DISCLAIMER: I don't own MKR, CLAMP does. Am just one crazy fan. And all of these stuff I had written or will write is a product of my imagination and my imagination only....Yada...yada...Don't sue me.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I've haven't updated this fic for a long time now. I dunno if it's good or anything. Anyway, I decided to revise it and see if it is any good, and if it is…well of course continue…if not…well…still have lotsa fanfics to write anyway.
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CHAPTER 1
"...And
for your assignment, read Chapter 10 and answer the exercises," their
professor said after the school bell rang. Ariana, humming cheerfully,
hurriedly stuffed her books to her bag.
"Why does it seem as if you never get in a
bad mood?" The girl with long, curly brown hair said. The girl, who sits
beside her during class, had just finished packing her books. She approached
Ariana and leaned on her desk, took off her eyeglasses and started wiping it.
"Is there anything I should feel bad about?
Look, it's a very beautiful afternoon... the weather is terrific. Plus,
tomorrow is Saturday and I'm gonna have my weekend rest at last!" Ariana
answered, filled with emotion. She started humming the happy tune again and
went back to her, what looks like, gruesome task. After finishing her work,
Ariana said, "Let's go!!!"
Ginnie, the girl she was talking to, put her
glasses back on and then looked at Ariana --- and her bag.
"Arianna!!!" she gasped, looking very shocked. "Will you please
try organizing your things a little more???
"Uhm...why?" Ariana asked, blinking,
"It looks ok to me..." looking at her bag which looks more of like a
garbage container. "You think it's a little messy?"
Ginnie face-faulted and silently scolded herself
for bothering to tell Ariana to fix her stuff. She decided not to push on the
conversation anymore. Instead, she shifted her attention to the beautiful
blond-haired girl behind them, who is carefully arranging her books, one by one
in her bag, making sure that not one page is crumpled. After seeing that all
her things are neatly arranged, she carefully lifted her bag to her shoulder.
"Ready to go, Liz?" Ginnie asked.
"Certainly."
So the three of them left their classroom and
started walking towards the school gate.
Liz and Ginnie are foreigners and had been
living in Tokyo for quite a long time. Liz, the young Lady Felicia Watson, is
from England. She is the daughter of a very wealthy and titled businessman.
While Virginia Smith, or Ginnie to her friends, is an American.
Liz has the bearing of a lady that belongs to
the English upper-classes...She is a lady known for her beauty and elegance.
She is not only a professional ballet dancer, but also a good artist. Her
height compliments her "bearing", for she is quite tall for a girl of
her age. Her perfectly straight, long, blond, hair makes her look more graceful
and feminine. Her clear blue eyes are as becoming as the sea.
Ginnie, on the other hand, is known for her
academic excellence, and for her position as the vice-president of the student
council. She is a good poet and musician ( since she plays almost every kind of
musical instrument very well), and is a member of the varsity archery team.
Unlike Liz, she stands in medium height, and the natural beauty of her green eyes
is hidden through her glasses. Her own beauty however, cannot be completely
hidden through her simplicity, for people do notice how becoming she gets
every-lingering moment they look at her.
"Why suddenly so quiet Ariana?" Ginnie
asked.
"Oh I was just wondering why is it that my
bag always look so bulky..." Ariana said. Although she was really thinking
how small she looks being in between the two, for she only stands an inch below
5 feet. But this does not make her less striking than her friends. Some people
even think that she is the prettiest among the three, if only she'd give
importance on her looks. Just one look at her, one can easily notice her eyes,
for its color shifts from brown to green, depending on the light source. Her
black layered hair, which is usually done in a braided ponytail, when let down
is as wavy as the ocean and it runs down to her middle thighs. She has the
features of a half-Japanese and half-Caucasian.
Ariana is the captain of both the gymnastics and
kendo varsity team. Not only that, she is also one of the lead sopranos of the
school choir and, a winner of a lot of prose-writing competitions.
She had been adopted by a Japanese father and
English mother while she was still five, which had given her the surname
"Shidou". Her memories of the years before her adoption are gone. Her
parents had explained that it was a complication of a decease she had when she
was young.
"Ha! Your books are disarranged and your
bag is full of trash!" Liz answered.
"That was quite rude of you Liz,"
Ginnie said.
"Hmph! Well I am usually brutally honest,
so bear with it."
Ariana wasn't at all affected. She is used to
Liz' snobbery and her attitude so long that is didn't matter. Besides, Liz is
really nice... one you get to know her better.
"Hey! What about if we go and get some ice
cream?" Ariana suggested.
Before her friends can answer, they heard a loud
beep of a car-horn. They saw a black BMW, which is Felicia's personal service.
"Sorry dear, I have to go home early for my ballet practice," Liz
said. "Bye!" then she ran towards the car waiting for her.
"Well how about you Ginnie? I'm really
craving for one right now."
"Aww, Ariana. I'm sorry but I have to go
now too. My new student is waiting for me..."
"Student?"
