Lupi: look look i finally put up this story! Maybe it'll get more than three reviews! (Gets hit with giant fly swatter )Owy.........I don't own ESCAFLOWNE!!!!!!!! But I did buy the series, the movie, and the soundtrack! Obsessed? Maybe.....Hope you like this story, and if you don't, well............then tell me.........WHY IS ALL THE RUM GONE?!?!?! Why can't i tab? My tabs don't show up.......RAWR! Oh well.......dismisses Oh! I also don't own any other random anime person that might showup. All I own are the characters and places and people i made up! So yeah.....don't yell at me for not having a disclaimer or else you'll get a private therapy session with a crazy lady armed with a machine gun........grins evilly I was satan in a play once!

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Chapt 1:

A content girl lay fast asleep in the safety and warmth of her comfortable and soft bed. The sky was dark and not even the birds were chirping yet, but despite how dark it currently was, you could guess it was early morning due to the morning mist and lack of stars in the cloudless sky. A muffled groan could be faintly heard from under the many layers of sheets as the louder wailing of an alarm clock screamed out into the chilled atmosphere of the spacious room. A sleepy hand emerged from underneath the heap of blankets and groped irritably around the nightstand for the annoying device. When she finally found the thing she turned it off, returning the room to its previous serene silence.

"Dammit, I hate school...."

Still under a light haze of sleep, she attempted to escape the cocoon of blankets assembled around her with great difficulty until she finally emerged to the cool air and instantly wrapped a warm blanket around her shivering form. Slowly she removed the blanket and allowed her skin to tense up to the cold air before she finally placed two feet on the carpeted floor. Shakily she stood and drowsily walked over and turned on the lights, squinting as the bright light suddenly filled the room. She yawned as she exited her room, mildly amused her mutt was still snoring at the end of her bed despite the bright lights. She crept down the stairs as silently as she could towards the kitchen for some breakfast. Today was supposed to be her first day at her technically new school. The school she used to attend here burnt down so now she had to go to the new one which was built recently and was new and shiny, kind of like a new penny.

She whipped open the double door stainless steel fridge and scanned over its contents for something appetizing. Her still tired eyes landed on the left over Chinese from the previous night. She sighed happily, knowing that she wouldn't have to eat the shitty cereal stored in the pantry, and took out the cartons of cold, scrumptious, Chinese cuisine out of the cold confines of the refrigerator. After transferring it into a bowl, she threw it in the microwave.

While that was cooking, she opened up the back door and wandered out onto the deck. The area was familiar because she had lived in this town once before. There were new developments and businesses where there weren't before, but other than the new structures and higher population, it was still her old town. But luckily there was a lot of space between her new house and the next, instead of the dense and closeness of the houses in the several of the new developments. In fact there was so much space that the closest neighbors were a good distance up the street. She loved her house though. She recalled when she used to live in this town she would always see this house and dream of living there. Now that the previous owners had moved away, one of her dreams came true.

It was a lovely two-story home with a huge pond in the front with a little island in the center of it. The island was circular and fairly large. There was even a little Victorian styled marble pavilion built on it with a few trees planted around it for shade. The rest of the property was both grassy fields, gardens, and woods. It was along a scenic route so there were few cars and noise was minimal. A true dream home for the Irerno's.

Satori gazed out into the woods and around the gardens, which surrounded her home. She had indeed lived in this town before, but it had changed quite a bit since she'd been there last.

"I wonder how the people have changed..."

She sighed and looked at the still dark sky.

"I hate moving..."

She shivered as a cool wind blew against her bare arms and carried her long silver hair. Even though it was supposed to be a nice spring day today, she smelled moisture in the air so she had a hunch that'd it would be raining later on. She adjusted her black tank top and went back inside when the microwave signaled that her food was finished.

She grabbed a French vanilla frappuccino out of the fridge and went back out to the deck. She sat on the wooden railing Indian style and began eating. She could barely make out lights of a nearby house.

