Everyone gathered around, for the first time ever, in the same room at Koza's house. Her mom had just given us a plate of chocolate cookies companied with lemonade and soda. I picked up my glass of lemonade and took a sip of the sweet juice that flowed down my throat effortlessly. I smiled in delight.
"Alright, is everyone ready?" Amber asked, after I had taken the cup away from my mouth and set it down.
"Yeah, ready" We all said at the same time.
There were six people there. Crescent (me), Zack, Amber, Rhythm, Koza and Mimmy. We lived far away from each other, the only one I had seen face to face was Rhythm, for she was my closest friend. This would most likely be the only time we would ever be able to see each other face to face, especially since one of us lived in another country.
"Alright, what we're going to do is the "Sachiko Ever After" charm!" Amber exclaimed, clearly way to excited for this charm.
She got the Charm from a famous game called 'Corpse Party'. Not only was it a game but also a manga and anime. In fact it had several games.
She took a deep breath and smile as Koza got up to turn out the lights. Gently Amber set a candle in front of the six of us, and lit it. The air in the room filled with the sweet smell of vanilla. "Now," she paused, "To do this, we must all tightly grab this charm," she explained, as she pulled out a white paper doll in the shape of a woman. Everyone held tightly on to the paper, and I rolled my eyes.
This charm is so stupid, I spoke to myself, but immediately I resented and denied the thought. We may speak to each other after this but, most likely never again face to face. This charm is supposed to keep us together forever, as friends. I feel my hand grab the paper doll tighter as if I will let go.
"Now everyone, close your eyes, it's strictly forbidden that you open them until the charm is over," everyone nods, and closes their eyes. "Okay. Since there is seven people present, we must all chant this 'Sachiko, we beg of you,' exactly seven times the seventh represents Sachiko, if we don't then the charm will fail," she explains, and I feel the movement of everyone nodding. "Ready, now!"
"Sachiko, we beg of you," I say aloud, counting inside of my head, 1. "Sachiko, we beg of you," 2. "Sachiko, we beg of you," 3. "Sachiko, we beg of you," 4. "Sachiko, we beg of you," 5. "Sachiko, we beg of you," 6. I grip the paper and lick my lips of anticipation.
"Sa" I am interrupted by Amber asking if everyone is done.
"Yeah," I hear everyone else say, and I quickly agree, not wanting to be different and judged.
"You may open your eyes," Amber allows us, and one by one we all open our eyes. "Now rip off a piece!" she smiles, and everyone rips off a piece.
I look at my piece more carefully, and it appears that I got one side of the head.
"Never lose this; it's going to keep us together as friends forever!" Amber exclaims, smiling.
I smile, holding it firmly and putting it in my ID tag. I don't even know why I brought it, I live in Georgia, I don't go to school for anyone here, yet I still brought this. I smile in spite of my stupidity.
I smile satisfied, and get up, "Hey guys I am uh," I pause a bit embarrassed, "going to the bathroom," I trail off.
"Alright, were going to the living room, see yeah down there!" Koza explains, and I get up, and go to the bathroom. As I am in there, I shut the door, and sigh. Nobody said anything, not even the guys. Truly this is a place of no judgment.
I go to the sink, and turn on the cold water, and splashing myself, washing my face. The water feels refreshing as it runs down my face and off my cheeks. I was about to do it again, when I see something red in the mirror. I don't think there was something there before. Was there?
I look up to get a better view and I see a girl standing there, her dress is red and her hair is black. I would normally just assume it was Koza's little sister. Not that she told me she had one but it's something normal, for little kids to run in places there not supposed to be, but no. Her face was pale, had a bluish tone to it. I stood there paralyzed and I am about to turn around when the girl looks up. Her forehead dripped of blood, some crusted on.
All I could do was scream, "AHHHHHHHHH" it's so blood curdling that I am sure people in the neighborhood can hear it.
I try turning around, but the glass shatters on to me, leaving only a few on the wall. I fall instantly with pain in my right leg. Examining it more closely, I see that one of the shards hit my leg, leaving blood rushing out, making me black out constantly.
I feel so weak. My leg is burning, and I am so weak I cannot get up. I stare into the mirror, which seems like the only thing I can focus on. Slowly, as I look closer, I see each crack filling up with blood, and slowly it began to drip. Looking at it more closely I see the name "Sachiko", spelled and instantly my eyes grow wide.
With my arms, I manage to drag myself to the door and grab the door knob, but as I turn it, I remember that I locked the top lock, which is just out of my reach which means I'm stuck in the bathroom. I feel the tears roll down my cheeks as I begin to think of never seeing my friends again, and how that thing, the thing that is about to kill me, is going to kill them.
Slowly the room around me grows dark, and in vain I bang on the door, with the last of my strength. In hopes someone will hear.