-Episode One-

~So It begins~

" Haru… Wake up, your going to be late!" The voice of a woman called. The sun shined threw the window of a small home, landing on a small girl lying on a messy bed. Rabbit pillows where everywhere on the small bed and she snorted wrapped in blankets oblivious to the woman yelling at her. Her room was small, a bed, a small desk with papers all over it across from the bed, and a pair of drawers against the window with clothes hanging out and a bunch of stuffed rabbits on it. A knock at her door, followed by another knock; finally a woman with long purple hair, glasses and a long white dress opened the door. Quietly, the woman stopped at the girl's bed, looking down at her and looked around the room with a sigh. " …. It looks like a hurricane when threw… And I just cleaned it yesterday…." The woman thought, once again looking at the sleeping girl the woman took a deep breath. "HARU!" The woman yelled, the older woman's voice ringing in the small room. "YAAA" The girl, named Haru yelled her red eyes opened big. Trying to sit up, the blanket wrapped around her pulled her down causing her to fall out of bed with a thud, the blanket falling on her face. The woman lifted the blanket off the girl's face, seeing swirls in place of the normal eyes the girl had. "Haru…" The woman said. Haru blinked the swirls out of her eyes, looking up at the woman kneeling over her. "Mamma… Why did you do that, you almost gave me a heart attack…!" Haru complained, unwrapping herself to get to her feet. Haru was a fairly small girl with long, curvy, white hair that became more pink half way down. The girl had red eyes, with a long pink sleep gown with a rabbits face winking design on the chest part. Of course, Haru's chest was a bit smaller then the girl liked, but small bumps were still visible. Haru's mom, said nothing, just reached for a small rabbit alarm clock on the drawer and held it in front of the girl's face. "Its six thirty…. Wait… doesn't school start at seven?" Haru said, getting a shocked face. " … I'm going to be late…" The girl let out, franticly going threw her messy drawers, throwing cloths every where, a pair of pants landed on her moms head as the woman stood watching. " …. "The mom slightly took the pants off her head, and touched her daughter's shoulder gently causing the girl to turn around. Haru got a face of horror, seeing her mom look at her with big purple eyes and purple hair flowing around devilishly. "Haru….I'm going to kill you if you keep making a mess…!" The mom yelled, hands on her hips. "Ekk!' Haru let out with frightened tears in her eyes, nodding nervously at her scary mom. "Good, now get dressed… Or you will be late…" The woman said the devilish aura fading as the woman put on a kind smile. Putting a hand in the girl's dresser, the mom pulled out a navy blue school top and bottom while looking at her daughter. " … B…but how did you?" Haru asked. How did her mom find it so easily, when she couldn't? "Because…I'm super mom! Hahaha… "Haru's mom laughed, and then handed the clothes to her daughter. "Now… Get dressed, breakfast is getting cold…" The woman said, walking out the door with a last smile to Haru. " … I fear her more when she's calm…" Haru let out, putting on the uniform. Today was a first day for Haru, herself with her mom and father had just moved to this town. It was on a small island, just east of japan, apparently even the island its self wasn't well known to others in Japan. Haru looked on her messy desk, looking at a small book with sad look, and looked threw it. It had pictures of several girls, and other students around her with smiling faces, making Haru look even sadder. "I wonder how they are doing…We had to move here so quickly… I barely got to say good bye…" Haru said to herself. Moving some papers around, Haru pulled several other books from the mess that had pictures in them with dates going back years. " .. It seems like every year we have to move…. I wonder why?" Haru asked, putting all the picture books together and walking out of the room. The small house had two bed rooms, and a kitchen serving as the dinning, and living room at the same time. A small TV was on the kitchen counter, with her dad and mom sitting at a small table watching. The kitchen itself was fairly basic, with a small stove, a refrigerator, with a small counter top the TV was on. One thing was noticeable, it all sparkled with neatness. "Good morning Haru…" Her dad said. He was an average build man with neat black hair, and a suit on as he ate a piece of toast with eggs on it. "Good morning," Haru said sitting at a place next to him munching on the toast and egg there. On the TV, a news lady was talking about something that had happened with clips of damaged buildings. "What happened…?" Haru asked, looking to her mom and dad. "Looks like there was some sort of fire or attack in a city across this island… Some buildings were damaged… But, they are still investigating…" Her dad said. Haru and him looked at the TV, as a clip was shown of the city were a good few blocks of damaged buildings. "… What are those things…?" Haru asked, looking at the TV as some puff like things floated by the camera of the reporter.

