The red glow of a moonlight cover the figure with intense light. It approach me and I staggering to step back when its every steps close the distance between us. Its presence bring me back to the very beginning. Its smile so amuse was like telling me that I was found. It shookt me to the level that I almost fell to my knees, yet curiousity bring me back to my senses.“Who are you?” I ask breathlessly.Even if I still couldn't tell who this figure was, its bloody eyes gives me a taste of death. That in itself was threatening, but I able to gather some strength to look directly in the bloody light that blinded about. My hands tremble when its gaze surpass the blindfulness of the bloody moonlight. Its gaze that tells me that this is the end of me!“It wasn't him,” I murmured and my heart exploded out. “There's no way he stares like that. It stabbing me, surely going to kill me!”The though of it weakened me, my knees almost gives up to stand its ground. I'm freezing over. Its simple gaze
Third Person POV The figure with its bloody glowing of eyes watch the event that happening with admiration and deep mystery. He appear to be smiling yet his disposition say otherwise. It observe with caution, though able to distinguish who among the reflected self was the truth, the figure still has a question mark in its face. “You remind me of the past,” he said. “You really was the huntress who declared war to the darkness.” There's curiousity shone in his eyes in the split of seconds. He shrugged his shoulders and look through the images that sent the bloody eyes creautures in an uproar. “Well, it doesn't matter if you are that person or not,” he added as he close his eyes, gently breathe the calmness of the winds. “But it was a possibility. If I'm right that what I see is the fragment of yourself, your identity perhaps may akin to the highly figure who hunt in the darkness.” The glow of bloody light surround him and taken him away from disastrous of the smoke that reflected
Amidst the cloud of smoke was a mirror. Shining brightly while hovering in the distance. “That's...”I've been thinking it was strange, especially that time in the maze. Hunter even change direction as if afraid to come across that beyond strange of thing.“But...” I gaze upon it with shaken knees, while ideas flowing through my mind that tremble my heart. “Why is it here?”A creeks of a sounds suddenly abrupt my thought of the matter. I crumbled on my feet when a earth-shattering sounds disturb the silence. I gasped, thought that something just broke in the distance. It was hard to explain, but suddenly the surrounding feels like breaking apart. I look up and witness the fragments of that thing that blown away from each other. The light gives off destructive presence and it's trying to reach something, somewhere that my heart explode into a beat of horror.“W-what's that thing are doing?” I gasped to find its approaching me. It close the distance between us, in a fast and impossib
I don't know but his words just now gives me an abrupt of an idea of how I'm at my cruel end right now. Death! That's the outcome of it all... Waiting to the fragment will be a death of me, and it's chilling to even think how it will flick through my flesh and to shower the darkness with bloody gore of my being! It makes my heart to freeze and my feeling to numb... Even the thought of proceeding to the unknown place was a hair-rising and heart throbbing to say the least. The indistinct voices was coming from there and I gasped to the thought of what that's even mean. Their voice so loud in hunger, in hatred, and in unknown pain that making them to sounds so weird yet so ferocious to even visualize! I thought it was so strange, I thought that I already wakes up from that dream-like moment. So why now? I can only look up to the approaching fragments while shaken to the core. Everything seem on a slow motion and that's only add the heaviness of my heart and the thought that flow
The girl vanished like a mere illusion and unreal. I gasped and realized how much it strange. The way she spoke the words shiver me earlier, not to mention her mere gaze that trembled me to the core. I couldn't just move on and go with the flow of my course because of it. Something's tells me it really strange. Everything's strange... “Am I still dreaming?” I murmured over and over, yet the expression in my face say differently. There's seem something such as the truth of this all that been knocking me for understanding, yet I shut it up abrupty. “No need to ponder to it deeply,” I said to shove away the doubt within me. “Just a mere dream!” I staggered to step forward, as if words doesn't enough to go on. It still bothered me how that dangerous of a man feels so real, his expression and everything about him. So I feeling conflicted to everything, unsure to what's real and what's not anymore. That's so true when that girl just appeared, the same girl that I wouldn't dare to f
“Mom...” I reminded to the day she said about the realities of this world, just like the words that accompanied of it which never came to mind until this moment. I suppress the feeling that stop me from even breathing and wailed to my heart content. “After this, I'll able to see you, right?” I slowly said, as if she will able to hear me and generate me a strength to going on. “Honestly, I...don't know anymore, mom. I don't know what's going on...” The horrored in me deepened when the words came out from me, the voice so cloud and almost couldn't clearly understand. And it wasn't in my consciousness to say such that now! Why would I say such a thing? My eyes widened when my reflection to the glass-wall of a building that filled with books came to view. There I saw a version of me that has an unsighty expression in her face! “What is going on?” I almost ask in a whisper. “Wasn't the girl earlier not enough to remind me of who I am? What's with this version of me that so...unlike me
