《The Spark In Your Eyes》 Chapter 1: Not Your Average Day *Ring Ring Ring* The echoing sound of an alarm clock ringing was enough to wake the sleeping figure that was lying on the bed wrapped up in a thick blanket that had flowers adorned on them. The figure was Ayumi Yamamoto an 18 year old school girl who is going into her final year at her high school Kyokai Academy. Ayumi let out a quiet groan as she slowly rose up from her bed, she stretched her arms up into the air whilst letting out a tired yawn. "Man why does school have to start early" Ayumi complained aloud. Ayumi got up and groggly began going about her usual routine for school which started off with hygine washing her face and brushing her teeth. After leaving the bathroom Ayumi walked over to her closet and grabbed her school clothes, which were neatly placed in the closet, Ayumi had a thing for things being in the correct order some might say she had slight OCD not that she cared. After putting her school uniform on which consisted of a white buttoned shirt, a black and white striped tie, a black blazer and skirt, Ayumi walked over to the large set of draws which sat opposite her bed and grabbed a hair brush that was lying on top of the counter, she then walked back into the bathroom and brushed her hair whilst staring into the mirror. Once her hair was nicely brushed Ayumi made last minute adjusments to her uniform making sure her shirt was tucked in her tie was up and her skirt was the proper length. *Sigh* "Ok you are going to have a good day today" Ayumi said to her lone refelction in the mirror. Suddenly Ayumi could see her eyes in the mirror slowly change from their usual hazel colour to a dark red, her iris slowly transformed to slits almost like a cats eyes. Ayumi closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she opened her eyes they were there normal shape and colour once again. "Not today, i can do this, everything is going to be fine" Ayumi reassured herself before leaving for school. Kyoukai Academy was only a few minutes away from where Ayumi lived so she conversed to school by walking which she did not mind, Ayumi enjoyed the peaceful serenity of being able to walk to school and take in all the sites, even if those sites were just the hustle and bustle of the town around her. Ayumi arrived at school and headed straight to her classroom which was located on the second floor of the main school building. Upon arriving at her classroom Ayumi realized she had arrived at her class earlier than she thought and there was no one in the room yet. Ayumi walked into the empty classroom and made her way through the rows of desks to her desk which was located on the 3rd row of desks at the back of the classroom by the window. Ayumi loved where her desk was located it was close enough that she could clearly hear the teacher but far enough away that she was not the center of attention. Ayumi sat at her desk crossed her arms and placed her head in between them, After a while Ayumi slowly closed her eyes. Ayumi opened her eyes and was surprised to see that the classroom was still empty, she turned her head sharply to look at the clock it read "9:30" the class should have already been in session. Ayumi looked out the window and saw both the tennis courts and break rooms outside were completely deserted. She was seemingly all alone. Out the corner of her eye Ayumi saw a figure pass by the classroom door, Ayumi quickly got out of her desk and ran to the classroom door to try and catch up with the figure. When Ayumi reached the door she peaked her head out and looked down the corridor both ways but it was completely deserted. Ayumi walked the full length of the hallway to see if she could see anyone but no one was in sight, all the classrooms were empty it was as if no one had been there to begin with. Ayumi slowly made her way back to the classroom, as she got closer she realized the classroom door was closed even though she could have sworn she left it open. Ayumi etched her way closer and slowly opened the door. The door slid open. Ayumi''s eyes widened and a look of shock ran up her face, the classroom was covered in blood from the floor to the walls to the ceiling and lying on the desks were her fellow classmates. They all had their throats slashed and their eyes were gouged out of their heads. Ayumi hands cupped around her mouth to stop her from screaming or vomiting. Ayumi looked over at her own desk and saw the same figure that she had seen before standing beside her desk look out the window. Ayumi slowly approached the figure "H-Hello" Ayumi called out No response. Ayumi etched closer. "Excuse me- what...what happened here" Ayumi said as she slowly reached her hand out to touch the figures shoulder. As her hand made contact with the figures shoulder, the figure quickly spun around to face her. Ayumi was in complete awe at what she was seeing. Dark purple hair, the same hazel eyes, it was her Ayumi was looking at