(Originally Written 2011) The funny thing about blood is that it stains long after the life drains away…
Four girls, inexplicably bound by blood, all sharing one devastating fate and threatened by a deadly curse hanging over their heads. Welcome to the Smith Family! Five tales, five very different narrators and five sealed fates, set somewhere between the real world and the one of nightmares. Be ready to meet humour and horror, angst and despair and death, magic and retribution.
Part One: The Beginning
Years ago, two brothers, both in love with the same girl waged war against one another, the only problem, one was alive, the other dead. Together they damned their descendants to be cursed:
Die an untimely death, or go mad with power running thick through your veins.
Remember kids, every word has repercussions, and sometimes, death is the only salvation.
Welcome to the Smith Family.
In this world, beings called Yo-kai exist, causing all sorts of problems for humans. Yo-kai are invisible to the human eye, so to see them, you'd have to use a legendary forbidden tool hidden in the human world. But just what is this tool, and what would happen if a certain person found it and the Yo-kai lurking about this world?