Everyone was in class, listening to the teacher talking. Mr. Yamaguchi, our teacher, was telling us about how the entire school was invited to go to a festival on a beautiful island called "Serpent King Island". We were going there for Halloween. The scary thing about it is that legend says that every 1000 years, the ruler of this island, also known as the "Serpent King" will unleash a powerful curse that lasts 5 days straight, and this is the 1000th year. We don't actually know if the legend is real or not, because no one has lived that long to tell everyone what's happened, but it is said that everyone there always dies. I honestly think it is a bit scary to be going there, because I don't really like scary stuff but it is a field trip, and I love field trips. Also, the legend might not even be true too so there's not much to be worried about. We were only gonna be there for Halloween, and the legend supposedly lasts 5 days, and we'll only be there for 1 day. What's the worst thing that could happen? Even if it was true or not, we can all just run to the boats and flee the island, right?
"Make sure you bring your toothbrush, toothpaste, some clothes, and shampoo with conditioner. Make sure you have everything you need because we will be heading to the Serpent King Island on what day?" Mr. Yamaguchi asked.
"Monday morning," we all replied to him and he smiled. Today was Friday and the last period before it's after school. We only had ten minutes left until the bell rings. Mr. Yamaguchi gave us permission to talk to each other for the rest of the class time. My friends, Annie Trang, Lauren Park, Lily Kim, Melina Duong, and Nina Cheng, and I put our desks together. I fixed my shirt and crossed my legs together and pushed my hair behind me. Nina turned over to 3 of our classmates named Xing Cai Zhang, Ina Honda, and Gracia Akechi and snickered.
"Oh my god, look at that fake wannabe preps over there, wearing that light purple shirt, pink shirt, and purple shirt. We're so much prettier than them," Nina said, loud enough for the three girls to hear. They turned over to us and my friends laughed. I laughed a bit, only because I know she is just messing around.
"Come on, Nina. Don't be so mean to them," I said to her and then turned to the girls, "Sorry about that. My friend doesn't mean it. She's just messing around." The girls then looked away and continued talking to each other.
"Sephoraa, you should try it sometimes. It's really fun," Lily said to me and I laughed. I then shook my head.
"No thanks, I'm good," I replied to her.
I came to the school a month ago as a new student and my friends quickly became my friends. They are nice but they like to mess around with people for fun, especially Xing Cai and her friends Ina and Gracia. I know that they don't really like me, because I hang out with my friends and my friends pick on them a lot.
"So about that legend, I wonder if it's true," Annie said and we shrugged our shoulders.
"I don't think so. I don't believe in such legends. I don't believe in anything paranormal. I'm just waiting on going to that festival so we can have a lot of fun together," Nina replied and Lauren laughed.
"It is so like you to say that, Nina," Lauren told Nina and we laughed. It was so true what Lauren had just said right now. Nina is a non believer in the paranormal or supernatural. The rest of us don't know what to think about it.
"Nobody's lived for at least a thousand years to explain everything that happened. It's just a legend anyways and it's been passed down from generation to generation so the legend probably got switched around so it's probably not real," Lily added in and we agreed.
Rrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnggggggggg!
Went the sound of the bell. It was now afterschool and everyone got up and began walking out. My friends and I walked out of the class and began walking down the hall.
"So, what are we doing today? Wait, we're still going to the mall, right?" Melina asked and we nodded our heads, "Okay, that's good. I'm in need of clothes. I have like nothing to wear anymore and I need clothes for the Halloween day. Maybe we'll see some cute guys there."
"Melina, but you just bought some clothes like 2 days ago," Annie replied to her, and we began laughing. Melina laughed as well. She said that it was 2 days ago so she needs to get some more clothes.
"Well, yeah. Besides, we need to go get our costume too. What are you guys gonna be? I'm gonna be a beautiful fairy," Melina continued. Honestly, I haven't even thought about what I was gonna be for Halloween. I usually don't dress up though but if I do, it's only something very simple. Annie was gonna be a cheetah, Lauren is gonna be a cute rabbit, Lily is gonna be a sexy vampire, and Nina was gonna be a boxing girl.
"Sephoraa, what are you gonna be for Halloween?" Lily asked me and I turned to her. I thought about what I should be or Halloween. It's not really my favorite holiday, since I get scared easily. I am a believer of the paranormal but I kept that to myself. I never told anyone about it, not that they asked or anything.
"I actually don't know yet," I replied to her, thinking hard. Maybe this year I'll just be myself or something. "I think I just wanna be myself this year and not dress up. Halloween's not really my kind of holiday."
"Oh, come on, Sephoraa, where's your Halloween spirit? You have to dress up too! We're all doing it so you have to do it! How about being a farmer girl or a cowgirl? Ooh! Maybe you can be a flower girl!" suggested Annie happily. I just laughed knew that I was gonna have to dress up. Being a farmer girl is not so bad.
"Okay, farm girl it is then. Come on, let's go to the mall," I said and we began walking to the mall.
We were inside a store, looking at all the pretty clothes. I took a really cute flowery shortall with diamonds decorated with it. It also had a pocket in the middle of the top half. I placed it in front of me and looked at the mirror up ahead. It liked how it looks so I'm gonna get it. I headed over to the shirt area and looked at the cropped shirts. I saw a plain, thin light pink shirt and I took it off the rack. I went to go try it on and I liked how it looks so that's gonna be my outfit. I came out of the fitting room and found a cute flowery hat to go along with it. I was gonna go get a high top converse later on. I headed back over to my friends. Nina was looking at herself in the mirror with a shirt out in front of her when she smiled.
"Hey girls, look, it's Ina and friends," Nina said, looking at the mirror. I looked in the mirror and saw Ina and her friends looking at a few shirts not too far from where we were.
"Not again, Nina. Let's just leave them be. They're trying to find some clothes like us. They didn't come here to get picked on," I said to her but she didn't pay any attention to me. She began walking towards Ina and her friends. I shook my head and the rest followed after them.
"Well, look who came into this store to buy some clothes. It's the 3 musketeers," Nina said, as the other girls laughed. I honestly didn't see what was so funny about it. I know that Nina was only messing around, but she doesn't know her limit when to stop. "I didn't know lower class people liked to look at the high class stores."
"Nina, leave us alone already!" Gracia said, and Nina began laughing because she was the smallest and she was the only one who spoke up of them 4.
"Oh my, aren't you cute? Being the smallest and standing up for yourselves. The sad thing is that you aren't even all that cute. If you're gonna stand up for your friends and be the smallest, at least make sure you are cute," Nina replied. I thought that was so messed up. Gracia was a cute girl. Even though Nina was just messing around, it was pretty harsh to say that to her.
