The Eyes of a Child

A FFII story

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DISCLAIMER: I do not own any portion of Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly or any of its characters.

CHAPTER ONE: LOST GIRL~*

Mio ran faster. She had to get her mother's help. Mayu had slipped and fallen.

Running through the forest on that chilled autumn day, Mio wondered why Mayu hadn't gotten up after she fell. Mio always got up after she fell down, and Mio was younger than Mayu. Maybe I'm just more grown-up than Mayu is, Mio thought.

Mayu's dream was strange. She saw two girls, older than she. They were running, running and telling each other to hurry. Then, one of them slipped and fell. The other one just kept running, even though the girl who had fallen was calling to her twin, "Wait! Wait, come back! Don't leave me, Yae!"

Mayu's eyes opened. She could not feel her leg from her knee down to her toes. Where was Mio? Mayu found that she could not walk to search for her sister. She began to cry.

"Why are you crying?" said a voice from behind.

"I hurt my leg and now I can't walk," Mayu said, trying to look up and see the owner of the voice.

"It's okay. I saw what happened. Your sister left you all alone, didn't she?" said the voice softly.

"Yeah, she did. I want her to come back. I know she will. She wouldn't leave me here..." said Mayu, thinking.

"My sister and I were running once, but then I fell, and she left me forever..." said the girl, her voice trailing off.

"Did you ever see her again?" Mayu asked, her eyes shining.

"No, I didn't," said the voice in a sort of hiss.

"That's sad," Mayu replied, frowning.

There was a pause.

"Do you think you could help me up?" Mayu asked. However, her only response was silence. The girl had gone.

Mayu suddenly heard footsteps.

"Oh, Mayu honey, are you alright?" It was Mommy.

"Mommy, I fell and hurt my leg really bad!" said Mayu. Remembering her pain, she began to cry again.

The lost girl was forgotten.