Striking Four

Prologue: Hauntings (Jaed's POV)

I walked up the cold cement stairs, panting heavily, I looked up to see the endless flight of stairs. I sighed heavily, frowning in a result.

'How'd I even get here..?'

I continued up the stairs, starting to drag my feet up each step. I decided to stop and sit down on the hard steps, feeling my chest tighten and burn.

'God I should work out more..' I leaned my head against the wall and breathed softly, catching my breath. I closed my eyes out of exhaustion, hearing only my soft and short breaths past my lips.

Then I heard soft sounds of someone's feet hitting the cement steps.

I snapped my eyes open, staring down the stairs. My breathe got caught in my throat, making my chest tighten up again as I stared. I bit my tongue to be quiet. I felt my self start to tremble from the panic I was starting to have, make me nervous of what or who was coming.

Then I see the familiar deep black hair.

I smiled and sighed in relief, "O-Oh thank g-god, Luna... I-Its only you.." I laughed gently and saw her slowly move closer to me, only she was crawling her way up to me. "I-I thought you were a killer or rapist!" I joked out, smiling more and laughing by myself.

Once I didn't hear her laugh at my joke, I looked down at her and raised a brow.

'She always laughs at my jokes.. Something's not right..'

I heard a soft wheezing sound as Luna dragged herself closer, seeing her having deathly pale skin. She had bruises and cuts along her arms as far as I could see.

"L-Luna..?" I felt frightened for her to look at me, making tremble more. I slowly stood, feeling the fear make me freeze as she slowly lifted her head to me. Once I saw her face, I felt the vomit come up.

Her once beautiful soft, lively face was now mutilated and dead. She was missing a bright blue eye while the other hanged from the socket. Her jaw was ripped off her, the blood still dripping and her tongue hanging. A wheel was stabbed into her neck, making her head stay tilted to the left. Cuts and bruises covered her body, making me gag at the scene.

I leaned over, feeling the warm disgusting liquids escape my throat and onto the smooth steps. I felt tears come to my eyes as I continued to vomit, I looked up at her once I was finished.

All she did was stand there and look at me. I shivered under her dead gaze, walking up the stairs backwards. I placed my hands along the walls, holding myself up enough. I saw her head twitch slightly, hearing a low growling sound.

I stopped dead in my tracks, waiting for her reaction. I trembled under the pressure and intensity of what she was going to do. I saw her twitch again and again, stepping up a step. I felt the breath in my throat get caught, making my chest tight. I watched her as she slowly climbed the stairs, wheezing and coughing. I saw the blood drip down her dangling tongue, making me gag.

Luna started to slowly climb the stairs, getting closer to me. I felt my breathing grow heavier and louder, making my chest even tighter. I couldn't look at her, I'm so scared to look at her. I spin around and start to climb the stairs again, faster this time.

Afraid to look back, I kept running up. The only way I could. I didn't want to turn around and see my deformed best friend.

My eyes widen as I see the last step hoping that there is a way out. I took the last step and ran straight into a smooth flat surface. I stumbled back, looking at the smooth cold wall.

"N-No.. No, no, no, no, no, no!" I screamed out as I slapped my hands against the wall, panicking. I heard the footsteps grow louder, making me panic more. "Open, please! I don't want this! Help! " I felt hot tears stream down my face, making me tremble from both fear and sadness. I looked behind me, seeing Luna's deformed head hovering over me.

I screamed out as she pounced at me.

I jolted up from my sleeping state, sweating and panting heavily. I looked over at the time to see the lock said 3:30 A.M.

"F-Fuck.." I whispered out and sat my face in my hands, wiping the sweat away. I heard small foot steps and I looked up immeadetly, seeing a black head with big blue eyes. She rubbed her eyes tiredly and yawned.

"J-Jaed..? W-What happened..? Y-You w-were screaming.." The soothing voice made me relax, sighing in relief. Her dazed and confused look made me happy, she walked over to the bed to me. She sat down beside me, her weight making the bed shift a bit. "A-Another bad dream..?"

Her sweet and beautiful smiled reassured me. I nodded to her, "Y-Yeah.. I-It was awful.."

She pulled me into her arms, hugging me tightly as she rubbed my back comfortingly. I didn't dare move from her arms, holding her close with a death grip.

"I-It's okay.. I'm here now, Jaed.." I felt so relaxed and safe in her arms, slowly closed my eyes; falling back into a deep slumber, but something caught my eye before I closed them..

Something..

Pale..

Something that made my skin crawl..

Whatever it was will have to wait. I'm much too tired and frightened..

Plus I didn't want to leave her soothing embrace..

[A/N]: Hello! I hoped you enjoyed the new introduction to this (hopefully) new and improved story! I'll hopefully update twice a month on this! I'm honestly shooting for this to end at the end of the year. It's not really much, it's just a simple random fanfiction me and an old friend wrote up back in middle school. So it's gonna be silly and stupid at times! Hope you all will enjoy this story as much as me and my friend did! Ciao till later~!

~Mishaps&Mayhem