-1I got to this idea when I was watching Ella Enchanted or Princess Ella. (The DVD box says Princess Ella while the movie itself says Ella Enchanted ^^") Currently I'm playing .Hack//Infection (Skeith is damned scary ^^") and yeah the reason I'm not that fast is…I don't know actually ^^" Well I hope I don't make too much mistakes, I mean there are so many details in .Hack//.

Disclaimer: I don't own .Hack// (I haven't even finished the first game T.T)

Enchanted.

A pink haired tanned girl leapt downstairs. Concern was written in her eyes. Apparently some knights were at their place with bad news. It had been two weeks since her brother Fumikazu had left for a mission. Fumikazu a.k.a. Kazu, her brother was what they called a Wavemaster. Someone who stood close to nature and the waves that nature sends out. She, on the other hand, was just a civilian, she had chosen for this a few years ago when she was 14. For a girl it was possible to chose, boys on the other hand didn't have much of a choice. It wasn't restricted for them to refuse, but then the girls wouldn't like them as much and/or they would feel powerless. 'Guys and their ego's.' Akira had always thought, especially when her brother became a warrior.

Getting downstairs she saw her stressed out mother with her five year old brother Touka and her father. It was clear that they were all very stressed out at the moment. "Akira, quickly." her mother urged her. Quickly Akira ran up to them. The knight cleared his throat, clearly bad at ease. "I'm sorry that I must announce you that your son has been captured by fazes. Her mother started crying and her father turned pale. Akira didn't know what to do. She just stood there, not able to react at the sudden news. "H-how?" Akira's father asked the knight. He stared at the ground. "I don't know, we're investigating it, but so far we haven't found anything yet." "My son…" Akira put her arm around her mothers shoulders. "Please help him." Akira heard her father mumble as he led the knight to the front door.

Later that night Akira laid on her bed. 'Fumikazu.' she thought as her eyelids felt heavy and closed.

She dreamt weird, she was in a dark forest and tried to find something. Her legs felt heavy as she made her way through the thick forest. Then in a clearing she saw someone's figure, she couldn't see who it was though. Rose petals were all around her. It was someone in a dark gown that was tattered. The girl turned around and Akira found herself watching her own appearance. Tears of blood leapt down her cheeks and scratches were all over her arms and legs. Akira noticed she carried a massive golden sword with her. She looked up at her and she tried to speak, ask her some questions.

At that moment however, her mom called her down for dinner.

Akira thought about the dream for a long time. She was currently working in the nearby bakery. She clenched her fists and took a decision. "Mrs Grane?" she called. "Yes dear, what's wrong?" she asked. Akira clenched her fists and gathered her courage. "I'm sorry, but I can't go on working here." The old woman's eyes widened. "Why not?" she asked her. "I…I want to go and find my brother." The woman walked over to her and put a hand on her shoulders. "Are you sure about that? Then you'd have to become a soldier you know?" Akira knew that. "I know, I just have to do something." The woman let go and gave her a smile. "You're very brave Akira. Don't give up." Akira bowed and hurried out.

Standing in front of the registration centre she started to doubt herself. Her brother had told her she would've been a good Heavy Blade, but she had never really listened to that. Was she really ready for this? Could she do this? She clenched her fists and walked in. A kind woman sat behind a desk. "Good midday." she said with a kind smile. Akira looked around. On a few benches in the small room were people discussing what mission would go to who. "I want to register." Some people looked up. The woman smiled at her. "Okay, here's a form. We'll divide you with your first weapon and first armour." Akira nodded and sat down to fill in the form.

Real name: Akira

Warrior name:

She thought about that for a while. She wanted something that would remind her of why she did this in the first place. The dream came into view.

Warrior name: BlackRose

Skill: Heavy Blade

For the rest there were questions like date of birth and so on.

The woman took a glance on the form and looked up at her. "You can go to the shop next to this place and search for some armour." Akira nodded.

The woman there was just as helpful as she was annoying. She told her she still had to look feminine even on the battlefield and chose her some armour that Akira thought was enormously beautiful and cool, but made her doubt about her own safety.

An hour later she walked out in her new outfit. "From now on you should always address to yourself as BlackRose." the woman had said, so she thought: 'These are the first steps of BlackRose.'

She looked around and was sure she saw the girl of in her dream. She was pulled in a state of sleeping and being awake. The girl with the gown and the sword walked over to her. With a genuine smile she handed over her weapon. It felt heavy as BlackRose took it with both hands. When she wanted to say something she noticed she was just in town, not holding anything. She stared at the ground and then made her way towards a weapon shop.

She re-entered the registration centre with her massive sword secured on her back. The woman smiled at her. "We'll stay in touch for when you have your first mission." she said and BlackRose got the hint that it was time for her to leave. Getting outside her actions reached her mind. 'What am I going to tell my parents?' she thought in a slight panic.

Arriving home her mother yelled to her that dinner was ready. 'Is it evening already?' BlackRose thought as she turned to the window. Her mother walked into the dining room and dropped the dishes, making BlackRose turn around to see her stare at her with wide eyes. She looked at her clothing and smiled kindly. "What are you doing?!" her mother yelled. BlackRose stared at the ground. Her father walked in alarmed by her mothers scream. "I'm…I'm going to save Fumikazu!" BlackRose said, her demeanour changing from frightened to determined, taking her mother off guard. She stared her parents in the eyes, not afraid of what they might say next. Her father walked over to her. "If that's what you want to do…" he started. "Then I'll be there for you." BlackRose smiled and looked at her mother who stood behind her father with questioning eyes. "I…I guess there's no stopping you." she mumbled. BlackRose sighed. "Thank you." she mumbled.

