Okay, so I still need some more submissions - and since this isn't speeding up, I'll make the first chapter to hopefully get people interested.

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Setsuna groaned as she sat up, her head throbbing with pain. She tried opening her eyes, only to shut them soon after because of the bright light. 'Where...am I?'

She tried thinking back, but then realized - she couldn't remember anything besides her name - which horrified her. She tried opening her eyes again, this time forcing herself to withstand the brightness.

Her head throbbed even more fiercely than before, but she ignored it. She looked around, trying to find the thing. "Ah! There it is!" She says aloud, immediately regretting it as her head hurt even more.

She stood up quickly with surprising grace, and using the many desks around the area as a support in case the pain became too much for her.

'Okay...I'm here, now which switch do I pull...' She frowned, deciding to test each one. The first switch dimmed the lights just enough for the pain to be somewhat bearable.

'O..okay. Now what?' She frowned, unsure about what she should do. For some strange reason, she felt the need to get something from her pocket. She didn't quite understand it - but decided to go with her instincts.

She hesitantly reached her hand into her pocket, and pulled out a rumpled piece of paper. It was folded, so she unfolded it, her curiosity taking over. The note seemed to be written in some strange, red substance .. she didn't quite know what it was, but it was certainly unusual.

'My mother...? Why would someone take my mother hostage? Why does someone want me to go to this "Hope's Peak"? What would they gain?' Setsuna thought. She examines the paper once more, before refolding it again carefully. She slips it back into the pocket for safe keeping.

[Setsuna obtained a notice from her past!]

She decides to continue exploring the room, in case she finds anymore clues. 'I want to figure out what's going on so I can get my memory back. Panicking won't help, so I just gotta keep looking!'

She rummages around, skipping the desks entirely because there wasn't anywhere to hide things there. She moved carefully and tried to avoid making a lot of noise, mostly because of the now dull ache in her head.

She knew she was in a classroom of some sort, which seemed odd to her. She figured she was in Hope's Peak Academy. She also knew that the steel plates where it seemed windows should be were also very strange. Paired with the note, it seemed likely. Besides that, she couldn't get any more information.

'Ugh...this sucks. I didn't find anything!' She looks over at the door. 'Well..maybe I can go see what's outside of this room..'

She walked up to the door and tried turning the handle. The door opened with a whine, and she stepped into the dark hallway. She frowned, stepping into the hall warily, a sense of fear growing. She didn't know why, maybe it was the creepiness of the darkness or her situation, but she felt near terrified.

She shook her head, and tried to put on a brave face. She hurried down the hall, nervously glancing back and forth. 'Gotta hurry...I don't like this...'

She had glanced over her shoulder, and when she was turning toward the front she ran into someone. "Oof!" She breathed out, taking a step back. "S-sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going." She apologizes, trying to look at the person she ran into.

She couldn't see them because of the dark, just their outline. "Obviously." She heard a male voice mutter quietly. She flinched at his tone - he sounded annoyed.

They lapsed into an awkward silence, which was broken by the sound of shoes against tiles walking away. She realized that he was leaving, and she panicked. 'I don't want to be left alone here! The dark is scary and I don't want to be alone in the middle of who-knows-where!'

"W-wait!" She called, running after him. He stopped, and shifted - probably to look at her.

"What?" He asked, his voice cold. She hesitated, frowning deeply at his tone. She hadn't done anything to him, so why was he being mean? She felt anger rise, but she remembered being alone in the dark and reluctantly pushed it aside.

"Can I come with you?" She made sure to sound confident, she wasn't going to let him push her around! Or think he can.

"What's stopping you?" He replies, and continues walking.

Setsuna blinks, not expecting that. She then noticed he was walking away from her, and she sped up again, trying to catch up.

They walked in the dark hall together in silence. 'I guess he isn't much of a talker..' She sighs internally. 'Well, at least I have company.'

They continued in silence, eventually reaching a rather large room with black and white checkered tiles that stretched across the entire room. The ceiling curved upward like a dome, with a small part in the center of it being a skylight. Small lights went up in five rows, leading from where the ceiling begins and the walls end to the skylight, all perfectly symmetrical. Three slightly large round tables sit in the center of the room, and sixteen metal stools are placed systematically around them. There were three other doors, each on another wall. One door - the one on the wall directly across from where they stood - seemed strange, having what seemed to be an electrical lock - like the kind that requires some special id or recognition system to be opened. The tiles surrounding the door also seem strange, but she doesn't investigate them. The two other doors seem normal. Nothing else of note can be seen from where they stand, aside from the random placement of potted plants along the walls.

"..." Setsuna glances at her companion, and was shocked. 'Uhh...why does he have writing all over his skin? I mean...it's kinda creepy.' She thinks, staring at him in a sort of shock.

"Quit it. You're being creepy." Setsuna snaps out of her daze at the cold tone, and noticed how he'd already started walking away to inspect things. The frowned, disliking his attitude. She decided to stay here and look around, since it was light she didn't have a problem with being alone anymore. Even if the situation was really strange and scary.

She looked around, and noticed that the strange guy had already left. She quickly steps into the light and looks around. There wasn't anything here though, and a quick peek into the other doors told her that all three hallways were dark, so she was essentially trapped here until she encountered someone else. 'If there even is anyone else here aside from him..' She thought, feeling depressed.

She sat down on one of the stools, and leaned over on the table, noting its cool smoothness. It too, was also metal. She sighed, and closed her eyes. 'If I can, I should try to take a nap...my head still hurts, and who knows? Maybe a bit of rest might help my memories come back to me.'

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So? Thoughts? In any case, when I started this I had around 5 submissions, but now I have more but I haven't noted them yet so they're all over the place. I don't have the exact number, so yeah. I do know I need more though. It might take a bit to get all the information sorted out - sorry for the inconvenience.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter, please submit a character if you haven't already! Thank you! ^^