DISCLAIMER: I do not own DDR, but I kind of wish I did. :o

YEAY! My DDR fanfiction has now been started! Now, listen, I looked at tons of sites and even other fanfictions to get ideas of the character's personalities and everything but if you see any flaws then let me know. But this thing was calling out to me! I swear, I've been having ideas everywhere. XD Also, you may notice that I won't describe clothes much, because I find that I'm bad at it, but you know what the characters look like anyway... right? Don't worry, I'll try my best! XD And, as for their ages, I looked around for these too, so... I'll just go ahead and mention them in the fic since I'm going to be using quite a lot of the characters XD Including my favorites, Akira, Yuni, and Emi.

The main summary of this story is: A girl named Natsumi Kuzuki has moved into a new town, where she has no friends until she finds a lost little creature out in the streets. She finds out that it's called a PiX, and she comes from the planet Velocity. Soon after, she meets the DDR characters we all know and love. But it gets really good, so read! XD Now, without further ado... chapter 1! (Natsumi is 15, by the way, and some of her friends that she knew in her old town are based on some of my friends in rl.. only their names have been either changed into random ones or her nicknames XD 'Kayshuttingupnow)

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Chapter 1- Memories and a New Phase of Life

"Natsumi, I'm going out!"

"Okay, mom!"

It was usually like this. Natsumi's mom was never home, and even when her parents were still together, her dad was hardly ever home, either. So, Natsumi had to find her own ways of entertainment most of the time, which was usually playing Dance Dance Revolution with her good friend Moe. But, her good friends lived far away now, and so everything was going to be different.

Her mom had chosen the summer as their time to move. That way, there wouldn't be any... awkward school transfers. Natsumi would always be saying "Take what life throws at you, sometimes you just can't change things," but now just seemed... different than before. For the next 15 minutes or so after her mom left, Natsumi was looking at cards and random little things she recieved before she had left. She dug out a photo of her and her friend standing next to each other next to a big tree at a park with ice cream treats in their hands. On the back, it read:

"Hey, Natsu, don't get too upset, what with leaving and all. I'll be calling you every once in a while, and you can call me, so we can still keep in touch. Remember the tent, whore!

Moe"

Natsumi sighed, photo album spread out across the living room floor. "Well, I could always explore this place to get to know it better and all... as long as I don't get lost," Natsumi thought to herself. She knew her mom was going to be gone the whole rest of the day, maybe not even home until very early in the morning the next day. Natsumi didn't mind being alone, but she couldn't stand being bored. Lazily leaving her scattered cards, photos, and other things on the floor, and deciding to pick them up later, Natsumi grabbed her purse with certain items- like her wallet and things- in it, and left the house, locking the door behind her. She had left with her casual clothes on, which was a light blue T-shirt, a jacket over it which she had recieved from her dad before moving away, and dark blue capri pants.

This town, or, more like a city, had been much larger than the little town she used to live in. As her mom was driving her and other things over to their new house along with the moving truck following them, she noticed that this town had a large number of arcades and dance clubs. She didn't pay it much mind at first, but it would all begin to make sense to her. The purple-haired teen girl was going through a tough phase in her life. She'd seen a lot of this in movies and TV shows and everything, but she didn't know it'd actually happen to her. As she was walking, she thought she could hear the sound of a little girl crying. She thought that maybe it was her own imagination, since she was all tied up in thought and all, but when she heard it again, she knew that maybe she wasn't just imagining it this time. She tried to figure out where the sound was coming from, which caused her to lose track of where she was going, but she didn't really care. As she got closer and heard the sound again, which was louder this time, she found 3 boys who were throwing rocks and trash at a small girl. The boys looked to be 10 or 11- typical, immature boys- and were laughing and giggling and shouting things like "Ha, look at the freak girl cower in fear! Freak, freak!" while the small, uniquely-dressed pixie-looking creature was crouched down on the ground, hands over her head, trying to protect herself. She couldn't run away, for she was cornered against the wall of a building. "PiX doesn't like this! Young, human males are being cruel to PiX!" The creature shouted. She pleaded a few times for the boys to stop, but they ignored her cries.

Natsumi wanted to do something. She didn't like how the boys were tormenting this young creature, and it reminded her very much of how she used to be treated at school. Angry emotions flared up, and so she walked up behind one of the boys and tapped him on the head. "Hey, you, what exactly do you think you guys are doing?"

