Ayas goodbye was much easier, since she had never liked the school. She has always been shy, so she had never many friends. When she were transferred to this school in the second grade, everyone had already friends and she was alone.

That was how she got together with Kaori, who was teased by the other girls because of their boylike look. Then they became friends with Rin and Misaki because of a school project. It had felt like a miracle for Aya to have three friends at a time.

Her father was the president and had always nannys for her, so that she never went to a kindergarten. She had really never known how it was to have friends. Real friends.

That's why she wanted to fight on their side and sing at their side. Kaori was always there for her, when children teased her because of her father.

She wanted to express her feelings to her, and the best way was to sing it. And she wanted to join AKB0048 for Rin, her important friend who was killed by the D.E.S her father invented. Aya had realised long ago, that her father wasn't the good one in this war and she hated him. She hated her family, she hated this planet, she hated her school, she hated every single street, which she went through on her way home. Yes, she was happy to leave.

Deep in her thoughts suddenly she felt something hard hitting her head and she fell to the ground. The pain slowly decreased and she could see clear again. A boy was standing in front of her and looked down to her angrily. She knew this boy. She was in love with him a few years ago. He loved her too and he always said she looked like Yuuka, a girl from AKB0048. He seemed to adore this girl and so he adored Aya too. They were happy until he found out about her father. Aya had never seen him since back then.

„Kotarou…"
„You pathetic little bitch" He looked at her despising „That you dare to walk through my street with that father. Ayas eyes filled with tears. No, she couldn't cry now, she had to be strong once, she wanted to go to AKB0048 and there she would have to throw all her sadness away anyway.

Girls,never give up, throw away all your sadness, you have to run with all your might!

The lyrics of her favourite song were burnt into her head.

„What do you want?" She said with a strong voice and stood up. „Who do you call pathetic? You throw with stones after girls" She was a bit taller than him and he hadn't expected this reaction, so he moved away a bit frightened. Just for a moment he seemed to lose his courage but it came back.

„I just wanted to say, my girlfriend will enter the casting and if something happens to her, I swear, you'll be dead!"
Now Aya couldn't hold back her tears. He had a girlfriend and it wasn't her.

„I'll personally protect her at the casting, but I'm sure I'll become the next Yuuka and she'll lose against me" Aya said calmly.

„What do mean? Are you…?" Kotarou was shocked.

„Yes, I'll go to the casting and nothing can stop me! I'll become the next Yuuka and you will regret that you left me! But I don't care about you anymore! Sayonara!"
With that words she ran around the next corner and sank to the ground. Where did she get this courage?

Inside she knew the answer. She had now friends and a dream. That made her incredibly strong.

Eventually she got enough strength to get up und to head home, where her parents already expected her.

„Aya-chan! You're finally home!" Her father embraced her and she couldn't help being disgusted.

„I have a invitation for a dinner today and they said they would love to see you two too. You can come with me, isn't it great?"
„Yeah…" Her mother looked just as happy as him.

Aya slowly got out of her shoes and her coat.

„Is something wrong?" Her mother asked worriedly.

„No, no the day was just a bit exhausting. Shall I prepare myself for the dinner?"
„Yes, you can wear your new dress, I bought for you! It fits the occasion perfectly!" Her eyes shined. She was right. At a dinner with the organisation that led the entertainment ban on Lancaster a plain, black, boring dress was just perfect. That was her chance!
„Ok, I'll go changing, but leave me alone for 15 minutes, it has to be a surprise, okay! She laughed and headed upstairs to her room.

The blond twintailed girl took a deep breath. She had exactly 15 minutes to do EVERYTHING!
In a rush she threw her clother out of her wardrobe and into her suitcase. The school uniform wasn't very suitable for the casting and she didn't want to be reminded of her time at this school, she she changed quickly.

Then she hung every poster from AKB0048 off and every photo from her friends. The room looked dead and it was just right, this room, this house, this family, this town, this planet was dead to her. 10 minutes were over. A last look into the room, grey walls, dark wood on the floor and a darkgrey carpet. Her, bed, her desk, her wardrobe, everything was dark and without the posters, that she could only have hung up secretly, the room looked way too dark for a girl that loved colours like she did. But now everything would change. She mustn't look back again. With that thought she threw her suitcase into the bush in front of her window. Luckily their parents couldn't hear it because they were too far away…the advantages of a big house. Aya climbed out of her window and down the pipe on their walls. Then she took her suitcase and soon she couldn't see her house anymore.