herself. Her mirror image was covered from head to toe in blood, her eyes were a deep red and her iris were the shape of slits. In her left hand she carried a pair of sisscors. Ayumi''s mirror image cocked its head to the side. "You cant escape me, this... this is what you are going to become" Ayumi''s mirror image said with a sadistic grin on its face. The mirror image let out a menacing cackle and raised the sisscors up in the air. Ayumi was completely frozen in fear, she did not know what else to do other than close her eyes and wait for the inevitable. "AYUMI WAKE UP" A voice called out. Ayumi''s let out a frightend gasp as her head shot up from the desk. she looked to her left and saw a boy standing by her desk leaning over towards her with a hand on her shoulder. The boy were the same style uniform as Ayumi and had white spikey hair with the bluest eyes one could imagine. This boy was Sora Nakamoto he was also in his final year of highschool and was one of the few people that spoke to Ayumi on a frequent basis, he was the closest thing to a friend that Ayumi had at school. "Ever the sleepyhead Ayumi" Sora said with a giddy smile on his face. Ayumi still had a look of fear on her face but managed a slight smile at Sora''s joke.Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site. "Are you ok Ayumi you look like you have seen a ghost" Sora asked with a more serious look on his face. "Yes i am fine, just had a bad dream is all" Ayumi replied. "Well that is what you get for sleeping in class, i know playing the rebellous school girl is hot and all but it won''t do your grades any good" Sora said with a slight chuckle. Ayumi shot him a sly look and smiled. She always enjoyed Sora''s company he was her escape from the struggles and stresses of everyday life. Sora had been friends with Ayumi ever since they first joined Koyukai Academy after they were paired together to do a science project. Ayumi was never one to thrive in conversation or socialism in fact she activly avoided it, but there was something about Sora upon meeting him that Ayumi just could not shake. Sora took his set next to Ayumi and the class began. The bell rang to signal the end of the lesson, Ayumi got up and started to pack her books and other bits of equipment back into her school bag. "So when are you letting me treat you to lunch" Sora''s voice called from beside her. "When Hell freezes over" Ayumi replied with a wink. "Hmmm, ill get right on that then" Sora retorted with a grin on his face. Ayumi left the classroom and headed towards the cafateria. After arriving at the cafetaria Ayumi got her food from the counter, her favorite Chicken flavoured Ramen, a simple but nourshing meal at least thats the way Ayumi always viewd it. Ayumi sat down at an empty table and began eating. Suddenly she could feel her phone vibrate in her bag so she stopped eating and began fishing through her bag to find her phone. After finding her phone Ayumi saw that she had a new message, it was from Sora. "Working on freezing hell over will have to join up with you some other time, dont wait for me" Sora. Ayumi smiled and shook her head. "What an idiot" She said with a smirk. Ayumi returned her attention to her food. Suddenly Ayumi shot up out of her seat and the same look of fear returned back to her face. The bowel of ramen infront of her was filled to the brim with blood and there were eyes and instetinal matter floating on the surface. Only this was no dream. Ayumi ran out of the cafateria leaving her food and crowd full of confused students behind her. Ayumi ran to the restrooms and burst through the door, she quickly made her way to the mirror. Ayumi saw her refelction, her eyes were a deep red and her iris transformed into slits. She quickly looked down at the sink that was situated below the mirror, she turned the tap on and began panickingly washing her face. Ayumi''s breath quickened and she could feel her heartbeat thumping inside her chest. "Calm down, calm down, calm down" Ayumi repeated. Ayumi took a few long deep breaths. She opened her eyes and looked at the mirror, her face had returned to normal and nothing but her regular refelction was looking back at her. "that must have been a hallucination i saw ealier in the cafateria" Ayumi said reassuringly. "I can do this, i just have to get through this day without anymore outbursts" Ayumi said aloud. As soon as the day ended Ayumi quickly made her way out of the front doors to the main school building and headed home, Ayumi turned down a narrow side street that surved as a shortcut to get to her home. Ayumi''s attention was firmly locked on her phone as she walked, she was locked in a text conversation with Sora who was being his usual Jovial self which lucky for him Ayumi usually didn''t mind. "Hey Girlie" A voice called out. Ayumi was broken out of her focus and she lifted her head and eyes away from her phone and looked ahead. A male figure wearing a balck polo shirt and jeans