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Chapter 4 - OL1 : Voices of the lost

"Curiosity was her name. Nothing, but a foolish child wishing to be something. Oh, how I wish these things would be a little more entertaining. Hmm, although, I guess this was the show you were looking for, isn't it?"

Shadowy mist gets blown away by the wind as the voice echoes into the darkness. Curiosity. One word, with no explanation, no warning, appeared in everyone's mind. Like a virus when thought about more it spread inside the minds of the people who realized the existence of the word and pandared it.

The light shines as bright as ever on top of people's faces. Sunshine changes so much for each person, for some it helps to hide, for others to wake up.

"Luna!" a loud and rough voice echoes throughout the house.

Silence. Large footsteps shake the house, cracks appear on the walls. Louder and louder. Each step sounds as if it's going to be the last. The door that was once closed shut fades away, with a large man slowly becoming more visible. Anger, fear, everything seems so confused and mixed.

"This is where it ends you damn brat!" yelling, almost spitting out pure anger, the man enters the room. Holes appear in the walls after each step. Powerful wind fills the room as if it was water.

The pieces from the wall leave the ground as if they were floating. Slowly, they all began to fill the wall, but none of them matched the holes.

Finally. He had reached her, close enough to touch. Smile expands on his face as he reaches for her...

Splash. Attention suddenly gets stolen away by water hitting the window. The light shines brightly through the drops of water sitting on top of the window's glass.

Nothing, but the light, which now is serving as much as the darkness. Slowly this brightness seems to diminish as the ceiling comes into sight.

"Eughh, oh cmon' Roy... move a little more to the left, I'm not comfy here..." a quiet and sleepy voice fills up the room.

A little sigh echoes inside of the room, as the source of it slowly gains consciousness. Peaking through the eyelids shines a pair of brown eyes, still visibly sleepy. Like lighting hitting a tree, the girl quickly springs out of bed.

"Oh, no no no!" an energetic, but filled with fear, a voice suddenly appeared, completely waking up the one that it came from.

Without a second to waste, the small build dashed out of the room, accidentally slipping and meeting the nearby wall. Ignoring any pain, she stood back up, but instead of running, the little girl decided to powerwalk. Just a slimmer of tears appear in her eyes as her face turns slightly pink.

Impatient and angry sounds emit from her while she gets closer to her destination. Filled with determination, the girl has finally reached the door, pure happiness swallows her face as she sees the goal staring right at her.

...

A loud thud wakes up a man from his deep sleep, "Sorry, no credit cards..."

Slowly he opens up his eyes while he emerges from his confusion, looks around to attempt to analyze the reason why he got awoken from his slumber. The man slowly takes off the bedsheets covering him to get out of bed and investigate. Yawn after yawn, he gets closer to the doorway which leads into the hallway.

"Luna, what's happening?" the man talks in a slightly loud, but calm voice, takes a little pause expecting a reply, "Sweetie?"

He arrives at the door of the bathroom being closed shut, the man lightly knocks on the door, "Are you okay in there, princess?"

Light mumbling is heard behind the door, it makes him slightly confused, so he puts his ear closer to the door to hear better. He knocks once more.

The door gets suddenly opened up as if a hurricane just paid a visit, "Woah, princess, what was that?"

"Daddy!" the little girl suddenly jumps on the man with tears in her eyes.

Surprised by the sudden attack the man stumbles back with the small creature around his waist, "A-are you okay? What's with the sudden hug?"

Just some light sobbing answers the man's questions. He looks down at the little girl to try to get some clues about what has happened. Looking down at the girl's pajamas a slight tint of red is noticeable near her knee.

"Oh, did the little knee get hurt, sweetheart?" a concerned voice exits the man's mouth.

He only feels the little girl's head move up and down against him. The tears of the little sobber have completely been absorbed by the shirt.

"Alright, angel, you'll need to let Daddy use his special healing magic." the man gives out a little smirk, after which he looks around to figure out the location of something.

He tries to slowly take the child away from him, to lead her to his room. After managing to somehow bring her to his room and sit her down, the man started opening up some drawers gathering certain objects.

"Now listen, sweetie, this might sting a little bit, but that only means that the magic is working, okay?", the man says in a calm voice.

Instead of words, the girl uses a nod to signify her agreement. After getting everything ready, the man took care of the source of the stain and made sure to get some clean clothes for the little girl.

"Now, since my magic is taking effect, why don't we get you some breakfast?" said the man in a friendly and kind voice.

The little girl finally started to regain her little smile that manages to shine brighter than any star. Without saying a word, she got up from the bed and quickly walked out of the room leaving behind a hungry aura.

"Ahahaha..." the man was left in a state of confusion and appreciation, "She's just too adorable."

Noticing a certain sensation on top of his head, he started scratching it. While thinking about something the man noticed in the corner of his eye that his phone had a notification. Curiosity enveloped him.