What I Fear Most…Is Myself (Prologue 00)
Hinamizawa. A small but happy village where everyone and anyone got along with each other, until...
June of Showa 58...
"Ok, back it up guys!" A man gestured toward a couple of machines. "Stop! Stop!" A girl with long green hair tied up in a ponytail shouted as she ran up to the man. "You can't do this! This is our village; you can't just take that away from us!" "Oh yeah? And why not? The government says that we should build a dam here." "Can't you give us some time? I don't want our village to go underwater!" "Ok, ok but you only have three days." "Thank you. That will be enough time." The man turned the other way and the other construction workers followed as well. She stared off into the distance deciding what approach would be best. I can't just let this happen our village has been here for thousands of years! I'll have to alert the elder. She ran quickly back to see the elder to see if they can do anything about it.
"The only way we can stop this is if we talk to the government itself, Mion you will be in charge until our return." "Yes, grandmother." Mion said as she brushed a loose strand of her green hair to the side.
Mion went to check out the village in the morning to see if everything was okay, when she saw a girl with orange hair knocking from door to door introducing herself. Hmm. She looks familiar. Maybe I should go talk to her. Mion walked over to the orange haired girl.
"Oh hello Reina. Did you move back here again? It's so nice to see you." "Yes I did. But it's actually Rena." "Oh I'm sorry!" "That's okay. I hope to see you around." She smiled to the old woman as she walked away from the door. She turned towards Mion. "Ah. Hello, my name is Mion Sonozaki. You're new here aren't you? What's your name?" She smiled. "My name is Rena Ryuuguu, nice to meet you." Mion grabbed Rena's hand and shook it. "How about I show you around? I'm in charge of the village until my grandmother gets back anyways!" "Sure"
Mion showed Rena around the village until the afternoon. "Um, Mion?" "What is it Rena?" "What's with all those signs over there?" "Oh those are for the people who are voting against building a dam here. The government had decided that not many people lived here and that it would be a great place to build a dam. Others had different opinions. There are some people in this village that believe that the dam should be built here, but we're trying to fight against that. We don't want our village to go underwater, especially since Oyashiro-sama's shrine is here." "Oyashiro-sama?" "It's our God. They say that if you leave the village Oyashiro-sama will put a curse on you. The person will start going crazy and eventually die if they don't return to the village and ask for forgiveness. There was an incident about it but I think we should just leave it at that." "Sounds interesting." "Well, all I know is that we can't leave the village no matter what." They stood there for a moment when Rena finally spoke. "Sorry Mion, but I have to get home now. My father is probably waiting at with dinner for me" "Ah ha ha. That's okay. I'll see you tomorrow at school okay?" "Mm Okay!" Rena gave her cute smile and turned to walk home. Could I have been wrong? I think I know her but I'm not sure of it. Oh well. I'll have to leave that for now. I guess I should go home and eat dinner myself. Mion walked home only thinking of how the dam project would be resolved.
A/N: My very first story! I hope you liked it! Please review!