Oh God. I made someone cry. I wasn't expecting this AT ALL. I knew this was going to get dark but wow...I might just make you all suffer. Sorry if I do (still stunned) O-O. Jk, I'm prohibited from doing gory stuff by my mother. She said it was 'too dark' and social services,blah, blah, blah. To be honest, if it wasn't for that, I was going to cut of someone's head.

DISCLAIMER: I own nothing of Mashima's.


...IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS

Those were the only thoughts that bounced around in her head now. All she felt was pain, and she couldn't remember the last time she'd slept. Her tormentor had left the room a few minutes ago, claiming that they had to talk to someone important.

She tugged on her chains that bound her arms above her head. They were still bolted in place, but the screws were a little loose. When the lingering pain faded, she looked around the room for the nth time since she'd been thrown in here.

It was a large room with walls decorated with a checkered design. There were shelves lined with creepy dolls of all sorts; plush, porcelain,stuffed. But the odd things was, all of them eerily resembled humans, especially the ones modeled after children.

Next, she surveyed her bruised and beaten body. Her legs were severely burned and covered in scratches and cuts. From her hips to her collarbone were no injuries whatsoever. Her face only had a scratch or two.

"Nora-chan~!"

Noroi tensed as the tormentor neared her 'room'. 'Nora' was just a nickname the tormentor had given her, saying her real name wasn't girly enough. The clicks of her heels echoed off the walls of the hallway that led to her 'room'. A moment later, the sliding door to her left flew open and in stomped her tormentor.

"Kiren-sama has returned~!" she said as she practically skipped over to Noroi. "I just had a little chat with the other operator, and she said we could begin the actual experiment!" Kiren said excitedly. Noroi looked on with wariness and annoyance.

"You're just starting now huh? What was all that before then? And what experiment?" Noroi questioned with unusual calmness. Kiren remained silent as she reached into the pocket and pulled out a small device. It was about the size of a book and had wire and tubes sticking out of it. "Now for the mental segment~!"

She walked over to Noroi and ungracefully jammed the end of a tube that had a needle on it into Noroi's neck. Then, she pressed a button on the device that made it light up. A moment later, she looked down at the smaller girl and said, "Don't worry Nora-chan. This is just...a little test".

Noroi stared at the woman in confusion for only a few seconds before everything went black.


Her eyes snapped open. She sat up and looked around. There was nothing but a black abyss above her. Only a giant chess board beneath her. And statues standing in place of the pieces. She stood up and walked up to the statue in the Queen's place. The first thing she noticed was that it had no clothes. But, it only showed the outline of the 'person', no details.

It seemed to be the height of a teen and was female due to the bulges on the statue's chest. It's hair was tied up in a single ponytail, which stopped a few inches below her shoulders. The oddest thing was, the statue had an expression of terror instead of the usual blankness.

Next, she moved to the knight 'pieces'. They too were statues of people, but one was a boy, one was a girl. Both of them were about as tall as the Queen one. However, unlike the first one, they had clothes. They both wore cloaks that hid everything from the neck down.

The female statue had her hair styled into two curls on both sides of her head, just beneath her ears. The boy had short, somewhat messy hair. His bangs were brushed mostly to the right. Both his and the girl's expressions were blank.

She stared at the boy statue for a long moment. Something about him was different from the others. She decided he liked him the most. Finally, she moved to the single piece in the bishop's place. It too was a boy with a cloak and a blank expression. It's bangs reached an inch or two below it's chin.

"Noroi"

She turned toward the source of the voice only to see nothing. She turned back around after a moment only to find the pieces had disappeared.

"Noroi, Noroi,"

She looked down, and the white sections of the board had turned blood red. She looked up and stared.

Stared right into the eyes of a monster.


Yes I know this chapter is a day late, and I'm sorry. But when I read the spoilers and saw the images of the last chapter of PH yesterday...I cried and got depressed. At least a ship is canon (Yay? I never really cared :P). I almost gave up on typing this. Now I'm recovering but chapter 424 of FT. I got my wish. We saw Gray...in a dark guild and slicked back hair. He's totally infiltrating it (or he's getting taken over by his magic which is an entirely different thing). I saw this coming a mile away and the only thing that made me freak was his hair. I hate it, and hope Cancer doesn't leave it alone. On the bright side, Gray and Juvia spent half a year together. ALONE. Aaah~, my otp~!