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First fanfic
Chapter 1
First Contact
The day was like any other. Waking up at 4pm and eating dinner, having sometimes heated conversations with family, and working on various random things. During one of the occasional night walks while listening to his favorite group of hymnos songs, the current one being Exec_Paja_Misya, he sits on a bench on the path through his favorite trail around town. Thoughts lost again with the strange lyrics washing over him lighting a fire in his soul while singing along best he could. A strange drowsiness envelops him suddenly and he tries to get up to get home before it overtakes him but it's just too strong and he falls asleep in the middle of the path home.
When he awakes he is staring up at a girl in twin tails with an orange and red outfit and short jeans on. Blinking a few times and rolling over believing it's just another dream because of how familiar the girl was he tries to sleep again before getting poked by the girl. "Hey wake up sleepy head it's not good to sleep in the streets like this". Grumbling at being forced awake he sits up rubbing his eyes and takes another look at the twin tailed figure and sees another beside her wearing a white shirt and jeans as well then looks around to see that indeed he is still in the streets "What the heck is going on" he says groggy "I've never fallen asleep like that before… and why do you two look so much like…" he trails off staring at the two figures in disbelief.
"It can't be..." he pinches himself to make sure he isn't still asleep "ouch yea not a dream" he reaches out and takes the twin tailed figure by the hand squeezing lightly to make sure that she is real as well. "Ok so it's not a dream and you are definitely real so what is up Cocona and Croix?" The twin tailed girl looks at the older figure with surprise and curiosity "Cro how does this guy know who we are?" Croix looks at her with surprise as well "Good question which also brings up how much does he know about us, what is his name, and what is he doing in front of our house?" The stranger stands up and wobbles uneasy finding it hard to stand properly "Well I have another question to add to the mix how come I am shorter then I used to be?" He looks at his clothes amazed they fit him just the same as before.
"Call me David nice to meet you. I'm glad we speak the same language." David smiles warmly at the two bewildered people with a hand outstretched. Croix takes the hand and shakes it wearily "It's nice to meet you too. I have never seen clothes like yours around here before where are you from?" David laughs scratching his head "You probably wouldn't believe me if I told you" Cocona and Croix look at each other then back to David "Try us" they say in unison. David sighs "Alright I not from Ar Ciel I am from a place called Earth" Cocona and Croix start laughing "You were right we don't believe you"
David sighs again and puts his hands up and head down shaking his head "May I ask why we are just standing here and not going inside to discuss this?" They both double laughing harder "You know he is right" Cocona says between laughing fits as Croix regains his composure and clears his throat "eh hem yes why don't we go inside and have something to drink as strange as coming from another world sounds I have never seen those kinds of clothes before" David looks surprised that they might actually believe him even just a little. The trio goes into Croix's house and Cocona says "Make yourself at home." David nods in appreciation.
David looks around the rooms from the door then at Cocona and Croix. "Hm it's a lot nicer then I remember." Croix starts working in the kitchen putting away bags while Cocona hops over and lands on the couch "Now back to what I was asking earlier David how come you were in front of our house and how do you know us?" David thinks for a minute before going over and sitting on the couch. When he sits down he notices for the first time he has his backpack and sets it aside "That's strange I usually don't take that with me except to go to a friend's house." He shrugs "As far as how I know you I can't easily say, at least not yet" David looks at the floor with a sad expression. 'If I spill everything now how will it affect things in the future?' David ponders this question for a while "As far as ending up in front of your house your guess is as good as mine." He shrugs laughing a little "But I'll say I'm glad it was you two who found me."
Cocona smiles at the compliment as Croix puts on some water to boil Cocona asks "Why are you glad it was us? What is Earth like? What is the deal with your clothes? Why can't you tell us how you know us? What are those things around your ears?" David looks over at her "Hold on one thing at a time" He laughs at her energetic personality "I expected you to be curious but geez" David smiles "Well I'm glad I am with you two because it saves me from having to find you and I know how nice you both are. I will tell you about Earth when I can. As far as not telling you why and how I know you I don't want to risk changing things if I can avoid it. My clothes are actually normal for where I lived. The things around my ears?" he reaches up and touches his tiny headphones tracing the cord making sure it was intact all the way to his pockets.
Taking out everything in his pockets David says to her "It's a headset that lets me talk to other people without holding anything to my ears as well as listen to songs without disturbing anyone around me. While I'm at it I may as well check what all I have with me." As he digs through his pockets Cocona's eyes go wide with fascination. He first finds his cell, psp, driver's license with credit cards and spare change, and his keys. "Well I won't be bored at least" He turns his attention to the back pack setting out its contents beside the rest. His chargers for the psp and cell are there with various games as well as other random items. When he comes across all 3 Ar Tonelico games he quickly hides them in the backpack. 'Can't let them see that those.' After taking stock he puts away most of the items into his backpack then looks at Cocona's wide eyed expression and burst out laughing. She blinks then asks "What got into you?" he tries to calm down as Croix sets down some tea for the three of them. "Sorry your face was priceless" she puffs out her cheeks trying to seem upset and David just laughs even harder. "That is just so boo" she says.
After settling down he thanks Croix for the tea as Croix asks "What is all this for?" David looks at Croix setting down his tea and picking up his cell "I guess it would be best to start here. Basically this is my version of your telemo." He hands it to Croix who looks at it suspiciously. "All I see is a black screen." Croix gives it back "That would be because you didn't hit the power button on top" David hits it and then immediately flicks his finger along the screen to unlock it. The phones came to life displaying the time and weather of the town "Wow I didn't expect that." David looks at the weather section in amazement to see it had Pastalia as the town and the current conditions matched outside. "What's wrong?" Croix asked. David shakes his head "Nothing is wrong I just didn't expect to get service let alone weather and internet here." Cocona finally calming down from David's laughing at her from earlier asks "What do you mean internet?" David smiles "It means I can look up things on my phone like you would in a book."
David looks around the house checking for any outlets and finds a few. "Hey Croix what kind of power outlets are those?" Croix thinks for a second "What do you mean?" "Are they AC or DC types?" David asks in a slightly impatient tone then regretting slightly how he sounded looks down at the floor. Croix thinks for a bit longer "AC if I remember correct why?" David perks up at the news and smiles "Good I won't have to worry about saving the battery then." David then starts swiping his finger along the screen quickly making sure all his data was in order then sighs in relief "Nothings corrupted either thank goodness." He goes through some of his pictures and Cocona catches a glimpse of herself "Hey go back. Was that me?" David then goes back a couple of screens seeing one of his favorite pictures 'oh no… I forgot I had that one in there' Cocona and Croix look at her picture that has her holding a red gem and the words Ar Tonelico II Cocona along the top. "I look so serious there but I have never had a red gem like that before. Where did you get this?"
David sighs looking defeated "That is because you 'can't' have that gem. Not yet." Cocona and Croix look at each other yet again surprised by this newcomer. "What do you mean not yet?" Croix asks before Cocona gets a chance. "That is a heart of Gaia." Croix's eyes go wide "Did you just say Heart of Gaia?" Cocona looking confused "Cro what is a Heart of Gaia?" David speaks up "A heart of Gaia is part of the legend of metafalica. The reason I would have sought you out and came with you even if you didn't want me to was to ensure the legend comes true. That is why I said I can't explain everything yet." Croix leans back and thinks for a min while silence washes over the trio. Croix breaks the silence first "Ok let us say that everything is true how do we make this happen?"