"Well I did tell you that I took a tutoring
job right?"
"Oh! I must have forgotten..." Ariana
sighed.
"I am really sorry Ariana..."
She smiled at Ginnie and said,
"Hey...no big deal! I'll just go and get one by...."
"ARIANA!!!" they heard someone call
out. They both turned around and saw a brown-blond haired guy waving and
running towards them. He finally caught up with them and then greeted them
both. "Hi Ariana...Hi Virginia."
"Hi Febin. Still haven't got used to
calling me Ginnie eh?"
"Well I..."
Ginnie laughted, "You have to get used to it Febin. If you don't, I'd be
really, really upset." She then stopped laughing and said, "Febin has
a good sense of timing doesn't he, Ariana?"
"Who me?"
"Yes. Actually, Ariana needs company to buy
some ice cream. But Felicia had gone to her ballet practice and well I...have
to do some tutoring..." She glanced at her watch... "Gotta go
guys."
After a while, Febin said, "Hey, still want that ice cream?"
"Ok," Ariana said.
"See ya Ginnie..." Febin said.
"See ya!" and so Ginnie went on her
way.
Ariana smiled and said, " Sure! Why not...
and I still can remember that you still owe me an ice cream treat..."
Febin
laughed. "Ok. It'll be my treat. Let's go?"
"Uh-huh..." And so they walked
together. Febin is Ariana's best friend for almost three years. They had met in
the same international school that they are in now. Their closeness is truly
one of a kind. They can understand each other clearly, and know each other's
attitude quite well. But somehow, the mysterious side of him did not disappear,
for he usually avoids talking about his family. There were hints that made
Ariana think as though he was a member of a very prominent one though...his
educational background for example...He had mentioned that he had never
attended formal schooling until now in senior high, and had been taught by
tutors all his life. He had also mentioned about his weapon training, with
swords...bows and arrows... things that are somehow not very approproate at
this age. He did explain that it was family tradition, but still....
"I feel good... " He said while they
sat together underneath a tree eating their ice-creams.
"Hmmm??"
"I said I feel good. It's like...Oh
nevermind…"
Ariana
laughed. "Come on, tell me..."
"It's like obtaining a certain level of
equilibrium."
"Huh?"
"Oh nevermind."
Ariana giggled. "I was just
teasing...actually, I do understand what you mean..."
"You do?"
"Of course I do! Actually, I'm kinda feeling
that way myself. Somehow, sitting under this tree, eating ice cream and just
talking about things makes you feel relaxed and content. That's what you mean,
right?"
"Yes. Exactly...Oh by the way, I've got
something to tell you..."
"Hmm?"
"I've finally decided that Felicia isn't
just the girl I'm looking for..."
"Oh no…not again!" Ariana said.
"Febin, just tell me this..."
"Eh?"
"Who's gonna be next?"
"Eh?"
"You've been "almost falling in
love" as you usually say, to almost all the girls in the school since
we've met! I thought you said you've finally found what you're looking for in
Liz...I've seen you almost practically drooling over her for three months! Now
what went wrong?"
"Oh she'll never notice that I've stopped 'drooling'
over her...She's got lots of guys to stare or 'drool' over her..."
"But then that's not what I'm
asking..."
"Ariana! You already know why. Besides, I
know you're more than glad to see that I've finally seen the light."
She gasped. "You don't actually think that
I'd want you for myself right?"
"Hell no!"
"Ok so what is it that finally made you see
the light?"
"Let's just say that she's not romantic
enough for me..." There was complete silence for a while and then he
sighed.
"Hmm…what's wrong Febin?"
"It's just that...I was just thinking how
peacefully I had lived here, and well, I just don't want all of this to end
that fast..."
"You sound like you're gonna leave
soon..."
"Its just that...this world is too different than mine...and well one can get easily attached to this place..."
Before the conversation continues, the
ground started to shake, making Ariana hold on to Febin to maintain her
balance. After a few seconds, the earthquake stopped. The leaves of the tree
behind them started falling, and then something soft and fluffy dropped on
Ariana's head.
"Ouch!" It bounced from Ariana's head
to the ground and there; they saw a white fluffy animal of some kind that
resembles a rabbit, with a red gem on the middle of its forehead.
"Pu-pu-pu!!!!!" it said. Then it jumped
on Ariana's open palms.
"MOKONAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!" Febin exclaimed.
"You little...WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE!!!"
"Febin...you're scaring the poor little
thing!"
"Pu-pu-pu...pu-pu-pu-pu"
"So you say, Guru Clef wants to talk to
me?"
"Pu-pu!"
"You can understand what it's saying?"
"A little...He understands us perfectly well
too."
"Pu-pu-pu!!!!" Light projected from the
red gem on its forehead. This light contained a hologram of a man with lavender
hair and a horn on its forehead. Ariana dropped Mokona to the ground out of
shock.
"Prince Febin, you must return to Sefiro
along with the Princess and her two friends. Do you understand?"
"Yes Guru Clef."