"Just ignore them, Gracia," Ina said and they began walking off. Nina was just laughing. The other girls were kinda laughing too.
"I know you're just joking around with them but that was really harsh to say, Nina. She has feelings too, you know?" I said, going off to Ina and her friends. I saw that Gracia was crying and I felt bad for her. They turned to me. "Hey, I'm sorry about what my friends do and say to you guys. They are just messing around. Sorry your feelings got hurt by Nina. I know what she said must have saddened you."
"Stop acting like you care already. If you hate us, don't even come over here and apologize on your friend's behalf. In fact, we don't even need your stupid sympathy. Just because you guy are from high class doesn't mean you can look down on those lower than you. You guys think that everyone looks up to you guys when really, everyone hates you guys. If you were really sorry, you would tell you friends to stop and guess what? We never see you do that. So you can take back your fake apology and stick it up your ass," Ina said to me meanly. It did kind of hurt my feelings but I can understand that they probably hated me as much as they hated my friends. They went past me and Ina shouldered me hard and I ended up backing up one time. I thought that she doesn't know that I do tell them to stop but they're never there to see. I took a deep breath and walked back to my friends. We paid for our stuff and went out of the store.
"Okay, we need shoes now," Lily said and we walked into a shoe store where they sell fresh kicks and high heels. While my friends were at the high heel area, I went to the Converse shoes area and picked out a light pink high top converse. I got a size 6 and tried it on. It fit perfectly so I held on to the shoe. Along the way, I got more shoes. I had 5 pairs of converse, 7 Nike Jordan's shoes, and 6 pairs of Zorrba boots.
The girls and I paid for our stuff and went to other stores to buy more clothes. Even though it was Melina's idea to go to the mall, I ended up buying the most clothes and shoes. It was around 7:45 p.m. and we went to go eat out at a restaurant where they sold pho. There was plenty of meat, shrimps, meatballs, and crab meat. We also ordered some orange chicken and papaya salad. We ate away happily and my pho was spicy but it was really good.
While eating, I suddenly remembered about how Gracia cried because of Nina and how Ina yelled at me, even though I haven't done anything to them. I turned to Nina.
"Hey Nina, you do know that you made Gracia cry, right? I don't think you guys should pick on them anymore, even though you guys are just messing around with them," I told her and the other girls were surprised that Gracia actually cried.
"Dang, I was just kidding. Of course she's cute. That's why I said she wasn't. I guess she doesn't realize her cuteness that when someone says she's not, she feels sad about it. I didn't think she'd actually cry. On Monday, I'll go apologize to her then," Nina said and we nodded our heads. I know that Nina will do it, because when she says she's gonna do something, she seriously will do it. "And since you feel sympathy for them, I'll promise to stop picking on them." We continued eating our food and when we finished, we paid for it and left.
When I came back home, my parents were already at work. I got home around 9:30 p.m. and I headed into my room. When I opened the door, the scent of strawberry filled my nose and I went inside. My room looked like a store since there were racks of my clothes there and tables where my jewelries were at. I went to shower quickly and then fixed up the new clothing on a separate rack so I could take it to the Serpent King Island. Once I finished, I climbed onto my comfy circle bed and tucked myself under covers. I then closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep…
A man and a woman were hiking in the Serpent King Island Mountains. The man was wearing a regular grey t shirt and the woman was wearing a yellow teen top. They reached the very top and felt accomplished. When the woman was looking down, the man looked down on his pocket and took out something from his pocket. It was a wedding ring. He was gonna propose to her there because he thought it would be romantic. He smiled and pictured how she would react.
"Hey, I have something to tell you," he began and she turned to him, smiling, "I know we have our ups and downs but we never let that get in the way of our love. I think we can take our relationship to the next level." The girl smiled, seeing the ring case.
"I feel the same way too," she replied, blushing. She was overwhelmed with happiness. The man then looked into her eyes. He got down on one knee and opened the ring case. There was a beautiful diamond ring.
"Will you marry me?" he asked and she nodded her head.
"Yes, I will," she replied as the man got back up and put the ring on her finger. It sparkled brightly on her finger. They kissed for a moment and they were both happy. It came by too quick. Suddenly, they became shrouded in some kind of purple deadly mist and they began coughing a lot. "What's going on?"
"I don't know," he replied, as they continued to inhale the poisonous mist and coughing at the same time. The man then felt unconscious and everything blacked out. It was then that the man's eyes turned completely white. His skin became pale blue like he drowned and died. He walked to the woman and bit her neck, ripping off her fresh flesh from the rest of her skin using his bare teeth only. She screamed out in pain as blood squirted out from her neck and she pushed the man away from her. She felt so much pain in her neck when he tore off her skin. She placed her hand on the wound, trying to stop the bleeding. She could feel her neck meats. She began crying and he ate the piece of skin he tore off from her neck. He then began trying to bite her again.
"No, stop it! Stop!" she yelled at him, but he didn't stop. He was very powerful and took another bite of her flesh on the arm, ripping it off her skin and her meat was there, along with blood gushing out from her arm as she screamed and pushed him once more as he fell down. She began running away from the man she once loved as he followed her...
On Monday morning, I woke up and remembered that today was the day we were going to the festival in Serpent King Island. It was also the 1000th year and supposedly, the serpent king was gonna unleash his evil minions to destroy all who lived there. Thinking about it sent chills up my spine. I shook that feeling away and began packing to meet everyone at the yacht. I put everything in a Nike bag that looks small but it's very spacious inside. I managed to fit a few outfits and shoes in there, along with toothbrush and paste and shampoo with conditioner. For now, I wore a pink and lavender striped long sleeve shirt with a short that goes up to the middle of my thighs. The pair of shoes I was wearing was a light blue Vans. I wore a light blue shoulder bag containing my cellphone, wallet, and an "Enchanted princess" scented face and body lotion.
My mom dropped me off in front of the yacht and I saw my friends there. I began walking to them and they turned to me. We waved hi to each other. When I reached them, we group hugged each other.
"Hey, Sephoraa!" they said to me.
"Hey, girls!" I replied to them. We went into the yacht and began walking around for fun until the principal tells us that we are departing. There were lots of students. I know a lot of them but at the same time, I didn't know them. Many of them said hi to me but I didn't recognize some of them.
"I don't see the 3 musketeers so I'll apologize when I see them," Nina said and we agreed. We all had our own Nike bag to carry around. Most of the students there had backpacks and bags with them. We were the only ones carrying Nike bags.
