HI! :D This is my first fanfiction! So any suggestions or corrections would be appreciated! ^^; sorry if this chapter isn't very long but it is a prologue, right? ^_^ So, rated Teen for mild language and violence. And also all the characters of Persona 3, Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core, YuGiOh, Dragon Age Inquisition do NOT belong to me and they belong to their rightful owners! Thank you! :)

I kept running away, from an entity that was shrouded in a dark mist. I couldn't see where I was, everything was dark. I felt like the more I tried to run faster, the slower I became. Grasping for air, I slowed down my pace to a stop.
"You cannot escape…From what is meant to be…" It sounded like the voice of a young boy. As his words were finished, the ground underneath my feet opened and black tentacles grabbed me and began drawing me into the darkness. Twisting and turning, I tried to escape their grasp.
"Fate will always lead you to where it wants you to be. It is inevitable..." And afterwards everything became a blur.

I opened my eyes, and saw my friend, Shirley, staring at me with concerned eyes with her hands on my shoulder. "Lia? Are you alright? You kept talking in your sleep…"
I sat up on my bed, with a hand on my head. Truth to be told, It was not the first time I had this nightmare; it had been like this ever since last year when I turned 17 and I couldn't help but feel like this is some sign, or warning or maybe just…guilt.
Shirley handed me, my school uniform, " Well, at any rate, you should hurry up and get ready, the fieldtrip's over now.. and the bus will arrive any minute! So scoot! "

With a sigh, I got up on my feet with my uniform, and headed for the bathroom (since I don't feel comfortable changing in places where someone might see me).
I looked in the mirror and saw my messy, shoulder-length, dark brown hair and my black eyes. In my opinion everything about me looked like shit in the morning. But if I were to say one good trait about me, is that my skin always looked smooth and it always kept it's white complexion even in the sun.
After readying myself (and brushing my overly messy hair), Shirley and I joined the other students while waiting for the bus to arrive.

And as we waited for the school bus, the most annoying and typical thing started between the students; gossiping.
And as usual, I could already predict what they wanted to gossip about: Either about boys, parties, going shopping or sometimes about that 'weird' guy or girl who usually does strange or embarrassing things..
Unfortunately out of boredom, I began overhearing one of the student's conversations with her friend.
"..And he was like, so hot when he came out of that pool." A girl with a lot of makeup told her friend.
"So? Did you ask him out?"
"…well, I wanted to. But-" The girl got a disappointed look on her face.
"Don't tell me…did he already have a girlfriend?"
"Hell no! If that was the case I'd still ask him out anyway!" She said in a loud voice. "…He was gay. "

I facepalmed myself as to why I even allowed myself to overhear their stupid conversations, And then the thought of sitting in the bus for 4 hours with these girls made me even more annoyed.
"So uh…do you remember what you dreamed about this morning?" Shirley asked me, attempting to make small talk. When I thought about it, I realized that I never had actually talked to someone about my nightmare.
My father was always busy with his job and constantly out of the house because of work so he never had time to listen to something as, to what he puts it, ridicules dreams; and as for my mother, well she wasn't any different from him…

"Liana?" My train of thought crashed when I heard Shirley call out to me again. I can tell I've had spaced out for a while because of the worry in Shirley's eyes.
"I'm fine, don't worry." I forced a convincible smile on my face. I planned to tell her about it, just not at that time; I wouldn't have wanted someone over hearing my conversations with her and to have started rumors about me. I had already been cast out once, I didn't want it to happen again.
The bus arrived at a short notice and we all went to our seats, and once again the student began talking. It's not like I'm against people socializing, but I found it annoying to hear people talk about everything.
I never had many friends for this particular reason, only Shirley and Anna were my friends. Anna is a girl who's a year younger than me, but she's very mature for her age. We've started being friends with each other after I stood up for her after some bullies began picking on her.
The reason why I did so was quite simple; I despise idiots who think just because they're older and stronger, they get to do whatever they want.

