Spirited Away Fan Fiction ❯ Spirited Away Retake ❯ The First Encounter ( Chapter 1 )

By: Ryoko Kagome

Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN THE MAJORITY OF THE CHARACTERS EXCEPT FOR MY TRADEMARK CHARACTER AMBER!!!

The wind blew softly passed the window of the car as Amber gazed calmly out but beneath she was boiling mad. Ripped from her home and forced to move with her parents to Japan, not even given much time to say good-bye to those she cared for. She was in a strange place; she knew no one and not much Japanese. She was on the brink of a breakdown and a fit of rage. The thin 15yearold girl was very much into the super natural and had seen ghosts before. She pretended that she was ok with the move but was screaming inside. She knew that she would not have any friends nor would her teachers like her, she was afraid and angry. Hugging the small bouquet she'd gotten and the guy had no clue she was moving, he honestly loved her and she and he would never see each other again taking the card she placed it in her pocket. When they slowed she dropped one of the flowers on the little shrines they passed by. Her dad had taken one of his famous shortcut that had gotten them lost again so he began driving faster and skidded to a stop in front of the odd stone carving. Her dad stepped out and so did her mom. She was certain that this place was bad.

"Guys lets go this place isn't right, please?" Amber asked.

"Oh come on Amber we'll just look around." her mother said.

"Fine. You're not leaving me alone though," Amber said running after them. She looked at the walls and was very surprised that they looked real and not plastic like some see had seen. They walked till they came to a room that looked like a church, which from there lead to a spacious field and a small almost town like group of buildings. They crossed the beginnings a little river and the smells almost immediately surrounded them, beef, chicken, pork, and lots of other things. Her dad began to sniff out where the food was, they found it and began to eat but Amber refused she went to see the huge bathhouse. The sun was setting fast as she stood there. A boy about her age appeared while she stared at the sunset.

"What are you doing here? Get out now!" he said, he had startled her so badly that she tripped as she ran injuring her leg. He was coming. She scrambled up and ran for the stairs she tripped in fear and pain and fell to the bottom but her arm and leg were bleeding severely as she ran with renewed fear. She went to her parents but only to find huge pigs in place of her parents. She ran down the street wild with fear she reached the river and ran forth in to not rocks but icy cold water. She just ran then to a dry, dark, secluded place and laid down her wounds still gushing, she was getting weak and light headed. She had no desire to move on, just to lay there and bleed. The boy from earlier ran up seeing the severity of her wounds and her extreme loss of blood had left a slight trail to where she now lay in a light pool of blood. She was still and wet and her wounds ushered forth more blood by the second. He forced her to eat some sort of berry, as she lay motionless in his arms. The wounds repaired and she stared at his eyes like she could trust him. His lips move towards hers in a sub-consciously to kiss her. Her mind was in shock so she could not resist him. He kissed her and she jerked away afraid of his kiss like she was afraid of what he would do.

He spoke in a calm soothing voice one that calmed her soul, "Do not fear me I shall not take advantage of you." he said as she tried to push him back, his arms slid around her like a warm blanket, she then accepted his gentle embrace. His arms were thin but strong, she could not resist his gentle embrace and snuggled in to his chest. His hand found her rusty yet flame red hair, he began to stroke it softly as the sweet aroma of Amber's Midnight Way perfume began to encase them.