Prologue: A Girl Fell from the Sky?

(No matter what the distance drawn between it, my body, and my mind… I can still recall… I recall the tragic notes of bloodshed. A war that should never had happened. The Console War. Two worlds exist in Gamindustri. That of humans, and that of Celestia, where the CPU (Console Patron Unit) resided. The CPU gained her powers through the faith of humanity, who in turn gained the CPUs protection. It was well-balanced. The world below and the goddess who ruled it… one for one. That was how things were supposed to be. However, the former goddess and I broke this careful balance and created four separate goddesses, four CPUs. The Celestia, ruled in tranquility, no longer existed. It turned into something I would have never anticipated. The four CPUs grew to despise one another and began to fight for the honor of ruling over the world. The land where the four CPUs resided turned into the stage for a tragic war. This is all due to my ignorance. No matter how I torment myself—being far, far away from the CPUs—all I can do is wait here. Someday, the destiny of these CPUs may save them from her scheme.)

"Ow, Compa that stings" a teenage boy grunted a bit.

"That means it's working Ryan, I'm almost done, just gotta put the bandage on!" a teenage girl spoke to the teenage boy sitting in the chair in front of her. The girl in question was named Compa, possessing light skin and pink eyes, as well as curled pink hair. She wore a tan-white wool styled tank top with a big neck and unattached sleeves, and matching styled boots, but with small ribbons/fuzzy balls at the top. Adding to that was a red plaid skirt, a black choker with a small heart on it, and black-brown kneesocks with light pink heart cut frills. One other thing to note was that she was quite endowed for her age, possessing a well-developed chest that would easily make other girls jealous. At the moment she was tending to the teenage boys knee, which was scrapped up a bit as he had tripped apparently… she asked how but all he said was he didn't want to talk about it. She had just finished cleaning and disinfecting it, and in seconds she slapped a big bandage on to his knee and stood up "There all done"

The teenage boy named Ryan said nothing as he lifted his leg up and down a bit before he got up too. He was wearing a light black vest with a plain white t-shirt underneath it, with green shorts and black shoes to go with it. He was rather tall for his age possessing brown colored hair and green eyes, and on his back he carried with him a sheathed sword as well. Turning to face Compa he spoke up again "Thanks Compa."

"No problem, just be more careful with… well whatever it was you were doing" she said with a gentle smile.

"I know… well in any case I'd better get going it's getting late."

"Don't you want to stay for dinner?" Compa asked, with a slightly disappointed look before Ryan could take a single step forward. Just as the young swordsmen opened his mouth to speak his stomach answered for him with a loud gurgle. This in turn caused him to blush while Compa just giggled a bit.

"Well… I suppose, as long as you don't mind?" Ryan replied back scratching his head a bit.

"Oh I never mind" the teen girl replied back "Besides its always better to eat food with your friends isn't it?"

"I guess so" Ryan replied back. With that said the two teens got to work, Ryan set the table while Compa prepared the food. In no time at all the two were sitting at the table eating away at Compa's cooking. Neither spoke much with Compa only asking the occasional question or two and Ryan giving her a simple answer back. Soon enough the meal was done with Ryan sitting back a bit more in his chair and looking up at the ceiling a bit, his face unchanged since he first came here: a frown.

"Was it good?" Compa suddenly asked, directing the teens eyes back towards hers "You look disappointed… was it not good, did I screw up?" she asked, her face shaped into a sad frown.

"What, no no" Ryan immediately said giving her a light smile "I thought it was delicious Compa."

"Really, oh thank goodness…" Compa said her face turning into a happy one at his words "I was beginning to think you grew bored of my cooking."

"Are you kidding?" Ryan said "I've always thought your cooking was good… well except for the first few times, but after that I always thought that" he said "And now your studying to become a nurse on top of this, you're going to make some guy a great wife."

Hearing him say that caused Compa to turn wide eyed a deep red blush forming across her face "Y-you really think I'd make a great w-w-wife?" she asked shyly.

"Of course, why would I lie about that?" he said causing the young nurse to blush a tad harder.

"Oh stop… I-I'm nothing special" Compa shyly replied, rubbing her thighs together a bit as she spoke. "I-if anything, you're the amazing one, and your parents were he-mmph" the young nurse clamped her hand over her mouth to stop herself, but the deed had been done. With that the small smile Ryan had turned into a frown and he immediately got up and headed for the door, grabbing his sword which he had set down and headed for the door.

"Thanks for everything Compa, I'll be going now" Ryan said opening the door without looking at her.

"Sure, call me again if you… need… treatment" Compa spoke softly waving goodbye a bit as Ryan left the house. When the door closed and a few moments passed Compa's cheeks turned red and puffy, not from embarrassment but anger, at herself "Bad Compa, you went and said the H-word right in front of him! You even got him to smile a bit too you dummy! " she shouted at herself a bit. Her anger subsiding quickly she went over to her window and watched Ryan walk away into the late evening. Letting out another sigh she turned back to the kitchen and began working on cleaning the dishes. ("He hardly ever smiles anymore… he smiled all the time back then") she thought as she tried to take her mind off him but failing miserably.

