There once was a beautiful valley with crystal caves and the tallest castle in the land just outside of Athens, Greece. It belonged to the Demont royal family. The king and queen had a son, Prince Finn Demont. His aqua eyes were a pool of pure water off the coast of the Bahamas, and you couldn't help but listen to every word he said. Finn's charm was his most alluring yet deadliest quality. He could get anyone to do his bidding with one look and a few broken sentences. The castle was named after his late mother, Queen Pricille Demont of Athens. His father, King Gerard Demont, renamed the castle as a true act of love towards the queen. After she fell ill with the plague and passed on, the King died six months later of a broken heart. Finn was declared king at the mere age of 17.
[[Keep up now, the story is just beginning!|story]]Ten years later... (click: "Ten years later...")
[Finn Demont has just entered the town of Nafplion, which is on his Kingdom tour of Greece. He is just shy of his 27th birthday, a day he wishes he could forget. As his carriage arrived outside City Hall, he sighed and was relieved his tour as king was almost done. His castle was his sanctuary.
As he steps out of his lavish, golden carriage, Finn sees a group of women with signs saying "I love King Finn Demont" and groans. They begin to scream and one woman swings her braid violently over her shoulder and shouts, "GET HIM!" Finn's eyes widen and he starts doing a 100-meter dash across the main square. When he reaches a crossroads, Finn panicks. There are four different paths to choose from!
Choose to go into the [[library|library]]
Run down to the [[riverwalk|riverwalk]]
Go up the [[hill|hill]] and hope to lose them
Follow the [[back alley|alley]] and don't look back]Finn decides the library is his best option and no one would look for him there. He leaps up the steps two at a time and quickly enters the gorgeous building. The smell of popcorn immediately envelops his nose as he weaves through the cascading bookshelves. There's a twirling staircase on the East and West wings of the library, heading towards more rows of books and several cozy reading nooks. Finn sees the crime section sign blazing above four giantic rows of books and levitates towards the stairs. As he gets to the bookshelves, he notices a woman with long, wavy brown hair and a sheer white dress that flowed to her ankles. She was sitting cross-legged in the middle of the row chaotically flipping through a book as thick as a dictionary.
[[Ignore her|Ignore her]] and hide out somewhere else
Approach her and strike up a [[conversation|conversation]]Finn looks around desperately for an escape route from the fan club. He decides the best option is the riverwalk to find someone he knows with a yacht or a small store to hide in. He leaps into action, running a marathon with only one prize in mind; freedom. If only he had time to admire the gorgeous shops and monuments down the riverwalk, as they seemed to call to him. Finn passes a tailor, a beauty parlor, a Greek restaurant, and several monuments in recognition of his mother and father during their reign. As he passed a particular monument with Pricille and Gerard embracing, a twing of pain stabbed at his heart. He missed them ever so.
Finn took a moment to catch his breath. He looked around and didn't see a mob of running women in sight. *Ha ha! I must have lost them. Maybe I should explore the town a bit and see if I know anyone on the boat dock.* Finn made his way to the docks and searched for a familiar face. Suddenly, a deep graveled voice shouted out, "Well if it isn't King Finn, my best enemy!" Finn froze. Running into Baylor Vincent never ended well.
[[Turn around and face Baylor|face Baylor]]
[[Run and jump off the dock|jump off the dock]]Finn runs straight ahead, gasping for breath as he chugs up the hill. About halfway up the monsterous incline Finn hears someone say, "There he is, let's go!" *Crap! How will I escape them now? I'm feeling really tired... my breaths are shorter... I feel so dizzy.* **THUD!**
Finn hears a bubbling sound as he comes to. He opens his eyes slowly as the grogginess fades, seeing a black cauldron and a red-hooded figure stirring the pot with a chicken leg! *I must be dreaming, this can't be real. I'm the freaking King of Athens!* You go to slap yourself awake but your arms are stuck against a tree. Your in a sitting position with rope wrapped across your chest and constricting your arms, with your feet tied so you can't move them. *Shoot, this is real.* Finn suddenly remembers he has a pocket knife in his back pocket, feeling more optimistic...
[[Try and get the knife|knife]]
[[Try and charm your captor|captor]]Finn decides to go down the alleyway and look for a safe spot to hide from the mob of obsessive fan club members. He hears the giant-like thudding of their footsteps growing nearer and finds himself turning left down another narrow path. He sees a rusty orange door with a faded, neon vacancy sign above it as he nears the end of the path. On the opposite side is a meat deli with a bright poster in the window that said, "**FRESH MEAT SOLD HERE!** Which place should he slip into and hid from the mob?
The rustic motel. (click: "motel.") [This is not an option. Tricked you!]
[[The deli, duh!|deli]]
[[Forget those options, keep running!|keep running]]Finn approaches the preoccupied woman and strikes up a friendly conversation with her. She tells you her name is Stella and she was studying to be a lawyer. Her main goal was to use her career to find her birth family, since they gave her up when she was a baby. Finn feels so much sorrow and confidence for Stella. "Why don't I help you look for your family? I have a lot of connections that'll make your search easier. Consider it a generous gift from a kind stranger." Stella thanks Finn profusely and follows him to the library's exit.
