C h a p t e r f o u r
Stellar awoke, laying in her bed for a moment. She heard music blast from Auel's room, as usual, and Sting was probably downstairs.
Sitting up, she rubbed her eyes, trying to rub the weariness from them. She usually had a nice sleep, but she for some reason, couldn't last night. She kept on having these flashbacks of memories she never knew she had, always right before she would fall into a slumber.
Some were terrifying, most of them actually. But she then had memories, happy ones. There was a boy, a dark haired boy. She had images of him, right in front of her, and could feel something warm against her cheek. His hand. She had no idea where these memories came from, but the images would come randomly.
Stepping downstairs, still in her pajamas, she saw Sting reading on the couch.
"Sting?"
The green haired turned to her upon hearing her soft voice call out to him, "what is it, Stellar?" he questioned, then put down his book, seeing her troubled expression.
"Stellar was wondering... why can't Stellar really remember much before since that lab? Stellar only remembers waking there, and then leaving to go here... but what is my past like?"
Sting bit his lower lip. Should he tell her? Auel and himself had remembered their past lives after awhile, but that was probably because there's wasn't as terrible as Stellar's. They had also received an e-mail from Neo. That bastard told him and Auel that their memories were bound to return to them, cause there's weren't as crucial. He made them promise not to tell anyone, or Stellar even.
Realizing he took too long to think on the matter, he looked to Stellar, "oh uh...well, I don't know, I don't remember either," he lied.
She nodded, obviously disappointed, and he hated lying to her. He just couldn't bear to reveal all what has happened to her in the past, it was just too much for her to handle. It was good that their blockwords have been removed though, he just couldn't stand those things.
Young Stellar and Auel and himself were being punished for fooling with some technology and resetting some crucial information, as a prank for revenge. Stellar had gotten caught up in it because they didn't really know how to get into the system, and needed her. Auel was the one who thought of it because he hated all the workers there except for his 'mother'. Sting was there because he was practically the leader and was also angry for all the torture the three have gone through because of the people there.
"You three need to be disciplined.." one man said, standing in front of them.
He turned to workers behind him, and nodded. The three were pushed onto a strange bed. A red velvet material was used as the cushioning, and it was round. Pretty strange for a bed.
Sting felt a strange feeling overcome him, and saw Stellar and Auel drift into a dreamless and sudden sleep. He then felt it get him too, and closed his eyes, unable to keep them open.
Sting awoke, seeing Stellar and Auel sitting up already. He sat up next to them, wondering what was going on, feeling a bit groggy.
The man from earlier appeared at the edge of the bed, "I have designed blockwords for the three of you, to keep you under control."
Auel frowned, "what the hell is that supposed to mean, old man?"
The man grinned, unaffected by Auel's remark, "Auel.. where is your mother?"
The blue haired's eyes widened, and he lifted his hands to his face, suddenly trembling, "mother?... no! Mother! Where is she? Is she going to die?"
Sting was surprised at Auel's sudden change in attitude, and never saw him like this before. Turning to Stellar, he saw her eyes wide as well, tears filling her eyes.
"D-die?.. No! Stellar doesn't want to die! No!!" she screamed, terror filling her expression.
Sting turned to the man, "what the hell have you done to them?"
He smiled, a crooked, evil smile that looked like a dent in his face more than anything else, "just what needed to be done..."
Sting remembered the flashback clearly, and remembered the man's lips moving as well after he had said that, but couldn't remember what the man had said, or what had happened afterwards.
Turning to Stellar, he smiled, patting her head softly, "you needn't worry about things like that, what matters right now is the future and the present."
She nodded, "yeah."
"Now, get ready for school, and tell Auel to do the same too, okay?"
The blond nodded, then hurried up the stairs. Sting sighed to himself, then got up, getting ready their breakfast.
"Auel... Auel!" Stellar called, knocking on the door, "Sting said to get ready for school!"
She waited a few moments, hearing the blasting sound of the stereo turned off, and Auel coming and answering the door.
