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Chapter 2

Darkness swirled around her before shattering in to a million tiny stars.

~Thud~

Tohru slowly began regaining consciousness. Something warm but rough was tickling her cheeks. Prising her eyes open she lifted her head slowly, instead of the sandy, stony beach she saw nothing but......grass. Sitting up she gazed around her in disbelief. The beach had vanished completely and in it's place was what seemed to be a meadow. Standing to one side of her there were strange, twistly trees that seemed to be guarding a path of sorts. On her other side was a raging river, the clear water rushing dangerously fast, the bright sun glinting off it. The meadow she was lying in the middle of seemed to stretch out endlessly both in front and behind her, the short grass interposed with scattered bunches on wild flowers. Looking more closely at the flower in front of her Tohru tried to identify it. It was a blinding brilliant blue that seemed to glow, it's stems were a rusty reddish colour and there were tiny thorny leaves running the stems length. Reaching out Tohru went to touch the delicate blossom when to her utter shock.....it moved! Tohru felt her jaw drop, the flower hadn't just bent with the wind, that she could understand, it had actually jumped away from her coming to rest a couple of feet away.

'This can't be real' Tohru told herself, feeling panic starting to build in her chest 'Flowers don't just move.....and where's the beach....and the rest of my class....what on earth is going on here?'. Standing up shakily Tohru twisted and turned, looking for some sign of life around her, but there was nothing, nothing but the whisper of the wind in the trees and the sounds of birds singing.....wait singing?......since when do birds make a "Hiii-rup" noise?.'It has to be a dream' she decided ' I must of slipped on the wet stones, hit my head and now I'm having the craziest dream of my life......if I pinch my self I'll wake up and everytihng will be normal again'

"Ouch!....Oww!.....ouch!"

Tohru stared down at the rapidly blooming bruises on the pale skin of her arm. She had pinched herself several times and nothing had happened. Which meant if she wan't waking up then this was.....real.

"Ahhhhhhh......"

Tohru felt hysteria grip her chest, cutting short her breaths and leaving her feeling light-headed. 'How could this possibly be real' she asked herself 'The last thing I remember is picking up that weird stone......' Remembering the stone Tohru's gaze dropped to her feet, seeing the glitter and sparkle of the strange blue-silver stone. Bending down she scooped it into her hands and stared at it. Just like she had noticed before it was warm, the colours shifting constantly as if it was alive, turning it over in her hand she noticed an imprint on one side. The pattern looked like a series of 13 stars surrounded by a circle. Something about it nagged at Tohru's memory, she was sure she had seen a pattern just like it somewhere. Closing her eyes she let her mind wander, suddenly a clear image popped into her head. The image of Professor Sohma standing in front of the class explaining how fossils were preserved over huge amounts of time, his fingers toying with the medallion he always wore, when his hand had dropped away to pick up the chalk to write on the blackboard Tohru had had a quick view of the medallion's face and the pattern that decorated it. A pattern that was exactly the same as the one impressed into this stone.

Tucking the stone into her pocket Tohru's mind filled with unanswered questions. "What was so special about this stone?......why did it have the same imprint as Professor Sohma's medallion?......was the Professor connected to this place?......why was she even here in the first place?......and where was here anyway? The questions twisted and turned in Tohru's mind making her feel even more confused then she already was.

"This is not helping" speaking out loud Tohru pushed the confusion from her mind. After glancing in every direction Tohru turned and began walking determindly towards the path leading through the trees. All she had to do was find someone to ask, maybe then she'd find a way home.

Dappled sunlight danced along the path in front of her. Tohru walked slowly along, her head twisting from side to side as she stared at the strange foliage surrounding her. Now that she was closer she could see that not only did the branches and trunks of the trees twist and gnarl they were......pink....definitely pink. Gaping at the strange colours Tohru kept walking, eventually the path widened into a small clearing, nestled into the trees on one side of the clearing was a small rundown temple. The paint was peeling off the walls, the small shuttered windows had been broken and the door stood ajar a great crack running through the middle of it, the wood splintered only the metal bands holding it together.

Moving over to it Tohru peeped in through the half open door. Wriggling carefully she slipped inside, blinking several times as her eyes adjusted to the dim light. The temple looked as though it had been stripped. There was nothing inside, only the ragged remains of what Tohru decided must of been wall hangings, the bulk of them having been torn free and carried off. The altar was also empty, the bare wood showing signs of that not always being the case as the wood was darker in patches, as if something had been standing there and the sun had bleached the wood around it leaving only outlines behind. The temple seemed to hum with emptyness, something that Tohru could feel almost like a wound to the heart. This place had been loved once but now it stood alone, everything inside having been torn away leaving only a shell. As Tohru turned to leave a flicker of colour caught her eye. Looking towards it Tohru realised she had been wrong.....not everything was gone. Hanging on the wall was a large round plate. Engraved into the copper-coloured metal was a familiar pattern.....the same one that was impressed into the stone in her pocket and that Professor Sohma wore around his neck. Staring at it Tohru felt curiosity building, it seemed as if that pattern was some kind of key to what was happening to her.

Squirming slightly Tohru left the temple and moved into the sunshine beyond. Her mind deep in thought she didn't notice when two shadows fell across her.

"Well, well.....what do we have here?"