A/N: Please enjoy the second chapter.

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Chapter 1: Beginnings

Dawn Hikari's POV

"Honey…"

"Just five more minutes…" I murmured as my mother shook my left shoulder, trying to make me get up.

"Kari…Its seven o clock in the morning, and it's a beautiful day!"

"It's cold out there." I complained holding my favorite red xweetok plushie tight.

"It's the middle of autumn, it's suppose to be cold. Now WAKE UP!"

That's when I finally got the urge to jump from my bed. For as long as I've known my mother I've learned one important thing about her: do NOT get on her bad side. She is extremely intimidating if she gets angry, once we actually met Jun's previous owner and she teased mother about being poor and said so many bad things about Jun and me. I ended up giving them the xweetok battle cry of "chirka! chirka! chirka!" while Jun was staring daggers at his older yellow twin acara brother and sister and younger red xweetok sisters. Mother was so angry she almost exploded but luckily the only thing she did to that spoiled brat was slap her on the face…hard, then saying numerous insults at her like: "Just because your rich doesn't mean you should look down on people who are less fortunate than you, you coward!" or "How could you abandon your neopet you uppity brat?"

I grinned as I thought about that lady and how she walked away from the scene with her nose in the air, serves her right. How dare she call me and Jun ugly! But it sure hit Jun hard, I felt so sorry for him, I wonder why he was even abandoned. Well, as I was saying…I got up from bed then mother combed my hair nicely. Mother is always so nice to Jun and me, but for some reason I just can't understand why Jun won't treat us like family, he doesn't treat mother like a well, mother and treats her more like an older sister. And he still treats me like a kid just because his two years older than me.

"Kari…" My mother said waking me up from my daydream. "What do you want to wear?" She opened my closet. "Anything will do mother." I said as I pick up my clothing for autumn: a snow roller crash jumper, a brown winter scarf, a holiday belt, a khaki skirt, blue shoes and a veiled autumn hat. I put on all of my clothes then my mother handed me my wind up pocket watch. "You should bring this, just in case you forget the time." After I thanked her I went straight to the family room to meet up with Jun, he's probably up by now since he wakes up every morning at dawn. By the way, where's Salvia?

Jun's POV

I woke up as Kari's Hermiteese: Salvia pecked me on the head this morning, I stretched and looked outside my window, a few hours before sunrise, I guessed since the sun wasn't out yet. I got out of bed and changed: a basic white shirt, khaki trousers, a brown winter hat, blue shoes, a green belt, and a ghostkerscarf.

"Bloop, bloop…" my Ghoti Damion said as he saw me."Good morning Damion." Damion did a backward somersault. I giggled then head for the next room, hoping to wait for Leaf and Kari there. A few hours later, Leaf woke up, still looking sleepy. "Salvia?" I asked. She just nodded sleepily while yawning, then the next moment she stared at me, looking annoyed, then grabbed a brush and comb. I knew where this was going…I sat at my blue bean bag chair as Leaf combed my yellow fur. After that she headed for Kari's room. As I look around the room I notice that Leaf already put up the Christmas decorations, although Christmas was still a few months away, it made me remember the time when I was abandoned…

-Flashback-

It was almost Christmas as I stood next to my mother, Togekiss9, as we look at the pet laboratory, I wonder how my mother have been able to complete the map, as my mother thought which one of us will have the honor to be her first pet that will be zapped by the pet laboratory ray, I looked at my siblings: the twin yellow acaras, Miragros and Miragrosa, and my younger sister Shenleya who was a xweetok just like me, only she was a red xweetok and I was painted, well…striped, which I was happy about because not many pets get to be painted striped.

"Barry…" my mom called. "…go to the platform." I was so surprised I yelped! "Sheesh! Barry you didn't need to yell!" my mom complained. "Sorry mother…" I apologized. "Miragrosa giggled while Miragros rolled his eyes, Shenleya just stared at me…hard. I stepped into the platform and took a deep breath as the laser pointed to me. "I hope this would all be over soon…" I thought. Then a flash of light appeared and I slowly felt my fur melting, I didn't feel any pain though, and I didn't also felt any change. I slowly went down from the platform feeling great, but once my mom saw me she suddenly turned angry. I wondered why, I looked to my siblings but they just gasped and stared at me like I'm an alien from outer space who just landed my spaceship on our backyard. Shenleya took out her blue scallop mirror and said: "You better looked at your reflection, brother…" I looked to the mirror and wondered what she meant…then I was shocked. I wasn't a blue and pink striped xweetok that was my mother's favorite pet anymore…I was a normal yellow xweetok. I looked at my mom. She was disappointed, I could tell, her face said it all. She stayed quiet for about two hours until finally…

"Barry Jun Masuda…" I was shocked, she never said my full name before, and especially in a painful voice. "You…don't deserve to be treated like this." I wondered what she meant, does she mean that she's going to paint me with another paint brush? I was happy as we went to the neopian plaza, maybe she was going to buy me toys to make me feel better after today's incident, but instead of the plushie store she went south. Maybe buy me some instruments? Or are we eating at pizzaroo? But she passed by the music store and pizzaroo too, what was going on? And why was I not dressed for this, mother took off all of my clothes and even took my petpet: Panda the Sandan. Then we arrived at the neopian pound, that's when I realize that she was abandoning one of us at the pound. I looked at the twins. Miragrosa shed tears, and Miragros wiped them with his handkerchief with a sad expression, I looked at Shenleya. She was crying nonstop when she looked at me. At that time mom was writing in a piece of paper. That's when it hit me…I could realize what she was writing just by watching: mother was abandoning…me.

