Disclaimer: I do not own Gakuen Alice

BEFORE

"Now, now, calm down Mr. Fujita, we just found out the same thing. Please proceed to my office the three of you" Mikan was so confused and didn't know what to say.

'What does he mean by he knows who my parents are?' 'What is happening?' 'What did Professor Herly mean by he found out the same thing?'

CHAPTER 3

"Natsume Hyuuga" said Hotaru as she stared at Natsume. "Imai, what do you want?" asked Natsume impatiently. "Come with me" said Hotaru still staring at him blankly. "Why should I do that?" the black cat asked irritated. Ruka on the other hand who was beside Natsume looked worried. "I am not asking" Hotaru said with a grin. 'What the? I can't move' thought Natsume as he tries to move his legs but they won't move an inch. Then he hears a familiar voice from behind him "Hey there Nastume, how's it going?" Tsubasa asked teasingly 'Andou…you're going to pay for this' Natsume thought as he glared at Tsubasa who accepted it with great fear. Hotaru covers her nose as she gets a spray type potion out from her pocket. 'Huh?' thought Natsume as Hotaru sprayed the potion to his face.

'Where the heck am I?' Thought Hyuuga Natsume as he wakes up in…a girl's room? "You're in Mikan's room" said Nonoko. Natsume notices that he is tied up to a bed. 'Heh, they think they could do this so easily?' he thought as he uses his fire alice to burn the thread that's wrapped around him but….nothing happened. 'What the?' he tries to use his alice again but like the first attempt, nothing happened.

"Invention number 082, Baka's thread. I called it baka's thread because idiot Mikan's alice is nullification. This thread is designed to nullify any alice used against it. I also have Invention number 081, Baka's paper. The idea also came from idiot Mikan's nullification alice. This paper is recommended for printing high quality pictures and is best for blackmailing people with strong alices because they will be blocked…oh and it also works on EPSON printers. That's a new feature" said Hotaru to an imaginary camera.

The Nice Story continues…

'What did he mean by he knows who my parents are?' 'What is happening?' 'What did Professor Herly mean by he found out the same thing?' these thoughts tortured Mikan's mind as the three of them sat on the same sofa they sat down earlier.

"Nice to see you again Miss Sakura" Professor Herly didn't seem to be looking sad so this made Mikan a little more relaxed. She looked at Akito who gave her a comforting smile and said "It's okay".

She smiled and took a deep breath. She looked at the headmaster to let him continue. "Well, Miss Sakura, I suppose you want some answers" the girl nodded as the headmaster continued "You see you're gift of element is not very common. I and your fellow Ruun professors were discussing something about you. While we were examining you, we were trying to find out what your power was. But we couldn't figure it out."

"Then we found out the problem. We tried to use the old way of examining powers. Which was to use this unique object" He got something from inside his robe and it was a green crystal ball. "This is something very rare. As you can see this ball is only used for royalty blood."

"You see the only royal family in Velgar whom as we all believed died, passed on a very powerful blood. And their powers are using elements. This ball is ONLY for the known royal family to find out which element they can control. But before we tried it on you we wanted to be making sure that you indeed possessed their strong blood. So we tried to track down your family. Imai's parents told us everything. But we tried something else, and we were right. We gave your step parents this potion that will make them remember anything that was blocked from their memories."

"It seems like your real parents were from Velgar indeed. They used a very powerful and rare potion that would erase someone's memory and replace it with another one." "Your parents were indeed the King and Queen of Velgar"

Professor Herly watched the awe in Mikan's face as he continued.

"It seems that after explaining to Miss Imai's parents their situation, they were trying to save you because that time Ruun was under attack and…your step parents took their potion willingly. And then…"

The headmaster's smile faded and turned into a sadness which made Mikan concerned as she asked "Umm… Professor, what is it?" she was scared of what the headmaster might say. But she was hopeful that her parents were still-"I'm sorry Mikan but your parents died 14 years ago"

Mikan felt as if her heart was being crushed. Not long after that last line, tears started falling down Mikan's eyes. 'My parents ar…are dead?' She cried and said 'no' over and over again. She thought, why give her false hopes that her parents were still alive? Now to think about it, Professor Herly never said anything about her parents being alive and safe. 'Stupid! Mikan, you're such a fool...you're…such a fool' she told herself. As Akito comforted her, the head master tried to explain her parents' cause of death.

"As all of us in Velgar know your whole family was attacked by the dark Ruuns. All of us believed that nobody survived. We are lucky for the fact that you inherited ALL of your family's powers. That kind of power-inheriting is uncommon here. But it seems that your parents died in honor. After escaping you, bringing you in the human world and still came back to fight. We are proud of you, Princess"

He smiled at her. She slowly stops her crying and manages to wipe some of her tears away "Tha…Thank you Professor" "Mikan Sakura, a lovely name for a very lovely girl" He smiled and said goodbye and again…he disappeared. Right after he disappeared, Mikan burst into tears once again 'Why?' 'This Is Not Fair' 'I would give up all my powers to have them back' 'I just want to be with them' All these thoughts conquered her mind.