"What things…." Her dad asked, looking at his daughter with confusion. "Haru… You only have ten minutes to make it to school…It's your first day to, "Haru's mom said, coming up to her daughter in a rush handing her books. " Wait…" Her dad said standing and handing something around his daughter's neck. Standing back, he let Haru look down at the little rabbit pendent know hanging around her neck. "Haru… I know that my job has me moving a lot…. But, try to have fun… "Her mom said, coming up and hugging her daughter soon joined by the dad. The mom, obviously, had a play with the pendent to as it seemed planned. " … I know that your job moves you a lot… but its okay…, "Haru said, grasping the pendent feeling happy even if she suddenly felt like crying. " Come on… All take you on the way to work…" The dad said, as the two walked out the door in a hurry. "It's a nice day," Haru said, getting in the family's little white car. Around the house, was thick brush and trees? Of course, other small houses, and even shrines were near by. Going down the street, they soon came out of the woody area, into what looked like a normal street way. There were shops, buildings, lots of cars, and walking on the side walks. "Its a lot smaller then our last town, but its more cozy, "the dad spoke." huh... That's a weird bird... "Haru said, looking out the window were a white one eyed bird sat on a street lap." Your imagination is running wild again... "The dad laughed like she was imaging it." I'm not imaging it… "Haru said quietly. Ever since she was a child, sometimes she would see weird animals like that; it had been a while since her last sighting Thu. "Ha-ha...just don't let it rule your attention, you got to pay attention... "Her dad laughed. The car stopped, Haru looked out seeing a tall white building, and it was the middle school she was going to. Haru, gulped nervously, this part was always hard. "Don't be nervous, you'll be fine... At the end, try to find someone to walk home with all be at work till late," her dad spoke giving a smile. Getting out of the car, Haru looked ahead at the large building, she turned as her father waved good bye and drove off. 'Well, it can't be to bad can it? Last few schools, the first day went well…' Haru thought to herself. "Hey, watch out!" Haru heard she looked just in time to get out of the way of a green haired person who almost tripped. The person held several papers in there hand, and for a moment looked like they were going to drop them. The stranger, then dropped there papers, as they lost there balance trying to avoid Haru. "Oh, I'm sorry…" Haru let out, beginning to help pick the papers up before they blew away. "No…no it's my fault for not watching where I was going…Hey, are you new? I haven't seen you at White bird middle school before?" The green haired person asked. Haru couldn't tell if it was a boy or a girl, but they had short green hair that swirled at the neck with a uniform that Haru wore. Like Haru the skirt went to the mid thigh, and the shirt was long sleeve with a red tie around the neck that came to a neat knot at the front. Only thing not like Haru, was the person had long thigh high green socks that went until the skirt ended. And, it looked like the person's chest was completely flat; it was hard to tell if it was a she or he. The most impressive thing about this person was they had almost sky blue eyes, if not baby blue. "Y…Yes, this is my first day …. My name is Haru," Haru said introducing herself to the new person. "Haru-Chan? Cute name, its good to meet you, my name is Mori," Mori said with a smile. "Yes…It's nice to meet you…" Haru began to say. Until, Mori looked at her watch, and looked freaked out as the bell for the school rung. "Ahh…I'm going to be late… Captain's going to have my head…" Mori said taking the papers from Haru. "Thank you…Sorry but I have to run…" Mori said, slowly walking off until they disappeared into the building. "Opps…It is late," Haru said looking at her own watch, and ran to the building. There were all sorts of people crowding the halls; some gave Haru a glance as she passed them. Inside the school, it was a basic multi level building with multiple halls and rooms for classes. On the bottom floor, was a locker room with shoes for the halls, then the cafeteria, and the pool area were on the bottom floor as well. Haru's class was on the second floor, third room which she came too quickly. Taking a deep breath, Haru opened the door seeing a young looking woman standing behind the teacher's podium in front of the board. "Oh…You must be the new student… Come in come in…" The woman spoke when she saw Haru. Quietly, Haru went in, looking at the students sitting in there seats as the teacher talked. "This is a new student, Haru-Chan. Please, make her feel welcome…." The