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Chapter One-
So, you're still here, eh? Persistent human… well, either you are very brave or are dauntingly stupid, but undoubtedly you are very foolish for not heeding my warning…
Well, since you really wish to sort through my skeletons…
There is a story that my mother used to tell me long ago. It was a story that has been passed down from mouth to ear for generations. A story whose detail has been altered and lost over the years, but has never quite managed to lose its initial sinful repulsion, though I fear it has lost its glamour.
This story is a fantastical tapestry woven with diamonds and lined with silver and gold. It is filled with a very many fairytale-esque elements. This story was once a beautiful story filled with evil monsters, charming harlots, suave vagabonds, beggared children, evil stepmothers… and yes, there was even a dashing prince charming.
This story, like every story has a beginning, but unlike your normal fairytale, this one does not start with a beautiful princess born Once Upon A Time…
A young girl of roughly fifteen hurried down a damp North Michigan Avenue, clutching a gaudy black raincoat that was almost two sizes too big tighter around her in a vain attempt to keep her dress dry. Blurs of black pushed past her roughly, knocking her to the ground.
She gasped as the breath left her body in a rush.
"Hey, are you okay?" a kind sounding voice filtered through the pain in her throbbing ribs. Bright Malachite eyes looked up at a proffered hand clothed in a leather glove. It was a leather glove… wasn't it? Hazy vision blurred to a dangerous tilt as she opened her mouth to verify… blackness consumed her as damp concrete kissed her temple.