I'm screaming at the top of my lungs. My mom just gave me the best news ever, I get to go to school at Ouran Academy starting tomorrow! We aren't extremely rich, like most other students that attend Ouran. I can, however, sing extremely well. Because of that, and my exceptional grades, I received a scholarship to go to Ouran Academy. I need to calm down, so I go for a walk in a park near my house. I walk to my favorite fountain. It is surrounded by cherry trees, and filled with lotus flowers and koi fish. I sit down on my favorite bench and pull out my diary. I write down what had happened and look at the fountain. I begin to fall asleep, it is around midnight after all. I wake back up after a few minutes and see a bunch of moon-lit orange in front of my face. I scream and scoot to the other end of the bench. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."

"Well, you did. If you weren't even trying, I would hate to see when you were. Why were you so close to my face anyway?" He sits next to me on the bench and stares at the fountain.

"Oh, well, one of my dares for my club was that I had to find a butterfly. The one I was chasing landed on your nose. I was trying to figure out how to catch it without waking you." I notice the jar in his hand. He has the lid in the other and it is gold with some kind of gemstones all over it. How can he even afford something like that? "Well, I lost my butterfly. So, what's your name?"

"Me? Oh, my name is Chou Manami. What is yours?"

"My name is Kaoru Hitachiin. Chou Manami, huh? Do you want to be my butterfly?"

"What? Why? You're not going to try to put me in that jar, are you?"

He laughs and shakes his head. "No, but your name means 'moonlit-butterfly'. I thought I could get a picture of you, since you probably don't go to my school."

"I don't think your friends will believe that is my name just from a picture."

"If you could stand in the moonlight, they might." I nod in agreement, and he moves me to where he thinks I should stand. He takes out a digital camera from his back pocket and says, "Say, 'butterfly'!"

"Not gonna happen!" He takes the picture and puts it in his back pocket.

"Thank you so much. You don't know how much of a relief this is to me."

"Oh, no, it's fine. I'm the one who scared your original butterfly away. What would've happened if you couldn't do the dare?"

"Something extremely embarrassing, probably. I've gotta go now, but thanks for your help!" With that last statement, he runs away.

"I should probably get back too." I walk back to my house to see my mom holding two uniforms in her hands. "Which one is my school uniform?"

"Well, they both are, sweetie, but one is the male version and I just know you will hate to wear the other one." The other jumble of fabric is a yellow monstrosity! The collar, the long sleeves, the color, and just because it wasn't stupid enough, they had to add a huge pink bow on the front! The length and the shoes are manageable though. I will just have to look in the little rule-book to see if there are any rules on alteration. "So, which one are you going to wear?"

I grab them both. "I'll wear the male version until I can ask about alterations for the yellow monstrosity." She nods her head, and I head to my room to go to bed. As soon as I hit the bed, he comes into my mind. "Who are you, anyway? I know your name, but that doesn't seem like enough. I feel like I need to know everything about you. Well, that sounds like I'm a stalker. Oh, well. I need to get some sleep." I close my eyes and my dreams are filled with my new school and Kaoru. I wake up to hear my mom yelling my name.

"Chou Manami, get your rear-end down here this instant! I swear! If you're late on your first day and somehow lose your scholarship because of it, you will never hear the end of it from me!" I look over at my alarm clock.

"Oh my gosh!" I run around and get ready as quickly as I can. I make sure I grab my hat. I don't want any of the other students to know I'm a girl in a guy uniform. Not a good first impression. I'm not late; I'm actually early. I just don't know the way to the school or how long it will take. I run downstairs, grab a granola bar and a bottle of water, and grab my skates. "Bye, mom!" She shakes her head at me. I pass the spot where I met Kaoru last night. Surprisingly, I don't get lost. I get there a bit early, so I head to the administrator's office. I knock on the door, and he ushers me in. "Hi, I won't be here for long. I just need my class schedule, a map of the school, and rules on alterations."

"I figured as much." He hands me all three. I bow and turn to leave. "Wait, I need to tell you something. You must have at least one extra-curricular activity. I will suggest something for your singing, but you may choose whatever you want." I nod my head and leave the office.

