Chapter 1: Kagami
It's 3 am in the morning. The clouds have just begun to spread apart and let a little moonlight in. It's not very bright, considering that it's almost morning. But it was just enough to wake Hoshino Kagami from her sleep. Kagami couldn't sleep very well for some reason that night. Almost as if she feared the next day. Tomorrow, well today now, was the Annual Parade for her school, Kisagari Academy. Kagami and her class, Class 1-A, were going to dress up as ghosts and other scary things for the parade. Ghosts and Vampires would surely be running rampant in her school tomorrow, knowing the boys in her class.
She lay awake, not knowing how to get back asleep, when she heard footsteps out in the hallway. Her little sister, Hisa, walked through her doorway. Kagami sat up as she looked at her sister's tiny face.
"Hisa-kun, what's wrong?" she asked her younger sister. Kagami's younger sister was 4, and the two siblings shared many resemblances. They both had short, wavy hair and hazel eyes. Hisa did have bigger eyes, but that was only because she was so young.
"I-I had a nightmare" Hisa cried quietly. Mi-chan was the name Hisa gave Kagami when she was 2. She couldn't pronounce her name correctly, except for the Mi. So Mi-chan stuck.
"I'm here for you, Hisa-kun," Kagami hugged her sister. As her sister's breathing got quieter and quieter, Kagami also fell into a deep sleep.
The sun shone brightly outside. Kagami sat up confused, as Hisa looked at her.
"Mi-chan fell asleep too. I knew you were restless. I could sense it." She hopped off Kagami's bead and went downstairs. Kagami stopped, confused. She could sense she was restless? Kagami shook her head to clear the thought as she went to put on her school uniform. At school, she would put on the costume.
Sweet smells of pancakes with chocolate chips filled Kagami's nose as she walked into the kitchen. She couldn't wait to eat. She also was now excited about today. She was totally ready to be a representative of Class 1-A. Her mom looked at her smiling face, and laughed.
"No need to be so excited, sweetie," she tried calming Kagami down. Her eyes shone with laughter and Kagami could tell that her mom loved that she was ready to go to school.
"Mom, why wouldn't I be excited? We're going to be the scary people of Class 1-A!" Hisa giggled in her seat as Kagami tickled her. Her mom laughed as well, knowing that there was no stopping the boundless energy that Kagami now had.
"Well if you eat quickly, then I guess you can get to school quicker." Kagami took that to heart, and finished her pancakes in 15 min.
The walk to school was boring. Kagami usually walked alone because her friends didn't live close enough for her to walk with. She sighed quietly, looking up at the sky. The sun shone, but Kagami still had that feeling of something being off. Her short hair blew in the breeze, making her feel better. Today was going to be a good day. All she had to do was make sure she wouldn't mess up the parade.
Still... Why was she feeling so anxious?