Our Other Place In The Sun

Chapter 1 (The Rising Sun)

Subaru suddenly awoke to the loud sound of crickets, and felt a soft wind blow over him. His eyes shot wide open to reveal the bright moon and stars in the pitch black sky. He felt the cold grass underneath him

"Where am I, am I dreaming?" He asked himself as he sat bolt upright to reveal nothing but trees for miles around. All he remembered was dozing off in the mansion, now he was suddenly sleeping atop a hill in the middle of a forest of some sort. He was dressed in nothing but his tracksuit with no shoes. The same attire he wore to bed. "Who took me here? Why was I taken here?" he began to ask himself. Trying to come up with possible reasons that could lead him to this position, but none of them made sense

"Mmmmmh'' Subaru heard a groan down the hill. He walked over cautiously to see Rem sleeping in nothing but her blue nightgown down the hill.

"Rem!?" Subaru said aloud while walking towards her

"Mmmmm, Subaru" Rem whispered back. Her eyes slowly opened revealing the dark forest. Rems eyes widened as soon as it hit her that she was outside, and not in the mansion

"S-Subaru where are we!?" Rem said rushing to her feet, checking her surroundings to see nothing but the long trees and the pitch black sky

"I don't know Rem, I just woke up. It seems like someone dragged us outhere or something" Subaru said, he was somewhat relieved knowing he was not alone, and had someone as strong as Rem to protect him from any monsters, but he was still confused about what was happening

"Who could have done this. Was it the witches cult? Where's Nee-Sama!" Rem said panicked, she looked around to see no one else but Subaru. She looked into Subarus eyes pleading for answers

"I don't know... Where Ram is. I also have no clue to who did this, but I can tell you if it was the work of the witches cult I am pretty sure they would have just killed us already. What reason do they have to let us live" Subaru said approaching Rem

"I guess, but..." Rems breathing started to get heavy her heart was racing. Subaru noticed Rem was on the verge of breaking down. He needed to do something to keep her calm

"Let's just think for a second. Do you remember anything odd happening before you went to bed" Subaru asked calmly. Rem didn't remember anything odd happening. After she finished last night's dishes, she said goodnight to her sister, changed and went to sleep. Nothing was out of the ordinary

"Rem doesn't remember anything... Subaru" Rem said tears welling up in her eyes her voice breaking

Subaru started pacing back and forth trying to gather clues to why they were out here. "Was it the witch, no it wouldn't be why would she bring Rem with me. This isn't making sense" Subaru thought to himself

Tears trickled down Rems cheeks, Rem fell to the grass "Subaru... What do we do" Rem asked hopelessly, Subaru stopped pacing and walked over to sit next to her.

"I guess we should start by finding a way to get out of this forest, we should look for a trail or something" Subaru said

"What about Ma Beasts or other monsters, or members of the witches cult, I don't think we could fight them all off" Rem replied looking around anxiously

"I know Rem, but we are all out of options... We need to be brave Rem" Subaru said

Rem didn't say anything. Subaru stood up and offered Rem his hand before pulling her up and started walking down the hill.

Rem held Subarus' hand tightly as they made their way down the hill and towards the tree line. Subaru could tell Rem was scared. This was strange to Subaru. Rem fought battles so bravely, for Subaru she was one of the strongest and bravest people he knew