Ch 1 Welcome To Darkness
A bright light shone upon a pitch black stage, illuminating the darkness that had previously resided there.
It was an auditorium. A place where arts collide in a never ending battle of endowment.
Behind the center stage a girl, young in appearance with thick, long, blonde hair and forest green eyes, stared upon the exhilarating scene before her.
"Uwaaaaaaaah! It's such a big stage, I hope we can perform to the expectations of everyone coming!" The young girl smiled brightly and gave a giggle. She listened to her voice bounce off the walls of the seemingly silhouette ampatheater. Her voice kept calling back to her—so in response she called back to it, and the cycle went on and on.
On the sides of the stages were the props to be used for the show, and though no one had shown up yet, she wasn't the least bit concerned.
With another giggle the young girl began to walk to her dressing room.
It was…strange that she hadn't seen anyone else of her dance platoon since they had arrived. But it really didn't concern her. If anyone honestly asked for her opinion, she'd have to say; They're bullies, wannabe dancers, and they're so extremely full of themselves I wish to throw up on myself when they laugh or speak~! Any other questions~?
But she didn't. It's best they think she likes them.
There was less turmoil and drama that way.
As soon as she was in her dressing room, dressing room number 6, she began to undress and display her costume in order of what-to-put-on-first.
Ok Cassandra~! You're gonna go out there and dance your little heart out-!
"Well…! Would you take a look at that~!…"
Cassandra froze. That voice came from inside the dressing room…and it was a mans voice. She just stayed quiet…mentally and verbally, not wanting to hear the voice again….but wanting to make sure it wasn't just her imagination. So Cassandra got dressed in an inclusive quiet, all the while eager that her team captain or coach would come in and-!
"Hehhehhehheh~! "
Cassandra practically jumped out of her skin.
There was someone in there!
In the dressing room!
Right now!
Alone!
With her!
Instinctively she grabbed the closest thing to a weapon that was within reach of her, a broom, and began to search the perimeter.
She checked every corner, thrusting the broom in area of the room that were 'potential hiding spots', and mapped them in her mind.
"I-I-!"
Her voice came as a squeak. She couldn't continue to speak, she was much too scared.
Once she had checked 'the entire room' she attempted to relax.
O-Ok Cassi calm down. There's no one in here but you and…this broom…YEAH! T-This broom. And…
Cassandra shook her head. She couldn't just tell herself that…she KNEW there was someone in there. Granted they were great at hiding—probably a hide and go seek pro—and she was gonna find them. Cassandra traversed back to the mirror on the vanity and looked around. That's when she froze once more.
Behind her reflection was a creature.
She had never seen anything like it before….
And she couldn't move.
It brushed it's hand gently behind her ear, and she could feel it's sharp nails under what appeared to be….gloves?
"Looking for someone?"
The voice came as a low, seductive sounding whisper.
Cassandra couldn't move, nor could she say anything. This thing spoke in the exact same voice as what she'd heard while dressing.
"Hm~? Oh have I scared you?" The creature asked in a somewhat mocking tone. "Oh~! I am so…so..sorry~!" A creepy smile came across its face, sharp teeth viewable.
Cassandra finally gained her wits and suddenly shoved the creature away and turned to look straight at it, in a fighting stance. She didn't know HOW to fight but god darnit she was gonna protect herself if it was the last thing she…
Cassandra stared.
This creature…
Had no body…?
Where its body would be was a long cape, orange on the outside with mesmerizing patterns of large fleur de lys's strewn across the back, in beautiful colors …a ruff with a blue gem in the middle connecting the collar…and the inside appearing to give off a show of outer space….like looking up at stars in the night sky….not fabric at all….the 'stars' were legitly shining, pulsating, and glowing….And its hands were floating…with orange gloves , it had no arms nor legs….though its feet did the exact same thing, it was wearing boots though. Similar to the gloves in fact. They were orange as well with a continuous triangular yellow pattern going across them...and then its head…
It's eyes were blue….a mesmerizing baby blue…and it had on what looked like a hat…..thought it obviously wasn't…..it was orange and curled forward into a horn kind of shape, with 2 arches though not just one… and in the direct center of the 'cap of horns' was another blue gem.. Its skin was pure black and the toothy grin laid plastered, as if permanent, onto his face.
"Who…..are you…? And What are you?" Cassandra firmly asked, trying to resist the urge to back up.
The creature continued to smile and Cassandra stared into it before noticing that her surroundings were no longer visible. Everything around the two was pitch black.
"I….." It finally spoke. "am Jackle…!"
It disappeared and appeared an inch from her face, eyes half lidded and staring into hers, smirking as it spoke.
"I am a Nightmaren."
