Haunted
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By Guardian795
Here it is, everyone. The official beginning of Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly. Mio and Mayu, the happy sisters, are in for a big surprise, as you all know. Now, I think many of you are wondering about the title – Haunted. Sure, the village IS haunted, etc. But, that's not the true reason. You'll see here, in this chapter, why it is not the reason. But, now, here is the synopsis, basically, of the game and this fan fiction, according to the game:
Twin girls are visiting their childhood playgrounds when a mysterious crimson butterfly comes into the area, and Mayu, the older twin, runs after it, feeling drawn to it. Mio, the younger twin, follows after her, and they find themselves trapped in an eerie world in which they cannot escape. Mio and Mayu possess a strong sixth sense, Mayu being the stronger in that category. Mayu was injured in a childhood accident, and relies heavily on Mio, not straying too far from the younger twin. Mio and Mayu, together, find an antique camera that has the power to exorcise the ghosts that are caught in this village, in a constant loop of their final day, as the village is forever in darkness. The girls have no choice but to find a way out, and in their discovery, they find the means to which the village found its dreaded end.
Now, as I've promised, I have the names for the other characters, or at least some of them:
Character Names
Mio – Water Channel (Her name also has the kanji for "Zero", like the game, Project Zero)
Mayu – Cocoon (Quite fitting, as you'll see later)
Amakura (Their last name) – Heaven's Treasure (Hmmm….)
Miyako Sudou – Capital (First Name) / (Can't find last name)
Masumi Makimura – (Can't find, but will keep looking)
House Names
Kurosawa – Black Swamp
Tachibana – Standing Flower
Kiryu – Paulownia Tree Life
Osaka – Hill Meeting
Tsuchihara – Hammer Field
This beginning takes place about 1 year after Masumi and Miyako disappeared into the village, which means the year is now 1956. Please, bear with me. All answers will be revealed when Mio and Mayu discover them. Enjoy! One last note: PLEASE! When I say older sister in this chapter, I mean born FIRST!
Author's Note: LISTEN TO THIS SONG! This song sounds creepy in the beginning, but it's great. I've tried setting the music to the English promo video, and it's perfect! XD Go out and listen to this song!
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Chapter 9: Haunted
Haunted
Evanescence; Amy Lee
Long lost words whisper slowly to me
Still can't find what keeps me here
When all this time I've been so hallow inside
I know you're still there
Watching me
Wanting me
I can feel you hold me down
Feeling you
Loving you
I won't let you hold me down
Hunting you
I can smell you alive
Your heart pounding in my head
Watching me
Wanting me
I can feel you hold me down
Saving me
Raping me
Watching me
Watching me
Wanting me
I can feel you hold me down
Feeling you
Loving you
I won't let you hold me down
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"Mayu?" the little girl called. The girl had short, black hair, and wore a pretty white shirt and a black skirt, followed by black knee socks and black shoes. She walked back along the forest path a few feet. "Ma—yu!" she shouted, louder this time. However, looking down a small break in the ledge of the path nearby, her gaze fell several feet down, seeing her hurt twin, wearing identical clothes, down at the bottom of a small hill, unconscious.
"I'm sorry…I'm so sorry..!"
Mio Amakura stared at the creek water from her seat on a small boulder. Sunlight glinted off of the water, reflecting the light in her violet eyes. Her short, black hair blew slightly in the breeze as she watched the water meander under her. Her features were twisted between pain and remembrance, her concentration solely on that memory from so long ago. A pair of hands suddenly grabbed her shoulders, and a quiet voice above her said, "We used to play here all the time…"
Mio lifted her gaze from the water to an identical pair of violet eyes, and the all too familiar face of Mayu Amakura, her older twin. "Yeah…" Mio whispered. Though they looked alike, the twins differed only in their outfits. Mio, the younger of the two, wore a 4 piece outfit, consisting of a black camisole with lace, a brown blouse with white lace trimmings on the collar, a short white skirt with lace trimmings and a black three-quarter length pants with black lace trimmings. On her feet, she wore white socks and black shoes with a strap over the ankles.
Mayu, however, wore a two piece costume consisting of a black blouse and a brown pinafore. The black blouse had a stylized cheongsam collar design with slightly puffed short sleeves with simple black corded lace trimming. She also wore dark brown leather boots and a white bandage around her right knee. Mio sighed as she thought of the bandage; the sign of Mio's carelessness as a child. Both girls, however, wore something in common. On the front of their shirts, they wore a stylized butterfly with 6 wings, made out of red ribbon, making it resemble a flower of some sort as well.
