A/N: I started writing this in my creative writing class that I had last year. (I'm now in advanced creative writing.) The prompt was hope. I did the best I could in our 15 minute time frame. I let you know where I ended in class. I hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: If I owned Spirited Away I wouldn't be posting this on FanFiction, nor would I be a teenage girl.
I hate it here!
Ever since we were stuck in the spirit world for a week my parents have no memory of it at all and they blame me for us being late to our new house.
I'm an outcast at school since all I do is read and draw.
What I draw the most is Haku, in either his dragon or human form.
I also Rin [1], Kamaji, the susuwatari, Boh, No-Face, Zeniba, and Yubaba a lot.
I miss them all so much.
Every so often I get letters from them.
They are mostly from Haku and Rin, I have quite a few from Zeniba and No-Face, a few from Kamaji, and some from Boh and Yubaba. She only sends letters to me when Boh does because he doesn't know how to write yet so she just writes what he wants to say and adds something from that she wanted to add (she is surprisingly nicer now). I always write back.
I leave my letters on my dresser because that is where I find the ones from them.
One night I had woken up and I could have sworn I saw some of the susuwatari on my dresser. Some of them waved at me and I waved back, not entirely sure if I was dreaming or not.
Those letters are the only things that are keeping me from going crazy.
It has been 5 years since I saw them.
Every year I have gotten some gifts from them on my birthday and Christmas. No-Face and Zeniba send hairbands and baked goods, from Rin, Yubaba, Boh, and Kamaji I get art supplies. A few years ago I got a susuwatari from Kamaji, I named her Ichigo. Haku gave me beautiful clothing and jewelry, which I hide from my parents. My favorite is a midnight black kimono that has an emerald colored obi and has a white dragon with a forest green mane curling itself on the fabric (the head is on my right shoulder in the front and the tail is at the bottom hem in the back). When I wear it the dragon looks like it's hugging my waist, it always looks like it shifting a little there even when I'm not moving, and is smiling at me.
(A/N: this is where the stuff I already ends wrote and the new stuff begins)
When I look out my window I can see all the way to the gate that leads to the spirit world and far beyond the gate.
I can see the boats that carry the spirits, the food stalls, the bathhouse (I even see smoke coming from the vent that leads to Kamaji and the boiler room), sometimes the train, and if I'm lucky I can see all the way to Zeniba's cottage, sometimes I see her and No-Face working in her garden.
Sometimes, late at night, if I look out my window and the sky is clear I see something long and white with a little bit of green at the top fly across the sky. I know deep in my heart that it's Haku.
One night I snuck through my window to sit on the roof to enjoy the bright stars and full moon. As I watched the sky I saw him. He was close enough so I could almost see him clearly, I could see his outline and some of his features. I think he saw me because he stopped for a moment. I waved at him with a huge smile on my face. I wanted to call his name, but I didn't want to wake my parents. He bowed his head when I waved. I heard one of my parents get up so I had to go back into my room. I whispered a goodbye to Haku. I know he heard me.
That was 2 weeks ago.
I really want to see all of them again.
My parents are leaving for a cruise in a few days, maybe I can try to get back then.
A/N 2: I hope you liked this first chapter. Please tell me what you think. I appreciate the feed back, unless your feedback are flames.
[1] This is Lin's original name, at least the name she is listed under on this site.