Well, Im back again. Creating yet another story. This one's based on Miku. Also, should the apostrophes just not appear, that is not my fault, and for it I am sorry.


It isn't fair...it just isn't fair...

Miku stomped her delicate foot on the rotting wood of the stair, moving it quickly to avoid having it stuck in the dying lumber. She whimpered slightly, stepped over the hole, and proceeded up the rest of the staircase.

"It's not fair." She told herself sternly. "It's not fair!" She said louder, shivering when her voice echoed through the room. She walked across the creaky floor to the sliding door and opened it, stepping cautiously into the rope-filled hallway.

"It's not fair, it's not fair..." Miku continued to chant. This house...the ropes...wasn't the first time enough? Were the first four nights of hell enough punishment? Did she really need to suffer more? What could she possibly have done to deserve going back into this house?

"Even in my dreams I can't get out. I'll never get out. I'll never escape." She gripped her wrist tightly to stop the flashlight from shaking. Her pale, lifeless face looked back at her in the mirror at the end of the hall and her entire form shook violently. She knew what was next, like in all her other dreams. Next, she would find the camera.

Her fears had been realized. Resting on the ground in front of her was the camera. She kneeled down to pick it up. As she regained her footing she noticed her face in the lens. More clearly, she noticed her wide, bloodshot eyes.

"Stop mocking me!" Her voice rang alone in the empty hallway as she wound up and hurled the innocent camera into the huge mirror. Large fragments of glass sprayed from the wall and landed at Miku's feet. Among the sharp debris were large pieces of the camera. The young woman's shaking intensified as she walked over the shards of glass and camera parts to the door on the right of the intersection.

"Where is this?" Miku asked herself. "This room should lead to a fireplace, not another hallway." She wondered as she walked down the expansive hallway into the open area.

It didn't make much sense. At first, Miku had only seen quick flashes of the mansion. Snapshots of places and people. But now...now it was as if the mansion was trying to bring her back in. It was her third visit...and each dream ended with a woman covered in blue tattoos with a lot of hands reaching out...could it have been Kirie?

Miku snapped to attention when she heard a whispering sound. She turned her head towards the next staircase (she hadn't noticed it at first until she actually turned her head). What attracted her attention more-so was the silhouette of her brother, Mafuyu on the last stair.

"Mafuyu!" She called out, running up the stairs only to have the transparent figure fade away as she arrived. A whispering noise came from her side and she turned sharply, only to have a large cart barreled into her, tossing her off the stairs to collide with the hardwood floor.

Miku struggled to move her already exhausted muscles, the fall proving too much for her slim frame. She tilted her head up to the best of her abilities. The cart, and whatever launched it, was gone. A sound, soft and distant taunted her ears and she strained herself to listen. In no way was it getting closer...could she follow the sound to Mafuyu?

She tried lifting herself up but it proved useless. It felt as if something was gripping onto her limbs and refused to let go, like a child clinging to their mother.

"Sleep child, go to sleep..." Rang the voice of a child. Miku's head darted to her side. A little girl holding a stake and hammer was sitting by her arm.

"Sleep child, go to sleep..." She sang again, positioning the stake at her wrist.

"If you cry, the boat you'll ride..." Another girl appeared next to Mikus other arm. She glanced at them back and forth. What were they doing?

"The boat to the other side..." This girl followed suit of the other girl and positioned her stake on Miku's wrist.

"Once you get there, the bib you shall wear..." A third girl appeared at Miku's ankle left ankle and positioned her stake.

"You will be punished, should you lie still..." A final girl rose up on the side of the last girl at Miku's right ankle. She too, positioned her stake at the fearful victim's ankle.

All four girls, in unison, swung down their hammers and hit the stakes, driving them deep into Miku's flesh. She shouted out in pain and squeezed her eyes tight, futilely attempting to lessen the pain flowing through her. The small girls drove the stakes further into Miku's body, nailing her onto the floor. She squinted her eyes open, a figure, the one in the blue kimono from her previous dreams, stood above her. The figure held its hand out to her and reached for her...

"Aah!" Miku shrieked, sitting upright in her bed. Ruri, her cat, sprung up and ran to the edge of the bed, staring at her wide-eyed. She looked around her room, she was...alright?

"That house...where was that house?" She slipped out of her covers and opened the door out of her room, walking down the stairs to the kitchen. She pulled a glass out and filled it with water, taking a long drink before emptying the rest of the cup in the sink. She rinsed it out and put it back in the cabinet and walked over to the large window across the couch. She pulled the curtains open a bit and stared out. It was still raining hard like it had been for the past few days.

Miku shook her head slightly, the song from her dreams haunting her. "Sleep child, go to sleep..."

"Miku?" The voice of her roommate, Rei questioned. Miku jumped slightly before she turned around.

"What is it, Rei?" she asked.

"Youre up so late I thought I would check on you. Miku...where did you hear that song?" Rei questioned, walking closer to her friend.

"It was from a bad dream I had...why?"

"Just curious." Rei walked back up the stairs to her room to salvage what hour or two of sleep she could while Miku stayed at the window.

"Im not going back to sleep." She whispered quietly to herself, walking back to the small kitchen to brew a pot of coffee.


Second chapter will be up soon.