There is a well in Japan that is said to be magical. Legend says that this well can deliver any letter to any person, no matter where they may be or even if that person is already dead. It was this legend that Taniyama Mai had placed her hopes on when she sent me a letter. Believe it or not, it worked! So much has changed because of it but at the same time, so much has stayed the same...
"Huff huff huff-" Mai's breathing was labored as she walked up the steep incline to the well. If she hadn't thought that there was something to this legend she wouldn't have stopped at the base of the hill much less climb her way to the top.
'Gene, I really hope this works. If it doesn't though, you'll still have a place in my heart...'
Only a few more steps left;three, two, one, 'Made it!' There it was. An old, somewhat shabby shrine greeted Mai and she knew that inside it, somewhere near the center, was a stone well. The well of second chances.
15 minutes and two near-heart attacks later, a grubby and sweaty Mai finally arrived at her destination. 'Thank Kami-sama! I've found it.' Walking towards the well, Mai reached into her pocket and pulled out her precious cargo. A letter. Not just any letter but one addressed to a Eugene Davis.
'Good luck!' Mai kissed the back of the envelope, dropped it in the water and was engulfed in a pure white light as the past was rewritten.
In my fic 'Emotions' I mention that Mai lives in apartment 13M on the thirteenth floor. Does anyone notice anything odd about her apartment? I'll give you a hint. The letter has a certain place in the alphabet.
