Chapter three – The Most Happy
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Colette turned on the light on her nightstand next to her bed. "I can't sleep," she complained.
Mimi replied, "I can't go to sleep either. Usually when I try to go to sleep, I look at the stars. But there aren't any stars here, because the lights outside are so bright! And the cars outside are so noisy! Wah!"
"I'm sorry. Are you comfortable sleeping on a chair? If you want I could find a more comfortable spot for you."
"Umm…I would like a pillow."
"Sorry, I don't have any more…"
"That's okay. I think I can make one later. I'll just have to go to sleep, because I've got a feeling that tomorrow will be a very exciting day!"
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The next day, Colette woke to a chao shaking her.
"Wake up! It's morning now!" said Mimi.
"Aw…" moaned Colette. "It's Sunday. I want sleep some more…"
"I didn't come here to sleep! C'mon, let's go!"
Then, the telephone rang. Colette dragged herself out of bed in her nightwear to go pick it up.
"Hi. Who's this?"
"It's me, Lloyd," replied the person on the other side of the phone.
"Hi Colette," replied the person on the other end of the phone. "I was wondering if you would like to go to the amusement park with me, since your parents are out. I've got free tickets for both of us."
"Sure, Lloyd! I would love to go with you! I have to get dressed first, and then I will meet you at 10:00. Is that fine with you"
"Sure. Can't wait to meet you there."
"Ok! Bye!"
"Bye!"
"Who is this "Lloyd" person?"
"He's just my best friend."
"Really? He's not your boyfriend or something, is he?"
"Boyfriend? No, he's not my boyfriend."
"Yes he is! He's asking you out for a date!"
"A date?"
"I know the perfect song for this moment!" Mimi started singing. "My fingers trace your picture, however, that makes my heart pound. I'm flooded with energy; my body is paralyzed at love's beginning!"
Apparently, Colette was oblivious to the song. "Oh no! It's already 9:15! I have to hurry, or else I'll be late! And Mimi, do you want to go to the amusement park with me?"
"What's an amusement park?"
"It's a place that's a lot of fun. I can show you when we get there.
"If it's fun, sure!"
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Just before Colette and Mimi walked out of the apartment building, Mimi started talking.
"Wait! Akita told me to not cause any trouble here. She said that lots of people would get freaked out if they saw me. So I've got a great idea: I'm going to be a stuffed animal! You just have to hold me, and I'll do the rest."
As soon as the girl picked up the chao, she flopped, looking like a lifeless plushie."
"See? Now, if anyone asks, just tell them that I'm a stuffed animal."
"Okay."
As the two turned on the corner, Colette noticed a person sitting on a tree that sort of looked like someone she knew.. His spiky red hair that was the same color as his red eyes covered one of them, giving him a mysterious look. What was even weirder was his clothes. They gave him a knight-ish look, even if he wasn't wearing shining armor.
Colette just stared at the man, until Mimi started shaking her.
"Colette, are you alright? You've been staring at that tree."
The girl blinked, and he was gone.
Not wanting to make anyone worry, she said, "Oh. It's nothing."
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"Hi!" Colette and Lloyd said to each other when they met at the train station.
Lloyd was a boy in his early teens with kind brown eyes and the kind of hair that seemed to stand up that were the same color.
"Well, I was wondering if you would like to first go out to brunch together. Do you?" asked Lloyd. "I forgot to eat breakfast."
"I forgot to eat breakfast also because I was so excited, so I guess I'll have to go." Colette said as the two friends ran on to the train.
"Hey, what's that?" Lloyd pointed to Mimi.
"It's a stuffed animal."
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"It's a really long way from the train station to the amusement park," Colette complained.
"But it's nice to walk this way, because you cam admire the color of the leaves at this season," Lloyd replied.
"You're right…the leaves are really pretty."
The two (along with Mimi) got off the train and then exited the train station. They turned and started walking on a fairly deserted path.
Out of nowhere appeared large teddy bear with evil purplish-red eyes. And it was walking straight towards them.
"Lloyd! Look at that!"
"What the heck is that thing?" Lloyd replied.
The teddy bear made a hand motion and suddenly large purple sparks flew out in Lloyd's direction, knocking him down.
Colette gasped. "We have to do something! Lloyd's unconscious now!"
Mimi hopped down, out of the trees. "The answers obvious: We fight it! Cruxis Crystal activate! Chao metamorphosis!"