with a black cap on that slight concelead his face was leaning up against the wall about halfway down the sidestreet. "Can i help you" Ayumi said hesistantly. The man smiled slyly but did not reply. Ayumi slowly forward, she could see the end of the side street it was only a few meters away. "Can you help me, yes i think you can" The man said coldly. Before Ayumi could react the man had grabbed her by the throat and pushed her up against the wall, He was using his other hand to cover her mouth. "You scream and you are dead bitch" The man said in a dark tone. Ayumi struggled to get free but she was powerless, she could not even scream. Tears began welling up in her eyes and she began wimpering. "As soon as i get what i want from between your legs, ill let you go how is that slut" The man said coldly. The man reached into his jean pocket and pulled out a penknife, he bought the knife to Ayumi''s shirt cut directly downwards, pieces of fabric and buttons from the school shirt fell off and hit the floor. "MMM i cant wait to see what you got down there" The man said with a sadistic smile on his face, The man ran his hands down Ayumi''s body until he found himself cut off from his goal by Ayumi''s skirt. Ayumi felt her breath quicken and her heart felt like it was gonna burtst free from her chest, she felt as if she could black out at any moment. The man continued his forced assualt slipping his hand underneath her skirt. "Damn this feels better than i thought it would" The man said with a sick grin. "You think you know how turn a girl on" A dark cold voice said. The man stopped his assault and looked up at Ayumi. Her face was dark and cold, her eyes were a deep red and her iris was the shape of slits. "Let me show you what turns me on" Ayumi said with a smile. Ayumi grabbed the mans face and dug her fingers into his eyes. The man screamed in pain which forced him to remove his hands from underneath Ayumi''s skirt. "That''s a girls special place, you should not touch without permission" Ayumi said mockingly as she dug her fingers deeper into the mans eyes. The man dropped to the floor wailing in pain, his eyes were bleeding profusly. Ayumi did not stop her relentless assault she jumped onto of the man and threw punch after punch until the mans face was covered in cuts and swelts. Ayumi wrapped her hands around the mans neck and squeezed. Kill Kill Kill Kill- Kill him now - do it - Kill him Echoing voices in Ayumi''s mind repeated. Ayumi tightend her grip and squeezed harder. The man gagged and chocked and struggled for breath until- "AYUMI!" A familar voice shouted. Ayumi turned her head still with her hands around the mans neck, she saw Sora standing at the end of the Sidestreet with a shocked and concerned look on his face. Sora ran as quickly as he could into the Side street and managed to pry Ayumi off of the man who lay prone on the ground not moving. "Ayumi what''s wrong, why are you doing this" Sora said with a tone of urgency. "He- he attacked me and now i am going to kill him!" Ayumi shouted. "What" Sora said He looked at her body and noticed her shirt was in ribbions and her skirt was pulled up. He then looked at the body that was still lying prone on the floor and the pieces of the story all fell together. He turned back to face Ayumi. "Hey Ayumi looked at me, look at my eyes, you need to calm down" Sora said softly. Ayumi struggled to pry her eyes away from her assaliant, but she slowly managed to lift her eyes up from the body lying on the ground and her eyes met sora''s. She was reminded of how beautiful blue his eyes were. Sora pulled Ayumi close to him, he was a good deal taller than her so she was able to rest her head on his ches with ease as they embraced. "I''ve got you, shhh just calm down, you''re ok" Sora said softly. The words resonated through Ayumi''s body and she felt her self slowly calm down. She pulled herself back from his embrace and look at him. Her eyes had returned to normal. "Thank you Sora" Ayumi said. Sora offered no response, he turned his attention to the body on the floor. He kicked the shoe of the man lying prone on the ground and heard a low muffled groan as a response. "So he is still alive then, good" Sora said sternly. He walked up beside the man and lifted him to his feet. "Now get the fuck out of her or it will be me that ends your life" Sora said with a look of rage on his face. The man ran out of the side street with speed that would make most professional sprinters jealous. Sora turned back to face Ayumi. "Ayumi i- i saw your eyes" Sora said. Ayumi stood frozen at loss for words. She had no idea what to say. Chapter 2: The New Transfer *Ring ring ring* The sound of the school bell ringing singaled the start of the lesson. Ayumi sat in her regular seat which was located 3rd row from the front next to the window. Ayumi looked to her left and saw Sora seated in his desk which was right next to hers as usual. She noticed that Sora had his usual