Dead Wonder [HEAVY EDITING]

Chapter 3: Stone

A soft material covered the girl's skin as her eyes felt like weights had been placed on them when she opened them, looking around at her foreign surroundings. The rough stone ceiling above her still body made it clear she was in an odd type of home. The walls were of a black stone brick roughly hewn from stone, hints of purple dragged through it like an oil painting as the purple shone against the soft golden light, from the candles that hung from candelabrum and placed on the floor in groups. Now looking down towards the floor, ____ began to notice the details other than the wall she faced as when woke up. The floors were of a smooth dark ebony oak, a white rug laid across the floor, seemingly made of the skin of an unknown animal.

Standing not too far away from her, a figure stood present in the room, casting a long dark shadow over the bed ____ was laying on. _____, remembering the hell that she faced yesterday, and the earlier days, realized the hell that could face her as long as she was here. Pushing back the covers, _____ sat up, though trying to escape silently was impossible, as pain shot from her leg, as ____ let out a scream. The figure alert of the noise turned to face her as the girl looked for something to defend herself before another wave a pain shot from it. The figure she had seen earlier seemed to jump towards her wound worriedly, before ____ kicked them with her already hurt leg that bathed in agony, though her leg was weak from pain, the figure was knocke back onto the floor swiftly.

"Who are you!?" The girl yelled trying to get into a fighting stance, before letting out a cry of pain, as a her leg felt like hundreds of needles were rammed into it.

"Easy! Easy! You'll hurt your wounds even more! I already used all my bandages so I need you to stay calm." The figure finally spoke, the voice soft and just a bit feminine, thought the persona appeared to be male.

"Alright, fine. But who are you?" The girl asked again, obviously agitated

"My name is Yasashiku, call me Shiki, what's your name?" The male suddenly smiled, and his hair turned a white, leaving the girl perplexed

"My name is _____, but may I ask why your hair is suddenly....uh" The girl pointed at his hair as the male looked at it's now snowy white texture and laughed.

"Well my hair changes from white to ebony, by my anger level! It's nothing to worry about, it was light pink because I get impatient from time to time." The male said standing up, and brushing himself off and he helped the girl stand and sit on the bed

"Thank you for your help, when can I leave?" The girl asked

"Hopefully soon, your legs are in bad shape, a lot of infected wounds, if you stay as still as you can on the lower part of your body, and let me bandage them, you could be healed in the next few days probably!" Shiki explained happily, his eyes bright like the stars

"Wow, I haven't felt that hopeful in a week," _____ smiled, laughing a bit, as she hugged herself, before continuing her sentence "I have been wanting to ask, what is a Wonder?"

Just as Shiki was about to answer the question, a rumbling sound echoed throughout the walls of the room. _____ after hearing the sound became worried, and looked over at Shiki, his face had all the colour drained from it, Shiki then went over to his table and poured something into a bottle, sealed the bottle, and gave it to the girl, along with give her a satchel, and a cloak as he pulled her up swiftly, picking her up, and pushing her into a closet.

"Hey! What's wrong?!" _____ whispered, as Shiki pushed her further into the folds of cloaks and other material

"There are guards here, they are checking everywhere for the Wonder, since one had been found recently, by your wounds I've figured out you are the wonder. I need to protect you so please sit down and be quiet, I want you to stay hidden." Shiki pushed her towards the passage