Chapter 2! Yippee! Hope you guys enjoyed the 1st chapter 'cause now it's time for #2!
I don't own Ojamajo Doremi (I wish I did)! Everything belongs to Toei Animation and ABC.
The Talk of the Town
"Yahoo!" Mirabelle yelled as she did wicked twist and turns on her broom. The rest of the group was behind her giggling and chatting it up with one another. Hana was trying hard to mimic their sporty friend's moves. Dorie was telling her daughter to be careful because she nearly fell off once already.
"A nice night ride is the way to relax." Ellie held her head high as the gentle night breeze brushed past her face. The others couldn't help but agree. They worked undoubtedly hard this week and needed to relax once in a while. On the streets of Misora, someone was watching them. Their eyes were wide; complete shock came over this bystander. Quickly, not hoping to lose sight of the girls, the onlooker wiped out a camera and pressed the capture button. The bright flash went unnoticed to the girls; so, they continued on. With this kind of information, tragedy was bound to strike soon.
Dorie decided that it was getting late and too cold to keep flying tonight. "Hey guys, it's getting late and apparently cold to others," Dorie looked down and on either side of her were Hana and Caitlyn clutching her uniform dozing off, "it's about time we all head for home for the night. We have a big day ahead of us tomorrow."
"Yeah, let's head home. I just remembered that the whole 6th grade has some kind of huge test tomorrow anyways." Momoko deadpanned.
"I hope everyone studied up." Reanne flew off happily grinning while everyone else (that was awake) sweat dropped at her fading figure.
"Yeah . . . rrriiiiiiiiiigghhtt. Studied." Mirabelle began to complain.
"Sounds like someone needs a cram session." Ellie teased Mirabelle. Hey, sports were her thing; not tests. There were some small giggles at the statement but probably everyone, besides Reanne and Hana, because the both of them are as smart as it is, need to cram for the test and they knew it. After a little more chatting and some moaning for the two tired children grabbing Dorie's uniform like it was their life line, the rest of the girls went their separate ways to their respective homes. Of course, Dorie made sure Hana got all tucked in for the night before she and Caitlyn went home themselves. They went to bed for what seemed to be the last peaceful night for the girls . . . for a long time to come.
~THE NEXT DAY~
Our band of heroes (heroines) was striding their way to school; heads held high. Maybe it's because over half of them crammed as much knowledge for today's test in their minds last night that they feel pumped, but maybe that's just me. Ellie didn't feel like riding with her mother this morning, so, the stares that she was getting (the ones that people give when they see an international child pop-star with no disguise or even giving any effort to hide walking by; you know the ones) didn't even faze her because she was in her 'I'm with my friends, so, I don't care what YOU think' mood. Caitlyn was walking with her sister and gang this morning too just because . . . well . . . just because she felt like it. As simple as that. Yeah, they were all feelin' good about today. It was all short lived when they all entered their classrooms that morning.
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~DORIE, HANA & MOMOKO'S CLASS~
The classroom door slid opened with ease as Dorie, Hana and Momoko walked in going straight for their seats. Man, they were ready for this test the teacher was going to throw at them and they were going to take it like champs this time. Suddenly, something caught their eyes. Over in the corner of the room was the ENTIRE class huddling over something. They knew it was sometimes cold in the room, but this is ridiculous. Finally, Momoko couldn't take staring at them any longer, so, she consulted Dorie.
"Uh, chief . . . what do you think that's all about?" Momoko shook Dorie's shoulder to get her attention.
"I don't know, Momoko. It's probably none of our business." She didn't know how wrong she was. Out of the blue, Josie (Tamaki [Reika]) poked her head out of the crowd and spotted the trio looking dumbfounded at them. Josie wasted no time calling them over.
"You three, have you heard the news?" Everyone one looked over to the trio which, in response, froze. They hated being the center of attention here. Now if they were in the Lunaverse, it was a totally different story. There, they loved attention. So, Dorie looked at her friend and daughter and back to the rest of the class.
"Uh . . . no?" It came across more as a question than an actual statement, but they took it. To get her point even more across, Hana just shook her head while Momoko shrugged her shoulders. Then, three random students marched straight towards them and dragged them over to the crowd.
"Here, take a look." Penny (Kaori) shoved a photo into Hana's chest causing her to lose her breath for a short five seconds. Regaining her posture, Hana took a good look at the photo and if you thought she lost her breath earlier, you're wrong. The photo really took her breath away. The content of the photo contained seven elementary school students, from the looks of it, in some strange costumes, somehow, actually flying on brooms. Though each of them were adorning their own separate color of costume: red, orange, blue, purple, yellow, white, and pink. The one in the white costume dressed differently than the others but was still similar. Hana stared at the photo for a long period of time in complete shock. After Dorie and Momoko stood there for a couple minutes, they began to wonder what was taking Hana so long to give them the photo.
