Hauntress

Chapter One: In Thyn Dreams

Rogue woke with a start, covered in a thin blanket of cold sweat.

"What was that?" She questioned aloud.

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It was dark.

She couldn't see.

Out of the darkness came a figure . . .dressed in black.

She couldn't see the face.

The hooded figure raised a weapon.

A large, sharpened scythe.

He swung.

Rogue could feel as the blade cut her shoulder, the blood protruding from her wound as he pulled the weapon away.

He raised it over her head again, and swung.

Rogue scrambled to get away.

He managed to slice her back lightly, a trickle of blood coming down her face when he pulled out a knife, and made a thin line on her cheek.

Rogue trembled under the coldness of his touch when he pulled off his glove and caught the blood coming from her cheek, and tasted it.

"P- Please." She pleaded. "Go away. Please. Leave me alone."

Then realization struck her.

He had touched her bare skin and she didn't get any memories at all.

"Who-?" She started to question when he raised his weapon again.

"Stop, please! Stop!" Rogue screamed as the scythe cut into her, the sinking feeling of the sleek blade against her skin to tear through her body.

The hooded figure seemed to smirk under his hood.

He left the unconcious Rogue in her dreams.

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"Am ah alive?" Rogue questioned.

)(Somewere else in the institute)(

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She couldn't see anything.

The perky little miss Pryde couldn't see anything.

A figure was coming from the darkness.

It was wearing a black hooded cape.

"Die." The coldness of the person's voice sent a million shivers down Kitty's spine.

The figure raised a weapon. A large sword.

Swinging it at her, he smirked.

Kitty tried to run.

And suddenly, he had a grip on her shoulder, a long jagged knife to her throat.

'Why can't I phase?' Kitty thought frantically.

The figure leaned down to her and licked some sweat off her face.

She winced.

"Don't worry, little maid, thyn dreams wilt not be victim for long." Another voice came from the shadows, and the dark figure disappeared.

Kitty slumped to the ground, coughing.

"Who are you?" She choked out.

There was no reply.

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Kitty sat up abruptly.

"Wha-?" She stuttered, then noticed her roommate was looking at her; she was in the same state.

Both Kitty and Rogue slumped back on their pillows, sweat covering their bodies.

They couldn't say anything.

~*End Chapter One