A/N: I do not own Gakuen Alice. In this fanfiction, I'm going to be using different fonts for certain characters and during certain events that happen. Here are the fonts I will be using, and who/when I will be using them on:

Mikan and others (first part): I will use this font during the time when Mikan is… well, just so I don't spoil anything, I'll use this when Mikan is simply herself.

Natsume: when I use this font, it will be entirely from Natsume's point of view.

Mikan and others (second part): I will use this font when Mikan is not quite herself.

Just to make sure things don't get confusing, I'm going to put that in the intros to the chapters of this fanfiction. End A/N.

It had been a long week. Mikan had fallen asleep in math class again, but thankfully a spit wad had startled her awake before Jin-Jin could notice. She had a ton of school work and studying to do, and after a long night she finally finished it all (with Hotaru's help, of course). She was very happy when Sunday came and nobody had to go to class! Over the week, she had been planning a little party for her friends, just to celebrate not having any classes. So, when she woke up to the warm sun shining in her face and the birds chirping away, she headed straight to the cafeteria to get some breakfast.

"Hey Hotaru!" Mikan chimed, as she plopped her tray of food next to Hotaru's.

"Hmph." She replied.

"How's it going? Did you sleep well?"

"Hmph." She said again.

"Fine, don't talk to me," Mikan said, her mouth full of food.

"Good morning, Mikan-chan," Pres said timidly, "may I sit next to you?"

"Sure! Go ahead!" she replied, spewing bits of food from her mouth.

"Baka," Hotaru said as she hit Mikan with one of her guns.

"Oooow! Hotaru, why'd you hit me?!"

"Because you were talking with your mouth full."

"Humph, I still don't think you should've hit me," Mikan said, her eyes welling with tears.

Suddenly a new voice arrived. "Now, now, calm down, are you seriously going to fight this early in the morning?"

Mikan gasped. "Luca-pyon! When did you get here?"

"Just now."

"Oh… okay. Hey, guys, are you coming to my party?"

"Where else would we go?" Hotaru asked sarcastically.

"I'll take that as a yes." Mikan huffed.

"Oh, right, it's today, isn't it?" Pres said.

"Yup! So are you coming?"

"Of course!" he replied.

"Great! I guess everyone's coming then."

"Who is going to be there? I know Hotaru and Pres will be, but is there anyone else?" Luca asked.

"Yup, there's Mindreader-kun, Fox-Eye-kun," she listed on her fingers, "Sumire-chan, Anna-chan, Nonoko-chan, and, umm… I think that's it!"

"What about Natsume-kun?" Hotaru asked, nudging Mikan with her elbow and getting a teasing grin on her face, "didn't you invite him?"

Mikan sighed. "Hotaru, you know why he's not coming. He's been gone for almost two and a half weeks now. If I knew where he was and knew he was okay, then I would've invited him." Her eyes welled with tears again. She didn't know why she was so worried about him. Lately, whenever she thought of him, she got this strange feeling in the pit of her stomach. What did it mean? (What a block head. She mixes up love with an upset stomach? Hotaru, get your baka gun.)

It took a couple of seconds before the awkward silence was broken. Mikan finished up her breakfast, said goodbye to everyone, and told them to meet her at her room, 8 PM sharp. After she dropped off her tray, she headed up to her room to get ready for the party.

Pretty soon, everything was set out and ready. It was 7:55 PM, and now Mikan just had to wait for everyone to arrive.

Hotaru was the first to come. She walked in right at 8 o'clock, and even though she didn't seem to care about the party, she did bring a bag of chips and a board game.

"There better be party bags," she mumbled as she set the stuff on the table.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever Hotaru," Mikan teased.

Soon after Hotaru came Luca-pyon with his white rabbit, then Pres, Anna-chan and Nonoko-chan, Sumire, Fox-Eye-kun, and Mindreader-kun last. Each brought an assortment of things, from Minnie donuts to pop. Once everyone had arrived, there was a feast of junk food on Mikan's table. You could almost see Mindreader-kun and Fox-Eye-kun drooling.

For the next hour, the kids played Twister, Hotaru's board game, and cards, all the while drinking pop and snacking on chips, donuts, Pocky, and an assortment of other snacks. It wasn't until dark that the real fun began.

It was 9:30. For the past half hour, they had just been talking and joking and messing around. Pres had left at 9, saying he had to go to sleep so that he could get enough rest for tomorrow, and fifteen minutes later, Anna-chan and Nonoko-chan left, saying they had homework to finish up. All that was left was Mikan, Hotaru, Luka-pyon, Mindreader, Fox-Eye, and Sumire.

The sun had set at around 8:30, so by now it was pitch black outside. Sumire was the one who had suggested that they play Truth or Dare.

Sitting in a circle in the middle of Mikan's room, Fox-Eye asked, "So, who goes first?"

"I will," Mindreader said, "Sumire, truth or dare?"

"Truth," Sumire huffed.

"Okay then… is it true that you snuck into Hotaru's room a couple weeks ago and stole one of her gadgets to take pictures of Natsume while he slept?"

"That's not fair!" Sumire screeched, "You're not allowed to read other people's minds!"

"So that's why I couldn't find…" Hotaru grumbled. "Oh, you'll be getting it later," She thought.

"Just answer the question," Mindreader said.

"…"

"What was that, Sumire? We couldn't hear you."

"Yes, I did, okay?! Now can we just drop it?"

"Okay fine," Mikan said, "Hotaru, truth or dare?"

"Truth."

"Is it true that you have something that can take pictures of Natsume while he's sleeping?"

"Yes."

"Ooh, Hotaru, what are you planning?" Mikan teased.

"Oh shut up." Hotaru replied, shooting Mikan with her Baka Gun.

"Ow…"

"Anyway, who's next?" Luka asked, "I think it is Hotaru, right? Go on, Hotaru."

"Hmph. Mikan, truth or dare?"

"I choose dare."

"Okay then, I dare you to go outside into the woods to Bear's house. To prove that you were there, you have to bring back one of his blocks of wood."

Everyone gasped.

"Wh-wh-what?!" Mikan squeaked, "I have to go out there in the middle of the night, when it's pitch black?!"

"That is correct."

"But Hotaru-!"

"No buts, you have to do it."

Mikan sniffed then headed to the door to put on her jacket. Before she went out you could hear her mumbling, "Hotaru, my best friend, making me go out in the cold, to Bear's house, in the middle of the night, when it's cold and dark and scary, and in the middle of the night…"

"Serves her right for asking me that question." Hotaru grumped.

"Well this is going to be interesting," Mindreader and Fox-Eye said.

"I hope she's gonna be okay..." Luka thought.

"Oh, she'll be fine," Mindreader said.

"W-what?" Luka stuttered.

"Oh, c'mon Luka, we all know how you feel about her," Hotaru said coyly.

"What?" was all he said again, his face turning bright pink.

While everyone teased him, Luka's bunny held up a little sign.

"What's this?" Hotaru asked, and started to read aloud. "I love Saku-"

"HEY!" Luka yelled and grabbed the little sign away, stuffing it into the trash.