Flickering Lights

Colletta ignored the calls for her as she lifted the bastard high up in the air. Flames surrounded them as she gnashed her teeth, itching to slaughter him.

"YOU!" She hissed out, "You fucking bastard!"

He clawed at her arms, choking out a response. However, she could care less about the vile shit he was going to spew out.

"You have already taken five lives and turned them into monstrous husks. You forced me into an agonizing transformation all because you were bored. You made a deal with Anastasia of all people knowing she had slaughtered people left and right all because they didn't agree with her. And now? You came back from the fucking dead and took dozens of innocent lives, again. I should just shred your soul into tiny pieces so you can't reincarnate." Colletta's claws dug deep into his flesh. Blood trickled from the indentations and dripped onto the ground.

Just as she was about to kill him, her world flipped upside down. Everything went dark and she let go of him in surprise. Then, he also disappeared. Her name appeared before her. There were four panels next to it; three of them were glowing while the last one was not. From left to right, it reads 'FIGHT,' 'ACT,' 'ITEM,' and 'MERCY.' Above those panels is an HP stat bar, 'LV,' and her name. She had a twenty LV and an HP of a hundred thousand, however a chunk of it was gone. A multicolored heart suddenly appeared over her chest, startling her. Its colors reminded her greatly of an aurora borealis with its purple, red, and green shades mixed together, constantly shifting.

Her ears flicked when a familiar voice echoed in the darkness. Snapping her head up, she stared at the monster. It was strangely cartoonish looking, different from the usual undead she had to face occasionally. Where the usual skeletons wore ragged clothes, this one wore dirty, but

"Where did you take me? How do you know my name? What is this?" Her eyes dilated as her wings were puffed up.

The skeleton sweated at the intense killing intent she was exuding. However, he pushed forward. "colletta, i need you to take a deep breath and calm down."

Calm down? Calm down!? That man is still alive! And how does this monster know her name? Was it created by him? "Step to the side, skeleton! If you want a peaceful death, you'll tell me where he is," she snarled.

It audibly swallowed before speaking again, "the man you are speaking of is dead. right now you are witnessing a hallucination of him."

"What?"

"Listen-"

Colletta took out her sword. Orbs of fire appeared behind her back as she refused to listen to its lies. She threw a fireball at him. Unexpectedly, he teleported away from it. When she tried to attack again, something held her back.

"What kind of cursed magic is this?" She glared at the skeleton.

Rather than responding to her, he instead tilted his head to listen to something. Then, he sighed and stepped to the side. "if you say so kid, but i'd rather not have you do it." Suddenly, another figure appeared. Someone familiar, someone dear to her...

The child... Where had she met her? A small child with slight baby fat and wide, dark, doe eyes appeared in her head. Her fluffy, black hair was kept short as a precaution from being grabbed. The person before her looked so similar to Kumo...

Kumo... Colletta clutched her head in agony as she tried to piece together what was happening. In that moment of weakness, she got a face full of snow.

"Wha-?" She spluttered at the sudden mouthful of snow. However, there was a distinct coolness similar to mint that eased the throbbing of her head. Thinking became easier and clearer.