Yo! Dudes, I'm back. Though, I should really apologize for such a long absence. But I have a good excuse! You see after my last update I had to good shopping with my cousin and his 'fan club', and had to pick up presents for a friends birthday that was in a few days. Anyway, on our way out I slipped off the curb with all the bags in my hand and the next thing I know I get hit…hard. After that I woke up in the hospital, and was told I got hit by a truck. I've been stuck in the hospital ever since.
Okay, I gave the reason why I'm rewriting. There are three reasons for this actually: (1.) The way I wrote it before, in a word, sucked; so many, spelling and grammar errors that it's not even funny. (2.) The accident caused a bit of what most call a memory relapse, I basically forgot the original flow of the story I was going with, and decided to start over. (3.) Because it makes sense, which is enough said. XD
Alright, now with that all settled, we can get down to business. Ok first off the beginning of this is actually a tribute to one of my favorite story themes. That being a foresight introduction…meaning a bit of a look into the future from someone else's view, and then slips into a bit of a 'trip down memory lane' kind of thing.
~X~
"Many wonder the meaning of life, many seek power in hopes that it will solve there problems, but in the end both lead to sever dead ends." A long blue cloak figure read as it stood in the middle of a clearing.
The light shown from the midday sun shimmered through the trees. The many sounds of the forest, from chirping to silent babbling of a near by brook, could be heard plan as day to anyone who was willing to listen. The cloaked individual sighed, looking to the sky, and watched as the clouds floated by.
"True words of wisdom they are. Though, now that I think about it," the figure thought to itself, "That form of logic never really applied to back then."
"Oi!" a new voice called from the boundary of the clearing.
The sound of bushes rustling could be heard, and moments later another cloaked figure came stepped into the light. The figure wore a long black cloak instead of blue.
"Ah, there you are. I though I'd find you here." The man said as he made his way to the other figure's side.
As he stood to the figures left, he spotted the book and held back the urge to roll his eyes, crossing his arms.
"Again," the man questioned with a, 'are you kidding' look, smirking.
The cloaked individual just shrugged and looked back at the text in there hand.
"I like reading, is that so bad," they questioned, but got no response other than silence, and another smirk.
The man with his arms crossed soon softened his mocking expression, and dawned one of understanding.
"Your thinking of back then aren't you?" he asked, though he already new the answer.
His companion shrugged, but smiled at the fact that they were read so easily.
"Maybe," it ventured closing the book in his hand "But can you blame me, those were some great times." The figure with the blue cloak then proceeded to take of their hood, revealing a set of shining red hair, with matching eyes, and the face of a young female. "Especially, after meeting them." She quipped while looking back to the sky.
N.O.C.E Prologue
A hero is a hero, but we could only get her.
The light of the nearly full moon, shined upon the darkened residents of 'Shinjuku', a suburban area just outside Kyoto, Japan. Beams of glowing light spanned across the housing of the area, giving a quant and peaceful feeling. All the houses at this time of night were quite, with not a sound disturbing the tranquil setting that one could truly call…
"Tara, go to bed!"
Sigh, never mind…
In the residents of the Owens family consisting of, Mary Owens, a single parent of thirty years, and her only daughter, Tara Owens, a high school student of Kyoto High, was the blaring of the TV. Tara was sitting on the couch with her legs brought to her chest with her head resting on her knees. The girl of sixteen years was watching the opening credits to a show that was coming on.
"Come on hurry up…" she thought impatiently.
The girl reached in front of her face to brush a few strands of her red hair out of her eyes, which matched her hair so well it seemed insane. She wore a simple outfit, which consisted of a plain white t-shirt, and blue knee length sleep shorts.
"Tara!" the sound of her mother's voice called out again.
"Yeah, mom?" she replied without looking from the glowing box.
From the doorway to the living room appeared Miss Owens, or Mary, which ever you prefer, with her arms crossed and a half asleep expression on her face.
"Tara, do you know what time it is?" she asked with a yawn.
Tara grabbed the remote and pressed mute, so as to hear her mom better.
"Not really?" the teen responded truthfully.
"It's almost midnight, and remember you have school," her mother stated matter-a-factly with a stern, yet obviously sleepy tone, before looking at the TV raising a brow in question "What, are you watching anyway?"
"Negima!" Tara said simply as she returned her gaze to the screen.
"That doesn't explain much," her mother stated, shacking her head, "Anyway, time for bed, chop, chop!" she ordered while clapping her hand for emphasis.
