"Why are you here?"
"I am stuck here. I told you this before. Whenever I have tried to leave before, there is just a white void. I'm scared that I will disappear from this world if I enter it."
"Yeah I know. I just don't understand how you don't even know who you are, where you came from, and no one else but me can see you." The young girl sighed. "Maybe you are just in my imagination."
"I wonder that myself. I just hope that I can stay with you forever." Both girls looked at each other and giggled as they enjoyed one another's company.
"Chihiro." Her mother called. "We have an announcement to make. Your father was promoted and we are moving." Her mother left with a bright smile on her face, looking forward to the move.
Sadness struck both of their faces. "But... What about you Miyuki? I don't want to move. You are here and my friends are here. This isn't fair."
"I don't want to lose you either. Of all of my years being bound to this house, you are the first of many who is actually able to see me." Silence fell over them as they mourned for their possible loss of one another. The young girl that sat across from Chihiro was beautiful. Her soft pale skin glowed. Her eyes were the deepest blue that anyone could easily lose themselves in. Her snow-white hair cascaded down her back, resting at the bottom of her back.
Miyuki found herself stuck in this house when it was first built. Her presence went unnoticed as each tenant passed through this house. She didn't understand why she was put in this house, without any ability to do anything. She didn't even know her own name, until Chihiro and her family moved in.
"Who are you?" asked a 3-year-old Chihiro.
"You can see me?" asked the white-haired maiden. A curious Chihiro just stared at her. "I name you Snow White. Come pay wiff me. (Come play with me)" Chihiro went to grab her hand but was unable to make contact with her and her hand passed right through her. Tears welled up in her small hazel eyes. Seconds later she was wailing and screaming.
Snow White, as Chihiro called her, started freaking out. She did not know how to calm the child down. "Please don't cry, it's okay." Her soft cues did not reach Chihiro's ears.
The mother of Chihiro, Yuuko, saved the day. She swiftly picked up Chihiro. "My child, what is wrong?" Through her crying and her tears, she mumbles something that could not be understood and points in the direction of Snow White. Snow White shot up and waited to be scorned by her mother, but just like the previous tenants, she was unable to see anything.
Yuuko shrugged it off. "You must be hungry. Let's go get you a snack." Chihiro's face immediately lit up and she squirmed in her mothers arms, excited to get a snack.
After that incident, Snow White stayed out of the way of the scared Chihiro. She tried as best she could to stay hidden from Chihiro's sight. Hiding was something that was very foreign and ironic for her.
2 years had passed and Chihiro reached the ripe age of 5.
"Are you a ghost? Did you die in this house? Are you lost? Why can't you move on? Why can't my parents see you? Are you real? What are you doing here? What is your name? Why is the sky blue? What color is Pluto? What is the meaning of life? Are you a guardian angel?" Chihiro's questions went on none stop. Snow White prefered it when she was younger and scared of her. For the past couple of days, all Chihiro had done is follow her around asking the same questions over and over, never-ending.
"I don't know."
"Don't know what?"
"Anything."
"Why?"
"Because I don't"
"Because why?"
"Because I don't have the answers."
"Why?"
"Stop that."
"Stop what?"
"Stop that." emphasized Snow White.
"What's that?"
"Asking questions."
"My teacher said to always question everything. So...why?"
"Because it's annoying!"
"Oh. I see." The messy haired girl paused. "Wanna be friends?"
The ghost, per Chihiro, stopped trying to rid the girl and turned towards her in shock. "What?"
"Now look who's asking questions." They looked at one another and a moment later they were laughing at the turn of events. "You never told me your name."
"It's because I don't remember it."
"Well how about Miyuki."
"Beautiful Snow," She pondered over the name meaning. "I like it." That was the start of their blossoming friendship between a spirit and a human.
Chihiro and her family had packed up the house and the movers had already placed all of their belongings into the truck.
"I don't understand why we have to move." Complained Chihiro. "My friends are here. My school is here. I don't want to move." She looked at her flowers from her friend Rumi.
"Chihiro stop acting so spoiled, and finish packing your bag for the car ride." scolded Akio, her father.
She dragged her feet as she unwillingly placed boxes into the car. Miyuki watched from the window as her only friend was getting ready to leave. The sudden remembrance of what it was like being alone began coming back. She looked at her hand that was somewhat translucent. She reached for a photo of Chihiro's family and watched as her hand disappeared into the picture. She felt like she wasn't only losing her friend, she felt like she was losing a little of herself. The confidence she found in her friend, the courage she felt with her friend, all would leave once Chihiro left there was nothing. A sadness that she was all to used to.
She pulled her hand out from the picture and balled it up into a fist. "I can't let that happen."
Her family had finished packing for the journey to their new house. Her parents went to say goodbye to neighbors, while Chihiro went to say her goodbye to the house and it's lonely occupant.
"I'm sorry. I can't stay. I want to so badly but mom and dad are so set on dragging me away from everything that I love." The two friends symbolically held hands.
"I'm going to leave with you." Miyuki announced.
"What? But what if you disappear?"
"It would be better to disappear than to be alone any longer."
"How would you do that?"
"I'm going to try and leave through you. I know it sounds weird but I'm going to try and, in a sense, enter your body and use it as a way to house me."
Chihiro was slightly appalled by the idea, but her friendship with her meant more to her than a slightly disturbing image. "Okay. What is it going to feel like?"
"Your guess is as good as mine. Are you ready?"
Chihiro cringed. "Yeah."
Miyuki stepped forward towards her friend. Her body started to disappear into Chihiro's body. When she had completely occupied Chihiro's body she asked "How are you holding up?"
"Whoa, that was weird. I didn't feel anything but still the idea of it creeps me out. When you talk it's like I'm thinking what your saying." a chill run downs Chihiro's spine.
"I guess, now its the ultimate test." They both stood before the door. They took a deep breath, and closed their eyes as they put their first foot outside of the door and the rest of thier body followed.
Chihiros eyes were still squeezed shut as a moment of total silence passed. "Miyuki?"
Silence.
Her eyes burst open and turned around back to her, soon to be, old house and called out to her friend. "Miyuki?" she said with panic rising in her voice. "Miyuki!" she screamed.
Stay tuned for the next chapter ;p Im currently working on it right now.
Please let me know what you think of it so far. I love to hear people's opinions. The good and the bad. I'll be posting a picture of Miyuki on my profile page.
Until next time!
-btw I don't own spirited away.
