Until Dawn: Loved to Death

Chapter 1 of my new Until Dawn story, based on an idea proposed to me by PokemonFreak90, who also will be beta reader on this story too, hope you enjoy.

Disclaimer: I don't own Until Dawn or its characters.

Chapter 1

To any outsiders observing them, the group of ten individuals hanging out together on the college campus looked like any typical college kids. Nobody would possibly guess that they had, in fact, endured a horrific event that nearly killed them a mere months ago.

Three of the individuals were from the famous and rich Washington family. The eldest, Josh, and his younger twin sisters, Beth and Hannah. They and the rest of the group had gone on their annual trip to the Washington Family's ski lodge. The previous year, a cruel prank had been played on Hannah and nearly caused her and Beth's death. Luckily, they had been found and despite a debilitating injury, Beth surprised them all by managing to recover. It had taken several surgeries and months of physical therapy, but she was walking again as if she'd never been injured in the first place.

The rest of the group had been concerned about their tale of something chasing them in the woods. But they could not be deterred from taking another trip. Ever the prankster, Josh tried to play a ghost prank on them, much to their irritated amusement until the Wendigos arrived. The rest of the group had first thought that Josh and his sisters were behind another prank, as Josh had been the first to see one of the creatures and Hannah and Beth believed him, sure that it was the same creature that attacked them the previous year.

That was, until another of the group, Jessica Riley, had been abducted by the Wendigo and received several injuries, a number of them disfiguring. She had been saved by Michael Monroe, her boyfriend, and then, after numerous close calls and near-death experiences, they finally overcame the Wendigos and escaped.

Yet now, those five, along with the others; Samantha Giddings, Emily Davis, Matthew Taylor, Ashley Brown, and Christopher Hartley, were at college, trying to settle in to a normal life at college again. But it wasn't so easy to fully purge the horrors from their minds, especially for Jess, who still bore several scars from the incident, although she wasn't the only one.

"Still can't believe what happened..." Sam said quietly.

The others shifted, uncomfortable and unsure. They were all trying to cope, but it was clearly an issue for some of them. Especially since there were lingering doubts and issues that could possibly cause strain.

Josh managed a smile, however. "Well, we can take some positives from it."

Ashley raised an eyebrow at that. "What? Name one."

"You and Chris?"

The two suddenly shared a glance at that, blushing. They were indeed currently holding hands. Despite the horror they'd found themselves surrounded by, Ashley and Chris had, in fact, become a couple.

Still lost in thought, the group went their separate ways as they noted the time and knew that they had to get to the first set of lectures of the day. As they walked, Matt sighed, looking over at Mike and Emily, who had the same lecture in the same room, and thus, were walking together. It was an odd set of circumstances, since Mike and Emily had formerly been dating, until they broke up and now Matt was dating Emily while Mike was dating Jess. Jess was actually walking with Matt right now, heading for their own lecture.

"You okay, Matt?" she asked casually...a little too casually.

Matt sighed. "Yeah, I... It's nothing."

He didn't want to worry her with the suspicions that he was beginning to have about Mike and Emily, about their relationship. Especially since the way she spoke told him showed that she was trying, perhaps a bit too hard, to be her usual self again, despite what she had endured.

However, something unexpected was due to happen, especially with the arrival of two new students at the college that day, a male and a female. Both were devastatingly beautiful and there was something strange about them, almost unworldly in their beauty and manner.

"Well, here we are. This should be the perfect opportunity." the male said. "Do you see anyone worth going after?"

The male was tall with short dark hair and dark eyes, pale skin, a strong build, very good-looking, and certainly the sort of man that just about any girl would swoon over. The female was of average height with a slender body, notably generous curves, an hourglass figure, and notably large female attributes. She had long, straight dirty blonde hair, brown eyes, and lightly tanned skin. Her eyes swept the students and picked out two individuals straight away: Josh and Mike.

"Oh, I do, Troy. In fact, I see two worth going after." she remarked with a seductive edge to her voice.

"Excellent, Claire. I see three." Troy remarked, eyes fixed on Emily, Sam, and Beth.

They both smirked. They'd just arrived and already their plans were falling nicely into place.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.