Spooky Scary Story TimeAll of the lights were out. The room seemed to be obviously void of any other living organism. All except for one Kia who was holding a candle as he searched in the darkness. The floor beneath him was covered in thick layer of dust and grime. There also seemed to be a slight stench that covered this place. He held a paw up to his nose to slightly guard himself from the smell even if only for only a moment. Attempting to look around there was nothing really visible, just darkness. There was however the dim flickering light of his candle, it didn't illuminate much though.
Walking forward he continued for a while until he discovered a wall. As he followed this wall he discovered what looked like a door. Thinking this door might be an exit his pace quickened slightly but on the other side all he found was a corridor. He began fumbling through the long dark corridor to only find that there were an incredibly amount of rooms. None of which seemed to lead out or contain anything that might have stated anyone had ever been inside them. There also seemed to be no windows - which would explain the pitch black atmosphere.
After making sure to check each room incredibly thoroughly he let out quite an exasperated sigh while standing in the middle of the corridor. It felt like it had been an eternity that he had been searching for any sign of an exit. Still there was nothing. No sign of life, no sign of a world outside of this horrific place. At that moment he felt like something was breathing down the back of his neck. With a slight turn he thought he caught a glimpse of some kind of figure disappearing into one of the rooms he had just checked. Picking up his candle he peered into the door way of where he saw the shadow slip through. There was nothing, just as before.
Trying to just brush off what he thought he had just witnessed he turned around and walked back to the original room he started in. Once again just focused on getting out before his mind was completely lost to this place. He walked for what seemed like forever again, never turning or separating from the wall. Eventually he had discovered another door. Peering once again into the door he found yet another corridor.
Just as before he began check each and every individual room. This time something felt odd. The rooms were all freezing, not even close to exaggerating these rooms could very easily be considered similar to an icebox. His breath was clearly visible in the light of the candle. Trying to examine the rooms quickly he ended up scraping his shoulder on a nail that was jetting out from a wall.
A bit of blood trickled from his wound but there was nothing he could do about it. With nothing to bandage the wound he was forced to continue untreated. Now with an ever so slight limp he walked out of the corridor once more and continued along the hall. Now walking much father than he had before he felt like maybe there wouldn't be another door to find but it felt like it was taking him much longer to find another door, or maybe it was his injury slowing him and making it feel longer, he began wondering if he was even possible that he was going to find another door.
After making not a single turn or veering from the wall even slightly it eventually happened. He came across another door. This one seemed different however, this whole area felt different compared to everything he'd experienced so far. As he repeated his action of exploring all the rooms he could access he began to feel tired. That thought hadn't even crossed his mind since waking up here. How long had he actually been walking? It was reasonable to feel tired because he had covered quite a distance, at least it felt like he had.
He decided to take a break. Cozying up to a corner he took a little time to rest his legs. He didn't sleep however. He simply laid there and stared into his candles flame. It was burning so low now. He began to wonder what he would do if it went out. He'd be trapped here. If he couldn't find anything with light, how would he ever get out without it. While he stared into the flame he noticed a drop of something create a shadow as it fell. He could very clearly hear the dripping noise it made as it hit the floor.
Getting to his feet he approached the location of the drip and held up what little was left of his candle. As he squinted his eyes a bit to see he could make out what looked like a nail coming from the wall. Upon closer inspection the liquid from the wall appeared a deep red color. Moving the candle closer to the floor and leaning in he was able to see a small puddle of what appeared to be blood. Leading away from which was a faint trail of bloodied paw prints. He also noticed that the print was made by the other creatures left paw.
Just then, he recalled something that had happened earlier and looked to his left shoulder which was still ever so slightly bleeding. He lifted his paw and examined it next to the candle flame able to see that his pads were indeed coating in what was relatively dry blood. As that revelation hit him he began to feel a slight presence near him once more so he turned his head ever so slightly and in that moment and odd gust of wind came out of nowhere. All was silent as his candle flame was extinguished and he was left "alone" in the dark.
