Prologue

"Amu Hinamori. Amu Hinamori. AMU HINAMORI!"

In the far back corner of the classroom, the sleepy girl with brilliant pinkish hair twitched at the call of her name. She mumbled something, unaware that the teacher was approaching. Giggles from classmates filled the entire room, as the teacher raised his textbook into the air. Everyone breathed and WHAM!

"AHHHHHHH!" Amu Hinamori cried, immediately standing up, twirling in circles from dizziness.

"That might've been too harsh Tsukiyomi-sensei," a girl shouted from the front to the teacher.

Tsukiyomi gave a cough, "well, I don't allow slackers in my lessons. You hear me Miss Hinamori?"

Amu glared at Tsukiyomi and pouted, "I understand sir."

He frowned back at her and started to walk back to the front, "very well. Miss Hinamori will have the pleasure in reading to us the entire last scene from Shakespeare's Othello."

Amu bit her lips, grabbing the book and flicking to the right page. She began to read, all the whilst taking small glances at Tsukiyomi, her teacher. She smiled beneath her serious face, knowing he was shivering at the front from her stares. Just as she finished reading the last line, the bell sounded to signal the end of the lesson.

Tsukiyomi quickly opened the door, "class is dismissed."

The students happily filed out the room after going through the dreaded Shakespeare lesson. Amu walked a little slower than the rest and stopped for seconds, whispering so it's only loud enough for the teacher to hear, "I won't be giving you that tonight."

After her little threat, Amu swiftly stepped into the corridor and ran off to spend her break, leaving behind a shocked Tsukiyomi. She didn't get far before being stopped by someone else.

"Hey Amu."

Amu turned around, only vaguely recalling who the girl who just greeted her was called, "Nadeshiko Fujisaki."

"Yep that's me," Nadeshiko Fujisaki beamed.

"What do you want?" Amu asked bluntly.

"I wanted to praise you," Nadeshiko said, "your voice was so pretty when you were reading Othello."

"That's because I drink Honey mixed with melted white rose thorns..." Amu whispered.

Nadeshiko leaned closer to Amu but then sighed, "I'm sorry Amu, I didn't hear a thing you said just then. You were WAY TOO quiet."

Amu didn't reply, began walking again, suddenly feeling hungry after reminding herself of food.

Nadeshiko bounced happily after Amu, "which junior school did you come from? Are you usually by yourself? Do you eat in the school restaurant? I don't see you around aside from classes often? Hey Amu what-"

"Are you trying to interogate me? Am I a criminal?" Amu stopped to ask Nadeshiko in a deep and low voice. It had a strange sense of danger to it.

Nadeshiko covered her eyes with her hands, making it seem as though she was crying, which made Amu feel slightly uneasy. But as quick as it was as if she was crying, Nadeshiko removed her hands to reveal two sparkling eyes. "Amu Hinamori, you are way cooler than I thought. AMAZING!"

Slightly taken back by Nadeshiko's reaction, Amu quickly glanced away, "would you leave me alon-"

"Say Amu, what do you think of our teacher, Tsukiyomi-sensei?" Nadeshiko went on to ask before Amu could finish, "he looks good. A few girls have those stupid little girly crushes on him but he's just too boring. Though it's your fault for being the only one to slcak in the lesson, he was harsh to hit you like that as well. My, my, he's so dull, ordinary and plain. Don't you think he's WAY TOO NORMAL to be fun?"

Amu smiled, "well...I wouldn't use words like normal, and ordinary to describe a animal like him..."

Nadeshiko blinked, "what did you say again?"

Amu pointed to behind Nadeshiko, "I said there's someone behind you."

Nadeshiko quickly spun around and looked everywhere. Confused she turned back, "where is i-" Nadeshiko blinked again. Amu was already gone. "Wow, she's a fast runner I guess."

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NIGHT-TIME.

Within this peaceful town, there is a small forest upon a hill. Within this forest that barely anyone approaches, there is a hidden manor, named the Black Cottage in where the protagonist lives. And this manor that is ironically named cottage is far from ordinary...

"Amu, it's getting tiring stirring this thing."

"This is your divine punishment for hitting me in class today, Tsukiyomi-sensei."

Ikuto sighed, "you can call me Ikuto at home."

Amu raised an eyebrow, "I thought your supposed to call your teachers by their last name."

Ikuto stopped stirring and looked at Amu, "at home, we are not a student-teacher relationship. You can be more intimate and call me by my name."

There was silence for a few seconds. "So, at homes I can call you Ikuto. Ikuto."

"Yeah what is it?" Ikuto answered more cheerfully to his name being called by Amu.

"What are you adding to that?"

Ikuto stared at the thick pot of liquid he was stirring minutes ago, "Honey, melted white rose thorns, clover leaf, dove's head..."

"WRONG!" Amu shouted, "how many times have I said this Ikuto. To make the perfect throat soothing and voice changing potion, you need to add two pieces of dove feathers, not the head."

Ikuto slowly said, "what are we going to do with this pot of stuff then..."

Amu tapped her feet, twirled a few times and finally said, "we'll sell it, disguised as the voice potion."

Ikuto frowned, "just who would buy something like this?"

"Someone like me, of course," Amu said taking a closer look at the messed up potion, "Afterall, I am the well-known mischievous little witch."