episode 1: the gateway

"beep....beep...beep" an alarm rang on a stool beside a white bed in a messed up room with urban decor. A brown coloured boy stretched his hands to to shut it off. He sat beside the bed shirtless and in pajama trousers. " finally, its the last day of hell, you can do this damien" he taught to himself as he got up from his bed and headed straight for the shower to take his bath. He got out of the shower and wore a white cloth and a black jacket as he always does. he walked past the hallway and went down the stairs to see a woman in a gown and an apron with long hair in the kitchen cooking stir fry, it was aunt Anne." wow, you're up already, last day of school huh, you gonna miss your friends" Anne said as she continued cooking her stir fry." good morning Anne" Damien said with as he tried to force a smoke on his face, normally he would always keep an emotionless face. " Sasha's coming to stay over for a while, her moms on a business trip, so you both can keep your selves company over the holiday" said aunt Anne as she served her stir fey and came to the dining where Damien sat and began to eat. " Sasha takes martial arts class, she isn't gonna be lonely" Damien said as he ate his stir fry as fast as he could to get to the bus stop on time. " I'm done" Damien said as he stood up to drop his empty plate in the sink, just then Monroe came running to Damien. " whose a good boy " Damien said as he pet Monroe on the head. " oh, you're finally gonna have time to walk your 'good boy', he's already getting chubby" aunt Anne said. Monroe immediately growled at her and continued wagging his tail at Damien. " whatever, that dog has never liked me, I'm surprised he's still alive right now" said Anne as she cleared her own plate. Damien grabbed his guitar from the couch and ran towards the door with his school bag. " I'm off aunt" Damien said as he closed the door behind him, just then Monroe peed on the rug and sat there looking at Anne. " you dumb dog, you know I could kill you right, ull call it an accident " Anne nagged as she went over to clean it up.

Damien ran towards the bus stop to meet a white girl with curled hair wearing a white dress and a school bag, it was Sasha. " Damien, good morning " Sasha said greeting Damien." hey Sasha, I heard you're coming over today" Damien said as he slowed down to wait for the bus. " yeah, my mom's got this long business trip so she'll be gone for half the summer" Sasha said as she played with her hair. " oh, well, can't wait" Damien said. Just then the bus arrived and Damien and Sasha got into the bus and left for school.

Damien probably had the most shittiest day of them all as he was constantly made fun of, ridiculed and pranked, all this because people found it amusing to pick on the kid with problems and Damien had plenty of that. the bell for school's ending rang and Damien could barely hold his excitement. " okay kids, have a nice summer vacation and I really want you to read on the history of england cuz we're definitely gonna have a test on it when we see each other again" said the teacher as he wrapped up for the day, just then a slender boy with cool hair and wearing all white showed up at Damien's table and Damien already knew who it was. " hey dickman, we're taking summer vacation soon, more time for you to spend quality time with your dolls am I Right " the boy said making fun of Damien. " wow, you just can't survive without constantly showing us how low your IQ is can't you Kevin" Damien said as he packed his books into his bag, as he opened his bag his guitar head stuck out of it and Kevin pulled it out. " hey look this, the puppets got strings" said Kevin as he played with the guitar. " give it back...Now!" Damien said as he stood up and faced Kevin. Sasha who sat a few tables away loomed at and assessed the situation and sensed trouble. " really, what're you gonna do about it dickman" said Kevin. " its Damien you piece of shit" said Damien as he punched Kevin in the face so hard, he was sent flying into the next table, Damien smoked but remembered his guitar and rushed to get it but a string had already been cut in two. just then the principal walked in and assessed the situation and looked at Damien with his youre-in-trouble eyes and Damien already knew what was coming.

" really, a fight, you got into a fight" said Anne as she scolded Damien in the living room. Sasha sat on a stool in the kitchen sipping a juice box watching the entire thing. "he started of..." Damien said before being interrupted. " cut the crap Damien, I know you have attitude problems " said Anne " who even taught you his to fight in the first place" asked Anne. Damien immediately looked at Sasha and Sasha immediately looked away. " wow, you're really stressing me out Damien, and I'm not even your..." Anne didn't finish the sentence before she stopped herself. " mother, go on, I know its what you wanted to say" said Damien. " damien-" Sasha said. " I get it yunno, I'm this huge insignificant freak that came to this world to take up space, heck my own mothereft me and I still don't know why, you've never complained about me before but the fact that you did it now means you've kept it inside you for a long time now haven't you, if you didn't want my problems then you should have left me on that porch to die of cold" said Damien as he took his guitar and stormed to the roof while Monroe followed him and growled at Anne. " I'll follow him, make sure he doesn't do anything stupid " said Sasha as she followed Damien. Damien sat on the roof looking at the night sky while petting Monroe who laid on his lap. " Hey Damien, you okay?" asked Sasha as she cane to sit beside Damien. " why does it have to be me who feels this, I have done nothing to deserve this treatment from the universe " said a weeping Damien. " Damien, everything's gonna be alright " said Sasha " at least I care about you". " I know, but I wonder how it feels like to actually mean something to people, to be something important, that'd be great" Damien stared at his guitar while Sasha stared at Damien's face. " maybe if I could meet my mom, then I'd know " said Damien as he played the patched guitar string and started to weeo. immediately he played it, the strings began to glow blue. " uhm, Damien, what's going on" Sasha said confused. Damien opened his eyes to see his glowing guitar and rushes up out of panic. " what the-" Damien said as he began to panicked and dropped the guitar on the floor and then the whole atmosphere began to glow blue. Monroe was continuously barking at the phenomenon while Sasha and Damien tried to go back but the doowmr was nowhere to be found, the glowing kept getting brighter and brighter. " okay, let's relax and remain calm" said Damien to Sasha trying to keep a level head. " yeah, I'd advise you to stay calm now, cuz what's coming next is definitely gonna make you scream" said Monroe. Damien and Sasha immediately passed out at the sight of Monroe actually talking and everything went pitch blue until the glowing stopped and there was no one on the roof anymore.

Things were just getting interesting for Damien and his friends

next episode: the spirit realm

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