PERSONA

CHAPTER 1 – Questions left unanswered

Every dream started the same…. I'm always chasing after him…. A boy with blue hair…. But whenever I call his name…. he never answers. I can never remember the name that I called when I wake up… but I know I've heard it before… Every dream started the same… except for Today… June 24th 2010… My dream started differently…. Instead of chasing the boy, I was in a small room filled with the slight scent of lilac. The walls were lavender colored, amongst the walls, there was a big window with an unusual pattern… In front of that window there was a strange looking man…. He sat there silently and just stared at me…. Even when I asked him questions or talked to him… After several moments of silence, the strange looking man stood from his comfortable-looking blood red chair, and handed me a key. It wasn't terribly big, or terribly small, but it looked strange somehow… He told me to come back anytime , and I woke up, startled…. When I fell back asleep, I did not dream…it was the first time since 2009.

"Mmmmmnnn" Rikku Ikari groaned as she stretched her sore body. She must have fallen asleep on the train. Her light pink carry-on bag was sitting on her lap, and her backpack was on the seat beside her. The seats were just big enough so she could fit on them, and they were some sort of green-ish, blue-ish, brown-ish color that smelled suspiciously of cat pee, and unwashed socks… or that smell could have originated from the fat man across from her. His appearance was slovenly and unkempt, he had several stains on his white button-up shirt, and most were un-recognizable. The rest of the train car was fairly empty except for another young girl who looked about her age,a middle-aged man with a briefcase and a suit on, and another man with newspaper covering his face. Rikku wasn't surprised at the little amount of people considering how early it was.

Rikku was on her way to her new high school: "Kenjirro Academy". It's an extremely elite school, so basically: "No average people allowed" which didn't make any sense to Rikku when she received a letter in the mail from the Academy about two months ago telling her that they have reviewed her grades and wanted her in the school. Rikku got average marks. If she was lucky? Slightly above average. She thought it must have been a mistake, so she called the number on the letter and the chairman said that it was no mistake and they look forward to having her in their school. Still confused, Rikku decided to go along with it. Either way, she was getting a scholarship to a school that only accepts intelligent people, and people with special talents. Incidentally, it's extremely hard to get into.

After about an hour of just staring out the window daydreaming about what the school will be like, the train came to a sudden stop. All of the sudden, a chill ran down Rikku's spine, and ran up her arms giving her shivers, and goosebumps. Then, the lights shut off completely, and all the automatic blinds shut leaving it completely dark inside the one seemed fazed by it, no one seemed to even notice. She figured it was just some kind of malfunction until she heard loud heavy footsteps coming towards her. She started getting a bit scared at that point. She then slowly slid her hand into her short shorts pocket and felt for her small pocket knife.

If whoever it is tries to hurt me, or anyone else, I'll stab him!

She thought.

As the footsteps became heavier and louder as if they were almost infront of her, she started desperately searching through all of her pockets until she felt her back pocket. She felt something bumpy, so she prayed since it was her only hope, and she pulled it out of her pocket grasping it as tight as she could.

Suddenly, everything turned white. She saw only white, and was all alone. She felt the key in her hand. It was the key the strange man gave her in her dream… She started getting a bit confused.

"Well, hello there. We meet again" Said an eerie but calm voice.

Suddenly shadows started forming as if objects were in the white room. Then all of the sudden everything started fading into the room she was in, in her dream. The room with the big window with the strange pattern, the blood red chair and the desk, the strange looking man, and now a kind looking lady with dark red hair and purple eyes. Rikku looked around a bit startled.

"Oh I'm sorry, where are my manners? Please, have a seat" The man said. Suddenly a chair appeared behind her. Confused and worried, she sat down seeking some answers from this man.

"Hmm, it seems you will awaken to your true power very soon. Perhaps I should give you the answers to the questions you seek so desperately…" He trailed off.

END OF CHAPTER 1