As Finn walks through the heavy, oak doors, he feels himself being pulled through a vortex. He screams, not knowing where he is or where he's going. Finally, there's a bright flash and he finds that he's back at the castle. *What is going on? I was just with Stella..*
Stella suddenly appears and along comes two young children following behind her. "Daddy, look! Mommy taught us how to make beaded bracelets. Do you want one?" Finn realizes he's been placed in the future to show him what his life is going to become. *Wow, this is amazing! I'm ready to go back and start my future.*
But as fast as they appeared, Stella and the kids disappeared and in their place stood three big ogres with thick, wooden bats with spikes all over them. Finn's eyes bulge out of their eyesockets and his heart beats harder than a drum. "Oh shoot!" Finn runs far into the castle trying to escape but one of the ogres grabs him and squeezes him so tight he starts to see black spots. The ogre continues to squeeze and squeeze until Finn feels his eyelids betray him and close shut to sleep.
**THE END**
[[Start over|Fairytale Nightmare]]Finn ignores the woman and moves from row to row, trying to find books about the history of his family. He wanted to see if there was anything his parents hadn't told him before they passed away. But as he located the history section on the lower floor, a few of the fan club girls walked into the library. Finn quickly hid behind a bookshelf and tried to strategize an escape plan. What could he do? He only had one option.. the staff exit straight ahead about six feet from him. *Here goes nothing!*
[[Go through the staff exit, quick!|staff exit]]Finn quietly adjusts so that he can move his hands towards his right back pocket. But he doesn't get very far before the red-hooded figure turns around and hisses at him. It's a gigantic snake! It slithers towards you at super-sonic speed and in a split second, the snake sinks its teeth right into your neck.
**THE END**
[[Try again|Fairytale Nightmare]]"Hey, where am I? I think I fainted as I ran up that hill. What do you want from me?" The hooded figure roaringly cackles and continues to stir the boiling cauldron before saying, "Ah, young King. I have saved you from a group of delusional women. The least you can do is thank me." Finn sighs a breath of relief. "Thank you for saving me. Now can you let me go? I'm feeling better now and I don't think I needed to be tied up."
The mysterious figure finally turned towards him, making Finn gasp. It was a old, wrinkled woman with long white hair and boils all across her sagging skin. She had only one tooth left as she smiled, and bugs crawled out of her mouth as she spoke once again. "You think that's the only reason I saved you? No, young man, I'm going to eat you!"
The woman suddenly began chanting and she slowly turned into a slimey, green snake as wide as an elm tree and as long as the distance between Earth and Mars.
And then... she ate Finn.
**THE END**
[[Better luck next time|Fairytale Nightmare]]As Finn pushes his way into the deli, he steps into a room looking just like his bedroom in the castle. He realizes that he's back home! Finn shrugs and goes back to ruling the kingdom like nothing eventful had happened that day.
**THE END**
[[Try a different path!|Fairytale Nightmare]]Finn decides to keep running and ignore his gut feeling to hide out somewhere. He starts to get really winded but keeps going. *I have to somehow escape this area and find my carriage!* As he twists and turns down different pathways, he trips on something and feels a sting on his lower legs as he tumbles down! *What the..?*
He looks up and finds a police officer staring down at him with his arms crossed over his burly chest. "Young man, you're under arrest for the murder of Lily Nahara!" Finn is in disbelief. "Excuse me officer, but I've never met a Lily Nahara, and I've **definitely** never killed anyone!"
"Shut up and save it for the judge!" As the officer tries to grab Finn, he shrugs away and sees a small fence that leads out to an abandoned factory.
[[Could he make an escape to the factory|escape]] or [[should he comply and head to the station?|station]]Finn turns around slowly and sees Baylor, a young pirate whose family has tried for decades to steel the kingdom from the Demont's. His greasy, blonde hair hangs down to his shoulders and he always smells like fish. He has a brown ragged sailor's uniform with a shiny silver sword tucked away in his belt. "Baylor, of course you'd be here! You must have heard about my royal tour and now you're following me. You are getting so sloppy little pirate!" Baylor furrows his brow and huffs. "Well if that's true King Finn, then let's duel it out! I will bet my pirate's boat that you can't win against me. If you win, it's yours. If I win, the castle is mine."
Baylor holds out his hand with a smirk unfolding on his face. Finn grabs his hand confidently and says, "It's a deal!" Off they went in a long, strenous battle across the boat dock, narrowly missing people with their swords as they danced back and forth. Finn began to have the upper hand and grinned harder with each clink of the swords. He wasn't going to lose the kingdom to a thief!
As Baylor started to slow down and his hits became sloppier, Finn took advantage and got him close to the end of the dock. At the last second, Baylor realized where he was and tried to move back towards Finn, but it was too late. With one jab to the chest, Baylor went flying into the water. Finn had won! "Well Baylor, looks like I have a kingdom and a boat. Good luck telling your family the bad news!" Finn laughed as Baylor trudged down the dock towards the riverwalk, hanging his head as he walked.
