Chapter 2:Despair

Despair had his hands in his pockets as he looked around to see his twin brother Hope looking a little detached. The dark haired boy sighed and he placed a hand on the similar shoulder. "Hey...you alright?" Hope jumped lightly and he nodded a little bit. "Just a bit..."

"Sad?" Despair looked at his brother with sympathetic eyes. His brother had taken it hard when their mom died...and now he lost Vanille.

Despair had been at home with their father when Hope left with mom and when he returned with out her it was truly a shock.

"Wh-where's mom?"

Hope looked away from despair without saying anything and Despair understood at once.

"She's gone...isn't she?" Those words were spoken with such heaviness despair could be the only word to describe the feeling within the hearts of the twin brothers.

Since then, Despair had been traveling with group to try and be the strong pillar to hold up Hope.

Things had been going fine...until they all got lost. "I'm telling you Snow. We have to go that way!" Lightning pointed in the direction she was talking about. "Your way is just going to get even more lost!"

Snow shook his head. "That direction isn't where we need to be headed."

Despair chuckled at their quibbling. It was funny. Hope gave another heavy sigh. "Hope, come on. You can't let it get to you like this."

His brother didn't pay any attention to him. A voice was called out to them and they all looked to see a girl. "Hey! Mind telling me where the exit is?" Yuuj stepped foreward. "Well, if we knew that bit of information we wouldn't of been able to see your beautiful self."

The girl humphed and frowned. "Well you're a world of help!"

It was then that there was a cracking sound, and everyone went tense. Things began to move fast as figures in black surrounded them. These figures each held a similar type of weapon. It looked like a gun and they all fired it at the same time. Before anyone could even react they all were unconscious.

When despair woke up he sat up from the feeling of...grass. "Uughh..." He touched his aching head and looked around to see everyone still asleep.

"Was your sleep okay?" A small female voice.

"Wha...?"

"I hope they didn't have to use too much force on you." Despair shook his head.

"No, I'm fine...what hap-" A blush dusted his cheeks to see a girl standing above him. Her dress was a pale blue and there was a single long sleeve running down her left arm. She had green eyes and her light chestnut brown hair was tied back in loose ponytail with a yellow and black ribbon.

The girl giggled. "My daddy brought you here. This is my home. You're just in time for the fair!" She held out her hand and the other began to stir. Despair took her hand and got up.

"Where exactly is...here?" Despair looked around to see green grass in every direction, but there it was; the fair. Music soon began to fill the air as laughter did and screams from the rides. "

"It's a welcoming fair just for all of you! Come on~" She motioned to everyone and she pranced of towards the colorful place.

The group looked at each other confused. Snow shrugged and began to lead the way. Hope was really shaken, and Despair not far from it...

When they reached the entrance. At first it seems normal, people were walking around and children laughed and played, but if you took a closer look then you could see they had no eyes.

The girl waited for them at a concession stand and she smiled. "Having fun so far?" Again the gang was confused, and some gave nods.

"That's good." She giggled. "I hope your comfortable, I'm not quite used to entertaining outsiders. Please. Eat all the food you want and ride all the rides you please." She smiled, but something else was there...

More music began to play and she pranced around playing games, and Despair joined her trying to figure out what was going on, and where they had been taken. She walked through the house of mirrors, giggling each time she accidentally ran into a mirror.

"So...where exactly are we?"

"In a fair silly."

"I mean...what planet, or country."

"We're on gaia...in Comtrates country."

"I've never heard of it."

She stopped. She looked at her reflection also looking at despair. "R-really? Is that so?" She smiled and turned around.

"Well you learn something new everyday~!"

There was a scream and the girl froze. Suddenly she grabbed his hand and ran out of the building and there were these dark figures everywhere,and with everything they touched...a bit of the park...dipixilated...?

"What the...? What's going on?"

The girl looked frightened and began to run. "We gotta go!" Snow was running in the same direction as was the rest of the group.

Despair looked behind him and saw the Fair disappearing from sight. The girl was looking tired and she just ran even faster.

Soon she was ahead of him as she ran. He noticed she was barefoot...

Eventually they reached a house...a big Mansion and the doors were opening.

"Inside!" She called, and so they did.

Soooo how is it everyone? Sorry it's taken me so long to update ;) But I'll do my best to update sooner. I wasn't moving to fast was I...? Remember: read review and Rainbows need rain~!