"Heh, only crazy people are up at 5:00 in the morning teehee...."

She took a big bite out of her chicken lo mein while staring at the dark woods behind her house.

Satori Irerno was a 17-year-old girl who had just got done moving back to her old town. She stood about 5'6 making her the tallest in the house. Being that her mom was kind of short and the two of them lived alone together so there wasn't really anyone else to measure up to, except her brother Atomsk, but he was gone. And her father, well he died. She wasn't really sure what her mom did, but her mother managed to pull in the big money so they always had a nice home and belongings.

Her mom, Tsurina Irerno, had lovely fiery red curly hair that ended right above her waist, with bright cunning hazel eyes. She was a strong woman, no seriously; her muscles were as hard as a rock. But moving along, she had an iron spirit and even though she was generally cool about things, she could give you the beat down if you pissed her off. She also had a lead foot and not to mention the road rage. And her temper was short, so basically no patience. She allowed Satori a considerable amount of freedoms, they usually never fought and were the best of friends. The only time Satori could recall her mother being truly mad at her was when she worried her or she lied to her. She got scolded for little things too like not cleaning her room and stuff, but she considered herself privileged to have such an understanding and open parent.

Satori turned around as Ururu pushed the backdoor open with his snout and came out onto the deck. He stopped by Satori expecting to be petted.

She scratched his ears, "So, you didn't feel like getting up either boy?" She said recalling his failure to get up despite her moving around and the lights being turned on.

He wagged his tail in response causing Satori to chuckle. Ururu was a wolf. Yeah that's right, you heard correct, wolf. She found him in some wrecked up warehouse where cruel people used him for dog fighting. One night she managed to take him away from there without being caught. He had a glossy white and gray coat that felt soft and silky to the touch. Satori especially loved to fiddle with his tail that was tipped with black fur on the end.

The clank of the fork against the empty bowl announced the end of the meal as Satori hopped down from the railing. Ururu obediently followed her back into the house and over into the kitchen so she could put the dirty dishes in the dishwasher. Speaking of pets, she had two others, one black ferret named knives, as well as a Harpy eagle that was a little bit smaller than standard, called Aeris. The explanation for her having an eagle of all things is because her father was skilled in the art of falconry and she had learned the trade before he died. She liked falconry a lot.

She returned up to her room quickly and got dressed. Her clothes were laid out on top of her hamper for convenience so in case she didn't manage to wake up, she wouldn't have to fuss over an outfit. She put on the black jeans which had a chain attached to it. With the rest of her clothes in hand, she walked over to her bed and sat down on the side, putting on her flame boots, and lacing them up until they were snug. She pulled on an ash colored shirt with a black dragon in the center. Where the sleeves met the shoulders it was a light color of gray. The sleeves ended at her elbows and had three horizontal white stripes on each sleeve. Her back cracked as she stood up and she let out a groan of pain. Even she was amazed how she managed to get up this early. Satori milled over to her black vanity and brushed out her hair before pulling it up into a bun, leaving her long bangs out. It wasn't anything overly glamorous, but who was she trying to impress? Well, actually saying she wasn't nervous would be a lie. In truth she was dead nervous, but more so about seeing her old friends again who were all pissed off at her because they didn't understand her situation and believed her to have abandoned them most likely.

She sighed and scanned over her room, "I feel like I'm forgetting something besides my brain..." She walked over to her art desk and picked her backpack off of the chair, throwing it by her door.

"Got everything I need in there..." The nagging at the back of her mind was still present and she looked over her room yet again for what she could be possibly missing.

She looked at Knives' cage. He was currently sleeping on his cute little mini hammock. She grinned at the awkward position he chose to sleep in, but that still didn't tell her what she could be missing.

Ururu trotted into the room and stopped at her side, whimpering for attention.

"Ok, ok"

She kneeled and gave him a good scratch down, gaining a pleased growl from him.

"The things I do for you mutt..."

She sighed and looked at the clock which read 5:57

"Damn, an hour..."

