Return To Me
Chapter 2
By Dark Mage
Author's Note: thanks so much for all the wonderful reviews! You persuaded me to update faster... this is probably the fastest I've ever updated in my life. I usually do once-a-week. ^_^
Disclaimer: Spirited Away belongs to Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli, Disney, and whoever else owns it. I only own the plot, the Dark World, and a few characters.
{Curtains up!}
Haku was drowning in darkness. All around him, everything was black. And there was pain, so much pain...
Then he remembered everything. He had been returning to the bathhouse when someone -- or several someones -- had grabbed him, tied him up, and shoved a coarse sack over his head. The sack must have had some sort of drug in it, for Haku didn't remember much after that. Only pain, blinding white pain. And the knowledge that he was being taken to the Dark World.
'The Dark World...' Haku thought. 'But why there? And why me?'
Little was known about the Dark World, even by its residents. The common knowledge was what mothers would tell their children: if they didn't go to bed on time, or eat their vegetables, Sakima would come for them. Sakima was the ruler of the Dark World, a world of Evil, of vampires. Light was little to nonexistant there, and people from the Spirit World or the Human World would soon despair of ever seeing the sun again. When this happened, the vampires would feast well.
Haku, being a river spirit, had known much more about the Dark World, of course. He knew that not only did vampires occupy that dismal world, so did harpies, ahiuzotl, akuma, basilisks, cerebrus, and various other creatures thought to be myth in the human world. And the Dark World was also the dewlling place of Fear.
~*~
Chihiro regained consciousness gradually. At first she thought she had gone deaf, for there were no sounds anywhere around her. Eventually she realized that she hadn't gone deaf; the darkness around her muffled all sound. It wasn't your typical nighttime darkness, not even the nighttime-without-stars-or-moon darkness. This darkness was complete and total absence of light. It was more horrifying than anything Chihiro had experienced as of yet.
Eventually she felt well enough to sit up, and so she did. Feeling all around her, she found out that she was in a small squarish room that was so small she couldn't stretch her arms out all the way. Even sitting down she could touch the ceiling. Chihiro started to hyperventilate. She was claustrophobic; she couldn't stand small spaces.
Suddenly something scampered over Chihiro's leg. She shrieked, tried to jump up, and whacked her head on the low ceiling of the room she was captive in.
"Oh God," she whimpered, "get me out of here, please!"
As if on cue, one side of the room fell away to reveal another identical room. Identical except for the size (it was much bigger that Chihiro's room), and the shadowy figure standing in the middle. The figure was tall, too tall for a human. Chihiro guessed around seven or eight feet tall. Even stranger was the fact that he seemed to be attracting the darkness to him. It was more absolute, more complete, around him, covering him like a cloak. Chihiro shivered. He was far too scary for words.
"Hello Chihiro," the tall figure said. "I'm glad you could pay me a visit. My name, in case you don't already know, is Sakima."
~*~*~*~
Author's notes: you should all know what harpies, vampires, basilisks, and cerebrus are. If you don't well...
Ahiuzotl are creatures of Central American legend. They are half-human and half-monkey in appearence, with a hand on the end of their tail. They eat human flesh.
The akuma is also known by the names Toori Akuma, or Ma. This Japanese creature is terrifying and evil. It has an enormous flaming head with eyes like coals. It flies through the air brandishing a sword. Even the sight of an akuma brings bad luck.
A note on Fear: I'm not going into detail about this, but (hopefully, everyone cross their fingers!) I'll finish the story I'm writing about the creation of Fear. I'll tell you all when I do.
Okay, now review. you know you want to.
Chapter 2
By Dark Mage
Author's Note: thanks so much for all the wonderful reviews! You persuaded me to update faster... this is probably the fastest I've ever updated in my life. I usually do once-a-week. ^_^
Disclaimer: Spirited Away belongs to Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli, Disney, and whoever else owns it. I only own the plot, the Dark World, and a few characters.
{Curtains up!}
Haku was drowning in darkness. All around him, everything was black. And there was pain, so much pain...
Then he remembered everything. He had been returning to the bathhouse when someone -- or several someones -- had grabbed him, tied him up, and shoved a coarse sack over his head. The sack must have had some sort of drug in it, for Haku didn't remember much after that. Only pain, blinding white pain. And the knowledge that he was being taken to the Dark World.
'The Dark World...' Haku thought. 'But why there? And why me?'
Little was known about the Dark World, even by its residents. The common knowledge was what mothers would tell their children: if they didn't go to bed on time, or eat their vegetables, Sakima would come for them. Sakima was the ruler of the Dark World, a world of Evil, of vampires. Light was little to nonexistant there, and people from the Spirit World or the Human World would soon despair of ever seeing the sun again. When this happened, the vampires would feast well.
Haku, being a river spirit, had known much more about the Dark World, of course. He knew that not only did vampires occupy that dismal world, so did harpies, ahiuzotl, akuma, basilisks, cerebrus, and various other creatures thought to be myth in the human world. And the Dark World was also the dewlling place of Fear.
~*~
Chihiro regained consciousness gradually. At first she thought she had gone deaf, for there were no sounds anywhere around her. Eventually she realized that she hadn't gone deaf; the darkness around her muffled all sound. It wasn't your typical nighttime darkness, not even the nighttime-without-stars-or-moon darkness. This darkness was complete and total absence of light. It was more horrifying than anything Chihiro had experienced as of yet.
Eventually she felt well enough to sit up, and so she did. Feeling all around her, she found out that she was in a small squarish room that was so small she couldn't stretch her arms out all the way. Even sitting down she could touch the ceiling. Chihiro started to hyperventilate. She was claustrophobic; she couldn't stand small spaces.
Suddenly something scampered over Chihiro's leg. She shrieked, tried to jump up, and whacked her head on the low ceiling of the room she was captive in.
"Oh God," she whimpered, "get me out of here, please!"
As if on cue, one side of the room fell away to reveal another identical room. Identical except for the size (it was much bigger that Chihiro's room), and the shadowy figure standing in the middle. The figure was tall, too tall for a human. Chihiro guessed around seven or eight feet tall. Even stranger was the fact that he seemed to be attracting the darkness to him. It was more absolute, more complete, around him, covering him like a cloak. Chihiro shivered. He was far too scary for words.
"Hello Chihiro," the tall figure said. "I'm glad you could pay me a visit. My name, in case you don't already know, is Sakima."
~*~*~*~
Author's notes: you should all know what harpies, vampires, basilisks, and cerebrus are. If you don't well...
Ahiuzotl are creatures of Central American legend. They are half-human and half-monkey in appearence, with a hand on the end of their tail. They eat human flesh.
The akuma is also known by the names Toori Akuma, or Ma. This Japanese creature is terrifying and evil. It has an enormous flaming head with eyes like coals. It flies through the air brandishing a sword. Even the sight of an akuma brings bad luck.
A note on Fear: I'm not going into detail about this, but (hopefully, everyone cross their fingers!) I'll finish the story I'm writing about the creation of Fear. I'll tell you all when I do.
Okay, now review. you know you want to.