Hey, so, this is how I felt the game should have gone, because there wasn't enough mystery in it, and so I made one where the female character...has a PERSONALITY! *Gasp* Anyway, review please. (Forgive the lack of good title) Disclaimer- I do not own Magical Starsign; the game and plot belongs to Brownie Brown. Credit given where credit is due.


PROLOGUE: DREAMS & DISAPPEARING TEACHERS

Nadia was dreaming. She knew perfectly well she was dreaming, because she was see-through. "Nadia!" Someone called to her. I glanced around and saw a dark brown haired girl. She approached me and smiled. I smiled back, feeling oddly safe, as if I had always looked to her to shield me.

"Hello, sister," the girl said. "Hello," I replied. "Do you feel it?" She asked. I was truly puzzled. "Feel what?" I asked. She sighed. "Pay close attention, it's in the air, the trees, it's everywhere. Something is about to happen, someone is about to upset what you've known for a while now." I frowned. "What do you mean?" I asked. "I cannot come right out and tell you," she replied. "And when you awaken, you will remember very little of our conversation." There was a roaring sound, then a crash. The girl started to fade. "Wait! Please, I need help!" I begged. She looked panicked. "Remember, there is always hope! I must go, or I will be punished harshly." "Wait! Don't go! I have so many questions! Come back!"

But she was gone, leaving me alone with whatever was coming. The roaring grew louder, then out of nowhere appeared a black shadow. I took off running. I ran as fast as I could, but the thing was faster. It came rushing on me, and I was knocked to the ground. I screamed, covering my face, hoping my magic would prevent some damage. Claws dug into my skin, and I screamed, this time in pain. The scratching continued, and then it suddenly stopped.

~SCHOOL~SCHOOL~

I awoke with a start, gasping for air. I was drenched in sweat, and there was pain in my side and back. I reached to my side, and when I pulled my hand away, there was blood. I gasped. But, it was just a dream! I've never had more than a few bruises from a dream! I thought. I quickly got up and exited my dorm, rushing down the hall to the bathroom, and locking myself in.

I lifted up my shirt and turned around to observe my back in the mirror. The marks weren't long, but they were deep. "I should wash the scratches then go see the nurse," I muttered. It took a little bit, but I finally cleaned the marks. My shirt was covered in blood, and people were starting to awaken for the day, but I had to make sure the marks didn't get infected. So I gathered my courage, opened the door, and half walked, half ran to the nurse's office. I was almost there when someone called out to me.

"Nadia!" I spun around and saw my friends Lassi and Chai rushing towards me. I couldn't blow them off, they would just get suspicious. So I waited. I was well aware of people stopping to look at the blood all over my shirt, and I could feel even more blood seeping out of the wounds, but I remained where I was. My friends finally reached me. "Nadia!" Lassi exclaimed. "I didn't expect to see you up this early! Are you ok? I heard screaming coming from your dorm this morning," Lassi babbled.

Chai looked at me with concern. "Nadia, why are you covered in blood?" He inquired softly. Lassi stopped babbling and looked at me, as if she hadn't seen the blood earlier. She was the only one who knew that sometimes my dreams attacked me, in a sense. Either way, she was a good actress. "Nadia! What happened? Come on! Let's get you to the nurse!" She marched me in to see Nurse Peppermint.

Sometimes, my little bunny friend knew just what I needed. Nurse Peppermint took one glance at the blood all over my shirt, and then rushed over to me, and yanked my shirt off to inspect my back. Chai blushed and slowly backed out of the room. I felt my face heating up. How embarrassing! I thought. At least I had been too tired to take off my bra last night. Nurse Peppermint put an ointment on my back that stung and made me cry out.

When she was done, she declared I was free to go get ready for class. She didn't ask where the scars had come from. I quickly put my shirt on, and took off out the door, with Lassi right behind me. We ran to my dorm, and Lassi stopped to wait outside.