"I'm sure they'll come around," Lauren replied to Nina and then the principal began speaking to us. He told us that we were departing for Serpent King Island now and for everyone to stay on the yacht and don't go too close to the edge before we fall. In case that happens, everyone was given a life jacket. My life jacket was lavender colored and it was size small.
The yacht began moving and we began sailing. We could see the island but it was so tiny. It actually looked like a tiny dot from here.
"Dang, look how small Serpent King Island is!" shouted one of my classmates named Keiji Maeda. He was a very talkative and funny guy. He was also very tall and muscular. He turned to me and noticed I was looking at him. He gave out a bright smile. "Hey Sephoraa. How's life?" I laughed at his comment.
"Hi Keiji. Life is fantastic. How about yours?" I replied and he told me it was the same for him too. My friends were walking up ahead so I went to go catch up to them. While I was walking, I went past another classmate named Motochika Chosokabe. He was with his girlfriend Koshosho. I heard that they were middle school sweethearts, which is really cute.
"If you fell, I'd be the first to jump in and save you. You should know that by now, babe. Why would you even ask such a question?' Motochika said to his girlfriend and she smiled. They looked really happy together and it made me happy seeing them happy. I went to my friends and they were at the very front of the yacht. Along the way, we were passing by quite a few boats. I wondered if today was a fishing day or something.
"Is today like a fishing day or something? There are a lot of boats here today. What do you guys think?" Annie asked and we shrugged our shoulders. It could be by chance that they all came. They were coming towards our direction. Could it be that they were from the Serpent King Island? After all, it was the 1000th year.
"It could just be a coincidence that they all are here," Melina replied. We agreed and the yacht continued heading towards the Serpent King Island. I actually wonder why they called that person the Serpent King. I know he definitely isn't half snake or whatever.
Once we reached the Serpent King Island, there were lots of people leaving. The boats earlier were probably from here. The Island was so beautiful and alive. I don't see why the Serpent King would want to have it destroyed using his minions to attack people. The people leaving was just looking at us while we were getting out. Finally, an old man went to the back of the boat to look at us.
"Leave this Island at once! You're making a mistake coming here! It's the 1000th year, the Serpent King will unleash his evil upon this Island! If you are smart, you will leave!" he shouted, as his boat sailed away. Everyone watched the boat leave. We were all quiet and didn't know what to think. Since it came from an old man saying that, it scared everyone.
"There is nothing to be afraid of. Come on, our ride is waiting for us," the principal told everyone, killing the fear that everyone was feeling. We all walked over to a bunch of the same black cars. We all got in and it drove us to a nice looking 2 story hotel. "Okay everyone, ready yourselves, and meet at the festival at 3:00 p.m. okay?"
"Okay," we all replied. We were able choose any room that was open and our room was on the second floor, room number 5. We began getting ourselves ready for the Halloween festival. I took out the shortall outfit I bought at the mall and wore it. I curled my hair and brushed it to make it have more volume before putting the hat on. I put on nude pink lipstick and put shimmer lip gloss on it and contoured my cheeks. Next, I put on eyeliner and afterwards, mascara and very light pink eyeshadow. Finally, I was finished with everything. I was the last one to finish since I took my precious time.
We arrived at the Halloween festival and it had already started. The people leaving the Island had already disappeared far across the sea, probably on the other side of the Island, which is where we came from. Almost everyone was dressed up for Halloween. There were lots of food and games for people to play for fun. There were also the Serpent Kind Island police walking around, making sure nothing was wrong. My friends and I began playing some games. We were playing basketball shooting. There was a girl who was hosting the basketball game.
"Hi girls. Would you like to play basketball shooting?" she said. Boy she sure did sound like a dike. We nodded our heads and she gave us each a basketball to shoot. For some reason, she did kind of seem like a guy, and I wanted to know but I wasn't about to be rude and ask. "You can call me Zhang He." I thought that name sounds like of like a guy name. Zhang He turned to me and smiled. "Oh my god, your face is so gorgeous and flawless." When she said that, her eyes rolled along with the sentence. I smiled.
"Thanks. You have really nice skin too," I replied and she smiled.
"Why thank you, hun. I do have nice skin for a guy," she said. My friends looked at each other and Nina tried hard not to laugh, but she was smiling. All my friends were smiling pretty big, trying not to laugh. I did smile, but only a bit.
"Oh, you're a guy?" Lily asked and she nodded her head. I knew she was a guy or something! Now that she revealed that she was a guy, I did begin to notice the man features like his body shape.
"Yeah, I am, but I'm gonna get a transgender when I hit 18," Zhang He replied. My friends ended up smiling even more. We all just nodded our heads. Lauren then shot the basketball towards the hoop and she made it in. We cheered for her. Annie shot the basketball into the hoop but she missed. Lily made it in, Melina made it in, and Nina missed. I was the last one to go. I went to the 3 pointer and shot the ball to the hoop. It went in without making any sound and we began laughing. My friends cheered for me. I smiled happily and we went to play other games.
Eventually, we got hungry so we walked to the food area. There were many options of food to choose from. We each got a plate from the lady in charge of handing plates to people. We walked to the foods we wanted. I got a bit of bulgogi, rice, orange chicken, and pot stickers. I didn't want to get too full. I grabbed a small cup with apple juice. I began walking to where my friends were sitting. As I was walking, a cop and I intersected with each other, causing me to spill my food and drink on the both of us. It got my neck area but not my hair or clothes. I gasped when the food and drink got on him.
"Oh my god, I am so sorry!" I said to him and he shook his head. I felt so bad because I made the food spill on his outfit.
"It's fine," he replied. He began walking off. He took a few steps, stopped, and turned to me. "Do you need to go to the bathroom to wash up?" I nodded my head. "I can take you there." I smiled and threw my plate away. The both of us began walking towards the bathroom. I didn't know where it was but he was leading me there.
"Are you really a police officer or are you just wearing a Halloween costume?" I asked, curious to know. I didn't want to feel stupid or anything so I had to ask.
"I'm a real cop, Officer Vincent Valentine," Officer Vincent replied to me. I thought that he had a cool name. "You can call me Vincent though."
"Oh, okay then Vincent. I'm Sephoraa, Sephoraa Li-Sato. It's nice to meet you," I replied cheerfully. He didn't say anything. He doesn't seem like he talks that much. He has soft black hair and red eyes. He was simply the most handsome guy I have ever seen. Well, a classmate named Yukimura Sanada is handsome too but I was more attracted to Vincent. I was kind of shy of him, actually. He turned to me and smiled a bit. I can feel my heart begin to pound. I looked down and smiled to myself.
