Chapter 1 - Welcome Aboard
Tohru Honda's eyes flutter open as the sun lets it's golden rays land on her eyes. Tohru glanced at her clock. 7:03am. She sat up and streched, today she couldn't wait to get to school! In history class there are going to learn about the RMS Titanic! She zipped up the back of her skirt and began to unbutton her PJ top. As she finished fixing her hair a knock came upon her door. She took and good look at her hair and faced the door.
"Come in!" her calming voice called. The door slide open and Tohru turned to see Yuki Sohma standing at her door. "Good morning Yuki! Is everything ok?" Tohru said. Yuki walked in a little closer to her.
"Ms. Honda, you have circles under your eyes, did you get enough sleep last night?" Tohru blushed slightly. Honestly she hadn't. She was so exited to learn about the Titanic she hadn't gotten much sleep! She had never heard of the Titanic and couldn't wait to learn about it!
"I'm just exited for today!" she replied with a smile. "Now, what would you like for breakfast?" she asked.
"Anything is fine by me Ms. Honda! I'll go wake Shigure and Kyo." he said walking down the hall. Tohru tucked her hair behind her ear as she ran down the stairs. She pulled the small scrap of cloth that was the door to the Sohma family kitchen out of the way and made her way to the fridge. She grabbed some milk and eggs and began to mix batter for pancakes.
"Please enter class and take your seats." 'You don't need to ask me twice!' Tohru thought. She ran to her seat and sat down as her history teaches ushered people into the classroom. Tohru was so exited about this class she could hardly sit still! On the board was a big picture of a ship and people waving at it. There was a map with a circle near the coast of Newfoundland that above it read: 41° 43′ 57″ N, 49° 56′ 49″ W. 'I wonder what that means...' she wondered. She glanced over at Kyo who was playing with a rubber band, then at Yuki who was writing on a scrap piece of paper.
"Ok class, let's begin!" the teacher's voice boomed through the classroom. "Today we are going to be talking about the RMS Titanic. We are going to start with when the ship was being built." Tohru payed very close attention as their teacher talked about the building and how long it took. "Now we reach, April 10th, 1912." the teacher said. Suddenly Tohru felt woozy. Everything in the room began going black and white. She held her head as she was feeling lightheaded. She glanced around the classroom; Yuki and Kyo were holding their heads as well. Suddenly all the other students and their teacher starting getting hazy and then disappeared. The classroom vanished and the three teens were thrown onto the floor, their desks had vanished as well. All they could see was white. Their clothes and skin were black and white yet they were standing in a solid, blank white room. Yuki walked over to Tohru and helped her up, Tohru was still holding her head.
"What the hell is going on?" Kyo yelled. Tohru felt faint, she began to close her eyes. Yuki and Kyo began to do the same. Everything went black. Tohru's eyes popped open again along with Yuki and Kyo's. They looked around. They were in a street. There were no cars simply carriages with horses pulling them.
"Where are we?" Yuki asked looked around. Tohru was in a big puffy yellow gown with bows and laces around her waist, where Yuki and Kyo where in suits. Yuki felt something in his hand.
"What's that Yuki?" Tohru asked. Kyo noticed the same thing in his hand. It was a slip of paper that read:
PERMISSION GRANTED TO COME ABOARD WHITE STAR LINE'S
RMS TITANIC
ISMAY, IMRIE AND CO.,
PASSENGER NAME: Yuki Sohma
AGE:_16
CLASS: [X]1ST []2ND []3RD
CLASS: 1st CABIN: D-6
"Eh!" Tohru cried. 'Why do they have passes to get onto the Titanic? It started sailing in 1912! Right now it's 2012!' Tohru thought panicing. She turned to a man walking by. "Excuse me sir, what is the date...today?" she asked hesitating. The man gave her an odd look.
"Today is the 10th of April 1912 Ms. The boarding of the Titanic!" Tohru looked to the left and there she saw the most amazing thing she has ever seen; the Titanic, in the flesh-or steel. Yuki and Kyo were in as much shock as she was. "So, we're boarding the Titanic?" Tohru squealed. 'What is going on?' she thought.
"Where's your ticket Ms. Honda?" Tohru looked in her hands and in the little purse she had over she shoulder: nothing.
"I don't have a ticket!" she said.
"Attention everyone!" The three turned to stare at a man with a very long mustache standing in front of a croud. "The Titanic will be leaving in 10 minutes!" he cried. Tohru began to panic! Already she was traveled into the past 100 years, and now she wasn't going to be with Yuki or Kyo? How could this day get any worse!
"Ms. Honda?" Tohru almost in tears turned to Yuki. Yuki hated seeing her in that way. "Go see if you can find a ticket." he said.
"Wait a minute, we're getting on this thing?" Kyo said angerly. Yuki gave him a cold stare.
"Right now, we have no clue where we are and this ship is our only means of shelter. This is where we'll have to stay until we figure out what to do." Yuki said. Kyo let out a big frustrated sigh.
"Any other option?" he asked annoyingly.
"Yes, the streets." Kyo tried to look tough but really he didn't want to have to stay on the streets. "Now Ms. Honda, try to find a ticket, we'll figure out how to get on board." Tohru nodded and dashed off holding her dress up. She dashed into a bar on the corner and saw one man holding some tickets in his hand. She dashed up to him. She looked in her purse, she had $55 in it. She faced him.
"Excuse me sir, how much money would cost to buy of of those tickets?" she asked. The man thought. Then looked at her.
"I have second and third class tickets. Second class is 70 dollars and third class is 50." he said. What Tohru didn't know is that he had slightly raised the price, normal tickets would have cost 60 dollars for second class and 40 dollars for third class. But right now, Tohru didn't have the time. She fished out the money and handed it to him and in return he handed her a small ticket. She grabbed it, said thank you, and ran. When she saw Yuki in Kyo they were in line, waiting to board.
"I found a ticket!" she said out of breath holding the small scrap of paper to her chest. She found a pen that she had in her purse and filled out her name and age, and then waited for the person in front of them to be done. Yuki and Kyo were already inside, Tohru showed them her ticket and they held open the door.
"Welcome aboard the RMS Titanic Ms. Tohru Honda." the doorman said. She nodded and entered and magnificent 'unsinkable' ship of dreams simply known as: the RMS Titanic.
Thanks for reading chapter 1! More chapters are coming out soon! Please review! Thanks! :)
