Have you ever wondered if there were other worlds? Different from our own, but at the same time similar. This is the story of two twins, as they stumble upon such things.
Spring, the all around refreshing season after winter that most seemed to look forward to. For students, it meant school was soon to end. For parents it meant no more shovelling ungodly amounts of snow.
However, for two twins, all spring meant was spring cleaning.
On this particular morning, in a dusty old attic, a girl around the age of 17 hummed to herself quietly, long brown hair swaying back and forth as she moved. She was supposed to be cleaning, but it was more like she was searching through the old things up there. After all, she had school today! Spring cleaning could wait until after.
Finally, the girl stopped over what appeared to be a box. Curiously her light green eyes read over the ivory letters strewn about the box's lid. She mouthed the words 'Mystique' before letting out a somewhat agitated sigh, "How old is this thing? Dad should really clean this out...I mean, if it's up here he probably doesn't even use it!"
As she continued her musing on the strange little chest, someone poked their head through the attic door. Despite the fact this person was male, he held an uncanny resemblance to the girl above. Minus the unmentionables and long hair that is. He called out to her, "Arisa! You're going to be late for school, and so am I if you don't hurry! "
Arisa huffed a little, calling back, "Just a second Rai. Even if I don't hurry, all we'll miss is the morning club activities!"
Inspecting the chest a little more, she opened it up, ignoring her twin's whining about how "It's not my fault if they kick you out then." And "Come on, Arisa! Dad's waiting." Once she had, two little emblems gleamed up at her. Taking them out, she looked them over. One appeared to be designed with the insignia of a bow and arrow, while the other pictured a blade of some sort. Closing the lid, she made her way over to the impatient teen.
Carefully, Arisa kneeled beside him, "Take a look at these Rai."
Not quite in the mood to ignore his sister, Rai took the emblems from her hand, being careful not to fall off the ladder, "Yeah so? Dad probably just left 'em up here. Nothing special."
For this he received a gentle glare, "That's not the point. I just figured since I'm in archery and you have kendo, we could wear these."
He seemed to think it over for a minute, but finally said, "Why not. Heck, we might make someone jealous!"
Hooking the emblems to their shirts, the twin's heard their father's car honk obnoxiously, clearly stating he was tired of waiting. So, without another second wasted, the two quickly raced the whole way-making sure not to trip down the ladder-grabbed their bags and left for school.
Fortunately, the twins had made it in time for both their morning clubs, and their day went rather smoothly from there. Admittedly, Arisa had one test, and had possibly failed it, but that was okay. Well, as okay as bombed test could be anyway. During lunch, they had gone to a play rehearsal and had somehow ended up wearing the outfits for the rest of the day, by request of one of Rai's more annoying friends, as Arisa put it.
By the time they got home, both were rather worn out. As they stepped through the door, the twin's mother greeted them cheerfully, "Welcome back kids. How was school today?"
Never one to deny their parents an answer, Arisa and Rai smiled, speaking in unison, "It was alright."
The older woman nodded knowingly before she noticed the clothes they still had on, "Hm? My, what are you two wearing?"
While Rai stood there confused, Arisa caught on rather quickly, looking down at her rather...medieval attire. Ah right. They had neglected to tell their parents that particular aspect of their school life hadn't they. Elbowing her brother, for he'd finally caught on, Arisa explained, giggling, "It's for our school play, Hamlet."
The twin's mother hummed in approval, "O~oh I see. That sounds nice." The older woman paused for a moment, "Oh, Arisa, Rai. Those weapons you have for it, I assume...you can just put them in the attic for storage if you want. Actually, I need to you to go up there anyway."
Both groaned. Right, spring cleaning. How could they possibly have forgotten? Simply nodding both resigned to their fate and trudged up to the attic, starting the near impossible-Well maybe that was an exaggeration- task of cleaning their rather ancient attic.
Arisa moved steadily, whacking the dust fiercely with the feather dust she'd gotten downstairs. She might as well start with the easy job after all. Moving out loads of boxes could wait. However, the sound of things simply being tossed and overturned behind her caught her attention soon enough. Those definitely weren't the sounds of cleaning after all.
Lo and behold, Rai was digging through the piles of clothes, tossing them behind himself, opening and occasionally over turning random boxes, and if she didn't have the common sense she did, Arisa would have thought her brother was sorting things. Stepping over the mess, she tapped her brother's shoulder with slightest irritation. He turned his head slowly, "Yes? Wha—"
Rai never got to finish that sentence, for whether he had meant to or not, all his digging had triggered something, and as an impossibly bright light shone all around them, the twins soon lost consciousness.
A/N: Fixed, again, because I can't seem to stay satisfied with anything that includes my writing. And somehow, this just seems sooo much better than the original. I still have 4 more chapters to fix though, so don't expect much in the terms of the time it'll take to finish everything up. I can do it if I put my mind to it.