He led me where the girls' bathroom was at. It was right next to the boys' bathroom. I thanked him for helping me out and he just nodded his head. When he smiles, I feel like my heart is gonna jump out of my body. I smiled back and he went off to the boys' bathroom. I went into the girls' bathroom to wash up. There were quite a few girls in there. I quickly washed up and came out. When I was outside, I saw Vincent leaning against the girls' bathroom wall. Hs arms were crossed together and he was looking at the sky. I thought that he was really handsome doing that. He turned to me and got off the wall. Vincent walked over to me. I guess he was waiting for me or something, which made my heart flutter and I blushed.
"Hey," he said to me. I smiled at him. "I was waiting for you. I figured since I took you here, I should escort you back."
"Sorry I took a while but thank you for waiting for me. I really appreciate it, Vincent," I replied to him and we began walking back. I wondered if Vincent was too old for me. I know he isn't younger than me, because he is a police officer. I am 17 years old. I wanted to ask but I was kinda shy to ask. I knew if I didn't say something, he's not gonna say anything either. I decided to be courageous and ask him. "Hey Vincent, so… How old are you? You seem pretty young to be a police officer." Vincent smiled and my heart was pounding again.
"I'm 20. You?" he replied. I told him that I was 17 years old. After that, it got quiet again. We were both just walking when we heard a girl screaming.
"Zombies! The 1000th year curse is happening!" she shouted. Vincent and I turned and some zombies walking in a group to the festival. They were all bloody and scary looking. Everyone panicked and began running off.
"Zombies!" everyone screamed, and ran. Vincent put me behind him and pulled out a gun from his belt side. He aimed at the zombies, as they came closer. I was so scared that I didn't even realize that I was clinging on his uniform shirt tightly.
"Stay behind me," he said, and I nodded my head. I was definitely going nowhere, only except my friends are still at the other side where I was. I peered over to the table, but they weren't there anymore.
"But my friends," I began but he grabbed my hand and pulled me closer, making me feel so shy but it was not a good time to be feeling this way. He pressed me against his chest. He told me to stay put because we are undergoing a serious situation. He began walking backwards, aiming his gun at the zombies in case they came to us. One of the zombies grabbed Mr. Yamaguchi while he was running and knocked him down.
"No! No, let go of me! I don't wanna die! I don't wanna be a zombie!" yelled Mr. Yamaguchi, trying his hardest to escape as the zombie began laughing his butt off. It was then that we all realized we had been pranked by some of the students from my school. All the zombies began laughing so hard.
"What is the meaning of this?" yelled our principal, barely coming out of the bathroom and seeing what was happening. Everyone stopped running and the fake zombies stopped laughing. It is not good to piss the principal off because it is very scary.
"It was just a Halloween prank," one of the zombies said and the principal grew red as a tomato. The fake zombies seemed scared now.
"All of you go to the hotel and get your stuff. You guys will be going back first," said the principal but the person hosting the festival wanted them to be there.
"It's okay, let them stay. Besides, that was a pretty good scare. I think they'll do just fine. It was a harmless prank, after all," he said, smiling. He somehow persuaded the principal to allow them to stay but they had to wash up their scary makeup. Everyone began returning to where they originally were before the prank. I was still on Vincent's chest. It was kinda awkward now.
"Um, you can let go of me now," I managed to say under my shy skin. He quickly let go of me and blushed.
"Sorry about that. I kinda forgot to let you go," he managed to say, touching the back of his hair. I told him that it was okay. He still had the gun in his hand. He then put it away. I find guns pretty scary because of the loud sound they make when they shoot bullets. I ended up laughing for two different reasons. One is because he forgot and the other is because I was pretty shy of him. He soon joined me in laughing too. We stopped laughing a few moments later and another cop came to us. He had blonde hair and blue eyes. He was very handsome as well, but I still liked Vincent better.
"Valentine, I need you to come with me. There's been an incident of a girl who's skin was ripped off her neck," he began, until he saw me. I was horrified at what I heard. A girl got her neck ripped off? My eyes widened in fear for a moment. It pretty much scared me. Vincent nodded his head and turned to me.
"Sorry, but I have to go," he told me and I nodded my head. We said our goodbyes and he left. I felt kinda sad when he left but I know I shouldn't be feeling that way, since we just barely met each other. I began walking off back to my friends.
As I was walking, I heard someone yelling at someone. I turned to the area where it was coming from, wondering who was arguing with each other. To my surprise, I saw that Nina and Ina were yelling at each other. I began running over to them and got in between them.
"Whoa, what is going on here?" I asked, looking at Nina. Nina was wet and she looked very pissed off.
"This bitch purposely tossed the water balloon towards me when I was coming to apologize!" Nina yelled angrily.
"No I didn't! You are just saying that because you don't like me! You are freaken lying! We didn't even throw it at you! We didn't even know you were coming this way! Gosh, I am so sick and tired of you always coming to start drama like what the hell are you trying to gain out of doing so?" Ina replied back madly. I knew it had to be a misunderstanding because seeing the way Ina is, she would never do anything like that.
"Whatever! I know you fucken did it on purpose! I can't even believe I was gonna come apologize to you guys! Good thing I didn't!" Nina said back.
"Well then good! We didn't even need your fake apologies!" Ina said right back and Nina was gonna go hit Ina. I grabbed Nina's arm and pulled her back. She pulled away really hard and escaped my grip, resulting in elbowing my cheek hard and I fell down. I gotta admit that it really hurt when she elbowed me. Our other friends pulled her away but Nina got a hold of Ina's shirt and began punching Ina as much as she could. Ina's friends were trying to pull Ina away too. I got back up and tried to pull Nina away again. Ina was hitting Nina back but Nina got on top of Ina and began punching Ina even more. I grabbed Nina's waist and pulled her back.
"Nina, stop!" I yelled, managing to pull her away from Ina and Ina's 2 friends pulled Ina away. Nina tried so hard to escape my grip but I held on to her tightly.
"Let go of me, Sephoraa! I'm gonna fuck this bitch up!" Nina yelled but I wouldn't let her go. In a few moments, she seemed calmer than before. She pulled away from me and I let go. We both got back up and Nina turned to me. "Sephoraa, why do you always help them and defend them? You're supposed to stick by me. We're friends!"
"I know, we are, Nina. I just don't like all the bullying, even though it was only for fun. I didn't grow up appreciating these kinds of things," I began but Nina interrupted me.
