Thanks for the review, Kusabi Makabe-san!
Chapter 2: Miku Joins The Fray
Clomp...Clomp... A black boot lands on the wooden bridge outside of the Himuro Mansion. A woman, who is 17 years old with her hair up in a ponytail with a black shirt and a white blouse with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows, looked sadly at the mansion. "Mafuyu..." She said quietly to herself. Her black skirt swayed as a gust of wind brushed by her legs. She shivered and walked into the mansion. "I'll find you Mafuyu, or else, my name wouldn't be Miku Hinasaki!"
Miku looked around at the entrance. Her vision switched to black and white. Howling, and screaming were soon thrown into her ears. "No...Not me!" Miku started taking tiny steps back. "W-what is this place?" She held her head in pain. Her back hit the door, and she quickly started to turn around to exit, when a chime is heard.
"Help me..." A little girl's voice echoed throughout the mansion. Miku gasped in horror before whipping around. No one was there. Miku quickly turned back around and grabbed the door handles. "Wait!" She thought. "What about Mafuyu?" She quickly took a deep breath, then turned around. "I must find him..." She said to herself confidently. Then she walked up the stairs, with determination in her eyes.
Miku entered the hallway with ropes slowly. She stared at the ropes, scared something might fall out of the darkness of the ceiling. She quickly shook off the sense that she was being watched and jogged down the hallway. When she got to the end of the hallway, she saw the Camera Obscura laying on the ground. "This...this is Mafuyu's camera?" She bent down to pick it up when she was thrown backwards by the force of memories embedded in the camera played itself in her head.
Mafuyu was running, down the hallway, as a bright light chasing after him. He grabbed the door handle to the destroyed entrance and pulled on it. Nothing happened. He pressed himself against the wall and stared in horror as the light touched him and slowly engulfed him. "Miku!" He let out a yell before his whole entire body disappeared into the light.
Miku let out a scream. "Mafuyu!" she cried out. She got up to her knees, then crawled over to the camera, and grabbed it, then she stood up, camera in her hands. "I will find out what happened to you if it's the last thing I do!" She said to her reflection. She smiled, as she was proud of herself. However, that smile quickly faded when she saw what was behind her reflection. A woman with long hair covering her eyes. She was wearing a white kimono, and from her hands, feet, and neck were ropes. Miku quickly turned around. No one was there. Miku stared down the hallway, and nothing was to be seen. Miku slowly turned around again and stared hard into the mirror. Instead of seeing the woman again, she saw a bright light. The same light that took Mafuyu. "No!"
Miku took a step back and tried to take a photo of the light. The light kept on approaching, closer and closer! Miku started running back, towards the door to the enrance, even though she knew it won't open. "This is it! It's the end! I'll end up missing, just like Mafuyu..." Miku thought to herself as tears flowed down her eyes, yet she kept on running. She grabbed the handle to the entrance and tugged on it. Instead of the door staying shut, it actually flung open. Miku gasped and ran in, slamming the door behind her, then she took a few steps back from the door. She took a couple deep breath, but screamed as the door flung open to reveal the light entering. Miku quickly ran to the double doors that had led her into this wretched mansion. She grabbed the handles and cried as she tug. She tugged, and she pushed, and she did everything that she could, but it was all in vain. The doors would not open. She cryed ever more loudly. "This is it! This is the end!" she shouted before jumping into the light.