Dust floated in the air as I tried to get my eyes adjusted to my new dark surroundings. My throat felt dry as I sat up on the cold ground. Looking around I saw a dark mess of small tables and chairs. It was as if I was placed in a post-apocalyptic elementary school classroom. Is this some kind of deranged dream? This cannot be real. I closed my eyes and calmed my breathing before I did anything else.

When I opened my eyes again I searched my surroundings as my eyes fought to focus on objects. The more I focused the more dirty everything looked. The furniture was coated with dust, and some brown or red substance. All the furniture looked broken in someway. This was a dangerous place.

"Aoi," I nearly yelled as I remembered what happened before the world went dark. The two of us were trying some friends forever charm that Aoi found online and… the world shook. I stood up and did not see her anywhere around me. I was complet-

Wait, there is someone sitting in the corner. They look asleep. I rushed over without a second thought, maybe they could help me figure out where I was.

I went to tap the mysterious person's shoulder and before I could touch it the person moved. The head of the body fell off the body and rolled away. I gasped as my eyes took in the decomposed body. Taking a few steps back and tripped over something and fell to the floor.

"Wha- this is not funny," I said aloud as I looked around for hidden cameras. There was no response. I jumped up and rushed over toward the door and threw it open to see the hallways matched the room. Across from the door, I saw a piece of paper stuck to the wall. I walked over and read the note.

To You,

The game has begun, don't look back.

"30...29...28...27…" a child's voice began to count behind me. I turned my head to see the glowing figure of a young boy counting. The small boy covered his blood covered face with his hands to hide his eyes as he counted down. I stood in shock until the child reached twenty. I knew this was something bad. I turned quickly and ran down the hall as fast I could. I entered the staircase and ran down the stairs quickly. When I got off the stairs I saw a glowing small girl in a red dress standing in the middle of the hallway. I stopped in my spot. Every horror movie scenario I had ever seen came running through my head as she smiled at me.

"This way," the girl muttered as she pointed to the right of her in a room. Without thinking I followed her directions in hope she could be helpful, chances are not. I ran into the room and it shot closed behind me. I leaned on the wall and slid to floor as I looked around the room. It was darker than the room I was in before. I could not see anything in the room. I covered my mouth with my hand as tears began to crawl down my face. I had no clue where I was anymore. My heart was racing painfully in my chest as I heard soft footsteps behind me come toward me.

Where are you Aoi? I thought to myself, is she here too.

The young boy's voice began to call for me, "come out, come out wherever you are." Tears began to pour down my cheeks as I heard the footsteps stop in front of the door. I refused to move.

The girl with the red dress appeared in front of me during the silence with a huge smile on her face. She held in her hand a piece of chocolate as she walked toward me. I gazed into her eyes nervously as my body refused to move. She closed her hands around the chocolate and when she opened it again my heart dropped.

It was a freshly plucked eyeball. The colour of the eyeball looked familiar since it was a rare eye colour. It was a beautiful shade of purple. The only person I know that had that colour eyes was… Aoi.

I screamed as I jumped off the floor. This girl was not trying to help me. She probably just cornered me. I had nowhere else to go. The only thing I could do was…

I flew open the door and to my relief the boy was not there; however, a huge man blocked the door entrance. He held a hammer in his hands. Before I could respond he swung it at my head. The floor momentarily disappeared under me before painfully returning when I hit the ground. I did not know if I blacked out momentarily or not since the room was already pitch black.

The little girl's laughter echoed throughout the room as I fought to get back up. A sharp pain echoed in my skull. I turned my head slightly to see the hammer coming down at my head faster than before. The last thing I saw was the eyeball the girl dropped onto the ground in front of my face.

Aoi, I tried to say, where are you? My vision faded away and I heard Aoi's voice whispering my name in my ear. It relaxed me and made me feel as if I was floating in mid air.

a/n- Sorry if this seems a bit rushed. I hope you guys like it. Each chapter is going to follow a whole different character as they find their way into Heavenly Host.