I come though the front door. I shake my wet hair. Water droplets fall to the floor. Looking right then left, I hurry to my so-called room. I close the door behind me and lock it; I also lock the sliding door that leads to the balcony. I walk up to the mirror, and check myself out. A few strands of my hair are still green, compared to my pink hair. I guess the transformation is taking slower, but it should be done. Out of the bag I hold, was a little container. I opened it; there were two little slots to hold something. Bringing my hand to my eyes, I took out my colored contacts. Placing the contracts in there holding place, I blinked a few times. I looked up into the mirror, seeing my bright, glowing yellow eyes staring back at me.
*knock*knock*
I hurried and put my contacts back in, and answered the door. It was that meddling brother, Fuyuki. I gave him my best sisterly smile, "H…hello, Fuyuki,"
"Natsumi is something wrong?" he replies
"Wrong? No nothing is, why you ask?" I can feel my mouth twitch in annoyance
"Oh, well you haven't made dinner yet,"
"Dinner? Oh yea right! I was about to go do that," I left the room with Fuyuki at my side, I better stay cool or I'll be found out, but I still smirked at my plan.
*huff*huff*
Breathe in, breathe out. The rain finally stopped. I pull a knife out of my side; I wonder how it got there. The wound I received from the knife starts to bleed. I try to get up, I was wobbly at first, but I got the hang of it. I look up, seeing the edge of the cliff, I figured I must have fallen off the edge. Well I'm glad that I'm still alive. Pain surges up my back. Urk.
I start walking into the forest. I clenched my wound, trying to remember how I got it. I was trying to remember how I came to this forest and what my name is. I forgot everything, except that I know someone gave me a love letter. I found it my pocket, most of the words are blurred from the rain, but the only readable thing was 'I love you'. That gave me hope to survive. I kept on walking
The pain from my wound was getting worse; my eye sight is getting blurry. I must walk on. I kept on walking, about to pass out from the pain anytime soon. I entered a clearing, with small statues around the edges of the forest. It looks like a big circle. I collapse in the middle of the clearing.
About to pass out, I noticed shadowy things, people, coming to me. I can hear them whispering.
"Ex...Excuse me, can you help me? Do you know my name?" I asked, almost out of breath. I hear them say
"Morinoko," (forest child)
Morinoko? So that's my name…it's nice….I pass out from pain.