The structure and the bloody of a paint that made up the shelf made it possible for me to sigh in relief. The glow in his eyes that I thought absurd to even mention was no other than the cause of the blinding light that cause me to even blink. It fill the place with a bloody glow, accompanied the cry of my heart that finally rest to silent. “This place so dare to me,” he said, his eyes on the particular shelf that continuously bring me to a set of awed. “That's why I can't able to choose to leave this time and place. I just...couldn't think I have a reason to do so...” There's a glimse of both longing and deepest cut in his eyes when he face me. It was so hard for me to even grasp to what's with this kind of situation, of what to do and what this man trully feel inside. Is he in need of my ears to listen, or waiting for my suggestion or something? I cough hardly. “I can see you have your reason, I guess?” I shrugged when he only look away, feeling so conflicted. “Everyone has,” he
His words just now keep playing inside my head. There's side on me tells me to run away when I have the chance, the other one fell into silence of despair. If he was serious, then perhaps he knows what I'm thinking right at this moment!I'm easily to read, I know. Someone like this man could easily catch me even if I run like crazy for the chance of life. I know better than anyone else, yet I could only remain on my knees. I have this strange assumption that this man may able to considerate my stillness and spare my life. Perhaps because I listen to his story, now I thought he will to understand that we have some sort of connection?I'm silenlty hoping while clasping my hands that shaken in chillness. I thought he can appreciate my likeness to book. That this place may lose a chance for appreciation if I am to died the bloody and gore. He must not thought on doing that, right?But the way he said the words couldn't easily forgotten. My mind was a bitch to do such that. It was accompan
It happen in a far so distance that Altara barely look back. The time is the bloody one; the bloody moonlight strike everywhere!“Isn't it good time for a hunt?” Someone ask, reveal the never-seen of excitement.“Are you nuts? Grandma will sure punk you!” “She will never know! Unless you tell her,” the girl rolled her eyes and is sounded so frustrated.Their every gaze causing her to find strange. She stuttered, “You think I'll do that? Is that why you all don't inform me you all hear the tale grandma forbidden you all? Seriously?”“Yes. Is it a problem for you?” interrupted by a strange voice and is causing her heart to boom hardly. “You've done it once and you'll do it again, Altara. So not telling you this will be your reminder and your punishment for being such a bitch.”“I'm no bitcg!” She cry out, yet they look away. They begun telling each other how fun their day have been. How it is colorful, and let her reminder her absence is nothing but a joyous and freeful moment!These
Cynthia Pov I saw something in the storage room that day. I have the feeling that it has the uses and can be relevant to our journey. That's why I keep it to myself...“What's that, Rein?” Edward ask, starled me. I didn't realize he keep an eye at me. “W-what's what?” I look at him as if I weirded by his question. As if it is absurd that I don't want to answer. Which he find suspicious. “Why are you defensive?” His eyes curious by what I keep behind me. He added, “Is there's something I didn't know about? Rein, you can tell me.” He looks sincere but that's makes me uneasy.I couldn't help but hide the uneasiness, and couldn't keep my voice low, but it raised as I said, “Are you sure I hide something, Edward? Why? Why do you think so I hide something?” I try to be seen angry at him which is I sure to apologize later. But his face become apologetic. “I didn't mean suspecting you,” he said and I just look away when I feel like I making him worried...and sorry about something he shou
Cynthia POV“Where are they?” Edward and Milke are no where to be seen. I look at Carl who looks trouble but sighed as saw my stares, and said, “I don't see the reason to explain, but...they know as well.”“How?” As I ask, I saw the man who lie at the cotton seat, peacefully sleep as if not been fell from above. “Don't tell me...” I grasp to the idea in mind. “That's impossible-”“He having conscious earlier and said something strange-” Carl stop himself, but he knows he can't now as my eyes turn to him. “-that's why Mike and Edward, who didn't know earlier those disturbing things I see with Shiela, now know a biggest discovery that explain everything.”“And what is it?” I asked, sounds curious, but he fell silence to it. “Carl-”“You better not know, Rein,” he said, face serious and deadly begging me to not asking for more, “what we have to focus as of the moment is to wait-”“Wait? What's there to wait?” I didn't even bother know his reasons, I couldn't understand anymore. “Carl, I
