I recently watched a funny movie trailer called The Horrible Slow Murder with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon. Man waz tht funny! Nothing was scary about it (Unless you think losing a lot of blood is scary) But it really wasnt that scary. Trust me. Anyways, please enjoy.

Rein's POV

I was walking to school trying to avoid Fine for about the third time I guess. Last night she kept bothering me about the library incident last night and I was barely able to avoid her. Why Fine?! Whyyyyyy!? I thought as I reached the classroom. I dropped off my things and strolled through the school. When I did, I found out that our school had over 15 club activities. I never knew we had so many clubs! That's amazing! I should sign up for one... I thought as I looked around.

I stopped in front of a sign that said 'Band' written in bold letters. I took a look inside. It was practically empty with a variety of instruments scattered across the room. But I realized that someone was playing something on the inside. He was sitting on the piano, playing a beautiful song, but it sounded so sad.

I walked in and stood behind him hoping that he didn't notice me. When I got a closer look, I figured out that it was Shade. Since when did Shade play the piano?! I wondered I said as I started trying to dance to the music. I wasn't sure how to dance to it so I ended up tripping over myself and falling in a pile of instruments.

"Uwah!" I yelled as I hit the instruments. He jumped up and turned around.

"R-Rein?! What are you doing here?!" Shade asked as he backed away in surprise.

I tried to get up but failed to do so since I couldn't find a flat surface to help me up. "I was here the entire time. Now can you help me up!" I shouted.

"Oh, sorry." he replied. He walked over to where I was sitting and held out his hand. I took grabbed it and he pulled me up.

"Thanks. Anyways, when did you learn to play the piano? You're really good at it." I said wiping my skirt off.

"I was forced to practice playing the instruments when I was younger. I know how to play the violin, flute, and many others." His face suddenly looked sick. "So many months of misery... I wish I didn't have to live through it..." he said leaning his forehead against the wall.

"How sad..." I said. "What was that song called? I really liked it. But it sounded really sad."

"It's called Born a Stranger. It was written by Kan. R. Gao and Laura Shigihara." he said.

"That makes sense. I really liked the sound of it. Can you play it again for me sometime during lunch?" I asked.

He nodded. "Let's get back to class." Shade motion as he walked out the door. I followed behind.

Everything was calm and quiet throughout the first and second period. But when the the third period came, some news spread throughout the school.

"It seems about 6 more went missing during the start of school." I heard a girl whisper.

"But that makes a total of 14 in 2 days!" replied the other. I was walking the halls wondering what they were talking about.

"If only those strange black things could be stopped..." said a teacher. Even the teachers too?! I thought. I'm so left out of things... I sighed. I knew that they were talking about the shadows.

'They will continue to fall...' whispered the darkness. 'You dragged everyone into this. You can't help them.' It continued. Shut up! I thought trying to see if it would stop which it did. I wish it would just shut up for once... I thought. But I knew what I had to do. I had to steal the Raven's Book.

Time flew by as third and fourth period ended. It was finally time for lunch. I ran towards the band room, since that was where Shade was waiting for me. I opened the door and saw Shade sitting in a chair next to the piano. His hands were on the keys as though he was about to hit a key but he seemed to pause when he was about to play it.

"Shade?" I asked. He flinched and turned around.

"You're finally here. I'll play for you." he said as he got ready to strike the first key. But he seemed to hesitate still. I stared at him worriedly. But he finally started and the sounds the piano produced sounded as though it was telling a story. But it was a bit hard to explain.

When the notes finally stopped I stared at the piano. "The song is really short." I said. Shade just sat there staring at the piano. "Shade?" He came back to his senses.

"Sorry, I was thinking about something." he replied looking away. I saw a part of the Raven's Book sticking out.

"Shade, can I borrow the Raven's Book? I wanna try reading it." I said. Shade stared at me suspiciously but took out the book and handed it to me. "Thank you!" I said. "See you later!" I said as I ran outside. I started heading towards the roof, not even bothering to move out of peoples' paths. I just wanted everything to end. I wanted everything to go back to the way it was.

I slammed open the roof door and yelled, "Quest! I have something that you want!" I took out the book and showed it to my surroundings. Suddenly a shadow appeared in front of me.

"You have the Raven's Book I see. Are you offering it to me?" Quest asked curiously. I stared at him intently and noticed the shadow on the ground didn't exactly match his actual form. It had some sort of wing sticking out on one side.

"Yes. I want you to stop the darkness from rampaging. Or at least I want you and the darkness to leave so everyone here can return to their normal lives." I said in a serious tone.

"That offer is acceptable. But I'm not leaving without darkening this world." he said with a smirk. But this time, Quest didn't seem to be the same Quest I had talked to in the library. He was much scarier. He looked more abusive and merciless.

"You are not Quest." I said. His smile got wider.

"Correct you are. I am the Dark Raven. The creator of the book and I plan to engulf this world in darkness before I leave." But without giving a second thought I opened the book and started reading it. It listed thousands of names in the first couple of pages. The pages started flipping themselves and a bright light was shown. I caught a small glance of Quest, who was smiling maliciously. Suddenly he appeared in front of me.

"I shall end this quickly." he said with his hand a small distance from my forehead. I saw a small purple ball of light appear floating under his hand. Everything started turning blinding. The last thing I remember seeing was his scary smile, then everything became pure darkness.

THe song Born a Stranger is an actual song for those of you who don't know. Here's the link: watch?v=zqSzB_xBmtM
To me it seems like the sequel wasn't that good compared to the prequel... But plz review!