"Whatever," Nina said, walking off. I followed after her and tried to explain everything but she wasn't listening to me. I followed her out towards the area that looks like people dry their clothes outside. There were very light cloths there. She removed the cloths. There we saw a zombie wearing a regular grey t shirt. There was blood coming out from his mouth. Nina then rolled her eyes. "Seriously? Why do you guys still continue on with this stupid zombie prank? Haven't you guys had enough trouble already?" Nina then turned to me. "Just let me cool off for a bit, alright?" The zombie then went close to her and I realized the man seemed too old to be a student from our school. There was something eerie about that man. It sent chills up my spine and the zombie then opened his mouth to bite her.
"Nina, watch out!" I screamed as Nina turned to the zombie and it grabbed her arms and ripped into her neck. Nina began screaming as the zombie tore off her neck skin with his teeth. I began screaming as blood began squirting out. Her blood got on my shortall top. It was then that more zombies came from the light cloths. "Nina!" I got back up and took her hand. She was trying to push the zombies away from her but more of the zombies began to rip her flesh off her body and arms. Nina continued to scream in pain and I tried so hard to pull her away. "Get away from her!" Nina held my hand super tight and I held it even tighter. Suddenly a zombie then tried to bite my hand. Someone then pulled me away. I tried to fight back whoever was pulling me away. I saw that it was Vincent. "No, let go of me! They're eating my friend!" Vincent took me away. I looked around and saw that there were so many zombies already and so many people were being eaten alive. I saw Zhang He screaming like a dike and he looked like he was running and skipping at the same time. He was grabbing as much food as he could as a zombie grabbed him and bit his face skin off his skull. Vincent was holding my hand and running, forcing me to go with him. I had no time to cry because everything was happening so fast. I then realized I needed to find my other friends. "Wait! My other friends!" I pulled my hand away and began running to the direction my friends were at.
"Sephoraa!" Vincent yelled after me. I continued running as my hat fell off my head but I didn't care. When I reached the area, I couldn't find my friends and I began panicking in fear. I looked around and then I heard a voice.
"No! Stay away from me! Someone help me, please! No!" I heard someone yell. I turned the direction and saw Annie and Lily being surrounded by many zombies. I began running to them but it was too late. The zombies knocked them both to the floor and began eating their stomach. I saw their intestines coming out and they were yelling out in pain and screaming.
"No! Annie! Lily!" I screamed, falling down because there was nothing I could do. I couldn't believe this was actually happening. Someone then forced me back up. It was Vincent.
"Listen, we need to get out of here! There's too many of them. If we stay, we're gonna die!" Vincent yelled at me and I nodded my head. He took my hand and we began running off again. While we were running, I saw Ina and her 2 friends having trouble with the zombies. I knew we had to help them or they'll die. I didn't want to see anyone else die. I slipped my hand away from him again. "Sephoraa, where are you going?" I ran and picked up the stick for the piñata and ran to the zombie. I swung at him with all my might and he fell down. The stick broke in half and I tossed the stick aside.
"Come on, we need to get out of here before he gets back up!" I yelled to them and they nodded their heads. We began running off and Vincent got 6 of our classmates with him. Their names are Sima Zhao, Motochika, Koshosho, Kaihime, Sakon, and Zhao Yun. We all began running off and towards the area where schools are at. Vincent took us to an elementary school in the gym area. It was really small for a gym. The gym opened for us and we all went inside. He closed the door and locked it. The gym was a bit dark in there. Everyone was panicking and I sat down against the wall and thought about what happened. I couldn't believe that my 3 friends were eaten alive by zombies. They didn't do anything to deserve it. I looked at my hands and it was bloody from Nina's blood. My clothes even had her blood on it too. I was so horrified and I began crying to myself. I was so afraid for my other friends' lives. I wanted to help them out so much but at this rate, they could be anywhere by now.
Unexpectedly, Ina and her friends came and sat down next to me. Ina gave me a hug and rubbed my back.
"I'm sure all your friends are okay, Sephoraa," Ina said calmly, but I shook my head. They were wrong. 3 of my friends were eaten alive and I witnessed it. The fact of losing a friend is really horrifying and sad.
"3 of my friends were eaten alive. I saw it and there was nothing I could do about it. My friends didn't deserve it. I know Nina was mean to you guys but she is a good person at heart. She died right in front of me and I couldn't help her so now her blood is on my hands," I cried and they group hugged me to comfort me, "I don't even know if my other friends are still alive."
"No one deserves this, Sephoraa. Come on, let's get your hand cleaned up," Ina said, helping me up. I nodded my head and wiped my tears away. We walked over to the water fountain and she held the button to let the water out while I washed the blood away.
"Thanks for helping us escape that zombie. I don't know what would have happened if you didn't come to the rescue. We might have been dead so thank you," Xing Cai said and I nodded my head.
"You're different from your friends. We thought you were just like them too and we never gave you a chance to prove yourself. I'm really sorry Sephoraa," Gracia said, looking down.
"It's alright," I replied to her. Just when we were having a good moment together, we heard the other people begin to grow loud from yelling at each other. We quickly went to see what was going on.
"Just let me go already! My brother is out there and so are my friends, including my girlfriend! I don't give a shit what you say. I'm gonna go and you're not gonna stop me!" Sima Zhao yelled, trying to escape Sakon and Motochika's grip, "Let me go now!" They continued to hold him.
We can't let you do that! There are probably zombies out there already just waiting for us to open the fucken door! Do you wanna die or something?" Sakon yelled back. Sima Zhao continued to try and escape. "My friends are out there too! Do you think that I don't want to go find them too?"
"Of course you fucken don't! You don't even care if they're alive or not! That's why you don't want to go out there to look for them! You fucken pussy ass bird looking bitch! I don't give a shit if I die or not! All I need to know is their safety!" Sima Zhao yelled back at Sakon.
"Calm down, boy. You're gonna lead the zombies right to us," Vincent said in a calm voice. I admired that he could stay so calm, even in this kind of situation.
"Shut up and go eat some donuts, you fucken police bitch! This is all the police's fault for not doing their job correctly! You guys were supposed to protect the people, not let them get eaten by some fucken zombies!" Sima Zhao yelled, trying so hard to escape. His hands escaped Sakon and Motochika's and Sima Zhao dashed at Vincent. He punched Vincent hard and they both fell down. Sima Zhao began beating up Vincent. Before I knew it, I ran and pushed Sima Zhao off him.
"Stop! Fighting never solves anything!" I said to Sima Zhao, "I know you're upset. We all are but what choice do we have? For now, we need to cooperate together and survive this mess we're caught up in. I already lost 3 of my best friends. I don't want anyone else I know to die the same way," I said to Sima Zhao. I helped Vincent back up and his lip was bleeding. I would give him a napkin but sadly, I don't have my bag with me.
