Path Towards Depression

Chapter One: Shattered

Tears fell down silently as she watched the coffin being carried away, to its resting place. It was a gloomy day; the sun was well hidden behind the dark, gray clouds as the rain continued to pour down. It was the perfect setting for this dark, depressing day.

As soon as the coffin was placed down on to the wet earth, the funeral buriers began filling it up with the soggy dirt.

This made her cry even more.

When they were done, everyone said their sympathetic words to her and left. Only six people were left behind, including her. She sniffed a little and dried off her tears. But no matter how much she dried them away, more took its place.

"Shhh…its okay…" Mai said, putting a reassuring arm on her shoulder. Mai Valentine was the height of 5'7" and had curly, locks of blond hair. Her purple eyes were filled with sympathy. "We all-"

"How can you of all people say its okay!" she said suddenly, taking Mai's hand off her shoulder. All of the depressing emotions were gone and replaced with rage.

"Serenity, you are not the only one who feels terrible about this…We all do!" Mai said feeling sympathy towards the women before her.

Taking it no more, she ran.

"Serenity!"Tristan called out to her.

She didn't know where she was running to, but she wanted to get away from it all. The funeral…her so called friends…everything! Even the world itself. She didn't want them or anyone else. Her only flesh and blood was gone. He was the only one in the world of where she got her inspiration and motivation from and no one else. Without his guidance, her world was split. She stopped now, thinking it was no use to run anymore. She was far enough, but she had no idea where she was.

She took a close look at her surroundings, seeking for some kind of landmark but found none. She let a growl out of frustration.

'It's not fair!'

She had no choice but to walk on further ahead. This place was no where near the cemetery or her home. It wasn't so noisy and it barely had any vehicles around. She was cold and drenched from all the rain. Her umbrella was of no use to her. She just walked on anywhere, not really caring of where she was going or what would possibly happen to her. It didn't matter anyway.

She continued walking on the damp, concrete, sidewalk, until she reached a street. Not really thinking or caring, she started crossing the bare street until a car pulled up near her. She didn't care who pulled up and continued walking.

"Serenity…!" Tristan called out.

She continued walking ignoring the calls of her name.

He caught up to her and gripped her arm.

"Serenity…you need help!" he said.

"Let…me…GO! You don't understand…none of you do!" she screamed at his face that he winced. She saw this and saw this as an opportunity to escape. She yanked off her arm from him and ran once more.

"SERENITY!!" he called out, but she didn't say anything or turn back.He sighed, agivatedat the situation. Giving up hope, he walked off to his car.

Game Shop…

"Well did you find her?" Yugi asked when he saw Tristan return back. Yugi Moto was at the age of twenty now. He was now taller than before; about 5'3" now. His tri-colored hair consisted of the colors magenta, blond, and black. It was the most noticeable feature. If anyone saw that hair, they would know immediately that it was Yugi Moto. His eyes were magenta and were filled with tranquility but at the moment, it was filled with sympathy.

"Yeah…but she ran away from me…" Tristan Taylor said. Tristan was age of twenty also. He chocolate brown eyes were filled with concern about her safety. He was the height of 5'7" and had sunburned hair.

"You shouldn't have let her go away so easily" Tea said. Tea Gardner was the height of 5'6" and was a brunette, her hair fell down to her shoulders. She was now the also the age of twenty. Her oceanic blue eyes were filled with pity. She was currently living in America her occupation as a dancer. When she heard the news of Joey's death, she immediately came over.

"I'd like to see you try!" he suddenly said, offended.

"What's to try?" she retorted.

The two continued arguing until Mai couldn't take it anymore.

"Quiet! This fighting will get us no where. We're all upset about Joey's death but Serenity's more distressed than us. He was the only family member she had. We have to find her" Mai said.

"Well she needs to get over it! He's dead and nothing is going to bring him back. When my parents died, I didn't mourn over them so much! I got over it and faced life again. And now I'm successful!" Tea said ruthlessly.Everyone stared at herwith shock, all except Mai that is.Friendship girl was not being so...friendly anymore.She then got up. "My flight leaves in about an hour. I better get going." She said her goodbyes and left the game shop.

"Good riddance…" Mai muttered. "I never liked her anyway…"

Yugi nodded. "We should go look for her…"

"She was southbound from the cemetery. But she could be anywhere now…" Tristan said.

"Your right…" Duke said. Duke Devlin was now 5'7" and the age of twenty-one. He had black hair that was tied up in a pony-tail. His emerald green eyes were determined to find Serenity and get help for her. "We should try anyway. Let's head over to there and split when we get there"

"Right…" the other three said in unison.

(A/n: Thought I should start another story. Good bad, rewrite, delete? Please review!)