Chapter 2:
Author's Note: YAAAAAAAAAY CHAPTER 2! What do you know, I'm actually updating this fairly often (it takes a while to write these things, you know!) . XD Enjoy!
The child reluctantly took her first step, worried that she might fall. She may have the fears and curiosity of a five year old human child, but had the intelligence of a twelve year old one. A soft, metallic click was heard afterword, only audible to the child. She repeated the process a few more times, going slightly faster each time. Soon, she became comfortable with this new motion, and was able to do it with no problem. At first, she headed toward the same door that Nightmare and Galacta Knight had headed out, leading to the room that they were currently in. However, a sudden grip of fear and extreme cold embraced her, even more cold than the deep space that surrounded her. This caused her to run toward the other door that leads to the hall. Only a few moments of silence greeted the child before alarms screamed through the little air that the structure had. This greatly surprised and scared the child, causing her to sprint down the hallway, trying to escape the jarring noise. After many minutes of running through the many hallways of the factory-castle, she eventually found a hallway where the alarms weren't so loud. Walking a bit further down the hallway, she discovered that it actually ended, instead of branching off into many others like it seemed to be with every other hallway.
"Where am I? What's going on?" the child thought, squeezing her eyes tight. "I don't want to be here… I wish I wasn't here… Or, at least, couldn't be seen by anyone… if there is anyone else…"
And then, her second wish was granted.
When the child opened her eyes, she saw that she couldn't see her feet. However, instead of satisfying her, this only frightened her further. "What the- no! How is this even happening?!" she thought, scared beyond her wildest dreams at this point. "I thought it wasn't really going to happen! I wish I could see myself now…" Then, as quickly as her visibility disappeared, it reappeared again. This intrigued the child, changing herself from visibility to invisibility. She giggled, laughing at her foolishness and fear. "Well, that's going to come in handy." She thought happily.
Eventually, the alarms ceased, to the relief of the child. Deciding that it was safe, the child set off to try to find an exit to the structure. After a couple of minutes of walking, a dull pain developed in her shoulder blades. Though this irritated the child, she managed to shrug this off and continued walking. She continued this journey for what felt like an eternity to the child before she finally grew too tired to go on. But, just when the child was about to sit down to rest, she saw a pale shape in the hallway up ahead. The thought of finally having a companion in this before believed empty world excited the child beyond belief. Despite the fact that she was tired enough to sleep for weeks and the pain in her shoulders only adding to the want of sleep, she ran as fast as she could toward the figure. Soon, the child was able to see the figure with more detail. It was a mostly white, wolf-like creature. The underside of the creature and six spikes on its back were golden, and its mane and markings under its eyes were a cloud grey. A beautiful, dark blue jewel rested on its forehead; the jewel matching the color of its eyes. This wolf creature was lying in the hallway, looking as if it had just woken up from the long rest that the child wished to have. It looked very young, most likely a puppy.
"Hello," the child said in a hushed, grainy voice, for the child had just used her voice for the first time. "Well, you probably can't talk, can you?" She continued, now rubbing the pup's tummy. It was warm to touch, a new but pleasurable feeling to the child. Instead of attacking the girl, the puppy let the child pet it, enjoying the experience. "I'm so glad I found you! I thought I was the only one in this place, or maybe even in the entire world!" She giggled happily. "Anyway, even if you can't talk, I sure am glad to have company." After a couple minutes, the pup got up and licked the child. The child then erupted in happy laughter as the young wolf creature got into a more comfortable position. She continued to talk to the pup for a couple more minutes before she heard a strange growling sound from a bend in the hallway. Her voice stops, worried that whatever made the noise was going to harm her. "Stay here, I'll be right back." The child whispered to the pup as she made herself invisible. But, after the child took a couple steps, the puppy followed her. This confused the child, looking at her hand to make sure she was invisible. She couldn't see it. "Can you still see me?" She asked the pup, knowing that she would receive no answer. "I guess you must," She mumbled. "Alright, I'm going to go see what that noise was, I guess since you can still see me somehow, you can come too, but make sure you stay safe, I wouldn't want you getting hurt, ok?" The puppy just wagged its tail in an understanding manner. "Alright," she sighed. "Let's go."
