Chapter 3: Your mind, my mind, and I found you!
The tunnel is dark
Keep on running… Keep on running… Keep on running…
He runs as fast as he can. Why does he have to run? He turns around, ah! That's why. Something is chasing him. Why are they chasing him? He doesn't know why; he was all alone: running in the dark tunnel.
What is this place? Why is it so dark? He can't see a thing, so why does he know it's a tunnel?
Tunnel? It is a tunnel, isn't it? He can feel the ground underneath his fee, so he's not running in the air.
He spreads out his arms, trying to reach the walls, thus ensuring himself that it's a tunnel. No wall… Where's the wall? There's no wall! He puts down his arms.
Hr runs in a space, he realizes that, an infinite space. He has to run forever, for infinity? The hell? Why is he in this place?
He keeps running for hours and hours. His pace is consistent and fast. He can feel the wind rushing through his hair. The wind is cold and deadly- seriously deadly. So instead of calming the runner, the wind only adds more stress. The stress of being caught up and killed by the dark creatures gets heavier in every step he runs. He feels suffocated by the darkness, the fear, the infinite time and his strength.
He just realizes that he has been running for a long time and he isn't running out of breath. He knows he's a good runner but not that good. Something is definitely wrong.
No, not something. Everything about this place is wrong, wrong and wrong.
His heartbeats are consistent. His paces are normal. He keeps on running and running.
Then he stops.
There he stands, in the middle of darkness.
He has realized something. This isn't a dream. This isn't the afterworld. This is his sub-consciousness, and the only one who is capable of trapping him in his own realm of mind is his Big Brother. No, it's impossible! I have trained my mind well enough that he can't just invade my mind like nothing. This must be a malfunction, yeah, just a malfunction of a practice that I constantly use. I must find an exit!
Silence.
Then he feels the thing that has been chasing him creeping nearer.
Nearer.
Nearer.
Come on, where's the exit?
Nearer.
Nearer.
A cold hand touches his shoulder.
He turns around.
A girl around his age appears before him. She's wearing a Victorian gown, with a ring of blood-color flowers on her pure white hair, and a wide grin on her face.
"I've found you. After all these years, I finally found where your sub-conscious is. You've hid your track well, Brother!"
It can't be! It can't be her…my little twin sister…
"Pearl? Is that you? It's impossible" He then tries to run but it seems something is binding his feet to the ground.
"We miss you, Brother! You're getting weaker, I can feel it. Come back and play games with us. It's not fun without you!"
The girl runs as she talks. Her brother receives a big hug. She holds on tight to his shirt.
"I'll never let you go again! Never ever ever again!" she lifts her head and laughs with tears of joy.
The boy's face becomes twisted with disgust when Pearl comes near.
"You reek of blood, sister. The last time I saw you, you were full of sunshine and honey." He cups his hands around her face, with tears rolling down his cheeks. "Tell me, what has he done? What has Big Brother done to you?"
"Only helping me to be what you fail to teach me to be"
"I never want you to be a monster."
"Monster? Big Brother's right! You're still sick, you keep on spouting these nonsense! But don't worry, Big Brother will help you and the three of us will be together again"
He's found the exit.
"Goodbye, Pearl"
"What are you ta…."
The boy quickly puts all of his strength into the punch he thrusts into Pearl's stomach. His feet are free once again.
"I'm sorry." He says as he begins to fade away, going back to reality.
Hunter opens his eyes. He finds his shirt to be soaked with sweat.
This is no joke. They have found him. Sooner or later, he has to go back, where his origin is and faces those two people!
Quickly get out of his bed, he runs swiftly down the stair, to the main dining room of the Three Broomsticks. There, he finds the Potter and the Weasley family busying themselves with fancy decorations for the surprise party they have for their best friend and her family. Hunter quickly appears himself before the two Aurors, who are very surprised for his wet appearance.
"Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley! We're running out of time!"