Disclaimer: Gakuen Alice belongs to Higuchi Tachibana.

Author's Notes: Konnichiwa, minna-san! This fanfic is not 100 percent mine. Its original owner, XxmiMi-cHanxX, asked me to take over. That crazy girl! (Sighs) Might as well do this. By the way, the reviews are not going to be wasted. I'm changing some parts in the story based on the reviews. I hope you like it.

ENJOY READING!

CHAPTER 1:

The dream

A 15 year old brunette was staring outside the window and apparently was drowned deeply in her thoughts.

Mikan's POV

I had such a weird dream last night. I remember being merely 5 years old in my dream…

--In Mikan's dream--

"Jii-chan! Jii-chan! Tadaima!" I was very excited to tell grandpa the things that happened to me at school.

"Oh I see my Mi-chan's back. Okaerinasai! How's your day?" replied a very cheerful old man, kneeling down to receive a hug from me.

"I won a drawing contest at school." I told my ojii-san after giving him a big hug. "And there's going to be an awarding ceremony tomorrow. You'll surely be there, ne Jii-chan?" I added.

Just before grandpa answered, I noticed someone behind my grandpa. I wasn't able to see the person's face though because the person hid in the shadows.

"Jii-chan, there's someone there…" I said in a small voice.

"Huh? Did you say something, Mi-chan?" grandpa asked. I was staring in the direction where the figure is. Grandpa sensed that something was wrong so he turned to see what caught my attention.

Then, he mumbled something. Too bad I didn't hear it though because it seemed to me that he was rather surprised.

I noticed that grandpa's face then became serious. "Mi-chan, go to bed." he told me.

"Demo…" I said, worriedly.

"No buts. Now, go to your room" he replied, no… rather, he commanded.

I didn't understand what was going on so I just stood there. The stranger started to talk and I realized that the person was a woman. "Now, now don't make Mikan leave. Not yet" she said.

She knows my name!

"Mikan! I said NOW!!!" grandpa shouted. I was shocked and afraid at the same time. This was the first time he shouted at me and I realized just how serious he was. I ran towards my room. "And lock the door!!" I heard him say this, so I locked it. Upon locking the door, as if on cue, I heard people shouting. I was so afraid; tears were streaming down my eyes. I spaced out for a while, and then I heard some knocks on my door…

KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!

"Mikan…"

--End of her dream--

That's all that I can remember. I didn't even know who knocked and said my name. I couldn't distinguish if it was a man or a woman's voice.

Normal POV

The brunette snapped out of the trance she was in and came to notice she zoned out. She mentally scolded herself for losing focus but then a certain tree caught her attention and she slowly got pulled out of her senses… yet again.

'Hey, that's such a beautiful…', she thought.

"Sakura" she heard a voice

'Yes a beautiful Sakura Tree.' She continued.

"Sakura!" she heard the same voice say.

'Sakura… that's my surname. I wonder if my surname was taken from the Sakura tree…' said Mikan in her mind. (A/N: the original author said she had no idea why Mikan's thinking about these things. I don't think I know either. Oh, never mind)

"SAKURA!"

'That voice is so annoying!' Mikan thought, irritated now.

"Oi, polka-dots! If you don't respond, Jinno will get mad." She heard a voice say, but she noticed this voice was different from the voice she heard earlier.

'Was that Natsume?' Mikan thought. 'Wait, Jinno? As in Jinno-sensei?'

"SAKURA!!!"

The voice registered in her head. 'Jinno-sensei' she gasped. She realized everything then quickly stood up. "Gomenasai sensei" Mikan quickly said. She realized that everyone is looking at her. She blushed of embarrassment.

"Sakura, nice of you to join us back at the academy. Now, since you have the guts not to listen, I assume that you know this particular topic I'm discussing to the class. So, Ms. Sakura please write on the board the laws of sines and cosines." Jinno-sensei said with an evil look in his eyes.

'What am I going to do?! The laws of what? Signs? Are we discussing road rules now? I thought this was a math class not driver's Ed!?! Or are we discussing some sort of math symbology? God! What to do?! What to do?!" Mikan was panicking hysterically in her mind.

"Ms. Sakura, we are waiting." Jinno-sensei said, still having that evil glint in his eyes.

Natsume smirked. Obviously, Natsume knows the answer. Mikan started walking towards the board.

Mikan's POV

"Darn that Natsume!" I said to myself. "I know that he's smart and knows the answer but he doesn't need to make me feel stupid by smirking." I added.

"If I could just read minds…" I continued blabbing to myself.

Normal POV

Mikan was now standing in front, a chalk at hand…

After a few minutes...

Mikan faced Jinno-sensei and the class. She could see the shocked expressions on her classmates' faces and a slightly annoyed one on the sensei's. Her answer was correct. She returned to her seat with a small smile on her face. But if you looked at her closely, those eyes… they could give you the impression she seemed sad, worried and guilty…

Riiiiiing!!! The school bell rang; classes are over for the day. Students are now hurrying to get out of the classroom to hangout with their friends. But a certain brunette was still seated on her seat staring at the Sakura tree.

"Hey, Mikan" a certain raven-haired girl said to the brunette.

"…" Silence.

BAKA! BAKA! BAKA!

Mikan was sent flying to the wall. "Ouch! Hey Hotaru, that hurt!" she said while the ice queen was blowing away the smoke coming from the tip of her baka gun.

"Serves you right for ignoring me, baka" Hotaru aid coldly.

"Eh? You were calling me?" Mikan said while standing up. "Oh, Hotaru!!!" the brunette was now running towards Hotaru to give her best friend a big hug. But…

BAKA! BAKA! BAKA!

