THE DARK FORCE

Chapter 1

The Unknown

"Guys, guys! You would not believe what I found." Tamiko rushed into the room with an exciting face. "What is it?" Tatashi is just as excited just by the energy that radiates off of Tamiko. "You guys gotta come!!" The white haired girl had already grabbed her brother and friend's hands and dragged them to the forest behind the orphanage.

"You have been dragging us for 30 minutes? How much longer?" The white haired boy whined. Where was she taking them? How much longer? What is so important that she wanted to show them that it takes this long to get there?

Finally arriving at the place, they all walked around the place. It seemed like it was an abandoned monument, pieces of a statue scattered around on the ground. There was a small mountain, an earth bump you could say. The brunette and the white haired colored boy explored the place, looking at all the pieces that lay on the ground.

"I've never seen this before..." Akina mumbled. "It's awesome right? I love exploring the forest but I've never seen this before. I wondered if there was a secret passage." Tamiko cheekily chuckled. "We should head back-" Tatashi was cut off by the shaking that suddenly occurred. An Earthquake? Right now? How is that possible? "An Earthquake?!" Tatashi struggled to stay still in his place, his body moved all over the place before managing to stay in the same position as he clung onto a tree, his friend and sister doing the same.

The Earthquake died down and the trio could calm down and stopped clinging to the trees. "What happened?" Akina muttered. "An Earthquake, obviously." Tamiko rolled her eyes which made her brother slap her at the back of her head. "Hey!!" She called back, rubbing the back of her head.

"I know it was an Earthquake but how? Why did that suddenly happen?" She wondered, the twins agreeing with her. How did an Earthquake suddenly occur? Why now and not earlier? "Imagine it was because of the entity that lives here." Tamiko smirked. "Ooooo!!~ I've come to haunt you!!" She teased, her hands up and tried to spook her younger twin. "This is serious!!" Tatashi groaned, pushing her hands out of his way.

"It might be back and we're quite far from the orphanage. Let's find some shelter here." Akina spoke up. Tatashi and Tamiko nodded and started to find a place to shelter.

Time went by and they couldn't find anything, they couldn't find a place to hide. Tatashi searched even the smallest spots that only could hide in for them to hide. They thought it was hopeless and they possibly had to go somewhere else, deeper into the forest. That was until the white-haired girl shouted out, "Hey! I found something!!" Her brother and friend went running towards where she was.

The two found Tamiko on top of a small hill. It looked like a rock covered by a bunch of green. Tatashi looked at it with confusion, "Where is it? Is there a cave behind this?" Tatashi asked. Tamiko shaked her head in disagreement, "Nope! I found a lever!" She called out from the side of the hill, with her brother beside her.

"A lever?" Akina asked. Just then, the level was pulled and a rectangular piece of the hill came apart and slowly moved down, causing the three to jump in shock. Tatashi quickly jumped onto his sister's arms, causing her to groan in pain at the sudden amount of weight dropped onto her. "Move– Your–– Big– Ass!!" She stuttered in her words as she struggled to hold her brother's weight. With a stumble, she tilted to the side and caused her and her brother to drop to the grassy ground.

"You're so heavy!! Get off me!" The white-haired girl whined, trying her best to push her brother off her body. Eventually, she got him to get off of her, letting him drop to the ground in a thud– "You're so harsh!!" The boy whined back. His sister just ignored and just walked up front with him tailing behind her after recovering from his fall.