Cynthia POVShiela give me a hug and curius about something, “Is he fine?” She refer to the man who fell from above. Mike and Edward sheltered him inside the Train. I inform Shiela, “He is unconscious...but he's fine.” I guess. I hope so.Carl and every children have a simple supper, he keep nagging that we should eat even just a little but I chose to be alone. Until Shiela came. Still there's silence after she ask about that man.I look at her, “What's bothering you?” I ask her when she is unbelievably bother, something that I never thought I will see through her face. “I...” She look at the sky. “...I think I saw something earlier.” Her lips begun trembling, eyes watered again as she look at me. “I'm scared, Rein.”“What?” I couldn't know how to react but I never thought something beyond the falling is the reason of her fear earlier. “Shiela...”“Hey, you two!” Carl calling from afar, voice sounds tire. “Let's eat!” I hug Shiela, things that she does earlier. “Tell me.” I am begg
Cynthia POVShiela and Carl stay and calm the children while we look to the man who fell from the sky. Everyone are in shock, actually we are surprise that we chose to keep the journey on hold. But I remain on my foot and see to myself what happened to the man. Mike and Edward lead the way. As I observe around, we are now in between the snowy-warmth place and rainy-firey place. We finally see the land below our feet, no snow to hide it. It even have Trees that as if withstand the climate, grow bigger than usual. One of the Trees is where that man landed, actually his Parachute tightly embrace one of the branches. From where he is, 10 feet above the ground, he breathe just fine but unconscious. He as if hanged there for a crime but we know better, he just crashed for God knows where he came from.“I'll climb,” Edward volounter as Mike and I looks away, “I know you both are afraid of height.”“I'm not!” Mike corrected him. “It's just...”“Still you are afraid to climb.” Edward said wi
Cynthia POVI stare blankly at him. “Can you tell them to find excitement together?” He look at me with curious eyes, “Why? Is something...bothered you?”“That...I couldn't answer for now.” I look away, stare the magical from afar. “Even I feel like that is magical place rather than strange, still...I could only at peace when I know we are in it together. Reach one place at a time...together.” I emphasize the word and look at him begging. He understood, nodded, “Then...” He grab my hand and before I know it, we are at the center of each children. “Everyone, my friend here has something to say before we proceed to seeks excitement.” He smile at me, while I almost lose my cool.“Edward,” I whisper, “what do you think you're doing?” He didn't answer, only sign me to voice what I'm trying to say. “You can do it,” he said, “I know you can do better on persuading them than me.”I couldn't contain my heartbeat, but at the back of my mind, it says I'm screaming that finally...I can have th
Cynthia POVLights illuminated as I adjusted my vision. I scan around with a banging heart and dreaded mind. There's a sight that I couldn't imagine to see, but it is even real? I thought I having a dream. How can a hundred of children be in a one place without grown ups to guide them? This is horrible to ever seen, but I couldn't just regrets my desire to ever reach this place. I'm not yet know however this world works.“Slap me, Shiela!” I heard Carl unknowingly request a thing from Shiela. And before I know what they are doing, Carl scream in pain. I couldn't contain my surprise of what Sheila have done. She is as if possess by something and unknowingly do what Carl requested her to do. Not that it is surprises enough, but how Carl reacts gives me a hint its really hurt, his face becomes tomato.“Sorry?” Shiela feel a slight of regrets, thing that she couldn't have before. Now she is surprised about it, look at her hand that slap a friend and feel so sorry again. “Did I hit you
Cynthia POVIt was the start of the summer. I am silently glared the boys who is so excited to hear a tale that Grandma have been telling them the last summer. It have been a bitter season to me, having the attention of Grandma shifted to them. They are so attention's stealer. I don't have anyone but Grandma. Yet this whole season, they just keep bothering the house and teasing me whole day. However try I am to busy myself, study earlier even it is a vacation, yet the simple trick of the boys my world gotten crumble!“You're so nerd, Rein,” Hunter said, startled me from unknown reason. He's never been this way, call me with this name rather than the name Grandma design to us. Our eyes locked in contact. Instantly, my heart felt like to explode and I can't help but to shiver and rooted in the.floor. “Are you fine? You looks pale,” His cold hand flow to my head and I shivered more, more violently. “That's weird,” he commented, barely contain the worry in his voice.“Just stop it, Edw
“They will come to get children with a strong desire,” Grandma once said in a way that is receiving gasps from the children surrounded her.She then smile as if dreaming to that world she said filled with desire. “It is a dream world for children. To be able to hear a shattering of the wind is like a starts of their dream come true. This will be a primonition of their blessing...”Sounded scary as always but children laugh like sick in the mind. Or perhaps they are good at dreaming the possibility outthere.But this fear-inciting tale slowly getting excitement to the one of a children; She is silent this whole time and reveal the boredom. Yet her heart trembled in excitement!She said as she sneered, “When exactly that is going to be true? Where's the celestial you spouted upon, Grandma?” She sounded annoyed, however, her eyes is glowing with excitement. She surpass the other children surrounded the grandma!“Why are you getting interested, Cynthia?” One of the children ask, his voice