Infernal Woods

{[Chapter II]}

The moon hang high in the sky, taking the place of the sun and shining down on the Earth. In this light, existed a path, currently being followed by a beautiful teenage girl named Rachel Gibson.

The path stretched far next to a wide asphalt concrete path, over run by mechanical vehicles.

"Rachel~"

A soft voice whispered and she stopped in her tracks, another shiver traveling through her body as she turned, but saw nothing, she was alone, except for the rushing cars leaving their driver's workplaces.

"Rachel..."

The whisper once again rang in her ears, and she caught a glimpse of a figure with the corner of her eye.

Poof

She fell backwards in surprise, landing in the busy streets, the lights flickered and a heavy truck was charging at her with high speed.

Time slowed, it came closer, and closer. Rachel's heart raced at unnatural speeds.

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The yellow sun shone high in the sky, sending light into the forest. A forest being explored by a curious little girl with long blueish white hair. She looked from one side to the other, completely lost, until she bumped into something.

She fell backwards with a small 'thump' and a cute "ow" sound from her mouth. Looking up, the girl saw a boy that looked like he was her age. Smiling brightly, he extended his hand to help her up. His red cat-like eyes stared straight at her.

The little girl smiled back sheepishly and grabbed his hand, helping her up.

"I'm Hanzo! Nice to meet you~"

"R-Rachel."

"Let's be friends!"

"Sure!"

Rachel's smile stretched further and she giggled while following Hanzo through the forest until they found a large clearing deep in the forest with larger trees, small houses, and lots of creatures.

Little glowing fairies flew around them with joyful smiles, and small lizards flew over their heads and let out cute roars. It was a forest of dreams, or so it might seem.

Gas-like creatures slowly crawled around in the shadows, while crows glared from tree branches. There were more in here than dreams, it was also a place of nightmares.

"Welcome home Hanzo, would you-"

Baalberith looked up and was cut off as she saw the little girl. Her joyful eyes dropped and she stopped pouring tea, instead she scoffed and walked away.

Jealousy. A sign of love and insecurity. Baalberith has a slight 'crush' on her adopted younger brother and her polite demeanor vanishes instantly when she sees him with another girl. 

"Don't mind her, she's like that a lot."

Hanzo smiled innocently and started running in a different direction with little Rachel trying to keep up. Before the re-entered the forest, Hanzo burst forward at the speed of light, leaving strong wind pressures and he disappeared.

Rachel's feet only carried her a little further into the forest and a tear fell from her eye.

"H-Hanzo? Hanzo!"

She was once again lost, and alone. Rachel fell to her knees and sobbed.

"Don't cry..."

A whisper echoed through the air. Rachel looked up, tears stopping, she recognized the voice.

"Hanzo?"

A hand rested on her shoulder, she turned to see her friend, smiling sweetly down at her, his smile was infectious as Rachel started smiling again through tears. She pulled herself up using his arm.

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Rachel opened her eyes and the truck came closer, and closer, until...

A/N:

Heyo, Duke here. I apologize for the short chapter. I wanted the result of the crash to remain unknown until the next chapter, so I just had to cut it off there. Very very very sorry!!!