Chapter 1: An Adventure Begins
~Maka~
I remember my birthday last month, when my mom gave me an odd gift.
"Happy Birthday," she said passing me a box.
I shook it, hoping it was the new Sonic game for my Wii. Ripping open the paper, my grin faded as I pulled out the item inside.
It was a small yellow pebble shaped object tied to a string. "This is?" I raised my eyebrow, turning it over in my hands.
"It's a good luck charm," Mom said, pushing back her hair, "To use it, say the words 'Perutan petton palalila pon.' Then say what you want."
I had been studying the charm, so I didn't notice Mom's broad smile as she said the words.
Fastening the necklace around my neck, I glanced at mom to see if she was crazy.
A week later, I sat in class, grasping the charm. I wondered…whispering, I recited, "Perutan petton palalila pon. Help me pass my math test."
The next day, 100% on top of the test.
About a month later, I was pacing through my room, confused. It had been a month since I got my good luck charm, and ever since whatever I wished for came true. How could this be? I was going to use the charm to find out, but I decided that was boring. I tossed on my red sweatshirt and I went into Mom's room (it was like 20 degrees in there) I then flipped through photos on the bed. There were pictures of some of her friends when she was my age, but nothing of interest. I found one with my dad obviously ripped out after he died. I slipped it into my drawstring bag, which I always carried with me.
Then I spotted a picture half hidden. I pulled it out.
Woah. My eyes almost shot out as I saw the image. There was Mom, her friends, and they were wearing.. witch uniforms.
I shook my head. Maybe this was at Halloween. Suddenly I heard footsteps. I tried to shove it back into the pile, but it wouldn't go.
"Honey what-" After seeing the picture in my hand, Mom stepped back a bit. Finally she hoarsely whispered, "Where did you find that?"
"I-I-" Then I saw what she was holding in the picture. "That's.." I gripped my necklace. Suddenly I started yelling, angry, "This-this is real magic!"
"Um.." She looked down.
"You lied to me!"
"It's not-"
"I don't care!" I shouted, my temper getting ahead of me, "I've been lying to my friends! You said that you wouldn't lie! I even used this to win a contest I clearly should have lost! I can't take it!"
"No! It's not that-"
"No!" I yelled, "No! I-I-" I hesitated then felt the magical charm around my neck.
"Honey, don't use that!"
At the top of my lungs, I shouted, "Perutan petton palalila pon! Take me away from here!"
"Don't you dare!"
I ignored her, "Take me somewhere Mom couldn't follow me. Now!"
"Don't use my-"
Suddenly a bright yellow light filled the room. I screamed. Then it got dark.