Chapter 1
First appearance


Her long hair was blowing in the wind and her color played around her soft peach skin and emphasized her even more. Her dream prince stood next to her. He was just perfect. He had beautiful blond-white hair and his eyes were such a flawless blue that it would not do justice to the most beautiful sea in the world. It was just perfect. At that moment he turned to her and slowly came closer with his head. The tips of their noses were almost touching each other now.
"I love you!"
Just as they wanted to kiss, the face of their dream prince changed. A bloodcurdling scream escaped her throat.
With a leap that made her chair crash, Nicole jumped up. Confusion and a slight horror were mixed together on her face. When she realized that it was all just a dream, she sighed in relief.
"It was just a dream ... luckily!"
"Oh, how nice that you woke up again, Ms. Mitchell! I hope you have a good rest in my class, yes ?!"
As the whole class started whispering and giggling, Nicole slowly turned and swallowed. Then she looked into the purple, menacing sparkling eyes of her history and geography teacher. She quickly thought of an excuse. But what was flattering enough to explain that she fell asleep in the middle of class?
"Mr. Pryor, sir! I ... I ... so ... um ..."
Mr. Pryor's eyes sparkled only more angrily by Nicole's stammering sentence. In the meantime it was quiet in the class. Nobody dared to irritate Mr. Pryor unnecessarily. Because, as most of them knew, that had fatal consequences.
Nicole knew it too, after all, she had already felt it a few times. And of course she hadn't intentionally fallen asleep in his class. It wasn't because the material was boring. It was simply because ...
"Mr. Pryor, sir! I'm really sorry it happened right now ... I just couldn't sleep last night."
With a raised eyebrow, Mr. Pryor turned and took long strides towards the desk.
Without going into Nicole, he continued with his curriculum. Relieved, she picked up her chair and let herself sing on it. For now she was saved.

The girl looked around with interest in everything in the tent. There was a slight disappointment. It was true, this place was pretty strange, but that was actually all that coincided with the wild stories. So it turned around again and widened its eyes in surprise.
"The curtain ... has it disappeared?"
The girl went back slightly irritated and stopped shortly afterwards. In the dim light that penetrated through the fabric from outside, it could see that there was no exit in front of her. Even when it turned slowly in a circle and looked around again it could not see a curtain.A certain panic slowly rose in the girl. She had just gone through the curtain. He couldn't just go away like that, could he? Was there more to the stories than just the aura?
"Oh, I'm just imagining that ...!"
"What are you imagining, human ?!"
The girl winced, then turned around very slowly. When she saw who had spoken to her, she let out a short, sharp scream.

Nicole walked slowly down the hall. She was in no great hurry to get to the next "class". Especially since she would normally have had a free period. But what was "normal"? She sighed aloud once at the thought.
"Nicole?"
Surprised, she looked at an extremely attractive girl's face.
"Kara? Hey! Didn't hear you coming."
The girl next to her started laughing.
"Of course you didn't hear me coming. When do you listen?"
"Huh? Did you say something? I'm sorry, I didn't listen again!"
Both girls were laughing now. But suddenly they fell silent again and looked at each other seriously.
"Did they call you too, Kaja?"
"Yes ... It seems to be more serious than initially assumed. Allegedly another one has disappeared! That would be yes-"
"The 5th!"
A boy slowly approached behind the girls. His features, too, were serious and slightly worried.
"The 5th in 3 weeks ... that's terrifying!"
"Let's hope they are fine!"

The woman opened her eyes, slightly dazed. But it took some time before they got used to the darkness around them. After a while they perceive outlines, then everything.
It was in a small, very bare room with no windows. The only light was a small streak of light that fell on the floor under the door. Slowly she sat up straight on her bed and tried to think about how she got here.
She had taken a walk outside in the park at night. She wanted to relax from all the stress at work. Just as she was about to go home, she had been grabbed from behind and then her eyes went black. Excited, she looked around the room again, but this time looking for a way to escape. But since the room had no windows, only the door remained. But which kidnapper would leave his victim behind with the door unlocked?
"Doll ... are you awake?"
The young woman winced, startled. Outside heavy steps came closer and then you could see the shadows of the for in front of the door.
Had he come to get her? But before the woman could realize it, one heard fighting noises outside. But after a long time they fell silent too. Then the door opened slowly and a red-haired girl appeared in it.
"Come on! We have to hurry.I can't stop them much longer. "
"Who are-"
But by then the girl had already grabbed her arm and ran out with her. They had already run down a few corridors when two teenagers and a man appeared in front of them. At the sight of the man, the woman lost her breath.
In itself the man actually looked completely normal, but under his open shirt you could clearly see large, sagging pieces of skin hanging over the palm of the hand and it looked similar on his face. But what was even worse, underneath it was black! You couldn't see any bones.
The woman swallowed hard and threatened to vomit. She looked anxiously at her supposed savior, but instead of seeing an equally disturbed reaction, the woman saw a cold smile on it. What happened here Was she in greater danger now?
Before she could even have given herself an answer, she was interrupted in her brooding.
"Nicole ?! Didn't I tell you to get everyone out of here? Can you do something right?"
"Stop complaining Keith! According to the plan, the only entrance and exit is in this direction ..."
"Stop arguing. We now have more important things to- NICOLE BEHIND YOU !!!!"
But it was already too late. The man had appeared behind Nicole and the woman, hurled Nicole into the nearest wall and grabbed the woman. Before she knew what was happening to her, her eyes went black.

The woman opened her eyes in horror and looked at a gray ceiling.
"Thank god! Are you okay? Do you feel better now?"
Confused, the young woman looked into a man's eyes. Had she just dreamed it all?
"Where am I?"
"You were passed out on the bench here! Should I call a doctor? What happened?"
Still confused, the woman looked past the man. Exactly what happened?