So the last thing I need to be doing is making a new Shugo Chara story when I have others to update, and I will eventually but this has been a plot line I have just been dying to use. I mean, I love Shugo Chara stories with OC's and my other two are doing really well and this plot is unique in its own way. The character OC's in this story are not mine, they are portrayed by the male characters from the anime Amnesia. They are the males in the cover of this story, who also represent the symbols of cards, (heart, spade, diamond and clover), so I had to do this.
This is a 'what if' story. What would happen if Amu lost the charas when they were taken by Nikaidou, something I have been dying to do. So I hope you all enjoy this story, and forgive me for not updating faster on my other stories. I am currently typing the next chapters for Rock-A-Bye Baby and Crimson Hearts.
Anyway, this story does have a theme song, and if you listen to it fits in with this story. There are different versions, but I am using the shorter version by AmaLee, who did an amazing cover on YouTube of the theme song of Amnesia.
Anyway, here it is!
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House Of Cards
Prologue
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Like fragments of a dream fallen apart
I've lost the final pieces of my fragile heart
I don't know how I'll find myself but still I have to try
Till I reach the ends of this rainbow colored sky
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Noboku parked the RV van widely in the park, swerving a few times but managed. It didn't take long for the pre-teens in the back to file out of the RV and onto the steady ground. Amu though, stood and looked franticly for the man who stole her chara eggs. That's when she heard him.
"Don't move or I'll crush these eggs!"
"Nikaidou-san!" Utau yelled.
Amu's honey eyes were glued onto the man who posed as her teacher, who earned her trust and -\betrayed that trust. Then man who held her three colored eggs in his hands and threating to crush them, and Amu was in no rush to find out if he'd go through or not.
"You're really uncool." Utau continued. "The x-eggs and her eggs are not the embryos, so you don't need them right? So stop bulling the weak!"
Nikaidou smirked, gripping the three eggs a little more firmly, "But stealing eggs is fun! The eggs of children who only see dreams and hope but never reality, and I actually do need them. They're ingredients for my cooking."
"COOKING!?" Yaya cried out.
"Cooking?" Utau questioned. "What is 'that'? I knew you were doing something secretly but what are you thinking!?"
"That's my question." Red haired women said as she descended the steps. "From vanishing from the live airing. Utau, aren't you standing on the wrong side?"
"Sanjou-san, but-"
Amu watched as the women cut off Utau, "You're such a bad girl for running out of my sight like that, though it doesn't matter now." A cruel smirk formed on Sanjou's lips. "One big eye sore really. Beat them all, the Guardians and Amu Hinamori."
Amu watched as Utau hesitated, not sure wither this fight was worth it now, but that all changed when her manager said, "Oh my, resisting now? I wonder what will happen to Ikuto-kun."
"Utau? Amu asked seeing the spark in the singer's amethyst eyes.
"Iru." Utau called, undergoing a character transformation with a little devil chara. Amu watched along with the other Guardians as Utau transformed into a red leather dress with matching boots as black bat wings spouted from her back and a tail. Her hair up in two pig tails with little wings as well and a neck collar with a cross hanging around her neck.
"Character transformation, Lunatic Charm." Utau stated her transformation before pointing at Amu. "Sorry, but I need you to disappear Guardian."
Amu's eyes widen, "Utau."
"Hoshina Utau also has characters and even become a character!" Kukai yelled.
"That doesn't mean we retreat!" Tadase yelled back. "Kiseki, character change!"
The little king chara obeyed his bearer as Kukai and Nadeshiko jumped in front of Amu, "Hinamori get back!"
Sanjou laughed, placing a hand on her cheek, "Oh my, Yuu it seems like a school play has broken out and they intend on defeating Utau merely on character change. Hinamori-kun doesn't have any shugo eggs, my my, what will she ever do?"
Amu ignored the two adults, eyes focused in on the character transformed singer, "Why? Why!? Didn't you say you couldn't forgive cheating!? Was that a lie Utau!?"
Utau's eyes narrowed on Amu, glaring with a new found hatred. The tension between the two were visible, but Utau was not going to be talked to by the likes of Amu Hinamori. She was going to win, for Ikuto. "Nightmare Lorelei!"
The attack came with a strong dark energy, butterflies flying at an increasing speed at the Guardians and Amu, who all tried to cover their beloved Joker as best as they could from the attack. It was a strong blow, but they stood rooted to the floor and it was now Amu wished more than ever that she had her charas. She wanted them back in her hands safe and sound, but she always had this feeling of dread.
"She's too strong!" Nadeshiko called out over the attack.
Utau looked crazed, "It's for Ikuto! If it's for Ikuto, I couldn't chose myself over him! I'll do anything for him!"
