Chapter 2: Void

I reached the inside of the dark room and it turned out to be a kitchen. I looked at the checkered floor and saw Hana on her knees, crying with her hands on her face. "Hana?" i walked over to her. She turned to me with her reddened face as her tears poured down her face. "Joshu?" "Yeah it's me. Are you alright?" she nodded as she took my hand to stand up. "What is this place?" she wiped her tears and looked around from her spot. "We don't really know either. From the looks of it though, it appears to be a run-down mansion" Kentoreru said with some confidence. "We need to act quickly though and get out of here". I nodded and everyone walked over to the front door which was back to where we "spawned". Ran walked towards the door and took a deep breath. He turned the golden knob and yanked it open. Everyone was surprised and relieved then immediately flushed of those feelings as they saw nothing. Nothing at all. I couldn't make out if i was actually seeing black, darkness or nothing. No light nor symbol of existence of any state of matter. It was just an empty pocket of space perhaps. A void. Ran walked back and fell on his butt on the wooden floor as it creaked on impact. The terror in everyone's eyes made it look as if light weren't able to reflect off of them anymore. I wanted to do something about it. "So that's it huh.." Mashu began as he put his trembling hand through his hair. "We're trapped in some damn void..im dreaming.." I pinched myself to make sure. "Let's search around the place. No need to be sitting around quivering" Kentoreru straightened up as he stated those words. "You're right. We have to try to get out of here." Ran gained composure. "We have to at least try guys." "Let's search around the place and check for anything useful." Kentoreru fixed his glasses. Ran went to check the basement but it was locked. Mashu found a fancy bathroom that was oddly clean and ready for use. Hana checked the kitchen and found out everything was fully functioning and high-end cookware. Kentoreru found a dark room which turned out to be the laundry room once he turned on the lights. I found the dining room which made me think of food. Everyone grouped back up in the living room and discussed with each other what they had discovered. I told everyone i was hungry and Mashu couldn't believe it "How could you be hungry at a time like this?" I shrugged my shoulders and looked at aged purple walls of the mansion then at the kitchen. I walked into the kitchen and Kentoreru followed me just to be safe i assume. I opened up the pantry to see a bunch of cereal and gummy bears. It was a very strange pallet of food choices. Only a maniac would do something this weird but, i was hungry enough to bust open a bag of gummy bears and munch down on this lunatic meal. Kentoreru tried to stop me but i insisted. My teeth slid of some metal within a gummy bear making me bite my tongue a little causing it to bleed. I took the metal piece out of my mouth and discovered it was actually a button. Suddenly me and my friends heard a static TV noise in the living room and all came to see what was going on. We all waited to see if anything happened and then we heard talking. "Welcome to my mansion of time! There are 13 rooms, minus 5 though in this scenario since your bedrooms are always available. Every 12 hours 6 doors will be unlocked and 2 locked! Every 24 hours a power up will be placed in one of the unlocked rooms. Dont forget there is also a School as well at the beginning of the 24 hour cycle for 6 hours of education. Food will be changed everyday so good luck!" I gritted my teeth in rage. My mind couldn't stand the fact this person took our lives as a game. I couldn't stand the thought that me and my friends were his toys. "He really thinks this is funny huh?.." I said with a loud rage in my heart but a lower voice. Hana looked at me "Joshu..". Kentoreru's eyes widened as he quickly comprehended the situation. "Everyone i believe it's time to go to school." "Also since our bedrooms are always open, that means eight rooms are constantly being locked and unlocked. Six of those eight will be accessible every 12 hours." Ran nodded and then we all saw a bright light from the front door. It was in an instant when everything went white, i was suddenly standing in a snow covered street in front of school with my friends. I wasn't sure if i was really at school or not but i went in anyways for some odd reason. The classrooms looked like a clone, the view of the town from my seat in class looked like a copy. My teacher was also cloned but had purple eyes instead of brown ones. We all sat in the back of the class shocked. "Right now we gotta play by this guys rules until we find the golden opportunity to escape." Kentoreru stated. We all nodded in agreement. "Class" went on and i grew tired and fell unconscious. I woke up to beautiful rosey eyes, with the kindest look into mine. Hana had been calling my name for a while trying to wake me and get my attention. Once i realized Hana was in my face i because started and jumped a bit and my face grew closer to hers and we blushed for a bit. I sat back down and began to think that all the mansion stuff was a bad dream. I looked at the "teacher" and she still had purple eyes teaching a class of just me and my friends. I raised my hand to gain permission to the bathroom. The teacher nodded and off i went. I washed my face out with water, trying to cope with this insane reality. "Is this really happening.." i said to myself in the mirror. In the bottom left corner of the mirror something caught my eye. It was an orange glowing light in the mini trash can by one of the stalls. I walked over to it and the aura began to twirl around my body and engulf me. I freaked out and dashed out the bathroom and back to my friends in horror...