The sakura trees were in full bloom now. Soft pink and whites reflected onto the lake. People rode on bikes, walked pets, enjoying the park with family or like what Hotaru and Hirotaka were doing. Hirotaka could see both of their reflections on the Japanese bridge reflected in the water. He really didn't want to admit it but like what Muki said a while back they sorta were doing the d-a-t-e thing. Hirotaka sighed. Count on the hyper girl and Spyro to put that ideal in his head. Actually it was more of Muki and Shiemi, Spyro just was drawing of to the side.
{Flashback}
"So what was it you wanted to tell me?" Hotaru had asked when he showed her the hidden garden in the forest. What was he supposed to tell her? He always had Amber with him but the bird was now hunting yet still near by.
"Back at the cave…" He started but she stopped him.
"No worries. Thanks for saving me. Really, please don't apologize." Hirotaka was going to correct her until both heard a yell.
"DA-ZEEE!" Running out of the forest all they saw was Miku being chased by Raan while Spyro sat on a bench watching, with his notebook. The said girl ran up to both of them, most likely on a sugar high.
"You two are dating now?" She had yelled. Hirotaka's and Hotaru's faces got red and Muki giggled.
{Flashback end}
Hirotaka shook his head. Bad thoughts go away never come back another day. Luckily for him, Hotaru snapped him out of his scary Muki thoughts.
"Are you ok?" she asked.
"Yeah, just thinking."
"Seems like something was bothering you. Care to tell me?" He shook his head. No way was he bringing her into this, even if it had something to do with his past. That demon could have killed her and the rest. If he was killed long ago, maybe they wouldn't to be put in this much pain. Maybe she wouldn't have to worry about him so much. Amber, sensing his mood tried to calm him down. He gently laid a hand on her head. He needed something to distract Hotaru and this probably will work.
"How about some ice cream?"
-True-Cross-
Leigh held her knives which just freaked me out. I slowly inched toward Chuck who is buff. It was kind of hard not to notice when he grabbed me. I had felt my face get like tomato red.
"Are you sure that they'll allow us?" I asked, still hyped up on sugar but seeing Leigh with knives, which could make anyone calm. Chuck pats me on the head and shakes his head at his sister.
"Nick, not yet." The odd grey thing in his ear buzz and he spoke to it like a cell. "Turns out Nick. You might be able to chop something up. We have to go back to the academy because apertly something's happened."
"Can I at least finsih my ice cream?" Sugaro asked, holing up the said treat.
-True-Cross-
"What are we doing here Mole?" Rin asks his older brother while I try to get Spyro to sit still so I can braid his hair.
"Muki-ya! We need to listen!" I wrap my arms around his waist as he tried to get up, pulling him back down.
"Just let me braid your hair just this once!"
"Muki and Imi." When he said that, I finally tuned in.
"I'm not going with that baka!" Imi glares at me.
"Well, I'm not going with you either." He replied.
"Sorry but that's the groups. Hirotaka, Hotaru, Shiemi, and Ranye. Serena, Rin, Shima Raan and Izumo. And your group, Leigh, you, Spyro and Sugaro. The group leaders are Leigh, Hirotaka and Serena." I grumbled a few choice words under my breathe.
-True-Cross-
"Where are we going?" I asked as we were walking down the streets.
"A hunted carnival. Lots of people went there on dares but they never came back. They even sent some exorcist but they never came back." Sugaro answers me.
"They why are we going?" But he ignores my question and contains explaining.
"There's rumored to be murderous puppet and vines that strangle you to death."
"That sounds great." But Spyro's face says otherwise. I grab onto his arm.
"Don't worry! You'll be able to kick those clowns all the way to Canada and Back!" I run ahead but then Leigh grabs the back of my hanbok.
"We don't need you to die yet Muki. Even if there's going to be zombies and stuff from a comic, we don't need dead bodies." I try to squirm out of her grip but it was futile. She lets me go, knowing that I won't run off (maybe)
"Well, it seems tat we're here." Sugaro says. The gate was swinging open and close with the wind, ivy wrapping their tight grip on it. The once happy clown picture now looked like Freddy Cougar with half the paint scratched off. It was like a ghost town. A shiver went own my back. I brought the long sleeves in front of my face like they could block out the horror.
"Who wants to go in first?" Imi asks.
"Let's get this over with so I can read my X-men." Leigh walks ahead into the unknown. I guess space isn't the final frontier here.
-True-Cross-
New friends to play with! Finally. The other ones were getting boring. That one man went too quickly while that other lady that wore that odd uniform didn't even scream. The creature thought as it watched the new ones walk in.
"Don't leave me here by myself!" The green one said, clinging onto the white hair one. The creature smirks. He always wanted a doll to play with.
-True-Cross-
Imi shivers at the evil presence he felt. It felt like something was watching them from the shadows f the old ball toss. He glances at it, barley seeing the shadow that flickered. Imi pulls out the coin purse hidden on his belt and pulls out a paper, creating the coins into a sword.
"What are you doing back here?" Sugaro asks him.
"Do you feel that?" The other boy looks around then notices the coin sword in Imi hand.
"Yeah, now I do. Like someone's watching us." Sugaro looks ahead, noticing the other ahead of them. "We better get back or we'll find out what it is."
-True-Cross-
They pasted by the ancient rust merry-go-round, its hinges rusted and unable to ever move again. But somehow when they walked by, it slowly creaked back to life, not singing a melody of joy but of sorrow an horror. Muki screams and clutches Spyro, tears streaming off her face.
"Make it stop. Make it stop!" She freaked.
"Let's go grass stain!"
"Can we go on the horses first oneesan?"
"We'll carry on, we'll carry on
And though you're dead and gone, believe me
Your memory will carry on, we'll carry on
And in my heart, I can't contain it
The anthem won't explain it
The song faintly was heard to her. All she could see was her sister watching her from a distance. Spyro gently pats Muki's head.
"Hey o you hear that?" Leigh asks. There was a small whisper, carrying over the breeze.
"Fresh blood, fresh blood..."
-True-Cross-
Read Operaghost version of this called The story of Leigh Schmal I think…Please? Really people!
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