"Kei it's time for school so wake up and get ready," said a youthful energetic voice. "Yay, I know Keiko, I'm just getting ready" replied Kei. Kei went downstairs immediately after where he saw his sister Keiko waiting. She motioned to sit down to eat breakfast and brought the dishes with a smile. The dishes had boiled eggs and three slices of toasted bread. As they ate Keiko suddenly said: "Our cousin Rena coming in December for Christmas, isn't that exciting Kei" Keiko exclaimed gleefully. "That's great but does Mom and Dad know" asked Kei. "Oh poor sweet Kei, Mom and Dad died in a car crash so they don't have to tell them" explains Keiko. "But they not dead, we saw them yesterday perfectly healthy" refuted Kei. Keiko just waved it off explaining that they were barely even here so it was almost like their dead. She reassured Kei that Rena had asked for permission and agreed to the arrangements. Keiko got and washed both their dishes in the sink before leaving with Kei to school. The sky was clear that day but the weather on the other hand was very cold to the point of needing a coat and mittens. Keiko was taking Kei to his school before going to her high school. The two encounter a familiar face Keiko's friend Jessie who waves to them. "Jessie don't you have class today" asked Keiko with Jessie explaining that she didn't have class. "Oh Keiko, you should see this" exclaims Jessie as she hands her a grocery flyer. Jessie explained that the eggs were on sale for cheap to Keiko who thanked her before Jessie said that she had to pick up her preorder. Keiko asked her if she had preordered the Six Swords Wonder game which Jessie said yes with excitement before running off. She reminded Keiko to go and check it out later, and soon after they made it to Kei's school. Keiko said goodbye to Kei before leaving for her high school. Kei entered his noisy classroom and made it to his seat where he surprisingly saw Nicholas was happy. Kei asked Nicholas if he was okay because of what happened to his sister but Nicholas scoffed at his comment saying Maria was fine. Nicholas said confidently that she would be found soon and was okay, he then said that whoever kidnapped her would probably let her go as she would be annoying to handle. Suddenly another kid named Henry butted in and said that he thinks he saw her at the local public park but Nicholas reminded him that no kidnapper will go to a public park where they can be spotted by anyone. Kei then asked Nicholas why everyone was noisy. "Wait you don't know, we have a new teacher because Mrs. Sophia had to leave because she was pregnant" explained Nicholas. Suddenly a tall man with brown hair came into the classroom where he explained his name as Mr. Toshiro. He told the students they could just call him Shinji and when a student asked why he was here. He simply said that he owed Mrs. Sophia a favor which was why he was here before starting the school day. The school day went on like normal with Toshiro working there till the end of the day. Keiko came to pick up Kei after school was done and got Kei so they could go home but as they did Kei felt someone was watching him so he looked back to see Toshiro looking at them. Toshiro noticed him and waved to Kei before moving away from the window. On the way home decided to go to the grocery store to get the items on sale. After getting all the items on sale Keiko and Kei headed back home where on the way home at the local park they met Jessie again. Jessie explained that she was heading home and started a conversation with Keiko. Kei decided to look around as they talked and looked at the park sign displaying Jell Park. That is when he remembered what Henry said, this was where he last saw Maria supposedly. Kei decided to look around for a bit until he saw shaking bushes. The sky was dark and Kei noticed it was starting to snow, he saw snowflakes coming down in droves as he walked to where the noise was coming from. The exact area in the park where the noise was heard was in the tiny woods that led to a bar fence covered with vines that obscured most of it except for an area where you can some of the property. The property was located in a wealthy part of town so it was pretty weird for Kei to see the fence untidy in that part of the neighborhood. Kei looked closely at the shaking bush but it was hard to see since the street light started going off and on. It seemed like a creature was moving at first but it stopped once Kei was 5 feet from it. Kei then heard munching sounds and that's when the lights went on where he saw briefly a seven-foot bird-like creature. The creature had yellow eyes with white and black feathers, it tilted its head at first but seemed to ignore him as it seemed occupied. It was munching on something round in its mouth when Kei heard a bone-crunching noise. The creature soon ran deeper into the woods and when Kei tried to look where it was going, it suddenly vanished. Once he look at the place where the creature once was. He suddenly saw four yellow reptilian eyes staring at him and he could see a silhouette of what seemed to be a 2 8-foot creature with horns staring blankly at him with curiosity. The creatures soon moved away from the area a garage opening sound was heard. A scared Kei soon returned to his sister to go home and away from that place.