Hotaru once again fired 3 bullets from her baka gun at Mikan. Poor Mikan. But amazingly she recovers quickly as she always does. She's now standing beside Hotaru, not anymore attempting to hug her.

"Ne, Hotaru…" the brunette said.

"What?" the raven-haired girl replied coldly.

"Why'd you call me? Do you need something from me? Or did you just miss me?" Mikan asked hoping that Hotaru would say 'I haven't seen you much lately. I've been busy on my latest inventions so I did miss you' or something like that.

Then, Hotaru points her infamous baka gun and said "Why would I miss a baka that's a loud mouth like you?" her eyes were as emotionless as ever.

Mikan sweat dropped and said, "Oh come on Hotaru. You've been very busy with your inventions that we barely hang out the whole week! You may have not missed me but I surely did miss you."

With this Hotaru put down her baka gun and grinned. "Ok, idiot. I'll let you hug me" the ice queen finally said.

Mikan was so happy with what she heard. "Oh, HOTARU!!!" Mikan hugged Hotaru really tight. Then, after a few moments…

"Ok, that's enough baka" Hotaru said flatly. Then, Mikan let go of her.

"What's the matter Hotaru? Do you still need something from me?" Mikan asked.

"Hey baka, Anna and Nonoko invited me to go with them to Central Town tomorrow. They asked me to invite you to come as well. So will you?" replied Hotaru, her voice in its usual emotionless tone.

There was a big bright smile on Mikan's face. "Hai! Hai! Of course, I'll come"

Hotaru was now walking towards the door, but then she stopped. "Hey baka, I forgot to tell you. Don't disturb me. I'm still working on my invention. I'll be in my lab. See you tomorrow." After that, she walked out of the room.

Mikan waited until Hotaru was out of earshot and said, "Finally, I'm alone" Mikan sighed. "Now, I guess I need to find Narumi-sensei."

--At the faculty room—

2 teachers are discussing some important matters on a certain event that happened that day…

"She used it again, Narumi" Jinno-sensei said. "How could she possibly know the answer to my question?"

"Oh come on, Jin-Jin. Mikan is smarter than before, you know. After all, she studied hard to become a special star." Narumi-sensei reasoned.

"Hmph. Though she's already a special star, she was staring outside and wasn't even paying attention! I don't think she even understood what I asked! I bet she probably thought I was asking about road signs or things like that! And stop calling me Jin-Jin! That girl even had you calling me that stupid nickname!" Jinno-sensei exclaimed.

KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!

Both Narumi-sensei and Jinno-sensei stopped talking because they heard the knocks.

'Oh, someone's at the door. It's a Friday; I didn't think a student would come here at the faculty room. Who could that be?' Narumi thought. (A/n: let's just say that students in general usually go to Central Town every Friday and Saturday. And spends Sunday inside their rooms to study or do anything they want). "I'll go see who that is" he said.

When he opened the door, he found... "Mikan!" Narumi exclaimed.

"Konnichiwa, Narumi-sensei. Sorry for disturbing you but I need to talk to you and Jin-Jin" Mikan said, nervously.

"Oh, it's not a problem at all. We can talk here. Jin-Jin's inside and the other teachers went out," Narumi-sensei said as he beckoned Mikan to enter. After Mikan entered the faculty room, Narumi closed the door looking around to check if no one was around.

Narumi turned to face Mikan. He saw that Mikan was looking quite nervous as if she was about to say something that she didn't want to but she must. "Ok Mikan, what's up?" Narumi-sensei finally asked.

"A-ano, se-sensei… wa-watashi…" Mikan said her voice was quivering.

Narumi noticed this then kneeled to face Mikan at eye level. "Mikan-chan, what is it? I promise that I won't get angry or scold you. So just tell me what's the matter," he said.

Mikan nodded. "Sensei" she said in a clear firm voice. "Gomen…"

"Sorry for what?" Narumi questioned.

"I accidentally used my alice" Mikan said, her voice now as low as a whisper.

"I knew it!" Jinno-sensei exclaimed. This startled Mikan, but she apologized to Jinno-sensei as well. "Gomen ne... Jin-Jin" she said "I didn't mean to use it. I just…" then Narumi interrupted. "It' okay, Mikan-chan. Now, tell us what happened" Mikan nodded and told the story.

"Well, I wasn't exactly listening to Jin-Jin at our discussion today" Mikan said giving Jin-Jin a sorry-about-that look then resumed to continue the story "Then I heard a voice calling me. I realized it was Jin-Jin's. So when it registered in my head, I stood up. After that, Jin-Jin asked me to write the law of something but I didn't know what it was. Then, Natsume smirked at me and that made me really mad. Then, I said to myself that I would know the answer if only I could read minds. Then…"

"Okay, that's enough… we understand. Ne, Jin-Jin?" Narumi said.

"Hmph. You should've paid attention." Replied Jinno-sensei.

A/N: Hey, I combined the 1st and 2nd chapters of the original story so it would be longer. I changed a lot, but I didn't change something that could affect the plot. I changed Mikan's age from 13 to 15 years. And I also changed the topic from the quadratic formula to laws of sines and cosines. Some of the dialogues were revised as well. What do you think?

To those who've read the original fic, would you like to change anything? I'm open to suggestions. Oh, another matter. Would you want to have RukaxHotaru pairing as well, or would you prefer a solid NatsuMikan fic?

If you want, you could also rate this chapter. From 1-10, 1 as the lowest and 10 as the highest.