When Fire meets Ice
Hey, this is my first fic on Gakuen Alice/ Alice Academy
Disclaimer: I do not own Alice Academy, but I do own my own characters and the plot of this fanfiction!
Enjoy!
Prologue: DROWNED IN VOICES
"Demon!"
"Witch!"
"Send her to jail, send that child of the devil away."
"Kill her!"
The angry mob of villagers screeched and shouted, breaking the peaceful spell of the night. They crowded around the blackened remains of a small block of flats, watching the ambulance taking the injured ones away while the inhabitants of the now burnt flat cried and cursed, gazing numbly at the bits of wood and wire that had once been their home.
A fourteen years girl at sat the centre of the ruins, her long wavy light blue hair covered with soot and ashes, her hands over her ears while tears flowed down her pale face.
"It wasn't me! I didn't do this, I didn't kill them!" she shouted at the angry mob that was now advancing on her. "How could I?"
A large man grabbed her by her hair and pulled her to her feet, she screamed in pain and tried to get away from him but was pushed back again by the others that had formed a circle around them.
"Let go of me, you bas-"
The man struck her across her face, his face contorted in hatred and fury, and snarled, "What did you do? My wife and son were in there and now, they are dead!"
"I've just said that I didn't do it!" she screamed back at him; she was not crying now. "Before the fire started, I saw a man near the building, a stranger, he must have done it!"
"Liar! You hate this village, so that must be why you have done it! You hate your parents for leaving you here, you hate them for dumping you!" the man struck her again, all the others were joining in, the chorus of "Liar!" echoed around them.
"You all hated me as well, but still, I'd never-"
"It was her, I saw her!" squeaked a small fat boy. "There were blue flames in her hands."
"No, I was trying to stop the fire! It wasn't fire, it was ice!" she shouted but no one was listening, they were all pointing, pulling at her hair and kicking her, screaming at the top of their lungs:
"Demon!"
"Witch!"
"Send her to jail, send that child of the devil away."
"Kill her!"
She tried to explain, yelling but no one heard her.
It wasn't me! It wasn't me!
"Witch!"
"Devil!"
"Kill her!"
I would never have done it! Never!
"Don't let her get away!"
"Punish her!"
Why wouldn't anyone believe me? IT WASN'T ME!
A flash of blue and silence fall.
No one moved. They were trapped in ice.
The air had gone cold…so very cold…
They would never yell again…their skins were burnt to coal black…
Not by fire…but by ice.
A police's siren cut through the sudden silence. She did not run, she merely stood there, horrified.
A man wearing mask stepped down from the car, accompanied by two other policemen. More and more police cars were coming.
"The Alice of ice," breathed the masked man. "Who would have thought it as dangerous." It wasn't a question, but a mere statement. He ignored the other policemen who were running around the villagers, shouting orders.
"Ryo-san, call the ambulance."
"Sir, the press are coming."
"Fend them off! This must not be shown on T.V."
"But-"
"Just do it!"
"Hai, wagarimashta!"
No one but the masked man seemed to want to get close to the girl. They were all averting her eyes but she could see one or two of them sneaking a look at her, fear in their eyes.
"I am Persona," said the masked man, his eyes glinting through the holes in the mask, like those many metallic jewelry that he wore. "Tell me now, what is your name?"
"Arai Yuki."
"Well then, Yuki-san, you have done something very bad here, you know that?"
She did not reply. She was waiting for her punishment.
"You know, you would be kill for this sinful act, or worse, you might even be dragged to a place where no one would know and-"
"But I-"
"Unless, you give yourself to my school, Alice Academy in Tokyo, the school for people with special powers like you."
She wanted to refuse, she wanted to explain to this man what had happened, that it wasn't all her fault but, Persona was dangerous, she could sense it.
"So, what is you answer, Yuki-san?" Persona smiled at her, like a predator looking down at his pitiful prey. "Would you hand yourself over to the police or would you come with me? Would you suffer death or would you fallow my orders? Choose now, your fate is in your hands."
So many voices and like waves, it seemed to be pouring down on her.
She was drowning.
In the deep pool of voices.
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