"The 12 Days of Christmas"

Disclaimer: Gakuen Alice was written by Tachibana Higuchi, I wrote a fanfiction, see the difference? As well as the song, I didn't think up such a brilliant, renowned song like the 12 Days of Christmas, just using it as my inspiration!

December 1st
Multiple Personalities & Ice

"On the first day of Christmas
My true love gave to me..."

"Ahh...I want to see Mikan today," the lonely girl at the window sill sighed. Ibaragi Nobara was her name and like the other characters in the following days, she attends the school formally known as, Gakuen Alice. She, like the others, has an alice, in particular, she has two of them. One more noticeable than the other. Nobara was fourteen years old at this time. She grew a little bit taller and her hair, slightly longer. It had the same style, but she looked a little more elegant, her legs lengthened out and she had a womanly figure. Even though, she was still only in her second year of middle school.

After all the events that had happen during this past year, Nobara had gained a bit of freedom and she missed Mikan dearly. She left the room and decided to help prepare for the Christmas Party with everyone else. Winter was coming and it was getting colder lately, snow had just started falling. Determined to find Mikan, she started running to the grand hall. She opened the doors and entered, it was bustling as much as ever. Nobara scanned the room, people were starting to put up the Christmas Tree and prepping for the cake. "Where is Mikan?" she said in disdain to herself. Suddenly a hand was placed on her shoulder, she jumped.

When Nobara turned around, it was Mikan and the others. She gave a small smile. "Nobara-chan! How are you?" said the cheerful voice. They hugged, with Natsume, Ruka and Hotaru watching. Mikan was all smiles now, and feeling the same way, Nobara's smile grew as well. "Have you seen Tsubasa-senpai and Misaki-senpai?" she asked in her usual cute tone.

Mikan was a little taller as well, her body was growing, but her chest wasn't necessarily growing, you could say. Mikan had gotten her hair trimmed, so it was a bit shorter, but it was in pigtails as usual.

Nobara thought, she had spotted them, but she forgot where. "Sorry Mikan, I don't remember anymore. Really, I'm sorry..." she replied.

Mikan patted her back, which also surprised her. "Don't worry Nobara! Let's help out the other students then!" Mikan reassured. They headed towards the middle of all the commotion and stopped. "Hmm...Nobara-chan, which group were you placed in?"

"Unfortunately, I don't know," Nobara answered.

Mikan took her hand, "I'm in the cooking group, if you don't know then you can join me again like last time! It will be fun." Nobara smiled again. "Natsume, Ruka, Hotaru, which groups are you guys in?" the brunette asked.

Natsume raised his eyebrows and said simply, "Cooking." Natsume, like everyone else, had grown taller! His hair was flatter, but it was the same ol' Hyuuga Natsume with his messy, yet sexy hair.

"I'm in the decoration group," Hotaru answered. She took out an invention that allowed you to put up ornaments on higher parts of the tree. Her hair was slightly longer, but essentially had the same hairstyle. Her figure was more womanly and she beautiful, but her attitude was still pretty cold.

Lastly, Ruka replied, "I'm in the decorating group as well." His blonde hair grew longer, but he still had the same feminine look.

"Oh okay!" Mikan said excitingly. "Let's go Nobara, Natsume, we should start helping out!" Afraid of being useless this year, Mikan quickly took Natsume's and Nobara's wrists before they could say anything and headed towards the students who were already starting to cook.

A student cried out to the remaining two, "Imai-san we need you!" A girl voice's also cried out in search for help, "Ruka-kun, can you help us out?" The two went off to assist the decoration group, it was going to be another busy year in Gakuen Alice.

In the cooking group, Nobara and Mikan were combining their alices to cool some of the ingredients. Natsume was fixing any mistakes that two had accidentally made by defrosting them. Natsume didn't use his alice a lot because if he did, the story wouldn't have a nice ending. "Mikan," Nobara started, "I remember last year this is how we met. I'm so happy, it gives me shivers."

"Oh really? Wow! You remember, I'm glad Nobara-chan," she smiled and laughed with Nobara cheerfully. Natsume watched them from the distance, staying quiet as usual. In a few hours everyone changed shifts with the second group for the cooking group. "Phew, that was tough work, huh Nobara-chan?" Mikan wiped off some sweat from her forehead.

"At least it warmed us up a little bit, right?" Nobara answered back. She turned her head and saw Natsume following them. "Hyuuga-san?"

He looked up at Nobara, "What?" His eyes were brighter than from what she remembered when she first met him in the dangerous class.