teacher spoke, as the other students looked at Haru with fairly friendly looks. It was a small class; about seven students were sitting in the class. "I've heard you've lived in a few different places before coming here… Mind telling us about your self…" The teacher asked, looking to Haru. "Really…Were did you come from before here?" Haru heard on of the male students ask. "Well, I was born in America. But, my parents move a lot cause of my Mothers job, so we've been all over. We lived in America for a short time, before moving to Tokyo for a bit. Then, we moved to Germany and then France for a year…" Haru said nervously, putting on a light blushing smile. "Ohh cool… Can you speak French?" One of the students said, sounding interested. "Oh no… we weren't there long enough," Haru said still a bit shy. "That is interesting Haru-Chan, sounds like you've been just about everywhere. If you can, take the open seat at the end," The teacher spoke kindly. Nodding, Haru walked to pass some of the students to sit next to the window at the end of the class room. To the right of her, was a big chested girl with green eyes and long black hair. "Nice to meet you, Haru-chan…" The girl gave an odd smile. " … Yes, it's good to meet you to…" Haru said with a shy smile. "Don't think your cuteness will win everyone over…" The girl said with a sly smile. "Don't mind her, Mary is just likes to tease…" A girl sitting in front of Haru spoke. "Hey…I do not," Mary said with a puffed cheeks and turned away looking angry. " …" Haru looked not sure one what to say. The teacher began the lesson, and Haru began to take notes, soon feeling bored sadly. Looking out the window, Haru gave a start; seeing another one eyed white bird flying around over the volley ball court. The teacher noticed, calling on Haru to answer a question to seeing she was paying attention. It was a question on grammar, and sadly it was Japanese grammar something Haru was very poor at. So, of course she got the question wrong, getting a pay attention from the teacher. "He he… See, cuteness doesn't always win out…" Mary said with another sly smile. Haru, blushed, and went back to her notes. Soon, thankfully lunch came, allowing Haru to get up and go to the small court yard just outside the main hall. All sorts of students sat under trees, and around the fountain eating lunch. Finding a spot around the fountain, Haru got the bento box her mom made for her. It was rice, with some scrambled eggs and cucumber pieces with a tomato in the middle. Haru ate quietly, noticing most of the students were eating with out saying much. Taking a sip of the melon soda, at that time a large shadow came over the ground darkening the fountain, trees, and students eating. Choking on the soda in surprise, Haru looked up seeing a large red creature fly over head. It was high enough in the sky to not give off any details of its body, but low enough for its obvious size to give off that shadow. "Ahh…" Haru let out in shock. But, the red figure disappeared into a gold ring like thing that appeared, and it was gone. "…Are you okay…?" Haru heard, causing the young girl to blink in confusion as she looked around. All the students eating lunch in the court yard were looking at her, looking either confused or scared of the sudden yell Haru let out. "…Um…that shadow…?" Haru let out, like she didn't understand how that wasn't noticed. "…Is your soda old…?" One of the students let out; obviously no one else noticed it. Haru, looked at the bottom of the soda, and indeed it was several years old. Haru proceeded to hold the can upside down letting the old soda run out. "Maybe that was it… Sorry…" Haru let out in embarrassment. "It's okay, it happens…" One of the students said with a smile hoping Haru wasn't too embarrassed. "Fear not, my lady…" Haru heard from behind her. "Huh?" Haru let out, turning around seeing a person with a long rifle in his hand. "Ahh!" Haru let out, getting back quickly. Only to notice, none of the other students reacted at all, as if it was normal. " … Umm" Haru let out. Looking back at the person with the rifle, it was a tall guy with blond spiky hair. He had blue pants, with a neat white button up shirt, and oddly enough what looked like a white sailor's hat. "Don't be afraid my lady, for I shall eliminate what ever is causing you fear," The guy said, up front noble like. He wore a proud smile, and a bunch of girls gathered around him with odd expressions, Haru could practically see the hearts in there eyes. "Captain!" A familiar voice called out, as a green haired person running up to him. "Captain! You know you can't go around campus waving that gun around… The teachers have to talk to you about it," Mori said in a nagging like tone to the guy with the gun. "Ohh Mori-Chan…You know I can't ignore the cries' for