The two continued down the hallway and eventually reached the bend where the noise had come from. The pup was about to continue around the bend, but the girl put her hand on the pup, preventing from going any further. It didn't resist, knowing the girl meant the best for and didn't want it to get hurt. Finally, the girl peeked around the corner. She saw wolf-like creatures that were the species of the puppy, but with different colorations, these being various shades of pink with yellow eyes and a green jewel. These were obviously older than the pup, all of them close to maturity or fully adults. Suddenly, the wolf that appeared to be the leader of the pack sniffed the air and growled in the girl's and pup's general direction. All the others did the same as well. "Run!" the child whispered to the pup and immediately ran in the direction they came from, and the pup followed her obediently. The growling had turned into ferocious barking, and the sound of many pairs of feet rapidly coming towards them was soon heard. The child was still very tired, but she didn't want to die being so young and in the dark about everything, so she forced herself to run. After many tiring minutes of running through the maze of hallways, desperately trying to lose the wolves, all the noises abruptly stopped. Only the soft pitter-patter of the wolves' feet was heard as they walked away. Horribly frightened, the girl waited a couple minutes after the wolves left, she decided that it was safe to deactivate her invisibility. Tears streamed down her face, still shocked form the experience. "That was so close," the child sobbed weakly, coughing a bit afterword. "A-and I'm still scared. What if those…things come back and—and-?" she broke down in tears after this. Concerned for the child, the pup whimpered. Hearing the whimpers, the girl directed her attention towards the poor pup. "Hey," she comforted. "I'll be alright." She then produced a weak yawn. "I'm so tired…" she mumbled. "Do you mind being look-out while I take a nap?" The pup then nuzzled the girl affectionately, who giggled faintly. "Alright, alright," she laughed "Is that a yes?" It didn't respond, of course. "Oh, yeah, you can't talk." she said, finally stopping her laughing. "But I trust you." She continued. Lying down, she surrendered herself to the clutches of sleep.
The child was suddenly awakened by a sudden impact to the arm. Her eyes flashed opened at the sudden shock. She soon realized that it was the pup that awakened her. "Something wrong?" she asked.
Soon, she saw why the puppy had woken her up.
Every single wolf from before was surrounding the pup and her. Their snarls and barks horrified the child, causing her to scream. Suddenly, the pup started barking back, trying to protect the child. The wolves stopped for a few moments to listen to the pup's pitiful barks before the pup was swatted away by an older wolf near it. "Hey!" the child yelled, wanting to save the puppy, hoping it wasn't hurt. But before she indulged herself in this thought, the wolves attacked her, making deep scratch and bite marks that drew much blood. This made the child scream louder and more pain stricken. A searing pain suddenly erupted from her left arm, but this had been different from the many bites and scratches, a horrible, raging sensation that the child had been fortunate not to feel until now. Then, as a steadily growing pool of blood was growing around her, her vision slowly faded to a calming shade of black.
Suddenly, the wolves stopped attacking the girl, and calmly walked back to their holding area. Soon, only the pup remained, whimpering as it stared at the unconscious girl that had comforted it for those few hours. It licked her side once more before following the rest of the pack.
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Galacta Knight sighed as he dragged the girl's broken, unconscious body across the floor, leaving a small trail of blood behind. "Now, Galacta," Nightmare, who was beside him, said in a parent-like tone. "Don't complain. You did nothing to help find her location, and carrying her is only a small task."
"Well, I say let her rot! She's probably going to die from blood loss soon anyway. Not to mention that she developed a natural soul, which means she's most likely doomed to become a Star Warrior anyway." Galacta responded with rudeness.
"First of all, I've made certain… adjustments to make sure she doesn't die of blood loss, and second, there were many powerful demon beasts that had natural soul. You, on the other hand, should be far more grateful that I awakened you, unless you preferred your crystal prison, of course." That made Galacta shut up for a couple minutes. But, within a couple minutes, he was swearing under his breath. Finally, they arrived back at the room that the child awakened in. Galacta dropped the child, her body making a thud on the floor. He drew his lance.
"This," he said. "Is for being so cumbersome."
Then, he slashed the child's right eye.
Author's Note: YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYY! FINALLY FINISHED! XD! BYE!