the dead
"No folken. I must save Van." With that, Hitomi sprinted down the road to Folken's left. "Hitomi!" Folken called, but it was too late. Hitomi already disappeared down the road.
Hitomi ran and ran until the walls all around her began darkening. All she could see was gloom, and in the distance, she heard the faint clinking of chains.
She wiped away a bead of sweat that was forming on her brow. Her bottom lip began trembling. "I'm so scared."
She whispered.
Suddenly, a vision of a raven haired boy turning around to look at her sadly flashed through her mind.
Her lip trembled again. "Van..."
She stood up and began running again. She finally reached the sound of the chains.
Her emerald green eyes scanned the darkness.
Dark figures chained at the wrists were half dragged and marching forward. There must of atleast been a million of them. How could she find Van?
She began running longside the figures, trying desperately to find the one she loved.
"Van!" she cried desperately. She couldn't see him.
Suddenly, she was shoved backwards again. She stumbled and fell to her knees.
Again, she felt those piercing grey eyes staring at her again. "I thought I told you to leave us alone. You couldn't even do that."
The brown haired boy staggered as he was pulled again by the chains.
"When... you get back.." Another boy spit with venom.
"Leave Lord Dilandau... alone."
The boy was yanked again, his blond hair spilling over his face.
Hitomi stood up, brushing herself off. Her chin trembled again. She couldn't stand this anymore.
She closed her eyes and envisioned him in her mind.
The violet tinted eyes gazed sadly back into hers.
"Van.. I'll never give up. Please Van! I love you..."
Suddenly, a pale, pink, glowing light shone through all the darkness. All the dark figures were illuminated under the light. They raised their ashen faces to the light.
The light shone from a pendant hung around somebody's neck. Hitomi squinted her eyes to look closer.
It was Van.
"Van!" The boy lifted his eyes to meet Hitomi's.
Suddenly, a flash of light swallowed Hitomi and Van in it's grasp. The chains that held Van in it's grasp crumbled and both of them were sucked up and away from the dead.
end of chpt 4
a/n: oooh larlar! what's going to happen next? ahha, another deadly cliff hanger! please keep coming back.. and R/R!