The Instigating Incident (Prologue Part 1)
a/n and dis: I do NOT own Spirited Away. Miyazaki-sensei does. I own my plot, my OCs and whatever passes for my sanity (which isn't much). I'll take any and all constructive criticism you can give me. But I humbly request you keep the flames down, Haku and Chihiro vanished so I can't put out the flames. This is AU like almost all of my work so if that bothers you, please exit stage right.
~Unknown Era in the Past~
Two tiny children looked at a worn looking rusty dagger with dust and moss growing all over it.
"Are you sure about this?" asked Chihiro, her brown eyes nervously flitting over the rusty dagger, "Kaa-chan told me to never touch spirit objects unless tou-chan was there too…"
"I'll protect you no matter what. Cuz we're gonna get married someday," smiled Haku. (its AU and he's a kid. OoC is expected)
"Nigihayami Kohaku Nushi, if you're lying I'm telling tou-chan I wanna marry the owl chick," said Chihiro as her tiny hand reached out.
"It's still weird that Tsubasa proposed to you," said the young river god.
"Ok…" said Chihiro as the young demi-spirit* gripped the dagger's rusted handle and picked it up.
The blade shone as it rejuvenated. The once cracked leather became supple calf skin; a pair of stones had been formed into the pommel, a chunk of obsidian and a moonstone fused into a perfect yin-yang sign. The blade was now steely grey with little etched channels to move blood away from the cross guard which bore a string of spirit letters that shimmered with embedded magic.
Chihiro haltingly read the words, "To a…time…far away. This dagger shall tear apart…fates…" A grey glow shimmered up Chihiro's arm to swathe her entire body as she looked up at Haku, terror in her brown eyes as her brown hair whipped around her.
"Drop it!" shouted Haku, panic in his usually calm but teasing tone, which seemed farther away.
"I can't! It's stuck! Haku, help me!" cried a terrified Chihiro.
The young dragon rushed towards her, but she vanished before he reached her.
Demi spirits in this age weird. Chihiro looks to be about 4 or 5 but she's really about 107. I'll be posting these from time to time to explain her age.
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