Two doors.
Blackness and shadow.
Laughter.
"You know why you are here, don't you, little miko." The Truth said.
Kuri stepped across the darkness. With one step the scenery changed. There was a big beautiful tree in the clearing of a forest.
"Take a guess." The Truth continued.
"I failed. She's really dead. Magic couldn't save her. Angels couldn't save her. Demons couldn't save her. Even Death couldn't..." Kuri broke down in tears and then straightened up, pointing a finger at the Deity. "YOU! You are one of Them. One of the Elders. So tell me, Truth. Why, if you plague me by making me see everyone's death, making me see every future, did you withhold this from me! Why was there no warning?! Why couldn't I stop it?!"
"You are nothing more than a fool." Truth said, walking to the second door. "And now look. You have endangered your world beyond repair. For what will you do, I wonder...with two inside you, when no human is meant to have more than one?!"
Xxx
Kuri woke screaming again.
Snow was pounding on the roof. In a soft way. The wind howled against the large house.
No. That pounding wasn't snow. There was someone at the door.
"Ugh...Reiko get the door." Kuri said.
A fox got out from under the covers, made a noise, and stormed off into the living room and curled up by the fire.
"Cmon sis don't be a jerk." Kuri said.
Silence.
"Fine." Kuri went to the door and peeked through the viewfinder.
Two men stood there, and they were shivering. The one on the left seemed to possess an arm and a leg of outdated metal prosthetics.
Kuri wondered, but then realized that there was no way that she could turn them away. She was, after all, bound by Wiccan law to help people. And these people looked like they were on the run from something far nastier than the blizzard.
Kuri opened the door, aiming a sacred arrow at the elder of the two.
"State your name and your business." Kuri said.
"E-Edward and A-Alphonse Elric." He stammered out, blonde hair whipping into his mouth. She noted that his arm and leg had the beginnings of frostbite. She started to lower her weapon, but his next words condemned him. "We are alchemists."
Oh hell. Kuri thought. Not another demon