My first fanfic, so be kind please! X3

I don't own anything, only my OC Kei.

The sound of horses thundered not far off in the distance, and through the mist one could see the vague outline of horsemen.

THUD THUD.

Kasane still lying on the grass, heard a faraway pounding.

THUD THUD.

'Hm? What...?' she thought.

THUD THUD.

The sound increased. 'The ground is kind of shaking...' she said to herself. '…Is this an earthquake?'

THUD...THUD!

Kasane suddenly pulled herself up and yelled, "Earthquake?" Two large shadows loomed over her.

Kasane instinctively shielded her head with her arms as the two large objects thundered by. Horses. Her eye's widening in shock, Kasane watched dumbly as the two horsemen rode past her. "Hah!" one of them yelled.

"Uh..." Kasane mumbled, feeling somewhat stupid. 'Horses?' she thought in surprise. "Wh-What's going on?" Kasane exclaimed, rustling the grass around her as she waved her arms. "Wh-What happened?"

The far off call of a crow snapped her back to attention. Kasane stood up and her eyes widened in shock. In front of her stretched miles of land, all without any tall buildings or cities. A small rugged road wound it's way through the fields of rice, leading to a small, uncivilized village made up of brush houses. Dumbly Kasane's mind registered that it was on fire. It looked like a picture out of a history textbook. Kasane felt her legs give way.

'Wh-Where am I?' she thought. Suddenly her mind refocused. "Wait, what about Kotestu?" she yelled.

Kasane glanced hurriedly around, her brothers nowhere in sight. "Masamune, Kotestu!" she exclaimed, hoping her brothers would be somewhere near. A sudden rustle in the grass made Kasane turn around.

"Who's there!" a harsh, unknown voice called.

"?" Kasane exclaimed.

Two men, outfitted like samurai, strode towards her. The speaker, a tall man, rested a hand on his sword and regarded her. "A women...?" he said.

He stepped towards her threateningly. "Did you escape from the burning village?"

His companion, a shorter man, leered at her. "What, did you think you could take refuge in the mountain?" he smirked.

'What? These guys...' Kasane thought, sweating from nervousness.

The taller soldier suddenly grabbed her wrist. "Your home is gone. Where were you going to run? Now, come to the castle with us-"

"EEEEEEK!" Kasane yelled, interrupting him. She was confused, but these two certainly weren't going to help her. Kasane slipped from his grasp and dashed off, hoping to escape from them.

"Ah! Hey you!" the tall one yelled. He hadn't been expecting that.

'What is this! What's going on! Is this some kind of joke!" Kasane said to herself.

The tall soldier made no move to chase after her, but smirked as the shorter one raised a arm and threw his spear at Kasane. She covered her ears and ducked, managing to narrowly avoid being hit by the spear. Instead, the spear hit a tree with a loud thump.

"EEK!" Kasane screamed.

The tall soldier grinned. "What a pain." he remarked. His companion smirked again and sneered. "If you want to blame someone, blame your ruler for allowing himself to be so skillfully betrayed."

Kasane, out of breath, thought in confusion, 'What?' She had no idea who they were talking about.

'Just what's going on hear? Masamune! Kotestu...!'

[Inside the Prison Cell]

Kasane stared in confusion at the stiff wooden bars. The tall solider stood guard in front of the locked prison door, and her hands were bound. Kasane stood up.

'What now...? Just what is this place?' she thought. Her heart beat loudly, resounding in her head. 'How did I end up here alone?'

She wobbled weakly and said, "L...Let me go home...!" As she stepped toward the bars, her foot caught on a stone and her head fell forward.

BAM! Kasane's head hit the wooden prison bars.

"Ah...!" A female voice behind her gasped. "A-Are you okay?" the speaker, a gentle-looking girl, stepped forward.

Kasane's eyes were out of focus. "...No..." she muttered. "Eh?" the girl tilted her head in confusion.

"...No, it doesn't hurt..." Kasane said. Her heart thudded loudly, and beads of sweat collected on her brow. Kasane looked back at the group of girls. 'Huh?' she thought.

They murmured suspiciously among themselves.

'Why is everyone wearing weird clothes...?' she thought. 'I don't know where I am...Who are these people? Where to Masamune and Kotestu go...?' Kasane clenched her hands tightly. "All this...Don't tell me...I'm dreaming?" she said aloud.

Kasane's mind slowly began clearing up again, and she mumbled. "Th-That's...it...Otherwise, it doesn't make sense...The three of us were on our way home from the match...So there's no way I could just get taken off to a jail like this...!"

Kasane felt more and more relieved. "That's right, I'm dreaming...Yeah!" Her cheerful spirit came back and she sighed in relief. "Yep, it's a dream! Wow! Haha, really! Here I was getting desperate! Phew, thank god!"

Suddenly, a pair of hands touched her shoulders.

"EEEEEEEEEK!" Kasane yelled as a voice said "Excuse me" from behind her. "Ah...I'm sorry" the voice said. It was the pretty girl from before.

"Oh oops. That felt so real it scared me...What is it?" Kasane said sheepishly.

"Nothing, I just thought you might be hurt...Since you hit you head" the girl said.

Kasane smiled cheerily. "My good health is my best feature!" she exclaimed.

"Oh really..." the girl said. 'Hm? But before she was...' the girl thought to herself.

Another female voice said something from behind the two.

"'A dream'...huh. Hmph." the speaker was an older woman."Well, I can see why you'd want to believe that. Since all of us are-" she was interrupted as a sudden thud sounded down the corridor.

Everyone turned to see what had caused it and winced.