The forest flew up in front of her. Trees whizzed by her inconspicuously. She had no idea of what she was getting herself into, but something for sure was telling her she needed to follow this dust beaten path. Her eyes suddenly slowed their rapid movements and fell upon a familiar statue that lay in the midst of the jungle of trees. Vines and moss grew over the smiling face. A bright flash of something showed that she had some how been here a long time ago, and remembered seeing that same statue. The eeriness of the statue slowly made her draw her attention back onto the road and was soon lost in her running once more. How long had she been running like this for? Her breathing still remained normal even at the speed she was traveling. Turning another corner she was soon met with a faint red blotched building with yet another small statue of the one she had witnessed not to long ago.
Her pace slowed and was soon at a halt as she walked up to the side of the small statue. She looked down at it once more, seeing the two-faced figure more closely. This one was also vine and moss covered like the other, but was smaller in size. Her head slowly grazed up from the statue and onto the long tunnel that rested before her. Faint memories flooded into her as the wind brushed over her and then returned, almost willingly calling her to the other side.
For some reason she didn't seem at all threatened by this dark tunnel. Something almost warm seemed to come from it. Not taking a single second thought on the matter she soon found herself walking down the long corridor. Her eyes looked to the walls as pictures raced by showing her mother and father and herself when she was 10 years old walking down this same corridor. What was this?
She soon walked into another room that was issued at the end of the hall. It looked almost like the interior of a subway station. Some random benches were skewed about the room, followed by some other unfamiliar objects as well. Stain glassed windows and the largest door at the end let in the light. The room was covered with a thick layer of dust and mildew. It looked like it had been abandoned a long time ago. The whole place was in terrible condition. Her eyes drew away from the weary place and to the exit. Light from the sun shown in brightly, blocking everything from the outside world with it's light. Trying to block the light of the sun with her arm, she made her way out and into the bright light.
She was soon swept away by a cool ocean breeze that lifted off the grassy green fields that rolled out under her feet. Her hair whipped about her face as she took her hand to brush it back, she looked to her left to see scattered buildings. Each one was of a brilliant color, and different decorations donned each shutter, awning, and door. With her curiosity getting the better of her she decided to head toward the strange place. Something seemed to ask for her to come and see what the place held for her. Memories seemed to flood into her, but each one was so vague in description she was still left in darkness on what this place had to offer her.
It was a beautiful summer afternoon. The sun had begun to set off to the Far East as she trekked further and ever closer to the buildings. A small boulder scattered riverbed washed up in her way. Little water roared threw this once great river. Jumping from rock to rock and finally making it to the shore opposite herself she walked up the stone steps and was finally greeted by the many buildings.
To her amazement, each one was a restaurant. She had begun to wonder if it was an abandoned theme park, but to the looks of it, in ways it wasn't. She decided on venturing farther into the strange place. But with a quick glance over her shoulder she noticed the sun was just about set beyond the many rolling hills. It was a Friday, so her parents shouldn't be to worried if she stayed out a little longer.
"Heh, look who's shown her face again. Oh, Haku. It seems your little girlfriend has returned." The shadowy figure chuckled as she peeked threw the blinds of the window. Chains rustled in a small corner of the room. A loud roar like bark flew from the beast's jowls as it bucked about trying to get free.
"Well now. There really isn't any need for you to get all rude about it." She laughed as she struck the ground hard with a chain whip. The creature stepped back but quickly lashed out at her once more. "Ha! And just think, in a few minutes that river will flood once more, and it will never dry up again. Poor, poor girl, she'll be trapped here forever." The girl lashed out in laughter as her once human body suddenly manifested into that of a violet hued dragon. The two sliding glass doors burst open allowing for a brilliant blast of cool air to fly off of the water and enter the dark room. The violet dragon opened its giant wings allowing for them to catch the wind and quickly sailed out of the room, while allowing it's elongated tail to close the doors as it retreated to the now dark sky.
The white beast stepped into the light from the setting sun that had just cleared the rooftop that was concealing it. It looked identical to the violet hued dragon; only it left out the skin like wings and color. It's aqua coloured mane whipped about its body as the breeze died down.
"Chihiro."
Chihiro walked down the strip of restaurants soon coming to a large upgrade as stone steps led the way up to a large building at the top. Making her way up cautiously, she reached the top and glared up at the building. Just then, a purple strip of light shown flying off into the sky from the upper most window.
