Chapter 1

The eerie silence was creepy. Even though the sun was high in the sky, no one seemed to be around. The silence created an illusion of horror and every time it felt like someone was watching you. The trees swayed, the wind blew the dust in the air creating a mini storm. They were only two but it felt like hundreds of eyes were watching their every step, ready to devour ‘em in case they made a misstep. Even though they were in an open jungle, in the middle of who knows where, it felt like they were not alone.

“Miku, are you okay?”, Kai asked in his usual charisma. She woke up from her reverie and tried to stand up, but was out of breath.”Let me help you up”, Kai said as he extended his hand and added,”The longer you stay down there, the more you look like a flower that’s been trampled.”

She didn’t understand his humour. She hated everything about him, his talking style, his hair, his mannerisms, everything! And yet whenever his dark brown eyes stayed at her, she felt solace and comfort. It was as if his eyes were staring down into the abyss and of her soul and telling her,”I’ll always protect you.” She shoved that usual feeling and stood up.

“Seems like we are in the middle of a jungle!” Kai exclaimed excitedly with no shred of fear in his words. “I wonder what kind of adventure awaits us deep in this beautiful jungle.” Beautiful? How is it beautiful? The sun rays penetrating through the tree branches created an illusion of a monster shadow. A huge spider hanged leisurely and as it stared at them, it felt like it was enjoying every second of their misfortune. Everything creeped her out, even her thoughts were shrouded with all sorts of wild monsters creeping out there. How is it beautiful? She thought again. “I wonder how beautiful it will be when we get torn apart by some creature”, she replied trying to induce some fear into Kai.

Kai wasn’t moved by her words, he kept walking around, touching everything and smiling like a lunatic. “Wow! Look at those flowers!” He said,”this is truly a great adventure miku!” Miku was busy analyzing the environment. She wasn’t an expert in the landscapes but at least she could find some clues about the place. She walked around and noticed that the trees seemed unusual. The sun also seemed abnormally intensive and it felt like they were in a hot inferno. Ever since she regained her consciousness, she felt as if they were watched,, everything felt like an illusion. It didn’t feel real! Even the sun and the sky looked like some sort of painting to an extent that it felt awkward. She wasn’t bothered by Kai who was busy walking around singing who knows what hymns, while trying to find anything good to tease her with. She recollected the events that had happened before they were here.