"Who are you to speak, you dirty slut," he said and he pushed me as I fell down. Sakon pulled him back but Sima Zhao began to hit Sakon.
"Stop wasting your energy fighting! You should save it in case anything happens!" Sakon shouted and Sima Zhao told him to shut up because he is ugly and Ina will never like him. Sakon got mad and began to hit Sima Zhao back. Motochika, Zhao Yun, and Vincent began trying to stop the fight, yelling for them to not fight but they continued hurting each other.
"Stop fighting!" everyone was shouting loud. Everyone was getting too loud that we began hearing zombies moaning closer and closer. The door then began to get pounded on and from the sound of this, it seems like there are a lot of them. The door was being shaken violently and then from the back, we heard a bunch of zombies. We turned and there were so many zombies inside the gym. I couldn't believe we didn't check the back if the door was open. the front gym door then broke down and so many zombies came.
"Quick everyone, climb on the bleachers!" shouted Vincent. We all ran up the bleachers and while running, Koshosho fell down and rolled down the bleachers, giving access to the zombies to feed on her. They began ripping off her flesh from her bones and she screamed out in so much pain.
"Koshosho, no!" Motochika yelled, running down to help her. Sakon stopped running and turned to Motochika.
"Motochika, no!" Sakon yelled as Motochika attempted to help Koshosho but it lead to his death. Sakon was gonna go help Motochika but Vincent pulled him back.
"No, it's too late to help him now! If you go down there, you're gonna end up dead!" Vincent shouted and took Sakon off. The zombies were following us but the bleachers were slowing them down and we were able to get away from the zombies. We reached the end and we stopped to think of what to do next.
"Lets jump out the window here!" Sima Zhao shouted and we turned to the open window. Sima Zhao jumped out of the window first, and then Sakon. Zhao Yun jumped afterwards. The wind was blowing very hard.
"You girls go first. I'll make sure the zombies don't get near," Vincent said. We looked out to see where the truck was and it was kind of far. It didn't seem like us girls would get through it.
"Are you crazy? We might not make it if we jump!" Ina said, but the guys insisted on her jumping. The girls and I were scared to jump. Kaihime then jumped and Sakon caught her and pulled her up.
"Come on Ina, I'll catch you, I promise!" shouted Sakon and she took a deep breath. Ina then jumped and Sakon caught her. He helped her on the truck. She then turned to us. "Come on, jump!" Xing Cai then jumped and they caught her too.
"Come on, Gracia!" Xing Cai yelled and Gracia shook her head.
"No! I'm gonna fall if I jump!" she said, beginning to cry. Ina said that Sakon and the others would catch her but she was too afraid to jump.
"Come on, the zombies are nearing!" Vincent shouted, taking out his gun and shooting the zombies down. Like in all zombie horror movies, he shot them on the head and they fell down on the floor and officially died.
"Jump, Gracia! If we don't jump, we're gonna die!" I shouted but she was too afraid to jump and I knew that we didn't have much time. I turned to Vincent. "Vincent, you need to jump first. I'm gonna jump with Gracia and you guys can help pull us up."
"Are you crazy?" he said and I shook my head.
"Hurry or they'll get the 3 of us!" I shouted and he stopped shooting. He jumped out the window and made it to the truck. I then turned to Gracia and took her hand.
"Come on, we'll jump together. I got you, alright? I won't let you fall," I said to her, "You can trust me on this, Gracia." She then nodded her head and held my hand tightly. We both then jumped out as far as we could but Gracia let go of my hand and my hand landed on the top of the truck. I somehow managed to grab Gracia's hand and I held on to it tightly.
"Don't let go of me, please!" Gracia begged me.
"I won't let go of you," I promised, and Vincent and the rest came to us. They were gonna help me up and then zombies began to come over to the truck. Gracia then screamed.
"They're coming!" she screamed, holding my hand really tight.
"Help Gracia up first! I'll be fine," I said, and they didn't want to but I insisted on it so I boosted Gracia up with one hand and Zhao Yun pulled her up. Vincent then began pulling me up but a zombie grabbed my ankle and pulled me down. My hand slipped from Vincent's hand and I fell down where there were so many zombies.
"Sephoraa!" they all shouted. I kicked the zombies away from me while screaming for my life. I was shouting for them to get away from me. So many zombies almost bit me and I was so scared. I then turned and saw the space opening from under the truck. I then turned around and crawled under there and the zombies tried to get through too. I went out the other side and turned around.
"Guys, I'm on the other side! There are no zombies so jump down and let's get out of here!" I shouted and they came over. There were no zombies around so they jumped down from the truck. When Sima Zhao jumped down, the zombie that tried to bite me grabbed his ankle and tried to bite him. Sima Zhao began screaming a lot. Vincent then shot the Zombie on the head and it died holding Sima Zhao's ankle.
"Get his hand off me!" he screamed and we began pulling him away but it wasn't working. I turned and saw a shovel. I picked it up and ran to the zombie's hand. I screamed and swung it at the zombie's hand as it came off. Sima Zhao then pulled the hand away from him and got back up. We all began running off and got out of the elementary school.
"We need weapons to protect ourselves," Sakon said, as we were running "I know the hotel where we put our stuff at has plenty of knives there. Let's go get some weapons there."
"I would say no but I'm running short on bullets too. Let's go then," Vincent replied and we began running to the hotel.
The wind was blowing so hard and it began raining very hard too. We were all soaked by the time we reached the hotel. We reached the front of the hotel door and Vincent stopped us.
"Follow after me carefully. There might be zombies around in here," Vincent said, opening the door silently. We all followed behind him carefully, as he walked around the first floor. As we walked past a door, it swung open and out came Keiji Maeda with a butcher knife. It scared us girls so we screamed out loud. When Keiji saw that it was only us, he let out a sigh.
"It's only you guys, thank god! We thought we were the only ones who survived," Keiji said, as Yukimura Sanada, Kiyomasa Kato, Masanori Fukushima, Toshiie Maeda, Musashi Miyamoto, Masamune Date, Zhong Hui, and Wang Yi came out from hiding.
"Zhong Hui, Wang Yi, you're safe!" said Sima Zhao with relief, "Where's the rest of you guys? Where is Shi and Yuanji?" Zhong Hui and Wang Yi shook their heads in disappointment.
"We got lost from them and Keiji helped us out. We haven't seen anyone else besides you guys," Zhong Hui said and Sima Zhao got really sad.
