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Part 1- Chihiro
Chapter 1- The Dream
Chihiro was hurt. Not physically but emotionally. Haku had promised they would meet again but 12 years had past and no Haku. She used to visit the Kohaku River and wait for him once a week, but he had never come. She wondered if he missed her s much as she missed him.
"Will we ever meet again?" She had asked once full of hope.
"Sure we will," he had said equally full of hope.
"Promise?"
"Promise, now go, and don't look back."
She sometimes wondered if he didn't want her to look back because he didn't want her to see how sad he was. If he was sad at all. She felt lonely, she had no friends and she felt like she didn't belong in this world anymore. Her parents thought she was crazy, after she told them about the spirit world. After they denied listening to her she never mentioned it again and became buried in her schoolwork. Her parents moved on like nothing had ever happened and Chihiro played along. Her parents blamed themselves for their daughter's hallucination and spent more time with her than Chihiro had wanted. Most of the time she would write in her journal about all the things that had happened, all the things she had felt. At times it seemed like a dream but her silky rubber band she kept would not let her forget. She sighed. She had spent the whole morning typing her paper that she had exhausted herself by noon. It's Easter break. Can't you at least try to have fun? I know being at your parent's house isn't exactly what you would call fun but couldn't you at least try? The voice in her head whispered to her. No, I can't have fun. It'll just remind me of my friends. And I have to stay busy; otherwise I'll start thinking about him…She answered back angrily. She flopped on her bed.She was so tired. So tired of everything she had been through. She had lost all hope of Haku ever coming back. She had tried to go back but she could never find the entrance. She closed her eyes and feel asleep.
………………………….
She was in this beautiful meadow and she could see Haku in the distance. She out his name and ran towards him, but no matter how fast she ran he seemed to get farther and farther away. Then she fell into darkness and heard Haku whisper "Chihiro…comeback."
She woke with a start. The wind howled through the forest, whispering to her. She knew what she had to do.