Me: Hey guys! Sorry about uploading this really late. I have been busy, and had a kind of writers block. I'm skipping a chapter that would come after the last one, where the Gaurdians have a chat in the Royal Garden.
Chay: We will still be having at least two more chapters before this story is done!
Mimi: Please R&R!
"Nara-chan, Nara-chan," A voice said loudly above me.
I opened my eyes to see a teacher looming over me angrily. Quite obviously, I had fallen asleep in the middle of math. Not that I cared anyways. I had been up most of the night, tossing and turning, not being able to sleep.
"Can you answer the question Nara-chan?" The teacher asked. I squinted at the board to see the problem.
"Umm, yes. X should be moved over 2 spaces to replace the 59*, that makes it solvable," I said weakly.
"Yes. May I ask how you got that right if you were not paying attention?"
I shrugged. The bell rang a moment later, and I was spared the expense of fending off further questions.
"Hey Mayne-chan, wanna have some hot chocolate in the Royal Garden?" Yaya asked excitedly as she bounded up to me in the hallway.
"Sure," I said.
~.:Later:.~
I walked home, chatting eagerly with Mimi and Chay about the coming weekend and my plans for it. Chay turned towards me.
"Hey Mayne," She said quietly, "I was thinking. I have a strange feeling something terrible will happen,"
"Oh, are you scared of those men in black coming to get you?" Mimi asked, "You know they won't come again," She laughed uneasily.
Chay looked flustered at her remark, "I am not, but still. If something were to happen, take my egg, and shatter it. Take whatever is in the debris."
"Won't that, er… hurt you?" I asked.
"No. I'm not soft and fragile like other charas. Besides, if it were to happen, you wouldn't need us anymore."
"What!" I shouted angrily.
"She is right. We charas don't stay with you forever, you know," Mimi said, "But, why should she shatter you egg?"
Chay just shrugged. We walked through a park close to my home. About halfway through, a faint rustle came from behind me. I turned to see if anyone was following me, but there was no one. Seeing nothing, but knowing better, I picked up my pace.
"Mayne-chan!" Mimi shrieked, desperately. I turned to see her being smothered by a man in black, again.
"What's it this time?" I said angrily, "Give me back Mimi!"
The man just shook his head, and turned and jogged off in the other direction, Mimi still in his hand shrieking angrily. I ran after him, slowly catching up to him.
A hand lashed out from behind a tree and grabbed my wrist. The bracelet tied on to my wrist scraped down my hand, but didn't fall off. It left angry red marks down my wrist.
"Let go!" I cried desperately, struggling to chase after Mimi. The hand was too strong.
More men in black flooded out from the trees, surrounding any exits. Before I was completely surrounded though, I caught a glimpse of Mimi being locked hastily into a small black box.
"Let go!" I cried again, even as more hands grabbed my arms roughly. Soon we were in a small black car hidden in a grove of trees. A small drive-way straggled out onto the main nearby road. Two big men sat on either side, and two more sat up front. I pulled my legs up to my chest, wanting to turn into a ball and disappear.
The ride was fast, and soon we were in front of a gleaming building. I was pulled out of the car, still escorted by the big men. They pushed me hastily up a set of steps and through large doors. I found myself in the middle of a quite large and fancy lobby. A few people scurried about, shooting me worried and scared looks at me.
A man slightly taller than the other, more thin and wearing a better black suit too, turned around from where he was standing near a check-in desk. He looked gaunt, and his eyes had a slight glint of evil humor in them. Creepy.
"Ah, so she is finally here," He said, "And a chara to boot! What a long time since one has stepped through our doors with a chara," Chay stiffened from where she was near my shoulder. She had managed to stay there the wholetime.
"What do you want?" I said angrily, "You already stole my other chara,"
"Oh, her?" he said, "She is perfectly fine. Probably struggling to get out of that fine box I created. But alas, it is impossible," He stepped closer, "I have many questions, and I assume you don't have the answers, but you can be of some use to us," He waved his hand, and walked off towards a set of doors on a far wall. I was pushed along after him.
"Mayne, remember what I said earlier," Chay said quietly into my ear. I nodded.
The room we walked into was very large, even bigger than the lobby probably. A long row of desks wound its way around the room, and many were full. People sat at the desks, computers humming, papers being shuffled and filled out. A large open space was between the desks, occupied by a small silver machine. It sat on the floor, no bigger than a pair of shoes put together. A small white light blinked near the center.
"Now, where was I?" The man started, "I think an explanation as to why you are here is in order," He grabbed a swivel chair from an empty desk and sat down. The guards around me backed off to the door, "The machine you see in the center of the room is what I like to call an Enabler. It lets you travel from place to place, time to time, and story to story, and so on. Ever want to visit your favorite children's story? With this miraculous machine you can. I won't go into the details about it, but let's just say it will help my cause greatly.
"You are in fact a flaw of this machine, not quite in one story or time, not quite in another. While you are in fact here, you did not actually start here," he said. My mind raced as each new piece of information came. He couldn't be right, could he?
"I am going to assume that you have memories of your childhood, am I right?" He asked. I nodded, why wouldn't I? "Those are just illusions placed in your mind by your own brain. They aren't real. Because of certain circumstances with this machine, we are required to get rid of people like you. Not quite here, but still there. We are sending you into the Time-Stream, as I like to call it, a place where all stories, times and places meet. Anyone willing enough could travel to another time," He paused, and looked over to a person sitting at a nearby desk.
"You, bring that file over here," He said, a slight hint of anger in his voice.
"Mayne, any time now. When you shatter it, aim for the machine," Chay whispered into my ear.
"Why should I do as you ask? I have friends here, my family," I said, my voice rising in pitch.
"Now, now," the man said, standing up.
"You think you can grab me from a park, and you expect me to automatically go along with your plans?" I screeched.
~.:To Be Continued:.~
Me: Woah, that was a lot of writing. Anyways, this chapter will be uploaded with the next chapter, and a final author note. I bet you can't wait (^o^) *evil laugh* Please R&R!