Crimson Love

By: Lost88

Prologue: Haunted Forest

It was a Friday afternoon and Emiko was just getting out of her 4th period class in the 10th grade. Walking out into the school courtyard she had noticed a friend waiting for her bus. Emiko had short flared red hair and bright green eyes. She sported a short navy skirt as did all the girls at Volcano high with a navy sailor T-shirt, with white trim and brown buckled shoes that she wore over her navy shin high socks.

Emiko had made her way to her friend who at the time had been wearing the same attire. She had long blond hair that had reached her mid back with bright blue eyes. Her name was Kiamo.

"Waiting for the bus are we?" Emiko asked.

Kiamo looked over towards her with a warm smile and wink.

"Like I do every day, so are you to do the same?"

Emiko thought about it for a second and had then came to her conclusion.

"No I think I'll walk home today, half the school year has passed and I still haven't done that yet"

"That's where Seijiro Makabe went missing, and well they also say the woods to your house are-"

"Yes, yes I know; I know there haunted. Do you actually think I'm scared of that?"

Kiamo took a deep breath trying to think of how the story went, but Emiko had already guessed what she was thinking and decided to remind her.

"Two female twins one by the name of Ash and the other Brit had wondered into the woods and then never returned. They say the woods turned the twins insane and whoever entered the woods next would die from them."

Kiamo looked confused then thought to herself.

"That's not how it goes"

"What?"

"It was a young man and his girl friend they say the man went-"

Before Kiamo could finish her bus had already pulled up and she was half way inside. Emiko waved good by yelling to Kiamo

"Oh well it doesn't matter it's not like I believe in that stuff anyways."

Emiko walked out of school grounds and had made her way to a large prairie. Out in the distance the woods could be found and behind them was her home. Once she had passed the field she found her self walking upon a small winding path that led her throughout the woods. An hour had past and Emiko was beginning to wonder to herself if she had gotten lost, but that couldn't of happened she had been following the path the entire time. That's when she had glanced downward to find she wasn't on a path at all. She now was somewhat frightened beginning to wonder where she was.

Emiko continued to walk forward looking for any signs of a path, but upon doing so she had cot her foot in a wedge between a large stone and a medium sized rock. With a powerful pull she fell forward knocking her head against a rock. She blacked out and found her self in a world of nothing.

Out in the distance she could see the glowing of white silo wet of a boy. He was running away from Emiko yelling echoes. Emiko was curious and began to quickly follow the white shadow, until it had faded into blackness. There was nothing around Emiko, but the soft echo of a flutter she turned quickly to see a crimson butterfly making it's way towards her. It then dissolved into tiny sparks that scattered out on to the black surface. Emiko stepped forward towards the small dots as grainy black and white flash backs covered her mind. She now saw a young girl being strangled, but the person who was killing her could not be seen. The image changed to a young man sitting in a corner of a burnt down building. He looked frightened and confused. He twitched a bit and shook as if he where freezing cold.

Emiko then awoke from the dream and found herself laying in the woods with the moonlight shining down on her body. She felt her head where dry blood could be brushed of from her scalp. Emiko looked over to the left side of her to find the stone she tripped over. Carved into it was the shape of a butterfly.

She got up from the ground and looked forward. Out in the distance a red butterfly, like from her vision could be seen flying away. Emiko began to follow it into the heart of the woods. Soon it had taken a turn behind a slim tree, but after that it had vanished into nothing. Emiko had made her way to the tree and to her surprise a large clearing could be found with in the woods. So large it was able to fit a small Japanese village with in it's barriers.

Emiko had followed the path that was laid throughout the village. In a distant building Emiko had spotted the white silo wet of boy in a window. As quickly as she saw it though was as quickly as it vanished into nothing. Emiko decided to make her way into the building hoping to find out the mystery of the boy.