I pulled on a pair of shorts, put on a tank top, and pulled on my knee high boots. I grabbed a twisty for my hair, and pulled my long, flowing blond hair back into a ponytail.I snatched the necklace my mother had left me and put it on, grabbed my books, and barreled out the door. Lassi hopped to her feet as I came out, and together we ran to class.

~SCHOOL~SCHOOL~

We dashed into the classroom, only to discover we hadn't needed to rush. Miss Madeleine was late, again. We unpacked and Lassi went over to the door to watch for our teacher as I sat down at my desk.

My friends were talking around me, and a red headed, stubborn, fire magician turned to me. "Hey, Nadia, where's Miss Madeleine? Class probably should have started by now! Do you think she's missing or something?" Pico inquired. "Chill, hothead," my friend Sorbet chimed in. "She's just late, it happens every other day." "How many times is it now? Like, 50?" Chai chimed in. "When's SHE gunna get a slip, that's what I want to know!" "Back in your seats!" Lassi yelled. "She's coming!"

Everyone dashed back to their seats, and Lassi had just sat down when Miss Madeleine charged into the room. "Gooooood morning students!" She chirped as she stumbled to her desk. "I'm sure you were all studying quietly while waiting for me, hm?"

The class started to buzz. "Miss Madeleine, you know you are late yet again!" My friend Mokka called out. "Yeah!" Pico yelled. "You never get in trouble for being late but when I forget my homework, who 'happens' to get detention? Me! If I get held back again this year, I'm holding you responsible!" He said with a grimace.

"Oh, I'm so sorry my students, I'll never be late again, I promise!" Miss Madeleine said with a giggle.

~SCHOOL~SCHOOL~

Pico, Sorbet, Chai and I were strolling down the halls after class when we saw Mokka and Lassi standing close together in front of Principal Biscotti's office. We walked over to them. "Hey," Sorbet said. Lassi and Mokka jumped and spun around. Pico laughed quietly. "Why so jumpy? Were you guys kissing or something?" Pico asked. Lassi blushed a little bit, and I felt sorry for her.

She really liked Mokka, but he didn't return her feelings. I reached over and punched Pico. "What?" He said. "What'd I do?" "You're being stupid," Mokka replied. "Why would I waste my time on that?" I saw Lassi's face fall. She was crushed. I gave Mokka my evil eye, but he didn't notice any more than anyone else noticed that Lassi liked Mokka.

"So, what are you guys doing?" Chai asked somewhat loudly. "Shh!" Lassi hissed. "Listen closely!" We heard Miss Madeleine and Principal Biscotti's voices.

BISCOTTI: I'm afraid you're the only one who can deal with this. Leave your students with me, and we will await your return.

MADELEINE: But, Puffoon, really, why?

BISCOTTI: There is a very troublesome wizard there who is running amok, and he might listen to you, his former teacher.

MADELEINE: Wait, are you talking about Kale? He was always a shy boy, how could he be any trouble?

BISCOTTI: Well, he has a group of pirates under his control, and he has become a ruthless man. It may come to blows, and I ask you defend yourself if that happens.

Lassi didn't wait anymore. She busted through the door and ran up to our teacher, with the rest of us right behind her. "Miss Madeleine, you aren't really leaving, are you? You can't!" Lassi sobbed. "Teacher, all the talk about space and pirates and evil wizards, you aren't honestly planning on going into space, are you?" Sorbet asked with tears in her eyes.

"Please, students! You weren't meant to hear this discussion!" Miss Madeleine exclaimed. Principal Biscotti ushered us out. Miss Madeleine turned to us as we stood in front of our principal's office. "Meet me in the meditation room in five minutes," Miss Madeleine stated before walking away.

~SCHOOL~SCHOOL~

Five minutes later, we were gathered in the meditation room. "Something is wrong!" Lassi exclaimed. "Someone is turning our lives upside down!" Her words clicked in my brain. "Someone is about to upset what you've known for a while now." Who had said those words to me? What else had been said? "Why can't I remember!" I muttered under my breath. Everyone turned to look at me.