Tara sighed and stood from the couch, walking over to the TV and started to press a few buttons on the VCR.
"Oh, don't act so bummed out. You can just record it and watch it tomorrow." Her mother reassured, not at all surprised at her daughters reaction.
"But mom," she groaned, following her mom out the living room, and up the stairs "You don't get it. This is a new episode and I want be able to go to sleep at all if I don't watch it." She argued even though she had known already she'd lost the battle.
"And if you do watch it, you'll be up all night blogging about it on your computer. You'll fall asleep on your desk and when I come to wake you up, you'll say I 'm tired" The older red head countered with a sly grin "Besides it's not going to kill you, if you wait until tomorrow to watch it."
Her daughter sighed as she made it into her bed room, closing the door behind her. Since she already was in her sleep cloths, she didn't have to worry about changing. So, without another word she quietly slipped into bed, and while she waited for sleep to take her into its warm embrace she gazed at her bedrooms ceiling.
A small bit of the moons glow peeked in through the teen's window curtains. She gazed out from her position on the bed, and though she could hardly see past the piece of drawn fabric over the pane of glass, the thought of the full moon made her smile. As her eye's closed, she had one mire thought that unbeknownst to her would change her life for ever.
'I wish I could live in a world like Negi…' with that she drifted off to world of dreams.
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Elsewhere, in a universe governed not by normal standards, but by that of the mystical variety? A boy sat at his desk scribbling away, in his lesson planner. Which in our world would seem odd at best, but… ok yes, even in this world it's still odd, but it's become part of the norm here at Mahora Academy.
The young lad was none other than a ten year old, Negi Springfield, Homeroom teacher of class 2-A and secret mage in training. Even though a good bit of his class knows this, so I guess not much of a secret.
Negi, who had lost track of time today, had forgotten to prepare his lesson plan ahead of time. So, now he was still writing away, in his folder. Though, at this very moment a small voice made its way to the young mages ear.
'…Negi'
The boy in question looked up surprised, looking around. When he saw no one he turned back to his work, but thought to himself…
'What was that?' he questioned before shacking his head, which ruffled his dark red hair.
After dispensing the thought he looked towards the window, pushing his small spectacles in one smooth motion. The moon shined brightly, being the only light on, so as to not wake his roommates. Smiling the boy turned back to what he was doing.
'I must be hearing things,' he commented inwardly.
Negi looked at the clock ticking away on the wall next to the room's small kitchen door, and noticed that it was almost midnight. Sighing, the boy mage looked back to his work, and thought…
'I need to get this lesson plan done for tomorrow, and get to bed.' He reasoned as he started putting the last details to his well written papers 'If I don't, I'm going to be falling asleep in class instead of Asuna.'
He chuckled softly at that, it was true that his partner wasn't a big fan of learning. Opting to fall asleep, or pretend to read her text book, to avoid being called upon, which always ended up backfiring. Negi was still to naïve to recognize this however.
Unfortunately, his small laugh had not been quiet as he though, for someone stirred from the nearby bottom bunk of the double-stacked beds. A small sleepy moan and the rising of a brown haired beauty greeted the young mage as he turned.
"Negi-kun?" a half-asleep Konoka Konoe questioned as she rubbed her eyes.
"Gomen Konoka-san, did I wake you" Negi asked apologetically, raising a hand in a matching gesture.
The young, but older than the boy, shook her head, and smiled warmly.
"It's ok Negi-kun," she said reassuringly "But you should really get to bed." She continued, this time scolding, but her being half asleep, made it more cute than threatening.
"Hai, Konoka-san," he replied with an understanding smile.
He jotted down a few more notes, closed the folder, gathered up his papers, and headed to his loft over the closet. Negi climbed into bed quickly, shooting his student a smile, which she returned, and laid his head on his pillow.
As he drifted off to sleep, he turned his gaze once more to the moon. He smiled warmly at the sight, and slowly closed his eyes, with one small thought appearing in the back of his mind.
'I wonder who called my name.' he questioned, before falling into a sound sleep.
~Chapter End~
Yo! Sooooo, what do you think? Please be honest, I'm just hoping that this is better than the original. If you see any mistakes, let me know; so, I can fix them. Well, that's about it…
Oh, and before anyone worries… Those, who sent a character to me for the original Negima OC Edition, don't worry, the main characters are the same, and all the characters sent in WILL all appear! So look for ward to it.
And remember, LIVE AWESOME~!