Hi there! I'm Nisa-Chan and I'm back with another chapter for Eternal Winter! This makes Day 2! As I mentioned in the last chapter this will be have one chapter a day until the 14th where two chapters will be posted and this fanfic will be done! Other then that I'll be at the end of this chapter after the disclaimer remember R&R!
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-gi-oh I only own the plot line of this fanfiction and Winter.
The Eternal Family moved to Ash Woods in the late victorian era, my mother Emily Eternal was carrying twins who would be named Celia and Winter. My father was Victor Eternal he owned the land where graveyards were built with my grandfather Ethan Eternal who was a retired ship captain, my grandmother Erin was helping with my mother while my elder siblings, Allan, Edgar, Vertigo and Mandy played and attended private tutoring. I was born on February 5th at twelve pm during a thunder storm, the day my mother died.
Ryou sat up and stood up from bed, he had forgotten about the events of last night as if it were a dream you thought you had. Walking down to the first floor Ryou stepped with his bundle of clothing into the small bathroom and turned the shower knobs till the water was perfect. He then stripped down and stepped into the warm water as an image came into his head It was a thunderstorm, I ran through the forest blindly, rain and fog blinding my path as a gunshot rang through the air behind m- Ryou jumped back and gasped staring down at the porcelain floor of the shower. He turned the shower off and stepped out drying himself off and looked in the steamed mirror above the sink. "What was that?" He asked himself before shrugging it off and pulling a thick blue sweater over the white button up top and faded blue jeans he had on already.
Walking out of the bathroom Ryou watched as the steam from the shower rolled around the room similar to the fog last night. He shrugged the thought off again and began to work on the task at hand, getting into the manor to make adjustments. After a quick breakfast of Tea and toast Ryou pulled on his red converse and looked out the window, there was a light rain outside as he reached for the dark green rain jacket that hung on a hat rack at the side of the door along with the old keys to the manor that hung on a hook by the door. Sliding into his jacket Ryou stepped out into the light rain as a light mist circled his feet while he closed and locked the heavy oak door. Turning around Ryou began walking on a muddy path towards the front of the house, had he looked up at the window on the sixth floor Ryou would have seen the same girl from last night. He didn't look up even once until he was under the safety of the roof on the deck.
Using the keys was easy as they were all labeled to each door they would unlock. Stepping into the manor Ryou looked around, the entrance hall had portraits of the family that once lived in this very manor. With out knowing Ryou walked down the hallway and read the names aloud of the portraits on the walls.
The was an old woman with her white hair braided to the side with piercing blue eyes, "Erin Eternal." Ryou whispered as he moved on. Next to her was an elder man with long white hair pulled back into a loose hair tie he had muddled vermilion eyes, "Ethan Eternal" Ryou whispered again as he named the woman with black hair and brown eyes that sat tall wearing a dark blue dress "Emily Eternal". A light wind came from behind as mist from the rain came in to the manor. Ryou ignored this and continued.
There were two boys, one looked as if he was in his late teens with black hair and brown eyes "Edgar Eternal." the other was in his early teens was a ginger with brown eyes "Allan Eternal." The next picture had a man with long black hair that had gray hair streaks making it look sort of like a skunk tail had the same muddled vermilion eyes as Ethan. Ryou stepped back as the feeling of anger was around him, "That must be Victor Eternal." Ryou said as he moved to the next three.
There was a girl in her late teens with blackish brown hair and brown eyes who wore a blue victorian dress, "Vertigo Eternal." Then there was the painting of an other girl in her late teens who's hair was ginger and had muddled vermilion eyes she had an arrogant feel to her face and the way she wore the dark green victorian dress, "Celia Eternal.".