"It was your birthday a few days ago right? I believe, November twenty seventh, was it?" she asked.

Mikan jerked. Then she laughed nervously. "Heh...Tsssk," Mikan spun on her heels, "I'm going to Central Town to buy something real quick! Bye!" Then she left a trail of smoke and flames behind her, running after the bus to Central Town.

Natsume rolled his eyes, yeah, Mikan forgot about it, but he didn't mind, that much. "What about it?" he asked.

"Well, I just wanted to confirm it," Nobara laughed. Misaki's advice worked, now Natsume was going to be happy as well. "Happy thirteenth birthday Hyuuga-san, I'll see you in the middle school division soon." She left him at that. December was turning out pretty well so far.

He only muttered something under his breath, "Lucky number thirteen..."

After taking a break from working so long in the cooking group, Nobara got hungry and decided to go find something to eat in the lunch hall. She spotted the school's vending machine and put some money in it. "What should I get?" Using her finger, she scanned through the possible choices. "I'll get that! And maybe something to drink as well."

She didn't know why, but today, she felt especially happy. Nobara took her change and snacks, and sat on one of the chairs. She drank the strawberry milk and unwrapped her cookie. "Maybe, this feeling..maybe it's because today, I was helpful. People didn't give me scary or hateful looks. I was just another student, helping out other students for the Christmas Ball. It felt really good," she concluded to herself. She laid her head on the table to the side and ate her cookie, occasionally drinking milk. Nobara sighed, "I hope Mikan can find Natsume a good gift," she giggled.

"If it isn't Nobara?" a voice shouted.

"Of course it is!" another voice said. Nobara looked up to see Tsubasa and Misaki.

"Kage-san, Harada-san," she replied.

A sweat drop formed on Tsubasa's forehead, "Thanks..." Misaki laughed at him. "Anyways, did you do it?" he asked eagerly.

"I did and it worked out just like you and Harada-san said it would. Mikan dashed over to Central Town in an instance!" Nobara said just as eagerly.

Misaki and Tsubasa cheered to themselves. "Good job, Nobara-chan!" Misaki praised. "Mikan is so obvious, that's what makes her so adorable. Now, I wonder what she'll get him?" All three of them put their heads together. "Ahhah! Maybe another birthday card? That probably the only thing she can afford."

"Misaki...I wouldn't think that shorty would get the same gift again because you know how they feel about each other," he hinted. All three of them laughed in their little group. "Oh well, we gotta help out with the Christmas decorations now, later Nobara-chan!" he waved at her alongside with Misaki. The left talking to each other, plotting what they would do about Ruka and Mikan this time.

Nobara, was once again, left alone, but she didn't mind. She finished her cookie and milk and recycled the bottle and threw away the wrapper. She headed out of the lunch hall before she was stopped by a third year middle school division student.

He stuttered in her presence, "I-Ibaragi-kohai, you may not recognize me, but I'm..."

Nobara gave him a good look at his features. She recognized him, "You're Soshutsu Dosei-senpai, correct?"

He looked up in surprised, "Yes! I'm glad you remember me, I-I need to tell you something before I graduate from the middle school division."

"What is it?" she asked curiously.

Dosei bowed his head before her, "I-I like you a lot Ibaragi-kouhai! Er...that's not appropriate, I mean, Ibaragi-chan!"

It was silence, Nobara was in a bit of shock. Before, she had always been hated and sneered at by her classmates. Nobara had been called names such as, Ice Princess or Snow Woman, and not in a pleasant way either. "I don't...well this is...there's no words to..." she started jumbling her words. This has never happened to her before and she never saw it coming.

He felt her nervousness and reassured her, "Y-You can tell me later, just make sure it's before graduation. Take this as well and thank you!" Dosei bowed again, gave her the wrapped gift and ran off into the opposite direction, blushing.

She opened it up by pulling the ribbon. It was a clay partridge ornament imprinted on a larger pear. She awed in its craftmanship. "Beautiful...this has been a most interesting December indeed. My heart is pumping, but I don't even know him that well." Nobara held it in her palms tightly.

I'm so glad that I met Mikan on that fateful day because only now, can I start taking in the emotion of true love.

"...a partridge in a pear tree."

Typer's Note -
I'm gonna be delaying TIWMS, ARGF and ~AT because of this particular fanfiction.
Hoped you LIKED it?!
It's the start of a very long and tiring FF.
Every other day, it's going to be updated...
By the way, a little knowledge for you today:
The 12 Days of Christmas takes place AFTER, but you know, I'd rather do it before :P
Review if you are able, any language is fine. I'll find someone to translate.