The blond-haired girl woke with a sudden shock. When she opened her eyes barely everything was so… green. She sat up quickly and peeked around through her halfway-closed eyes.
One moment she was playing with Gumi outside on the swings then all of a sudden she went blind. The horrifying feeling of never being to see Gumi's bright smile again brought tears to her eyes.
A girl with short green hair ran over to Rin. She was a little more shocked than Rin it seemed.
"We have a guest!" the girl smiled happily as she skipped over.
She was quite creepy in some way; Rin backed away. She looked a bit like Gumi but Rin got a strange aura from her.
"It's okay." the girl reassured in a soothing tone. She spread her arms wide as if she was waiting for a hug.
Rin backed up more and more with every single word that she heard from the girl's mouth.
"Stay aw-" Rin gasped as the girl reached out for her.
Rin had backed up against a tall tree. She was trapped between life and death. She tried to shift past the tree but right after the tree there was a deep river.
Rin fought back the tears as she tried to make a decision. Everything was spinning around her making her dizzy. She closed her eyes tightly and a slide show of Gumi went around in her head. When Rin thought about it Gumi seemed like the green-haired girl in front of her. Was that a coincidence or….fate? The green ground was turning red and black. It was as if she was inside a newspaper with blood.
Her stomach lurched as the girl face had turned demented in her eyes. The ground seemed as if it was shifting underneath her feet. The sky was dark and the girls eyes turned orange and gold with black in background where it should have been white. Her teeth were pointy and brown, like there was old blood that never came off. As if they could eat anything in sight. It was as if the girl was a demon sent from hell, or a cannibal that ate all her friends.
Rin made up the her choice finally. She gripped the tree tightly as the girl uttered these terrifying words.
"You're okay. You can stay here forever, and I'll take you somewhere where no one will be with us. No one at all. They won't disturb us, okay? We can play until we get sleepy and then, and then, okay?" she smiled devilishly. Her clammy hands grabbed Rin's arm. They held on so tightly as if trying to pierce through her skin. Her hands seemed like they were…..dead.
Rin shook that feeling off. Ghosts aren't real so that can't be. Something else could have caused that but it was Summer here and in her time.
Rin's footing all of a sudden slipped underneath her and she fell back. Arms flailing everywhere as she tried to hold on. Crying in fear the girl caught a root of the tree that was sticking out barely. It felt so weak as if it would break, and Rin would fall to her clear death. No pain just the sadness of never seeing…. Gumi ever again.
The green-haired girl leaned over her. Her eyes were wide and she looked oddly insane. Her face was tattered, scarred and bloody. She seemed to have gotten a beating of some sort.
Rin suddenly felt some pity for the girl and as if it was her fault.
"You know," she started putting her face very close to Rin's. "I have no parents, I have watched every single friend die, every one dead….pools of maroon blood… everywhere! Doesn't that sound nice?" she giggled.
Rin understood. As if being alone all these years, watching everyone die, as if…..she could never die made her like this. Was she usually a sweet girl?
"Are you…..immortal?" Rin asked as she held onto the root for dear life. She closed her eyes as she waiting for a horrible response to the question.
The girl backed up a little, it seemed as if she was changing back to normal. "Yes….yes, I am…,"she started. She sounded normal for that part of her talking. "I hate it!" she screamed at Rin as if it was her fault.
In shock Rin pulled on the root. It pulled out of the dirt and was still in her hands when she started falling. With every inch to death Rin regretted everything, every move, every word, every step.
The girl laughed a little before saying to Rin, "Saria. My name is Saria. Remember my name little one. We shall meet again soon I hope….. My next Alice." she smiled as she waved down to the teary blond.
Rin hit the water and it all became a blur of red as the girl walked away back into the bramble of thorns with a hideous smile.
Helpless the blond blacked out as she drowned.
