Chapter 1

Mirrored

-Len's POV-

I looked outside the carriage window and saw beautiful scenery. I could tell we were on a pathway on a mountain since we were so high up and there was a village visible to my eyes. It was simply wonderful!

All of a sudden a couple of tweeting birds started flying right in front of the window. I followed them with my eyes, wondering where they would go. They flew straight to a something huge, enormous, gigantic.

It was a castle ruling over the little village houses before of it.

I let out a small peep from my mouth in amazement; I didn't even notice that there before. That somehow caught my older sister's attention. She peered through the window and saw the castle as well.

"Wow! I didn't know we were moving to a kingdom!" she had a British accent. As a matter of fact, I did too, and so did my parents. But now that I think about it, I don't ever recall knowing anyone without it.

My sister dragged her body closer to the carriage window and she was blocking my view too! "Hey! I want to see more, too!" I shouted.

"Too bad!" she barked. "You had your chance. It's my turn to look outside!"

All of a sudden, the wind started blowing and my sister's long blue-green twin tails started smacking my face. I was about to say something but my mother had beaten me to it.

"Miku, be careful! You might fall!" she warned.

My mother was an elegant woman, unlike my goofy older sister, Miku. And plus, she has blond hair like me. And Miku inherited her blue-green hair from our grandfather, instead of our father who had brown hair. Sometimes others would think that Miku isn't even my sister since her hair color wasn't close to mine or my parents. But I guess that's just genetics.

"And look, you're squishing your little brother like an insect," my father added. He was sitting right next to mother. "You have your own window, too."

"But there's nothing to see in my window," Miku complained. She moved back to her seat and I could finally feel my face again. Not to mention my legs, she's been using it as a stool the whole entire time. She's may have a small body but she weighed like an elephant!

My parents glimpsed at each other and sighed simultaneously. "Here, let's switch seats, you'll get a view from my side," father said.

"Thank you," Miku purred and switched places with father. Now, I'm sitting right next to father and mother is sitting right next to Miku. We were the only ones inside the carriage. We were a complete and ordinary family.

A few moments not too long from the new seating arrangements, my father decided to announce something. "I hope you two are excited," those words were obviously for my sister and me. "Because we're almost there," he finished his sentence and smiled.

That reminds me, I've been looking at the window this whole time that I had completely forgotten about our surprise from father. All that Miku and I know is that we're moving today. I wonder what this surprise is all about.

I turned my head back to the window and tried to ponder hard about any hints father had given us onto what the surprise is. "Oh well," I whispered under my breath. In a matter of minutes, we'll be finding out anyways.

I rested my head and closed my eyes. I'll just put this behind me for now, I'm getting tired.

-Rin's POV-

I could feel it. I was finally being born into a world of darkness.

I opened my eyes for the very first time and looked down. I couldn't see my feet, just some parts of the flurry and poofy white yellow dress I was automatically wearing when I was born.

And as my head was down, I noticed I was standing in a middle of a bright pathway.

No, I was wrong. It wasn't a pathway; it was a gleam of light from somewhere. Where was it coming from? There was nothing in this world that could possibly cause it. It was so bright, I was completely hypnotized by the warmth it gave out.

It was so beautiful that I had decided to follow where it leads. I turned my head back up and stared at the path I had chosen. Looks like I have a long way to go.

And from there on, I set off.

-Len's POV-

I blinked continuously and I tried to process what just happened. Everything just happened so fast that nothing was making any sense anymore.

I tried organizing what mother and father had told my sister and me a moment ago step-by-step inside my head.

When my mother and my father were young, they were very much in love. However, grandfather did not approve of this because as the inheritance of the throne for the kingdom of Diolacov—which is also our family name— he was told to only marry another who was also a royal. Mother was just an ordinary woman in Diolacov and father was a prince who was the next to rule the kingdom. It was not against the law in this kingdom for a royalty to marry a peasant but grandfather was against it. And from that my parents were both banished from Diolacov and my father's brother became the next in the throne.

Now, grandfather finally received the news that mother and father has two children, a sixteen year old girl and a fourteen year old boy, my sister and I. He decided to invite us back to his kingdom and offer his forgiveness.

And finally, we're here being told with this story.

I was dumbfounded by this story. It was too farfetched but I could not deny the fact that there is a possibility that this was true.

I felt so stupid at the moment so I decided to turn to my sister who was right next to me. I was surprised when I looked at her; she had completely lost all emotion from her face. It was surprising since she would always have that goofy smile on her face no matter what happens. For this matter, I was expecting a huge grin from the amazing news. Looks like I don't know my sister that well.

But I noticed I was calm myself.

"But," mother began to say. "We have yet another surprise." Mother and father stood back to the sidelines, revealing a set of stairs that eventually cut in half, leading to opposite directions. It was filled with detailed designs that looked like it was based off of a beautiful garden. There was also a huge picture of a married couple with two little boys. The beautiful woman with red hair was sitting on a wooden chair and the man with blue-green hair was standing beside her. The two boys were on the other side of the woman with serious faces. They all had serious and emotionless faces.

