Hello!

It's rikufanattic, and well this is my first fan fic so I hope you like it. It's been so long since I've watched the anime, so bear with me.

Date published: 10-14-2004

Date posted: 11-19-2004

Title: Life in the Clouds

Chapter One: A Long Awaited Someone

"Claus!" I yelled across the wheat field. The wheat was almost taller than I was. The dark yellow husks were beautiful in the light, but I had no time to look at them now. "Claus!!" I ran in circles, I was getting nowhere. "I swear when I find him I'm gonna'...." I walked back to a little house on the edge of the field. Smoke was clearly visible from the chimney.

"Loki!" a red head yelled on the porch. "Hurry up!"

That's Lavie Head. She's seventeen years old, she was a former resident of a place called Norkia. Sadly that place and all it's inhabitants were killed, in some attack. I don't know too much about it. To tell you the truth I came here about a year ago, so I know so little about our home. It's called Anatore. That's what I can tell from my stay here.

"Any luck?" Lavie asked me. She then sat down on the side of the porch.

"No, dice..." I sat next to Lavie. I looked at her and smiled. Gray greenish eyes looked back at me. Two locks of black hair (I dyed those black,) or antennas as I call them, came forward. My dark red hair was long just like my mother, but she died. I don't have memories of my family. I just remembered coming here.

"He'll be back..." Lavie said then grabbing a lock of my hair.

To tell you the truth I never liked people touching my hair, maybe because I wasn't around my mother, or I never had friends who would. I'm seventeen years old now, and I live here, nothing seems to change here.

"Hey Lavie?" I asked childishly.

"Yeah, what's up?" she answered back letting go of my hair.

"Where's Al?"

"She's with Claus." She sighed and stood up.

Claus Valca, another former resident of the place called Norkia. He was seventeen years old, as well as Lavie's childhood friend. He had blonde, almost short hair, it was sort of spiked, and his eyes were sort of blue. Alvis, (or Al) Hamilton was another friend, she was now about thirteen years old. She was cute, and I liked her blue eyes. She was also filled with questions.

I looked up at the clouds. Just watching them float there made me envy them. "They have nothing to worry about," I mumbled to myself.

"Loki! Lavie!" a young girl ran across the field. "We have company!"

At that same moment as the girl finished her sentence, I was running towards the girl, Al.

She stopped and panted for breath. "We... have- have company..."

"We do?" I was puzzled but excited at the same time. I looked back and Lavie came running to us.

In a short while both Lavie and I were being dragged by Alvis. From the dark gold husks to an endless ocean of green grass, two figures were seen. Alvis pulled us and we were soon to the two figures.

"Claus there you are!" I was walking slowly, but Alvis wouldn't let go. I looked at the other figure. He had a white suite, like the working clothes Lavie and Claus wore. He also had short white hair, with gray eyes, red markings were on the sides. He looked beaten up, his suite was toren, and his hair was messed up. To tell you the truth he need medical attention.

"Immelman..." the man said a little confused. "Where is Luciora?"

I looked at Lavie, she was in shock, as if she just saw a ghost. Alvis looked back at me. I looked back at Claus. Who was Immelman? I wondered.

"My name's not Immelman!" Claus seemed annoyed. He looked back at Lavie and Alvis. Then back at the white haired man. "Dio, Luciora is no longer with us."

Alvis' grip loosened. The man called Dio, cried. I watched small tears fall to the ground.

That's all I remember, I was soon on the floor holding the sides of my head tight, as if my brain was about to explode. Soon, the image of that man, Dio was fading. I was blacking-out.

I envy the clouds...