Disclaimer: I don't own Gakuen Alice, sadly. It belongs to Tachibana Higuchi.

Hello! It's The Eternal Lullaby speaking. Well, one of the pair. Yea, actually this account is now in control of two people, best friends, of course, and so we both manage. Me, you can call me sugar-chan, while you can call my best friend spice-chan. Well, now, I present to you:

Time Flies

By The Eternal Lullaby

Prologue

MIKAN'S POV

"I HATE YOU!" I screamed. "I HATE YOU, I HATE YOU, I HATE YOU!" The burning tears streamed down my face. I turned around from him. The monster that I knew would forever haunt me. Natsume Hyuuga, that was.

I started to run away, but a strong grip held my wrist firmly. I turned my head slightly so I was at eye contact with him. Crimson clashed with amber, and I couldn't look away at first. His face was overall expressionless but if you stared him in the eye, you could see some hint of his real emotions. Only some people knew that, and I was one of those people. Yet, maybe even that was part of the lie, the charade he put on for me.

"No, don't," were his words. No emotions in his voice, but again, when you look in to those eyes of his… Ugh. I can't believe I was letting him manipulate me.

"Sorry, Hyuuga. You can't fool me anymore," I said and tried not to let my voice crack and reveal my true feelings. "You know, I cared about you, and I thought you did too," I continued and let out a snort as I yanked my arm away. "Goodbye Hyuuga, I won't miss you and I surely hope that you won't miss me." Now that, that was probably true. I wouldn't miss him; I would store a deep hatred for him inside my heart.

And once again, I started to run but his voice interrupted me from going on with the action. No, it wasn't his voice. It was those words of his.

"I don't understand. Why are you so mad?" was those silly little words.

"WHY AM I SO MAD? YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID!" I shouted, loosing my little tough façade that I was trying to hold for a few minutes.

"No, I don't. Tell me," his voice was calm. Leave it to Natsume to be perfectly calm in a situation like this.

"Alright, I'll tell you. You-"

"MIKAN-CHAAANNNN, HELLO?" I jumped out of my seat. I looked up from the letter in my hands to face a confused Tsubasa Misaki, and Ruka. Well, they looked more worried than anything really.

Tsubasa and Misaki were over for dinner, and were kind enough to pick up the mail for me before coming in. I guess I kind of freaked them out when they saw my expression after I read this invitation. Hotaru was also over too, although she just stared at me and stayed silent, looking slightly worried. I heard earlier that she received the same letter. Well, Ruka did as well.

Tsubasa and Misaki were my dear colleagues, and friends of mine after I graduated from high school.

Hotaru on the other hand was my childhood friend. We were separated from each other during elementary school and middle school, but she attended the same high school as me for her last year, in grade 12. This is why she got the same letter as I did.

Ruka, well he's Hotaru's dog.

Well, it was sure a shock.

Dear Mikan Yukihira,

This is a letter from your old high school, Alice Academy. We are writing to inform you that you are invited for a reunion at the school. This will be a good chance to revisit your old friends and school once again, so surely this will be a fun and great opportunity for you.

We will be eagerly waiting your reply.

Alice Academy Principal,

Kazumi Yukihira.

And the only thing I could think of for the time being was:

No. Oh hell no.

Yay! Finished the prologue in 20 minutes! Actually, that seems pretty long. Whatever, it was fun to right. Short, sweet and a bit mysterious. The next one will be written by Marshmallow.

Please, R & R! Tell me what you think!

Kk, bai!