Kima lay atop of her bed with her arms spread out to either side and her eyes lightly closed as she listened to the bustle of feet in the hallway outside her room as the girls rushed about in preparation for school. Time slowly ticked by and the sounds began to lessen until finally there were only a few drifting murmurs outside of the door. Still she waited a moment longer to be certain that another surge of bodies wouldn't flood the corridors once again. She slowly opened her eyes and stared up at the ceiling as she counted down the voices beyond her door. "Five... four... three..." She got to her feet and picked up her clothes off the back of the chair. She hoped that the lack of commotion meant that there would be fewer glares when she went to take a shower. She planned to lay low for the next while in hopes that maybe her prior actions would soon be forgotten. She touched the doorknob, took a deep breath and bid a silent prey to anyone who would listen. When the door opened she was greeted by silence, the long hallway was devoid of any presence other then her own. Happy her prayers had been answered she quickly headed for the showers, not wanting to test her luck anytime soon. She rounded the corner and almost collided into her twin, whom was dripping wet and clenching tightly to her bathrobe. "Kimberly!?!" Kima clutched her chest; as her heart tried to jump from her ribcage, "Don't scare me like that!" She exclaimed. "I'm sorry..." Kim's eyes darted around the hall. "Are you being hassled by the lovely ladies as well?" Kima asked slyly and with a wink, hiding her own worries. "N... no..." Kim stammered shyly. "Oh right." Kima mused, "You don't like showering with others in the room. Still embarrassed of those scars are we?" Kim clung to her bathroom securer around her neck, "Leave me alone." She said firmly. Kima rubbed her head and sighed, "We're not getting anywhere with this. Why can't you stop pushing me away?" "Because I hate you." Kim stated angrily, "You're dirty, hurtful, disgusting." Kima rolled her eyes, "and you can sound like a broken record at times." Her ears perked up as she heard something drifted down the hallway behind her and quickly spun around to face the sound, "Do you hear that?" She asked uneasily. "Hear what?" Kim moved around her double and strained to hear what she was talking about. Kima stood motionlessly, her ears twitching at the slighted noise, "This way!" She announced then rushed down the corridor. Kim glanced around in confusion, "Kima?" She considered leaving her twin to her own volition when she turned to see that the lights down the hallway behind her were slowly turning off and plunging them into eternal darkness. Kim stepped away from the blackness as it seeped towards her, "No... No no no..." She mumbled and started to run after her twin, "Kiiimmaaa!!!" She called out in fear and found her double standing at one of the dorm room doors at the far end of the hall, in a corner. "Shhh!!" Kima urged with a wave of her hand as she placed her ear against the door, "It's a waltz..." She puzzled then turned to Kim, "Wasn't that waltz from film with the sleeping princess?" Kim gave Kima a perplexed look, "Sleeping Beauty?" she returned. "Why couldn't I remember that?" Kima mussed while running a hand across her chin. "What about i-" Kim suddenly could hear the waltz as well and stared at the door curiously, "What is so special about a waltz?" She demanded, turning to glance back down the hall to see the lights continuing to grow dimmer. "I get a strange feeling from this door." Kima reached out her hand to touch the doorknob. Kim spun around to see her twin was about to open the door and her mind filled with images of the toothy mass of darkness that lay beyond her bedroom door at home. Suddenly fear took over her mind and she lunged at Kima, "NO!!!" She grabbed Kima's hand in an attempt to stop her, the moment that her fingers touched the knob tendrils of darkness quickly seeped through the cracks of the door and plunged the girl's into complete darkness. ***** To be Continued . . .
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