"Hana what's wrong?" Dorie was getting concerned. Hana quietly handed the photo to her mother. Dorie took the photo from her daughter's shaky hand and looked at it with Momoko right over her shoulder. Within seconds, horror was all over their faces.
"Someone took a picture of us?!" Momoko whispered into Dorie's ear. She was too freaked to say anything at the moment.
"I saw this last night! I was freaked out but also intrigued by it, so, I took a picture. I was so glad they didn't see me. I forgot to take the flash off my camera before I took the picture. I made copies and passed them out throughout the school." Penny explained for the umpteenth time today.
Momoko suddenly remembered seeing something of a small light in the corner of her eye last night. 'Was that the flash of Penny's camera?' she thought too scared to bring it up with her leader now.
All three of the girls couldn't believe this sudden turn of events. Had they been too careless? Obviously. Had their luck run out? Most likely. There were a few close calls, sure, but they never got caught and if they did they would fix it . . . somewhat. There was that one time in the 3rd grade when they passed their finally test. All of the 3rd grade and the girl's parents were there. Ellie had the genius idea to wipe their memories only to go into a one thousand-year sleep passed out on the floor five seconds later. They managed to wake her up AND lose their powers all in one day, too. In the end, they all manage to avoid a disaster, but now it's happened again.
To add to the problem that could end up in a pandemic, Penny had COPIES made. The trio went into a panic but did really to hide it. 'Now what are we going to do?' that question ran through Dorie's mind. Meanwhile, a very similar situation was taking place in the other girls' class' as well.
~ELLIE, MIRABELLE, & REANNE'S CLASS~
"What the . . ." Mirabelle choked out.
"No way . . ." Ellie was in utter disbelief.
"This is impossible . . ." Reanne couldn't believe it. None of them could, but they were staring right at the proof. It happened again, and again without warning. Ellie, Mirabelle and Reanne were staring at the very same photo that Dorie, Hana and Momoko were looking at in the other classroom. It was a good thing that no one could make out their faces, but they did have to admit, Penny's camera had amazing zoom. It was unbelievable with that kind of zoom that she didn't get their faces.
"I can't believe that there are people like that out there." some random kid stated.
"I'm getting scared. What if their dangerous?" another questioned.
They shot the two random students mental glares. But, that hurt the girls' right down to the core. They were close to crying. 'Is this what our classmates think of us? Is this what our parents might think of us?' they thought.
"Please, dear GOD, don't let it come to that." Reanne prayed while tears threated to fall from her burning eyes. Ellie went to comfort her while Mirabelle continued to stare at the photo.
~CAITLYN'S CLASS~
"It's scary." one kid was cowering.
"Yeah, it is, knowing that there are . . . THINGS like that out there." another said. At this point Caitlyn was fuming. These were her friends? Doubt it.
"They're not 'things', they're people!" Caitlyn shouted, angry with her so-called friends. Not only was she angry, she was upset that her friends thought of her this way. She didn't care if they knew if it was her in the photo or not. The class looked at her like she'd gone insane.
"How do you know?" one of the girls asked. Caitlyn was about to dismiss the question but decided against it.
"You guys can't always judge a book by its cover." a saddened tone came from the words Caitlyn spoke. The class was about to body slam her with more questions, but the teacher soon walked in and everyone quickly took to their seats.
~LUNCH/RECREATION TIME~
When the bell sounded throughout the school, all seven of the girls broke out of their classrooms full sprint to the only place they could talk in private . . . the roof of the school. In a mad dash, they made it to the top of the school in four short minutes one after the other. They were all in a full blown panic, but, of course, Dorie was showing the most. She was frantic actually. She was worried for her friends. She cared deeply for them and would protect them no matter what. But, how was she supposed to do that this time?
"What should we do? We've been found out." Momoko said shamefully.
"Yeah, but they don't know that." Mirabelle tried to lighten the mood.
"That's the only GOOD thing that came out of this." Ellie deadpanned.
"It still doesn't excuse our carelessness now does it?" Caitlyn added.
"No it doesn't." Reanne was anime crying now (TT-TT).
"Mama, what should we do?" Hana looked to her mother in despair. The others looked to her in desperation as well. All Dorie could do at the moment was comfort them, but even she doubted that that would do much.
"Just don't worry about it guys, I'll take care of everything." 'Don't worry? They're already worrying! That was a stupid thing to say!' Dorie thought. Despite that, they all seemed a little calmer than earlier. Still, it led to questions.
"But, what if people ask us about it? What do we say?" Reanne stated.
'Good point. What do we say?' "Just try to get them off the topic the best you can without causing suspicion. If you're having trouble, call one of us over to help. Since none of us are in your class Caitlyn, you're going to have to manage on your own." They nodded their heads showing they understood. Caitlyn didn't like the idea of having to fend for herself, but she couldn't really argue. It would be awkward to have a random 6th grader only she knew about come into a 2nd grade class to help her out of a situation none of them wanted to be in. She would just have to hang around her sister and company during lunch to avoid the subject all together.