Amu noted how she cared, how much this craziness seemed to come from on emotion, love. Utau Hoshina was in love with the black cat that Amu couldn't even stand to be around. She wondered what the two's story was, their situation because it seemed as if Ikuto was used to keep Utau in line and doing what these two wanted. How horrible to be threaten with the people that you love.
"I never asked you to do it." Ikuto calmly said, standing in the middle of Utau and the Guardians and Amu, facing the singer.
"Ikuto!" Utau cried in surprise.
"Tsukiyomi Ikuto!" Tadase yelled.
"At a time like this." Kukai whispered.
"Ikuto.." Utau's voice was gentle.
"Hm, becoming character with Iru." Ikuto mused. "Long time no see, you're really into this Utau."
On the other hand, Sanjou was worried, " This is bad, with all the filming, she hasn't seen Ikuto for a while."
Utau's character transformation suddenly was undone, making the singer look sweet and innocent once again as she lunged for Ikuto, "Ikuto!" Utau cried lovingly.
"Oh my, the character melted off." Nadeshiko stated the obvious watching as Utau hugged onto Ikuto tightly, looking like she was never letting go.
Ikuto looked irritated on the other hand, "Hey, Utau- I can't move."
"But it's been so long since I've seen you." Utau whined like a child.
"What's with the weedling tone? Such a different person from earlier!" Amu pointed out, trying to make sense of this situation.
Tadase on the other hand became defensive, "Tsukiyomi Ikuto! You've come after the smell of the eggs. Today of all day's I won't let you go!"
Ikuto's blue eyes found Tadase, and a smirk graced his lips, "Hey Little Kiddy King, a make believe parade with your servants?"
There was a hidden challenge there but Amu paid no attention to it when she felt a pull, and painful tug on her heart that caused herself to look over at Nikaidou. Her three chara eggs were gripped rather tightly in his grasp and she turned fearful. "What they want is me Ikuto. They've come to retrieve Hinamori Amu's eggs."
"Amu's? Opps." Ikuto said, dodging an attack from Tadase's staff.
"Show your true self sneeky cat! I'm going to settle things with you!" Tadase declared.
"Holy Crown!" Tadase cried out, pointing his staff at Ikuto.
"I'm not going to character transform for you." Ikuto said, as if Tadase wasn't worth the time and effort.
"Ikuto!" Utau cried out.
"Utau, we're leaving!" Sanjou shouted, before Nikaidou got a devious smirk and cynical glint in his eyes, something that Amu caught.
"No!" Amu cried out, running past the fighting duo and the other Guardian's, catching them all by surprise as she made a move to tackle her former teacher. In return, Nikaidou laughed at her efforts and in a swift movement, crushed the little pink egg. Ran. Time stood still as Amu's knees stopped working, as she felt herself shatter.
"Amu.." Utau whispered, horrified at Nikaidou, by the look in Amu's eyes.
"AMU-CHAN!" The Guardian's cried.
"Ran.." Amu whispered. "Why Nikaidou? Why?"
Nikaidou merely shrugged, "You're in the way. I realized that my plan would run more smoothly if you were out of the way and the only way to do that is take your power source. Crush your dreams. Just like Ran."
Then Miki was gripped tighter, and Amu felt her pain, her fear and heard her voice- but she couldn't move. Her muscles weren't working and just like Ran, Amu watched the shards of the blue spaded egg fall to the floor.
"Just like Miki."
Amu couldn't fight, she felt hopeless. Lost and alone. She knew, a part of her knew she should go after Su and try to get the green clover egg just to have the excuse that she tried but she couldn't. She was losing feeling, losing her morals that she believed in with her three charas by her side. Why wasn't anyone doing anything? Probably as shocked as she was, but there was nothing they could do. They couldn't even character transform and even with character change- it was to late. Nikaidou already hurtling Su like a baseball to the floor in front of Amu, forcing Amu to watch Su shatter and not being able to do a thing about it.
"Just like Su. How does it feel Hinamori Amu? To lose it all? To lose your dreams?" Nikaidou asked mockingly, as Utau watched along with everyone else as Amu lifted her head. Her honey eyes lost it's fire, it's life, all it's hope and was glazed over.
"Useless." Amu replied, standing up right but slouching. "It feels..useless.."
"Amu-chan." Nadeshiko whispered, approaching the pink haired girl.
"Now there is nothing sanding in the way." Nakaidou smirked.
"You're a monster!" Kukai shouted.
"Useless." Amu whispered, turning on her heels and walking away from the scene.
"Amu." Ikuto called for the pinkette, who briefly paused to stare at the blue haired male. "I'm sorry."
Amu didn't smile sadly, or offered reassurance, instead she was negative, "It's all useless. All hope less. You're all useless, just like dreams."
"Amu." Tadase called, but she stalked off into the setting sun.
"She's broken." Nikaidou confirmed, glancing at Utau and Sanjou. "Now you both have nothing standing in your way."
