Hey guys and gals, I wanted to do something that focused more on the Persona 3 cast this time, particularly the female protagonist (who I'll be calling Minako Arisato for this FF). This will be my own take on the events of P3P, following the same key events of P3, but adding my own reactions and events in the mix, hope y'all enjoy!

Chapter I: First Day

Time never waits. It delivers all equally to the same end. You, who wish to safeguard the future, however limited it may be... You will be given one year; go forth without falter, with your heart as your guide...

It was a dark night of '99, a full moon shone a blinding light upon the Moonlight Bridge. Two figures, neither of them human, fought a fierce battle like superheros out of the manga I read. I looked around and saw my mom, who had blood dripping from her mouth and onto the floor. I was in a complete state of shock and froze in my path, just thinking to myself that this must be a dream. I had to wake up, right? This isn't real! Before she passed away, she uttered one word, which I have stood by all of my life.

'Live.'

Now, ten years later, I was to return to Iwatodie, as if fate had intervened and sent me back to where it all began. I sat on the train, awaiting its arrival at Iwatodie station, listening to my latest favorite hit single, 'Burn my Dread'. I don't know what it was about the song, but whenever I felt down, anxious or thought about the past, I would listen to this song and be back to my usual, bubbly self in no time. I have been moving from place to place all the time because I was, well, a special case. However, when I received the acceptance letter from Gekkoukan High School, I had a feeling that this would be the place I finally settled down in, until the day I die.

'Iwatodie. Next stop, Tatsumi Port Island.' The announcer echoed through the mostly empty train carriage.

I stood up and picked up my duffle bag, which contained all of my belongings (mostly consisting of my clothes and a picture of my parents), and headed for the doors. The train slowly pulled into the station and the doors slid open. When I stepped out onto the platform, a shiver went down my spine as the moon started glowing yellow and every piece of electronic equipment, including my headphones and phone, turned off. There was a sudden shift of silence. This was yet another one of those nights that have haunted me ever since that day. The Dark Hour.

I figured that it would be best that I headed straight for the dorm that I had been assigned in the admissions paper, Iwatodie Dorms, not that far from the monorail station. I walked out into the street and noticed that it was lined with coffins. This was no cheap vampire show, these were people that have been transmogrified in order to keep them safe during this hour. However, I was cursed with this hour of silence every single night, as soon as the clock struck midnight. When I got to the dorm, I was more than surprised to be met with another voice, a boy's voice.

'Hello there.' He greeted me. 'Before you proceed, I need you to sign this contract. Don't worry, it just states that you will be held responsible for your own actions. You know, the usual stuff.'

I thought that it was strange that a boy who looked so young was in charge of this contract. However, I thought that it was for staying at the dorm, so I signed my name, Minako Arisato. Then, he vanished into the darkness and I was met by another voice, this time of a fearful girl.

'Who's there?' A fearful girl in pink shouted, emerging from the shadows and wielding a gun. 'Wait, if it's this hour then you must be...'

'I know that it's late, but no need for a gun.' I told her.

The lights turned back on, which officially signified the end of The Dark Hour, and life was returned to the city. This also revealed a more sophisticated looking girl with red hair, who was coming down the stairs.

'Takeba wait!' She commanded, seeing the situation.

'The lights?' She slowly holstered her gun.

'I apologize for that rather, harsh, greeting.' The redhead smiled, now standing in front of me, next to this 'Takeba'. 'My name is Mitsuru Kirijo, third year, this here is Yukari Takeba, she's a junior like you.'

'Hi, I'm Yukari.' She greeted me, turning to Mitsuru. 'Why's she here?'

'She has been temporarily assigned assigned to this dorm.' Mitsuru explained. 'She will stay here until we can make arrangements for her to be moved to the regular dorms.'

'Isn't this a regular dorm?' I asked them both.

'Well yeah, but...' Yukari began to stutter.

'Well this dorm is coed for one thing, there are other differences from the other dorms too, but I imagine you're tired after such a long journey. You're room is on the third floor, here.' Mitsuru covered her, handing me my keys which included keys for the roof, front and back doors.

'I see.' I wasn't fully convinced. 'Why is she carrying a gun though?'

'Erm...' Yukari was lost for words.

'For protection of course.' Mitsuru said in a happy tone. 'We've been attacked before, so we took the appropriate measures to avoid a repetition of the past.'

I was too tired to argue, so I admitted defeat with a smile.

'Well, I'll be off to bed now if that's everything.' She nodded, looking at me, and left.