Using the information I have gathered so far, I'm going to take an educated guess that the two boys are father with his brown hair and his younger brother with his blue hair and the man and woman in the picture was grandfather and grandmother. I have never actually met my grandfather or anyone related to father, and I guess it's too late to meet grandmother considering the fact that father told us she died a few days after his brother's birth.

All of a sudden, a young lady walked down the stairs. She had short brunette hair with a rose placed gently on the right side of her hair. She was wearing a dull red dress with black laces. As soon as she reached the bottom of steps, she stopped and smiled at my sister and me. Her bright smile seems to have brightened up her dull dress quite a bit.

"Good afternoon, my name is Mieko Sakine Diolacov," she bowed for a moment and raised her once again. "I am eighteen years old and I am your cousin. It is an honor to finally meet you all." She smiled once more.

I could hear my sister squeaking beside me. She had always wanted a sister and finding out that she has a female cousin would make the same effect. I knew she just had the urge to hug Meiko.

"Can I come out now?" a male voice echoed throughout the spacious room. It seems to have come from the opposite set of stairs that Meiko had come from.

Meiko slapped her palm to her face. I could hear her whispering, "You twit. You weren't supposed to say anything."

Apparently my sister did not know where the voice came from and started to look around the room. Looks like she's back to her normal goofy-looking self.

My mother cupped her hands around her mouth and slightly shouted, "Yes, you can come out now!" Her hands made the voice grow louder and made a booming sound with it. Someone should come up with a device that goes along those lines someday.

A boy wearing an extravagant blue clothing began to walk down the stairs. His hair was all fixed to mostly one side, the right side. Everything about his clothing was blue. His face somehow reminded me of my sister, though they look nothing alike. Maybe that specific resemblance that I could see was a little proof that we might be related as well.

He finally reached the last step. He stood beside Meiko, he was only a few inches taller than her.

He placed his right arm in front of his stomach and bent his body a little acute angle. "Good evening as well. I am Kaito Shion Diolacov." He was finally introducing himself to us. "I am currently seventeen years old; it's a privilege to finally meet you all." He brought his body straight up again and moved his hand towards Meiko's direction. He didn't point; he just brought his whole hand towards her. "She is my lovely older sister and I am guessing that you already know that we all share the same blood."

He brought his arm back to his side and smiled at his sister. He didn't turn his head, he just moved his pupils towards the direction where she was.

Meiko was smiling too but her eyes were closed. I could feel there was an awkward atmosphere between those two. It was as if they were communicating with each other mentally. Their conversation went somewhere along the lines of:

"How was that for an introduction," Kaito said.

"Don't get your hopes up, we just started," Meiko said.

But what do I know? I can't actually read their minds.

"I guess you met everyone," a man suddenly appeared out nowhere.

It was him. It was the little boy in the huge painting, but at the point I am seeing him, he has grown a lot. This was my uncle.

-Rin's POV-

This is useless. No matter how far I walk, the distance I go through is still the same. The amount of light washing over my body is still the same. The warmth is still the same. The negativity is still the same.

I dropped to the ground. I don't even think there was a ground; I just fell on empty space. I stared at the gleam of light right beside me, it was hopeless to reach its main point.

It was cold inside but my life span wasn't dying out. I took my hand and place it on my chest. I could feel my beating heart for my escape in this meaningless place.

Why was I born in the first place? There was nothing here, my life was meaningless. There was no way I could ever live here. No food, no water, no shelter. There was only oxygen.

I was about to drop my hand, but it was stopped by a string attached to my neck. What was this?

I sat down on my knees and used my free hand to hold the string up so my other hand could escape. It felt like a bunch of circles attached to each other to create a certain flexibility.

As my hand freed its way out, I used it to grab the string. I suddenly noticed there was something dangling from it. I brought it up to a level where my eyes could see it.

It was painted with gold. No, it is gold.

I stood back up and walked towards the light, still holding onto the necklace. I had no clue why but I could feel my heart beating even harder. It was as if I was excited that something was going to happen.

I stood in the middle of the gleaming light and held out my necklace. I could see it perfectly. That thing was in indescribable loops. It started glowing on the light, it was a beautiful sight.

You know, that was the first time I ever saw a G clef.

-Len's POV-

Our introductions have ended and I'm glad it was. Not that I didn't like it, but it was taking forever. It was quite entertaining actually. Especially when my sister started getting overly excited and hugged our cousin Meiko because she finally has a "sister" that accordingly means "cousin" to her.

Right after that, no one could ever pry her off of Meiko. She was really happy to finally know that she has a female relative. Kaito even attempted to help get her off but I warmed him it would be impossible. And of course, I was correct.

Back there, we found out that grandfather is in this very castle. He just doesn't want to be bother for the time being. He's been waiting for our arrival but apparently something very important came up and he needed to have a meeting with someone from another kingdom. I wonder what he looks right now. Will he accept me as his grandchild? A child that knew nothing about my own family and grew up to be an ordinary boy?

