RIH: My first fan fiction.
Love Story
Chapter 1: Preface
Flowing time, floating memories, attached together like an impervious melody.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice. Symphony of the Rain, Wind, and Fog inspired me to write this, and I do not own that either.
"GET OUT OF THE WAY!"
"No…"
Trembling.
"YOU WANT TO DIE WITH HIM?"
A shove.
"Please!"
Gunshots.
Red.
I longed to rid myself of this house. I wandered morosely throughout the Garden without looking at any of the flowers. They were all distastefully characterless as if trying to mock me. I turned my head and caught sight of a maid, fluttering nervously behind me. I stared into her eyes and she immediately retreated six feet away from me. I turned back to the colorless image of the Garden.
I then saw an oddity of this plain scene. A few flowers in the center of the garden were not growing perfectly straight up like the others. Father would never have permitted this. I walked closer to the center of the garden and caught sight of the reason the flowers in the center were growing oddly. A single ranunculus had sprouted from the ground, unwanted. Thus, it had grown around the flowers and strangled the stems of those around it, finally being allowed to peek out from the rest.
My eyes feasted on this red flower, so different from the others. Then I realized my breath was coming in gasps. I felt lightheaded and put my hands to my temples. Somebody was shouting something frantically and after a few seconds, I felt something sharp stabbing into my inner arm, close to where my pulse was.
Precisely when I felt the pain, my eyelids reluctantly drooped, my limbs grew weak, and my mind was wiped of all thoughts.