Welcome to my first chapter! If you don't follow me by user you will see I have already written a Shugo Chara! fanfiction. This is just a redo because I didn't like my other one, and I'm too lazy to delete it. So, without further ado, enjoy my second try.

Disclaimer: Don't own

Chapter 1: Moving.

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene- A.C. Benson

*Amu's POV*

I sat on a rock.

Well, what did you expect? I was literally just sitting on a rock at Ruby Beach watching the tide come in. I loved the Olympic Mountains more than I could possibly say. There was a constant cloud cover and common rain, my kind of weather. But there was something lurking. And I didn't like it. My parents had been speaking in hushed tones for the past few weeks thinking me and my little sister Ami couldn't hear them. Fools. I'd already gathered that we were moving, but to where I don't know. I know it's not far, still in the state of Washington, but more inward- away from my mountains and my favorite beach. I spent just as much time at the beach and climbing trees before I knew about the big move, I couldn't get enough of them. I'd lived there my whole life until then, and for as long as I can remember I was out adventuring around the mountains. Of course I wasn't alone though, I had my adventuring buddy, for the beginning of it. He wasn't around anymore but I remember him vividly. My bestest friend in the whole world that I hadn't seen since I was 7. The legendary Tsukiyomi Ikuto. He'd moved away eight years ago to Seattle- the big city in my opinion. If you haven't already done the math, I'm 15 years old and a sophomore in high school. I'll be sad when I have to leave all two of my friends, but I'm sure they'll live.

"Amu!" I heard a tiny voice yell from below the rock I was on.

"Eh?" I mumbled leaning to see who was disturbing my speech.

"Mom and dad say they have to talk to both of us." She yelled up to me.

"I wonder what it could be." I muttered, the sarcasm dripping in my voice.

"Think they're finally going to come out and tell us what we already know?" Ami asked as I made my way down my favorite rock.

"Yeah," I said hitting the ground with a solid thud, a well-practiced jump. "I'm just waiting to hear where we're going."

"I hope it's warmer." Ami said as we walked back towards the house.

"I don't, I want it to be just like this." I replied looking around at the trees.

"I don't understand how you can spend so much time out here without getting frostbite." Ami complained, shivering.

I smirked and placed my hands in my pockets, "I wear a jacket." I said pointing out the fact that she wasn't wearing one.

"Oh shut it, I'd rather just sit in the nice warm house." Ami retorted.

We talked a little more before finally making it back to our house in the middle of the thick wood.

"Welcome back Amu," My mother greeted, not looking up from her computer.

"Got any new scrapes?" My dad asked, he was always more happy about me spending time outside.

"Not today." I said looking myself over.

"Well, your father and I need to talk to you." My mom said getting up from her computer.

"We're moving." I stated as I sat down on the couch and leaned back.

My mom was taken aback and my father didn't look surprised. "I told you we weren't being very quiet about it." He said.

"H-how did you know?!" My mom exclaimed.

"It wasn't just me, Ami figured it out too. You guys really need to have your 'private' conversations somewhere that isn't in the middle of the living room." I explained as I propped my feet up on the coffee table in front of me.

"That is mahogany!" My mother exclaimed, pushing my dirty combat boots off the table, (A/N: Anybody catch my quote there?)

I grumbled and put my feet on the floor and decided to lean my elbow on my knees. "Where to?" I asked ready to find out where I'd have to make a new life.

My dad nodded and took in a breath like he didn't expect anything less from me, "Seattle."

My face straightened in shock and Ami's jaw almost hit the floor.

"That's the big city!" I exclaimed.

"It's still just as cold there!" Ami said at the same time.

"I don't get my beaches or my mountains!" I complained.

"I don't get my nice warm weather!" Ami whined.

"Girls, girls, calm down." My mother groaned, putting her hands up in a defensive position.

"Wait!" I yelled standing all of the sudden. I might've just found a silver lining.

"What now?" My mother sighed.

"Ikuto!" I squealed.

My dad's face erupted into a humongous smile, "I knew she'd remember him!" He shouted.

My mother rolled her eyes and smiled, "Yes, you'll get to see your Ikuto again."

"Yaaay!" I squealed jumping up and down.

"You know he's sixteen now, he may be a bit different." My dad warned.

"See if I give a damn!" I yelled as my smile widened, not even caring about cussing in front of my parents. I'm getting my little kitty cat back!

*Ikuto's POV*

"Ikuto, could you come in here for a minute?" My mom called from the living room.

"Yeah," I said.

"Do you remember Amu Hinamori?" She asked.

I immediately nodded, "Of course."

"Well, good news she's moving here. Oh- not here here, but like here as in the city." My mother giggled.

My eyes widened in shock as I registered what my mother had just said to me. "You mean she's moving into the city?"

"I just said that, didn't I?" My mom said nodding.

"Oh no, she's gonna hate it here." I mumbled walking off to my room.

"Ikuto?! Come back! I wanna talk girls with you!" My mom yelled from behind me.

I walked into my bedroom and shut the door. I know it was selfish of me, but I couldn't help but smile, I'm getting my strawberry back!

*Amu's POV*

I was happy about seeing Ikuto again, but I couldn't help but feel sad about leaving my home. I packed and was ready to go, but I couldn't leave without saying goodbye. I went back to Ruby Beach one last time and watched the tide then climbed my favorite tree again, and all the other outdoorsy things that I needed to do before leaving.

And just as soon as the news came, we were gone. I remember looking at our old house one last time as we drove away with the moving truck on our tail. The drive was only two hours, not too bad, but I didn't sleep, I kept my eyes on my surroundings as I watched the trees and mountains diminish as we neared Seattle.

"Ami, we're here." My dad said softly as he tried to arouse my little sister from her sleeping state.

While mom and dad where preoccupied with other things I stepped out of the car and looked- correction, gawked- at our house. It was huge! A white Victorian style home with two stories, the side facing the driveway had a long porch stretching across half of the front of the house, and a second floor with a loft over it. The house had the perfect view of the water too.

"Pretty amazing isn't it…" My dad said, placing a hand on my back.

"Amazing? It's gorgeous dad!" I exclaimed, it really was breathtaking

"You want to hear something that'll brighten your mood even more?" My dad asked as we walked towards the house.

"Yeah!"

"You get the loft." He said smiling.

My eyes widened as a smile spread across my face, "Really!?"

"Would I lie to you champ?" He asked.

I let out a breath and ran into the house. "Holey shit baskets." I breathed looking around, the living room was closest to the front and connected to it was a dining room and of course next to that was the kitchen. I looked around a minute before finding a flight of stairs and running up them, skipping the back part of the house. There I saw a cream colored hallway of doors; I looked in each room and saw Ami's obvious room, mom and dad's room, and a guest room. I looked around until I saw the door at the very end of the hallway. I walked slowly to that door and opened it to see another set of stairs; I climbed them and saw a wood floored bedroom with tons of windows on the walls and a bed with white covers on it. The rest I could decorate to my own liking.

I smiled and took a step into the room. "It's perfect." I whispered looking around the room.

"Not yet," A male voice said from behind me.

I jumped and whirled around to see a tall, lean teenaged boy with midnight blue hair and a very familiar smirk.

I took in a huge breath and ran to the boy and tackled him in a hug, which he gladly accepted, "Ikuto!"

Okay, I'm actually really happy with that. And I hope you are too, because it's the middle of the night and I had a sudden burst of inspiration and I'm really freaking tired. So I'm going to upload this and go to sleep.

Please review, and happy reading~ ER :)