help… What good am I being the captain of the guns club, if I am not willing to use them in defense of our fellow students…" The captain said proudly. Then, turned to Mori and putting his face with in an inch of the green haired person's. "Plus…keep nagging me and all have to punish you…" The captain said with a smirk as Mori's face turned red. The crowd of girls, all let out sounds of aww at the scene. "Come on captain, not in public…" Mori said red faced. ' … Now I have more questions on Mori…' Haru thought with blush watching this. Mori, noticed her, and smiled getting over the teasing of the captain. "Oh Haru-Chan, I didn't think I would see you so soon," Mori said cheerfully as the person waved at Haru. "Hi…" Haru said awkwardly. "Oh, Haru? You're the new girl then?" The captain spoke, like he had heard of her. "Oh, you heard of me?" Haru spoke surprised. "Well of course, with our small town, transfers are rare. So, when we get one, everyone hears of it. You're a cute one thu, so all let you come into our fort…" The captain said with a polite bow. "…Don't mind him Haru; he's the captain of the gun club on campus… He's harmless; he just gets really into it…." Mori said noticing Haru was a little taken back. "I…its okay, I don't mind. It's good to meet you…" Haru said oddly, not sure what to call the guy. "Please, call me captain madam…I've been learning about guns ever sense I was small, so I've earned that title… Now if you will excuse me my lady, I must be returning to my patrol…" The captain said with a wink and turned and marched away. "Wait for me… Captain…" Mori said, proceeding to follow after the man. "See you later Haru-Chan," Mori said waving as the person went into the school. ' Those two are interesting…' Haru thought, noticing then other students heading back into the school as well. She quickly put her stuff away to head back to class, when she saw a couple of one eyed birds on the statue of the fountain. "…It's my imagination," Haru thought to herself and returned to class. In her seat in class, the teacher went on about the lesson, but Haru couldn't help but bring her mind back to what she saw earlier. That big red thing, what was it? And, why was she the only one to have saw it, it couldn't really be the soda right? It seemed as if a moment had passed, and the teacher was explaining the home work as the bell rang and students got up. Haru could hear them talking about the clubs they were going to, and what to do after school. Gathering her things, Haru prepared to walk out of the class room with the students and put on her normal shoes and walked out. "Going home Haru Chan?" Mori asked, coming up to her out of no were. "…Oh… Yes, my mom will worry if I don't get home…" Haru said a bit odded out. "Oh okay…If you ever want to join the gun club let me know…I'm sure the captain wouldn't mind…" Mori said with a cheerful smile before heading to a building near the court yards. "Thank you…" Haru said, waving at Mori. Walking forward, she got a glimpse of what the surrounded area looked like as she started walking home. It was a small town, with a bunch of small homes, and a bunch of trees looking like it led to a forest. The area Haru lived in was a lot more bundled then this with some shrines and more forest near. Standing at a stop light waiting to cross, Haru noticed several of those one eyed birds flying over head getting her to jump startled. Then, a gold gate appeared over head as the red figure flew threw it; the white birds quickly flew at it. "…What's happening…That can't be in my mind…" Haru thought watching from below. The red figure seemed to fly threw another gold gate, before flying back threw another one as if it was trying to out maneuver the birds. Looking around with obvious distress on her face, none of the people walking or driving cars seemed to notice. Looking back up, she caught the eye of the red creature as it looked down. " … Huh…" Haru let out surprised, feeling sweat going down her head. Okay, this wasn't in her mind; the red creature flew towards the heavy forested area the flock of birds following. " …" Haru with out thinking began to run towards the forested area. Going beyond the trees, civilization seemed to stop as there were no houses beyond that point. Going threw the trees, the red creature was circling ahead, now much lower to the ground. "Hey!" Haru called out. The red creature looked at her, now closer Haru could make out what it looked like. It was a big red dragon, its wings, horn tips, and tail tip looked to be covered in gold. "Human… So you can see me? Leave this area at once…" The dragon spoke in a loud ancient voice. "Wait…What's going on? What are you…?" Haru began to speak. When she heard chattering from behind her, turning around horror struck her face as she saw several of