The very last chapter. Take your time and read this now. I now it's all too much for you to take in because you're probably crying your eyes out about who knows what...but you'll have a very good reason once you read this...

Chapter 14

December 20th

Dear Diary,

Hello there. My name is Ritsuka. Since this is the first time I've ever written in a diary, I really don't know where to start. My psychiatrist says that it's a good idea to put down your thoughts and feelings on paper so that you let everything out. I think doing something like that is completely foolish, but I'm doing it anyway, as a test. And since I'm doing this, I made sure to buy a diary that came with a lock and key so that no one will be able to read it.

I'm living in a foster home and I'm being brought up by Mr. and Mrs. Haiyashi. They're both pretty old, but they're really nice. They don't have any other kids of their own. Along with me, they also adopted two other kids about my age named Katsu and Rai. Katsu is a bit too wild for me and she likes to get in my way with things. Rai's just there and likes to be quiet, but he usually butts in when things get real bad when it comes to me and Katsu and breaks it up. So I guess they're both alright.

The three of us were being taken care of by an orphanage. I don't know why I was there. Katsu and Rai can't remember how they even got there. But the people there told us that we were found in some sort of an underground computer lab, inside a building. Apparently, someone above ground called the police because a small group of people were tearing up the road to get down there. Along with me and the other two, there was another boy and a man inside the computer lab. The other boy had a gun in his possession, so he wasn't brought to our orphanage. And no one's said anything about the man except that he was shot and was brought to a hospital. There were lots of other kids there too, but the police couldn't bring them to an orphanage because they had weird powers or something like that. But that's impossible. Nothing like that could happen. So they were brought in for testing.

I can't remember anything at all. The psychiatrist says that my amnesia was brought on from some sort of a shock. But I don't think so. Then again, I can't exactly think much since I have nothing to go on with. Mr. and Mrs. Haiyashi won't tell me much about what the orphanage found out about me. Then again, they could have forgotten themselves. They're very nice people, but with being so old, I'm surprised that they remember to feed the dog every morning. The orphanage used my finger prints and looked me up in some sort of database and found out that my full name was Ritsuka Aoyagi. They did that on the first day that I was there. That's how I found out my name. But somehow, Rai and Katsu remembered their names and they weren't in the database. It was really weird.

I have real parents though. That's another thing I found out. I have a mother and a father. I used to have an older brother named Seimei, but he was murdered in a fire a while back. I guess you can say I miss him. I can't remember him at all, but since he was my brother, I have to feel bad. The people at the orphanage wouldn't let me go back to my parents because they found out that my mother was a hysteric and was afraid to put me back into custody with her. It makes sense. She could hurt me. She might have already, because I have all these cuts and bruises all over my body. They're going away though, so that's ok. And they've told me that I used to see a different psychiatrist back then, but I'm seeing a new one now. They think that if I went back to my old one, my mother might try to get me back. Funny that they've never said anything about my father. I've also been told that I went to see that old psychiatrist for basically the same reason I see my current one. It's because I've lost my memories. I wonder why I can't remember anything about my past. Whatever it is that I'm supposed to know about myself, I have to have it told to me.

My foster parents have told me that tomorrow is my birthday. I'll be thirteen. I guess we'll be having a little party here at the house. No friends will be invited. I have none in school. The only people that I talk to in school are Rai and Katsu, and that's only because they were put in my class. Mr. and Mrs. Haiyashi don't live in the same city that I used to live in, so I go to a different school now.

Well, dinner seems to be done. I really don't know how to end a diary entry. So I guess that I'll say good-bye then. Good-bye, diary. I hope to write in you again sometime soon.

Ritsuka

And that's it. The very last chapter of the Dark Sun Academy story. How did you guys like the ending? Did it shock you? Were you expecting it at all?

I'm considering making a sequal. I have a little idea brewing up in my mind. I don't know. We'll have to see.

So, to all my followers with this story, I say farewell and wait patiently for the next story. But while you wait, read up on any other fanfics that I may be working on. I'm sure you'll enjoy them as well!