When Waves Meet the Sand
Chapter 1: Living Nightmares
The black flakes throbbed over the white canvas of the world, superimposed over the peaceful landscape like a cancer.
Screams faded in and out of hearing, ringing horribly in her ears, and the little girl breathed in sharply, coughing on smoke and the smell of burning flesh.
Ocean-blue eyes watered from the agony cascading out from her heart, and her entire body shook with it.
A figure appeared from the gloom, and she straightened, hopeful.
“Mommy?”
The smoke receded for a moment, and tears drenched her cheeks at the sight.
The woman was drenched in her own blood, stumbling over the snow with watery blue eyes.
Even her snow-white hair, longer than the girl‘s own, was a deep crimson from the liquid flowing out of her gaping neck and chest.
“Bijin…” She breathed, struggling to stand. “Run.”
“MOMMY!”
With a jolt, Kumiko shot up off her pillow, panting.
The heart monitor was racing, and it took a great effort for her to calm down enough for the beeping to slow.
Whimpering softly, a young Polar Bear Dog pup sat up at her bedside, nuzzling against the little girl’s chest comfortingly.
“I’m okay, Ki-chan…” Kumiko breathed, patting the canine’s head with a bandaged hand. “I’m okay…”
Both knew that she was lying.
Screams faded in and out of hearing, ringing horribly in her ears, and the little girl breathed in sharply, coughing on smoke and the smell of burning flesh.
Ocean-blue eyes watered from the agony cascading out from her heart, and her entire body shook with it.
A figure appeared from the gloom, and she straightened, hopeful.
“Mommy?”
The smoke receded for a moment, and tears drenched her cheeks at the sight.
The woman was drenched in her own blood, stumbling over the snow with watery blue eyes.
Even her snow-white hair, longer than the girl‘s own, was a deep crimson from the liquid flowing out of her gaping neck and chest.
“Bijin…” She breathed, struggling to stand. “Run.”
“MOMMY!”
With a jolt, Kumiko shot up off her pillow, panting.
The heart monitor was racing, and it took a great effort for her to calm down enough for the beeping to slow.
Whimpering softly, a young Polar Bear Dog pup sat up at her bedside, nuzzling against the little girl’s chest comfortingly.
“I’m okay, Ki-chan…” Kumiko breathed, patting the canine’s head with a bandaged hand. “I’m okay…”
Both knew that she was lying.
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