"Okay, first I have homeroom. Homeroom is in class-" I bump into someone and fall on my butt. "Ouch. Sorry, I was trying to find my class." I look up and see a girl in a boys uniform, like me. She has short brown hair, pretty brown eyes, and is about the same height as me. She extends her hand to me. I take it, and she helps me up. "Uh, thanks, dude?" She looks really nervous. "Okay, so you're a girl. Thank goodness! I thought I was the only one who was having dress issues." She laughs a little.

"My name is Haruhi. Haruhi Fujioka."

"Nice to meet you, Haruhi. My name's Chou Manami. If anyone asks it's just C-H-O. No U. Oh yeah, can you help me? I need to get to my homeroom." She looks down at my paper and smiles.

"That's my homeroom too. I guess we're going together then." We walk to our homeroom. We talk about some random things. I walk in the door and stop dead in my tracks. "Chou? What's the matter?" I am so shocked I can't speak so I just point. "Oh, them? They're the Hitachiin twins. Here, I'll introduce you to them." She grabs my wrist and drags me over there. "Hey, guys."

"Hey, Haruhi, what took you so long?" The one with the hair parted to the right said that.

"Who do you have with you?" The one with the hair parted to the left said that. I'm sure that one's Kaoru.

"This is Cho Manami." The one with the left part looked surprised. I had to do my best not to look at him. He may figure it out. "Cho, the one with the left parted hair is Kaoru, and the other one is Hikaru."

I bow. "M-My name is Cho Manami. It is very nice to meet the both of you." Curse the stutter. He's definitely going to know now.

Hikaru looks kind of mad. "Hey, why am I just called 'the other one'?"

"Because it didn't take as long to say."

"Hey, do you have a sister?" Hikaru and Haruhi turn and stare at me questioningly. Kaoru is staring at me so seriously and won't back down.

"Um, yeah, I have a twin sister. Why, have you met her?" He's totally not going to believe that crap!

"I guess I have then." He bought it? Huh, maybe I do look a lot different in boys clothes and a hat.

Haruhi snaps her fingers. "Hey, I just had a great idea! You should come to Music Room 3. You can meet the rest of my friends!" (~No-one ever saw that coming~ heh heh) "It would be really fun. What do you say?"

I shrug my shoulders. "Uh, sure."

"Speaking of that, Hikaru did his dare yesterday. We got to meet Karei. Kaoru, did you do yours?" He blushes and nods. She goes on talking while Hikaru and Kaoru talk to each other. The entire time I feel his stare burning into my back. At the end of the day we walk to the music room together. Some girls are staring at me also. "Hey, are you okay, Cho?"

"Y-yeah, I'm fine." She gives me a glare that says she doesn't believe me. "Well, it feels like someone is staring at me. it's kind of scaring me a bit. I think it's one of the twins. They don't know do they?"

She starts laughing. "Of course they wouldn't. They're completely dense. Well, Kaoru might, he's a bit more sentimental than Hikaru. Oh, and one tip. Don't ever let them-"

"Ouch!" I accidentally run into yet another girl in a boys uniform. She has long, dark brown hair, almost exactly like mine. The difference is that her bangs almost cover her forehead, and long side bangs that reach her chest. She may be short, but she looks like she has enough attitude for four. "I'm really sorry." She looks at me strangely then walks past me and smiles at the twins and Haruhi. "Huh, that was weird." I just shrug my shoulders, and keep walking.

Haruhi stops dead in her tracks. "Oh, I just remembered. We have to go do something really quickly. We'll see you in the music room, okay?" I nod and she grabs the twins and runs off.

"Okay, now to find this music room." I look at the map and see it's down the next few hallways. I finally get there and knock on the door. "Hello, is anyone there?" I don't hear anything. Maybe no one is there yet. "Oh, well. I guess I can just wait for Haruhi and the twins." I open the door, and my eyes are blinded by light and rose petals, my nose is filled with that scent and the scent of tea, and my ears here a group of people say "Welcome to the Host Club."