I tried to run away but mom picked me up, I struggled to get free, but her grip was too tight and she handed me over to Dr. Death. "But mom…why?" I asked with tears in my eyes. She didn't even bother even turning around to face me and simply said: "You're not good enough." I struggled once more and shouted: "Mom! Don't! Please reconsider! Mom! Don't leave me! Don't leave me alone! Please…Miragros! Miragrosa! Shenleya! Mother! Don't leave me alone! Don't leave me behind! I beg you…please! Mother! Miragros! Miragrosa! Shenleya! Don't abandon me!" The door closed at I was taken to a cage, I was all alone, I faced to the wall where a window was set, and all I can do was cry, wishing, hoping, that she would return to take me back. Every time an owner visits the pound to adopt, we were all taken to a giant cage, but I just sat at the back, because the owners always never even look at me not even once, until…

-Two Years Later-

I was looking at the wall as usual, with my head down. It's been two years and I was losing hope of ever getting adopted or having mother take me back. Then the pink uni of the adoption center entered, I already knew what she was going to say, I've heard her say that for the past two years.

"Alright everyone get ready to get out of your cages, a new owner is coming to visit and is hoping to adopt one of you! A lucky neopet will probably be able to have a new home so please behave. She will be entering in a few minutes, so do take that time to look your best. Oh, and by the way for the males, please don't stare, drool, or let your jaws hit the ground when you see her..." She left the door and shut tight so none of us will be able to escape.

"Her?" I thought. I listened to the other pets chat. "Do you think the owner is famous?" asked a Lenny. "Maybe she's a celebrity!" replied a Kyrii. Then the owner came in. Everyone looked depressed, unfortunately the owner was pretty normal, she had long black hair which was cascaded down her back, dark brown eyes and I guessed she was form Shenkuu since she has that Asian atmosphere around her, her eyes were small, and she was pretty tall, about 5'4 feet, she was wearing a blue green turtleneck, jeans and dark blue sneakers. She looked like she was about 12-13 years old, about the same age as my mother. She looked nice, that's for sure, but the others didn't seem to care.

"Kari…come on, don't be shy." She said to something behind the door. After a few minutes of encouraging to this "Kari" person, a brown paw came out from behind the door. Everyone was amazed at what they saw, I took a peek at "Kari", that's when I saw the most beautiful xweetok I have ever seen, her hair was blue as the ocean, her eyes were the color of the sky in a cloudless night, but that wasn't what amazed me the most, the only thing she wore was a brown winter scarf, and that simplicity was able to capture every male neopets' attention, even mine's!

"Alright Kari, choose who you want to be your new friend." said the owner which name was Twinleaffan24. Kari nodded shyly then slowly but gracefully approached the cage. For once I was eager to show myself, other than hiding at the back every time. Some Acaras were trying to get her attention, Kari walked up to them and checked their likes and attitude, then backed away. Apparently most of the neopets abandoned here were ones that like to bully others, and only a few are nice and friendly, like me. Then she noticed me looking at her, I blushed then looked away. "How embarrassing!" I thought, still looking away."Um…excuse me…" I turned around, no longer blushing, then I looked at her, up close she looks a bit like Shenleya, only her hair was blue and was a lot younger and more…beautiful. "What's your name?" she asked shyly.

"My name…?" I asked finally snapping back to Neopia. "It's Barry…Barry Jun…Masuda," I said. "And yours…" "You fool! Do you really think she'll answer you!" I thought "My name is…" I looked at her. "Dawn Hikari Berlitz." she said cheerfully with a smile. I was surprised she even said her name to me, and with a smile too! She looked at my likes and attitude, her owner went by her side and read it as well. "Likes to explore lands and would try and make friends when meeting others, just like you Kari!" said her Twinleaffan24, after that she went to the pink uni. Everyone was returned to their cages except me. I looked at the pink uni, she nodded. I stared at Kari, she smiled, and I smiled back. After two years, I was finally getting adopted!

-End of Flashback-

"Jun! Jun! JUN!" said a voice, snapping me out of my daydream. I looked around the room, and then saw Kari at the west exit of the room. I stared in awe as she entered the room, her fur was neatly combed, although her face was covered by her veil, she was stunningly beautiful. Leaf appeared soon after then headed for the kitchen. I followed her and Kari, then I felt something…I can't describe it but I know have felt this feeling before, back when I was with my mother and siblings, when I fought Vira and the Pant Devil, only this presence was stronger and more…evil. I went back to the family room then to the northwest hall.

"Jun! Where are you going?" asked Kari then followed me. I then went south of the hall and headed for Leaf's flower garden, I looked around but all I saw was colour lilies, Leaf's favorite flowers. I stood there and wondered if it was just my imagination, then Kari came in and…"Barry Jun Masuda, what were you thinking running on us like that?" she said that just like my mother. I tried my best to ignore her to concentrate, I was sure there I felt something evil in the air, but what?

While somewhere on Kreludor…

"Are we ready yet?" asked a hideous looking Acara. "Patience my dear Vira…" said a man with pale green skin with a cloak on. He was standing before a book that was on a stand. "Soon we will conquer all of Neopia, but until then…" He opened the book to a page where two xweetoks were drawn. One xweetok had light colored fur or so because it was in black and white and was male, he was holding a double pointed spear on his right hand, and a warriors round shield on the left. The other xweetok was female and her fur was of a dark color, she was holding an enchanted wooden bow and on her archer's belt held an engraved broad sword, at her back she was wearing a quiver with arrows in it."We must make sure that the prophecy will never happen…" He ripped the page off then threw it at the fireplace. "Of course Dr. Sloth…"said Vira then bowed obediently.

New Characters for Chapter 2:

Salvia

Name: Salvia

Species: Hermiteese

Owner: Dawn Hikari Berlitz

Damion

Name: Damion

Species: Ghoti

Owner: Barry Jun Masuda

A/N: Chapter three coming soon and please REVIEW!