This is just chapter 1 of this story and I admit I was having issues with this chapter, so it may not be as good as you hoped, but I promise it's gonna get better later on down the road, so bear with me for a little bit, please? *pouts*

Now, let's get this over with...so you can criticize me...

Cole's POV

Darkness, that's the first thing I remember. Darkness and someone's pleas for help, it sounded like a girl, her voice sounding so familiar.

Slowly opening my eyes, I saw that I was lying in the snow atop of a mountain, the snow around me a pinkish color. Looking down at my shirt, I saw blood, which explained the snow's color.

Sitting up, I looked around, trying to locate the source of the cries for help, finding a figure several feet away. Getting up, I slowly made my way over to it, my body aching with each step I took.

When I got closer, I saw the figure a lot better than before and immediately recognized her. It was Nya, who had Kai and Jay laying down in front of her, neither of them moving.

She hadn't noticed me yet, so I took another step forward, the snow crunching beneath my feet, making her turn to look at me, fear in her eyes.

"Cole, is that you!? I thought you were dead, her attack went straight to your heart, then you never got up!" Nya shouted as she hugged me tightly, pulling back moments later.

I was slightly confused as to what she was talking about, but then I remembered the mysterious figure that had attacked us, wounding Kai and Jay.

I remember she'd went to attack Nya, but I jumped in front of her, the stranger's hand going all the way through my heart before yanking her hand back out, my blood covering her hand.

I remembered hearing Nya's screams of horror, the feel of her hands on my chest, trying to stop the bleeding, then everything went black.

I looked over at Kai and Jay, making Nya look too, concern written on her face. Walking over to them, I grabbed Kai and placed him on my back, ready to carry him down the mountain.

I went to grab Jay, slinging him on my back too, the weight from both of them not bothering me, but it seemed to bother Nya, her face full of concern.

"Cole, you shouldn't carry both of them. Let me carry Jay, while you carry Kai." She said, giving me a smile. I felt something tug at my heart as I handed Jay to her, but I ignored it.

Our walk down the mountain had been extremely long, so we'd stopped to rest several times on our way down. It would have been faster if Jay and Kai weren't unconcious, but that couldn't be helped, so we continued our journey down the mountain.

The two of us then slowly made our way down the mountain, the cold winds not making it any easier, making our way into a village not too far from the foot of the mountain.

When the villagers saw us, they rushed over, immediately taking Kai and Jay to their hospital. Me and Nya were to go too, to get examined and tell them everything that had happened.

The two of us were lead to a small room in the hospital, instructed to sit down on the bed as the doctor asked us some questions.

We explained everything that had happened, which made the doctor panic a bit, immediately trying to check my wound, finding it to only be a scar.

He stared at it for a moment, the look on his face being one of pure shock and fear as he slowly backed away from me, his eyes wide and full of fear and malice.

"You people ran into Akuhei, the evil spirit of the mountain and you're friend here has been infected by her, his heart is now full of darkness." The doctor said, looking at me.

After he said that, he fled the room, not wanting to be anywhere near me. He was afraid of me and he had every right to be, darkness was never a good thing, it corrupted people, made them do horrible things, like hurt the one's they love...

Nya turned to look at me, her expression softening. She placed her hand on my heart, but out of fear, I swatted her hand away and got up from the bed, moving away from her.

"Nya, don't touch me, I could hurt you." I said, going to stand in front of the mirror. Looking at myself, I saw my skin had gotten paler and my eyes had turned gold.

Nya didn't listen to me and came closer, wrapping her arms around me for a hug, her head resting on my back. I let out a breath that I didn't even know I'd been holding.

"I'm not afraid, I know you'd never hurt me intentionally." She said, her voice so full of confidence.

Slowly, I removed her arms from around me and turned around to face her. I stared at her for a moment before placing a kiss on her lips.

She closed her eyes, leaning into the kiss. For a moment, I forgot what was happening, all I could focus on was Nya.

Snapping out of my daze, I quickly pulled away from the kiss, only to find Nya with tears rolling down her cheeks. Placing my hand on her cheek, I wiped away her tears before moving my hand to the back of her neck.

"I'm sorry about this." I said as I pinched a nerve on the back of her neck, knocking her out, carefully laying her on the bed before writing out a note and placing it in her hand before escaping through the window.

I walked for hours, knowing where I was going. I knew that I needed to stay as far away from them as possible, afraid I'd hurt them, especially Nya.

It was still night when I stopped to rest, having reached my destination, Hiroshi's Labyrinth. None of them would ever find me here, so it was the perfect place to hide.

I walked around the deep jungle, searching for some sticks to use as firewood, eventually finding just enough to start a fire, so I made my way back to my campsite.

Throwing the sticks down, I began trying to start a fire, not having any luck. The longer it took, the angrier I got. I ended up throwing the stick I was using, not knowing where it'd landed.

