A/N: Okay here is the real first chapter. Hope you all like it. :)
Disclaimer: I don't own Crescent Moon.
Volume 07
The Descendant of the Princess Begins Her Senior Year… Part II
Autumn
Mahiru Shiraishi, now 18, and with her hair a bit longer than it was this time last year, swam in the high school pool. Over the past year she had discovered the meaning behind her dreams and her connection to the Minister of the Left's princess and while she still felt there was work to be done bringing humans and the lunar race together, she had made so much progress.
The Moonlight Bandits had disbanded as there was no need to steal. All the Teardrops of the Moon had been returned to the Moon Palace. The Morning Star had found new purpose in protecting the line separating day from night. ~ Though Mahiru had no clue what that meant.
'Despite that, I suppose they aren't a threat to the lunar race anymore. Which is a good thing. Especially for Himura. Maybe now she and Hokuto can find some peace.' As she thought this she twirled around fish and the princess appeared before her once more.
"Bring back the light to the sun, the moon… and the stars…" Her words echoed in Mahiru's ears. Then she came up for air. As she got out her dear friend, Junko, offered her a hand out of the water.
"You're still the strongest swimmer in school this year, Duckie. Looks like none of us other girls got our act together over break." Junko smiled and another girl tossed Mahiru a towel. "You'll have to win the end of the year tournament for us."
Mahiru wrapped herself in the towel and a flock of girls rushed to her for a group hug. They all shouted in unison, "Let our final year be blessed with Shiraishi's luck!"
Mahiru just smiled. 'Maybe I can share some of my good fortune this year.' After all, things had really turned out well for her. All things considered, maybe she wasn't as unlucky as she initially thought.
At lunch Mahiru, Junko, and the other girls ate sweets. Keiko Himura entered with her lunch and looked for a place to sit. Mahiru quickly raised her hand and called out to her. "Himura! Over here. Come sit with us." Junko and the other girls looked at Mahiru with mild shock.
Junko turned and whispered, "What are you doing?" Mahiru was not discouraged and Keiko reluctantly walked over. For a moment as she approached the other girls all looked to one another with nervous unsureness, but when Keiko took her seat, they just shrugged it off and embraced their newest addition to the group.
"How was your summer, Himura?" Everyone waited in wild anticipation for her answer. "Fine." Was all they were going to get and so the conversation naturally moved on to other things.