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// Chapter 2 : Discovery  
// Story: Welcome to my World 
// by Maxis122 
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Welcome to my World - Chapter 2 : Discovery
By Maxis122


The internet had a thing going on about this new show. It had caught on to an audience that the creators would have never of guessed. A show called My Little Pony Friendship is Magic had appeared and many started to watch it. This was a year ago and now the series was half way through the second instalment. 

Max got interested and began to watch this series. He observed as the characters moved around a care free world and had a great time. The development of the characters and the animation had caught Max’s attention. Before he knew it he was watching episode after episode. Then he ran out of episodes to watch.

The feeling left him and he was soon back into the same routine as before. Work, eat, sleep, get up, eat and repeat. Luckily he got a promotion, so now he got paid more than before. Even though he was still at the till, he now had something more to work towards.

Another day ended and Max was walking home again. It was dark so he couldn’t see very much. The snow was still around but this time there was a lot more ice. Because of this Max took a lot more time walking home. This time was used by Max to think of his life so far. It was then when Max remembered that event in the house. What had happened there that night?

The thought drifted about Max’s head as he tried to think. A blue blob... Nothing that he knew about in this world was blue and big. It could have been just him, because you can oversee things when you are scared.  So maybe he saw a bird and though it was really big. And as the house was abandoned it could have gotten in there without any trouble.

Max watched the floor move below him until all of a sudden he saw a smashed tile on the floor. He stopped and then looked to the left to see the house again. It stood still and now had the door boarded up. Max looked at all of the windows and there was nothing in them. There was no longer that feeling of fear about the building but Max still couldn’t think. 

Max turned away from the house and started to move again. His house was coming in view now and his feet were getting cold. He just wanted to be in his house where it was warm. The trees behind him moved and a few leaves detached themselves. But Max didn’t look back as he was very sure that it was just a bird. 

The door to his house was now in front of him so he pulled his keys out of his pocket and inserted the correct key into the lock. Before he turned the key he looked behind him. There was that feeling that someone was following him. He walked away from his door and looked down the street. There was no one there as the only other person to live on this street was at the other end. 

It was a strange emptiness that engulfed Max as he looked around the street. He turned back to his house and grabbed the key again. Then a tile from his roof fell next to him and smashed on the pavement. Max then looked up sharply to see something try to get back. Max walked back and he pulled the key out of the door. 

Whatever this thing was he couldn’t see it very well because of the darkness. It then jumped over to the next building and started to run away. Max then started to chase it. He didn’t know why but this might be the thing that he encountered before. 

This thing then jumped off the roof and flew in the air for a bit. Then it took a sharp turn left into a storage facility. Max got to the gate and stopped at the sign that had a trespasser warning. Max dismissed this and vaulted over it. The thing then entered the storage facility and disappeared. There was only one way in and out of that place so Max had it cornered.

Max came to the entrance and looked around at all the containers. Each container had a company logo and a clipboard attached to it. Max walked in and then began to look around. It was quiet, too quiet. There were no workers around and the security was not here. That was odd as when Max looked at one of the container’s clipboards it said very valuable. 

Max put the clipboard back and looked above. There was a ladder hanging and it seemed to go to a higher platform. This platform would give Max a better view. So he backed up and took a few seconds. Then he ran and jumped. He just caught the bottom of the ladder and he swung a bit. He then proceeded to climb up this ladder and eventually get a better look at this place.

It wasn’t a really big place but for its size it had a lot in here. The place was still very dark and this gave Max little to look at. Max looked around the platform and found a big flashlight. He picked it up and examined it for a bit. A flick of the switch caused it to flicker to life. Max then shined it around the room. 

There was still nothing but containers in sight. Max continued to look around the place. There was then a flutter of wings and Max turned his attention to the higher areas. It was only a pack of birds sitting up there. Max took a breather before putting the flashlight down and climbing back down the ladder. 

When he got down he then walked back towards the exit. Maybe the thing had escaped while he was looking around. Anyway it was not there so there was no reason for Max to be there. But then something shouted and Max shot around to see that thing fly towards the window. Max wanted to shout but he couldn’t bring himself to do it.

His chance was going as this thing pushed the window to try and open it. Then Max opened his mouth and tried to make words come out. Whatever this was it was trying to escape. It was all riding on this. So Max cleared his throat and spoke.

“H-hello?” Max said. The thing then looked down and Max and realised his presence. It took a second before then going back to opening the window. Then it opened it and got ready to escape. As it flew out of the window Max called out and shouted “H-hey wait!”

The eco went across the room and silence fell. Max lowered his hopes and head as he had lost his opportunity. He looked to the window again and tried to remember what had happened. What was that thing? Max then walked outside to come into the light at the entrance of the facility. It was quiet and Max stopped to extend this moment of silence.

Then the sound of something flying could be heard again. Then something landed in front of Max, a couple of meters away. Max looked ahead and stared into the darkness. This thing was now could be seen a lot clearer. Max tried to see what it was but when he made the deduction his mind wouldn’t accept it. Could it be?