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The Future Story 2

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Chapter 15 – The Rising of the Fallen Stars

Meanwhile, in a room at the Witch Castle…

Queen Hana dreamed about the moment when Doremi saved her from Majoroseline's curse long time ago. She opened her eyes and called the redhead and a small, white elephant who stood up beside her.

"Doremi… Pao-chan…"

She sat down on her bed just as the white elephant jumped onto her while replied cheerfully, "Hana-tan, yokatta Pao!"

'I remember this. It was right before we met Majoroseline at the park and had a small battle with her there,' she thought while hugged Pao-chan tightly into her arms, 'but why am I here now? Is this just a dream? Is there something that I still don't really know from this incident, so that I should be here now?'

She kept thinking about those questions in her mind and didn't really pay her attention for what happened next, until someone coughed and said, "Well, I don't want to interrupt you all, but… should we go searching Majoroseline right now?"

'Fami-chan?' Hana recognized the voice, 'but how can?'

She didn't waste her time to look at the one who just spoke recently, then realized that her guess was right. She was Fami.

'No doubt. It's really her,' the young Queen looked at the pink haired girl, scanned her from head to toe, 'but why does her apprentice costume seem so different? This costume isn't the one which she wear in my timeline… Does it mean that she and the others will have another mission after they successfully opened the Rainbow Gate?'

Just then, she woke up from her sleep.

"Wow, what a dream…" said the Queen to herself, "I wonder what will happen next…"

Suddenly, when Hana just wanted to sleep again, a black star-shaped shuriken was thrown by a mysterious witch into the Queen's bedroom. Fortunately, she could dodge the small weapon, which now was stuck in the wall beside her.

"A shuriken?!" asked her in disbelief as she looked at the mentioned weapon, but when she noticed the shape and the color of the small stuff, she added, "Don't say that… Majoroseline already met those four and corrupted them…"

'Anyway, I should tell Poppu about this,' Hana mentally concluded, 'and we should know about the truth faster, before it's too late for us to realize it.'

.O.

In the next morning…

"Eh?! So obaachan came into your dream last night and said all of those things?!" said Nozomi incredulously after Fami told her about the mentioned dream in their meeting with their fellow witch apprentices at the school rooftop, "but why didn't she come into my dream as well? I also miss her so much."

"Well, I… don't know about that," Fami shrugged, "Maybe she knows that I'll share about my dream to you all today, so even though she didn't come into your dream, all of you still can find out about the things that we talked about in my dream."

"Alright then, I understand. You're our leader, after all," Nozomi sighed, "I just hope that she won't ever forget me."

"What are you saying, Non-chan? I don't think that obaachan doesn't care about you," Fami giggled, "She was the one who named you after all, and I think your name have a deep meaning for her."

"I know what you mean," Nozomi finally smiled, "I just want her to come into my dream someday."

"By the way, Fami-nee, I don't know if this is related with your dream, but… I have a nightmare last night," said Izumi, shifted the subject, "I dreamed that all of us were in a large field. All of you were standing on my right, and… on my left… there were four mysterious girls."

"Four?" Shiroyuki noticed something, "If that's the case, they're probably the successors of your grandmother's team whom we should looking for to help us open the Rainbow Gate someday."

"Probably, but personally, I'm not really sure that they really will help us later," replied Izumi worriedly, "In my dream, they stood up face to face with you all, and then… they started to attack you all."

"So that's your nightmare, huh?" said the pink haired leader, "If they were attacking us in your nightmare, does it mean that they'll be our rival? Along with Majoroseline… Wait, don't say that Majoroseline already found them four and commanded them to fight against us…"

"She influenced them!" exclaimed Molly as she flicked her fingers, "She persuaded them so they wouldn't ever help us to open the Rainbow Gate!"

"I see. That might be true, even though I don't want it happen for real," Fami thought for a few minutes before she added, "However, we should prepare ourselves if someday, we really met them and suddenly they attacked us."

"Izumi-chan, can you explain further about those four girls to us?" asked Nozomi, "Who knows if later they really come to Misora and confront us here."

"Hmm… I couldn't see their faces clearly because all of them wore black robes though, it seems like they're a bit older than me," replied the first grader, "They also wore dark colored clothes beneath their robes."