"It wasn't supposed to happen like this!" Utau yelled. "I never wanted this to happen, for her to lose hope in life!"
"That's why you didn't get your hands dirty, I did." Nikaidou said, turning and disappearing in the evening.
Utau looked at Sanjou, before looking at the treating Guardians who were following Amu. Utau felt sorry; guilty even that Amu lost her charas. Being so consumed by love and jealousy, Utau was trying to hurt Amu, to make her fall from her grace- and Amu had. She fell, so hard that she was just a shell of her prior self. The younger pinkette hadn't been after Ikuto's affection or attention, but still she suffered for being in the way. A part of herself couldn't let Amu just walk away broken, shattered- because she knew it was partially her fault. A promise to help get the three colored charas back and instead Utau turned her back the moment Ikuto was threatened.
"I can't just watch this Sanjou." Utau whispered seriously.
"We have no time Utau!" Sanjou snapped, grasping Utau's wrist. "You have a concert and we need to be going!"
Nadeshiko slightly watched as Utau was dragged away by her manager but shook her head. Right now Amu was the main priority. The said girl was lagging fire, life, and most of all hope. Amu just kept whispering nonsense like x-eggs, like the children who lost their heart eggs. She sees no hope, no goal or light and it sadden Nadeshiko. To see her friend lost, so broken beyond repair. No one thought this could happen- not Amu. Amu was strong, independent and most of she was fearless, but in those moments- they all just watched as Amu was shattered.
"Amu." Kukai called, running in front of the girl that was like his little sister, placing his hands onto her shoulders and gave her a shake. "Snap out of it Amu-chan!"
Amu's empty honey eyes looked up at Kukai's, barely registering the worry and sadness in his eyes. "I'm perfectly fine Kukai-kun. You just don't understand that this world is cruel, painful, and brutal. You just need to realize this, and you'll understand- there isn't anything to truly bring joy or laughter. It's all a lie. It's all useless."
"Amu, you can't truly believe in that." Tadase said.
Amu nodded, "I do. I do believe that. It's true after all."
"No it isn't!" Yaya cried. "It isn't all about that! Yaya disagrees! Yaya wants Amu-chi to come back to normal!"
Amu sighed, gently pushing Kukai out of the way. "I'm going home."
"Amu." Nadeshiko called, earnering a cool gaze from Amu.
"I'd appreciate it greatly if you, my so called friends, would leave me alone." Amu icily demanded. "You're pity is sickening and irrelevant."
It shocked them all how cold Amu turned in seconds, and it left them stunned to their spots as she walked away into the night without another word. Those words were the last words they heard from Amu Hinamori before she left Seiyo two weeks later with her family and never reached out again.
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Four years later
The sun was setting in the distance as a young woman stood on the balcony of her new home watching the sky blend in colors of orange, pink and purple. It was a sight she could never get enough of, one of the simplest things that brought joy into her cold heart. Despite the sight, she hugged the blanket tighter around her body. It was the middle of December, it was winter and at this time the temperatures began to drop. The cold nipped and her nose, causing a small smile to grace her pink lips. This was her favorite time of year, but this year it was different.
Never once did she think she'd come back here, Amu hasn't thought about this place she use to call home much in the past few years, but here she was. There was still a part of her that was broken, but she cared still, but it was rare. Amu still had a human heart, but sometimes it didn't seem to work the way it was supposed to. She lost herself once, and she had to find her way back into the world of the living with some unexpected help. Four years ago her three eggs were smashed, destroyed in front of her but now she only remembered them as a distant memory. They were irrelevant to the present, they were the past. All of them were. The Guardians, Easter, Utau, Ikuto, Ran, Miki, and Su. They were all the past and in this moment the present was something new.
"Amu."
Amu lifted her head to look at her best friend, one of the very people who guided her back into the world, who helped her find herself again. Sure she wasn't the same Amu anymore, she was different but that didn't matter to Amu. She had four guys to call family while her actual family moved to America a few months ago. This one though, found her and made her find herself no matter how difficult she had been.
"Shin." Amu smiled and turned towards him as she hugged her blanket tighter to her body. Shin was one of the males that lived in this house, the other three were around somewhere.
"Amu what are you doing? It's cold out there." Shin held out his hand, which Amu took, and he pulled her back into the warmth of her room.
Amu rolled her eyes, "I should be asking you why you're in my room. I mean my door was locked."
"Kent had fun picking the lock," Shin smirked. "Said he needed practice so he could prank Touma on night."
Amu chuckled, "Those idiots, but still baka- this is my room and I demand privacy cause I'm a girl."
Shin shook his head, ruffling Amu's pink hair, "Nah, you're one of the guys Amu."
"No I'm not." Amu challenged, "I am a women and demand authority!"
