Hey everyone! Thanks for the great reviews and favorites for "Happy Birthday, Minato!" This is my first multi-chapter story! And there will a little add on that will change this story some. Hope you enjoy! Note: "This is talking," This is thoughts.

Disclaimer: I don't own Atlus or Persona, just the plot of this fanfiction

Prologue: And So It Begins

MAPOV

4/6/09 Subway Train in Japan

"Last stop: Iwatodai. I repeat, last stop Iwatodai."

The announcement woke me up. I had fallen asleep on the subway train that was taking me to my new dorm room. I still had "Burn My Dread" playing on my MP3 player.

What time is it? I pulled out my phone. The clock read 11:55 pm. Why did the flight from Tokyo have to be cancelled? Normally, I would have been asleep right now, especially since I had school tomorrow. But with a cancelled flight, what could I do?

I looked around. There were only a few people on subway this late. The closest person was some guy my age who looked liked he was from the US. He looked like he was taller than me by a few inches, he had brown hair, a little longer than a buzz cut, and he wore a UNC Tarheel basketball t-shirt and blue jeans. I wonder what he is doing in Japan.

As the train stopped and the doors opened, I saw the kid walk towards me.

"Is that the Gekkoukan High School uniform?" It was the first thing I had grabbed this morning, because I was hoping to go their today to get some paperwork out of the way.

"Yeah, I am transferring there this year. I'll be a junior."

"Cool, same here. I just had my uniform in my suitcase." This kid is going to Gekkoukan? It was a very prestigious school in Japan, but I don't see why he would go here.

"How did that work out?" I asked him as we exited the subway.

"Well, I'm from the US, but I have always wanted to study in Japan. I was able to find a scholarship for Gekkoukan and after I convinced my parents, I was on my way. What dorm are you staying at?"

"The Iwatodai Dorm."

"Same here, that's cool that we ran into each other." He smiled. It was not a big and crazy smile, but it made me feel more at ease with the stranger.

I smiled and reached out my hand. "My name is Minato Arisato. Nice to meet you." He reached out and we shook hands.

"Nice to meet you too. My name is…What the crap?!" Suddenly, the lights shut off and an eerie green glow covered the area. My MP3 player cut off as well. But the creepiest thing was that the water in a nearby fountain had turned red, like blood. I was shocked by the sudden change, but it also felt familiar.

The kid pulled out his phone and checked it. "It's dead. I thought I charged it." He looked up at me and asked, "Does this feel familiar to you, like you've been here a time or two?" I shook my head.

"It's strangely familiar, but let's get to the dorm." I said. He replied, "Yeah," and followed as I walked to the stairs to street level.

It was even stranger up there. There were a lot of coffins that lined the street as well as pools of blood, and the moon was colored in a strange green and emitted a green glow.

"Dude, I think this places loves Halloween a little bit too much," The kid piped up as he pulled out a map.

"Yeah. Where do we go from here?" I asked.

"We go…that way." He pointed off to the left. "Come on, let's get moving." He walked ahead as I walked behind.

Several minutes later, we arrived at the large building. It would have looked nicer if it didn't have that green glow.

"Here it is, the Iwatodai Dorm." He said with a smile.

"Geez, I lived here ten years ago, but I don't remember this building."

"You lived here? Was this green glow always here?"

"I don't remember." I said, but I thought to myself, Did this green glow exist?

"Well, let's go inside." He opened the door to let me in, so I entered first, shortly followed by him.

"Welcome. I have been waiting a long time for you." This kid with black hair, blue eyes and, strangely, a white and black striped shirt that reminded me of a prison costume came to view.

"You have?" The kid behind me said. "Sorry, our flights were delayed."

"Anyway, if you wish to proceed, please sign there." He snapped his fingers and motioned to the nearby receptionist's desk. There were two red folders, which opened on their own, revealing two pieces of paper with some writing. "Don't worry. It just says that you will take full responsibility for your actions. You know, the usual stuff."

I walked over and sure enough, the contract read: "I shall take full responsibility for my actions." On the line below, I signed. The kid came up afterwards, looked over the contract for a little bit, shrugged his shoulders, and signed his respective contract. I tried to catch a glimpse of his name, but suddenly the little boy had both of them.

"Time does not stop for anyone. It delivers us all to the same end. You can't just plug out your ears and cover your eyes." He turned his hand and the contracts disappeared. "And so it begins." He stepped back and then melted into the shadows.

