This story is about the Aphmau ship, Zane~Chan/Zane x Nana. In this story they have been dating for two years. Zane is debating the idea of proposing to Kawaii~Chan. And that's not the only thing he has to worry about. One night he got an unexpect...
The world was dark and empty. Not even a sliver of light appeared anywhere. I started to walk forward. The ground was hard, and with each step I took there was a clang beneath my feet, like a hammer on metal.
I was walking for what seemed like hours. Suddenly, I tripped over something. It was like I just fell down a step. The ground smelled earthy, and I could feel some sort of stone around me along with dirt.
Starting off faint, light started to fill the darkness. I was standing on a path that stretched out as far as the eye could see. The ground was just earth except for a few patches of dead grass. The sky was a sunset color, but strangely, the sun was high in the sky. Other than the sun, the sky was clear, no clouds or birds. I looked back to where I came from. It was pitch black, and a fog or gas was steaming out of it. This place seemed to be divided by the light and dark. I turned back around.
A loud sound came from above. Gigantic crows were circling around me, like I was prey. One let out an ear piercing caw and the sound of thunder erupted from in front of me. There was lighting crashing down around a black glob of floating mist. The sky turned a blood red as the mist started to grow and transform. Two glowing red eyes appeared from the morphing mist. Eventually, it tuned into a humanly shape, floating towards the ground.
The figure the mist created seemed to be sucking it in. The more it sucked in, the more color appeared on the shape. It absorbed the mist until all that was left was a towering man looming over me. The man was covered in red and black armor, a maroon cape-like piece of clothing draped over his left shoulder, connected to his right shoulder, and came down over his back to his feet. He had dark, unkempt brown hair and sharp, piercing brown-amber eyes glazed over with a faint red. His eyes carried dark bags, and a scar ran over the left. He grinned as a wispy blood red light illuminated from his hands.
The man laughed and kept bowing closer to me, enclosing me with darkness. He stared straight at me, and his eyes told me that he was looking to kill. His eyes gave me a hint of recognition, and soon after came searing anger.
I heard the faint sound of a woman's voice coming from the distance. It got louder and louder.
"zane..... Zane.... "
It was calling out to me.
"Zane.... Zane!"
The man fully enclosed me in darkness. All I could see was an endless black. I felt lighter, and could no longer feel the ground. Dizziness took over my head and my body so I could hardly continue to stand. I started to blink rapidly, my eyes getting heavier. Suddenly my knees buckled and my eyes sealed shut.
The voice was booming inside my head.
"Zane!..."
I was drifting off into unconsciousness.
* * * *BEEP* *BEEP*
Zane sat up in his bed and gasped like he had been drowning in water, and finally got a breath of air. He clenched his pounding chest and looked around. He spotted his mirror. He could see his messy hair going this way and that. The hair that usually hid his left eye was positioned in the middle of his face, above his nose. The color of the eye was a faded grey, and there was a long stitch around it. He saw an image of Hyria's eyes in his mind. Like looking into a mirror, right?
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He quickly pushed his hair over his eye and sighed.
It was all a dream. The man, the darkness, it was all fake. But his eyes we're unforgettable. It was him.
* * * Zane's POV
The man who set fire to Nana's house. It must have been him. No one else has those eyes. I'm sure of that. But it was all fake, so why should it matter? I sighed. Maybe it was just a reminder of what I had to do today. Get a piece of the man, and possibly a name.
I quickly went and got changed. Like usual, my only breakfast was a cup of coffee. Preferably I have it with milk and sugar, but today I had no time for extras, so I settled for black.
I headed out and went over to Kawaii~Chan's house. It was empty. I had called her a little while ago and she said it was okay to go in. The place was pretty ruined. Everywhere you look you could see something burnt, or covered in scorch marks. The whole house was dying and fragile.
I carefully climbed the creaky stairs, looking around as I did. I entered rooms, flipping things over, searching for blood or material from clothing, anything. I finally entered Nana's room. Everything was ruined and burnt, and ashes were scattered on the ground. It was like looking into the inside of a just lit fireplace.
I forced myself to check around the perimeter of her room. I saw nothing that was out of place, besides it all being destroyed. I could imagine all the bright colors transform into dark cinders, being engulfed in a raging fire. An image of Nana came to my mind. She was smiling. Flames shot out from the side, covering her with fire. Her skin started to turn dark. It looked like stone. Her eyes started to droop but her smiled stayed. She collapsed, turning into a pile of ashes.
I shook my head and quickly got out of the room. Not to Nana, not to anyone. That's not going to happen.
I climbed down the stairs and headed out the front door. I went to the side of the house to where I saw the man. I looked in the bushes and on the ground, but there was nothing. There was nothing anywhere.
I sighed. The only thing left for me to do is visit Nana.
Song: London Bridge is Falling Down Version: Drocell Music Box-Black Butler
Hi! I hope you enjoyed the chapter! And yes, the pictures were created by yours truly! The one at the top I did in like 5-10 minutes so it's not the best. Plus, I can concur that I am not the most skilled at pathways and all that jazz. I did edit the picture by putting filters and things to make it look more 'like my vision'. I also added a small amount of filters to the picture of Zane.
But, gosh look at that hideous rock on the right 0°0 (Yes, I am hiding my initials with that little slip of paper that has my account name on it)
Let me know if you want me to make an art book lol
Anyways, thanks so much for reading, and happy holidays! ~Phe