"Mi…Princess" Akito started as he was trying to comfort Mikan "Why don't I accompany you to your room? You'll feel a lot better" he smiled as he asked Hotaru "Which one is yours?" Hotaru gave him the map to their room. When they finally reached the door, Mikan was starting to calm down.

"Prin-" Akito started as Mikan shook her head and said "You can call me Mikan" she said as she tried to make a smile with her eyes all red and teary.

'I can't believe it….I feel sorry for her' Akito thought as he continued "Okay it's Mikan" He gave her a very comforting smile. "Mikan, you know you can meet me tomorrow with Hotaru at the great hall around 9 am. And I suggest that you girls get some sleep. Til' tomorrow" as he took Mikan's hand and kissed it "Princess" he smiled and left.

The girls entered their room. 'BEAUTIFUL' Mikan thought. They found two rooms separated. The other room has the color pink as its theme and yellow for the other. Mikan took the yellow room. Each has its own bathroom with a big Jacuzzi. Outside their rooms was a mini living room and fireplace near the sofa. The girls found their things already there. Each headed for their own rooms as both of them unpacked.

After unpacking, Mikan went to the bathroom to take a quick shower. She brushed her teeth and got dressed into her pajamas and landed on top of her soft yellow bed. 'Good night mom, dad.' She whispered before getting to sleep.

She woke up at around 7:30 am. She still had a lot of time to prepare. She took a nice long shower. After that she brushed her teeth. She got out of the bathroom to her wardrobe and got a yellow mini skirt, a white spagetti strap top and a sporty orange jacket. This time she left her dark chocolate hair straight and shiny as it landed 3 inches bellow her shoulders. She looked at a full size mirror beside her bed. 'Nice' she told herself. She was now ready. And when she got to the living room she found Hotaru already waiting for her. Mikan looked at their wall clock '8:40'. Great they were not late.

The two pretty girls left their rooms and proceeded to the great hall. Once they opened the gigantic door they found almost all the students staring as them. As they entered the hall they heard the students whispering things about Mikan. It seems that it was already announced that she IS the Princess, the survivor of the royal family. On the way to their table they found Akito already walking towards them. Hotaru completely ignored Akito and went to the 1st year's table to work on her invention. "Mikan, you look nice" Akito said as Kumiko noticed the scene and interrupted.

"You should get used to it. She is such a perfect person but she doesn't even kn-" Mikan was turning redder of embarrassment and made an attempt to silent Kumiko. "Shuush! You shouldn't-"

But this time Akito cut her off "Come on Mikan, you shouldn't deny the truth" Akito found her blushing face VERY very attractive and continued "Anyways, how do you feel? Better?"

Mikan nodded. "That's good" Akito said as he saw Hotaru working with the invention she was working on yesterday. Though a first year student was talking to her…. "Hey Hiro!" He called as the 1st year turned to him and smiled "Yo Akito! Sup mate?" the boy replied.

Hotaru turned to Akito as she asked "You know this idiot?" Akito replied "Yeah, well…Hiro kinda got into a mess so I was the one assigned to give him detention"

Hotaru sighed as Akito gestured to Mikan and said "So Hiro I suppose you know Mikan here. She is in your year level after all" "Princess" Hiro said as he took her hand and kissed it gently.

Mikan blushed of embarassment. "Ummm it's Hiro right?" Mikan asked "Well its nice meeting you" she said as she gave him a sweet smile.

"Oh right!" Hiro added "Okay…Princess Mikan, I met your best friend yesterday and I can tell you that I'm currently dating her. May I please ask you permission to steal her away from time to time?" He asked pleadingly.

"He's an idiot…an imaginative one too, like someone I know" Hotaru said as she thought 'Dating? He went too far. He's only serving me'

"Urr su…sure sure why not?" she sweat dropped but manages to form a smile 'This one's desperate'. Akito started "Since she has her own pet to take care of I guess we'll be moving along on our own Mi" "Yeah sure" Mikan replied as she went to Hotaru and whispered to her ear "We'll talk later…and by the way…nice one" Mikan giggled teasingly as Hotaru said "Baka". The two boys exchanged looks of confusion and amusement at the same time.

Akito offered his arm to Mikan "I guess we should go, Princess" Mikan took his offer and followed his lead. They went outside the great hall. "Where are we going Aki?" Mikan asked. 'Aki? I like the sound of that' he thought "Oh sorry, as you know our classes will 'officially' begin on Monday I thought that maybe I can introduce you to some friends of mine now" he said.

"Really? That is so nice of you!" She says giving him a big hug. "Wow this sure excites you a lot huh?" he laughed. "Well yeah I love making friends and I don't know people here that much. And I have to say" She turned to Akito "They are really charming" 'She thinks I'm charming?' 'Well she is just so damn perfect herself' Akito thought.

TO BE CONTINUED

Guys you wouldn't want to miss the next chapter because that is when the leading man appears. Haha. Have fun! Feel free to give me some tips or constructive criticisms and message me if the story is getting uglier :p I certainly don't want THAT though the story will get a little more complex –anamicah