Our☆Shining Hearts

Chapter 1: Where the mysterious light is

"Pink Heart..Pink Heart, you have to-" A voice echoed in the air, and then everything

went blank. A moment later Stella found herself in a forest. She hasn't visited it

before, yet it was so familiar. The screams didn't stop. "There are people

screaming in pain..is something happening there?" Stella thought, and went to

see. The sight wasn't that surprising. There was many zombies brutally attacking

people; they were the ones screaming. Stella spotted some weird-looking people

fighting back those zombies. Were they magical girls? "This is so horrible..why are

they fighting? Either way, it looks hard..I can't just stand here and watch. This is my

fight!!" Stella thought, picked up something from the ground as a possible weapon

and ran to the fight. The zombies were overflowing. Stella fought her hardest, but it wasn't enough as

the zombies wounded her again and again, as pain filled her thoughts. "Will this

never end?" Stella thought. She could hear voices. But they were too faint to be

understood. "No..I mustn't lose..!" Stella said, and heard a voice call her name:

"Stella!" It was loud and clear. "Who..?" Stella thought, as the voice kept repeating

itself. "Stella! You woke up!" The voice echoed again, and the scenery around

Stella changed.

"Where am I?" Stella thought. Summer was there, at least. "It was

so scary! In middle of rehearsal, you suddenly looked..distant. And then you

started hurting the other participants! They had to call the police and all..!"

Summer said, and continued "Your hallucinations are getting worse..you're being a

danger to everyone and yourself." "So it was a hallucination again, huh..? At times I

wish that I was normal." Stella said, and continued "It was so realistic..I was in a

forest and I was fighting zombies..it was brutal." "Well, it's over now. Actually, I

brought you some food!" Summer said, taking out some food. "As expected of her, always trying to cheer me up.." Stella thought, and said

"Thanks, Summer!" Then she tried to get up, but couldn't because of the pain. It

has followed her to real life. "You hurt yourself during your hallucination.." Summer

said, and Stella said "That explains much.." "Those are the wounds that I got

fighting those zombies, no doubt! How are they still there? Was it a dream or not?"

Stella thought in horror. "The border between dreams and reality is fading.." Stella

continued, as Summer looked at her worried.

"What!? I'm out of the official relay team!? Why?" Stella asked in shock, and the

coach said "Isn't it obvious? Your hallucinations are getting stronger, which makes

you a threat for yourself and our team. This is why you can't continue relay."

"They're not that bad! And I'm not dangerous! Relay is my life, you can't do this to