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Two Child walk in the forest late at night, hand in hand, neither wants to back away to the safety of their home yet.
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The two kids were quite special, They were identical twins, very well known in Anville town for their multiple antics, Their parents prided themselves on having raised these two lovely kid, a pair of siblings beloved by the small town.
The oldest twin, Ingo, has a frown on his face like the color black that makes him recognizable, Even if he was very polite, the kid could be very mischievous, His voice was loud enough that the townfolk could hear him arrive before they could see him.
The younger twin, Emmet, has a smile on his face like the color white that makes him recognizable, Even if very mischievous, The kid could be very serious, He is quieter but always moved and showed what his voice could not do, so much, that the townfolk could see him before they could hear him.
But even if most of the town loved them, the other kids around their age never really accepted them, they could be cruel and even if the twins ignored it most of the time, that didn’t stop them from wanting to belong, to play with the other children, so when the kids accept to play with the twin if they can do one things first, of course they had accept the idea.
A rumor say, that there is, further in the forest, away from any path usually used by trainers, an old house, The kids heard that there are a lot of really old things there, and so if the twins could go there and come back with proof that they were in the abandon building they will be included to whatever game any of the children will play.
Ingo wasn’t sure if that was a good idea.
Emmet was sure it was a good idea.
And so the two brothers started to walk in the relative direction of the old building, neither of them really sure how far it was.
Afternoon became noon, and here are the twins now, not sure if they are getting any closer or not to their destination, neither of them are sure if they should continue or not, neither of them are really ready to say out loud that they are probably lost.
Emmet was too stubborn to turn back, the cold night not scaring him away even if he put his hand around his brother’s warm hand, even if he walked a bit more behind him.
Ingo was more hesitant to continue, the cold night scaring him a bit even if he put his hand around his brother’s warm hand, even if he walked a bit more in front of him.
They walk and walk, the forest is denser compared to before, when they were still closer to their home, They did not know if it was good or not, The discomfort of being observed by the wild Pokémon is as well... not comforting at all for any of the twin, They love Pokémon, they really do, but without any adult or any Pokémon to claim at their own, the siblings were easy target for more aggressive ones.
“Emmet I do not not think we should continue like that" finally spoke the oldest, holding his brother a bit closer, but he did not stop walking, knowing he would probably forget the approximate direction of where they came from if he did.
Emmet smiled waved a little hearing that, still not letting his brother's hand yet “I am Emmet, and I do not think we should stop now”
“We were supposed to come home before dinner Emmet, now it is night time and we are far from finding anything”
“Abandoning is not an option”
“It is when we are lost” argued back Ingo, finally admitting the obvious and frowning a bit more at the answer of his brother “We are Totality and utterly lost, away from our home station”
“We are not lost.”
“We are, claiming that we are not is not going to make it became true, I think the other children just made the house up to see how far we could derail ourselves to please them”
“I do not think they made it up. I do think you should look through.”
“Look what?? What are you talking about?”
“I see a verrrry unnatural light further away”
Ingo first confused, turned his head to look in front of them, and truth be told, there was a strange purple light fuzzing behind the shadow of the multiple trees of the forest, If Emmet seemed very curious about what made the light, the oldest was more wary of it.
But they both knew better than scratch out the possibility of had found the house (or help to go back home, for the other), Either way, the twins decided that the best course of action was to get closer and see what was ahead of them.
It didn’t take long for them to get pass the luxurious forest and find what was the source of the strange light, What lay in front of their eyes was an old house, ready to fall apart at any moment on the ground, two torches in front of the entrance burning with the soft purple light that attract the two children closer.
“The house is real Ingo. You should not have doubted me” Emmet was beaming with energy even this late, shaking with pure excitement and looking as smug as ever about having been right about the house, Ingo couldn't find himself capable of arguing back too much, feeling a bit uneasy with the place, Who light up the torch in front of the entrance? Was his only question.
“you were right, but that does not mean that it is a good idea to go inside, this house is a safety hazard”
The smile of the sibling takes the form of some sort of smiley grimace, nodding along to the comment of his brother “You have a point. But we just need one item and we are out. That will not take long”.
As much as Ingo wanted to say no and force his brother to go back home, away from this aerie place, Emmet is stubborn, He loves winning more than anything, and that means that he would and will win an argument against his twin.
Accepting his situation with a sigh, Ingo nodded “Only 10 minutes maximum, we take something we go out and come back home, I do not wish to stay here longer than we need too”
“I am Emmet, and I promise it is not going to take more than 10 minutes. Ingo, let’s go inside".
With that in mind and still hand in hand, the twins enter the house with careful step, their shadows projected by the light behind them feeling bigger than it should be.