those one eyed birds coming at her. "Ahh!" Haru let out, ducking as a bird narrowly missed her head with a sharp beak. "It's to late…" Haru heard the dragon speak. It let out a loud roar, making Haru cover her ears, letting out a yell. The birds flew together combining in to a very large one eyed bird. The dragon let out a weak breath of fire at the bird, who divided its self into the flock to avoid the blast and rejoining to collide with the dragon. It let out a loud, pained roar; Haru could see the bird tar a large hole into the dragon's side. " …" Haru looked in shock and horror, as the dragon disappeared as if fell from the sky. Hearing a large bam, as it collapsed onto the forest its large body snapping trees and creating a large smoke cloud. Terrified, Haru looked up seeing the large bird coming at her, Haru screamed as she ran further in to the forest. It didn't take long for her to see the large body of the dragon resting on the ground, its body was massive, Haru felt tiny coming up to its head. The hole on its side was bleeding like a red stream on to the grass and shrubs; its breathing was labored with pain and exhaustion. "Stupid human…Run… I tried to draw its attention back to me so you could run…. Stupid human…." The dragon spoke, opening one of its massive eyes to look at her. "…I…I'm sorry, I don't know what's going on…I'm frightened…" Haru said, feeling tears going down her face from fear. "I wouldn't expect a human to know…It involves things not of your world or knowledge…but it seems my end is here… If only my energy hadn't been wasted in running in-between worlds… that bird wouldn't have been anything…" The dragon spoke with much regret in its voice. "…Wait…Don't die how can I help you?" Haru asked, in concern voice still shaking with fear. " … A human, asking to help me? That's funny…Don't humans normally fear the dragon? Aren't we seen as evil by your kind…?" The dragon spoke; its eyes were starting to fade its life force obviously weak. "How can you be evil, you tried to help me...And it's my fault I didn't run… Is it possible for me to help you?" Haru asked the dragon. For a long moment, the dragon looked at her with its big, golden eyes as if scanning her. Chattering returned, as the large bird circled above, looking like it was going for another attack soon. " … Well… the others and I have been talking of something that may be possible… But, this may not be favorable to you…And you will be getting your self involved in something far beyond your understanding…Although, I think if you don't you will not survive this either…" The dragon spoke his voice starting to weaken. " … What can I do…I don't want you to die but I don't want to die either…" Haru said getting closer to the dragon. " …. Your life is sealed no matter what, it seems…Put your hand on my blood and repeat the words I say to you…be very careful to say them correctly…. By the gate, become my stone…Blood become my fire…" The dragon spoke closing its eyes. At first, Haru didn't move but the dragon's dwindling voice provoked her to move. She didn't know what was going to happen, but if she didn't that bird was going to kill them both. "…By the gate….Become my stone, blood be my fire…" Haru spoke putting her hand in the pool of dragon's blood. " … Nothing…" Haru said disheartened, nothing happened as she spoke. "It…" The dragon weakly spoke, sounding disappointed but then opened its eyes in shock. Pain, suddenly filled Haru's small body, as the blood around her suddenly sprung up and came at her. The moment the blood came on to her, she could feel what seemed the very fabric of her being was being separated. "…" Everything went black for what seemed for a long time. "…Wake up…" A small voice called to her. ""' why does my chest feel like it's on fire?' Haru thought, slowly regaining her senses. Opening her eyes, Haru found herself lying on the ground, looking at broken trees. "Hey, get up hurry... "A little voice called again. She moved her hand in front of her to get up, feeling strange a strange weight on them. Only to see something shiny on her hands instead, getting a look of confusion Haru sat up looking at her hands. They were covered from the elbow down, in black and gold metal gloves with some odd markings on them, ending in gold claws. "What...?" Haru let out, moving her chest hurt from the movements. "Ouch!" Haru let out. "Hey" a little voice said as what looked like a red cotton ball jumped in front of her face while she knelt on the ground. "Stop looking, human... Kill that bird quick …" The cotton ball spoke. Haru looked closer; she could see a little red dragon head coming out from the top of the cotton ball. It was about the size of a golf ball, the head looked exactly like the dragons she had been speaking to. Looking confused, Haru looked to