The Black Box had been in Rachel's possession for 9 years now. She had gotten it when she was just a baby, but lately, it felt more like it had chosen her. She never actually knew how she got the Black Box in the first place. From what she remembered, it had appeared out of thin air. Her parents were a bit suspicious about where it came from, but they eventually lost interest in trying to find out what it was and gave up on it. Rachel always kept it on her bedside as some sort of a paperweight.

One night, Rachel had a bad dream. She had dreamt of a world of eye-popping colors, and shady characters in all black and white. There was one man that stood out from everyone in the dream. He wore a black baseball cap; in fact, all of his attire was baseball-oriented. His eyes were hidden in the shade of his cap, nowhere to be seen. He attacked and killed the ghost-like beings in the streets and the buildings. He seemed alright at first, but things started to unravel as he killed the different people who were in charge of the different-colored worlds. She woke up, extremely afraid of everything. Was this the meaning of the box? She looked at it and saw the most interesting sight ever.

There was a circular clamp on the box that kept it locked. As she woke up, however, it started to glow a bright white. It was almost like a really bright lamp. Out of curiosity, Rachel grabbed for the Black Box and opened it. She was slowly sucked inside as the box teleported into the darkness with her.

It almost looked like a big ballroom of some sort, but it was air that she was standing on. It was like a floor. As she looked down, she could see treetops from some of the places below. It was like what she had seen in her dream... was she still dreaming? Was it real? She supposed that she should follow the order that the bat-equipped man took, and stepped on the first red dot.

She landed on a metal floor, surrounded by water. White water. Her eyes widened as she tried to breathe in. She was terrified. She had no idea where she was, but she had hoped that she was dreaming. She didn't know how the dream ended, but she had a good idea. Everything dying. Even though she was scared, her child-like mind decided that she would continue traveling further and seeing more. She walked forward towards a couple of odd-looking people. They almost looked like dolls. Oversized dolls that could only wheeze and cough out the smoky air around them.

She walked towards the metalic train in front of her as one of the men walked up to her and stopped her. "A... child...?" it questioned itself as it wheezed, grabbing Rachel's shoulder.

The little girl froze as she looked up at him, her eyes filled with fear and worry. She realized that the man in front of her with the tie had the same eyes. "Y...yes..." she said, beginning to cry, "I don't..." she coughed mid-sentence, "I don't know how I got here!"

"Well that's... hhh... strange..." the man said, adjusting his tie. He looked almost afraid to touch the child. "So many... diseases," he said, as if to imply that she might have some sort of deadly disease that would kill him if he touched her, "Are you pure...?"

"Yes," she said coughing, "I'm always pure!" She had no idea what the ghost-like person meant by the word 'pure'.

"I have to... take you to master Dedan," he said, "This looks like something he should... probably deal with."

She looked at him. The name had sounded familiar. It was probably another reference to her dream. The man picked her up as he carried her onto the train, looking at the other man in the front. They looked exactly alike. "I... need to go straight to Alma..." he said, "I need... the alternate route... hhh..." he wheezed again as the other man nodded and started up the train. They were on their way to the boss's office as Rachel held the mysterious Black Box in her hands, rubbing it slowly with her thumb. Whoever this 'Master Dedan' guy was, he might know what the box was for, and why it brought her here.

Hello~!

This is my first fanfiction, and I wish to write more! If you like it, please comment and let me know! I have been recently going through a lot, and I haven't been able to keep up with my story. I'm really sorry to all of the followers of this story! I'll have the next chapter up soon. I'm just having a bit of writer's block and whatnot. In the meantime, I might be making a different fanfiction~! uwu Thank you all very much for follows and favorites!