The Dark Hour

Chapter 1

Time never waits.  

It delivers us all to the same end.

You, who wish to safeguard the future 

however limited it may be...

You will be given one year;

go forth without falter, 

with your heart as your guide...

 

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Terminal station, evening. The station entrance is buzzing with activity...

Meanwhile, elsewhere...

A female student with golden brown hair, is sitting at the left corner of her room near to a window. Sunset. She puts her hand on her forehead, panting deeply.

After a few big frustrated sighs, "I just... put it to my head... and pull the trigger... No chickening out." She puts the somewhat a gun into her forehead and said "No... I can't!" Then she dropped the gun.

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Minako's POV

Oh! Here's my ride.

Inside the New City passenger train "Anehazuru" the train conductor suddenly speaks. 

"Due to a malfunction in the switching system, today's rail schedule has been greatly altered. We apologize to any costumers who were in a hurry. The next stop is Iwatodai."

Oh great. Now I'm gonna be late.

Train Announcement 

"Iwatodai. This is the final train bound for Tatsumi Port Island. Please take care to board before our departure."

I arrived late... It's almost midnight...

Then all of a sudden the lights were off, I gasped and the surrounding looks like green in a dark way, I really can't explain. I sighed, it would probably be best to hurry to the dorm.

As I walked out from the station I noticed coffin-like objects lining from the deserted city. Am I in the right place? I continued walking with trembling hands, there are dry blood stains at the walls of the buildings, the houses, and even at the floors! The wind is so heavy that'll make every hair in your body stand and it sounded like someone's whispering. It's so cold.

And it's like this is the time where zombies go out and try to eat you. I chuckled nervously. I let the thought away cause nothing that scares me more than zombies.

It would probably be best to hurry to the dorm.

The back of my mind tells me. Yeah, just hurry up you scaredy cat. I walk nervously, my knees are shaking, I'm afraid that any minute now I'll pass out. I counted one to ten. And when i reached ten I look up at the moon.

Woah. I stopped.

It's an eerily gigantic moon and looks like.. kinda... Yellow? The color of the moon is supposed to be gray, right? Then, why...? Ugh. I give up.

I walk, but now it's twice faster, no.. I mean I'm now running. I kept on running until I reached the dorm. Phew! At last I arrived at Gekkoukan High, Iwatodai Dorm (the dorm mentioned in my admission pamphlet). I'm glad I'm already here? It turns out to be a question. But, all I can think of now is to get in to my bed and go to sleep 'cause I'm freaking tired right now. My eyes are heavy and ready to close it. I'm starting to think weird things I saw earlier was just part of my wild imagination. Probably. I hope.

I opened the door and close it behind me. When...

"Welcome." comes a voice of a strange boy, I guess, his voice is cold and sounded like a girl. I gasped and dropped my bags down. I turn to face whoever that was.

"You're late. I've been waiting a long time." I look around then down, it's a boy. He's wearing pajamas in black and white stripes, he has blue eyes, raven hair, and a cute little mole at his upper left cheekbone. He smiled at me innocently. He is holding a piece of paper out to me but, before I can say anything he says...

"If you want to proceed, then please sign here. It's a contract." I furrowed my eyebrows at him in confusion. The smile on his face disappeared and looks at me as if he was reading my mind. "There's no need to be scared." The cute innocent smile is back. "It only binds you to accepting full responsibility for your actions."

"Okay?" I said, slower. I snatch the paper from his little hands. He chuckled.

"I chooseth this fate of mine own free will." I read the words written in it in my mind. Below it is a blank to sign my name.

Well, I guess I have no choice than to put my name in it so this little boy would go home and continue his prank to someone else.

And so, I write Minako Shiro.

"Very well." said the boy. "Time is something no one can escape. It delivers us all to the same end. Wishing won't make it go away." He said almost in a sing-song voice.

"Excuse me?"

"And so it begins.."

"What? Begin, what? And what's your na--" before I could finish my sentence the unknown strange little boy disappeared, right in front of me! As if melting into the darkness.

"Oh my God" I said, almost a whisper.

My heart is thumping loudly like it's going to burst out in my poor innocent ribcage any minute now. I lived all my life with my aunt after she died a month ago. Before she died she enrolled me here in Gekkoukan High and said that I have to live my life on my own. I loved her much more than she loved me. She's the only family I got after my parents died in an accident. She said, she didn't want any husband of her own because she's contended to have me. How I miss her so much.

"Who's there!?" I snap back to reality when I heard someone and almost made me jump. "How can you be... But it's...!" She continued, her voice trembles. She's in uniform same as me. She has a golden brown hair, pale brown eyes, and she's holding something... something like a .. "Don't tell me.." She keeps muttering to herself.

"Woah! Is that a gu--"

"Wait!" chimes in another girl. Seriously, where are this people coming from?! Suddenly appearing right into my face?!

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