Hallucination
Chapter 1
"Aw, come on, Anna, you have to let me see!" Yoh whined. "Pleeeeeease?"
"No, no and no. Yoh, it's a surprise! You can see it when it's FINISHED," Anna replied firmly, covering the screen with one arm. "And it's not finished. So you can't see it. Go make me a cup of coffee. No sugar."
Yoh sighed, knowing the best thing to do would be to obey her. He trudged into Anna's kitchen. He had always liked being at Anna's place - just the smell, the atmosphere seemed to enlighten him. Or perhaps it was just being in the presence of his beautiful fiancée that made him feel that way. As he listened to the coffee machine bubble and gurgle, he wondered if perhaps Anna didn't feel the same way about him he did about her? Maybe it was time to move their relationship onwards? He was busy daydreaming as he walked from the kitchen intothe study with Anna's cup of coffee (no sugar). In his fantasy he forgot about the cablestretched across the floor, tripped over it and spilled coffee all over the keyboard of Anna's computer. It made a strange electrical crackling, then a bang. It was broken for sure.
"YOH! YOU BLITHERING IDIOT!" Anna screamed, pressing the Save button frantically. "MY KEYBOARD! THAT THING WAS BLOODY NEW!" She picked up a nearby book and threw it at him. He dodged. Anna started to pick up random small objects from around her and throw them at Yoh. He ran down the stairs, leaving Anna to rant in peace in the study. You've really done it now, said the voice in his head. She won't love you any more. Just you wait.
"Oh, shut up!" Yoh yelled out loud. Anna, thinking it was directed at her, slammed the study door so hard the walls rattled. Yoh switched Anna's TV onto his favourite musicchannel, knowing it was going to be some time before she cooled down. He could hear her screaming and yelling upstairs, while gentlywhacking the keyboard into oblivion and backin the hope it might work again. Yoh turned up the volume.
About an hour later, Anna came downstairs wearing a short skirt and cropped top. Yoh stared at her, surprised. Was she suggesting something? Her cheeks were slightly pink, and she kept opening and shutting her mouth. Yoh thought she looked cute when she did that.
"Um, Yoh, I have something to tell you," she announced. Before she could continue, a strange animal with feathered wings and long fangs flew in through one of the open windows. Anna screamed and jumped onto the sofa, landing in Yoh's lap. He blushed. It flew closer to her, closer, closer, closer. It could only be described as utterly gruesome. Neither of them had a clue what it was or where it had come from, but it seemed intent on doing something to Anna. It flew even closer. It had bright yellow eyes and a horned head. It was now so close Anna could see every single one of its disgusting bloodstained teeth...