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Silent Hill: The Search for Ami

Chapter One: The Secrets Lie in the Mist

Emerald green eyes examined the reflection of a pale teenage girl with chestnut brown hair through a grimy mirror in the neglected public restroom. The girl leaned away from the mirror and sighed, casting her gaze about the muddy floors and rusted sinks. It must have been years since the restroom was cleaned at all.

Scrunching up her nose at the foul stench coming from one of the stalls, she sighed again…

'Where are you, Ami? If anything's happened to you, I'd…'

Closing her eyes to shut out the rest of the world and the foul bathroom, Makoto Kino recalled what had happened before she left her other friends, Usagi Tsukino, Rei Hino, and Minako Aino…

"Ami's missing?" Makoto gasped in disbelief.

"Yes, she was studying abroad with a professor and Urawa when all three of them went missing in Silent Hill." Rei explained calmly.

"Where is Silent Hill?" The brunette asked curiously.

"We don't know exactly…" Minako replied solemnly.

"Poor Ami-chan…" Usagi sobbed miserably and Rei put a comforting hand on Usagi's knee.

"The police are telling everyone to stay away from Silent Hill because of the incident. But it all sounds really fishy to me because I've heard there have been previous disappearing incidents in Silent Hill." Minako mused.

"And what do Luna and Artemis have to say about this?" Makoto continued interrogating the other senshi.

"They want us to lay low until we get more information about all of this." The raven-haired priestess confirmed.

Getting to her feet, Makoto started heading towards the door. "I can't just wait around when Ami might need me! That's not good enough! I'm going to find Ami!"

"No!" Usagi jumped up and grabbed the brunette's arm with tears streaming down her cheeks. "Please, Mako-chan… I don't want something to happen to you, too!"

"Usagi…" Makoto trailed off gently.

"It's not a good idea to just rush into Silent Hill anyway, even if we knew where it was." Minako pointed out sadly.

"I'll find it." Makoto narrowed her emerald eyes in determination as she said this.

"Don't let your personal feelings blind your actions." Rei shook her head gravely. "Makoto, we want to find Ami just as much as you do but we don't know anything about Silent Hill. We don't want to create unnecessary risks."

The brunette looked down at her feet sadly. "But Ami…"

"Promise me you won't go, Mako-chan." Usagi begged while choking on her tears.

After a few minutes of reluctant silence, Makoto nodded. "I promise…"

Opening up her eyes to take in her reflection once more, Makoto left the cruddy bathroom and stepped outside into the fog.

'I'm sorry Usagi… but I have to break your promise!'

Outside of the public restroom was a parking lot that was almost completely deserted except for a couple of abandoned cars and Makoto's emerald green jeep.

It had taken a lot of hard effort to track down where Silent Hill was, but finally she had found the town that was just down the hill… where hopefully Ami waited.

The brunette walked hesitantly over to the edge of the parking lot where a concrete wall overlooked a sheer drop above the city off in the distance. It was a rather gloomy scene with the quiet town being so dark and gray next to the still, murky lake past the forest. A gentle breeze blew through her hair and a few wispy strands of chestnut brown drifted into her face before being brushed back into place. Then she turned away from the view of Silent Hill and made her way towards the stone staircase that led down a rural path into the city.

The main road had been blocked off for years, so now the only way in was through the forest. But it wasn't like she'd turn down a hike through the woods anyway.

Her tennis shoes slapped against the worn concrete beneath her and she carefully walked down the stairs.

'Could something evil is behind this? I thought there would be no more fighting after Galaxia was defeated…' Makoto mused and pulled out her transformation pen from the depths of her jean pocket. 'I need to be ready to transform at any moment, just in case.'

A chill ran down Makoto's spine as she proceeded down the hill on a dirt path into a mist that consumed the forest, and there was an air of loneliness drifting through the trees. The only sound that could be heard was the wind howling in sorrow but other than that, the silence pressed down on Makoto's ears while she strained to hear anything from a snapping twig to the chirp of a bird.

At one point, the mist hid the ground below her and she stumbled on a large rock before stepping on a twig and the sound of the twig snapping echoed for what seemed like miles. The slow, but careful, descent down the hillside inched by slowly while the opaque fog hid what was ahead in the path.

'This is the type of fog where you expect something to jump out at you…' Makoto shivered.

In the distance there was a low rumbling sound that reminded her of the crack of thunder when a storm was approaching.

'If only it weren't for this damn fog!'

Cautiously stepping through the mist until she reached the even ground at the bottom of the incline, Mako found herself straining every sense to proficiently hear or see around her.

When the fog thinned out a little—or at least just enough to see more than ten feet, she noticed an old well on the right and in front of her on the dirt path stood a black gate with dead vines clinging to it. Pushing her hand against it hesitantly, the black iron creaked and groaned loudly before admitting her into the gray scenery of an overgrown graveyard.

'A search has to start somewhere.' Makoto reminded herself with newfound determination and she steadily walked past each tombstone, pausing briefly to look upon the names of the dead before continuing on.

A movement caught Mako's attention, making her grip tighten on her transformation pen. "Who's there!" She demanded frantically and skimmed all of the grave markers again before she caught the sight of the top of someone's head and… blue hair.

"Ami!" The brunette rushed over to where she thought she saw her friend but instead of Ami, it was a young woman with turquoise hair and deep-sea blue eyes. "Michiru…?"

Not answering Makoto, Michiru stood from her crouched position and looked Makoto dead in the eyes with her keen gaze. "You should go back while you can."

When Makoto didn't budge, her old ally took a step closer to the brunette. "Makoto… there is something wrong with this town."

"What's wrong with it?" Makoto questioned in a quiet curiosity.

Michiru's eyes flitted around the graveyard before resting on the tombstone she had been crouching next to. "Things…"

"What things?"

"Why are you here?" Michiru demanded, completely overlooking Makoto's question.

"Ami disappeared here… I've come to find her." The brunette hoped that Michiru would understand and help her out, knowing that Ami was a very valuable teammate to all of the sailor senshi… and especially to Makoto.

"You should leave now before you see something you'll regret forever." Michiru warned in an icy tone, which was so unlike the Michiru that Makoto was acquainted with. "And even if you ignore my warning, you shouldn't go into Silent Hill alone…the mist plays tricks on your mind." She added with a slight smirk.

"If Silent Hill is so dangerous then I have to find Ami as soon as I can. But if you won't help me find her, then I guess I'll just have to go in alone." Makoto whispered, brushing past Michiru to get to the path that led through the graveyard and all the way into the town, leaving Michiru standing alone amongst the many graves.

"I warned you, Makoto…" Michiru mumbled sadly.

TO BE CONTINUED

First chapter up and I hope it was a good one! I'm really bad when it comes to describing things and making them scary… or even just suspenseful! Anyway, review and tell me what you thought!