P.S. I don't know Mimi's father's real name, so I used Paige's father's name.
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Chapter 1
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Flashback
At the Odaiba Airport, Mimi Tachikawa was saying good-bye to her friends. Sora was on the verge of tears from seeing her best friend leave. " Oh Mimi, I'm going to miss you so much! ".
Mimi herself tried very hard from breaking down into tears. " I'm going to miss you too, but I'll call you two times a day and I'll try to visit you guys as much as possible! ". Sora pulled her into a hug before giving her a chance to say good-bye to the others.
Kari was the next one to pull her into a hug. " I'm going to miss you Mimi! I mean, who else but you would give me fashion tips at 5 a.m.? ". Mimi smiled from hearing this. " Don't you worry, your mailbox will be filled with my letters each week! ". Kari said good-bye one last time.
Izzy was next to say good-bye. " I've never really been very good at formal good-byes, so I thought a farewell gift would be appropriate ". He handed her a yellow and white laptop. " It's my old one. I have another anyway. It's so you can e-mail us. My address is already stored on there. ". " Thank you Izzy! ". She gave him a kiss on the cheek, which caused him to blush furiously afterwards.
T.K. was next in line. " You were always like a big sister to me Mimi. I'm going to miss you ". Mimi kneeled down at eye level with him. " Don't worry T.K., I'll be back real soon to visit all you guys, I promise. ". T.K. smiled at her and gave her a hug.
Tai was the next to step up. " It just won't be the same without your whining Mimi, "he joked. ". " Thanks Tai ". There was a hint of sarcasm in her voice. " No, but seriously, we are going to miss you Mimi. ". Mimi smiled. " I'll miss you too. ". She hugged him then gave him a gave him a peck on the cheek.
Matt was the only one left to say good-bye. " Well Mr. Ishida, can you quit being a rebel long enough to give me a hug good-bye? ". " Sorry, but I don't give hugs ". He extended his hand to her instead. Mimi gave him a questionable look. " A handshake? Well I guess that's the best I can expect coming from you. ". She shook his hand and then pulled him into a hug. " I'm gonna miss you Matt ". " Good-bye Mimi. ". " Mimi! ".
Mimi turned to see her father waiting for her. " Come on or else the plane will leave us! ". ' Break my heart ', Mimi thought as she turned to face her friends one last time. " Bye you guys. I'll miss you! "." We'll miss you too, now go on! ". " Bye! ".
Mimi ran to catch up with her father who was already boarding the plane. Mimi took her seat behind her father and strapped herself in. As she looked out the window she saw her friends waving good-bye. She couldn't believe it was happening. She was really moving. She was more anxious now than anything could have ever made her in the Digital World.
She knew there wasn't anything she could do about it now. She would just have to come to grips with it. So 13-year-old Mimi Tachikawa took one last look at the place she had called her home for so long before the plane took off.
End Flashback
Mimi kept playing the event over and over again in her mind. Her father was just pulling up to their new house in a city called New York. " Come on honey, we're here. " . Mimi snapped back to reality to see her father holding the door open for her. She slowly got out of the car and took a good look at her new home.
" Well? What do you think? ". She turned to see her father taking her suitcases out of the trunk. " It's...great dad. ". " But ? ". Mimi took a deep breath. " I just don't understand why we had to leave Japan. ". " Honey, I told you. My new job is here, in America. I know it's been tough for you ever since your mother died, Heck, it's been tough for me too, but you'll come to like living here, you'll see. And we're going to live in the kind of house you've always wanted to live in. " He flashed smile . Mimi gave him a small smile in return. " Come on honey, the truck'll be here any minute with the rest of our stuff so we had better start taking our suitcases into the house. ". She closed the car door and began to help him with the suitcases.
As Mimi's father took the last suitcase out of the trunk, his cell-phone rang. " Uh Princess, why don't you head on in to check out the house while I take this call? "." Sure Dad " was the reply and with that, she climbed the foyer to the front door. Mimi's father took his cell phone out from his pocket.
Sam's POV
As Mimi headed up the stairs, I took out my cell phone.
" Hello? ".
" Sam? It's Adam. Did you guys make it there alright? ".
" Everything went smoothly ".
" When are you planning on telling her? ".
" I think I'll tell her tomorrow. I mean, telling her today might only make things harder for her ".
" You know you can't delay telling her any longer ".
" I know ".
" We'll show up there at 5:00, ok? ".
" 5:00's perfect ".
" Alright, see you tomorrow".
" Bye ".
Mimi's " father " put his cell-phone back into his pocket, closed the trunk and took the last suitcase inside.
Mimi's POV
From inside of the house I had heard some of Daddy's conversation. I didn't really mean to eavesdrop, it just sort of ...happened. But from what I could tell, he and the person on the phone had something to tell me, and it must be something important for Daddy to want to stall. I just hope that it's good news because moving here is bad enough.
I heard Daddy coming up the steps and I quickly went into the kitchen to make it seem as if I were really checking out the house.