Shin dramatically gasped and bowed, "Yes your majesty, my bad." Then laughed. "Idiot, you're a teenager for once, just like us- but we are all seventeen."
"So what?" Amu sighed. "I'm still a woman, and what I say goes!"
"Oh really now?" Shin asked. "Should I tell the guys you said that?"
Amu's eyes widen, "You wouldn't." Amu whined. "I don't feel like getting dog piled or a wet willy from Touma."
Shin grinned, "We both know I would Amu."
Amy's eyes narrowed, "No!" Amu cried out tackling Shin to the couch in her room.
They had a very complicated relationship. To anyone else, it would look as if they were a couple but in honest truth- they weren't. They both agreed that they had chemistry, but they never officially started to date or really told each other how they felt. The other guys seen it between them, but they stayed out of it mostly until they decided they wanted to be annoying and tease them to just kiss but they never did. They just stopped playing around and walked different directions. Some people just thought they were waiting for the right time, the right moment and it just simply hadn't come around yet.
"Amu we both know you suck at wrestling." Shin mocked, flipping her over.
"I am an amazing wrestler!" Amu retorted, moving so she knocked Shin's knees out and he gave way- falling on top of her, but Amu was quick at flipping Shin back onto the floor, his arm behind his back. "See."
Shin laughed, "Okay Amu, I'll give you that one but that isn't why I came in here for."
Amu let go of Shin's arm and stood up when detecting the seriousness in his tone of voice. When he got that tone Amu knew something was up, something he had to tell her that was important. As Shin got up, Amu noticed how tense his body actually was. It made Amu wonder what exactly was going on that no one told her about.
"Amu, Penguin lied about what we are doing here, and what I'm about to tell you, you need to take it as calmly as you can." Shin said, taking her hand gently. "We aren't here to go back to school, not yet. That is a later phase of this plan- but we are here to bring down Easter… and if they get in the way-"
"I won't hesitate." Amu cut Shin off. "Easter took it all from me, I'll gladly bring them down."
"That isn't the point Amu." Shin whispered fiercely. "What if those people, the Guardians, and those siblings get in the way? Are you willing to hurt them Amu? Because if you are it isn't like you to go on a revenge path."
"You aren't seeing my point- Easter took my dreams- dreams that will never come back because I can't dream anymore! They took that part of me- the part that cares. If the Guardians, Utau and Ikuto get in my way, then I'll have to send the message not to get in the damn way!" Amu crossed her arms. "Don't give me that look Shin."
"What look?" Shin inquired.
"That look, the one telling me that I'm wrong."
"Arent you though?" Shin stated. "You say you don't care but deep down you do."
"Deep, deep, deep, deep down- yeah I do, but I have a chance this chance to take everything from them." Amu took in a deep breath. "I need this closure."
Shin nodded, "And I'll be there to support you just like the guys are, but remember Amu- there is a difference in closure and revenge." Shin then turned around and walked towards the hall, but stopping in the door way of Amu's room. "Tomorrow is the grand opening of House Of Cards, we perform at night and wait on people in the day. Like I said, this is going in phases."
"I know." Amu nodded. "Goodnight Shin."
"Night Amu, sleep well."
Amu rolled her eyes and went to lock the door- only to find it didn't lock, "KENT YOU OWE ME A NEW LOCK!"
The house irrupted in laughter and a voice yelled back, "I'LL GET YOU A NEW ONE."
Amu didn't reply as she went to the little box on her desk, opening the lid and taking put the purple egg. A small curious look formed on Amu's face as she held the chara egg in question. She couldn't dream, she didn't have a heart's egg anymore, so it left one question, "How were you born little one?"
The only reply was a wobble of the egg and Amu sighed placing it back into it's box and closing it. Tommrow was going to be a long stressful day and she was no doubtingly about to see some faces from her past. Something she was prepared for, especially their reactions one the new Hinamori Amu.
Because the one they knew was gone, and she wasn't coming back.
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Silence my fear
Take me from here
As I slowly piece together everything I've seen
In this never ending dream
I am trying to break free
From this coursel of memories aren't really what they may seem
Spinning fast and around me
Until I find the one that finally sets me free
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I hope that this was a good beginning to the story, and I am sorry if it seems a little confusing, but it will clear up soon enough! Please leave a review and check out come of my other stories!
I DO NOT OWN THIS SONG. THESE LYRICS BELONG TO AMALEE, SO CHECK OUT THE SONG ON HER CHANNEL AT THIS LINK watch?v=2WsYI8TQNQ0
Also check out my other stories
While You Were Away
Life After Death
Rock-A-Bye Baby
Crimson Hearts (Vampire Knight and Shugo Chara crossover)
Ships In The Night
Lost Child
The Other Sister
In The Flesh
Walking On A Wire
Cruel Clocks
A Tale As Old As Time
Game of Life