where the Dragon had been, finding it was gone. "I…is that you?" Haru asked, looking to the cotton ball like dragon again. " … It would seem so…I didn't expect you to take everything… It made me revert to a lowly dragon spirit…" The dragon spoke sounding angry. "For get that…That birds going to attack…." The dragon spoke. Haru looked up from her spot on the ground, the big white bird was circling above, and it let out a chattering noise preparing to attack. "B…but….How do I fight it…I don't know what these gloves are for…" Haru said, looking at the dragon puff. The dragon looked at her with dead panned eyes, letting out a sigh. "…There gauntlets… not gloves…. Doesn't your world teach your students on the different weapons of the world…?" The dragon asked her with a sigh. " … No…" Haru let out. An odd sensation came from her back, causing her to look seeing a gold shine from the corner of her eye. With out thinking, a red wing with a gold wing tip stretched out from behind her, it startled her. "… Wings? Wait how did I move them?" Haru asked. Looking down at herself, she found her self had completely changed. From her butt, circling around her was a thin red tail that burned at the end. It also moved with out her really thinking about it, as if by reflex. The clothes had changed to a pink top that seemed armored in some way, it made her blush a bit because the top was tight and pushed her chest up. And, a pin skirt that also seemed armored went down to about her thigh. " …. Of course you can move them with out thinking… There yours now… you don't think to move your arms and legs do you? The tail and wings is just an extra limb…" The dragon spoke, sounding annoyed that this was odd to her. Looking down at her chest, she gasped seeing a small, blood red stone embedded in her chest that shined with some sort of red light. "What's this…?" Haru spoke. Before the dragon could answer, the bird chattered from above diving down at them, sharp beak first. Wobbly, Haru got to her feet enough to jump out of the way, the dragon puff hanging on to something on her head that gave off an odd ring. "Fly up and hit it…" The dragon spoke holding on to her. "How?" Haru asked, having no idea how to fly or use what she was supposed to have. "….Tsk…Come on, your part dragon now…it should be instinct…" The dragon spoke hanging on to her head. "Try and feel that fire that should be burning in you? Use it," The dragon continued. "…o…ok" Haru said awkwardly. Taking a breath, the wings unfolded by reflex and she found herself flying off from the ground. 'This is weird…I don't have to think on moving, or flapping the wings to stay airborne…' Haru though. Moving to the left, Haru let the big bird fly passed her, still trying to think on how to feel the fire. "Come on… think of fire in your mind…" The dragon instructed. '…Okay…Fire…Its hot and burns…' Haru thought in her mind. An odd sensation came to her, like her body was heating up and the gauntlets on her arms seemed to heat up. "Okay…Now, hit the bird with that in your mind…" The dragon instructed again. "O…Okay…" Haru said, flying straight at the bird. The one eyed bird, launched its beak forward at her, Haru went along the side of it staying close to the birds head. ' ….Okay…Fire…hot…' Haru thought as she aimed a punch at the bird's chest. She felt her armored fist collide with the feathered creature, and a huge jet of flame came from the gauntlet. The bird cried, as its mid section was engulfed, as flames covered its chest. " … Good! Do it again, finish it off…?" The dragon spoke, hanging on to Haru's head. With the same thoughts of fire, flames covered her gauntlets this time; the sensation becoming more familiar. The bird began to split into its flock form, as the white birds surrounded Haru and dove at her. "Focus the sensation, and burst out," The dragon instructed. "…Okay…" Haru said, becoming a bit more confident. Focusing it more, she released the sensation, fire exploded out from the gauntlets in a bit of a sphere around her. The sphere expanded engulfing the birds, the chattering stopped as the flames cleared showing nothing but several dozen puffs of black gas. " … The birds left miasma…use it…Absorb it," The dragon spoke, as if this was something natural. "How..?" Haru asked, not sure on what he meant. "Fly to them, and breathe in," The dragon instructed. Figuring she might as well since all this happened, she flew near the clouds of black gas, and inhaled. The black gas clouds came to her, and went into the blood red stone in her chest. " … Good jobs, Human I cant believe we survived that…" The dragon spoke. Haru, felt dizzy for some reason, and descended to the ground near a small pond in the forest. Leaning on a tree, she breathed hard, catching her breath. The dizzy feeling passed after a second, Haru