I DO NOT OWN PRETEAR! If I have to do this every time I create a chapter or a new story, I am going to murder someone!

But enjoy the story anyway!^^

(me interrupting)

'thoughts'

"speech in mind while in pretear form"

"normal speech"

[character in story is interrupting]

Chapter One

Her New Nickname is Tulip head

Living alone isn't so bad once you get used to it. Sure, there's no one to talk to once you get home from work and school, but I like the silence sometimes.

But strange things have been happening lately; I felt like someone was destroying the life of people and plants. I told my only friend, Himeno, that I was having these strange feelings most of the time. She acted so nervous when I asked this question and she asked me what I was talking about.

I was suspicious , but I let it dropped.

Anyway, I haven't introduced myself yet [not that anyone would care]. My name is Cilian Nura (I made this name up), meaning 'Civil Child'. If you think that that is how I act, you have sorely misunderstood me and my nature. I love getting into trouble and pissing people off, but I do know when to not goof off and actually act serious. Trust me, I can act serious and I can be pretty scary sometimes, and that's coming from me.

Well, since it's like seven o'clock in the morning, I should get ready for school and the rest of the day.

Since you know nothing about me, I should tell you that I do get top grades in my class. And besides, whenever you go to school, might as well as do the best you can while you're stuck in that prison cell. Yes, prison cell. It is something that no one wants to go to, but we have to anyway. That's the worst part about it. It's probably because it's soooooooo boring and no one wants to go to the god damn thing. But the only reason I actually go is that I can hang out with Himeno since she's the only person that I can rely on. We tell each other everything; from our darkest secrets to the things we did the day before. Okay, it's not that extreme, but we are like sisters, a bond that can never be destroyed.

And I still don't get why Himeno won't tell me why she is so happy for the past few days since a huge tree decided to show up on the island that we lived on. She can't be happy; I mean her house was destroyed! But she's rich and she can get anything that she wants so it's not that big of a deal. But I still sorry for her; she has to get rid of the beautiful tree that is now part of their house.

Hands were waving in front of my face when I exited my little thinking world, and the thing is that it was Himeno's hands. "Hey, wake up! You almost gotten ran over again!" She shook her head as I stared at her, unfazed by what was going on around me and what she was going to say to me. "What am I going to do with you?" We continued walking to the stupid 'school' that we have to attend; her wearing the female school uniform, and me wearing the male school uniform. "And didn't I tell you you should wear the girl's school uniform? You really need to show people that you are a girl, not a boy!"

"I have my reasons, Himeno. I don't want to be peeked at by some perverted idiots who think they won't be hit up side the head by some horny skank that gets whatever she wants by using money." I glanced at her and gave her an 'obviously' look that I use most of the time.

Then I felt pain. Endless, searing pain that started in my chest and went to my head. It hurt so much that it drowned out the sounds of the concerned Himeno. All I could do was point toward the direction of the fountain and said "It's there..." Then darkness surrounded me and my unresponsive brain.

Himeno's POV

My friend, Cilian Nura, almost gotten ran over by a car; AGAIN! Sometime one of these days, she's going to be run over by a car just because she was deep into her thinking. She isn't my sister, but it seems as if we were sisters. We met a when we were a few years old, but we clicked on sight. We were like sisters since then."What am I going to do with you?" I asked her as we walked toward school and we just clicked immediately. "And didn't I tell you you should wear the girl's school uniform? You really need to show people that you are a girl, not a boy!" I yelled at Cilian.

"I have my reasons, Himeno." She replied. "I don't want to be peeked at by some perverted idiots who think they won't be hit upside the head by some horny skank that gets whatever she wants by using money." She calmly explained while she gave me one of her looks that said 'obviously'. Damn, I hate it when she gives me that look.

Suddenly, Cilian fell down and clutched her head. I tried to get her to respond to my worried yells, but all she did was point in the general direction of the water fountain and said "It's there..." She then fell over, unconscious and unresponsive. I then felt a pain coming from the same area that Cilian was pointing to. In my mind a picture of a demon larvae hatching in the fountain water.

Just as that picture flashed out of my mind, I felt a rush of wind behind me. I knew then that the Leife Knights were here to assist me. I looked behind me to see Hayate, Shin, Mannin, Goh, Sasame, Kei, and Hajime ready to fight. Hayate held his hand out to me, waiting to be Preated. I quickly held my hand out and clasped his. The Preating was slower than all the other times that I have Preated, so I don't really know what has happened to me. It just seems that each time I Preate with someone, it just gets slower that before.

Anyways, after a few minutes, I was the wind Pretear. I turned toward the larvae that just hatched and sprinted toward it in an attack position. The battle didn't last long and nobody was hurt thanks to Shin's little magic shield. I struck the core and the battle was over. We landed and I un-Preated with Hayate. I looked at the now peaceful area, wondering if Cilian was okay.

'Cilian!' I ran toward where Cilian collapsed, but Shin was already there, tending to her injuries. "Shin, what's wrong?" I asked him.

He looked at me and said "This is the new one, the new Pretear." He looked back at Cilian with what looked like sadness and grief. I was struck dumb.

Cilian is the new Pretear? Is that what she felt earlier, the demon larvae? And she pointed towards the area where the larvae was going to hatch! I don't know what to do. Maybe I should bring her to my mansion and let her rest. I picked her up carefully, with one arm over her shoulders, and started to walk back towards the mansion.

"What are you doing, tulip-head?" Only one person calls me that and I seriously would kill him if he called me that again.

"I'm bringing my best friend to the mansion to get her some rest. I'll have to skip school today, so why don't help me out here Hayate?" I yelled at him.

He smirked. "It's funnier to watch you struggle with something than let other people do it for you, namely me." He seemed to be smiling more now since the thing about Saie was done and over with. I just need to figure out what to do with Cilian when we get back to the mansion.

Tiryn: Pretty good if you ask me. I don't care if you review or not, but at least read the chapter. Then I'll be a happy author ^^. I'll update as soon as I can.