A/N: Based off of Klaziki's amazing Maplestory animation 'October Children'. I highly recommend you check it out. (Uh, I sound so formal... COOKIES! There)

And... I'm adding yet another story. STOP IT, PLOT BUNNIES!

The next update of Recode Reality'll come tonight; I need to look at the puzzle and the website I usually check up the puzzle for is gone, so... yee.

The sound of a piano playing rang out through the house's hallways, passing a guy with black hair and red eyes. Well, eye- his left eye was hidden by a black patch. He wore a black jacket over a red shirt, and black pants that had slightly frayed ends to them. He shook his black hair out of his eyes, making dark brown flash out at anyone who happened to be glancing at him. "It's today, isn't it?"

"Yep- some humans might come today." The player of the piano, a girl with a red left eye (she had a bandage covering the other eye), a sheet of long black hair, and a red-gold pin clipped securely into her hair, glanced up from the piano to look at the boy, her gothic skirt splayed out on the seat upon which she was poised.

The chandelier above them creaked noisily as a girl with black hair but red streaks (normal red hair, not some other odd shade), her eyes hidden completely by a red blindfold, swung crazily, her cape dangling towards the floor and her gothic top-hat nearly toppling from her head. "I wonder what kind of humans'll come..." and she giggled.

The player of the piano shrugged again, smiling brightly. "Well, we'll see soon."

Lukas grinned at his mother, a frailer-looking woman with honey-blonde hair standing in the doorway. "I'm off to school now, Mom!"

Name: Lukas Cetolo

Age: 17

Height: 5'8"

Weight: -

"Have fun, sweetheart," she responded warmly, moving a hand to brush a stray lock of hair out of the way. If she'd been anyone else, he'd have grumbled and swatted it away, but since she wasn't, he didn't.

"Okay. Take care of yourself while I'm gone." Lukas's happy demeanor turned a bit more serious. "Otherwise you won't get better."

"Oh, I know, I will, don't worry," and his mother leaned over to kiss him on the cheek.

Lukas grinned and lifted his hand in a wave before trotting off. "Okay, bye Mom! See you later!"

Trotting along the street, past cars and taxis and other various vehicles on the sidewalk, he was suddenly knocked to the side by a man wearing dark sunglasses and a dark jacket holding... a girl's bag?

"Somebody stop him!" A girl shouted desperately, "he stole my bag!"

Irritation creased Lukas's brow. So that's why this dude was holding a girl's bag.

The man was running, but Lukas was racing after him at full speed, before leaping into the air, doing a flip, and landing on the man and knocking him flat to the floor with a squeak of pain (from the thief, not Lukas). He snatched the bag out of the robber's hands and handed it back to the girl who'd raced over to where he was standing with a small smile.

... his family owns a dojo.

"Thank you so much!" the girl thanked him enthusiastically, while the robber let out another squeak of pain. Lukas nodded and bobbed his head. "Haha, you're welcome. I got to get to school now, though, so bye."

"Bye, thanks again!" And the girl waved as Lukas gave her another nod and then bolted down the street at full speed again.

If he was late one more time, he was gonna get a detention.

I made it in time... he sighed in relief from where he was slumped against the seat, before smiling a bit, eyes shutting a bit, with a little time to spare, too.

"Hey, do you still remember that forest?"

Lukas's blue eyes opened to see two girls in front of him chatting away. "Yeah, what about it?" the other one asked, unaware that the blonde male was watching their conversation.

"My friend told me that if you go inside and say a wish out loud 3 times, it'll really come true!"

Her friend frowned. "That sounds like some weird myth."

"No, it's real! She tried it out herself before and it worked!" the first girl insisted, bouncing up and down in her seat with excitement.

"Really...? Ehh, I might try it then..."

Lukas chuckled and shook his head slightly. A wish? It sounds really childish somehow. Then his eyes softened a bit. But... if I had a wish... I'd wish for my mother to get well again.

As the last few stragglers made their way into the classroom, he leaned forward and let his cheek rest in his hand. ... maybe I'll check it out after school, he finally decided.

The forest was peaceful, birds chirping, and only the sound of Lukas's footfalls in the grass to interrupt it. He came to a stop a moment later, in a small clearing surrounded by trees and bushes, with a few glimpses of sky. In a way, it was serenely beautiful.

He looked around, before making a funny face and laughing at himself. "... haha, what am I doing here? Believing in something like this is really silly... I should just head back home."

He tilted his head, his funny face falling to a sadder, more plain one. "But.. it would be really nice if my wish could come true..." he finally added, his voice rising to the treetops before the wind carried it away. Turning around, he began to trot back out-

A hand closed around his wrist, yanking him backwards.

Lukas gasped, eyes widening as his eyes flew backwards to see a gloved hand clinging to his wrist from... what looked like nowhere. He let out an alarmed shout as he toppled off balance, to the trees, the sky, hoping someone, anyone would hear him...

But nobody came.

With a flash of light, Lukas disappeared from the clearing, his eyes instinctively flashing shut as his feet trod backwards onto what felt like carpet, a lock of hair dripping onto his shoulder. His hands were shaking, and his eyes were still shut.

What... just... happened?

A girl's voice, huskier and a little deeper than most other girl's voices he heard, sounded right in his ear, making him flinch.

"Ooh... look, Jesse! It's a boy," and on the last word her voice rose into a more sing-songy tone.

A/N: Hehehe...

This was fun to write.

x3

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