On Hot Springs Avenue in Tokyo, Hotaru is dreaming the same dream over and
over. "I feel so alone. Where is everyone? Serena?! Rini?! Luna?!?Â
Help! I feel alone." Ten-year-old Hotaru woke up in a cold sweat. "Why
does this dream keep coming back over and over?" she asked herself. She
kept seeing those faces, why?
She got out of bed and walked quietly to the bathroom, trying not to wake her younger brother, Matthew. She shut the door and turned on the light. Looking at herself in the mirror was not a pleasant sight. Her shoulder length black hair was frizzed to the max and her purple eyes had dark circles underneath. "I have got to get to sleep!" she commanded herself, "Mom keeps asking me, 'Are you okay, do you need to look at a doctor'...etc."Â
There was a tiny knock at the door. It was her little brother, Cole, who was only four. "Sis is dat you in dere?" "Yes little brother, what do you need?" "I need to use de poddy!" "Hold on." She got out two aspirins, swallowed them, and opened the door. Her brother squinted his eyes and shut the door after she'd gotten out. She went to bed or at least tried to.Â
She got out of bed and walked quietly to the bathroom, trying not to wake her younger brother, Matthew. She shut the door and turned on the light. Looking at herself in the mirror was not a pleasant sight. Her shoulder length black hair was frizzed to the max and her purple eyes had dark circles underneath. "I have got to get to sleep!" she commanded herself, "Mom keeps asking me, 'Are you okay, do you need to look at a doctor'...etc."Â
There was a tiny knock at the door. It was her little brother, Cole, who was only four. "Sis is dat you in dere?" "Yes little brother, what do you need?" "I need to use de poddy!" "Hold on." She got out two aspirins, swallowed them, and opened the door. Her brother squinted his eyes and shut the door after she'd gotten out. She went to bed or at least tried to.Â