Chapter 1: Waking Up
As Ari slowly regained consciousness, he noticed two things, one that he was in an unfamiliar bed, and two, the smell of bacon. Forgetting where he was due to the tantalizing smell of the frying meat, Ari instantly sat up, believing it was an ordinary Saturday morning, with Jeb making bacon, but as soon as he opened his eyes, he remembered where he really was. Or, in fact, wasn't, as currently he should have been in the afterlife. "Where am I?" he wondered, a perplexed expression on his face."...Home..." replied a quiet, yet forceful and deliberate voice. Ari quickly twisted to the left, expecting the worst from the mysterious stranger he had failed to notice, however, instead of revealing a whitecoat, his glance showed a tall, silver haired man wearing clothes reminiscent of the Native Americans. "Who are you?" queried Ari in a puzzled and slightly fearful tone. The man responded simply by standing up and beckoning for Ari to follow him. Ari followed.
As Ari stepped out from the stairwell, he noticed that there were four other people in the room, other than him and the Native American. The girl with blond hair that he remembered seeing yesterday as he blacked out was standing by the stove, cooking breakfast. She began to speak. "Hello," she said pleasantly. "My name is Nana. The boy sitting on top of the table eating apples is Cooro, the boy glaring at Cooro is Husky, and the girl sitting down making charms is Rose." Nana said, while gesticulating to each one in turn. "What's your name, and what kind of +anima are you?" "My name is Ari, but i doubt I'm a +anima, whatever that is," said Ari, gazing longingly at the frying bacon. "Preposterous!" exclaimed Nana "of course you're a +anima, I saw your wings!" "As i said," Ari replied, "I'm not a +anima, I don't even know what that is! I got my wings in another way." "But-" Cooro interrupted Nana. "He isn't lying, he doesn't feel like a +anima, although I don't understand how he doesn't know what a +anima is, although..." "Although what?" Ari asked with a slightly annoyed expression on his face. "Well... The circumstances I met you in. were kind of weird though..." Nana said. "Weird how?" Ari asked. "It's... Kind of.. Hard to describe..." Nana said haltingly. "What happened?" Asked Ari with tangible impatience. "I'll try my best to tell what happened..." Nana sighed. "I was taking a stroll in the woods to look for the wild strawberries that grow on the north side of this hill, when i heard an eerie high pitched keening noise. Suddenly, you came out of nowhere with your wings extended behind you, accompanied by a loud bang, multi-colored lights, and an end to the keening noise. After that, you fainted, and i dragged you here and put you in bed. End of story." Nana said, while pouting slightly. "Do you know why?" "I'm not sure, but from what I've seen, i think this is another dimension." said Ari. "Why?" was Nana's monosyllabic reply. "Because-" at this point, Cooro cut him off. "Look, I'm sure this is important, but NANA THE BACON IS BURNING!" exclaimed Cooro at the top of his lungs. At this, but Nana and Ari flinched "O-okay..." stammered both Nana and Ari at the same time. Nana then removed the bacon from the frying pan, and, at Cooro's suggestion, finished their conversation over breakfast.
My first real chapter, hooray! I apologize for it being a bit slow, but I might decide to throw in a fighting scene with the Sailand military if i get reviews (***HINT HINT***) also, this is my first fic, and i really want some feedback on it, and if you don't give it, then I have Gazzy leave you an EXPLOSIVELY delightful present ;)