**THE END**
[[*Congratulations! You escaped all the nightmares and found the one happy ending. You are superior.*|Fairytale Nightmare]]*Oh boy, not Baylor! He always tries to steal the kingdom. I can't face him, not now!*
Finn doesn't say a word as he runs forward and dives into the sea. As he swims across the sea looking for a ship to climb aboard, he sees a group of fins sticking out of the water, circling nearby. Feeling terrified and regretful of his decision, Finn swims as fast as he can towards a yacht about 100 yards away. But as he gets closer, so do those fins. Like a turbo rocket, Finn propels forward and pushes his way through the water, fighting for his life. As he gets within six feet of the boat, he feels a sharp pain in his leg.
"OW! No, please don't. PLEASE!"
Blood mixes with the water as the last piece of Finn his devoured.
**THE END**
[[Ouch! Better luck next time!|Fairytale Nightmare]]Finn is spotted by the girls and they chase after him. As he opens the door with the sign **STAFF ONLY EXIT**, he feels himself falling as he steps through. The door was a trick! Finn falls rapidly into the abyss of a black hole and is never heard from again.
**THE END**
[[Start over!|Fairytale Nightmare]]Finn jumps up before the officer can grab at him again and punches him in the face! After a moment of shock for what he's done, Finn runs towards the fence and hoists himself up and over the fence. "HEY! Get back here you scoundrel!" Finn hurries towards the factory doors and rushes through, looking for a place to escape the officer for good. Finn sees an elevator shaft that would take him to the roof and a side door that led out into the town's luscious forest.
[[Go up the elevator shaft|elevator shaft]]
[[Take the side door out to the forest|forest]]"You're making a grave mistake officer, I'm the King of Athens!" The officer smirks and says, "Yeah, and I'm the King of the station. Everybody tries that one!" Finn is put in handcuffs and is led to a police carriage with dark grey steel bars covering the windows. Finn gulps and feels at a loss of why he was thought to have killed this girl!
The officer opens the door and shoves him inside. As Finn arrives at the police station, he feel nothing but dread. He is led into the station and is met with an angry man storming their way. "Officer, is this him?", the man asks. The officer tells him he can't discuss the case but the man's penetrating hate seeps into my skin and makes it crawl like a bug.
"YOU KILLED MY DAUGHTER! Now it's time to give her justice!" Before the officer or anyone else can react, the man pulls out a knife and stabs Finn in stomach. Finn falls to the ground and begins to fade away, seeing a white haze before it all goes dark.
**THE END**
[[Nightmare's over, give it another go!|Fairytale Nightmare]]Finn heads for the elevator and presses the bold **R** button for the roof. He can hear heavy footsteps coming towards the elevator but it's already too late. As the elevator doors swing open, Finn leaps out of the shaft and tries to think of his next move. He sees that the distance between the roof and another building looks small enough to jump to on his right, and on the left there is a tall crane with a platform being used for construction that could get him back down to the ground. He hears the elevator coming back up to the roof and begins to panic. Finn has to make the decision now or he'll be caught!
[[Jump onto the building|building]]
[[Get on the crane and hope you land on the ground safely|crane]]The forest seems to be his safest bet, so Finn launches through the side door and runs as fast as he can towards the cluster of trees. He hears the officer closely pursing him and tries to pick up speed. But he begins to slow down and suddenly, the officer leaps forward and tackles Finn to the ground. Both men groan and cough as they try and sit up. The officer grabs his handcuffs and is able to lift Finn up on his feet. "Game over, punk. You're going away for a long time!"
**THE END**
[[Jailbird! Go back to start|Fairytale Nightmare]]Finn hears the elevator doors open and the officer steps out onto the roof, looking around for him. Finn has hidden himself behind a glass window structure in the middle of the roof so he won't get caught. *Okay, I think my best option would be to run as fast as I can and jump to that other building. I can totally make it!*
Finn took a deep breath and set off on a sprint for the clearing. He was flying across the roof with the wind rushing through his ears. The officer took off running after him and yelled, "Stop right there!" Finn couldn't even hear him because his focus was on clearing the roof and jumping his way to freedom.
As he got to the edge of the roof, he catapulted as far as he could go. But when he got close to landing on the other building, his momentum brought him downward and his fingers just missed grabbing onto the edge.
Finn fell straight to his death
**THE END**
[[Should have taken the crane, see ya!|Fairytale Nightmare]]Finn decides the crane is his best option to escape the officer once and for all. He runs towards the side of the building and hops on the platform and takes control of the crane's movements. Finn sees the officer gasping for breath as he tries to catch him before Finn lowers himself down.
As Finn begins to descend towards the ground, the control panel starts sputtering and sparking and after a few seconds, the panel bursts into flames! Finn scrambles to stop the fire, but he has nothing to put it out. At this height, Finn wouldn't be able to jump without hurting or killing himself.
Finn decides he has to jump or else he'll burn to death. *I should have jumped to that other building after all.* As he looks down at his fate, Finn takes one last deep breath before jumping to his death.
**THE END**
[[This path was a dead end, go back to start!|Fairytale Nightmare]]