'I'll show you to your room.' Yukari kindly offered.

I decided to take Yukari up on her offer and I followed her up the stairs to the third floor and all the way to the end of the corridor, which led to my room. I looked back down the hallway, memorizing the route to my room with ease. Yukari turned and smiled at me.

'Here we are! Pretty easy to remember, huh?' She asked.

'Yeah, thanks.' I smiled back at her.

'Right.' There was a moment of awkward silence. 'Do you know the way to school from here?'

'Sort of, I could use a guide though, if you don't mind that is?' I asked her.

'How about that? I was just about to offer to be your guide for the day!' We both laughed together. 'I imagine Mitsuru-senpi will want some sleep, so I'll see you in the morning, kay?'

'Alright, Night Yukari-san.' I told her.

'Night, I didn't catch your name?' She stopped as she was walking off.

'Arisato, Minako Arisato.' I told her. 'You can call me Minako though.'

With that, we both went our separate ways and I opened the door to my room. I placed the bag on the floor and unzipped it, getting out my Gekkoukan High School uniform and placing it in my wardrobe, ready for tomorrow. I figured that I'd unpack the rest when I got home. I rested on the bed and soon enough fell asleep, waiting for the next day to come.

The next morning, I woke up and got ready for my first day at a new school. I prayed that I'd make friends as I left the dorms with Yukari and headed for the monorail station. Whilst on the monorail, Yukari told me about the history of Port Island, how it was a man made island and Gekkoukan High was built smack bang in the middle of it. I looked out of the window, at the spotless ocean as we glided over the body of water which separates Iwatodie from Port Island. Yukari came and stood next to me, taking a deep breath in.

'This is my favorite part of the journey.' She told me. 'It feels like you can look out over the horizon and forget all of your troubles, it really clears my head for school.'

'Yeah, I know what you mean.' I naturally smiled as my head was cleared.

'Hey, about last night.' She turned to face me. 'Don't tell anyone what happened please.'

'Don't worry about it.' I ensured her.

We got to school and she pointed me to the direction of the board which had a bunch of names pinned to it, listing off their classes. She also pointed me towards a corridor that lead to the faculty office, before quickly leaving to join her friends. My first objective here was to find out what class I was in. I looked at the board and had to look twice before I could find my name, Minako Arisato – 2 – F. Before heading to the direction of the faculty office, I noticed that I was in the same class as Yukari. When I was looking for the faculty office, a nice looking girl with a pony tail haircut saw how badly I was failing this task, so she approached me with a smile.

'Hey, I'm Rio Iwasaki.' She introduced herself. 'Say, I don't recognize your face from last year, are you a transfer student here?'

'Yeah, I'm a junior.' I told her. 'Minako Arisato.'

'Oh yes, I heard that you came with Yukari-san.' She smiled. 'Do you need help with anything?'

'Yeah, I'm looking for the faculty office and I'm kinda lost.' I admitted to her.

'Don't worry, you were on the right tracks, this way.' She indicated at me to follow her.

I followed her to the faculty office, where I met my homeroom teacher, Ms Toriumi and signed some documents. When I came out again, Rio was waiting for me alongside two new faces, another girl and a boy in his PE uniform, which I found to be a bit strange on such a warm, spring day.

'Can you believe it Rio? Kazushi is in 2 – F, so I can't look after him like last year.' The girl was complaining.

'It's not that bad, Yuko, you can still see him at lunch and after school.' Rio then noticed me. 'Oh hey Arisato, is everything alright now?'

'Yeah, thanks for the help.' I told her.

'Oh, this is Yuko and Kazushi, by the way.' She informed me.

'Hey, did you say 2 – F?' I confirmed with Yuko. 'That's what class I'm in too, I could keep an eye on him if you wanted?'

'Really? You'd do that?' Yuko asked shocked. 'Thank you, I definitely owe you a coffee sometime!'

'You're a kind person, Arisato, have you thought about joining a club yet?' Rio asked me.

'No, not really.' I admitted. 'I just got here last night.'

'Too bad you can't join the Kendo club, you'd probably kick every guy's ass in there.' Yuko told me.

'You should totally join the Tennis club though, I'm the manager there.' Rio encouraged me.

'Sure thing.' I agreed with her.

Then something suddenly happened to me, I got a sudden headache and felt really dizzy, falling to the floor before them. This was one of the main reason I avoided becoming friends with people, this feeling. This feeling is that of a new bond forming with another person.

'I, am thou!'