To end the small meeting, the girls grabbed their lunches and began eating trying and failing to forget the whole ordeal.
~AFTER LUNCH/RECREATION~
Everyone returned to their respective classrooms and was packing up their things and began cleaning the classrooms, preparing to leave for the day. Of course, the girls couldn't have any piece of mind cleaning because of the rumored girls in the photo was hovering in the classroom.
'So much for forgetting about it.' Dorie, Hana and Momoko thought in unison while sweat drops rolled down their heads.
"Alright class, what's this I hear about 'mysterious girls'." Ms. Cooper (Seki-sensei) was curious. Penny wasted no time, practically gliding, to her desk to hand her the photo containing the bonified proof. She looked at the photo and something clicked in her head.
"Hey, I've seen these girls before." Ms. Cooper cocked an eyebrow. The girls froze in their tracks.
'ARE YOU KIDING ME?!' they shrieked mentally. Did Ms. Cooper recognize them?
"Wait, you meet them before?! Do you know who they are?! Who are they?!" Penny was nearly over the desk. The whole class, minus our trio, leaned forward in anticipation.
"No, I don't know them personally, nor do I know who they are, but I've seen them before. But, I could've sworn that it was my imagination."
*FLASH BACK*
Ms. Cooper was driving home from the store. After a long day of teaching and non-stop chores plus grocery shopping, a long drive is just what the doctor ordered. The traffic was heavier that night and she was in the dead center of it. It was common sense to know you were going be there for a while, so, why not enjoy the scenery? Ms. Cooper removed her helmet and observed her surroundings. Always being on the move, she never really got the chance to take in everything. The cool night breeze brushed past her face lifting the day's weight off her shoulders. The moon reflected off the shimmering ocean giving it a magnificent glow. She looked to the sky, gazing at the stars that seemed to brighten the vast darkness we call space. It reminded her of the place that was never or never will be covered in darkness. 'I wonder how stars look from Heaven.' she thought.
Suddenly, something caught her eye in the mitts of the night sky. Four, no six, no . . . seven objects were flying right past her at a fast yet slow pace. Upon closer inspection, she made them out to be seven people. Weather they were girls or boys, she didn't know. They looked like they didn't have a care in the world flying high in the sky. She couldn't believe her eyes. Was this even possible? She rubbed her eyes to make sure she wasn't hallucinating. When she looked back, they disappeared. Ms. Cooper searched the sky back and forth hastily, but found no sign of them. Maybe the long day she had was getting to her; just maybe. Without warning, a blaring loud noise brought her back to reality only to notice the noise was coming from hundreds of peeved car drivers honking their horns furiously. She looked in front of her and realized that the massive line of vehicles before her vanished down the road. She feverishly started up her motorcycle, revved up the gas and broke out at 60 mph leaving the tail light in her wake. Ms. Cooper decided to the leave the thought of 'flying people' alone for the night and soon forgot about the whole experience.
*END OF FLASH BACK*
"I didn't think that they were really there." Ms. Cooper put a finger to her chin.
"So . . . do you think they're a threat to society?!" Penny went into reporter mode. You could almost feel the pain of an arrow going right through the girls' hearts.
Ms. Cooper answered as honestly as she could because even she didn't know what these strange girls were capable of, even though they were standing right in front of her. "They didn't seem dangerous, but we could never be too careful."
Arrow number two.
"Do you think that we should tell the police or media?" Josie jumped in not wanting to be left out.
Third. The pain just keeps on coming doesn't it?
"No. We should leave them be. We don't mess with them, they won't mess with us. If they do do something life-threatening, I recommend calling the police, but only for that. I really feel like they're not one's for causing trouble, whoever they are." The class just nodded.
As much as the girls loved being the center of attention, the final bell rang and Dorie, Hana and Momoko dipped down the hall all the way outside to the school yard. Outside, Ellie was waving her mother off telling her she'll walk home. Mirabelle and Reanne were behind her waiting for the rest of the group to show. Just as Mrs. Craft drove off, Dorie, Hana, Momoko and Caitlyn walked out.
"Did you guys get caught up in somethin' or what?" Mirabelle asked while the four sweat dropped.
"No. Just a whole bunch of kids blocking both the doorways." Dorie was a bit agitated about it. "I mean honestly, SOME of us have somewhere to be."
"Oh, and we went to go grab Caitlyn from the undying hordes of children this school calls 2nd graders." Momoko exaggerated receiving a slight giggle from Hana. "Not to mention thinking about the conversation in our classroom. I tell you, whatever dignity we have left has been officially crushed."
"Wait, wha . . ." Mirabelle was cut off.
"What'd I miss?" Ellie interrupted rewarding her a glare from Mirabelle. She nearly jumped back, "What?"
"We'll explain at the shop." Hana stepped in between Mirabelle and Ellie with Reanne quickly following her suit.
"Patina's not going to be happy about this." Dorie sighed.
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