"Have you guys cleared the second floor yet?" Vincent asked and Keiji them shook their heads. They explained that they came directly in the room and hid there. Vincent shook his head. "Alright, you four with weapons come with me to clear out the second floor." He was talking about Keiji, Yukimura, Kiyomasa, and Musashi. They nodded their heads and they began heading to the second floor. Vincent then turned to the rest of us. "The rest of you stay here and don't go anywhere. There are no zombies on the first floor." I needed to switch my clothes too and my bag is on the second story. They began walking up the stairs.
"Wait, I'm going too!" I said, running to catch up, "I need to get my bag and it's on the second floor."
"Why don't you wait until we clear out the second floor? I don't wanna risk you getting bit if there are zombies up there," Vincent said and I shook my head.
'It's just room 5, and what if there are zombies there? I'd be able to get my bag quickly and leave. Do you think I wanna keep wearing this outfit with my friend's blood on it, reminding me of how I couldn't do anything to help her?" I replied to them and they shook their head. They told me that I better stay close to them. I nodded my head and began walking up the stairs with them. I was in front of Keiji and in behind Vincent. We went to room one and Vincent opened the door carefully as a zombie dashed out at him, knocking him to the floor. Vincent fell on top of me and the zombie was on top of Vincent. They were both squashing me to death because I was small compared to them, about 110 pounds and 5 feet 4 inches. Keiji then stabbed the zombie's head and it died.
"Thank you," Vincent said, as he pushed the zombie off him and got off me. Keiji nodded his head and Vincent helped me up with just one pull. "Sorry about that. Maybe you should just wait until we clear this floor up." I shook my head.
"It's alright, I'm already here so no use going back down," I replied and they went inside the room but there were no more zombies. They then went out of the room and went on to the second room. Vincent opened the door and there was Nagamasa Azai with Oichi Oda, his girlfriend. He was holding a baseball bat, ready to strike while Oichi was holding his shirt really tight and hiding behind him. When Nagamasa saw that it was just us, he lowered the baseball bat.
"Is it just the both of you?" Vincent asked and they nodded their head, "Alright then, come with us." They both nodded their heads and came out of the room. "Both of you go downstairs with the rest of us. You got it?"
"Okay," Nagamasa replied, taking Oichi's hand and walking to the stairs. They both began walking down the stairs and we went on to room three. Vincent opened it but it was all empty.
"This one's clear," he said and we moved on to the fourth floor. It was also empty so we went on to the fifth floor. Vincent opened the door and it was empty. Vincent then turned to me. "It's clear so far. You can switch in here while we clear out the other rooms." I nodded my head and went inside. I closed the door and walked over to my bag. It was lying down on a bed. I took off my shoes before taking off my shortall. I was in my shirt with my boy short panty when someone pulled my leg from underneath the bed and I fell down. I turned and I was horrified at what I saw.
"Lily?" I said in horror. Lily came out from under the bed. Her face skin cheek was torn and so were pieces of her arms and legs. She was a zombie now. I was so scared that I couldn't stand back up. All I could do was look at her and scoot away from her. I shook my head. "No, Lily. Don't do this." Lily then tried to bite my ankle and I began screaming and kicking her face with my feet, in which I still had my socks on as the remaining skin on her came off from my kicks. I was so disgusted and I needed to throw up but I haven't eaten anything. "No, stop it Lily!" Lily was so close to biting me when the door swung open and I heard a gunshot. Lily then toppled to the floor at my feet and I was panting so hard. I then began to cry because I was so scared for my life, my dead friend almost killed me, and she has officially died. "I'm so sorry Lily." I whispered that to her, knowing she wouldn't hear me.
"Sephoraa, are you alright?" Vincent asked, coming to me. I shook my head as he helped me up. He then gave me a hug. "You can cry, it's alright." I gave him a hug back and began crying some more.
"She was my friend," I said, crying. He rubbed my back to comfort me.
"You… Should probably continue putting on some clothes," Vincent said, letting go of me. I looked down and I forgot that I was only in my boy short panty with the mini shirt. I nodded my head, blushing and he made sure there were no more zombies in the room before leaving the room. He took Lily's body out and began dragging it out of the room.
"Wait, Vincent," I managed to say just before he left the room. He turned back to me. "Thank you." He then nodded his head and left the room with Lily's body. I took a deep breath and wiped my tears away. I switched into a black harem pant with pockets and a neon pink regular thin v neck shirt. When I finished, I came out of the room and Vincent was waiting for me. He turned to me when the door opened.
"Hey, are you feeling better?" Vincent asked, and I nodded my head. I was still devastated but I was feeling a bit better. I had my bag with me. We both went down to the first floor and into the tables in the dining room. Everyone was there and Ina, Xing Cai, and Gracia came to me.
"Hey, I heard what happened. How are you feeling?" Ina said and I managed to smile slightly. I told her that I was feeling better. They then gave me a hug and I hugged them back. I felt like I could cry again but now isn't the time to be crying. We were all feeling hungry because as we sat down, a few of our tummy began growling out of hunger.
"Let's go find something in the kitchen to eat. I'm pretty sure there should be plenty," Keiji suggested and we got up and walked into the kitchen with Vincent leading the way, clearing up the kitchen and making sure there were no zombies.
"Find some canned foods only. Don't cook up some nice meal or whatever," Vincent said and everyone was so surprised.
"Why not? I'm freaken hungry! Canned foods aint gonna make me satisfied," Yukimura said. Vincent told us that if we cook up some food, the zombies would smell it and the smell would lead the zombies right where we are and we don't want that. We all didn't want zombies to come because it was night time and we weren't trying to have zombies come so we can run out where zombies are most active at night. We began looking for some canned foods and managed to find some canned fruits and some canned beef. I turned and saw Nagamasa and Oichi trying to open the freezer like room where there should be plenty of canned foods there. There was a wheel that needs to be twisted in order for it to be open. I walked over to them.
"Do you guys need help?" I asked and they nodded their heads. We grabbed on to the wheel and twisted it with all our might but it didn't open. the twist was harder than it looks. "Hey, can someone help us open this?" Keiji and Musashi turned over to us and came to help. Together, the wheel twisted easily and out came 5 chef zombies and we all screamed. One of them grabbed Oichi and bit her shoulder as blood came out and ripped her skin off. More of the zombies began eating her alive. She screamed out in pain and we were horrified. A zombie dug his hand into her stomach and pulled her liver out and chewed on it.
