Prologue: Life
Beeeeeeeeeep!
"Clear!" Thump.
Beeeeeeeeeep!
"Clear!" Thump.
Beeeeeeeeeep!
"Clear!" Thump.
Her limbs jerked uselessly at the joints, her eyes staring, without seeing, at the roof of the vehicle. Her face was pale, her lips blue, and her large, chocolate eyes empty and wide open. Her wet hair slapped the table like strands of seaweed, midnight black against the almost iridescent white of her face. Her long eyelashes were tipped with drops of water, and her clothes were soaked. The wet shirt clung to her frail body, and the navy jeans were baggy around her slim legs. The veins stood stark against the paleness of her face, the blue matching the unhealthy sheen of her lips. Her skin was cold.
This girl had drowned.
Beeeeeeeeeep!
"Clear!" Thump.
Beep. Beep. Beep.
She gasped in a great, shuddering breath, sitting bolt upright on the table, her large brown orbs blinking in confusion. Colour flooded back to her face, and she sat, panting and swaying slightly, shivering from the cold within her. She looked around frantically, a terrified expression on her face.
"Where… where are they?" she choked out. "Where are they?!"
"Ssh, Miss," a Doctor soothed her. "It's ok. Could you tell us your name?"
"Kagome," she told him, her eyes still blinking frantically. "Kagome Higurashi."
"Well, Kagome," the Doctor said soothingly, resting a comforting hand on her forearm. "You can relax. You're safe now."
Kagome stared at him, bewilderment written in her face. "No, I'm not," she said frankly. "I should be dead. I died."
And that was it. That was the day the light in her eyes dimmed... and went out.
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Aaaaaaaand I'm back. Again, I'm going to write a (hopefully) heartwrenching and angsty piece, but it's not going to follow the same pattern as before! Have no fear!
Please enjoy, and let me know what you think!
Libra Sorceress xx