Scarlet
By L. Hiiragizawa
AN: I permanently removed the disclaimer and if ever you want to sue me, bear in mind to read the previous ones. *Wink*
This chapter is dedicated to those who constantly review my fanfics…I just don't want to mention names coz ya all know who you and those are. Without you, I may not have written this and my previous one.
Visions of Fear
Flames.
Fierce burning flames.
Each spark was visible in her eyes, each cry she heard, and each wail of agony and distress struck down her weak and failing heart.
This wasn't the sight she had wished to behold…not in her entire lifetime. But it seemed that her nightmares had now awoken into reality, engulfing her strength and all of her.
Tears fell oh so gracefully from her pale and lifeless eyes that had lost its shade and the shimmer that once was seen through them vanished.
Blood.
The life's own red river…
Wasted.
Each drop sucked by swords spears and deadly arrows, which slashed brutally into the hearts of those before her. Every pitiful ripping sound of bodies lying dead after each strike echoed in her ears, creating a tormenting sound that only in hell shall one find.
Screams.
Frightening, pleading screams.
Cries of mothers seeking their children. Of children searching for a certain embrace that once held their fragile bodies.
But tonight…
Everything was in vain.
Bodies scattered, slumped and bathed in their own sweet red liquid. Bodies ripped off. Blood curling cries of help. Ruthless killers laughing and enjoying the scenes of the people's untimely ends… all of which were bloodthirsty and hearts as hard as stone.
There she stood, allowed to watch the ever-unforgiving scene. Her heart twitched in sorrow.
"My fault. This is all my fault…"
Her tears flowed as she helplessly clenched her fist in anger…
Not to the slayers…
But to herself.
"If only…"
But nothing can she do for all lives have been wasted because of such a dense reason that brought up conflicts and deaths…
"Love my dearest…all because of love."
She brought her eyes up to the figure that lurked in the shadows. Its face in a triumphant smile but never did it dare move. Instead, his voice emerged amongst the stillness that reigned after each scream faded.
"How dare you… how dare you…"?
She was at lost for words. A figure like her so fragile and innocent never even loathed a single person before but now a complete and different feeling burned in fiery inside her…
Anger.
"Hush my love. I love you and I'd do anything for you… even claiming these worthless leeches lives."
"W-what do you want?"
Her voice straight to the point.
"I want you…only you and nothing else."
She cried even more and fell to her knees. Down beside her was a child of three, dead with eyes open…clearly reflecting the pain it went through. She averted her gaze back to the figure in burning eyes yet sparkling in tears.
"Never!"
"Then if I shall not have you with your permission, I will be forced to take the matter into my own hands…"
She backed up a bit as the figure stepped closer but still its face mingled with the blackness.
"W-what shall you do with me?"
"Own you."
Her eyes wide in shock, she looked around for a quick escape.
"You cannot escape me and I will never stop till you become mine."
"N-no…away… go away."
Tears slowly formed in her eyes as she crawled back in despair.
"Please…I beg you if you love me, set me free…"
The figure smirked evilly.
"Hmm… how about… No?"
She grasped the soil in her hands as she bumped into a dead body and face streaked in horror. She clearly knew there was no escape but she'd never give in…never. Amidst her struggle against herself, she felt hands grasp her arms harshly and the figure before her laughing in triumph.
"At long last princess…you shall be mine."
"Y-you shall never have me…never…"
She kicked and struggled but to no avail.
"Neverrrrr!"
Tomoyo screamed at the top of her lungs as she felt the blinding whiteness seemingly filling up every space in her head. Things were getting stranger and stranger as she held the crystal tightly in her grasp. She tried to flap open her eyes but all she could sense was hotness and her ears seemed like it was being blocked by an unknown force. She was in a blank. Without anything neither to see nor to hear…all she could do was feel.
Bodies bumped into her, sensing a rage was ongoing, she tried to reach for a hand but no one held her. She kept scratching into the thin air, desperate for help; desperate for someone to hold her.
Suddenly, she felt herself slowly sensing the things around her. Living without sight not hearing was difficult but her instincts proved something weird and wrong was happening…
"My child… please spare my child…"
"Mother help! Mother…"
Voices.
Pleading voices echoed in her ears as her hearing slowly came back.
"This is the price you pay for having a cruel king…"
A frightful laughter.
As she slowly struggled to hear what was happening, raging footsteps and screams tingled in the air…
"How could you…noooo!"
The shouts sent shivers to her spine, electrifying every nerve in her system.
"Please spare my life…I beg y-ou p-lea—"
A thud.
Another thud.
Screams…
Thuds…
Like her dream…
'W-what's happening…? W-here am I?'
Her visions was turning into a blur… images were slowly coming to view…
Running…
Striking…
Figures falling down one by one…
More thuds.
Orange, flickering images filled her vision. Tomoyo arched her brows, figuring out the occurrences happening. Her heart paced in fear as she heard wails of help. People around her where screaming for their lives. In other words…
Killed.
She tried to stand up in spite of the blurry scenes before her. Trying to step backwards as she trembled in fear…
'This is a nightmare… yes… just a nightmare… wake up…'
Her eyes now saw the cruel sight unfold…
A war.
She stood there in the midst of the conflict, hurting the pupils of her eyes as she watched each scene…
There were flames…
Blood…
Rage…
Her dream…
Just like her dream…
"No… I am in a nightmare… this can't be happening…"
She backed away a bit as she saw men going her way. She turned her back hoping she wasn't noticed as she ran deep into the woods behind her. She didn't care now of the darkness. All she thought at the moment was escape.
Escape from this dream…
Or was it a dream at all?
Tears trickled down her cheeks as she stopped in fear realizing…
What if this wasn't a dream?
What if she's dead?
What if these were all for real?
She turned her gaze down to what she was grasping…
The crystal.
It was her only possession at the moment wondered that if it wasn't for real…
Why was it with her?
In fear of losing what she regarded as a treasure, she wore it and suddenly felt the heat rise up and stir in her. She closed her eyes. Trying to bring back those icy blue eyes that she had always dreamed about. At times, she felt fear in seeing them but there was another feeling masking it up…
Could it be she's in love with those eyes though she knew they only might be a fragment of her imagination?
But as if she had seen those orbs before…
Long before…
The wind was cold in the forest as the trees swayed and clashed its leaves against each other making Tomoyo hug herself for warmth and feel each tear fall down her eyes as she felt alone and in fear.
Fear.
Tomoyo froze as she felt figures move from beneath the shadows.
"I am with you always…"
The eyes quickly faded as strong hands grip her arms and a long blade in front of her neck warned her not to dare move.
"Escaping eh?"
It hissed.
"You're going nowhere…"
"Nowhere!"
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