Secret

I OWN NOTHING!

Chapter 1: Why We Don't Tell Secrets

Madoka

"UGH!" I tore through the clothes in my closet. "Where is it?" I hear footsteps and shut the door quickly.

"Oh, hey. Everything okay?" My boyfriend of six months enters the messy room. I blush when I see just how messy it really is.

"It's alright, Masamune. I'm fine. I just can't find my backpack. It has my gear and I need it." Masamune glances around the room and walks over to my bed. He gets on his knees and pulls out my backpack.

"Found it!" He smiles as I attack him with a hug.

"THANK YOU!" I take it and rush over to my desk. I pull out a package and open it. Inside lies my science fair homework.

"You should take a break from all that stuff."

"Masa…"

"Hey, that's not my name, Doki!" He teases me. He makes a face and he pulls me in his arms.

"I gotta work. The science fair's in a week and I'm so not ready." I pull away and walk back to my desk.

"Alright…" He sulks a little and I laugh at his puppy dog face.

"You could help me. You've got the best grades in the school."

"Nah, I know my smart Girlfriend's got this one. Besides, the rules say, unless we're partners, I can't help."

"I know what the rules say." I stick my tongue out playfully at him and he starts tickling me.

"Masa! STOP!" I laugh and he does. He takes a seat on my bed then cocks his head in confusion.

"Doki…what's that?"

"What?" I say. "I'm not falling for that again." I laugh and turn my head back to my work. I start assembling the machine according to my calculations.

"No, Doki. Look. There's someone in your yard."

"Huh?" I stand up and come to the window. He's right. In my yard stands my dead mother. I gasp and step backwards.

"Doki, what is it?" Masamune asks as he continues peering out the window. "There's no one there."

"Don't you see her?"

"Who, Doki…are you okay?" I pant hard as he explains he was trying to prank me. He looks out the window again.

"Masa…my dead mother is standing there in the yard. You're telling me you can't see her?" He nods, pale-faced.

Accept your fate. No one can know. Secret! SECRET!

The words echo in my head and I clutch it tightly.

"Honey?!"

"STOP!"

None can know. You have told. He will die.

"NO!" I scream as the words repeat themselves. All of the sudden, a black arrow breaks through the window. It strikes Masamune's back and he gasps in shock.

"MASA!" I catch him as he falls. He gasps for breath and I hold his head.

"Doki…" he says softly.

"Don't you die on me, Masa! Hold on, please!" I grab my cell from my pocket and dial 911.

Secret…if you tell, they must die. It is a secret! SHHHH!

My mother appears in my room and I scream. I throw my body over Masamune the best I can and hope that I can protect him.

"LEAVE HIM ALONE!" I scream at her. I throw a book but it goes right through her.

SECRET!

She hisses the word at me and then she's gone.

...

"Miss," I look up at the doctor. He looks down at me and Masamune's best friends, King and Gingka.

"Is he alright?"

"It's too early to know."

"What do you mean it's too early to know?" King stands and gets near the doctor. Gingka grabs his arm and pulls him back.

"Thank you doctor." The calm friend smiles as the doctor leaves with a confused look.

"Don't do that, King!" I say a little shaken still.

"Here," Gingka hands me his jacket and scarf. Though the jacket's short sleeved and the scarf is really long and kinda heavy, I feel a little better.

"I'm sorry guys." I mutter. Gingka takes me in his arms and tells me nothing is my fault.

"Yes, it is."

"You couldn't have done anything else. You did everything you could."

"Masamune will be fine."

"I hope so." I look over Gingka's shoulder and see my mother's reflection staring back at me. She's been there since we arrived. She holds a finger to her lips and I get the message.

If I tell anyone else what I told Masamune, they'll suffer the same fate. It's a secret.

Thanks for reading. I hope you liked it. This is the first chapter so if you think it's interesting now, it gets better. The plot will become clearer with the other chapters. The other characters will come into play also. The First Five Chapters talk about who's going to be the main characters. They just won't have the names by them. I will say who I am writing about before the chapter begins. Here's the order for the chapters…it will be this way for all the chapters, going in this order.

Chapter 1: Madoka

Chapter 2: Tsubasa

Chapter 3: Yu

Chapter 4: Dynamis

Chapter 5: Kenta

Thanks again, TTYL