Nights ran toward the school, her semi long blonde hair boincing behind her. People smiled and greeted her as she bounded and Lucas took her by the hand into the building. "Come on," he said happily. "Class is about to start!" and they parted as they returned to their seats.
When the teacher walked in, she smiled at Nights before she began to teach and Nights smiled in return. The day was just so perfectly peaceful.
It wasn't until she returned home to her parents' house that her entire world changed. She had to run home as the sun began to set and openned the door widely. "I'm home!" she yelled for her folks to hear. "What's for dinner?" It didn't even take a second after that for her to realise that this wasn't her home-it was her aunt's.
"Where in this nameless town were you!?!" Nights' aunt yelled and lifted her up by the collar, choking her. Nights strugled against her aunt's grip but she was held fast. "The sun has almost set!"
"She's been drinking again," Nights realised when she heard her cousin laugh childishly.
"Ooooo, you're in trouble!" Dusty said giddily as his mother began to bring her to Nights' bedroom, still holding her by the neck.
After she was dragged up the staires to her room, Nights was thrown at the only window in her room, causing it to break into pieces. Nights silently groaned as she tried to recover, making sure her aunt didn't hear. She felt like her insides were turning into goo. "Au-auntie, p-please! Let me explain!" she begged but got kicked in the stomach with the hard sole of her aunt's shoe. Nights screamed loudly as the pain burned inside her and her aunt lifted her up to her height by her hair.
"I don't want to hear your pitiful excuses!" her aunt scolded her and spat in her face. "That's all your mother did before she diappeared and dumped you onto me!"
"I-I'm sorry!" Nights cried, her tears cascading like a waterfall. "P-please let go!"
"Not until you've paid for your mistake!" her aunt hissed and grabbed one of the broken glass pieces nearby.
Nights' eyes widened with fear, now realizing that her aunt might kill her. "N-n-no! Please!" Her aunt showed no such mercy.
Darkness settled around Nights as she sank into the darkness. "Mom, dad? Where are you?" she thought like a small child. "I miss you. Do you miss me?" At that moment, Nights heard a noise, like something forming and she slowly opened her eyes to see. Dark demonic-like creatures with ghastly bodies were forming before her and began to close in. Nights narrowed her eyes angrily. "What do you want?" she growled and a small flash of light formed from her chest. The creatures cowered away from it as another light appeared behind her, white. "Has my time come?" Nights thought before she walked into it to embrace its warmth.
