It was dark. It was so frigging dark Mitsu couldn't make out anything around her; instantly she stood still knowing that if she tried to move she might lose her way… not because she stood on a path, at least not what she knew of.
Standing there waiting for her eyes to adjust she suddenly realized that, that weren't going to happen. Taking a deep breath she carefully took a step forward. Nothing happened.
Placing one foot ahead of the other she started to trek through the darkness, her hands stretched out in front of her in case she was about to stumble into something.
She walked for minutes and the minutes turned to hours. Her legs were turning sour, and her feet hurt. But then, somewhere in front of her, way off in the distance was a light. It was warm and bright, quickly she started running towards it and something told her to go there, get there as fast as possible.
She felt something let go of her, and she let out a loud shriek as she realized something had been holding onto her the entire time. Clinging to her like a parasite.
Feeling adrenaline run through her she ran faster, the darkness around her faded and she could see how trees and …what seemed to be a forest emerged around her, finally being released form the darkness' hold.
As she ran straight out of the darkness and into the forest, her running didn't cease, she kept going until she couldn't feel the clinging presence that seemed to try and grab her. Daring to look back she saw the darkness literally covering the forest in black, swallowing everything around it.
Mitsu screamed as the something grabbed her ankle, making her smash face-first into the ground. Tears sat in the corner of her eyes as she rolled over. She could see how it sped up now where it got her. Kicking and thrashing she tried to escape but to no avail.
And then, everything stood still; feeling terrified to the bone Mitsu dared not look away. The grip on her was still tight and she knew that she wasn't going anywhere soon. Her eyes widened and she stared straight ahead as something pushed its way through the darkness.
Seeing multiple faces, she was paralyzed with fear, her whole body shaking as a monster erupted, it looked like a dead body, the eyes were hollow and it wore a golden crown. But all the faces she saw, they were all attached to his body. As he looked at her he let out a high pitched roar, finally snapping out of it Mitsu screamed at the top of her lungs, the tears were streaming down her cheeks as the realization, that she was going to die, dawned upon her.
She closed her eyes, a small whimper escaping her. But nothing happened. Carefully she looked up at the monster, but it wasn't the monster she saw.
Onyx black hair swayed messily in the air, a black headdress shaped like horns, and an armor reflecting the sunrays that managed to slip through the trees and other plants. Mitsu shielded her eyes as a bright ball of raw energy was created.
The tears were still falling from her eyes, as the monster was turned to dust. Magician of black Chaos slowly turned around, his eyes widening slightly as he saw who it was. Mitsu sat completely still, not able to say anything. After a moment she dried her eyes and smiled a bit, unsure of what just happened. Was this a dream? A nightmare? It didn't seem like a nightmare, not anymore anyway.
"Th-thanks…" She tried to say but her voice disappeared in her throat, she felt sick all of a sudden. She saw his face as a slight panic came over it. Carefully she looked down at herself, but her body was disappearing. She looked shocked up at him, wanting to scream for him to help her, but she couldn't say anything.
She reached out for him, adrenaline pumping through her veins. He came forwards reaching out for her, trying to save her, but-.
Mitsu snapped open her eyes, but too late. Her shoulder collided with the hard wooden floor. That was going to leave a mark in the morning. She cried out loudly at the impact and quickly picked herself up ran to the closest wall, scanning the room.
She was in her room and it was night. Mitsu carefully slide to the floor, there weren't any sounds so her parents had probably not heard her. Her body was shaking immensely and she tried to force herself to breath normally, but her body was too much in shock. Her cheeks felt wet and she carefully tried to wipe the tears away, but they just kept coming.
Through her tears she saw her deck lying on the floor in front of her desk and she quickly crawled over to them, picking them up.
She had a bad feeling in her stomach and as she collected the cards the feeling increased. Something was missing, or someone.
She quickly turned on her lamp and sat down, counting her cards over and over again, and looking through them to see if any were missing. One was missing.
It was one of her newest cards; she hadn't even used it yet. Chaos Sorcerer.
"Dammit! Where is he?" She cursed with a shaking voice and went back to the floor, searching for the missing card with shaking hands.
It was at this moment she saw that her door was slightly open. She never left her door open, and wasn't it a bit too quiet? She had been quite loud, loud enough to wake her parents. Panic poked at her heart as she stood up facing the door. Maybe she could just wait till tomorrow and find the card then?
Not even reaching a decision she stepped over to the door, pushing it open. The hallway outside was dark, very dark. She glanced backwards and saw her deck lying on the desk, maybe she should bring it? She felt like she should, but she also felt like it was them that wanted her to bring them.
Deciding against it she made her way out of the room. She opened the door to her parent's room, which was only a few doors away, and was puzzled to see that her mother was missing and her father sleeping peacefully. Her mother must have gone downstairs to get a glass of wate-
"Shit!" She cursed loudly and jumped a few steps back. At the end of the hall was a person, but she couldn't see who it was since it was so dark. "M-mother?" She asked and backed up against the back wall.
There weren't any response; the person just stood dead-still facing her but not moving at all. For Mitsu it looked like she wasn't even breathing. Her eyes darted from side to side, but there were no way out since- Did it just move? Mitsu sobbed quietly as she realized that the person had indeed moved and was now blocking the other doors, trapping her at the end of the hall.
"Please, please answer me, who are you?" She asked but there still no response. The person finally stepped closer and she could barely make out the short hair and the pink nightgown. This was indeed her mother. "Please…" Mitsu breathed out, the words barely above a whisper. Tears threatened to fall, but the fear had paralyzed her completely.
Her mother looked up at her, her eyes were glowing yellowish and she groaned angrily. He mother raised her hand, ready to strike at her. But before she could do so, the air in front of her started to vibrate. Mitsu cried and fell to the floor, hugging her knees for comfort. As Chaos Sorcerer emerged from nothing, standing before her, grinning like a madman. He seemed to whisper something that she couldn't understand and then her mother started shrinking. No, she wasn't shrinking, she was melting.
Mitsu screamed, backing into the corner with tears flowing from her eyes. The dark spellcaster turned towards her with the same mad smile. He knelt before her and Mitsu thought she was going to faint as he leaned in closer. He was going to kill her and she knew it.
She jerked backwards when his lips touched her own, and she starred in confusion and dread at him. But he just smiled. She saw her chance and sprang to the side to escape, but-.
Mitsu snapped open her eyes, but too late. Her shoulder collided with the hard wooden floor. That was going to leave a mark in the morning. She cried out loudly at the impact and quickly picked herself up ran to the closest wall, scanning the room.
She was in her room and it was morning.