PART 2 - NEKOZAWA
It was Wednesday morning and Haruhi was debating whether to go to school today or not. It had been nearly two weeks since she had last entered those ostentatious gates and her friends were beginning to get very concerned about her. She understood why; she looked smaller and thinner, her face had become gaunt and black rings permanently encircled her eyes.
"It's all your fault"
Those words haunted her days and tortured her nights.
She glanced down at her cell phone. There were 5 new messages from Hikaru and Kaoru, all asking if she would be in today. Sighing, she rose from her bed and parted her eyes open slowly, protecting them from the blinding light.
Sighing Haruhi got ready for school and much to her father's delight, ate breakfast for the first time in weeks. It was almost time to go when Haruhi heard a knock at the door.
"Haruhi! There's someone here for you... what did you say your name was... ahh ok, it's someone called Nekozawa!"
Her father came marching in with Nekozawa following, as her dad left the room, he whispered in her ear - "Why's he dressed like a cat?"
Haruhi weakly smiled at her dad, who at that moment was in a long floaty dress and full make-up.
"Nekozawa... what are you doing here? I thought you preferred to avoid the sunlight."
He smiled mysteriously and pointed to the car outside. "Thought you might like a lift to school. It hasn't stopped raining since that day."
Haruhi felt her heart pang once more but ignored it.
"All your fault"her mind replied viciously, causing her heart to pang again.
"Erm...ok... bye Dad, I'll see you later."
Haruhi followed Nekozawa into the car but was very taken-aback when she looked around. It was full off odd bits and bobs, funny-looking liquid in twisted dusty bottles, and a general assortment of perplexing items.
"Ahh, Nekozawa..." However, she was cut off when he flung some cold liquid over her. It seeped down her and then absorbed into her skin sending a cold sensation thoughout her body.
Haruhi looked up in surprise as Nekozawa was muttering odd words in some language she couldn't understand.
"Nekozawa!" she squealed as he and the car were slowly disappearing.
"It's your chance, Haruhi! You will know what to do!"
"NEKOZAWA!" But she felt her voice go weak as everything went dark...
Part 3 - The magical world
Haruhi felt herself collide with the soft ground. She had landed in what appeared to be a thick, overgrown forest, the floor was covered in moss and although she couldn't actually see it, she could hear a steam trickle someone in the distance.
"Nekozawa...?" Haruhi stood and stared around, heart beating in fear.
"Where am I?" she said to herself. The forest seemed to stretch for miles and miles, the trees were large and majestic with thick trucks and long stretching branches. What amazed Haruhi however, was their leaves. Each leaf had its own unique colour and was swaying in a rhythmic hypnotising way, sparkling as it did so. Looking up, she realised that the sky was a violent shade of pink instead of blue, apart from the occasional pale yellow cloud that drifted aimlessly though the sky.
"It's... beautiful" Haruhi gasped, staring at the amazing landscape in front of her.
"Hark at her! Hear that, she thinks it'sbeautiful!, how very cliché!"
Haruhi spun around in alarm. "Who's there!" she cried in surprise.
The sarcastically well-to-do voice continued on as if it didn't hear her, others chiming in.
"Ha! They can never see beauty in things out of the norm can they? Pretty trees, dainty flowers! "Phish" is all I have to say!"
"You're quite right, my brother, Love, romance, beauty, how has that ever helped us? Poo to it all I say!"
Loud cheering followed with the occasional "Quite!" or "Hear, hear!"
Haruhi looked around curiously. Where were the voices coming from?
"Hello?" she shouted once more. The chattering ceased as Haruhi span around in confusion.
"Where am I?" she demanded, feeling silly. Now the strange invisible creatures were speaking quickly among themselves. Haruhi could hear a frantic fluttering of wings, and then there was silence.
"Hello...?" When no sound came, Haruhi sat down on a moss-covered log in exasperation.
Feeling highly irritated because of the unexplainable situation, Haruhi found herself shout into nothingness.
