The Rift in Our Shadows

A deal with Fear

~ A little shout out to my best friend who is the one who drew the picture above :P

We looked around but saw no one. Then this thing was on my snout. It had a ferret like appearance and claws but had bright gold eyes. It seemed to have no mouth, or maybe it was closed. "Excuse me. I haven't introduced myself probably. I'm Fear itself. Name wise I'm Haunted." S.B didn't seem to care so I decided to ask him a few questions "Where are we? What are you? When can we leave? Why are you on my face? Are you going to hurt us?" Maybe a few was an understatement but an you blame me? I was scared. "We're in the Grand Master's thrown room. Here I can send you to the surface. But you have to do one thing for me" He grinned sickenly. "W-What would we have to do?" S.B shushed me and she spoke. "Just cut to the case. How do we can get out of here? I don't need you idiots sending anymore Shadow Eels to my home" He grinned so much more. "I just need you to watch a friend of mine. I think you'll really like her" He snickered but he honestly looked like he was about to burst out in laughter "But I'll need you to make sure she believes" I decided to try to get him to clarify "What do you mean? How do we get her to believe? And believe in what?" He smirked at S.B and I "Believe in the Shadow Rift. Believe in me" And with that we were in this strange place. And by we I mean just me. It looked like a room but everything was so colorful. The walls were pink and there was small figures everywhere and the place wasn't close to clean. Then this girl... Hooman came into the room, she seemed startled to see me. She panicked and quickly got on her bed and backed against the wall. I stepped back and tried speaking but I couldn't. Then Fear himself decided he'd talk to me and spoke in my mind "Looks like having no mouth is causing some trouble. Maybe you should open it" I shook my head and stepped back more but I tripped and fell. The girl laughed a little and leaned over her bed to look at me "You're cute" She smiled. Now I was confused, she was just scared of me. I sat up and got a little closer to her, she kinda looked like S.B but her hair was long and red. She tried touching me so instinctively I moved away. "Don't be scared. I won't hurt you. Here" She sat up and put her hands behind her "I won't touch you if that makes you feel better" It honestly did make me feel better. I stood up and tilted my head at her, still confused on what she was. "My name is Emily. Emily Lynch." She said smiling. Again I tried speaking "looks like you're still not able to speak. Open your mouth" I made a small whine and held my hands over my snout. Emily seemed conserved and patted next to her, wanting me on the bed. I couldn't believe it, she was scared of me and now she's acting like a... A friend. I climbed onto the bed and this made my eyes widen. The bed was so soft! I fell on my side and nuzzled the blankets, it felt so nice. Then a certain someone decided to ruin the moment. Haunted appeared on the ceiling fan. "I told you to open your mouth! Scare her or I will!" He hisses loudly which sounded like static. The girl looked terrified and she scooted against the wall. Then I realized that she's seen Haunted before. He's been scaring her. But I was scared as well and there is nothing I can do. "Scare her now! You're useless! We made a deal!" I whined and darted under Emily's bed. I could hear her whimpering and muttering "He isn't real" over and over again. She stopped and I peeked out. Haunted was gone but I knew he'd come back. I crawled out from under the bed and looked at Emily. She looked scared of me now