The beginning of the end (gacha story)

Chapter 2: Watery thoughts with a side of familiarity

As the day goes on, creator deals with all the fights and minor things while bored gets some much needed rest, occasionally thinking about the weird red glow from the bathroom from earlier. Lunchtime arrives as the gang start making their own food. Meanwhile, creator has skipped school looking a bit preoccupied with something. "What was that light from earlier... it seemed so... familiar..." Creator thought to herself as she did her homework. Galaxy passes by her room noticing creator's analytical face. Apart of Galaxy's mind wanted to go check on her but then again she was probably focusing on her studies, after all creator did have tests and exams to study for at the end of the year. Deciding not to disturb her, Galaxy walks away from her room. Time passed by relatively quickly, creator was still studying hard, but not on her studies. That red light she saw had preoccupied every thought in her mind ever since. She kept thinking and thinking, wondering what it could've been or meant. "GLITCH STOP STEALING MY STUFF YOU JERK!" someone screamed down the hallway, making creator snap out of her thoughts.

She groans and walks outside to see what was going on, only to find Galaxy and Glitch fighting over a nintendo switch again. "Guys, stop fighting already. Bored's trying to sleep in the other room." She stated to them, but the duo didn't care at all. Both were adamant in their decisions, that decision was to keep fighting over the switch. As another sigh escapes creator's mouth, she hears a door creak open. Bored had woken up because of Galaxy's yell and looked pissed. Creator sweated nervously as she knew what was going to go down and stood aside before she got sent to the afterlife herself. She slowly walked away after hearing bored scold them for the millionth time behind her. Even though the situation managed to distract her from the light for a moment, it quickly crept its way back into her mind, she couldn't stop thinking about it, no matter how hard she tried. Eventually she had wandered into the garden subconsciously. "Am I going crazy because of that light? Eh, whatever. A bit of fresh air never killed me and maybe I do need it, in case I'm going insane already." she lightly joked to herself.

Creator sat down on the soft grass, looking up at the sky, the small cloud shapes as the breeze made her hair sway along with it. It was a beautiful day indeed. The birds were chirping, the flowers had mostly bloomed and the trees shaded her from the bright sun when necessary. She loved nature a lot, just chilling outside and enjoying life moving forward. She didn't want to wonder if there was anything wrong with this world, but, who needs to think about stuff like that? "It's so peaceful out here. I wish my life was this peaceful." She thought to herself, slightly chuckling to herself because of how stupid it sounded. Being outside had distracted her from that light that had bugged her all day, it seemed like nature was her only escape from that thought, which felt a bit weird but probably needed. The sun started to set and creator decided to get up and check in on the group. She had stayed away for awhile and noticed how quiet the place was. "Bored? Gal? Where are you guys? Did you go out?" She started calling all their names out. She walked around the suspiciously quiet house, there was no screaming, talking or any chaos happening in the house. Creator felt a bit off with it, the once chaotic and loud household now desolate and silent. Each room she checked there was no one, the door's creaks have never been so loud before.

The house felt cold, creator started shivering because of the eerie atmosphere. "Where did everyone go?" She thought to herself, walking down the corridors like a rat in a maze. As she was about to knock on bored's door, a light flickered in the same bathroom. The red light she had seen earlier was back, but it looked different. Creator walks up to the light once more, noticing that it had gotten brighter than she had last seen it. "I'm sure I've seen this light before… but… why is it glowing more brightly than last time?" She uttered softly. Slowly reaching in for the light, it started flickering which seemed to be joy. The imagery of it promising gifts and powers that were beyond imaginable filled her head once more. This time, it felt different. It felt cold, like there was an unlying sinister presence despite its bright glow. Creator hesitated slightly, her expression faltering at the sight of the light. "I-Is this really worth it? I mean, I don't even know what the light is or where it came from." She started to second-guess herself, thinking of all the consequences that might come with her touching that light. It will either make her protect her loved ones and her friends from any dangers, or it could cause massive and irreparable damage to everything she's built up to this point. At this point, her hand is resting beside her chest, creator's eyes stare at the light with caution and skepticism. She didn't know what to do, she was stuck, lost in the moment.

The room darkened a little, creator gasped at the sudden atmosphere change and started to breathe heavily. She hated being in the dark, it felt lonely, isolating, and worse of all, never knew what was coming for her in the void. Her only light source was the bright red light that continued to flicker slightly at her. She turned her head towards the light again with a tiny bit of fear because of the darkness surrounding her. She couldn't see what was going on outside, she wondered if this was a way to make her focus on the light and the light alone. She raised her hand slightly towards the light once more, her eyes sparkling as she got closer. Her hand soon touched the light as the room glowed red. Soon, her eyes widened as a sudden pain surged through her entire body. It was almost unbearable to handle for a normal human. She tried to scream but couldn't, something was preventing her from doing it. "W-Why can't I scream?! What's going on?!" her eyes darted around the room in a panic, she couldn't move, call out or think straight. Everything felt locked and frozen. "I-I can't move! W-What's going on seriously?! C-Can someone help me?!" she kept thinking to herself as the red glow got stronger. Soon, the red light disappeared, leaving the room in pitch black darkness. Creator held her breath as the adrenaline kept rushing through her. What was going on? Was she dreaming or is this real? She couldn't tell. The room was still pitch black and felt empty. She started panting, her intense fear of the dark resurfacing again. Suddenly, the room flashed red. The red flashes started getting more frequent, almost like it was signaling something. It got so intense that the redness of the room blended with the darkness. Creator shut her eyes to block herself from the intense light. Through the red void, she could see something within it, a figure. "W-What is that?-" Before she could even question it, her vision blurs as she passes out.

It was dark for a while, creator had passed out on the bathroom floor. Xavier was walking by scrolling through his phone when he noticed the bathroom door. It was opened slightly, he shook his head with a comedic look and was about to close it when he noticed black hair on the floor. He looked down and saw creator's passed out body on the cold floor. "Creator!" His yell echoing through the emigre house as he picks her up and starts to shake her. The rest of the household rushes to where abuse is, seeing creator is unconscious. "W-What happened to her?!" Galaxy asks in a panic. The rest of the household shoots questions at each other about what happened as they quickly bring her to her room to lay her down. "I just saw her like this in the bathroom. I don't know what happened!" Xavier exclaimed towards the group. As they were discussing this, creator's breathing settled, her room door was shut abruptly by some force without anyone knowing before that red light appeared once more. It formed into a figure and held her hand. It couldn't speak still, however, that didn't stop it from having a sinister agenda in its mind. Creator's room was engulfed with its redness before returning to its normal state, the last of its  red glow fading from her hand as a small amount of smoke.