Author's Note: This POV is from the girl Mai saw fall into the water last chapter.
Chapter 3: The Girl on the Pier
OC's POV
I stood at the pier with no memory of how I got there. My mind was clouded by a dull fog hindering my thinking abilities.
The air was much colder than it should have been for summer.
The salty air blew my clothes. Somehow I was dressed in a bright yellow, red, and blue kimono that was unfamiliar to me yet I recognized it. The red does not match the other colors.
Wait...
Is that blood?
Behind me, a person called, but I could not turn around. It was like my body was not my own. I was at the mercy some unseen force.
"It" made me walk slowly to the edge of the pier, away from the voice behind me.
I fought.
Every step made my heart sink.
My body was betraying me.
I finally reached to the edge where boats could dock. There was no railing.
Somebody please save me…
Looking down at the water, I watched in horror as countless bodies began rising in the water. Their eyes were closed. Their hair was short and dark like mine. All had kimonos ranging in a wide variety of colors and designs. Eventually they became stacked, three or four girls deep.
The girls in the water opened their eyes.
They reached upwards in my direction.
My mind screamed over and over, but my mouth would not open.
Can anyone hear me?
I turned, unsure if it was from my own control or not.
A girl about my age was frantically moving in my direction. She had short brown hair, lighter than mine.
I could not call out to her or warn her.
When she had almost reached me, I felt a pull. Hands and arms tangled around me.
Hopefully she saw the message in my eyes: Please help me….
My hand reached toward her. Then I fell backwards.
As I dropped, a shriek pierced the air.
My body felt the pain when I hit the waters' surface. Dark water rushed over my head. I struggled, trying to swim. The functions were coming back to me where at last I could move my arms and legs.
Swimming to the upwards, I felt something over my head. It felt like the time I got caught under an overturned boat. I panicked. My air was extremely low.
I am not going to give up!
I tried to swim out from under the object. The water was pitch black and freezing.
Through the dark, a round shaped glowed white. It looked at me and smiled, as the white globe materialized into a human head with black holes for eyes.
I screamed, chocking on water.
Quickly losing oxygen, I thrashed in my last efforts to get up to the surface.
Can't anyone help me?
In a low eerie way, a voice in my head said, "Miaka, you will be mine."
An arm or something grabbed me. In terror, I lashed out, right before everything disappeared.