Anna never came to fieldtrips; she doesn't like being away from home for too long.
And as for Shirley, I had no idea why she liked to hang around with me. We were exact opposites of each other. She was the most popular, most stylish, and the most intelligent girl in school; while I, on the other hand, was the lone wolf and the person who didn't care at all for style with just an average intelligence.

I guess one of the reasons why she wants to hang around with me is because I don't hang around with her just because she's popular.

I continued being silent on our way back, just staring out of the bus window. In my life, there were three things that made me happy: Playing games, watching anime and writing.
Anna and Shirley both watch anime like me too; We used to discuss which guys we got crushes on. Anna always blushed whenever this subject came up and Shirley always squealed.

After a long and tiring ride, we finally got back to school. Summer break finally began and a lot of people were excited. Shirley and I decided to walk home from school together.

Along the way, Shirley kept looking at me with pleading eyes. I could've told what she wanted. "I know what you're thinking about Shirley, you want me to come to your birthday party tomorrow night…" She had been talking about it ever since the school year had started. She said it was going to be special because she's going to invite everyone, but I was reluctant about accepting her invitation.

"Oh, come on, Liana! This is my birthday party! I know you're not a 'people' person but you can at least come to my party for me…" She gave me her infamous pouty face.
I had not changed my mind, however. She could see that I hadn't changed my mind with my silence; she sighed and said, "Well, I understand why you don't want to come. I won't hold it against you; just know that if you got bored or something, you can come by if you want…"
she then waved goodbye and left.
I felt a bit annoyed with myself after that. Why was I such a selfish brat to her? I never get invited to anything and now that I am, I'm refusing it? The hell is wrong with me?
But it was too late for regrets, I continued walking home.

On the way, I noticed that the sky began getting cloudy, which was unusual since the sky was clear that morning. I attempted to ignore my thoughts but as I went on, the weather just kept getting worse.
What was a mild breeze at first, had become a harsh wind, and the mild clouds were now covering the whole sky making it seem like it was night time, even though it wasn't. I was about half-way home, when it started to rain heavily.
"D-Damn it!" The rain was hitting my face with force because of the wind. I began running home as fast as I could. It was, as if the clouds were at war with each other.
In what seemed about 15 minutes, I finally got home. I hurriedly brought out my keys and opened the door and slammed it shut after getting inside.
The lights were off, which meant my father had not returned from his business trip. My father was the head of a mega-corporation, and as such he had enough money to do anything; And my mother was a well-known surgeon. My family, though they made a lot of money, tend to live normal lives. Our house is just a normal house with only two bedrooms, one living room, a kitchen and two bathrooms.
I threw my bag to the otherside of the door, and got out of my shoes.

I began walking up the stairs and…
Ring! Ring!
I fell down flat on my face due to slipping over the wet stair case (a result of my dripping hair).
"Can thish day ghet any worse?", I said with my face pancaked on the ground. I get up on my feet and limped towards the telephone.
"Hello?"
"Lia?! It's me!" I knew that voice anywhere; It was my cousin, Tamila.
I could tell something was wrong from the way she sounded.
"S-Something strange has happened…" She told me, stuttering a bit.
I narrowed my eyes and grabbed the phone more tightly in anxiety.
"What happened? Are you alright?"
"THERE ARE STRANGE PEOPLE IN MY HOUSE, LIA! HELP ME!" She began shouting in a frightened tone, which anyone would if they were in her shoes.
"Damn it! She's called someone! I thought I told her to calm down!" A voice similar to a teenage boy had shouted in the background.
"Akihiko! End the call now!" A female voice shouted.
"LIANA! HELP ME! HEL-!" Then the call ended. My hand was shaking, I kept staring at the wall, thinking whether or not such a thing had occurred.

Ohhhh, so much tension, yeah? :O I wonder what happened...
Find out in the next chapter! coming out soon! :)
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