Chapter 20: Arc 1, - 20: Snow of Secrets
Something thudded the window again; frost crunched against the sides. Doors around the city closed with wooden boards, most entrances were piling up snow outside. "CLATTER!" The thundersnow pierced the skies with purple bolts.
Jotou tossed and turned in her bed, shrivelling up under her covers. Her breath puffed out fog—teeth clenched. She remained closing her eyes, trying to force herself asleep.
The simple nightgown, even within multiple sheets over her didn't help much.
At least her long strands of hair kept her ears warm- 'Huh?' She felt a jolt in the back of her mind, flowing through her blonde hair. Jotou opened her eyes to... nothing.
'Nothing?' Her eyes widened, realizing she was circled by pitch black shadow. She jerked up from her pillow. Looking down to the bed, she noticed it being consumed by darkness before hundreds of ruby red eyes glowed in the room.
"The hell!?" a tentacle-like limb struck at Jotou's head as she ducked, the jolt through her hair warning her before fading away.
Her flinched eyes opened as the shadows went through her with no harm. She flailed her arms trying to whack the shadows; no effect to them either. Her clothes were the only thing making contact.
"Fumeko!?" Jotou peered to her side, but the entire room was cloaked in black shadow, not even the window was visible for light. The shadows began engulfing her bed more. She pushed herself inwards onto the mattress, legs unravelling the sheets...
"JOTOU!?" the familiar voice yelled back as Jotou was backing away.
"Hang on!" Jotou could hear her through the darkness. 'Think Jotou, think!' "Spark!" she lit up her fists. Electricity coursed through her fingertips and glowed in the pitch-black.
She grabbed onto one of the shadow-made limbs, "I can touch you now bastards!" she kept them at bay, flailing as she pushed through their attack.