" Hey Princess, did you pick out your room yet? ". Daddy was just walked through the doorway and put down the suitcase." Not yet. Dad? ". " Hmm? "." Who were you talking to on the phone? ". " That? Uh, it was just an old friend of mine. He's coming here tomorrow to see how we're doing.". " Oh ok. I'm just gonna pick out my room upstairs and start unpacking my stuff. "." Alright, I'll get the rest of theboxes from the moving truck. ". With that he exited through the doorway and made a beeline towards the newly arrived movingtruck.
Normal POV
Mimi went into the family room and began to climb the spiral staircase. At the top, she saw four doors and decided to explore the first one. She opened the door to find a very large room with white walls and a marble checkered floor. There was only one window, which was located at the south wall. One the wall to her right there was a door, which led to a walk-in closet. ' Now this is my kind of room. '. She smiled and shut the door behind her, moving on to the next room.
The room turned out to be a bathroom. It was a fair size and had a clawed bathtub with a showerhead. There were two entrances, the first was the one she entered the bathroom through, and the second led to another room.
The third room was similar to the first, but instead of the marble checkered floor, the tiles were white and the walls were liberty blue. The closet to her disappointment, was also a bit smaller the the one in the first room. She wanted to inspect the final room of the second floor before making her decision, so she tried to open the door, but before her hand reached the knob she heard her father calling her from outside. " I'm coming! ".
She walked down the staircase and jogged through the front door. She spotted her father and a few movers near the end of the truck carrying some boxes. " Can you help us carry this stuff inside? ". " Sure thing ". Mimi walked along the path to the curb where the truck was parked and climbed into the back to retrieve a few boxes.
Without thinking, she pulled out one of the bottom boxes in a stack, causing the ones one top of it to fall. She dropped the box she had in her hands and threw them in front of her, as if to catch one of the boxes or to stop them from falling. That's when she noticed that something was wrong. The boxes had stopped in mid-air, as did the box she had dropped a few seconds ago. Her eyes widdened as she examined the boxes. " Dad! ".
She jumped out of the truck to fetch her father. " Dad, there's something really weird going on in the tr- ". She stopped when she saw that her father was also frozen in place. She looked around and saw that the movers weren't moving either.
She began to panic and climbed back into the truck to move one of the falling boxes, hoping that it would break the freeze. As it turns out, she was right and in moving the box the others unfroze, falling to the floor in the process.
" Mimi? ". She heard her father calling her name from outside the truck. " Mimi, are you alright? What happened? ". Her father was now standing in the truck's back entrance. " Dad, you won't believe what just happened! I was standing here in the truck and I... ". " And you what? "." ...knocked over some of the boxes by mistake. I think I broke the music box Mom gave me ". " Oh it's alright honey, I'm sure that we can fix it if it is broken".
He climbed in to check the damage, but found that the music box wasn't even in any of the boxes. " Mimi, the music box isn't in here ". " Are you sure? Because I think I remember putting it there "."It's probably in one of the other boxes, we'll look for it later". " Alright Dad. ". Mimi picked up some of the boxes she had dropped and her father helped her.
Mimi had decided not to tell her father about what truly happened because she decided that it was best for her dad not to know about it. Well, at least not for now. But one thing she kept wondering was how everything just...froze. Did she make it happen, or did someone else? And if it was her who did it, then what was happening to her?
She decided not to trouble herself with the whole situation and forget about it. But no matter how hard she tried, all day her mind kept wander back to what happened one the truck.
" I guess I'm gonna have to tell my Dad about it tomorrow, " she thought aloud while sitting on her bed that the movers brought in a few hours ago, along with the rest of her furniture( and yes, she chose the first bedroom if that's what you're wondering ). " Although he'll probably think I'm going crazy. Who knows? Maybe I am going crazy ". She glanced at her clock and saw that it was getting late. She left her room and went downstairs to see that all the furniture had already been moved in.
" They sure did this pretty quick, huh? ". Mimi turned around to see her father standing near the kitchen door.
" Yeah, they finished a lot faster than expected ". " So all that's left to do is unpack the rest of the stuff and of course we'll get the paint for your room next week. Did you pick what color you want? ". " Hmm, I think I want a Chinese theme, so I guess red and black would be good "." What? No pink? I'm shocked ". " Don't get me wrong, pink's still my favorite color. It's just that it'll be a nice change of pace painting my room a different color ". " Hey, you're the one who's going to have to sleep in it, not me. "." Well I just came down to say good night and to get a glass of water before I go to bed. "." Alright, good night Princess. I'm just going to watch some T.V.or do some paperwork or something ". " Good night Dad ".
Mimi went into the kitchen and poured herself a glass of water. Then she went up the stairs to get a white tank top and pink silk pajama pants. She took a quick bath, dried and dressed herself, and went back into her room. She tied her hair in a ponytail, leaving two strands in front and turned the lamp on the night stand next to her bed off. She tucked herself in and slowly drifted into slumber
Author's Notes: Hi, yeah I know, it's kinda short but come on, it's really late and my fingers are hurting. But don't worry, I'll update really soon. Coming up: Mimi's getting ready to meet her brothers in the next few chapters. R&R ( yes flames are accepted ).