A short while later down the road Ryan watched as the night sky slowly settled in and the stars lit up one after the other. He always enjoyed the night sky despite his stern appearance and it always helped him clear his head. Deciding to take a slight detour back to his house he crossed through the park taking a seat on one of the parks bench's as he let out a very long and hard sigh. Closing his eyes a bit his ears suddenly pick up the sounds of other people. Opening his eyes he suddenly saw a family of three together in the park. It consisted of a couple and a young boy, the three looking like they had spent the entire day together, and were now heading home. Watching the three leave with smiles on their faces Ryan grip the park bench so hard it hurt, a lump forming in his throat as he stared at them. The minute they left his sight he got up, took a few steps towards a tree near him and delivered a single punch to it. The punch itself almost leaving an indent in it when he did as he stood there in silence.

Around that same time Compa was inside her room, reading a book on nursing, trying to figure out how to approach Ryan tomorrow and apologize. She knew deep down Ryan wasn't angry with her, but she still felt guilty about bringing up an old wound. Looking outside her bedroom window her eyes suddenly spotted something. Streaking through the night sky was a shooting star, a small one, but it was shooting none the less. Thinking fast Compa closed her eyes.

("What should I wish on Mr. Shooting Star?") she thought to herself not sure what to wish for exactly. Suddenly remembering Ryan's words to her from before the nurses cheeks began to turn red ("M-maybe I can wish for… that?") she thought suddenly going into a daydream.

Xxx

Compa was walking down the aisle wearing a beautiful white wedding gown, a bouquet in her hands as she faced forward and walked up to the alter. People smiled at her as she faced the groom, her childhood friend Ryan, who was wearing a black and white tux his eyes staring back into hers causing the teen to blush. Soon a priest spoke up, recited the typical lines for a wedding, and then asked the both of them if they would take each other as husband and wife.

"I do" Ryan said without a moment's hesitation.

"I do" Compa said her heart almost bursting from her chest as she said that.

"Then by the power invested in me I now pronounce you husband and wife, please kiss your bride."

With that said Ryan pulled Compa closer as everyone who was attending clapped for the newlyweds. With no hesitation Ryan pulled Compa's face closer to his and moved his lips to kiss hers. Compa was red as a tomato but slowly she closed her eyes as there lips touched.

Xxx

Compa shook her head violently her face just as red now as it was in her dream "No, no, no, I shouldn't wish for that, Ryan may not even like me like that… Ryan..." she slowly trailed off and looked back into the sky. Seeing it still there she quickly closed her eyes again.

("Mr. Shooting Star, if you can hear me, I wish for Ryan to be happy again, so he smiles like he used too.")

Opening her eyes again Compa was surprised to see the shooting star was still there… and seemed to be getting… closer… close enough to land in the cities park.

Ryan meanwhile was cutting through the trees as he headed for his house. Still remembering the family from earlier Ryan suddenly stopped and thought about how he reacted to Compa earlier. Grunting a bit to himself Ryan slowly turned a full 180 degrees around "I know she didn't mean any harm by it… urrgh I gotta go apologize to her, but what do say?" he asked himself crossing his arms and looking up into the sky a bit. His thoughts of apologizing quickly died as he suddenly noticed something falling from the sky, and it was falling fast and aiming straight for him. His first thought was to instantly get away from whatever was falling towards him. However as it came closer Ryan saw it looked… like a person, if it was they'd most certainly die the moment they hit the ground!

Grinding his teeth a bit Ryan didn't know what to do, but seeing the person coming in fast his body responded first. Spreading his arms a bit he stood his ground, hoping to catch whoever it was despite the risk. A few seconds later the person collided with Ryan bashing headfirst into his stomach area, knocking the air outta him as he slammed into the ground back first. As for who he was trying to catch they practically bounced off him, twirled through the air for a few more seconds, then hit the ground headfirst, spearing themselves. As for Ryan he had created a trench in the ground as he laid on his back, wondering how he was not dead, as he gasped for air, coughing a bit. letting his head fall backwards from the pain he finally got a glimpse of the person he tried to catch. He couldn't make out much since he was starting to pass out from the impact, but from what he could tell, the person was a girl.

("A girl…. A girl fell from the sky?") Ryan barely managed to register before everything went dark and he fell unconscious.

First chapter of another story I was inspired to make. Big fan of the this series by the way. For those of you following my Fire Emblem story don't worry I'm still working on that, the next chapter is being written and this story won't overtake it. It's a side project I plan to work on after every few chapters of Fire Emblem Awakening Retold. I'm hoping this will inspire me to work on it a bit faster too.

I hope to receive comments on this prologue, and I hope it's a good start to what I hope will be a great story as well. :)

I do not own any of Hyperdimension Neptunia's characters.