After minutes of sitting in frustration, I began to try and start the fire again. Only this time, something had happened, purple flames erupted from my hand, starting a fire.

My eyes widened in shock, not quite sure what had happened, but I knew it had felt...natural, like I'd been doing it all my life.

Snapping out of my daze, I began to try and make the flames appear again, focusing all my attention on creating the flames once more, succeeding eventually.

I watched as the purple flames danced across my hand, not burning my flesh as I played with the flames. I laughed a bit, wondering if this was a result from the darkness.

I don't know how long I had played with my new powers, but the next thing I know, the Sun rose, beams of light making their way through the trees.

I figured I'd get some rest then, crawling onto my blanket, wrapping myself in it and falling asleep, a strange feeling tugging at my back, but I ignored it.

Nya's POV

I awoke the next morning to find myself in a hospital bed, Kai and Jay sitting next to me, but not Cole. That's when I remembered yesterday's events, especially the attack.

Flashback

We had just arrived at the top of the mountain and started to set up camp, when I saw a strange figure in the distance and began to walk towards it.

The closer I got, the better I could make out what the figure looked like. It appeared to be a little girl, around the age of 8 or 9 years old, but something about her seemed strange.

Getting just a little bit closer, I saw that she was barefoot and as pale as death. I noticed a small stream of blood trickling down her legs, so I thought she was hurt.

That was when she turned around, making me realize that it was no ordinary little girl. The area near her heart was bloody, which I assumed was the source of the blood running down her legs.

Her facial features were horrifying, her eyes nothing but black holes, like her eyes had been gauged out. Her teeth were sharp and pointed, like daggers.

The girl's hair was long and pitch black, her hair falling freely down her back. Even though she had no eyes, she looked dead at me, then smiled.

That's when she lunged at us, taking out Jay first, using some strange power to knock him back several feet, making him hit his head on a nearby rock.

Then, she went after Kai, who put up more of a fight against the demonic creature. She finally took him out too, almost making him fall off the nearby cliff, but luckily he didn't.

Instead of going after Cole next, she turned and came after me, her hand glowing. Her hand's glow was fairly bright and dark blue in color, the light flowing down to the middle of her palm, where a small dark blue crystal was forming in the center of her palm.

Then, she lunged at me, aiming for my heart, when Cole pushed me out of the way, the girl's hand going through his heart and out his back.

She yanked her hand out of his body, making his body fall to the ground, blood seeping from his wound, creating a large puddle around his body.

I crawled over to his body, no longer caring if she got me, all I knew was that I needed to save Cole. I waited for her to attack me as I helped Cole, but she never did.

She had simply vanished into thin air, leaving me alone atop the mountain, with three unconcious guys, one of them nearing death and in desperate need of a hospital.

I sat there for Overlord knows how long, trying to save Cole. His heartbeat had slowed dramatically and finally, it had stopped, so I went to help the other guys.

Cole woke shortly after that, giving me quite a scare, considering I thought he was dead.

End Flashback

Quickly sitting up in bed, I brought my hand to my head, finding myself with a massive headache.

"Whoa, be careful sis!" Kai said, giving me a small smile.

"W-Where's Cole?" I asked, remembering the kiss from last night, right before everything went black. Kai and Jay glanced at each other, sadness clear in their faces.

"We don't know, but we found this in your hand. Don't worry, we didn't open it." Kai said, chuckling nervously as he handed me a piece of paper addressed to me.

I snatched the paper out of Kai's hand, carefully reading every last word of the letter, tears forming in my eyes as I read it.

Once I finished reading it, I let my hand fall to my side, dropping the letter. I saw Kai and Jay glance at each other before looking back at me, then at the letter, which had fallen to the floor.

"Sis, what's the matter? What did it say?" Kai asked, gently grabbing my hand, giving it a light squeeze. I could feel tears threatening to spill from my eyes at any second as I opened my mouth to reply.

"H-He's not coming back." I said, tears finally coming out as I vocally confirmed what I'd read in the letter.

"Wait, what? Cole's not coming back, where'd he go!?" Kai asked, snatching up the letter, his eyes scanning over the entire sheet, but it never said where he was going, just that he wasn't going to be returning anytime soon.

Kai sat there, reading the letter out loud, making me cry all over again. I curled up into a ball, letting the tears fall freely as I drifted to sleep, the last thing I'd seen was the back of my eyelids.

Okay, so what'd you think? I'm not as pleased with this as much as I thought I'd be, mainly because it doesn't sound as good as it did in my head, but oh well.

So, Cole has acquired one of his new powers in this chapter. He now controls small purple flames, but that isn't going to be his only power, there will be a few more, but not too many.

Anyways, I'm a bit tired right now, considering its like 2:30 in the morning right now, so I'm gonna try and get some sleep now.

Until next time, peace!