Groaning, she stood and climber through her open window out to her balcony. The sun had yet to rise but the sky had lightened up a good deal. Birds were even starting to stir as the morning breeze blew past. Satori sighed and returned to her room and then out the door towards yet another room down the hall, which was the upstairs office and computer room where the bird was kept.

Aeris cooed gently as she still slept in her big cage. Satori fed her and gave her water, then left the room and returned downstairs with her stuff, Ururu shadowing her every step. She threw her junk by the door and plopped down on the couch, turning on the news as Ururu hopped up and rested his head on her lap. The light from the TV played off the walls as the weatherman pranced in front of the big digital weather map.

Weatherman William pointed to a large black cloud on his map, "Ladies and gentlemen, it would be wise not to forget your umbrellas, rain is predicted to fall late this afternoon, so be prepared for a wet one."

"Rain, just as I thought..."

She heard her mom get up out of bed and listened as her footsteps traveled around the vicinity of her mom's room. Satori knew her mother's basic routine so she could easily tell you what she was doing. Finally the footsteps left the master bedroom and became louder as she came down the stairs. Satori smiled as she heard her mom walk up behind the couch. It wasn't long before two strong arms encircled her shoulders and she received a small peck on the cheek. Ururu looked up at the two, if he could, he would've rolled his eyes.

"Sleep well princess?"

"Yeah, I woulda slept better though if i didn't have to get up so early"

Tsurina chuckled, "Well you don't have to get up at five"

"I know, I just like being up that early..."

"Do you want a ride to school? Or are you taking your Vespa?"

"Vespa" Satori finished off her Frappuccino.

"Well, I'm going to head out early today, try not to cause trouble on your first day of school."

Satori scoffed, "I know, you don't want me kicked out just yet right? Don't worry I won't fuck anyone up so long as they don't piss me off too bad."

Tsurina hit her on the head playfully, "Watch your mouth young lady." She then headed for the front door.

Satori shouted, "Aye ca'pin!"

Tsurina smiled and headed for the driveway. Saying "See you later honey!" before she shut the front door on her way out.

"Bye mom!"

Satori watched as she walked down the pathway and jumped into the driver's side of the charcoal colored Durango parked outside. The ignition sounded and her mom backed up and was soon speeding off down their long driveway towards the road. Satori read the now retreating bumper sticker that said 'Get in, sit down, shut up'. Satori shook her head and laughed.

"I love my mom hehehe."

She sighed and turned the TV off. Ururu got out of the way as she Pulled herself off of the couch. She grabbed her backpack and threw it over her shoulder, heading for the kitchen door leading to the garage. Again with Ururu trailing her, "I'll just cruise until it's time for school."

She stopped at the door and gave him a kiss goodbye before going out into the garage towards her black silver and gray flamed Vespa which had several other customizations to it. She got on and put was just about to put up the kickstand when she remembered something.

She sweat dropped, "O, right, keys...."

She laughed at herself and returned back inside. Unfortunately for her Ururu was laying right by the door and she ended up tripping over hi falling flat on her face. Ururu sprang to his feet and sniffed her head in concern.

After mumbling a few curses she pushed herself up and sat on her knees frowning and rubbing her arm, "Of all the luck I had to fall on my face today...I'm pretty stupid aren't I boy?" She grinned and scratched his head.

She got up again and snagged her keys off of the kitchen island and headed out to the garage once more.

She hopped back on her Vespa and pushed the garage door opener. There was a slight pause before the door rumbled and started to go up. She took a deep breath and exhaled.

"First day of school.... god dammit..."

She moaned and started her Vespa, pulling out of the garage and heading down the paved driveway. After checking both ways to be clear, she then pulled out and sped off down the road, letting the cool morning air refreshingly hit her face.

She came to the very end of the street in no time and slowed to a stop below the bright red stop sign. Again it was clear and she was about to turn onto the main road when she realized something, "Shit...... I left the garage door open........."

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