"Are they older than me too?" asked Rizuko curiously.

"Nope. I even noticed that you're much taller than them in my nightmare, Rizu-nee," Izumi shook of her head, "Well, maybe if they really come here and transferred into our school, they'll be in the second grade."

"Second grade, huh?" Nozomi mused, "If your nightmare really became true, then it means that Majoroseline is so crazy. Why should four fifth graders, a fourth grader and a first grader like us fight against four second graders like that? I just can't believe that."

"I think it's better to say that we should help them to realize who's the right ones between Majoroseline and all of us," retorted Fami, "However, we need their help to open the Rainbow Gate."

Right after Fami shared her conclusion, the bell rang, called them to walk into their own classes.

In class 5-2, Fami, Nozomi and Shiroyuki walked to their own seat and sat down there. Just then, Fami noticed that their homeroom teacher hadn't arrived yet. She thought that maybe her cousin knew about their teacher's absence, but when she was going to ask the brunette, Nozomi stood up from her seat and said to the pink haired girl before she walked to the front of the class, "Ah, I just remember. Tsubaki-sensei told okasan yesterday that she'll come late to school today. I should tell the others that we should have self-studying session before she arrives."

"Oh, okay."

The cheerful class president then informed all of her classmates about their teacher's delay. Meanwhile, a boy walked to Fami's seat and said to the pink haired girl, "Alright then, I think I want to talk about something with you now."

"What do you want, Matsumoto?" replied Fami, annoyed, "Do you want to start a fight with me?"

"Well, I just want to ask about you. Why do you always suspect me as if I always tease you anytime I talk with you?"

"Because that's the fact, Matsumoto. You always said that I was so weak because of my illness," Fami glared at him, "Then, what will you do now?"

"Err… I just want to apologize that… when you were ill, I just insulted you and didn't give any help," Daichi sighed, "You know, I never think that your illness was really that serious, so… I thought that maybe a little bit of criticism will make you stronger."

"What do you say? A little bit? Have you ever imagine about what I feel anytime you insult me like that?" asked Fami emotionally, "and now, you simply apologize to me?"

"Alright, now what happen? Do you both use this chance to talk about dating or something like that?" cut Nozomi as she walked to them.

"Non-chan…"

"Uh, Kounna, I just… want to apologize to Fami, but… it seems like, she can't forgive me," explained Daichi who then bowed his head and sighed, "Well, that's reasonable though, maybe what I did to her is just too much…"

"I don't think so," unexpectedly, Nozomi shook of her head, "You just didn't know how serious Fami's illness was, so… you just spoke out your thoughts and nothing more."

"Wait a minute. Non-chan, do you want to defend him?" asked Fami didn't understand, "Actually, who's your cousin here?"

"Okay, I know that Matsumoto-kun had already teased you several times, but it doesn't mean that you shouldn't forgive him. He apologized to you, after all," replied the brunette, "Don't you remember that obaachan always said to us that we should forgive anyone who seriously apologizes to us?"

'Ah, Non-chan's right. Now I remember that obaachan had ever said it, but how can I forget it before?' Fami thought, then finally sighed, "Alright then, Matsumoto, do you seriously want to apologize? Can you promise to me that you won't ever insult me anymore?"

"Oh, yeah… I'll try," the black haired boy nodded, "So, Fami, will you forgive me?"

"Of course, if you really want to stop teasing me here," the pink haired girl finally smiled, "I forgive you, Matsumoto."

"Thank you, Fami. I promise, I'll be a good friend for you," Daichi smiled back, "I really want to be your friend, not your enemy."

"By the way, Matsumoto-kun, why do you suddenly apologize to my cousin, after these five years?" asked Nozomi, "Do you really feel that guilty with her?"

"Well, I see that Fami isn't that weak anymore now. She can prove that she's strong enough to fight against her illness, so… I'm happy to see it."

"Really?" Fami's cheeks blushed. The black haired boy nodded.

"Previously, I just thought that a heart defect wasn't a big deal, but… when I heard that your grandmother even should donate her heart to you just to make sure that you're alive, I… I just feel so sorry."