"Oichi, no!" shouted Nagamasa, as he attempted to pull the zombie away but instead it turned and bit his neck off and blood squirted out. He began seeming like he was choking. While this was happening, Keiji and Musashi were stabbing the zombies as much as they could. It was hard for them to kill the zombies because the zombies were trying to bite them too. One of the zombies was trying to get me and I was screaming. I didn't have a weapon to protect myself and I felt so shaky. I was scooting away from him and I finally back up into a corner.
"No, stay away from me!" I yelled and it came even closer to me. I screamed as Vincent stabbed his head and he died. Vincent pulled me up and eye leveled me.
"Sephoraa, are you alright?" he asked, worried. I was so scared that I was sweating. I managed to nod my head and he helped Keiji and Musashi kill the zombies. I saw that Toshiie and Kiyomasa were helping them too. I stood there frozen when I heard a zombie moaning. I knew that there were no more zombies there. I slowly turned and Oichi slowly rose up and turned to me. She was once really cute, but now she looks like a monster. I began panicking.
"Oichi…," I said, feeling so sorry that she turned into a zombie. She then began walking to me and I saw Keiji's knife that he dropped. I picked it up and held it out in front of me. "Don't make me do this!" Oichi continued walking to me as Nagamasa rose up from the dead and began walking to me too. "No, Nagamasa, not you too." Oichi then tried to bite me but I pushed her back hard and she fell down. Nagamasa then took hold of me and tried to bite me. I screamed and jerked the knife into his head as hard as I could and he stopped moving. I let go of the knife and it was still on his head. I began crying and I felt so scared that I killed Nagamasa. Oichi came back at me and I kept pushing her away from me. "Get away from me!" I attempted to push her again but she grabbed a hold of my shirt and I fell on top of her. I began screaming and she was trying to bite me. I held on to her head as hard as I could. Vincent then pulled Oichi away from me and stabbed her head. I sat back up and I began feeling shaky. I looked at my hands and it had Nagamasa's blood. I began crying out loud and Vincent helped me up and hugged me, pressing me against his chest. His hug was very comforting.
"I killed him. I killed Nagamasa. I'm a murderer," I said and he shushed me, rubbing my back to comfort me.
"You had to. He would've killed you. He's already a zombie. That doesn't make you a murderer, Sephoraa," he replied to me, hugging me tighter. I hugged him back and cried in his arms. He took me back to where the rest was at. He made me sit down on a chair and Ina and her friends came to me, including Kaihime and Wang Yi. Keiji, Vincent, Musashi, and Yukimura went to go check out the freezer like room.
"You've been through so much today, Sephoraa. Us girls should shower up first and then the boys," Kaihime said and we agreed. The girls and I went into our own separate bathrooms. I decided to take a warm bath for a little while, just thinking about what will happen to all of us. I guess the 1000th year really did happen and we are suffering it. It's supposed to last only 5 days but today seemed like so much has happened already.
After a while, I finally showered and got out of the bathroom. I walked over to where everyone else was at. All the lights were off except for some candles lit. I sat down and sighed, thinking about Nagamasa and Oichi. It was so sad to them get eaten alive. We were still seniors in high school and they probably had thoughts about living life together and having kids. All that vanished the moment they were bit. I was looking down when someone handed me a canned beef that was microwaved. I looked up to see who it was. It was Vincent. I shook my head.
"You need to eat to keep your strength, Sephoraa. You don't have to keep feeling guilty," Vincent said to me and I shook my head. That wasn't the reason why I didn't want to eat it. I smiled a bit.
"That's not the reason why. I don't eat meat. I'm vegetarian," I replied and he was shocked. He then went off and brought me a can with pineapples. I took it and thanked him. He just smiled and sat down next to me.
"While you were still in the shower, we decided that we're gonna try to stay in the hotel until we get help," Vincent told me and I nodded my head. There were plenty of canned foods for everyone. I wondered if they are going to see if there is anyone else alive. I turned to him.
"Are you guys gonna go see if anyone is still alive? Maybe there are still some people alive," I said to him and he thought about it for a bit. "My 2 other friends might still be out there. If they are, I need to help them out." Vincent then smiled.
"You put other people's needs before yours. That's pretty interesting, seeing that it's from a girl like you," Vincent confessed to me and I was confused. How is it interesting to see someone like me putting others needs before my own? That's how my parents have always taught me.
"What do you mean?" I asked and he laughed a bit.
"No offense but I thought you were just a pretty faced girl. I can see I was wrong. You're an interesting person," he said to me. I then laughed. Everyone I meet thinks that way so it's not offending for me.
"Everyone I meet thinks like that so it's okay," I replied to him. He ended up smiling too. Everyone was having a great time, and it seemed like nothing was wrong. I then thought about something. "Um, Vincent. Don't you think the boats and everything will still be there? We may have a chance on escaping this island alive."
"You might be right, but at this rate, since the wind is blowing really hard and it's raining, all the boats might be washed away or damaged already. We can check on them tomorrow but for now, need to get some rest for tomorrow. It's gonna be a long day," Vincent said and I nodded my head. It sucked because there was no service for our phones and all the signals are down.
Once we all finished eating, we then decided where to sleep. We were gonna sleep on the first floor in our own rooms and it will be coed. Ina, Xing Cai, Gracia, and I were gonna be sleeping with Vincent, Sakon, Toshiie, Musashi, and Zhao Yun. The rest were gonna be sleeping together, which was Keiji, Yukimura, Kiyomasa, Masanori, Kaihime, Wang Yi, Zhong Hui, and Sima Zhao. We were gonna be using room 1 and 2.
We went into the rooms and there were 4 beds, one at each corner. Just to be safe, one of us girls were gonna have to sleep next to a guy. Ina was with Sakon, Xing Cai was with Musashi, Gracia was with Toshiie and Zhao Yun, and Vincent and I were together. It seemed uncomfortable but the guys said it was in case anything happens. Everyone began sleeping but I couldn't sleep. I was wide awake and I knew Vincent was awake as well. We had to share a blanket and I was feeling really shy. My eyes were closed but I could still hear everything. I didn't want to say anything.
"Can't sleep?" Vincent whispered to me and I opened my eyes and turned to him. I told him that I couldn't sleep because I kept thinking about what just happened today and how 3 of my friends died today. It was still so unbelievable. Vincent told me that it was okay and it will be over before we know it.
"I hope so too," I told him and he told me to rest up for tomorrow. I nodded my head and he scooted closer to me and gave me a hug. I feel so safe when he hugs me and I closed my eyes. I could feel his breath and his warmth from his hand. He told me that he will watch over me. I told him that he will need his rest too and that he should get some rest too.
"Good night, Sephoraa," Vincent told me and I said the same thing back to him. Being in his arms was very comfortable and before I knew it, I drifted off to sleep.
