c h a p t e r 1

"Auel!"

I heard someone calling me, but didn't bother opening my eyes.

"Auel!"

That voice, I recongized that voice. I opened one eye, then saw the blonde standing in front of me, peering down and smiling. Her bright magenta eyes glowed with happiness.

"Stellar.."

I saw her body glowing, and wings sprout from her back. Both of my eyes were open now, as I gazed in surprise as she became transparent.

"Stellar! What the..."

She smiled warmly, "Stellar wanted to come see Auel again..." I then remembered, immediatly reaching out to her, trying to reach her hand. She reached out to my hand as well, but began getting pulled back, "Auel!" she cried, reaching out to me.

I jumped to my feet, then ran towards her, pulling her into a tight hug, "Stellar... don't leave me again.."

Stellars body began fading, "Stellar will see Auel again, soon..." she murmured, then disappeared.

"Stellar!!"

I awoke with a start, sitting up. My body trembled slighty at seeing Stellar again after it had been so long. I sighed, then looked outside the window, the sun was high in the sky already and people were out at the shore of the ocean.

My roommates, Shinn and Sting, were probably outside already.

I sighed, getting out of bed and getting dressed into my usual bright orange shirt that bared my chest and teal pants. I didn't bother combing my sky colored hair.

Soon, my noisy roommates returned, then saw me already awake.

"Oh, hey Auel, you're finally awake eh?" Sting asked.

"Yeah..."

Shinn grinned, "let's go outside, I heard that there's going to be some new girls arriving to the academy."

I blinked, "new girls?"

"Yeah, they've finished making the rest of the dorms so more people can come in, so many girls signed up."

I shrugged, "alright then, let's go."

We left our dorm, then took the elevator downstairs.

Shinn Asuka, the black haired and ruby eyed 18 year old was one of my closest friends. He had a raging temper and was easily angered, but other than that, he was a fun person to hang out with. He was at times lazy and slacked off, but works hard on things he was passionate about.

Sting Oakley was like my brother. He was 19 and had green hair and golden eyes. It was strange that those were his natural features. He was the mature one of the group, seeing as Shinn and I always got into arguements.

Once we made it downstairs, there was crowds of people, some newcomers, and some wanting to meet the new comers.

"Wow.." Shinn said.

"Ugh... these girls aren't as good-looking as I thought they would be.. only a few are hot eh?"

Sting frowned at me, "looks aren't everything."

I shrugged, then pushed my way through the crowd, Sting and Shinn following me. A magenta haired girl came and greeted Shinn. She wasn't that good-looking. Shinn seemed to think so too.

"Uh... hi?" he said.

She giggled, "wow, you guys are SO nice! I'm going to like it here. By the way, my name is Lunamaria Hawke, what's your name?" she asked Shinn.

'Ugh.. what a nuisance' I thought.

"Uhm.. sorry but I gotta go!" Shinn said hurriedly then took me and Sting's arm and dragged us far away from that girl.

I laughed once we got out of reach from her, "wow.. that's one weird chick."

Sting chuckled, "and she seemed to like Shinn quite a bit." Shinn's sweat dropped, "damn.." he muttered.

Out of nowhere, I heard a tinkley laugh, and I recongized it. It was a cute giggle, high pitched but not too high pitched. It sounded so melodic.

"Hey do you guys hear that?" I asked.

Sting and Shinn looked at me, "uh.. the sound of a lot of girls and giggling and talking..? Yeah."

I turned my head from side to side, looking through the crowd of people, looking for the source of that laugh. But just as it came to my ears, it disappeared.

I sighed, "nevermind."

Sting and Shinn looked at me weirdly, but shrugged. We met up with Athrun and Rey, who were talking with a girl with red hair pulled into pig tails. She looked pretty cute.

Athrun smiled, "hey guys, meet Meyrin Hawke. She's going to be staying at our academy."

"Hawke? Is she the sister of Lunamaria?" Shinn asked.

Meyrin nodded, "yeah, why?"

Shinn groaned, "noooooooo!!!"

Sting and I laughed, but Rey, Athrun and Meyrin just looked at us weirdly. "Lunamaria seems to have a crush on Shinn and is.. uhm.. quite a nuisance," Sting said, choosing his words carefully.

Meyrin laughed, "yeah, she tends to do that to cute guys, it's not really a crush, it's more of an obsession actually."

Shinn groaned again, slapping his forehead, "why, oh, why was I cursed with such charm?" he asked himself jokingly.

I laughed, he always lightened up the mood even in the worst situation. Then, I heard that voice again. I turned around, expecting to see someone I knew, but it was just a crowd of girls again.

Athrun looked at me, "hey something wrong, Auel?"

I scanned the crowd with my eyes, trying to locate the source of the voice, but didn't see any familiar faces. I turned back around, feeling a bit irritated.

"Yeah, sure, just looking for someone."

Meyrin smiled, "well, I'll be at the pool if anybody wants to come, I already unloaded my stuff so everythings all taken care of." Athrun smiled kindly at her, "I'll go," he said, then added, "I'll invite my girlfriend too if you don't mind."

Meyrin seemed shocked about that, but nodded. I saw the disappointed look in her eyes.

Sting went off to the computer lab, I honestly thought he was waisting his life in front of a screen. But he had a lot going on, he owned a website, he tutored people online, gave advice to people on his column, etc. So I could see why he couldn't just stop going on the computer, no matter how much people called him a dork.

Shinn went to our room, deciding to sleep, he always did when there was nothing to do. He made sleeping seem unhealthy.

I went over to the roof, it was like a giant patio, and it had a great view of the ocean. I sat down on the edge, not afraid of falling, because if I did, it never really harmed me.

I stared out onto the ocean, remembering that Stellar loved the ocean a lot, I always used to take her there. I saw some new girls over on the sand bar, they were actually really pretty. One had long flowing pink hair, and the other two had short blonde hair. My eyes widened, just like Stellar!

I examined one of the blondes, her hair was boyish like, and a bit spikey and wild, unlike Stellar soft golden hair. She had ember eyes as well and tanned skin. That couldn't be Stellar.

My eyes trailed over the other one, and she had her back to me, so I could only see her pale blue sundress and the back of her head. She was staring at the ocean.

'Just like Stellar...'

I stood up, then went back inside, taking the elevator to the first floor, hoping I wouldn't miss this girl. I was nervous, she might actually have been Stellar.

Once I got to the ocean, I couldn't see the girl anymore, but I could still see that pink haired girl and the other blonde.

'Damn...'

Then I noticed Shinn was relaxing in the sand, laying down and staring at the sky.

"Hey Shinn."

He looked up at me, then smiled, "hey."

"You look.. happy."

He nodded, "yeah! I just saw the prettiest girl ever! She was blonde and had magenta eyes!"

My heart skipped a beat, 'Just like Stellar..' "Uh.. do you know her name?" I asked. He shook his head, "no.. but I just watched her for a bit, I hope I can meet her."

I nodded, 'could've been anyone,' I thought.

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TO BE CONTINUED!