Chapter 1 I'm In Hell?
Chapter 1 is up on this one and the other Alastor love story. Enjoy!
***Hope's POV***
It all happened so fast. One moment I was letting a baby rabbit out of a rabbit trap and the next I blacked out. Then I was falling. Now I am on my back laying on the ground.
'What the hell happened and where am I?' I think to myself as I get up.
I look around know with 100% certainty this is not the forest I was in a moment ago. The trees are gone. The sky is red instead of blue. In the sky is a giant pentagram.
Definitely not home or on earth. At first I am thinking maybe somehow this is some kind drug trip, but I don't do drugs though. I don't know what else it could be.
For a moment the back of my neck kind of burns. As I reach to touch the spot the burning stops. I look up at one of the one buildings around me as I wonder what that was about when I see it.
A sign that says Welcome to Hell. My heart drops as I reread those words hoping I read them wrong. Each time I read it though the message is the same.
"I'm in Hell? No. No. No. No. That can't be right. Why?" I ask to no one as I slide down onto my knees.
Everything seems to hit me all at once. Confusion, sadness, and fear. I never expected to be here and for the afterlife of me I cant figure out why or how I ended up here.
Sure I wasn't perfect, but in all honesty no one is. I can't think of anything bad enough to end up here. Tears have been streaming down my face since I realized where I am.
After a few more minutes although it feels like hours I stand. I wipe away the tears. Sitting here crying won't solve anything.
As I pull my hand away from my face that's when I notice I look different. My hands have claws instead of fingernails. My skin is very pale. Pretty much almost completely white. I look down and see instead of my normal human feet I have hooves. One like a deer if I had to guess.
I suddenly feel something twitch on my lower back around the tailbone area. I reach around and as gentle as I can grab on to it. Its definitely a deer tail. As I let go and bring my hands back around hands flip some of my hair into view. Its a deep purple with silver ends.
I then feel something else strange on my back. Only this time its higher up about to my shoulders. This time before I can reach around to feel what's on my back it gently moves around my shoulders to where I can see it. Its a dark silvery feathered wing. I feel the feathers and they are super soft. Since I have one on my left I guess there is one on the right side.
After my wing returns to my back I look at the window of the building with the sign and I take a good look at my reflection. Other than the hooves, wings, claws, and hair the next difference I notice is my ears. They no longer sat on the sides of my head. Instead they are on top of my head and like everything else is deer like. I am also in ratty version of my clothing that I died in.
Not even a minute after studying my reflection there was an explosion. Not wanting to get involved with that I run in the opposite direction. I have no idea where I am going though.
After getting far enough away I decided I needed to find a place to stay. The problem was everywhere I went either wanted money or sexual favors from me. I don't have any money and I am so not comfortable doing sexual things to someone I don't know.
After many hours of wondering around and randomly getting attacked by demons I found this hotel. It was very tall and the sign at the top said Happy Hotel. I really don't want to sleep on the streets tonight so I might as well see if I can get a room for the night.
I walk up to the door and knock on the door. Moments later a young woman answers the door. She is the most human like demon I have seen today. After a moment of standing there she pulls me inside.
"Hello there! My names Charlie and welcome to the Happy Hotel." She says with a big smile.
"Oh...Um. Hi. I'm Hope. Nice to meet you Charlie. I was wondering if you had a room available." I say a little flustered at the start.
"Of course we have room available. Oh. Are you here to be redeemed?" She asks a bounce in her step as she walks us to the check in counter.
"Redeem what?" I ask.
That's when she explain what her hotel is meant to do. Its to be a place for demon to go to be redeemed. She then asks me if I am interested in being redeemed. I tell her I am. I don't really think I am meant to be here. So if there is a chance I can get to where I am suppose to be I might as well try it.
She gives me my room key and shows me to my room.
"So how long have you been in Hell? I don't think I have seen you around before." She asks as we enter the elevator.
"I just got here earlier today. So about half a day I guess." I say not sure when days start here.
She looks at me a little shocked.
"What?" I ask a little concerned.
She then explains about extermination and how I got here a week before the next one as we start walking down the hallway. She offers to help me through this one if I want. I let her know that would be great.
There is no way I could survive it on my own. As we get to my door Charlie tells me that since I am here to be redeemed the room was free. I told her I didn't feel right just using a room for free. Sure I don't have any money right now, but I am fairly certain I can get a job and pay her for the room.
She then suggests I work making food for the hotel residents in return for the room if I insist on paying her back for the room. That seems fair enough to me so I agree. Charlie leaves wishing me a good night.
Exhausted from this long day I set my key on the nightstand next to my bed. I collapse on my bed. I am out not even a minute later.
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