Made in Abyss: The Unknown Above

Prologue

Darkness.

That was the first thing they saw when they came to.

Where, what, and how am I?

They opened their eyes. They looked around. The area they were in was like a pond, except that it seemed to have a blocking point, kind of like water in a cup, they realized. The water was glistening, the color of light baby blue, and the "cup", the color of murky green. They silently moved, slowly, but also silently, in the water. Peering over the edge, they realized that there was some materials, materials that were broken, in shards, in half, everything. They let out a gasp as he saw a interesting thing. Clear water, washing down into a certain point. In fact, the sound was extremely loud, they thought. They suddenly felt a chill. They looked down at their hands- wait. These... weren't hands. These hands... had fur. White fur. They turned the "hand" around, seeing it has a pad or sorts. They turned their head to see their white shoulder, and realized that they had a tail. A tail! A white and brown tail. They took a deep breath as they tried to stand up. They wobbled, but at last she stood up. They looked down at her feet, but like their "hands" they also had white and brown fur, and it wasn't feet either. Suddenly, red appeared in the clear water. They quickly whipped around their body, and their eye shot right open. The petrifying terror had no end; their new features, such as their tail, suddenly felt no motion. What was in front of her was... an pale, almost white creature. With two dull yellow eyes, their mouth was deformed, like if it was mashed with a hammer over and over. Blood dripped down the body and more red began to sink in the pool. The creature's hands were not hands, but like blue wings. The legs were nonexistent, and they had no ears. Their fur on top of their skins was more like feathers, blue and yellow for the most. The skin - feathered creature was letting out repulsive squish - like sounds, and it let out a pity - like yowl.

She felt tears running down her face.

What? Why were tears running down her face? They'd have never seen this kind of thing before, why? As they teared their eyes away from the scene, They'd then turn to themselves. They were wearing almost nothing, except for a hand - made vine dress. They wiped their eyes and started sloshing out of the blood - stained water. There was another one of the water-in-cup things nearby, as they could just walk onto it. They looked down at the water, blinking with surprise. They had yellow eyes as well, with short light brown hair. Their entire torso was white (now stained with red), along this their legs (that were also covered with fur). Their toes were brown, but the most interesting thing was their face, white and brown with ears like a fox. Their cheeks and muzzle were brown, but the rest was white. As they looked around, they took a breath and a sigh. They then looked up. It was almost like spirals, and only a tiny shimmer of light could be seen.

As she cocked her head to one side, her first instinct was...

I need to go up.