Next to Celia there was the portrait of a girl in her late childhood with black hair and vermilion eyes, "Mandy Eternal." Ryou walked to the next one as a voice from before whispered in his mind "Winter." The girl in the portrait had pale blond hair that curled at the end, milky skin and the same piercing blue eyes as Erin. She wore a black victorian dress and had a look on her face that reminded him of a kind girl willing to help. She was in her late teens. "Winter Jay Eternal." Ryou said as he noticed that she was the only one that had blond hair and blue eyes, was she the black sheep of the family?
Ryou took a step back and the thought exploded in his head, they all died on the same day, same year. "Why is that?" Ryou asked himself as he turned away from the portraits and went to close the door to the manor and get to work.
As the day wore on the rain eventually stopped and Ryou had found that the lights were not working, there were about fifty windows that leaked and made water damage, mold was in the corners of the celling in some rooms and the manor needed a dusting. It would take a few weeks before the rain stopped so Ryou could fix the lights along with the water damage and the mold. For now he started on sweeping years of dust and dirt off the floor and surfaces, within three hours Ryou had filled two and a half garbage bags with just dirt and dust which he planed to use in the garden come spring. He was about to go to the fifth floor when he remembered he wasn't allowed up there. Sighing Ryou walked back to the lower floors and ended up mopping the ball room up, when he was finished with mopping and dusting and polishing the ball room windows Ryou walked out and sighed inwardly at the sight of one of the bags ripped open. "Is anyone there?" Ryou asked aloud before he could stop himself. I'm here a voice whispered from nowhere as Ryou jumped and backed into the wall, where did that voice come from? Who did it come from? Ryou stood and began cleaning up the dirt and dust spilled all over the floor as the sun outside hit twilight, that's when he noticed what the house was like. The floors were made out of dark stained Ash wood besides the ball room that had mother of pearl flooring, the walls were blue in the third floor hallway and the sunlight coming from the wall of windows in the ball room made the manor look as if it was alive and moving. He hadn't noticed that while cleaning the ball room, why did he notice it now?
The sun dipped below the horizon as Ryou dragged all the cleaning supplies from the manor to the shed outside, the rain had made the ground muddy and wet as puddles were scattered across the lawn. Once everything was in the shed Ryou locked the shed and then the Manor before heading back to the groundskeeper's home unlocking the door and stepping into the cold house. He shivered and looked at the fireplace, he had some matches somewhere around here. Ryou placed some logs on the fire as he searched for paper and the matches, once he found the paper Ryou set it down on the logs and went into the kitchen to search for the matches. Digging through on of the drawers Ryou felt paper on the back of his hand as he drew it back, something was taped to the top of the drawer. Feeling for the paper Ryou found it and pulled it out of the drawer, an old news paper article of some sort. Just as Ryou looked up the matches were in front of him on the counter, how did he miss that? Picking up the box Ryou walked towards the fire place and lit one of the corners of paper on fire and the logs caught to as a pleasant warmth filled the room quickly. Not to hot not to cold, Ryou sat back on to one of the dark blue couches staring at the fire happily. He remembered before the accident Ryou and his sister Amane along with his parents would light a fire each night and watch it bonding with each other but, then those memories seemed like dreams after the crash took both Amane and his Mothers life. After that his father sent him away to live at Domino where he made some friends but, now even they weren't around much any more with work and college alike. Ryou was in college a few weeks ago, he wanted to become an Archeologist but, the memories of the spirit of the ring were to painful and he quit after three years. He sat up, why was he thinking about this right now? He should be thinking about the news article he found, speaking of which, he pulled that out of his pocket and the title aloud. "Eternal Murder Case Closed.". Ryou read the title over and over, the text underneath was to faded for him to read in this light so he folded it up, put the fire out and walked up stairs placing the article on his desk and changed into a pair of pajamas and fell to sleep in his bed still wondering what was the Eternal Murder Case.
That's the end of this chapter! I hope you liked it, I worked harder on this one to get more words in and make the story a little more interesting. How ever I do wonder what the Eternal Murder Case is, what do you think? Well next chapter will be posted tomorrow remember R&R! BYE!