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Chapter 1: Dark Decent

"You cannot run, this is where you belong."

Haruna's eyes then opened, her heart beating hard. Why do I keep having that same nightmare? Haruna thought to herself as she slowly got out of her bed earlier than most eighteen year olds would. But then again Haruna wasn't really like most eighteen year old's anyways. She didn't have many friends or well ones she could count on. In fact now that she was thinking, she could only really come up with a few names that she could actually call her true friends. Which at times made her sad, but it was something she could do nothing about. Being only in High school she knew that she couldn't just up and move away like she would always dream she could. Or hideaway in the mangas that she would always read. There was almost nothing Haruna hated more than the place she lived. It was a small but crowed community filled with mostly people Haruna could not stand.

They are cold, fake, and most of them are complete idiots. Haruna thought to herself as she brushed her thick brown hair back into a simple ponytail which rested on her upper back. Haruna then tried to shake off all of these not so pleasant memories remembering that it's always best to forgive and forget. Something that at first she thought was easy, but was starting to realize that somethings were much harder than others. Though one thing Haruna could never understand were the nightmares. They started after she turned sixteen and almost every night since then Haruna was haunted by nightmares of strange people chasing her and things she couldn't understand. Things that would frighten her and cause her to wake up in the middle of the gasping and not wanting to go back to sleep. Though everything was certainly not doom and gloom for her, one of the things she could always count on to brighten her day were books. It was one of her favorite things, just to sit on her bed and get lost in her favorite story.

One of these stories being One Piece, and you could say that Haruna was a big time fan. Seeing that Haruna even had a Luffy plushie that she always slept with in her bed every night. As well as she had read almost every volume at least more than twice.

"Hn, I think I'll visit the docks today before I head off to work. After all it does look like I have some extra time." Haruna said to herself out loud. As she looked over at the clock, and tossed the latest volume of One Piece down and headed towards the door.

"Oh I almost forgot!" Haruna said to herself out loud as she ran back upstairs and quickly grabbed her favorite Key necklace and put it around her neck gently. The metal key hanging low, touching the bare skin right above her chest.

Couldn't leave behind my lucky necklace. Haruna said as she looked down at herself and grabbed the old fashion key necklace and sighed. As she remembered the day when her mother gave her the necklace when she was little saying that it was something special that had been pasted throughout their family and that she should wear it always.

Haruna's mother worked at a Library in the next town, and since Haruna was out of school on break she loved to go down there and help out. Haruna loved books they were the one things that she could always escape into and feel all of her problems get lifted off her shoulders. Often Haruna's mother would have to literally force Haruna to put down the manga she was reading so that she would remember eat dinner. So when the head person in the big library had met Haruna and realized her love for books he had then always allowed her to work alongside her mother. And though Haruna didn't get paid, she still loved doing it just for the sake of doing so.

But since her mother had to get up very early each morning for work, Haruna convinced her to just let her ride the bus to get to the Library instead of having to wake-up with her mother each morning. And after a couple days of proving to her mother that she would be alright walking to and riding the bus alone every other day, her mother finally approved.

"It looks like it's going to rain today" Haruna said as she looked up at the cloud covered sky, the cold biting at her nose as she zipped her jacket up higher as she sat quietly on her favorite dock.

Even though Haruna's mother told her countless times not to, Haruna loved walking the docks before she headed to the bus stop. In fact the docks were a place that Haruna loved to go when she needed to think. At first she would only go to where she could see the boats and stay far away from the water due to the fact that she could not swim. Though now she finally got the courage to actually go to the very end of the longest dock and just sit. Letting her feet dangle off the side as she would look into the deep blue water, like today. Though suddenly Haruna was pulled out of her thoughts when she heard foot steps walking up behind her.

"Hey girly, did somebody loose their mommy?" The strange man said as Haruna quickly stood up to look at the man. She could already tell by his face that she was in serious trouble.

"Stop! Don't come any closer or I'll call the cops!" Haruna threaten as she reached into her pocket for her phone. Only to have her fear confirmed that she had left her cell phone at home in her rush to leave so that she could come here.

Leave it to me to forget my cell phone and instead bring my ipod. Haruna thought to herself. Cursing at the fact that she knew she couldn't use her ipod, (that was actually in her pocket) to call for help.

The man then stopped and a nasty smile came across his face as he eyed her suspiciously "Oh yeah? Show me?"

Haruna then froze at the nasty man's words. Her heart started beating fiercely as she desperately tried to think of a plan.

I can't run past him because this dock is not wide enough! I'd be running right into his hands

I can't scream for help either, since the docks are deserted at this time a day, which would only make him charge me even faster to silence me.

"Well I'm waiting?" The man said as he started approaching Haruna wearing a twisted smile.

She said nothing. Like a helpless baby bird in the eye of a snake, all she could do was stand there as the man got closer and closer to her. Just when he was inches away from her, Haruna's adrenaline started pumping as she kicked the man as hard as she could, right in the place no guy ever wants to be hit. The man yelled out in pain as she then tried to run past him while he was bent over in pain. Haruna was almost past him, when the man's hand suddenly shot out knocking Haruna into the cold deep water.

I'm going to drown! Haruna thought to herself as her body sank deeper and deeper into the freezing water as she tried to desperately hold her breathe. She tried to kick her legs and move her arms but it was Winter, and the coldness of the water had already made her limbs go numb. Her whole body seemed to scream out in pain, as her she felt her body rapidly start to numb and freeze which Haruna knew was the start of hypothermia.

My lungs feel like there going to burst. I-I-can't breathe! Haruna thought as she could hold her breathe no longer. The water felt like needles to her insides as it rapidly started filling her body. Haruna's thoughts started to fall silent, as she heard her heart slowly stop pounding as she fell deep into a darkness still unknown.

Well that's all for that chapter! I hope you liked it:) As well as please REVIEW!, favorite, and follow so I can get some feedback on what you think to help the story be even better! ;)