"What do you want?" he questioned harshly.
She was oblivious to his tone, "Sting said to get ready for school."
The sky haired nodded, standing there and staring at her for a moment longer, before she turned and walked to her own room down the hall. Frowning, he turned and shut the door as well, starting his search for clean clothes in his many, scattered clothing upon the floor.
"Where's Stellar?" Miriallia asked as she arrived at school.
Lacus shrugged, "I don't know, wasn't she with you after school yesterday?"
"Yes, but she left, and I want to show her the pictures I took," the brunette said, sighing. Cagalli arrived shortly with Athrun, and grinned as she waved at him as he went to his own friends.
"Hey, what's up?" she greeted.
"Not much, but did you hear? Angelo and Hana broke up last night!" Lacus said, probably in her gossiping mode.
Miriallia blinked, "they did? But yesterday they were so inseparable!"
"I know, I know... but she caught him cheating! He was trying to make out with one of her best friends, luckily, that best friend of hers was trying to pull away and had no part of it."
Mir sighed, "you and your gossiping, where'd you find out?"
"Oh, Meer Campbell."
"You mean that girl who is kind of... fangirlish towards you?"
"Yeah, her. She's really kind to me, and I don't mind about her new appearance at all, she's a nice friend to have."
Cagalli sighed, "oh, Lacus. You are much too kind for the real world."
They turned when they heard a familiar and cheerful greeting, "hello everyone!"
Miriallia smiled, "hello, Stellar. Want to see the pictures I took yesterday?"
The blond nodded enthusiastically, "yes!"
The two huddled together as Miriallia opened up a scrap book, turning to a certain page. Stellar gasped, looking at the pictures with such admiration, that they thought that a small child was right in front of them.
"You like?"
She grinned, "yeah!"
Miriallia smiled with satisfaction, "glad you like them."
The bell rang suddenly, and the four hurried to class, carrying bits of conversation along the way. They passed by Mr. Lorrnoke and Ms. Ramius, who were apparently, seen together for the hundredth time the past few days.
Lacus giggled, then leaned over towards Cagalli, "gee... those two are really hitting it off, eh?"
Cagalli laughed, seeing how Ms. Ramius blushed after Mr. Lorrnoke said something. Probably flirting. Stellar looked to the two, and grinned, seeing Neo.
She ran up to him, glomping him happily, "Neo!"
The three who were with her gaped at the sudden action. Ms. Ramius was also shocked, a student... hugging a teacher? That was strange. She'd never seen such behavior. From what she understood, student and teachers usually hated each other.
"Ooof! Oh, hello Stellar," Mr. Lorrnoke greeted.
The blond grinned at him, her bright eyes shining in admiration, "Neo! Does Neo want to come to the Ocean Club with Stellar after school?"
He looked down at her, patting her head softly, his hands running through her hair like he used to touch her, "I'm sorry, I can't. Maybe some other time?"
He saw the disappointed expression on her face, feeling only slightly guilty, "I'm sorry, but maybe I can visit you, Sting and Auel some time soon."
Her expression immediately changed, and now she grinned with delight.
"Yay!"
"Okay, you better hurry off to class now, your friends are still waiting," he said.
"What about you, Neo? You're our teacher this period."
"Yeah, but if I go now, I can give you four a detention for being late, so hurry along now," he said.
Stellar nodded returning to her friends, as they hurried to the classroom. Neo turned back to Ms. Ramius, and smiled.
She smiled in return, "you two are like father and daughter."
"Yeah, well.. I'd better get to class now," he said, then quickly pecked her cheek, before turning and walking over to his classroom.
Murrue touched a hand to her cheek, smiling to herself, 'oh Mwu... you haven't changed one bit from before... except for your name that is.' She remembered that she had to keep his past a secret, she was the only one who knew that his actual name was Mwu.
Turning around and walking to her own class, she sighed, getting ready to brave the wild teenagers.
sorry for the LONG LONG update! comp broke down twice. had to get it fixed. was pretty busy.
hope you like it though!