"HELLLO!!!" She could hear her exasperated cry echo and it almost shook the entire forest. Haruhi listened closer to her sound and her eyes widened when she realised why it sounded odd.
"OLLLLEH, olllleh, ollehhh"
"It's echoing backwards!", she realised in horror.
Completely stunned, Haruhi failed to notice a twig break behind her. Footsteps were coming closer and closer behind the oblivious Haruhi...
"QUEEN HARUHI! YOU'RE ALIVE!!" Haruhi gasped in surprise as an odd-looking person flung himself at her, embracing her firmly.
"Ohh, YEE' MAJESTY! I THOUGHT YEE' WERE DEAD!" His grip tightened and Haruhi started to struggle.
"I'm not Queen Haruhi!" She stated. The odd looking man let go of her in confusion.
"Wha' was that Lassie?" He said, still looking at her in glee.
"I'm not Queen Haruhi! Now where am I? Have you seen a person called Nekozawa?"
The man's face fell. "Wha...?" he stared in confusion.
Haruhi sighed. This was all too confusing. "My name is Haruhi Fujioka, I go to Ouran High School.
He man looked at her in amazement, "Err well no lassie, you are Queen with King Tamaki, Don't you remember, I'm one of your closest friends!
"Tamaki did you say!" Exclaimed Haruhi
"Aye lass, your King, Tamaki and you remember you're Knights? Kyoya, Mori, Hunny and course the Twins? I'm your chancellor of the exchequer!" He finished proudly
He stared at the confused Haruhi in equal bewilderment.
"You ruled over this land with your husband, Tamaki. But you were poisoned by 'king'" he spat, "Vernis and King Tamaki, was locked up. Your knights were and still are being purged! You honestly remember nothing?"
Haruhi continued to stare at him in bemusement before muttering to herself, "I should try to get more sleep. I'm becoming delusional"
The man sighed and shook his head. "This is all beyond me, lassie, but allow me to escort you to the others. Aye, they will happy to see you, that's for sure, Lassie."
"Until then let me fill you in! I am Sir Midge, 4th son of the great Gambles from the Dwarf line of..." He was rudely interrupted by Haruhi,
"You're a Dwarf?!", she exclaimed, "But you're over 6ft!"
At this he went bright pink. "Actually I'm exactly 6ft, not over! But aye, I am very tall for a Dwarf, so tall that I'm classed as a half-Dwarf." He flushed even more with embarrassment,
" I can't fit into my cave without banging my head and it makes mining gold very hard" He said miserably, "It is my greatest dream to have the rule on Dwarf height changed so I'm classed as a proper dwarf! Aye, you were going to change it for me before yee' died and then lost yoo'r memory."
Haruhi looked at the eccentric Scottish, half-Dwarf with caution.
"Odd" She muttered quietly to herself.
She was now following him along what seemed to be a random path. He would suddenly veer right only then to swerve into a sharp left, which resulted in her crashing into the back of him quite frequently.
After what seemed like 15 minutes of following Midge's extraordinary (and rather repetitive) path Haruhi interrupted his mumblings of "I'm sure it was down ere'."
"Err, Sir Midge, back then I heard odd, posh sounding voices in the trees, do you know what they were?"
Midge carried on wading through the thick forest, branches hitting them in the faces as they went,
"Ahh, they will be the cherubs, your majesty. They used to be full of love when you were alive, but when you were murdered and Venis took the throne they were so upset that they declared all love was dead."
"I'm not your Queen" Haruhi said for the tenth time, but she was again ignored.
"Aye, when you were alive and Queen (Haruhi rolled her eyes but said nothing) they were as pleasant as pie, Now they're right cynical naked babies! Always quipping and answering back snootily. I thought they were irritating before when they fluttered around all lovey-dovey and refusing to dress properly, and now they're worse, lass!"
"Ahh, here we go, your Highness! See, knew I'd find it!"
"Eventually." Haruhi muttered. But she quickly shut up at the sight that lay before her...