"It's okay. I already forgive you anyway," Fami weakened her smile, "Coincidentally, she just fell ill when I need a new heart to recover."

Since the beginning, all of the new witch apprentices just told their classmates that Fami got her new heart from her grandmother through donor surgery, because they didn't want to make their classmates shocked.

"Anyways, I think we shouldn't talk about it anymore now," said Nozomi, tried to shift the subject, "It's better if we talk about something fun… Uh, by the way, Matsumoto-kun, how about your activity in the basketball club? I heard that you're preparing for the next tournament right now. Is it true?"

"Yeah, that's right. I'm so busy practicing recently…" Daichi sighed, "How about you both?"

They then talked about their club activities until their homeroom teacher arrived.

.O.

At Himawari's house…

As Pop was still staying at her daughter's house, Hana went there and talk about the sudden attack at her castle last night. The young Queen also shown the black star-shaped shuriken to the old woman.

"Eh?! So you think that Majoroseline met their successors and influenced them to thwart your plan to reopen the connection between witches and humans?" asked Pop.

"Well, I just think about it since I saw this shuriken in my room," replied Hana, "but actually, I don't want it happen for real. I just don't want to see that Fami-chan and the others should fight with any other people just because of Majoroseline."

"Actually, Izumi-chan told me this morning that she dreamed about the similar thing," confessed Pop, "Now I wonder if that really happen…"

"Let's just hope that it won't ever happen, although it's possibly happen now," Hana sighed, "I'm just recently became a Queen but I should face too much problems…"

"Don't give up, Hana-chan. I know that you can face all of these problems," assured Pop, "Now we just need to worry about Izumi-chan, Fami-chan and the others. If Majoroseline really have them on her side, it also means that… there will be a battle between them."

"That'll be a good thing, right?"

Suddenly, Majoroseline walked into the house and interrupted their meeting. She smirked, "We can see who's the best between them from that battle, right kids?"

Both Hana and Pop then noticed that Majoroseline didn't come there alone. There were four young girls stood up behind her. Pop recognized that all of the girls' performance really reminded her with her old friends, the Star.

'Anita-chan, Ran-chan, Machi-chan, Dira-chan… Should my granddaughters and her team fight against all of your granddaughters?' Pop thought, 'I just want them to be friends.'

"I hope you like that shuriken, Queen Hana," said one of them, a short blond girl, "I'm Zee, the one who threw it into your room."

"Zee…"

"Yup, that's my name, old woman," she smirked, "Granny Ran had ever told me about you, and she said that you were her best friend. Even so, I hate you, because you never visit her until her death."

'Ran-chan?!' Pop's eyes widened. She said, "B-but nobody told me about it. I never know that she's already…"

"Really? Even though Zee-chan's family sent you a mail to invite you to Grandma Ran's funeral?" said a marine blue haired girl, "Or should I say, to our grandmothers' funeral?"

"What?!"

"That's just too much, old woman," she added while shook of her head, "I just don't have idea why Granny Dira and her best friends assumed you as part of them. You just don't care about them anyway."

"I care about them!" Pop argued, "It's just that… It's been a long time since the last time I could contact them. I don't know why, but I just… couldn't contact them. I called them, but they never answered it. I sent some letters to them, but I didn't receive any reply. I tried to contact them in social media, but I…"

"You can say anything you want, but the fact is you're the one who broke up with them," said the another ones, the brunette, "and that's why we hate you. Zee-chan, Ranna-chan, Tiffany-chan and I… all of us hate you so much."

"But…"

"Michi-chan, I think it's better for us to go now," said the last one, a green haired girl, "This old woman is completely unaware of her own fault."

"You're right, Tiffany-chan."

"Stop it, you four!" Hana finally shouted, "I know that Poppu never do all of those things!"

"Oh yeah? Don't you defend her just because she's one of your mother, Queen Hana?" retorted the marine blue haired girl, Ranna, "Well, it's useless for us to come here now. Our main rivals aren't here anyway."

"Don't worry, kids. I bring you four along here now just to introduce you all to them," said Majoroseline, "and I promise that you all can meet your main rivals tomorrow."

Before anyone could say anything else, Majoroseline and the four girls left the house.