down and noticed Kanato was in my class too. A boy sat beside him he was very slender looked cheerful yet almost mocking as if he found everything amusing he got up and walked to me smirking “ Hello you must be   Elliott I've heard about you" he held out his hand. " I'm Zaraki Kouya " another boy made his way over he looked serious and tough. "Kouya who are you harassing this time ?" Kouya smirked " Ah Keru~chan  I was wondering if you'd even show up today. It's not like you to come to school on time especially on the first day"

The boy scowled eyes narrowing "shut up would you ! and stop calling me that the names Kakeru got it K-A-K-E-R-U " He spelt his name out clearly and leaned against the desk. " So who are you " I jumped when I realized he meant me " Elliot, Elliot Baskerville I-I just moved here from Europe."  Kakeru smirked " Well then welcome to Honshu" the teacher opened the door and told us to get in our seats flatly. As he was taking attendance I couldn't help but realize how different Kouya and Kakeru were compared to the others. However they had a creepy vibe about them. My eyes wandered to my desk and they widened.Written on it like the girls dress were the words " Who Is Dead ?"

I gasped and fell back hitting the floor. Everyone's heads turned to me I looked uo an suddenly their faces went from being normal to their eyes and mouths being black and black liquid oozing out of them. "Who is Dead?"  They asked in unison voices echoing in my head. I screamed and suddenly everything was back to normal the faces staring at me were just regular students. The teacher walked over. "Baskerville would you like to call home. I understand there was an issue at your household this morning perhaps you should speak to someone about it" He helped me up and led me out of the class before I left I caught a glimpse of Kouya he was smirking.

The thought ran through my mind  "They can blend in so they are almost impossible to tell apart from normal humans" I remembered reading that in a book I had found in the library about this towns superstitions. Kouya's image flashed in my head could he be one of them ? him and Kakeru.? I shook my head no that's not possible.  The teacher led me to the office and told them to call my mother and get her to take me home I waited wondering what was wrong with me and why all of this was even happening. I sighed and heard my moms familiar voice "Tank you for calling me I'll be sure to go to Dr.Soba as soon as I can " she came to get me her face concerned " Elliot why didn't you stay home today honestly we should have just gone to the hospital to see if you had any stress".

She ran me to the car hopping in and pulling out. I slouched in the back seat looking out at the rain that was coming down steadily now. It suddenly grew dark we began to slow down until the car was no longer moving. " Damn the car stalled I didn't know anything was wrong with it." She tried to start it again a few times uninterested I went back to looking at the window and my heart stopped. There standing about 4 feet away from our car was the masked man. His grin chilling he took a step forward I brought my face away from the window. "M-Mom.....Th-there's someone o-out t-there...." She turned and her eyes widened " E-Elliot get away from the window." She locked the doors.

The man stepped even closer coming to the side of the car he bent down to look in the window I noticed the teardrops on his mask began to change color from crimson to green. He brought his hand to the glass and wrote "Where is My Master ?"  as soon as he finished the r he disappeared leaving those words on the window. The car turned back on an the sky brightened The letters dripped down the window with the rain. Master? Was this the one responsible for the girl this morning ? What else has he done ?. Or was there someone pulling the strings?