The boy turned around, the others eventually turning around with him. "And just who the heck are you??" He asked in a rather rude manner, "Another freak girl?"

"Hey," One of the other boys said, "Maybe this is the freak girl's older sister, here to fight us for hurting her younger sister!"

"Or maybe..." The third boy joined in, "She's the freak girl's freaky MOTHER!"

"Nah, she's way too young," The first one replied, "Unless that's how they' re supposed to look. They are freaky, after all."

Natsumi sighed. Never would she understand young boys. "Look," She said, "Stop being immature and just leave the poor girl alone. She did no harm to you."

"But that's where you're WRONG!" The second boy shouted, "She harms the whole entire WORLD by being a a FREAK! And if you're actually going to HELP this freak out, then that means that you're a freak, too!" Soon, all three boys gasped and shouted in unison, "RUN AWAY FROM THE FREAK GIRLS!" The three boys then all ran off behind the building they were near, giggling and snickering along the way.

"Stupid boys..." Natsumi muttered under her breath, and then slowly approached the still-crouched creatue on the ground. She got down to her knees to the creature's level and asked "Hey, are you all right? Did those boys hurt you too much?"

"... It's safe to stand up now?" The girl sat up and turned around to face Natsumi. "Human female came to save PiX?"

"Yes, the boys are gone now," Natsumi replied, "Are you lost?"

"PiX is lost from her home planet. She does not know how she got to this planet who the beings here call 'Earth'. But she thinks it's safe to tell this to the female human who decided to help PiX. She would like to ask, if it's not too much, if the human has a name?"

"Oh, I'm Natsumi. And I'm guessing you're PiX?"

"Well, that's what we are called, us creatures, but I do not seem to have a name, so you can just call me PiX. Unless Natsumi has a good nickname for PiX!"

"Well..." Natsumi looked at the purple coloring of the PiX's outfit, and thought for a moment. "How about... Violet?"

"Ooh! Violet is a pretty name! PiX likes it!" The little creature replied. "PiX wants to say thank you! Or, should I say, Violet wants to say thank you!" She stood up and instantly hugged Natsumi, who was still at her level, since the PiX had been much smaller than Natsumi.

"Hey, you know, now that I have nicknamed you, you might as well stay at my house if you want. At least until you find a way back to your home planet."

"... Is it really true?" The PiX asked with big, glistening eyes, "Natsumi will give a home to PiX until she can get back to planet Velocity?"

"If you want, I mean, it's not too much of a trouble to me. My mom's always away, which will make it even easier. But, if you ever are home when she is, then make sure to not let her see you. I'm going to try and keep you a secret from her."

"You mean PiX won't be a trouble to Natsumi when she tries doing this?"

"Well, I mean, if my mom ever did find out, she wouldn't really care, anyway. But it's just to be safe."

"... Violet the PiX is very grateful to Natsumi..." She said, giving Natsumi another hug, this time clinging to her shirt. "Just make sure no more young male humans get to her again," She added fearfully.

Natsumi giggled a bit. "Don't worry, if they ever get near me again, I'll make sure they regret ever messing with innocent girls again!"

PiX giggled along with Natsumi. "Yay! Natsumi will get them!"

"Now..." Natsumi said, getting back up, the PiX sitting on her shoulders, "I kinda lost track of where I was going when I was looking for you... so I might need to ask for directions."

PiX got kind of worried when Natsumi said this. "Is it PiX's fault that Natsumi is lost?

"No, I'm new here, so this was bound to happen." Natsumi decided that she would ask a random shop or person for directions, like her dad did when he was driving her somewhere in their old town. As she was walking, PiX on her shoulders, she eventually started quickening her pace, and in her haste and thought, she all of a sudden bumped into a person on a sidewalk next to a clothing store. The PiX nearly fell off of Natsumi's shoulders, and the person who she bumped into dropped a bag she was carrying. "Gah, I'm so sorry," Natsumi immediately said, picking up the bag for the blue-haired girl she ran into and handing it back to her. "I don't know where I'm going or what I'm doing. My apologies."

"Oh, it's all right," The girl replied, smiling, "But are you lost?"

-End of chapter 1-