The first thing Serra notices upon coming to her senses is the sun, shining bright in the blue sky above. The second thing she notices is that it's freaking COLD! That's when she remembers how the witch sisters had managed to get her out of Makai. By freezing her solid. Miasma couldn't touch her if she was in an airtight container, after all. Steadily rising to her feet and shaking her head to clear her mind, she glances around. Quite a welcome change to the dark, bleak Makai. There's actually plant life, and light here. And none of that damnable miasma. She notices a slip of paper on the ground a few feet away from where she'd been resting. Must be a note that the witch sisters left for her. She picks it up and reads it.
"Sorry about the... crude way of getting you out. No choice, you see. Anyway, when you wake up, look for the Hakurei Shrine. The shrine maiden there should be able to give you a hand, or at least point you to somewhere safe to stay.
Mai."
"Hakurei Shrine, huh... a description of it would've been nice. Oh well. Time to start searching..."
"When I said searching, I didn't mean searching for trouble, dammit!" Serra yells as she flees through a dark forest, from some unknown entity. She wasn't able to get a look at her attacker before it happened. Even now, looking back only reveals a sphere of pure black. Not to mention the dozens of white energy bullets being fired all over the place. There's a large, singed hole in the back of her shirt from where one of those bullets hit her, and damn did it HURT!
"C'mooooooon! Just one biiiiiiiiiite!" a childish, whiny voice comes from the orb. That's right, this dark sphere had actually claimed it wants to eat her. "No! Go away! Leave m- GYAH!" Serra's retort is cut off as she trips on a tree root, falling to the ground with a thud.
"Goooooootcha~!" the voice once again speaks, in a sing-song tone as it closes in. But before it can get too close, two slips of paper fly out from behind the trees, and strike the orb. They disappear inside of it, and explode! A little girl, looking no older than ten years old, with blonde hair and wearing a black dress over a white shirt with a red ribbon in her hair is forcefully ejected from the dark sphere, and launched far away from the blast. Serra can't really believe what just happened. As if to make things more unbelievable, another girl appears. Serra quickly gets to her feet to get a better look.
Brown hair and eyes, with a large red ribbon tied in her hair. This strange new girl is wearing what looks like a red robe of sorts, with detached white sleeves. She's holding an odd stick, too, with paper streamers on it. She sighs and facepalms. "Dammit Rumia... how many times do I have to put you down before you learn to stop going after humans?" she mumbles to herself in an annoyed manner.
"U-um... excuse me..." Serra nervously speaks, to which the stranger holds up a hand to stop her. "I'd suggest talking somewhere else. This place isn't exactly the best place for a chat." she says, and lifts into the air, beckoning. "Come on. I'll lead you back to my shrine." Serra just kind of stares. This girl seemed normal enough, like an ordinary human. But then she began flying. "Um... I kinda can't fly..." she says, to which her savior sighs. "A newcomer, huh? Dammit Yukari..." she grumbles, and grabs Serra's hand. "Come on then, I'll fly you there. My name is Reimu Hakurei, by the way." 'Wait... Hakurei? That's who Mai told me to look for!' Serra thinks to herself, a little relieved that she found her way.
And so, Reimu takes off, holding a very frightened Serra.