The next day, when BlackRose was eating her breakfast while in deep thought her mother walked over to her. "Aki…I mean BlackRose, there's mail for you." she said with a sad smile. BlackRose put the last piece of bread in her mouth and opened the string that held the scroll. It read: Dear BlackRose, since you have just started out as a warrior we would like to invite you to a special course, given this afternoon at 14:00 o'clock in the Eastern building. There the current lieutenant of the Cerulean knights, Kamui, will explain the basics of combat to you.

BlackRose swallowed her bread and took a sip of her water.

"And? What's it about?" her mother asked nervous. "It's about a class given to starters this midday." "What's that course about?" she asked. BlackRose smiled at her mother, trying to calm her down for the slightest bit.

"It's about the basics of combat mom." she said with a calm face.

"I…I see."

Later that day, BlackRose sat in the classroom close to a window. She stared out of the window at the beautiful, calm sky. Realising a lot of people had come in she looked around. She certainly wasn't the only one who had just signed in to become a warrior. Her eyes widened as a short, blue haired Twin Blade walked in. He was dressed in a sort of Red-Orange tunic with his two short swords at his sides. BlackRose felt strange. She turned away from him, staring at her massive sword that stood next to her, leaning against her desk.

When the Twin Blade finally sat down she found the courage to look around at the rest. She could see another Twin Blade in the far back. She had green hair and a blue tunic. She looked a bit too excited which made BlackRose doubt whether she realised how dangerous it was. 'Well, they probably need fools too.' she caught herself thinking. She shook her head violently. For the rest there was also a Wavemaster girl who looked like an elf who wore an extremely exposing yellow costume, her staff laid on her desk and in the far back there sat a girl with blonde hair, a 'cute' outfit with an incredibly huge axe. 'Who chooses something like that?' BlackRose found herself thinking.

Suddenly a small green haired Wavemaster with a book under her arm walked in. She looked at all the students, pushed her glasses better on her nose and then spoke up. "I'm Magi, the attendant of Kamui-sama who's about to learn you the basics of combat." She once more looked at every student present. "I must warn you though. She won't repeat anything so keep your eyes and ears open." Then everyone could hear the sound of footsteps down the hallway and BlackRose found herself gulping.

A Short haired woman walked in. She wore the typical Cerulean knights harness with underneath something that looked like a gown with splits at either sides with throwers underneath. She held a spear in her hand and from the way she looked at every student you could know she felt better than anyone else. BlackRose shivered when her two coloured eyes rested on her for the slightest moment. 'She hates me already.' BlackRose thought. She shook it off and looked her in the eyes. No, she was not going to back away. Akira wouldn't have done that, so BlackRose is certainly not going to.

Magi pulled out a list and yelled everyone's name. "BlackRose?" "Present!" she immediately yelled.

"Drive?" "Present."

"Elk?" Silence.

"Elk?" Magi repeated.

"It seems he's not present." Kamui said in a dangerous tone.

Magi gulped. "Maybe he'll come later."

"That's someone we can't work with." Kamui replied without a care.

"Hokuto?"

"I'm here!"

"Kite?"

"Present."

"Terajima?"

"P-Present."

Kamui seemed satisfied with all the present students.

"Let's continue." she said and stepped up to the blackboard.

"As you are all aware off, our kingdom is in grave danger. Monsters appear everywhere, attacking our villages and civilians. Our job is to keep the peace in the villages and safety on the in and outside of the villages." She looked around to see if the students were still with her. 'We're not stupid.' BlackRose thought as she found the pause Kamui held far too long. 'She's not even that much older than I am.'

"For us to do that we do not only need weapons but also good companions. To make matters easy and still good to handle, we form for each mission a group of three people. Most of the time there are two attackers and one for health. The third is then, most of the time a Wavemaster." She held a pause.

"So far everyone with me?"

"Something else. There are four types of battle, you must know them by heart or you cannot work in a team. The first one is Mission Wonder Battle. This means everyone can choose which monster to attack without using skills or scrolls. Then there is Mission Union Battle which is that every team member attacks the same monster without using skills or scrolls. The next one is Mission Follow Me, then you follow the leader. And finally there's Mission Recover, which speaks for itself."

"Does everyone understand so far?" Magi asked.

BlackRose had an urge to yell out at her, telling her to go on, but she held back.

"Everyone of you is going to practice with someone after this first lesson who've mastered the same weapon as you are going to. But that's for later. First I'll tell you about healing potions and scrolls."

BlackRose stumbled behind the other students towards the practice room. It had been a long time since she had been so bored. Everything that had been said had sounded so normal and so easy. 'I'll guess it only gets difficult out there, in the field.' she thought.

They arrived in what looked like a dojo. There stood six people in front of them and BlackRose could immediately see who was going to teach her the basics. At the far left, there stood a young man with green, long hair. He wore a heavy blade at his side. Noticing her sword he smiled friendly at her.

Kamui walked in. "Now, go to the person who wields the same weapon as you. They will take care of you from there on." she said and disappeared, Magi walking behind her.

'Here goes nothing.' BlackRose thought as she walked over to her teacher, feeling a bit better just by his appearance alone.

Well this is it for the first chapter. I hope you guys like it. ^^ It's a bit weird and it might become less like the real story. As you have noticed it's already a bit off. (With Kite's clothes and all.) Please R&R.