Author's note: Welcome back to me at last. As what I have mentioned at the end of Tea And Biscuits, there'll be a new story and this is it. This story is the third installment of the Strawberry Panic! trilogy. First was Gray and Brown Eyes Meet and the second being Tea And Biscuits. This story is set three years after the events of those two stories and focuses on two characters, 源千華留 Chikaru Minamoto and 冬森詩音 Shion Tōmori. Since this is set in a future time frame, you may see OC's in this story as part of the plot. There may be still possible flashbacks based from the anime and / or the two previous stories. Also, this story is actually inspired by aguslay's review of Tea And Biscuits. I do hope I get this going and update it as much as I can, just like the last story. For now let's get this show on the road. Here's Chapter One of A Dream Come True. Please do R&R. Thanks.

Une

"Wake up, Shion-kun!"

"Uwaah!" A blonde girl falls with her forehead flat on the floor. "Ow… You don't have to be so loud."

"Geez, Shion-kun." A tall, brown-haired girl stares down at her with furrowed eyebrows. "I have to be loud…otherwise you'll stay asleep!"

The blonde girl sits herself up and rubs a hand on her reddened forehead. "But I'm jumpy. You should know that by now."

The brown-haired girl leans closer to the blonde woman's face and pokes her nose. "Well, you should stop treating coffee as water. That should help lessen your jumpiness."

"Ow…" Shion's vision seems to be clear enough and sees her roommate Matsumoto Junko staring at her intently.

"If you stop drinking coffee, you wouldn't be this fidgety."

"It's not gonna be easy, Junko-san." Shion heaves a sigh.

"Well, that's because you haven't even tried."

Shion sighs again, with her hand trying to reach the bedside table. To her surprise, something on the table is knocked over. The blonde girl gets startled at what she sees.

"Shion-kun?" There is curiosity in Junko's face. "What's that?"

"It's a photo." Shion answers and looks at the photo inside a wooden picture frame.

"Hey, I bet that's you wearing the white uniform!" Junko exclaims.

"Yeah." Shion replies rather shlyly.

"Why are there three uniforms?" Junko suddenly asks.

Shion begins to explain. "Well, you see. There are three schools in Astraea Hill."

"Astraea Hill?"

"Yes. It's a large hilltop where my school, St. Spica Girls' Academy and two other schools are located." Shion continues. "It's known as a sacred area and no men are allowed to enter that place."

"Wow!" Junko marvels at Shion's explanation. "That place must be really cool! An all-girls zone on a hilltop."

"On Astraea Hill, there's a dormitory for students whose homes are far away." Shion explains. "That's called the Strawberry Dorms."

"Why is it called Strawberry Dorms?" The brown-haired girl asks curiously.

"The shape of the building is triangular. On an aerial view, it somehow resembles the shape of a Strawberry. That's the reason why it's called the Strawberry Dorms."

"I see." Junko understands it now.

"From which school is this girl from?" Junko points at one of the girls in the picture.

"She's from Miator." Came Shion's answer. "Miator is the oldest among the three schools."

"What about the pink uniform and checkered skirt?"

"From Lulim."

"I see." Junko says in amazement. "Why do you have a picture together with them?"

"That's because all three schools work together." Shion answers, recalling the days when they had that drama festival. "The student councils of all three schools attend meetings and help planning events for the entire Astraea Hill. Those two girls with me were both Student Council presidents."

"So you were a president as well, I suppose." The brown-haired girl still looked at the picture in astonishment. Shion only responds with a nod.

"So, who's this girl here wearing the dark uniform?" Junko pointed at the girl wearing the Miator uniform.

"That's Rokujou Miyuki-san." Came Shion's response. "She's from Miator and the Student Council president at the time that photo was taken."

"I bet she's pretty smart." Junko remarked.

"Well, yes." Shion admitted. "She knows her stuff pretty well."

"Ooh…" The brown-haired girl's eyes rolled.

"I remember one of our events included a play where residents of the dorms participate in." The blonde girl recalls the time Miyuki decided the characters for Carmen. Shion just smiled as she felt a sudden nostalgia. "Back then, I opposed Rokujou-san's choices for the characters of that play. Now it just makes me smile when I remember how successful that play turned out to be."

Junko lets out a soft giggle. "Hey, look! This girl right here is very pretty." The brown-haired girl points at the young woman wearing the pale yellow sweater and checkered skirt. Shion's eyes widen as she saw where Junko's finger was pointing. The blonde girl suddenly goes silent, and her roommate notices it.

"Something wrong, Shion-kun?"

"Uh… I-it's nothing." Shion stutters, but tries to keep her composure. "S-she is really pretty, indeed. That's Minamoto Chikaru-san. She's the Student Council president of Lulim. Also, she's the youngest student to be elected for that position."

"Really?!" Junko exclaims with a hint of disbelief.

"Yes. Normally, people who get elected as president are usually incoming 6th year students, but she got elected during her 5th year."

"You must have a different system there." Junko notices.

"Over there, junior high and senior high are combined." Shion clarifies. "So, if one reaches her 6th year, that's like 3rd year in senior high."

Junko nods her head. "I see. So this Minamoto girl here got elected during her 2nd year, huh?"

"That's right."

"Your high school life must have been really fun, Shion-kun." Junko puts the picture frame back on the bedside table. Shion just smiled and nodded her head. Somehow, having seen that picture again gave her nostalgic feelings.

"Hey, Shion-kun." Junko calls onto the blonde girl.

"Yes?"

"Do you think we'll have enough time to finish this report?"

"I suppose we need to talk to more students for this." Shion gets the report from her roommate and skims through the pages. "Do you think we can have those people at the College of Performing Arts interviewed?"

"Maybe." Junko answers weakly. "But I don't know anyone from their department."

Shion sighs. "I don't know anyone from that department either."

"I just noticed this. It seems that most students feel awkward at the mention of Performing Arts." Junko wonders.

"I don't know, honestly." Shion admits. "I just heard from Ikeda-san that Performing Arts students are a bunch of weirdoes."

"Speaking of Ikeda," Junko suddenly remembers. "Where's Masami-kun?"

"I bet she's still snoozing. She'll probably be late for class again later." Shion chuckles.

"Geez, Masami-kun is really lazy. She should act more responsibly you know." The brown-haired girl frowns. "And to think her house is just a few blocks away from school."

"You should tell her that." Shion sighs. "To think she's quite lucky that she's not renting a room like us."

"But renting a room is more fun than living at your own house." Junko suddenly hugs Shion from behind, leaving the blonde girl surprised.

"H-hey! Junko-san!"

"The best part of it? Great roommates!" Junko exclaims and pulls Shion backwards, both of them falling onto bed. Soon enough, soft giggles were heard in the room as the minutes went by.

Author's note 2:There we go! Two OC names were already included in this chapter. The jolly Junko Matsumoto and the somewhat lazy Masami Ikeda. The latter will appear in the succeeding chapters. Chikaru-sama will appear in the next chapter. So to all Chikaru fans (including me), it'll be her turn to shine!