Chapter 1: That Night at The Lake –Part 1-
Disclaimer: I do not own Ghost Hunt
Summary: This is an alternate universe where Mai is living in the area where Gene was killed in Ghost Hunt. Her favorite place is at the lake and is there when a women in a red car pulls up.
A/N: This is my first fan-fiction and I would love some instructive criticism. If you are confused by what is going on in this chapter, I put a summary of this chapter at the bottom. I Hope you enjoy this Chapter.
It was a lake just outside of Furei Camp Grounds; surrounded by mountains and a luscious green forest; it had a way of calming Mai even on some of her harder nights.
But it could never calm her on her hardest night.
This night, where even the freezing cold couldn't numb her pain and the stunning beauty of the stars reflecting off the lake's pearly black surface couldn't distract her from the thoughts causing of all that pain. They swirled around echoing within her.
"Mommy, why are you crying?" her younger self asked within her head.
"Because today is the day that daddy left us" her, now dead, mother replied.
Her mind fast forwarded to the day after her dad's death anniversary.
"Mommy how are you so happy today even though you were so sad yesterday?" innocent young Mai inquired, her brown eyes brimming with a concerned curiosity.
Her mother kneeled down beside her and looked straight into her eyes "Mai, I love your father and all the memories that come with him, even the sad ones. So every year on the day of his death I remember the sad ones so I can be happy the rest of the year with the happy ones without letting any part of him fade away."
"So you're keeping daddy's memories for him?" young Mai asked still not quite comprehending what her mom was trying to say.
Mai took a deep breath and let more tears escape holding tightly to her lucky key and all the memories that she refused to forget, even if they are painful; because she didn't want to forget any part of her mother. Not a singl…
Head lights flashed behind her, ripping her abruptly from her thoughts. She ducked out of view halfway out of shock and halfway because of the unsettling feeling of trepidation that clung to her as she looked at the red car the head lights belonged to. It was backing up toward the boat ramp and stopped a couple feet from the water. A terror swirled up into her gut and panic started sipping though her.. There wasn't a boat in sight.
A/N: Summary of this chapter: Mai is sitting by the lake on the anniversary of her parent's deaths. (Even though her Dad died when she was younger and her Mom died when she was older I put it on the same date.) She is shifting through her memories when a red car pulls up to the boat ramp without a boat.