The inside of the house is as bad as the outside, to the demise of the twins, who feel even more unsafe now that they enter it, The age has made this abandoned place a nest of dust, cranky floor and bad smell that neither of the brothers liked, the only good things was they did not need to use the flashlight that Ingo took with him in case they couldn't see anything inside.
“I wonder who could live in such a remote station” mumbled loudly Ingo in front of his brother yet again, looking around the first room they came across, who didn’t seem to have anything they could take easily with them.
Emmet simply shrugged at that remark, jumping a bit at the same time as his brother when a door suddenly closed in the distance. “It probably why they do not live there anymore”
“I do not think it is, the door probably moved because of the wind”
Even though the two kids knew it was the logical explanation, the fact that they could hear the noise of a door closing loudly again later on their search in the different rooms, or some sort of whined, that they decided to put responsibility on the wind again, passing in the house because of the numerous hole on the different cracked windows, make them shake their very being to the core.
Something was wrong, but they couldn't put their finger on what was the problem, Was that the unfamiliar silence? the very unsettling feeling that they should get out of here fast?
Ingo decided to not worry Emmet more than he already was.
Emmet decided to not voice out that he was scared to Ingo.
And so they walked in the strange house, walking in the different rooms in search of an interesting object to take with them, The twins talked beforehand what type of object they wanted to take to not spend too much time hesitating – not too big, not too small, not too fragile, avoiding book because it can be easily backfire as a proof, avoid anything easy to buy – but they did not realize that their search was going to be long.
They entered the living room – every object there was way too big to be taken with them, They did, took a small rest on the old couch, but they rapidly continued their journey in the old house when a door near them closed suddenly – a dinner room – either too big or fragile, neither of the twin through it was a good idea to take anything there, they do have a hint that whoever lived there probably left in a worry if the multiple plate on the table say something – a kitchen – They did not stay there for long, discovering where the very bad smell came from, It was...disgusting, They did not want to see that again – a room with a close door – they tried to open the door with no luck, deciding to let it at that and not fight it more – a bathroom – they did not check this room because of the smell when they open the door, they did not want a rematch of the kitchen, Ingo felt sick just thinking about that – multiple bedrooms – They knew that multiple people probably lived there with the plate in the dinner room, but the different rooms confirmed it, Ingo felt it was wrong to take anything from the room, Emmet felt it wasn’t a good idea too.
The next room they visited seemed to be an office, It was not huge but it was small enough that the two children finally let go of each other's hand, They could already see multiple objects that they could take without feeling that it was wrong to do so.
The room was first filled with book, small statue of Pokémon, a tea cup with some tea left in it – that they tried to avoid – a mask on one of the wall, but what really caught their eyes was an old lantern with a tick candle inside, place on the corner of the table that the office have, it was the perfect choice in Ingo’s book, and Emmet already latch on it before Ingo could have any possible word against it, not like he care that much that his brother did not wait for his input in the matter, they got what they needed and they can finally go home away from the uncomfortable atmosphere.
“We got our objective!” exclaims the younger twin, swinging his arms around, hand tightly around the handle of the lantern, but his voice has a bit of a worried edge “but we took way too long, we are verrrry out of schedule. Even more than before. That does not feel like a victory”.
Ingo could only sigh when they both turned back in the corridor, his frown a bit more prominent. “He does seem that we are going to have some explanation to do, back to our home station”
Ingo took the lead while Emmet stayed just behind him, mumbling a bit, “I am Emmet and I do not want to get punish”
“Do not worry Emmet, if we stay on track we should not get in too much trouble” If Ingo walked a bit faster after that, Emmet did not say anything about it.
Halfway from the exit, one of the brothers suddenly stop, The other did not see that his twin wasn’t following him anymore until he realized the strange lack of footsteps noise behind him, When realizing that, he was more than confused when he turned around, watching his brother not moving at all and looking the ground with a stress smile.
“Emmet why did you stop? Something is wrong?” Ingo could hear now that his attention was on his sibling, a strange noise, cracking of wood like something was ready to fall apart soon, but he refused to look anywhere other than where his brother was.
“Ingo, I think that the ground is moving” If it wasn’t for the frightened expression of his brother or the clear panic in his monotone voice, Ingo would have thought it was a simple prank from his brother, but it wasn’t, he knew his brother, he knew how to read him and right now his brother was serious and terrified.
The older twin tried to calm the shear panic he was himself feeling, His brother did not need to get even more scared, he needed to be reassured “Do not move from were you are standing, I am going to get you okay”
Ingo took one step closer without any problem.
The cracking noise got worse at the second one.
At the third step, Emmet let out a scared whimper as the ground around him moved more clearly.
The older twin tried to grab his younger brother's arms at the fourth step.
The loud scream of distress could be heard at the fifth and last step, as Ingo cried his brother's name and saw him fall.
Fall
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