Meiko

I had a sword in my hand. Protector of this "wonderland." I'm pretty sure I've spent the last seven hours wandering around this place. Through forests and little towns here and there.

I was supposed to be a warrior who protected the people here. Here. Where was this place anyway.

How was I even supposed to the the protector of a place that I didn't even know of.

"Where am I!" I shouted to the world.

No response. Of course. I was in a forest.

"I'm going insane," I muttered.

Great. The first thing that happens when you start to go crazy. You start talking to yourself.

"If this is a dream and I've slept the whole day, I'll be pissed. The boss will go ballistic if I'm even a minute late."

I spent days wandering through the forest. After hours of what seemed like an eternity I finally decided to take a break. Sitting down on a rotting tree stump I glaced around the forest.

Nothing special about this one, just like all the others but this one seemed more sinister. It was darker, less light peeked through the branches and leaves. Now that I think about it I haven't had much to eat since I first arrived here, just some bread and water. I stood up and looked around to find the direction I had come from. Damn, why didn't I mark the trees or ground. That would have made getting out so much easier. I ended up choosing a random direction and walking off that way.

"I think I'm losing my sanity," I said.

A ways away I noticed something. Light! Quickening my pace I hurried to the source of it.

A town! I found a small inn to stay for the night and quickly fell asleep.

The next morning, I decided to venture out into the woods again. Taking my sword and dragging it along the ground so that it made a path from where I entered. I saw a small light being emitted from somewhere. It was faint but looked like it was made by a small animal or something, maybe like a mini person. As I walked closer to it poof! It disappeared. Where did it go?

The little thing was creeping me out. I had gotten a glimpse of it. It was small and white with two black spots for eyes and a large grin. What was that thing? I turned around and saw it staring at me.

"What are you?" I asked it.

It didn't say anything. It just kept smiling and staring at me. In a flash it disappeared leaving me in the forest.

Once I got back to the village I went up to the first person I saw, a wood carver, and killed them. They fell to the ground with the lovely color red blooming, the red puddle growing larger. I cut down many more people, men and women alike, with no mercy. Soon enough the whole town was empty. No chatter, no footsteps, nothing it was silent. My sword was covered in red along with it splattering the hem of my dress.

Many weeks later I had done the same to many more towns. I traveled through a forest to get to another to see a mob of people ahead. So, they want to die so badly, well they're gonna get it. I charged and so did they. That was when I noticed that they all had some sort of thing that could kill. I swung my sword wildly bringing down anyone who stood in the way of my blade. I quickly started tiring  and soon enough I was cut down too. I lay there with a bright red color of my own.

As my vision blurred the people left. Struggling to keep my eyes open I finally decided to let death take me.

-End-

"Have you heard the insane swordswoman has died. The nearby village reported that they finally took her down."

"Why was she so crazy? She protected many people before."

"I'm not sure but I heard there's this singer that's been traveling around for a while. Before she went crazy. Let's go and see him, he's coming to town today."