I think I'm finally getting the hang of writing this now so I'll try to post frequently. I found my really old plans for this that I wrote last year so I'm going off those. They planned out the first 10 chapters but they're all very basic notes so I won't be able to just type them up super fast. LOTS of editing will be needed. But anyway, ONWARDS TOWARDS THOU STORY!
Chapter 4: Central Town and Speculations
"Mikan. Do you see this bag? It holds many special treasures. They may seem like pretty stones but they're so much more than that. They hold special powers that you'll understand one day"
I awoke with a jump. I dreamed about a strange woman. Her voice sounded so familiar. As did the things she said. I still had some time before I had to leave to meet Natsume so I decided to search for the bag. I usually kept it on my dresser but as my things had been moved into a completely different place, I wasn't sure of it's location. I checked all the drawers of my dresser first. Luckily it was in the second bottom onr on the right. It didn't feel any different so I hoped no one took anything from it. It was a present that I was given when my father adopted me.
I sat back down on my bed and poured the contents of the small bag onto it too. I grinned as the small, bright stones toppled onto my white sheet, creating a lovely contrast. I picked up a magenta one and held it up to the sun, inspecting its extravagant colour. I pulled it close to my chest as I started to cry. This was a gift from my father. He was the nicest person I knew and he was gone now. I missed him so much. I couldn't stop my tears from falling as I clutched my heart, wishing all the pain would stop.
Slowly, my tears began to dry. I wiped my face, my hand still balled up with the stone inside. I opened my palm to look at it again but it wasn't there. I started freaking out but after a quick glimpse at my clock, I realised I didn't have time to. I needed to meet Natsume right now.
I threw on a black singlet and a flannel to cover my stars, along with a pair of black skinny jeans and a pair of black boots. I had to skip breakfast so I could make it in time but it was definitely worth it. I did not want to make someone like Natsume angry.
We met in Central Town and as soon as he saw me, he began walking towards a shop, giving me no time to catch my breath. "Wait upppp!" I called after him, already knowing that he wouldn't.
"No way! Ypu stink of pheromones, I can smell them from here. Narumi definitely set something up!" I managed to match his pace. I wasn't too bad in the athletics department.
"I haven't seen Narumi-sensei since yesterday. He wouldn't do that kind of thing anyway."
"That's the only explanation. I can smell his Alice on you."
"There's no way for that to happen though! It's not like people can transfer their Alices or anything."
He stopped abruptly and turned to me fiercely. "Are you kidding me? Have you never heard of Alice stones?"
Stones? Maybe... Just maybe...
I approximated thr size of one of the stones from my bag. "About this big? Brightly coloured?"
"So you do know what they are then?" He said angrily, "Don't waste my time being an idiot."
"No! I don't know anything about them! I just had a bag of stones like that so I thought maybe that's what they were..." I rushed out, choosing not to comment on the fact that he called me an idiot.
Natsume groaned loadly and lead me to a seat. "Pretty much, Alice stones are stones that are extracred from your Alice. There are two ways that they can be extracted. The first way is that the person with the Alice creates it themself. The pigment and size depend on the amount of feeling put into creating it. The second way is through another Alice called the SEC or Steal, Erase, Copy Alice. The person with that Alice can take away another person's Alice or copy it. The Alice is manifested in an Alice stone. Get it now?"
I nodded, amazed by his in-depth explanation. It was quite out of character but it was very interesting.
"And about your bag of them," Natsume continued, "I would presume that whoever gave it to you was very popular when they were younger. Legend says if two people exchange Alice stones, they're soulmates. But that's probably bullshit. Alice stones are useless without an Inserting Alice too. Otherwise they just sit there. A total waste of power."
Inserting Alice? What if that's what I did this morning... insterted a pheromone Alice stone into myself?
"Um... I think I might have done that..." I said uncertainly. His eyes widened for a moment before he forced me to continue my theory,
"Well... this morning I was looking at my stones. I held up a magenta one and then I ended up crying... when I got up it was gone. What if the magenta stone was Narumi-sensei's?"
"That actually sounds pretty reasonable. But the SEC and Inserting Alice are quite possibly the rarest of all Alices. The chances that you actually have it are very low. You probably just lost it like the idiot that you are." Regular Natsume was back. "But either way, that pheromone crap better wear off fast. I'm calling off our practice today. You better be extra prepared tomorrow or I will burn all your hair off. I nodded, terrified at the thought of being bald.
He flicked me on the forehead and left I stayed at the bench for a moment, nursimg my sore forehead. Just as I was about to leave as well, someone caught my eye. "Hotaru!" I called to my best friend. I use that term loosely as I've barely spoken to her since I got here. "Why are you out?" She said, getting straight to the point.
"Oh? Natsume and I were gonna do something but he said my pheromones were too much for him to take so we're gonna do it tomorrow."
"What were you planning on doing?" She replied, a little bit sterner than last time.
"Ahh... I'm not sure if I'm allowed to say. I don't think he'd be very happy." I answered honestly.
"I'm really busy so go away." Was all she said before walking off and leaving me alone again. Did I do something wrong?
TTWO CHAPTERS IN ONE DAY! THIS IS AMAZING! Did anyone pick up on that bitterness in Hotaru's voice? Seems like she's a bit mad. I wonder why...? Hehehehe
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