Hours passed, and slowly people began to file out; some entering their car while others chose to walk. The sound of crickets could be heard through the night, as the three girls made it out of Bongwonsa to head out to their respective homes.

"That was sooo much fun!" Seo-yun could not control her excitement.

Her other two friends agreed with her as they all laughed together, each relieving the activities they participated in and enjoyed.

A creeping shadow was slowly advancing towards the girls who were unaware. At the same time, a car was racing through the road as a drunk driver slammed on the accelerator. The bright-red neon sports car hit one of the girls.

The car sped away, as the driver kept driving, never once looking back to the horror and destruction his act may have caused.

One moment, Seo-yun was listening to her friend, Da-eun ramble on about the festivities and the next there was blood and crushed bones everywhere.

Shock, dismay, and revulsion could be seen on Seo-yun's face, as she saw her friend lying in her own blood. Ji-a kept screaming, with her hand slowly trying to reach the battered body of her best friend.

"Somebody help us!"

Ji-a's gut-wrenching pleas kept echoing through the night, but no one appeared. Meanwhile, Seo-yun still in shock, took off running through the pitch-black night.

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"What am I doing? Da-eun has been hit by a car, go back Seo-yun, go back!" This thought kept repeating itself in her head, but she couldn’t make herself go back to her friend.

"Hmm....was beginning to wonder when that stench of a human shell was going to break away from the Jikininki."

Seo-yun thought she felt something behind her but was too scared for her life to look back. A black shadow wrapped itself tightly around the human and slowly pulled out her liver.

Blood splattered on the gravel road as she screamed in pain, and fear. It watched in amusement at the pure horror displayed on the pale human's face, as it slowly devoured her organ.

The shadow unwrapped itself from the human as it slowly faded into the night, disappearing into its world.

Da-eun closed her eyes and concentrated, allowing the mabeob “spirit energy” to flow through her veins, releasing it to surround her broken body lying on the ground. Instantly, she became whole, traces of blood could be seen vanishing completely away.

"Ya! Da-eun, what if someone had seen you?"

"No one is out here, besides Seo-yun already ran away. Let's go."

Using the flashlight from their cell phone, they began walking towards home, a few minutes later, they heard a voice calling out for help.

"Da-eun? Is that you?" Seo-yun watched in disbelief as the one she thought was dead appeared to be completely whole.

"What happened? why is there blood everywhere?" Da-eun asked, concerned for her friend and wary at the same time. She started to slowly approach her longtime friend and saw her flinch as the distance between them shortened.

"Get away from me, you monster! I don't know you!" Seo-yun shouted, shaking her head in disbelief and disdain. Seo-yun turned her head to the side, not wanting to look at the one she once considered a friend.

"No, this can't be happening, it is not real,” Da-eun kept muttering those words in her head.

Faintly a voice could be heard, "Da-eun! Wake up! Wake up! It is time to go to school!"

Only then did she realize that it was only a dream or was it?