"Princess Ariana, we are looking foreward
for your return to Sefiro."
"Uhm...me?"
"Hmm...I can see you haven't told her
anything. But well, now she knows...I understand that you had been assigned
with a difficult task."
"I was given all the information I need. I
was just concerned about how she will take it."
"I see..."
Ariana gasped. She just couldn't believe what she
had been hearing. Everything had been planned after all. How she and Febin
met...How they became friends...All the while it was fate---Deep inside she
felt she had been betrayed...She moved back and then started to run away...
"Ariana!!"
"Hmm…yes I understand she still wasn't able
to take it easily. You know what to do Prince Febin, I will send one of the
creatures to bring all of you back here. We'll be expecting you soon. Go on and
follow her." Febin took Mokona and then started to run after Ariana. He is
now wearing the traditional Sefirian armor.
'She must be far away now. I won't be able to
find her in this speed,' he thought. He then decided to try to teleport. He
willed himself to be where Ariana is and wished hard that she will listen to
him. He can understand how betrayed she is feeling right that moment.
He found her sitting on a swing of an empty
playground on the city square. It was nearly sunset, and the breeze is getting
chilly. Somehow, the aura of the place suits the situation. "I am
sorry," he started to say.
"...It's just so hard to feel that someone
you thought you new so well isn't really who he is..."
I am really sorry. I really should have told you earlier. I was just afraid that you would not believe me. But I guess, I might had been wrong too...about thinking like that. Believe me Ariana, the trust I had given to you is genuine. The things I had told you was true...everything I had confided in you...my dreams...my feelings...I might have not told you everything...but I didn't lie. I just didn't know where to start, although I will try now. Ariana, I am Prince Febin from the planet called Sefiro. I had been sent here, to find the daughter of the current princess, and bring her back, along with two other girls to take the role as the new generation of Magic Knights. And I had found you, Princess Ariana. I need to take you back to your real parents."
"My...real
parents?"
"Yes, Princess Hikaru and Lord Lantis."
Mokona, who had been watching all the while,
jumped on Ariana's lap. "Pu-pu-pu..." Ariana closed her eyes, and
gave big sigh. She started to pinch her left arm...hard. "OWWWWW!!!"
Febin blinked.
"What are you doing????"
"Just kinda making sure this is not a
dream..Guess it isn't…" Ariana said, smiling. "Gee...I'm a
princess...and I'm to save my planet...wow..."
'Sometimes she can act so weird...' Febin told
himself. "Am I forgiven then?"
"Uh-huh," Ariana said, nodding.
"Uhm, Febin..."
"Hmm?"
"You look ridiculous in that suit..."
Ariana answered in a serious tone.
Febin facefaulted. "Pu-pu-pu!!!
Pu-pu-pu-pu-pu," Mokona started to say. It then jumped towards Ariana and
motioned for her to carry him. Ariana did so. "Pu!!!" "We need
to get going now..."Febin told Ariana.
Suddenly, she heard a loud sound similar to a
bird flapping its wings. When she looked up, she saw a gigantic fish-like
creature. She can't help but gasp as she stares at it. "OH MY GOD...WHAT
THE HELL IS THAT???"
"One of the Guru-Clef's pet
creature...err...or maybe Ascot's..wait...let me see..."
"Pu-pu-pu!!!"
"Nevermind."
. All of a sudden, Ariana found herself sitting
at the back of the creature. It then flapped its wing-like fins and took off.
"Ariana..."
"Yes?" "How do you think will your
friends take the idea?"
Ariana thought for a while, "Let me
see...Ginnie is the calm one, she'll take it as calmly as possible. But in Felicia's
case..."
Just as she was about to continue, Ginnie and Liz
appeared in front of her. "What the bloody hell!!!" That was Liz.
"Oh, Ariana! How are you? It's nice to see
you here...Wherever 'here' is..." Ginnie said.
"Well at this moment, we're at the back of
some gigantic fish."
"Oh..."
"OH???!!! OH???!!! IS THAT ALL YOU CAN
SAY????" Liz shrieked. "THIS IS---uhm---KIDNAP! An abduction of some
sort! A---A..."
"Calm down Liz, " Febin told her, while
covering his ears with his hands.
Liz shot him an angry look and then snapped,
"It's Felicia to you! I gave you no permission to call me by my
nickname."
"Well Felicia," Febin said, "you
were summoned by our Princess to be a Magic Knight"
"You think I'm stupid enough to believe in
that nonsense???"
"Well, you don't believe in flying fishes
either...but you are sure to be in a gigantic one's back!" Febin snapped
at her. It was the only moment that she actually realized where she actually
is...and made her shut up. "Let me get things a little clear. First of
all, Princess Hikaru is Ariana's real mother. Second, Sefiro is in danger and
we need your help. Third, untill you have fulfilled your mission, you can't go
back to Earth."
"What???"
Febin nodded, "That's the way it goes
ladies...Oh well...we're here! Welcome to Sefiro, ladies. Enjoy your
stay."
