Summer Days

By Enchantor

Chapter 4: In the darkness

Chrystal woke up and found herself in total darkness. She stood up quickly stretching her legs and arms, looking around once more.

"Huh…where am I? Is this real…or am I in a dream?"

She looked down at herself, seeing nothing but darkness once again, and pinched herself in the cheek to make sure this is all real.

"Oww…that hurts!" she commented but continue muttering, "but I was at the hospital earlier with Chi…so where am I now?"

But realizing that it was no use in worrying, focus her mind into finding Chihiro.

"Chi…where are you?" Chrystal shouted into the darkness, "Chieeeeee…"

Chrystal kept walking in random direction hoping to find Chihiro in all this darkness, shouting at the top of her lungs.

"Chieee…where are you?"

Somewhere on the other side of the darkness, Chihiro was also shouting.

"Anybody here…anybody…"

Chihiro gave up and sat on the ground, cross-legged and her hands on her knees, calming her nerves by meditating.

Suddenly she heard echo of voices, and listening more intensely, she thought they belong to her best friend Chrystal.

That's Chryst's voice, but what is she doing here? Chihiro thought to herself. No…it's not Chryst…it can't be…it couldn't be…

"Chi…where are you?" once again Chrystal's voice echo through the void of darkness.

But it is! Chihiro concluded, jumped up from her spot, flinging her arms, not remembering that the darkness surrounds her like a cloak.

"Chryst…is that you?"

Chrystal not expecting an answer, stood still…shocked, but recovering fast, and with a new determination, yelled through the darkness once again.

"Chi…can you hear me?"

"I could hear you just fine Chryst…I am not deaf yet…but where are you? I can't see you?"

"I am over here, wherever that is."

Chrystal kept walking towards the voice, trying to locate the owner.

"Chi…can you keep talking…it's too dark here…I can't see…I'll have to follow your voice."

"Okay!"

"Chi…remember just stay where you are or else I can't find you."

"Okay! Enough nagging already…you have just found me and now you start nagging me…I am not a kid anymore!"

"That's right keep shouting so I can locate you."

"You are impossible! Quite impossible!"

Chrystal feeling her way throughout the cloak of darkness following Chihiro's voice, and suddenly she tripped on something that send her slamming onto the floor without even a thud.

Chihiro felt something near her feet and screamed loudly.

On the ground, Chrystal covered her ears and groaned.

"Chi…don't you ever scream that loud in my ear again! It hurts! And especially when I think I tripped because of your stinking feet! Oww…"

"Chryst…that is you! I am ever so glad to see you! I was so scared by myself!"

Chihiro kneel down, and accidentally kneeled on Chrystal's stomach.

"Oww…Chi…Watch it, that's my stomach!"

Chihiro quickly got off, and Chrystl turned on her side, scrunch up in a ball.

"Owww…"

Chihiro got worried and this time feels the space in front of her before kneeling. Since Chrystal was on the ground rolling back and forth caressing her stomach, Chihiro had no problem locating her.

"But what are you doing her Chryst?"

"I have no idea…when I woke up, I was here, and to get myself going, I was hoping to see you here, that's all. I didn't know I would end up on the ground like this! If I had known, I would have never got the idea of looking for you and you could rot here and die!" muttered Chrystal and cursing under all that, groaning all the way.

"Come on Chryst…don't be so grumpy…. cheer up…at least we aren't rotting yet."

"This is coming from a person who had been knocked down by somebody in the lecture hall, scared the heck out of me, and landing up unconscious out of all that. I am surprised that you didn't ask me why you were here! Hmph!"

Chrystal sat up cross-legged and tilted her head, searching for her friend's eyes in the darkness.

Chihiro slide her bum on her legs on the floor and also sat cross-legged in front of her friend, paled in the face.

"What do you mean? I didn't remember any accident!"

"Of course you didn't…you were unconscious before you even realized what had happened. Besides I was sitting on a chair beside you in the hospital the last time I remembered doing something…I am just wondering what is going on?"

"Chryst…what's happening to you? You seem so nice all of a sudden."

Unknown in the darkness, across from Chihiro, Chrystal smirked.

"You never know what might just happen, " whispered Chrystal mysteriously, and winked.

Even though Chihiro cannot see through the darkness, she felt Chrystal is teasing her once again.

"Sigh" and especially in this circumstances too…I really don't know how she can do it… "Sigh" …