smile placed on his face, which was shocking to her given the events that had occured no less than 24 hours ago. Sora had witnessed the events that took place in the alley and what was worse he saw Ayumi''s eyes. "He took that better than expected" Ayumi thought to herself. After the events of yesterday unfolded Ayumi brought Sora over to her house to try and explain everything to him. ******** Ayumi sat down on her bed and guided Sora to a chair that was placed opposite. "So i am sure you have alot of questions, id call you insane if you didn''t" Ayumi said looking at Sora with a stern look. "I only have two" Sora responded in a blank but meaningful tone. "Only two" Ayumi asked with a puzzled look on her face. "Yes, My first question is Why did your eyes change color" Sora asked Ayumi paused for a moment and looked down at the floor before answering. "Its hard to explain" Ayumi said whilst clutching her bed sheets tightly in her hands. "Tell me" Sora said firmly. "I-I am cursed" Ayumi said hesitantly "Cursed" Sora asked with a puzzled but concerned look on his face. "Yes, Ever since my 18th birthday. I don''t know what is causing it but i am definitely cursed" Ayumi said as she placed her hands over her face. "I-I get these feelings that burn within me, these feelings of rage and hate and...." Ayumi struggled to finish her sentence. "And what" Sora asked. "And i feel like someone else takes over me, when my eyes change i feel like its not me in control but someonelse, someone who is driven by murder, violence and hate" Ayumi said. Sora paused for a while. The two sat in silence for a short time before Sora broke the silence by placing his hand on Ayumi''s and moving it away from her face. Sora could see that Ayumi was crying. He slowly reached his hand out and wiped away the tears from underneath her hazel eyes. "My second question" Sora asked plainly. "What is it" Ayumi said. "Are you ok" Sora asked with a slight smile. At that moment Ayumi felt her heart jump, Feeling her hand against his, seeing the concern in his bright blue eyes. what was this feeling? "Sora i-" Ayumi tried to say before being cut off by Sora. "Ill help you" Sora said. "What" Ayumi said with a look of shock on her face. "Don''t get me wrong i am confused, and kinda scared right now, but i will not be able to live with myself if i let something like this affect you and do nothing" Sora said kindly. Ayumi once again felt her heart skip a beat. ************ "Yes, much better than i expected" Ayumi thought to her self. She turned her head to shoot a smile at Sora. Sora saw her smiling at him and returned a smile back to her. If nothing else Ayumi knew she was not alone, she had an ally in Sora and that was something, something good that could keep her going in the darkest of times. "Alright class settle down i need to make an announcement" The homeroom teachers voice called out. The class all turned in their seats and faced the front of the classroom. The homeroom teacher pushed up his glasses using his hand. "We have a new student joining us today" The teacher announced. The class began murmuring amongst themselves. "Allright settle down. Now i hope you all show her kindness and consideration, its not easy to move to a new school and have everything be new to you so i expect you all to make her feel welcome. Is that clear" The teacher said sternly. "Yes, Mr Okamura" The class responded in unison. "Ok, you can come in now" Mr Okamura said whilst gesturing his hand towards the classroom door. The classroom door swung open. A young female student walked into the room. "Woah she is cute" all the boys mumbled amongst each other. The girl wore the same uniform as the rest of the class, her hair was long with multiple bangs flowing freely down hair back, a pink ribbon was tired near the back of her head with long strings also flowing freely from it. Her most notable feature was her eyes which were a deep blue almost impossibly blue. "Hello everyone its nice to meet you, My name is Ai Watanabe" She said in a shy voice. "Now as i said before Ai is new here and i expect all of you to help her feel as welcome as she can by showing her around the school and catching her up on the work we are currently learning" Mr Okamura instructed. Mr Okamura gestured his hand towards an empty desk in front of Ayumi. "You may sit there Ai" Mr Okamura said to Ai with a smile Ai nodded in response and made her way to her seat.Enjoying the story? Show your support by reading it on the official site. Ayumi and Sora shared a perplexing look. A transfer student this late into the year? that is weird for sure. But maybe she had a good reason for wanting to transfer schools. Only one way to find out i guess. Ayumi thought to herself. The school bell signaled the end of the lesson and the class began packing their things up to leave. "Hey Ai" Ayumi called out towards her. Ai slowly turned around to face her. "Since your new here i was wondering if you needed