"That was…interesting." I said after a few moments of silence.

"Yeah, but what did he mean by…" He tried to ask about was interrupted by someone yelling at us.

"Whose there?" We turned to the stairs and we saw a girl who was our age standing in the stair way. She had brown hair, a pink blouse, a skirt, and what appeared to be a gun attached to her hip. She walked towards us a little; she seemed nervous. "How are you two..? Don't tell me…" What is this girl talking about, and why does she have a gun?!

Suddenly, she pulled the gun out, and I was shoved out of the way by the kid I had arrived with. I thought I was dead, but then…

"Wait, don't!" The girl turned around and the kid and I looked past the girl to see a new girl. She seemed to be a year older than me. She had red hair, a white shirt, and a skirt. As soon as she spoke, the green glow faded away, the lights turned on, and I heard "Burn My Dread" resume on my MP3 player

"I didn't expect you to arrive so late," she said as she moved closer to greet us.

"My flight from Tokyo was delayed." I replied.

"Coming here from the US is a pain." the kid beside me responded.

The redhead just smiled a little. "My name is Mitsuru Kirijo. I am one of the students who live here."

"Nice to meet you." The new kid and I were surprised we said this at the same time.

"Who are they?" asked the brunette.

"They're transfer students. It was a last minute decision to assign them here. They will eventually be moved to a room in the boys' dorm." Mitsuru replied.

"Is it ok for them to stay here?"

"I guess we'll see..." Mitsuru motioned to the brunette. "This is Yukari Takeba. She will be a junior in the spring, just like you two."

Yukari bowed slightly and said,"...Hey."

"Why do you have a gun?" The kid asked straight forward.

"Huh? Well, it's sort of like a hobby." You have one strange hobby there, Yukari. "Not really a hobbit, but..."

Mitsuru helped her out, "You know how it is these days... It's for self defense."

"That makes sense," he replied.

"It's not a real gun," Mitsuru added. Could have fooled me. "You must be tired. You two should get some rest."

"...Oh. I will take you to your room," Yukari chimed in.

"Room? I thought the brochure said this dorm had one student per room," I said.

"Normally, that is the case. But there was a mistake on the 2nd floor. The two rooms were joined and we never thought to fix it," Mitsuru answered.

"Well, lead the way, Yukari."

She lead us to the 2nd floor and stopped between the two doors at the end of the hall.

"Here it is This will be your room. It's pretty easy to remember since it is at the end of the hall. Any questions?"

"What was the contract for?" The kid asked.

"Does that little kid live here too?" I asked.

"Huh?" Yukari looked confused. "What contract and what kid?" Great, she has no idea what we are talking about. "You both must be dreaming or something."

I looked over to the kid and we both passed each other a concerned look.

"Hey, when you were on the way here, was everything ok?" Yukari asked.

"Yeah," we both replied.

"Alright. I know you have other questions, but let's save them for later, 'kay." She started to walk way and called back, "Good night." The kid and I, though confuused, decided to enter our room.

You could tell it was meant to be seperate rooms. There were two of everything: two beds, two sinks, two mirrors, two closets, two sets of drawers, two desks, two computers, and two sets of identical looking calenders. Our luggage was already here, my stuff was on the bed to the left side, while my new roommate's stuff was on the bed at the right.

"This was a very interesting day." I said as we changed into our sleep clothes.

"Yeah, but what did we sign ourselves up for with that contract?"

"Let's find that out later, I'm beat."

"Same here...Oh yeah! I forgot to introduce myself with all the craziness that has happened." He walked over to me and reached out his hand. "My name is Nick Howarth. Nice to meet you, Minato."

I reached and shook his hand. "Nice to meet you too, Nick."

Nick smiled and climbed into his bed. "Good night."

"Good night." I slept soundly that night. But, little did I know, a crazy adventure was just getting started.

Yes! For those of you who haven't read my profile, my name is Nick Howarth. No, I don't have a ego problem for throwing myself in this story. I have just always dreamed about throwing myself in a video game and helping out the characters. And what better way to do that than with the awesome Persona 3: FES. I will warn you, my life is crazy right now, so I have no schedule for writing this story. Please be patient as I will try my best to update new chapters. Please read and review! Hope you enjoyed the prologue!