Chapter 6
In the middle of a clearing, far in the Dark Woods, a young boy awakes.
Haru sat up rubbing his head from where he was laying. Looking around, he found himself in a clearing.
That's weird…wasn't the mansion here just last night? Where did Rin and everybody go?
Taking a closer look, Haru found the letter that he had brought with him to the mansion last night. The albino picked it up and stood up; he didn't bother to look inside the letter.
It's light out now…that's strange. Really strange. Just last night time seemed to come to a complete stop. Ow, the sunlight hurts.
Shielding his eyes from the sunlight, the fourteen year old made his way over to a path that led out of the forest.
Coming back into the hotel room he and his father shared for the few months they were supposed to be here, Haru looked around for his father. "Hey dad, are you here?"
"Haru is that you?" Said father came out with his reading glasses on and looked over at the boy.
Haru smiled at his father and set the letter down on the table. "Yeah, it's me."
"Where have you been? You disappeared all night! You had me worried that I was going to have to go the police!" His father exclaimed, taking off the reading glasses.
"See, about that…I may have met with the 'Family of Eight' last night."
Haru's father's eyes widened at the mention of the legend he had been reading about. "Really?! My dear boy you're kidding right!?"
The albino sighed as he stared the old man in the eyes. "The Family of Eight is real. I've learned their names; and many other things."
"Really, is that so? What are their names then?"
"The Master's name is Kaito Shion. The Mistress: Meiko Sakine. The Princess: Miku Hatsune. The Doll Twins: Rin and Len Kagamine." Haru twitched a little at saying Rin's name, but continued. "The Lady: Luka Megurine. The Butler: Gakupo Kamui. The Maid: Gumi Megpoid."
His father's eyes widened again. "But, all of those people...those names…"
Haru nodded. "Yes, there all names of eight people who disappeared the same year my mother and brother were killed. They all disappeared from different cities in Japan. They were all reported dead; all on the same day. Yet I found something more interesting; there were coffins with all of their names on them in the basement of the mansion. And when I found the coffins, the eight started to go mad."
"Probably with anger." The voice who spoke next was neither Haru nor his father. The two turned to the door way where a man stood leaning against the doorway Haru had forgotten to close.
"Who are you?" Haru asked as he eyed the man curiously.
"I'm Rin and Len's father."
The answer struck Haru that he almost nearly toppled over. "W-What?" The albino managed to stutter.
The man-er, Rin and Len's father, looked at the teen and raised his brow in suspicion. "I said I'm Rin and Len's father."
"May I ask what you're doing here, Rin and Len's father?" Haru's father asked next.
"I'm here, obviously, trying to figure out why my children went missing. And you," The twin's father turned to Haru, "know exactly where my children are."
Haru grabbed the letter off the table he had set it down on. For some reason, he didn't trust this so called man claiming to be Rin and Len's father. "How do I know that your Rin and Len's father?"
The man smirked. "Ah, so you saw through my trick? I'm not truly Rin and Len's father. Though I was close to the twins."
"I knew it." The albino walked past the man, slamming into him harshly on his way out the door.
"What's with your son?" The man looked to the older one as he raised his brow in suspicion once again.
The old man shook his head. "I have not the slightest clue."
Haru found himself back inside the Dark Woods forest, in the maze once again. The hotel he and his father stayed at was quite a ways away from the Dark Woods, so by the time he got there; it was already quite dark outside.
The albino ran down the pathway, making the same exact route he'd taken the first time. Though this time he noticed there were bones on the trail; and they looked fresh.
Pushing the thoughts about him becoming a new meal on the menu, Haru stumbled into the same clearing he'd woken up in hours ago. The mansion still stood there, and on a new third floor he saw Rin's signature bow bouncing by.
He chuckled and made his way to the double doors, knocking on them once again. He heard footsteps approach and in an instant, the doors swung open for the second time.