I sighed at that thought. But anyways, right now, they said we were allowed to tour around the castle but just try not to touch anything. They asked for any assistance but I've always worked alone and I would like to keep like that.

I ended up in an endless hallway filled with doors that all looked the same. This was getting me nowhere so I decided to open up one of the doors. I doubt opening up doors were in the "do not touch" category.

The door was unlocked and I saw a strong gleam of light from a window. That gave me a hint that I was on one of the sides of the castle. My eye sight blurred from the light for a moment but I eventually adapted to it.

The room was empty; it was just painted white with a window on the side wall. I entered the room and sighed. Then I noticed there was something right in front of me. It was a giant sheet covering something that was taller than I was. The sheet was seeing through though and I could tell it was a mirror.

I ignored it because I really had to let it all out now. It's been a long journey it's better to do it now that no one is around.

I took a deep breath and took out a necklace that I hid under my brownish-yellow coat this whole time. The necklace was an F clef. I breathe out and closed my lips for a moment, then finally I—

Sang.

"Alone in a room with nobody,"

This was a song that I have been writing since I was young.

"I stare at the sun going down,"

Singing has been my passion.

"Overwhelmed by sudden loneliness."

This was a song that I have been putting together for years.

"I sing a melody…"

But I never told anyone. I work alone and only alone.

"The nameless song…"

-Rin's POV-

"…gently soothes my mind."

My eyes began to widen as I suddenly heard a voice.

"There are no words for anyone to hear."

I clutched onto the G clef necklace even tighter.

"It's a song all my own."

All of a sudden the voice began humming and from that second, I felt my heart begging to melt into the song. Why was I feeling like this?

That voice gave me a sudden urge to run, to run towards the light.

So I did.

As I ran, I noticed I was getting closer towards the light and warmth. Finally.

For the very first time, I grew a smile on my face. I was so happy.

I got to the end of it. There was an oval life border blocking my way. It was barely see through but I could see a boy singing with all his heart.

He got to the next verse and I listened closely.

"Alone in a room with nothing, I stare at the dark room."

My heart beat faster once again, I felt like he was singing about my situation.

"To get my mind off sudden silence, I sing a melody."

I wanted to sing too.

"The nameless song gently fills the room."

I wanted to sing The Nameless Song.

"It's nothing for anyone to know, it's a song all my own."

I know what it is!

He got to the humming part again. The melody was too great; it was the very first song I have ever heard. I couldn't take it anymore.

-Len's POV-

The song was almost over and the humming for the final part and the longest part of the song. It was the most important part.

I began to hum and at the same time, I realized something was harmonizing with my hums. But I didn't bother to stop. The song was almost complete and this was the very first time I ever got to sing it. I would rather let it last.

Finally the song ended, at least for my part.

There was someone else that still continued to hum and I was certain that it wasn't me.

I felt my heart skip a beat. Some has been listening to me this whole time.

I froze for a moment and then looked around the room for anyone humming. I even looked outside the halls and outside the window but there was no one there.

Finally the humming stopped but I still didn't stop trying to find where the humming came from. Was I being too naïve and stubborn?

But you know, there was one place I haven't checked yet.

I gulped and turned towards the sheeted object. I thought it was a stupid idea but I had to take the chance. There must be something under there. But what could it be?

-Normal POV-

Len Kagamine Diolacov got closer to the sheeted object and grab onto it tightly. He didn't know what could be under it. He was afraid.

He gulped once more and made his final decision. He took one of his hands and clutched his necklace for luck. Then he flipped the sheet from the life sized-oval shaped mirror and before him was a beautiful young lady that looked quite similar to him. Her position was the same as his. Left hand was holding her necklace and he was holding his with his right hand. The only differences were the clothes, the hair style, and the genders.

Len could not believe his eyes and the girl on the other side was feeling the same way. Their eyes were both wide and their mouths were slightly open. This just had to be a dream.

They both simultaneously thought of touching the glass, their hands slowly decreasing the space between them.

Their hands were moving the same way at the same time rate. This was impossible; this just had to be a dream, a very realistic dream.

A few movements later, their hands finally met without touching the glass. Len backed away but Rin kept on going with the same facial expression.

"Wh—" Len was too speechless about what just happened. It was unbelievable.

The girl escaped from the mirror.

Len had completely frozen in front of the girl. The girl did the same. Len thought he was the only one in shock but the girl was the same. They were looking straight into each other's eyes in complete utmost silence.

"W-who are you?" Len finally asked.

"R-Rin Kagamine Diolacov," Rin answered unknowingly. She didn't know why she answered. Actually, she didn't even know her own name before she answered. It was as if something told her to say that. How could a girl that was just born that day possibly know her own name?

Len was completely shocked by this. Was this a joke? Or more reasonably, a dream?

A girl just came out of a mirror and now they're having a conversation.

However, they did not know what lies before this 'forbidden harmony'.

~To be continued~