Mayu stepped away from her sister's back, also stepping down from the rock. "All of this will be gone soon…" she said, a little sadly. This was their old home, of course.
Mio turned and looked at her sister. "Is your leg okay?" she asked. "Does it hurt?"
Mayu managed a small smile for her younger sister. Mio always felt responsible for her since they were younger. "It does a little, but, I'm fine," she said, sitting down, back-to-back with Mio. The twins looked up at the trees and the sunlight in thought. Mayu's thoughts wandered to that day…so long ago. The day she forgave Mio and forever became a burden. The day that they made a promise…
"Mio?"
The younger twin looked over. "Yes?" she asked.
Mayu blanched a bit, thinking better of bringing up that memory. "Um…never mind," she quickly said. Her eyes wandered to something in the forest.
Though Mayu was quickly distracted, Mio was not. She knew what her sister was going to say. She turned her head back to the creek below her feet, and she frowned sadly as she remembered…
"Come on! Come on!" Mio called. She ran up the mountain path, her black skirt trailing behind her.
"Wait!" Mayu cried from a few feet behind her. "Mio please…don't leave me-" she called. Her foot slipped on a break in the mountain path as she was finishing her sentence, and she fell down the steep hill, screaming.
Mio came back to reality as she stared at the water. Thinking of why Mayu dropped the subject so fast, she began to turn around to her sister. "Mayu…about that time back then…" she started, then saw that Mayu was no longer there. She looked around. "Mayu?" she called slowly. Her gaze scanned around the beginnings of the forest, and she spotted her sister. Mio watched her, but then she saw Mayu hurriedly limping after a crimson butterfly. Mio's eyes widened before she stood up and hurried after her sister.
"Mayu!" she called. She rounded a couple of trees before gaining sight of her sister once more, still chasing the butterfly. "Where are you going!" As she ran for her sister, she passed a moss-covered rock, which dimly resembled a carving of two twins, and when she did, the sky went dark. Mio paused and hesitated as the darkness closed in around her. She spun in circles hastily, frightened and confused as to the sudden darkness. However, she stopped as she spotted Mayu up ahead, her fleeing form illuminated by the glow of the butterfly. As she glimpsed her sister, however, Mayu's form turned into a woman looking exactly like her but wearing a white kimono. In a moment, Mayu's form returned to normal.
"No, stop…wait!" Mio called, running after her. Mayu's form changed again and returned to normal. "Mayu!" she screamed, catching up. She reached out her hand and grabbed her sister's shoulder, as her form changed once more to the woman in the white kimono. She turned the person around, and she found herself looking into an unknown face. Mio gasped as she jolted back. The woman, and Mayu, was gone. She stared at her hands, then looked up, spotting the moon in the sky. Night…but how?
She hugged herself lightly, for the air had gotten colder. She was afraid…afraid for Mayu and for herself. They were lost…but where, and how? Upon further inspection of the area, she could see a path forward, and a path back. Maybe I'm dreaming…maybe I can leave this place… she thought. She hurried back from where she came, but it wasn't long before she found the path blocked by a moss-covered stone. "What?" she asked aloud. She walked towards it. "This wasn't here…" she muttered. She kneeled down and wiped her hand across the rock. An engraving of two twins was there…but the one twin was missing its head.
"No use trying to go back," she said. She ran back to where she was, then continued onwards, hoping to catch up to wherever Mayu had gone. As she rounded a bend in the path, she could see moving lights, like torches being carried. She stopped running, watching these. Was there someone there? Was Mayu carrying one? She walked up the path.
"I'm sorry…"
Mio looked up and saw a red Torii gate, and beneath it, was the woman in the white kimono.
"I'm so sorry…!"
Mio looked at the girl. A crimson butterfly passed by her vision, and when it passed, the girl was gone, and Mio was standing under the gate. She looked around slowly, trying to get her bearings, when yet another crimson butterfly passed before her, leading her vision elsewhere, to a lone figure standing at the hill top. Mio walked forward, until the light from the moon hit the figure just right.
"Mayu?" she called to her sister. In response, Mayu turned around, and multitudes of butterflies swarmed around her, flying off from where they were. Mio looked around at them in utter astonishment, unsure of what to do.
"The Lost Village…" Mayu whispered. Mio glanced at her, walked towards her, and finally came to her side.
"I've heard about this place," Mayu said quietly, looking down. Mio followed her gaze to find an old, broken down, village.
"A long time ago," Mayu went on, "a village disappeared during a festival. People who get lost in the woods are trapped by the village. Could this be that place…?"