help getting around this place can be confusing to new comers" Ayumi said with a smile. "Thanks, i would appreciate that" Ai said softly. During the break Ayumi showed Ai around the school, the school was quite a large complex with multiple Multi-floor buildings dedicated to specific areas of study. The entire time Ayumi was with Ai she noticed that Ai seemed really quiet, i mean its normal to be a little quiet when you are new but this seemed different somehow it was a feeling that would not let go of Ayumi''s mind. Something about Ai just drew her in. "So Ai...if you don''t mind me asking" Ayumi said. "Yes" Ai said in a calm voice. "What made you want to transfer here" Ayumi asked curiously. " I - i just needed a change of scenery, a fresh start you know" Ai responded. An honest yet strangely secretive response Ayumi thought. ********* "So how was the date with the new girl" Sora said jokingly as he sat across from her at the cafeteria table. "Shut it Sora" Ayumi responded in jest. "Alright don''t tell me thats fine i can handle it" Sora said whilst shrugging his shoulders and smiling. "There is just something....off about her" Ayumi responded in a more serious tone. Sora noticed her change in demeanor. "What do you mean off" Sora asked. "I don''t know there is just something about her that i cant shake....something about her just gives me this feeling" At that moment Sora noticed that Ayumi''s hazel eyes were beginning to turn a shade of red. "Hey Ayumi Calm down" Sora said as he reached his hand and took hold of hers. Ayumi took a deep breath and her eyes gradually turned back to there original hazel color. "Thank you Sora" Ayumi said with a smile. Sora nodded and smiled in response. "Anytime" He said. ********** The end of the school day rolled around and Ayumi was collecting her things from her locker as well as exchanging her shoes. However this time Ayumi noticed something out of place, a small envelope was placed neatly in her locker. Ayumi took it out and examined it. "Someone is popular" Sora''s voice called out from the adjacent locker. "Your hilarious" Ayumi said sarcastically. "Any idea who it is from" Sora asked. "There is no name attached to it" Ayumi responded. "Loverboy doesn''t even have the guts to put his name on the envelope" Sora joked. "Again you are hilarious" Ayumi continued her sarcastic rebutles. "I know i am and that''s why you love me" Sora said as he began to leave the school building. Ayumi watched Sora leave, she could not help but put a smile on her face. She turned her attention back to the envelope and began opening it. Inside the evelope was a letter written in black ink. Ayumi please meet me behind the school, i need to talk to you From Ai Ayumi had a puzzled look on her face. "Why does Ai want to talk to me, she barely spoke to me when i was showing her around the school, and why behind the school no one even goes there" Ayumi pondered. Well i guess yet again there is only one way to find out. Ayumi thought Ayumi made her way towards the back of the school. She walked along the narrow path and turned around the corner which lead to the back of the main school building. it was a narrow area that was shielded from view on one side by the back of the school and on the other side by a large wooden fence, the only way one could see what happened in this area was seeing it from either side of the narrow pathway. As Ayumi turned the corner she was stopped in her tracks by what she was seeing. Ai was slouched against the wall with a sly smile on her face, she was with someone a student, a male student who seemingly had his face buried in her neck. Was he kissing her? what was he doing? what was she doing? All these questions raced through Ayumi''s mind. Ai broke the momentary silence by placing her hand softly on the boys chin raising his head up to hers. She looked him dead in the eyes almost as if she was trying to get a glispe at his soul. "Now would you do me a favor dear......DIE FOR ME" Ai''s voice was forceful and dark a farcry from the cute shy voice she had shown earlier. As she spoke this words her eyes changed from their deep blue to a dark shade of pink and her iris had formed the shape of slits just like a cats. The male student stood in place with zero emotion it was almost as if he was a robot or a puppet being controlled by a puppet master, he brought one of his hands up to his chin and the other to the back of his head. Without hesitation the male students twisted his neck until SNAP. He collapsed on the ground with a thud. Ayumi gasped and brought her hands infront of her face. Ai turned to face Ayumi. "Such a shame that, he was such a sweet boy" Ai said mockingly. Ayumi said nothing in response, she was still processing what had just happened. "What''s the matter Amelia aren''t you going to show yourself" Ai said with a grin on her face. "Amelia" Ayumi asked. "Ahhhh i see, you have not yet managed to completely overthrow your vessal, well