"What is that?" She asked herself out loud. Taking a step further she was about to step onto the bridge that crossed over the boulder ridden path below when a sudden black figure swept past her. The hair on the back of her neck stood on end as her eyes creped to the side to see more black figures moving about the grounds. Ready to let out a loud scream and take off running back to where she came from a hand wrapped around her mouth and dragged her down along the side of the bridge and to the side.
"Shhh… what do you think your plannin on doin!" Said a female voice low but demanding.
"I… a…"
"Oh just shut up." The girl said again, Chihiro sent the girl a look, which she quickly picked up on. "Hey… you look awfully familiar." The girl questioned, looking Chihiro up and down. "Wait! YOUR SEN!" She cried out jumping up excitedly from where she knelt.
"Ahh… what?"
"Aren't you? You have to be her. Your hair, your eyes…" She looked down to the clothes she had on. "Well your style of clothing has changed a bit, but you have to still be her!" She said hurriedly.
"I really don't know what you're gettin at. But whatever it is I'm goin home." Chihiro stated as she stood back up and tried to walk away from the "troubled" girl.
"You can't!" She yelled as she grabbed her back down into her seat on the grassy bed.
"The river has filled back up, and you can't get back home until it dries. You should know that by now."
"Why should I know that?" She questioned once more, still unaware of what this girl was trying to say.
"Ugh, forget it. Come on, your obviously tired. Let's head on inside." She instructed. The girl stood back up and grabbed hold of Chihiro's hand to drag her with her. Chihiro remained.
"Well come on! Hello, it's me, Len, your friend. Yubaba's gone so you don't have to worry about being turned into a pig." She stated helping the girl finally to her feet.
"Yubaba?" She repeated the name. The girl didn't reply as she dragged her back up the side and back onto the road where numerous spirits of different shapes and sizes were pilling into the large building.
"Ahh… Len…" She said moving in closer to the girl, now clinging to her arm as the strange creatures passed by.
"Oh calm down. Don't they look familiar to you? Like there's the Radish Spirit and…"
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I've never been here before!" She yelled causing all the commotion to stop and stare. The spirits remained quite noticing who this human was. No one screamed or fled in fear.
"Ahh… nothing to see here. Our friend just seems to have a case of amnesia." She said trying to waver on the crowd. They all soon began to pass on past the two in their own quite little way. But the two were soon halted by yet another interruption. A tiny green frog suddenly leapt out of nowhere at them.
"Hey Len. Who's the hu—SEN!" He yelled loudly as he hopped up to her to get a closer look. "Well haven't you grown since last I saw you."
"Not now Frog. We've got to get goin before little miss wonderful comes home." Len said abruptly dragging Chihiro along with her as they ran over the bridge trying to not disturb everyone.
"S'cuse me, pardon me. Trying to get by. Could you please MOVE!?" Len demanded as she finally got to a tiny door along the wall. Shoving Chihiro inside she followed her in and closed the door tightly behind her.
"Well glad that parts over." She sighed as she stood up and started into the tiny garden. Different flowers and aromas she had never seen or smelt before surrounded the two as they walked into the area. "Well from here on in, it won't be such a hassle." She finished with a sigh as she turned her head to see how the girl was fairing.
"You have to be kidding." Chihiro muttered under her breath.
"What? What's the matter, you okay?" Len repeated concerned.
"I just don't get what's goin on. You say that I've been to this place before, but I don't remember a single thing of it." She explained to the girl.
"Well I don't know what could have made you loose you're memory of here. But you saved us all from a few different feats when you came here seven years ago."
Something then clicked into her mind. Seven years… that was when she had moved to her new home. She remembered her father had taken a wrong turn down a beaten path, and in curiosity continued on down it, but the rest became foggy.
"Heh, don't worry about it now. You'll remember more as you stay longer." But if only I could show her someone she would most likely remember, someone who had stolen her heart away so long ago. She thought to herself. As she started out the back door and down the rickety steps that lead down to the heart of the bath house, the boiler room.
Author's Note: I do not own any of the above characters except for those I created out of my own head, and/or the storyline. This is a fanfiction meaning no profits are being made off of this. This story is only meant for my enjoyment in writing it and for your enjoyment in reading it. I hope you enjoy this, and please Review and tell me your thoughts. ^_^