Day 4 Part 2

I'm right now walking to the church as it sounds to be the safest place to go to.

As I was nearing the church I saw many people hurry back home and locking their doors behind them. Seeing this it reminded me that the guard said something about some things coming out at night.

I wonder what it is to have all these people scared. Could it be the thing that was chasing me is going to come here with more of its kin or could it be something else? Well, whatever it is it must be dangerous and I need to hurry.

While I was in my thoughts I had reached the church. The church was a small wooden building with a cross on the roof and when I got to the door it was locked. Not knowing what to do I quickly knocked on the door until an old man wearing a priest uniform came out seeing me outside the door he motioned his hand for me to come in.

As I walked in the old priest closed the door behind me and put a wood board in between the door handles. Once he was done he turns around to face me.

"My child you are quite lucky to make it to the house of God before the night came."

"Thanks, father and if you don't mind can I ask you something."

"No, go-ahead my child."

"Why is everyone rushing to get inside? What comes out at night?"

"Ha, my child are you not from this village."

"Yes, I'm not why is that bad?"

"No, it just this story is long and I don't know if you truly want to listen to it."

"No, I want to hear it, it might help me understand what's going on."

"Ha, okay it seems like you don't want to be a blind bat. It happened seven years ago, an old man came to this village seeking help saying a devil was chasing after him. At that time no one believed him but the priest at that time did so he sheltered him as the matters revolving around demons can't be taken lightly. So, the priest took him into the church where he started to relax but that night the old man ran out of the church yelling incoherent words and died before anyone gets near him. In the coming days every night someone will go missing it only stopped when people stop going out at night. Now, that would have been the end but something unforeseen happened now people stopped going outside things horrible things are trying to get in. They look like the ones that missing but at the same time different like extra eyes, having claws, and even having there lower parts that of another animal. Never let those things in or stay out at night as you will become one. That's the story and for the past six years it still hasn't ended, this village has been cursed and no one knows what to do so you should leave tomorrow."

"Sure."

After hearing the story I was a little unnerved as I thought back to the thing that was chasing me.

The priest got up from his chair and motion with his hand to follow him, getting up I walked behind him to the living area in the back of the church.

Once we made it there he went to a closet and took out a blanket and a pillow before handing them to me.

"There are three rooms upstairs and the first room to your right will be yours for the night. Now go up and go to bed, also don't leave your room no matter what."

"Okay."

After agreeing to the priest I went upstairs and into my room.

My room wasn't that big and the only thing in it was a poorly made bed. Going to the bed I laid down on it and attempted to go to sleep.

I was able to fall asleep but was woke up by an unknown sound from outside my window, getting up from my bed I go to the window to see nothing.

Thinking it was the wind I try to go back to sleep but my body told me otherwise and I need to use the restroom. Knowing there's no connecting bathroom in my room I leave my room to look for one.

All the rooms were locked on the floor I was on so I went downstairs to see if I can find the restroom there. When I reached downstairs I felt a draft and looking where it came from I found an open window. Going near the window I was about to close it until I saw something horrible, it wasn't opened but broken from the outside something force it's way in here.

Panicking I quickly forgot my need to use the restroom and went running upstairs to my room only to find it a mess as if a hurricane just went through it.

Not knowing what to do I rush to the other rooms to find the priest but all the doors were locked and he didn't respond to my loud banging but I know something had to hear it and must be watching me like how a predator stalks its prey. Feeling like eyes are watching me I started to run into the kitchen and look for a knife to protect myself.

It didn't take me long to reach the kitchen but when I got there there was some else standing in the middle of the room looking at me with glowing red eyes. Those eyes don't belong to a human and for every second I look at them I feel fear taking over my body.

While I was stunned by fear the creature was walking to me as it got closer I saw it was a man but his lower half was of a horse and his right hand was replaced by a crab claw. When it reaches in front of me it opened its claw and brought it to my neck and before I knew it the claw snapped shut.

Once the claw was closed my vision turned black and I began to feel my soul leave my body to only return a moment later.

I opened my eyes to find it the day time but I'm dressed as an altar boy and I don't have control over my body at all.

<Brian I. Robertson POV>

Looking at the screen I saw how Jake was killed and brought back as an altar boy, it seems like his soul is now trapped in the book.

I know he would end up like this but I still feel guilty, it's like I'm the one who sent him to his death.

Closing the screen I went to the cat and sat next to it while petting her to calm myself.

The cat at first didn't like it but gave up when I found her sweet spot behind her left ear. I keep on my petting section with the cat until it became dark and the interface messages me about NightLight mode starting up once more.

Getting up from where I was I moved to the counter and looked at the door that seems to look like it was made of a dark and empty abyss.

As I was waiting for new customers to come, a dog walked in followed by an extremely pale girl. Looking at them I was wondering if they came in by accident or were lured here by that karma thing the store was talking about.

The first one to speak out of the two new visitors was surprisingly the dog, the voice he made was of an old man in his 60s.

"Well this is your store, it's quite empty."