that is embarrassing isn''t it forced to share your body with this....girl" Ai said darkly. "Share my body, what do you mean" Ayumi asked. Ai let out a laugh. "You cannot even begin to comprehend what is happening to you can you" Ai said. "What-what is happening to me" Ayumi asked forcefully. "Let me guess you think you are cursed Ayumi, Well you are, but did you seriously think you were the only one to possess the eyes" Ai said "What do you know about this" Ayumi asked. Ai sighed. "Well let me offer you some context" Ai responded. This curse is not just simple powers, its a entity in its own right, you were probably feeling like there is someone else in your soul, well there is and only one of you can win in the end. "So AI-the real Ai was-" Ayumi tried to see before being cut off. "That''s right she lost her fight to me and now she is lost to this world forever" Ai said with a sick smile on her face. "And him" Ayumi pointed towards the male student who was lying dead on the ground. "How did you do that to him" she asked. "Not all our powers are the same, to give an example you have The Eyes of Evil a power which gives its wielder an enhanced ability to kill amongst some other lesser known abilities, however as i am sure you have guessed it comes with someone negative personal consequences. Feeling the desire to kill all the time until it completely takes over you or should i say until she takes over you. As for me my power is called The Eyes Of Lust which gives me the ability to attract and control those to my will, its especially effective against the opposite sex. Ai explained. Ayumi was trying to process all the information that was being thrown at her, all this time thinking she was cursed that another entity live within her soul and it turns out she was right. "Why are you doing this, just because you have these powers does not mean you can use them to hurt anyone you want" Ayumi shouted. Ai gritted her teeth in response. She lunged forward grabbing Ayumi by the throat and shoving her against the wall. "You are one to talk, your entire being is focused on killing its all you can think about isn''t it Amelia" Ai said forcefully. Ayumi''s head dropped her eyes closed. "Ayumi is that you in there" Ai said mockingly. "I am sorry Ayumi is not here right now, you have me today" A dark voice called out. Ayumi''s head shot back up her eyes were a deep red. "Finally i was wondering when you would come out to play Amelia" Ai said "You are going to regret that decision bitch" Amelia shouted as she pried Ai''s hand off her throat. Ai''s grip was broken and she took a few steps back. "I know how your powers work and unfortunately i am not into girl on girl" Amelia said mockingly. "You know nothing" Ai said with a grin on her face. "I know one thing" Amelia stated. "Oh yeah and what is that" Ai responded. "Today you will die" Amelia said darkly. Amelia ran at Ai as fast as she could, But was immediately stopped as Ai reached her hand out grabbing Amelia by the throat and lifting her off the ground. "I guess you did not pay attention to what i said earlier, just because my powers work better on the opposite sex it does not mean i don''t have other talents to help me out in a pinch" Ai said. Amelia grunted and struggled to get free. "This strength, its intense way more intense then why she grabbed me earlier" Amelia thought. Ai pulled Amelia closer to her before throwing her effortlessly across the floor. "If i had it my way i would kill you now but i have orders to leave you unharmed.....for now" Ai said "Orders....Orders from who" Amelia asked. "That would be telling....but don''t you worry we will meet again and we will finish this" Ai said reassuringly. Ai lept of the large wooden fence and disappear from view. Amelia scrambled to her feet. "That girl.... i am going to....going to....Kill her" Amelia painfully grunted before falling unconscious on the floor. ************ "So how did your reunion with your old friend go" A mans voice spoke to Ai. "About as well as it could have, it seems our dearest Amelia is in a internal battle with her host" Ai responded. "I see, well we are going to need her to fully activate her powers if we are ever going to harness the power of her eyes" The man''s voice said. "That won''t be an issue, the more this girl loses herself to the curse the easier it will be to be rid of her, then we can use Amelia for our own ends" Ai responded. "Yes, and once i harness all 7 cursed eye powers for myself i will be the most powerful being on this planet!" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Chapter 3: An Inner Turmoil "Who are you" Sora shouted towards the figure standing inside Ayumi''s bedroom doorway. The female figure slowly raised her arms into the air. "Calm down, i am not going to harm you, either of you". Sora looked down at Ayumi who was lying unconscious on her bed. "How do i know that" Sora said with a look of suspicion on his face. "You are just going to have to trust me, my name is Krystal i am here to help you, both of you" Krystal said still with her arms raised in the air. "Are you saying you can help wake Ayumi up" Sora said. Krystal slowly lowered her hands. "I am assuming by now you already know about Ayumi and her condition" Krystal said. "Yes, i know" Sora retorted. "Well she is not the only one who has been cursed with an affliction, there are seven of us, each with a curse that affects us, it would take too long to explain everything in detail, but in my case i guess i can show you" Krystal explained. "Show me" Sora said with a confused look on his face. Krystal slowly brought her right hand up to her face and brushed her long blue hair behind her ear, revealing an eyepatch covering her right eye, she removed the patch slowly, the eye patch fell from her face landing on the floor. Sora could now see that Krystal''s eyes were two different colors, her left eye was black, but her right eye was a bright green. "You- you have the curse too" Sora said with a look of concern on his face. "Yes" Krystal responded bluntly. "But why is only one of your eyes a different color" Sora asked. "My right eye was.....taken from me, a long time ago" Krystal said softly. "But who would want to steal your eye" Sora continued to ask wanting to know as much as he could. Krystal paused for a moment, her head dropped to look at the floor. "My eye was taken by someone close to me... he wanted to harness the power of my eyes to fuel his own" Krystal said with a slight tremble in her voice. "he" Sora pondered at what Krystal was saying. "look all you need to know is that there is someone who is after me and everyone else like me, and we can not allow him to harness the power of the 7, i was not lying when i said i am here to help" Krystal said with a hint of anger being shown in her voice. Sora paused for a moment. "Ok fine, i don''t entirely trust you, but i don''t have much of a choice and i will not leave Ayumi suffering without doing something to help, so if you truly can help her, please help" Sora said. "Very well" Krystal responded. "I posses the eyes of sight, which allow me to see into the mind of others, my other which i share my mind with have reached a mutual agreement, so she does not fight me for control, rather we work together towards a common goal" Krystal explained. "How does that help Ayumi" Sora asked. "Using my powers of sight i will be able to look into Ayumi''s mind and see what entity is keeping her from waking up, then i can convince the entity to withhold its grip on Ayumi or forced it to leave should it not comply" Krystal continued to explain as she moved to sit on the end of Ayumi''s bed. "And you think that will work" Sora said with a concerned look on his face. "Only one way to find out" Krystal said as she reached out to take a hold of Ayumi''s hand. "Wish me luck" Krystal said with a forced smile on her face. "Please bring her back safely" Sora said. ******** *Gasp* Krystal woke up in a dimly lit room, she quickly surveyed her surroundings, there were desks placed neatly in rows all around the room and some books were placed ontop of some of them, near the front of the classroom was a chalkboard and another much larger desk. "A classroom" Krystal pondered to herself. "Where is everyone" Krystal wondered as she began exploring the room. *SCREAMS* Krystal could hear a bloodcurdling scream that sounded like it had came from a girl, the scream echoed through the hallway just outside the classroom where Krystal was. "Maybe that was Ayumi''s voice" Krystal said in a panicked voice. she ran to the classroom door and swung it open, Krystal slowly stepped out into the hallway but it was much too dark to see anything, Krystal could feel a wet substance that soaked her shoes and socks, but she could not see what it was. "There has to be a light switch around here somewhere" Krystal reassured herself. She slowly moved further down the hallway, using her hand to survey the wall looking for anything that felt like a light switch. After walking for what felt like an eternity, Krystal''s hand brushed against what felt like a light switch. "Please work, please work, please work" Krystal said hopefully. She pressed her hand on the switch. A soft buzzing noise could be heard and the lights above her began flicking on, engulfing the hallway in light. A look of relief shot on Krystal,s face. a familiar sensation disturbed Krystal''s momentary feeling of relief, she could once again feel the wet substance rub against her shoes and socks. Krystal slowly looked down at her feet. Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road. *Gasp...gasp.....gasp* Krystal struggled for breath, she could barely form words to describe what she saw, Krystal was ankle deep in blood, she turned her head and saw that the blood engulfed the entire length of the hallway, the walls........the walls were covered with corpses of students and teachers, some hanging upside down, others right side up, all had their throats slashed and eyes gouged out with a pair of scissors being lodged into the eye socket of each of the bodies. Krystal swallowed hard as if to stop her self from vomiting at the grisly sight she has just seen. *SCREAMS* Another bloodcurdling scream echoed through the hallway, this time Krystal could hear that the sound was coming from the roof of the school building. Krystal quickly made her way up the stairs, all the while she could feel the squelching of her blood stained shoes pressing against the concentrate of the stairs. Krystal reached the rooftop doors and kicked them open. Now that she was outside Krystal could see that the sky was dark and there was a blood red moon shining high in the sky, the rooftop was desolate with almost nothing in site. Lying on the floor near the center of the rooftop was a school girl, she was curled up into a ball and was not moving, next to her stood another girl, she had short purple hair, hazel eyes and was wearing the same school uniform as the students she had seen dead in the hallway. Krystal moved closer to the girl who was standing next to student on the ground, upon getting closer she noticed that the body on the floor bared a striking resemblance to the girl standing above her. both had the same looks. "Ayumi......Ayumi is that you" Krystal called out. There was a brief moment of silence before the figure responded. "You, you know my name.....who are you" Ayumi said softly. "My name is Krystal i am here to help you" Krystal responded "Krystal" Ayumi said confusingly "Yes, i spoke with Sora, and i told him i would help you get back to the real world" Krystal retorted. "The real world" Ayumi asked still confused. "Yes, i used my powers to enter your mind and bring you back, look i don''t have the time to explain right now but none of this is real, you need to come with me Ayumi" Krystal said with a sense of panic in her voice. "But what about her" Ayumi said pointing to the girl on the floor. "She killed them....all of them" Ayumi paused for a moment, "and then she tried to kill me but i managed to....managed to. Ayumi eyes shifted to her right hand which had a pair of scissors clutched tightly in them. "She won''t stop she will keep coming and she will try to kill me, i am so scared, please help me" Ayumi pleaded with a tremble in her voice and tears welling up in her eyes. Krystal walked up to the body lying on the ground, flip the body over so she could look in her eyes. "I''ll make sure you never hurt anyone again" Krystal removed the patch from her eye. "I will lock you away behind a wall in Ayumi''s mind, you will never be able to harm anyone ever again" Krystal said forcefully. A green light engulfed both Krystal and the body lying on the floor, the light got bright and brighter and brighter, eventually dissipating. after the light had departed Ayumi found herself alone on the rooftop with Krystal. "It is done, i have locked the evil entity in your mind away, she can no longer hurt you or anyone else" Krystal said reassuring Ayumi. "Now what" Ayumi asked. "Now we leave, there is someone back in the real world who would very much like to see you safe, a certain white haired school boy" Krystal remarked. "White haired school boy, you mean Sora" Ayumi said. "So that is his name Sora, anyway take my hand and i will lead us out of this world" Krystal said smiling at Ayumi. Ayumi nodded and then slowly took Krystal''s hand in hers. Ayumi slowly opened her eyes. Sora''s beautiful blue eyes were looking down at her. "S-Sora" Ayumi Mumbled. "Ayumi, finally you are awake, are you ok" Sora said whilst taking hold of Ayumi''s hand. "mmmm, i am fine, thank you Sora" Ayumi responded. "Thank god" Sora said whilst lunging forward to give Ayumi a hug. Ayumi slowly sat up and looked at the figure sitting on the end of her bed. "Krystal right" Ayumi said. "Yes, i am Krystal, its good to see that you are awake Ayumi" Krystal responded. "All thanks to you" Ayumi said. "Yes, now i need to explain to you everything i know and how we are going to move forward" Krystal said sternly. "Ok but first can i go and wash up, being asleep all day as made me feel groggy" Ayumi said. "Of course whatever you need, me and Sora will be outside when you are ready" Krystal responded. "Thank you" Ayumi said with a smile. Ayumi entered the small bathroom, and began washing her face with water from the sink. "Well that went better than expected.....they didn''t suspect a thing" Ayumi said with a cold and dark voice. Ayumi''s had raised to look into the mirror, her hair was dark purple her eyes a piercing red her pupils had morphed to form slits like a cats and she bore a sick wide grin. she grabbed the pair of scissors from the cabinet adjacent to the sink. "Lets go and have some REAL fun" Ayumi said with a sly grin on her face. She turned her head to look at the open window in her bathroom that lead out into the streets....