A ball of light enveloped Mimi and faded away. When Mimi reappeared, she was wearing a light blue and pastel purple ribbon on her neck with a bell on it. She also had oversized wings were the same color as the ribbon. They were the same kind as Colette's. Finally, in her had was a silver sword (Chao-sized) with an ornate handle and faint writing on the blade.
Mimi then lunged at the teddy bear and yelled, "Sonic Thrust!"
The teddy bear casted another lightning bolt, this one toward Colette, but she avoided it. Barely.
"You've got to do something!"
"That's right…Cruxis Crystal activate! Angel metamorphosis!"
Mimi made another move at the teddy bear, this time swinging her sword at the air, but had a blue shockwave follow it, throwing the teddy bear up into the air. "Hit it now!"
Colette threw her chakrams at the teddy bear. "Ray thrust!" The teddy bear then dissolved.
"And don't come back!" Mimi yelled to the now-gone teddy bear.
"We have to wake Lloyd up now!" Colette ran towards Lloyd's side a gently shook him. "Are you all right? That thing's gone now."
"Yeah, I'm fine. But do you know what? After that teddy bear-thing hit me, I had a dream that an angel that looked just like you saved me. But the weird part was that your stuffed animal also came alive."
"Oh. Ok."
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After the encounter with the evil teddy bear thing, the three had finally made it to the amusement park.
"Wow!" said Colette. "I've never been to an amusement park this big before."
"Which ride do you want to go on first?" asked Lloyd.
Colette answered. "I don't know, they all look so good!"
"How about the roller coasters?"
"Sure. Too bad I can't take Mimi on." Colette set Mimi on the floor next to the ride.
When the two left, Mimi quietly snuck out and jumped into an empty seat, much to the dismay of the person next to her.
"Ahhhh!" the person screamed.
Too late, the ride had already begun.
As the roller coaster went up and down, Mimi felt the thrill you get from riding one of these rides. (Unless you don't like roller coasters)
"Whee!" she yelled, causing the person next to her to shake with horror.
The day went by and Colette and Lloyd went on more rides. Mimi kept on following them, hoping to find some trace of romance. There was none. But the chao managed to get some free Italian ice.
Finally, next to sundown, something happened.
"You know, it's almost time to go, but I want to go on one more ride with you," said Colette.
"Which one?" asked Lloyd.
"I want to go on the Ferris wheel and see the whole city!"
Colette and Lloyd sat at the Ferris wheel, looking down on all of the people below them and across at what seemed like the entire city of Yokohama.
"This feels really special, looking down," whispered Colette, "being up here with you. It makes me feel really happy."
"Yes!" Mimi exclaimed in her head, who was sitting in the compartment behind them. "I've got proof that they actually like each other! Yay!"
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"Bye! See you at school tomorrow!" yelled Colette towards Lloyd as she walked back towards her home.
"So, how do you think your date went?" asked Mimi.
"Date?" asked a confused Colette.
"You don't know what a date is!" replied a shocked Mimi. "Fine, how did your day go?"
"It was great! I wish every day was like this!"
"Do you think that we'll be good friends?"
"Of course!" said Colette as they walked towards the sunset.
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In the middle of some city or other in a dark alley a certain yellow fox was waiting for someone to arrive.
"Hurry up," she muttered to herself.
Then, a blue-haired man with a ponytail and pointy ears walked into the alley the fox was in.
"Are you sure it's safe to do this?" he asked. "He's omnipotent, you know."
"I've lived with him long enough to know that," she answered. "But why should I care? If we succeed at doing this, we succeed. If he finds out, we don't. This is our only chance at doing this. We need to accomplish."
"So, have you killed her yet?"
"No."
"Damn. Then that means that we'll have to go with our other plan. Now, what do we need to find again?"
"Oh…a mana fragment, a mana leaf herb, zircon, and a unicorn horn. Wow, there's a lot of things that have the word mana in them in this list."
"Concentrate. Great, how are we supposed to get a unicorn horn?"
"We can always use my daughter," the fox said, with a slight joking tone.
"Which one? The older one is a memory obsessed nutcase and the younger one is the most perverted thing I've ever seen."
"Then please, complain to them. Not me."
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Preview: Tomorrow, Colette will have to face the Fire Seal. But can she face it? Also, what's up with her new English teacher? Next time on Mahou Tenshi Colette: The Seal of Fire.
