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Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh I only own my Oc Winter and the Eternal Family.
February 8th, Edgar has left for an apprenticeship at the local Historical Society. Strange, he only came to see me before he left. He didn't even tell father or even grandfather of his departure. Sadly he was one of my only blood family to actually know of my existence as Allan has been ignoring me and even Grandmother has been avoiding me recently. Only thing I can tell is, there's a storm brewing and I fear that my time will end soon. In the mean time, I have hidden my treasure at the lake where father hopefully wont find it. Oh mother please tell me, what must I do to be loved by father again?
When Ryou awoke Winter had vanished, it seemed that last night had been a dream. One he wanted to remember. How ever when Ryou gained his train of thought he couldn't feel Winter any more, where was she? In the place of her essence there was something different, something cold, naive, something sinister. "Winter?" Ryou called out when he got no response he knew she might just be off somewhere where he couldn't feel her presence. Yet something still tugged at him, something told him to finish the manor as soon as possible. Shrugging the feeling off Ryou walked down to the first floor and looked around, nothing out of the ordinary, then why was he having this feeling?
Sighing Ryou walked back upstairs and grabbed his clothes for the day before heading to the bathroom to get a shower in before he had to work. Right when he stepped into the shower, an image came into his head. It was raining, the water mixed with the mud and my blood as I ran to the lake. branches and thistles scraped my legs and face as I finally ran into freezing water. Rain pelting as I felt another bullet pierce my body in the side with words drowned by thunder. The next thing I knew I was under water, my breath gone and water quickly filling my lungs as I kicked and swung my arms around trying to get away. Ryou gasped as he slid down the wall to the floor, what were these visions he hand? Who was telling him this? Where is the lake? Is it on the property or is it further into the forest? Only one way to know was to look at the maps he had seen for a moment in the master study. To do that he had to go into the manor and bring them out so that he can see the lake. Turning the water off Ryou quickly got into a pair of faded blue jeans and a blue and white horizontally striped shirt with a light blue over shirt that was unbuttoned and the sleeves rolled up. He hadn't worn an outfit like this since the Millennium item issue had been taken care of, strange. Why was he wearing this now?
There was the sound of his phone buzzing on the floor upstairs as Ryou could hear it through the celling. Walking up the steps Ryou picked his phone up and looked at the text that had appeared on the screen. It was Malik, letting him know he had arrived and needed directions to the manor. Ryou had almost forgotten that Malik was arriving today, texting the directions Ryou put the cellphone into his pocket and made his way to the front door. Even though there was a light mist and the smell of on coming rain Ryou didn't need his coat as it was pretty warm without it. The manor still had the lock on the door and there weren't any tool marks, this relieved him as Ryou now knew that the Ghost hunters from the day before hadn't returned. However this also worried Ryou as they might tell others of the manor and there will be more and more people coming, physics, mediums, ghost hunters and the news might come just to get a little scrap of evidence. That was good right? It would give the manor publicity and possibly a family might want to get this place right?
Ryou opened the manor door and stepped inside, there was that feeling again, the same sinister feeling of being watched again. Walking slowly up the steps Ryou noted each and every little creak and moan of the floor boards, the whistling of wind through the trees and the rapping against the window by a branch. Once Ryou reached the master study a wind whipped past him as the sound of quick heavy foot steps came from above. "Winter?" Ryou called again with no response. Turning to the door Ryou turned the handle and stepped into the dreary study. The floor was a very dark wood and the walls were pinstripe grey with other shades of grayish blue and green, there were dark oak shelves filled with leather bound and volumes of books. The windows had thick moth eaten red curtains over them with a slit just so that he could see the sun spilling onto the exotic rug on the ground, in the center of the room a desk filled with papers, ink pens, books and tools that Ryou had heard of but never seen before this. The map was just above the desk on the wall held up by tacks of some sort. Crossing the distance between him and the map Ryou pulled it down lightly and folded it, turning around just as a book came flying at his head. He ducked in time as the book hit the wall and fell to the floor, soon more books were heading his way as Ryou quickly ran through the door and closed it just as the nearest bookcase fell to the ground. He didn't have time to thing, Ryou needed to get out as his heart raced while he ran for the door. All around him the open doors to rooms were slamming shut as footsteps ran up and down the stairs. When he reached the door Ryou turned around and screamed "Every thing needs to stop!" as things that floated in mid air dropped to the ground and the footsteps ended with the doors all shut. He gasped for breath as he fumbled with the door knob, eventually he turned it and ran out into the sunshine coming face to face with Malik.
"M-Malik." Ryou stuttered as he brushed any dirt off him and tried to hide the folded map in his back pocket. "Hello. How have you been Bakura?" Malik asked as Ryou led him to the groundskeepers house and opened the door. "Fine really but, you know we are friends so you can just call me Ryou." Ryou said as he and Malik walked into the small house and closed the door. "Okay sure" Malik said as he sat down on the couch where Ryou and Winter had been the night before. "So hows the ghosts been?" Malik asked as Ryou joined him on the couch, "Well it's been better, not as bad as before." Ryou said hesitantly as he took out the note Winter left him and the map unfolding them onto the table before them. "I need to find something. I had this vision of a lake on the grounds or in the forest." Malik examined the map and found a spot where nothing was marked and pointed to it promptly "How about here?" Ryou looked and realized he might been right, it was off the grounds and in the forest. The two friends had agreed to look for this lake that moment and set out into the uncharted woods, Ryou couldn't shrug the feeling of something sinister occurring here as Malik walked ahead of him.
Eventually after going through dense forest for about an hour the two of them broke into a clearing where a serene lake hid, the water was clear and waist deep by the looks of it. Both Ryou and Malik gaped at the island in the center of the lake, it had a willow tree that draped over the small lake making small ripples in the water, right by the willow there was a very small cabin almost hidden by vegetation and the willows branches. The windows were broken from what Ryou could see as he walked to the waters edge, Malik was siting next to him looking out over the water. "What exactly did we come here for Ryou?" Malik asked, Ryou didn't respond instead he was seeing a scene unfold before him.
Winter came into the clearing holding her shoulder as blood seeped onto the muddy grass, she ran to the water as another bullet rang through the air into her side. She fell into the water as a shadowed figure hovered over her and held her down the silvery form of a revolver floating into the water as the figure held Winter under.
The scene faded before Ryou could realize that he was being pulled under by something. "MALIK!" Ryou screamed as he closed his eyes when water came into is mouth. The last thing he saw was Malik running towards him through the water before things went dark. A light was shining when Ryou opened his eyes underwater, there was a box of some sort that floated next to him as he reached out for it the box closed in his hand. Ryou held it close to him as he closed his eyes again.
When Ryou awoke he was in bed and there was the full moon coming through the curtain again. Looking next to him Ryou found that Malik had fallen asleep in the chair by his dish with his head on his arms. The box from the lake was on the night stand along with Winter's diary. By the stairs Winter stood there, her head down and her hair covering her eyes as Ryou realized she was soaking wet, water dripping off her as two bullet holes bleed lightly. "Win-" Ryou began to say but was cut off when Winter turned and walked quickly and silently down the stairs. Ryou sat back onto the pillows at stared at the celling, eventually sleep over came him.
And that's it. Sorry if Malik seems OOC I can't really get characters right. Other than that I hoped you liked this chapter and I'll see you tomorrow! Bye!