Author's Note: Not sure how this is going to turn out, it's my first Silent Hill fic. Not to mention, AU, slash and based around one of the more unpopular games in the series, Homecoming. Granted, I have never written horror before, other than the dreams that plague my mind while I sleep, I know a lot about the game, from watching it on an LP, to playing a few parts myself.

Few warnings, since this is AU (more like AU and AT but whatever), I am not going to apologize for the OOC, crack, or anything else that doesn't fit with the Silent Hill world. This is slash, and if you haven't figured out already it's between Pyramid Head and Alex. If I completely mess up a name, location, or what have you that logistically doesn't make sense, please be kind. I haven't gotten sleep for the past day and a half.

Lonely Nights

Usually nights at Shepherd's Glen were quiet and calm, even in the more seedy areas where the women knew how to work their assets and the men had both money and a false sense of power, the streets were empty. Everyone in the town, especially families with power, feared nights at Shepherd's Glen, whether it be a hot night in the middle of the summer, or below zero in the winter. Parents strictly enforced their children to return home no later than 5pm, right when the streetlights began to light up but before the sun had completely set.

Despite everyone fearing the night, only a few knew what really happened when the sunset. Throughout the history of the town there had been many instances of people going missing when they ventured out after dark. Their bodies hadn't been found but from stories passed down through the years, legend has it that they were taken by this tall monster who looked like an ordinary human, until he entered the woods surrounding the small town. Except, those who claimed to have seen this man were treated as clinically insane as they insisted that once he entered the forest, he placed a helmet on his head, one that resembled the shape of a pyramid.

However, these myths were seen just as that, only stories that were told to keep their children from trying to wander around at night. So it wasn't a surprise when Alex Shepherd, son of Police Chief Adam Shepherd, was dared to walk to the park near the center of town, and then walk down Main Street, which leads out into the woods. His little brother Joshua and his friends dared him to do it, being 17; Alex couldn't help but take the challenge without fear. He never believed in the stories that his father kept telling him, after all, they were just stories, and even if they were true the man would have been long dead.

"Ok Josh. I will make the trip. Just promise me that you won't ever step outside. Mother wouldn't be able to handle losing both her sons tonight and you have to make sure your friends are all right. We can't have little Nora, Scarlet and Joey wandering around outside in the dark with the Boogeyman." Alex laughed, watching their faces turn pale at the mention of the Boogeyman. He remembered when he and Elle were their age; Alex would constantly try and scare her in hopes that she would finally grow up. His young mind wasn't able to comprehend how the townsfolk could lie to their children, follow idiotic curfews, or believe in a Boogeyman that didn't exist. He rose from the floor of the living room, where his younger brother's sleep over was stationed, and walked over to the back door. He knew that his father would hear the front door open and close as it squeaked loud enough to wake the dead. Alex grabbed his iPod and cell phone before slipping out the door and into their small back yard.

He put his headphones on and slipped through the loose board on the fence. Walking down the street that led from his house to Main Street, Alex was free to enjoy the chill autumn air that Shepherd's Glen was famous for. He never wanted this life, his father had high expectations from him, his mother only cared about Joshua after he was born and Josh was everything to him. Alex knew that there wasn't a thing he would do for his little brother, despite the times when Josh gets on his nerves, Alex still loved his brother.

While walking Alex thought he heard a twig snap somewhere in front of him, he just ignored it and started buttoning up his jacket. He wasn't scared, after all he was joining the military soon, he couldn't let a twig scare him. Josh had the brilliant idea that Alex would have to take a picture and send it to his cell before moving on from the park. He silently stared at all the houses he passed on the way to the park, wondering how many of them would have expected this from him.

"Probably all of them. Everyone knows that I don't belong here." He said to himself, whispering knowing that one noise could wake up one resident of the town. Especially if word got back to his father, Alex could imagine the world of trouble he could be in.

"A…L…E…X…"

Despite the music he was listening to, Alex heard something call his name. He quickly looked around before deciding that it was just the wind. He was almost to the park, the location of where the first photograph would need to be taken. Alex was relieved when he finally arrived at the park, standing in front of the large brightly colored jungle gym. He took out his cell phone and snapped a picture of himself standing in front of it, he quickly sent it to Josh before he heard another odd sound behind him.

He snapped around, trying to find the origin of the noise, but when he heard and saw nothing more, he stopped wasting time and rushed in the direction of the woods. He stopped his iPod, trying to make sure that if he heard another noise that he could hide. Alex didn't want to be caught, he knew how his father would react and wouldn't want to deal with him before he left for the military.

With the edge of the forest in sight, Alex quickened his pace not hearing the metal screeching following him behind him. He noticed a dense fog surrounding the edge of the town, right where the forest met the town. Granted it was autumn and that the chill of winter was just around the corner, Alex didn't think anything of the unusual fog.

"A…L…E…X…S…H…E…P…H…E…R…D"

Alex definitely heard the voice this time, he wasn't going insane, and someone was following him! Alex broke out into a sprint the second he heard a huge metallic crash behind him, he knew that the woods wouldn't be the safest area to run from somebody, but Alex wasn't thinking clearly.

He ducked behind a tree, kneeling to catch his breath, straining his ears for any sound of the person following him. When he didn't hear any noise, he grabbed his cell phone hoping to have some sort of reception. Some crap 'all over the United States' plan he had, a couple of yards from the woods and his cell dropped off the radar.

He sighed a breath of relief when his heart stopped pounding he took a picture of himself by the tree, deciding that showing Josh when he returned home would have to be sufficient. He shifted his foot just as a huge blade fell from a branch above him. This blade looked to be about 4 feet in length and like it weighed a ton, he bit the back of his hand suppressing a girlish scream. He glanced around the branches above him, hoping to find whoever tried to kill him.

"ALEX!"

Alex slowly turned to the source of the sound, somewhere towards his left when he saw a figure. It looked like a normal person, rather thin, but instead of calling out to this figure, Alex broke out into a sprint towards the shadowy person. He tripped on a root landing on his feet before this person. He looked up at the person only to wish he hadn't.

The man who stole all those townspeople back then stood in front of him, a deathly grey color and covered in scars. He cowered in fear, only to feel an ice cold hand on the back of his head, he braced for the worse but only received a gentle touch on his neck before darkness overtook him.

A/N: Please let me know what you think!

Ray