Hey guys, Champion of the Divine Sun here with an Animal Crossing story. It's something that I've been mulling over during October. I was inspired by WindRyder1's "The Nightmare of Aika," so I had asked them if I could use their characters in my story, and they agreed.

I hope you guys enjoy this.

Disclaimer(Update: 11/21/17): The characters Kosei, Kenshin and Mel, the town of Seaside, and the events of AC: NOA belong to WindRyder1. I only own the town of Mira and the humans within it.

Note: I guess that this should count as a spiritual sequel to the WindRyder1's "The Nightmare of Aika." If they are reading this, I hope they like this beginning.

Reflected Nightmare

To the mayor of Seaside:
I invite you to the quiet town of Mira for some advice. I've only been mayor for a few days now, so I wanted to speak with someone more experienced than I. I hope to see you at the station.

-From Mayor Torii

Kosei reread the letter again, considering the letter's offer. If this mayor needed advice, it may be best to take a look of the town before saying anything.

"Kosei, you can't be seriously be considering it." The boy looked up at the girl before him, who brought him out of his thoughts. Her eyes showed concern.

"Agreed." The boy next to the girl said. Kosei only sighed in exasperation. As mayor, it felt right to help another one, especially if they had no idea on what to do. However, he understood why his friends were acting this way. They were both broken by a series of events along with two other mayors.

"If you two going to act like that, then why not come along with me? I need to notify Isabelle about this."

It only took a couple of minutes for the three humans to get to Town Hall, but when Kosei showed the letter to Isabelle, her reaction was what they didn't expect.

"M-Mira? You got invited to Mira?" She sounded nervous before clearing her throat, probably steeling her nerves. "I'm afraid I can't let you, sir. It's a town that shouldn't be accessed by anyone freely."

"Why? Is it similar to Aika Village?" Mel asked, fear evident in her tone.

"Oh no, not in the slightest. It's just not easy to accept its existence, that's all." Isabelle lied, but Kosei persisted.

"If the mayor wants advice, that I will give it. But I can't do that unless I see the place itself."

Isabelle glared at him, before relenting. She sighed dejectedly. "Fine," she grabbed a slip of paper and wrote something on it before signing, "Be sure to get signatures from both Luna and Shrunk before heading for the station."

She handed the slip to Kosei, who looked at it.

I hereby grant the following people access to visit the town of Mira:
Mayor Kosei of Seaside
Mel of Seaside
Kenshin of Seaside

Signed,
X Isabelle
X
X

It took much longer to get Shrunk's, and even longer for Luna's. There was something about this town that was making them agitated.

By the time, they had gotten the signatures and packed their things, it was almost one in the afternoon. Porter was looking at them worriedly.

...

They took their seats, and Mel immediately spoke. "Alright, what exactly is wrong with Mira that made them act like that?"

Kenshin shrugged. "Isabelle said that it wasn't like Aika Village. We'll be the judge of that."

Kosei only stared out the window, seeing the fences of other villages and the darkness of tunnels. Around ninety minutes later, the train slowed and stopped. The three got off, and the train abandoned them.

"Welp," Mel said, "there's goes our escape route."

Kosei swatted Mel's arm before leaving the station, but caught the flag's design. It looked an altered rose flag.

"Hmm…"

"We have guests, Solis." A black-haired boy whispered.

"Indeed, we do, Umbra." A lavender-haired girl whispered back.

"If only we could visit them…" They whispered in unison.