Chapter 1
Bloom woke with a start. "Where am I?" She looked down. A small light orb glowed in her hands.
"What happened?" She wondered, placing a hand on the side of her head. That did nothing to clear her thoughts.
She held her hands out and the light left and formed a little mirror and a lamp that were floating in the air.
Bloom examined herself. Her hair was pulled back into a long braid going down her back. She stood and the mirror expanded. She took a deep breath and glanced down at the remains of what was once a long white robe. It was now shortened down to her knees.
She glanced around. A dark figure caught her attention.
"Hello, is anyone there?"
The figure remained motionless.
"Light, shine over there."
The light shone on the person and what it revealed made Bloom gasp.
There laying in a corner was a girl with wild black hair and a green kimono, on the ground unconscious. Her face was obscured by a cat mask.
She pushed herself up and walked over then kneeled down by the masked girl.
"You don't look much better than me," she laughed softly.
Bloom surveyed the area and took in her surroundings.
"Let's get you out of here." She placed an arm around the unconscious girl and pulled her out of the alleyway.
She saw a cave in the distance and started towards it, but didn't get far before something wet touched her cheek.
She glanced up and saw that it was raining. "Lovely, just when I thought it couldn't get worse."
The masked girl moaned a bit.
Bloom ignored this and chose to keep walking towards the cave. "So close," she muttered. Her arms burned, her stomach was cramped and her breaths came in ragged gasps.
The rain began to pour down harder, drenching she and her companion until they could fill up buckets from the absorbed water.
Finally they made it to the cave, Bloom looked around expectantly for an opening but couldn't find one.
Lightning flashed across the sky and despite how much she wanted to keep going Bloom found that she was quickly losing energy and strength.
Another flash of lightning came and went, this time followed by thunder.
Pain erupted in her head and Bloom fell to the ground motionless, the masked girl beside her.