Year 1988 — a sun shined over Derry. Kids were playing around, couples were holding hands, but then everybody looked up at the sky and saw that the sun was getting brighter and brighter until nothing could be seen.
Loen Kingdom, 5th Epoch, Year 876
A blood-red moon hung over the forest, but then a small tremble happened, followed by light enveloping a large part of the forest. When it disappeared, a town could be seen — it was Derry. Though something was different about it — there were no people except for one person standing on the street. He wore a colorful clown suit with ruffled collars and oversized shoes. His face was painted white with exaggerated red lips. His hair was orange, unkempt, wild, and frizzy. It was Pennywise.
Pennywise looked at the blood-red moon and smiled. "Interesting... a new world."
Meanwhile, one kilometer away, inside a wooden house, two kids were running around until one of them ran to the kitchen.
"Hey Mom, can I and sister go for a walk?"
Mom smiled, turned around, and said, "Sure, Timmy, but please, you and Maria return quickly since it's very dark."
Timmy ran out of the room and shouted, "Thank you, Mom! You're the best!" Then he ran into the living room and said,
"Hey, sis, Mom allowed us to go outside, but only if we return quickly."
After hearing it, Maria smiled and said, "Yay! Let's go!"
After a few minutes, they walked out of the house and began walking.
Timmy asked, "Hey sis, where should we go?"
Maria thought for a second before pointing to the left. "Let's go there."
Timmy looked there and said, "Are you sure? Mom said we have to return quickly."
Maria smiled and said, "Oh, come on, nothing could possibly happen."
Timmy then said, "Yeah, you are right," then began running.
Maria started running too. "Hey, wait for me!"
After about 10 minutes of running, they saw buildings, and when they saw the sign, it said Welcome to Derry.
Maria looked at the sign and asked, "Hey, do you know what it says on here?"
Timmy squinted his eyes and looked at the sign. "I have no idea what it says on here. Should we go in there?"
Maria looked at him with a shocked expression. "You kidding me? We're seriously going in there even though there are many stories of children just disappearing?"
Timmy looked at her. "Oh, come on, you still believe stories about ghosts and stuff like that? They're just made to scare little kids. You said it yourself — nothing could possibly happen. But if you don't want to go, I will go myself." After saying that, he began walking.
After seeing this, Maria shouted, "Wait! I'm going with you!"
After stepping in, they both were walking, and Maria was looking around, scared. "Uh, brother, are we sure this is safe?"
Timmy looked at her and said, "Don't worry. The worst thing that we can encounter here is a wild animal, not some supernatural creature that you're so scared to meet."
After turning a corner, they saw a person who seemed to be in a costume, staring at them.
After seeing this, Maria tugged at Timmy's shirt and said to him, "Uhm... maybe we should go home."
Timmy looked at her and said, "Yeah, you are right, sis. Let's go." But just after saying that, the clown started running at them. Seeing this, both Timmy and Maria started running away, but after just a few hundred meters, Maria stumbled and fell while crying.
"Brother, I... I... I don't want to die!"
Timmy looked at her, picked her up on his shoulder, and ran to the nearest building.
After they got into a building, Timmy put the crying Maria on the bed and started to calm her down.
"Hey, it's okay, sis. We will survive, nothing to worry about." After saying that, he looked at the mirror but then saw that same clown face in it. He calmed down when he realized it was just a painting. He turned around to Maria but saw her terrified, and he asked,
"Hey, sis, you okay?"
Then Maria tremblingly pointed behind him, and he slowly turned his head — he saw the clown staring at him, saliva dripping. Then it opened its mouth, revealing a huge amount of teeth, and bit Timmy's head off.
"Agghhhhhhh!"
After seeing this and her brother's body fall on the ground, Maria screamed in terror. Then Pennywise walked up to her and bit her arm, causing her huge pain and making her burst out in tears.
"It... it... it hurts!"
Then it opened its mouth wide and bit her head off too, causing her body to fall on the ground.
Hey guys, author here, and I want to say I hope you enjoyed the first chapter! See ya later.