"Is something wrong, Nadia?" Chai asked. I blushed, realizing I had asked the last question aloud. "It's nothing, nothing at all," I said dismissively. Everyone turned back to Lassi when she spoke. "I bet something's wrong 'cause of what Pico did!" She exclaimed. "What? You can't prove anything!" He exclaimed. He then realized what he had said hadn't helped his cause and he quickly mended his sentence.

"I mean, I didn't DO anything! Not that I can think of, at least," he finished. Mokka turned to me. "Nadia, will you go ask Miss Madeleine what's going on?" He asked. "Yeah!" Everyone else said encouragingly. "Sure, I guess," I muttered. I strolled over to where Miss Madeleine sat and tapped her on the shoulder. "Oh, Nadia, have you been here long?" She asked.

Everyone else rushed forward behind me. "What's going on Miss Madeleine?" Chai asked. "The universe can be a very dangerous place, and it's about time I taught you to defend yourselves, but this isn't standard spell-flinging, so listen well," she stated. "Nadia, please step forward," she requested. I obliged. Everyone else rushed back, falling over each other to get out of the way.

A magic dummy was brought forth, and Miss Madeleine taught me how to fight it, using only basics. My physical abilities were weak, but my dark magic was very strong. Next, she asked Chai and me to step forward, and we both blushed when we remembered what happened today. Using Chai and I as examples, she explained about rows. When she was done teaching about rows, she called Sorbet and me forward and taught about planets and starsign relationships.

"Do you understand the basics?" Miss Madeleine asked. "Yes," we all said. "Good, now for your final crash course exam." Three magic dummies appeared, and two rushed towards Sorbet, and she screamed as they hit her.

Pico appeared and shoved them out of the way. Chai freaked out as the fire bound magic dummies all realized he was easy prey with his wood magic. They rushed towards him, and I acted on instinct, sending a die of dark magic rushing towards the dummies.

One was completely crushed by my magic, and another was blown away by Lassi's wind magic. Now only one remained, and he was being strategic. He saw Lassi's defense fall, and he rushed towards her, but I warned Lassi, and she dodged.

Pico attacked, and the dummy was destroyed. I got a sense of accomplishment and did a flip. Lassi jumped up and down, and the others also started flipping and jumping with joy. We backed away from the fighting space and I collapsed on the ground, with Lassi, Chai, Sorbet, and Pico falling on top of me. "Ouch," I muttered. "Had enough?" Miss Madeleine asked. We all groaned in response. "Good, these basics are to be used only in the most dangerous of situations, understood?" "Wait, since you taught us all this stuff and it's only to be used in dangerous times, does that mean we're going with you?" Pico asked. "So wait, we're all going to Puffoon, now? Cool," Chai said.

"No, I'll be going alone, kids. Yes quite alone. And yet, I've got a fore shadowy feeling. If something happens to me, I would like you to be prepared," Miss Madeleine explained. "Nothing could happen to you! You're Miss Madeleine, you know just about everything!" Mokka exclaimed. "That's a lot of knowledge for one person, Mokka. Sometimes, knowledge can be a great and deadly burden," I said in a tone of prophecy.

Everyone turned to look at me. "Huh?" Chai asked. "What's that even mean?" I came back to myself with a start. I looked around at my friends. "What?" I asked. "Why are you all looking at me like that?" "Nadia, don't you remember what you just said?" Lassi asked. I glanced around at everyone, puzzled. "I said something?" I asked. I stared off into the distance, frowning.

"Anyway, class dismissed. I'll be leaving tomorrow, and I will see you all when I return," Miss Madeleine said. She wasn't kidding, the next day she left, and Principal Biscotti looked very sad and worried. Another three months passed before action was taken.


Ta-da, the prolouge! Review please!