guessed it was just the unusual fighting she wasn't used to tire her out. Looking in the pond, she saw a reflection of herself for the first time. She saw the top better, it and the skirt had a scaly look to them, which is why it seemed armored to her. On her head where the dragon puff held on, were small pink horns with a gold bells and a long pink ribbon hanging off them. Haru could actually see the pink ribbon on the sides of her long, white hair. "I don't know how you did what you did…Other then saying the words wrong…By all honest you shouldn't be alive…" The dragon said, interrupting her from her thoughts. It was looking at the red stone in her chest, not quite sure on what happened. " … Can I go back to normal? Others can't see me like this…" Haru asked, confused about a lot of things. As she spoke, the blood stone's light on her chest began to blink, and went out. The form shattered like glass, leaving Haru looking at the pond to see her self in her school outfit again. " … I think it has a time limit…Which is something I thought would happen with this, a human can't hold another world's form for a long time. Which is why I had you get the miasma left from the birds? In our world, life grows from Miasma, and makes life forms stronger. So, by absorbing it, it should make your connection with the other world form stronger. Thus, making you stronger, and last longer in that form," The dragon explained. "Oh, and don't worry about normal human's seeing you like that, yet. You don't have enough control over those powers, to make your self visible to humans. It's a presence thing. In our world, only the stronger life forms can make themselves visible to humans at will. Before when I flew by, I used cloaking to hide myself, as to not disturb your world. Most ghosts and some yokai in our world don't have a strong enough presence in your world to fully project themselves to normal humans…" The dragon explained. "…Ohh…" Haru let out. Looking up, she gave a start to see the sun was setting, meaning it had been awhile since she got off school. "Oh no….I has got to get home…" Haru cried nervously, hoping her mom and dad weren't angry. "I got you," The dragon spoke. A gold ring went around them, and Haru was suddenly standing in her room. "Huh?" Haru let out, not sure what happened. "I am a dragon of the gate, or was…. Transporting in short distances isn't hard in this form…Although…I won't be able to go to my world for a very long time," The dragon spoke; the first part wasn't all that happy sounding. "I am confused," Haru said, summing up this whole thing in three words. " Its okay, all stick with you and help you…Its not like I can really go anywhere anyway…" The dragon said, again sounding annoyed but strangely okay with it. "But. What if my mom…" Haru began to say, sounding concerned if the mom saw. " … I just explained about presence didn't I…? No normal human will see me…If I don't want them to…" The dragon said with a shrug. " … Oh…" Haru let out, still sounding concerned but she would probably need him. At that moment, her mom walked in, looking surprised. " … Haru? When did you get home? We hadn't seen you, your dad and I were getting worried," Haru's mom spoke hugging her daughter with relief. Haru, was surprised to, she didn't expect half this stuff to happen. "…Oh…I just got lost on the way home…and came in threw the back door…I didn't want to make to much noise…" Haru answered, she couldn't tell her mom what happened. Not, like the mom or dad would believe her anyway, it would be imagination. "…Your silly…Haru…It's alright Thu…as long as your safe…I made you something for your first day," The mom spoke setting a plate of hot cookies on the desk. "Thank you mom, I'm going to bed right away…It was a long day…" Haru spoke hugging her mom good night. Shutting off the light, Haru's mom let her daughter be and closed the door. "What are these odd objects..?" The dragon spoke; looking at the plate of cookies like it was something odd. "There cookies…" Haru said not able to hold back a giggle, while putting on her rabbit sleeping gown. Taking a cookie, she took a bite of the warm chocolaty, comforting cookie that seemed to help with her tired feeling. Taking a piece, she held it out to the dragon, which sniffed in curiously. Taking a bite, the dragon got hearts in its eyes, taking another cookie in its cotton ball claws and nibbling on it. "Oh bahamut…These are delicious…" The dragon said, nibbling on it like a hungry hamster. "Your world doesn't have cookies…" Haru asked. "No…but it should…" The dragon spoke nibbling on the cookie. Haru yawned, climbing into bed feeling her mind fade to sleep right away. "… It's a good idea…your going to need it with what I got you into…" The dragon spoke, sounding guilty as he looked at the sleeping girl.