Jean: Yeah! And so many reviews the time I went to my inbox. Thanks for the reviews you guys out there!
Sora: And remember to some of you, this story is different from the movie. There will be some twists; they could be good or bad.
Jean: Thanks, and let's get on with the story please. And please visit my C2 club.
While Riku was driving the car, I looked at some boys in middle school having a friendly match during P.E. I thought of Dad was with me at the park one day for a friendly soccer match.
(Flashback)
"Hey dad!" I shouted to Dad as I was about to show him to corner kick. That was the time my mother just passed away when I was 4.
"So, honey, what do we have here?" asked he, and he sketched a picture of me and stopped after some time. "Go on. My eyes are open."
I took a big breathe, and began kicking the ball as hard as I could. My dream is to be the best female soccer player when I grow up. Once I kicked the ball, I scored, turned and saw Dad sketching a picture of me kicking the ball to the goal post.
(End of flashback)
When we reached school and we parked, Riku's car burst and smoke engulfed. It was a second-hand car. If this car was his father's he'll be in big trouble, and anyway, Riku just got his license last week.
"Oh! Why does it have to be broken down? Looks like I need to buy some spare parts, but Dad won't allow me to…." Riku mumbled, and Luna went towards me.
"Hey, here comes the PA-IN in the bottom!" Luna said, and we saw Paine and her friends driving a car, and Sora and his friends on the other. People began staring at them as they were the most popular students in Destiny Islands High school. Namine and Lulu went looking at them in envy.
As Paine went out of the car, Namine and Lulu dashed to her and started a conversation.
"Hey, so are you coming for next Friday's Halloween costume slumber party?" asked Namine and Lulu in excitement.
"Well, if Sora is coming, I'll go. If not, I'll stay at home, watching horror movies instead." Paine said, and left for her locker.
"Whoa. She sure has a taste." Riku said, Luna and I glared at him, and began sweating.
"I mean, doesn't mean the popular lady around here doesn't' mean she could boss anyone around here right?" Riku let out a silly grin; we went into the school compound.
"Aloha! Having a good holiday and returning to school? Well, the teachers are spending time- giving out test papers this week to see if you studied during the holidays. And for the male soccer team, this week Mr. Franklin is giving you a schedule for more practices, and it's going to be tight one." Said Hurky, who was the 'Dee-jay' in the school announcing the news that is happening in school, with Mrs. Carrollton taking care of what Hurky is going to say.
"And one more thing. Conserve water, 'cause these days' people living in poverty had limited supply of fresh water for the people to drink. So Mrs. Carrollton said that you have to shower, and use water carefully, and in the water cooler, never fool around with it, and there's a hidden water measurement on how much water was used every single day. And also, this is the last chance for you to buy your tickets for our school versus Spira High School for the upcoming soccer match." Hurky reminded them.
"And also remember on the biggest Halloween slumber party. You can dress anything you like or somebody you're not, for instant-" said Hurky when Mrs. Carrollton stopped her.
"What did you say?" asked Mrs. Carrollton.
"I mean----err….." Hurky mumbled and went saying the school pledge.
I was about to walk to the school compound when someone screamed having problems with parking a car.
"Slowly, Wakka, you're gonna scratch Paine's car, closer…." Said Ryo when Wakka went crashing the car like mad.
"WAKKA! This is the 3rd time you crashed someone's car. And this time it's Paine's- PAINE'S! What have you done…?" Ryo went rattling to Wakka.
When Ryo shouted Paine's name, Yuna and Rikku heard that, pulled Paine outside the school and saw her car was in a bad shape.
"What have you done to my car? My mother's going to ground me-for life!" Paine complained, when Sora saw her sobbing, took out his wallet and takes out some money and passed it to Paine.
"Here, just take this and get your car fixed." Sora said.
"Thanks, and you two, you're OUT!" she screamed and left to her homeroom.
"Gee, that was nasty." Said Riku.
"Yeah, especially Wakka and Ryo got yelled by Paine. This is the worst scene ever being scolded by Paine." Luna commented as Ryo began crying away to the toilet.
"C'mon, let's go, before we're late." I said, and we left for our respective homerooms. As Riku and Luna are a year older than me, I can only see Sora, Namine, Paine, Yuna and Rikku around there.
At night at home……..
As soon as I finished bathing and my troublesomechores, the only thing I thought of was to send an instant message with my pen pal, Savior. I don't know what his real name was, and my pen name was Winry (Yup! That's the name of the girl that Ed likes in FMA).
"Where have you been, like you never talked to me for ages." I typed.
"I talked this morning." Savior said.
"What's on your mind? If I have mind reading powers, I knew you are busy the last few days." I typed.
"You go first." He said.
"Thinking about Mr. Stevens releasing too many frogs during class." I typed, and sneezed loudly. Everyone in the neighbourhoodignored me as if I was invisible.
"Croak! Croak! Haha!" he laughed.
"Why don't you laugh out loud, Save-the-frogs?" I joked.
"I want to hear how you laugh. Do you think we will ever meet face-to-face?" asked he.
"Soon. Very, very, soon." I said.
"How's your day so far?" asked Savior.
"Stepmother is a slave driver; working at the restaurant is no exception and like a proverb, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." I typed.
"You feel you don't belong in a family?" asked he.
"Yeah." I typed.
"Even though you have so many friends, you found out you'll still be alone." He said.
"Then I'll start thinking of you, then." I typed, and took a big breathe. "Hey Savior, don't you think we'll ever meet again?" I asked.
"I don't know. Our school has teens, that don't behave the same again. They somehow become aggressive to other people, ordering people around, and more stuff that makes us feel miserable." He typed.
"Well, that narrows down things." I said, slumping the chair.
"Yeah, and I have soccer practice today. The teacher coaching us was a slave driver to my players too." Said he.
"Wait a minute, are you a guy?" I asked.
"At least I could say no." he said.
"If you are, I'll kick your butt, and make sure you'll suffer with my kung-fu." I joked and giggled.
"Have you tell your father about Balamb Garden yet, I mean before you go to college?" I asked.
"If I could, I'll never tell him I want to be a pilot. He objects it when I mention it. That's my dream." He said.
"Mine's the reverse. Before he died, he called me to set goals and working hard with determination, making it come true." I typed.
"Not my dad. He had other plans in the future for me." He said.
"You can't be your father's dog forever." I typed.
"I know that." He said.
"It's already in the morning, and we have been talking for hours you know?" I asked, watching the clock that says it's 2 in the morning.
"Hey, why don't we take part in the universe record, then we set a record that says that we spent 4 hours on the Messenger." He asked.
"That's silly." I typed, laughing. "And we need to sleep. See ya!" I greeted.
"Wait!" he shouted.
"I can't sleep without knowing that miracles can happen sometimes." He asked.
"Half the nights we wasted in sighs, in a wakeful doze I sorrow. For the hands, the lips, the eyes, for the meeting for tomorrow." I quoted.
"Quoting someone, I forgot. Sorry my bad!" he apologized.
"No need to apologize. And before we turn in, please meet me at the homecoming dance. I'll be waiting for you at, in the middle of the dance floor." I said.
"Sweet dreams." He said and then he logged off.
"Close. Hope no one finds out about this." I said, switched off the lights and turn in.
TBC…..
Jean: Whoa! That's a long one.
Sora: I'm exhausted after all that typing to Winry. Gotta sleep.
Jean: Looking forward to the next chapter of Kairi's Cinderella story. Happy dreams!