Luna smiled a curled little smile, "yes, Persona I will use this pendant midnight at the school Christmas party on Saturday, just for your sake, we'll make her take all of his memory and you can claim him!" Luna disappeared from Persona's sight as she stepped back in to the darkness of the night.
Meanwhile back in Mai's room, she was soundly asleep; Natsume was running from Persona and found him self directly above Mai's room, he climbed down the side of the wall and on to the ground. There stood Persona in front of him, he was smiling slyly.
"You're up to some thing aren't you? Spit it out" snapped Natsume, with a sharp blade glimpse in his eye. Persona kept his smirk on his face and shook his head.
"Hey don't get worked up over nothing besides on Saturday, your next assignment meat me at 1.00 under the cherry tree." Replied Persona with a cold slither in his tone before disappearing back to his unknown lair,
Suddenly as Natsume went to the Sakura tree stomping with anger and barley able to sleep, he saw Mai sitting under the lowest branch, she wore her night clothes. Natsume produced a little flame, if he wasn't mistaken she was crying.
Mai had just awoken from her sleep and obliviously walked strait past the angry Natsume to here, it was unusual for Natsume so ignorant of some one upset even if he didn't show it.
"Ne, why you here?" he said quietly to her, Mai almost jumped out her skin with surprise and embarrassment.
"Had a bad dream and couldn't get back to sleep," she stood up ready to leave when Natsume asked.
"What was it about? Tell me I won't laugh, promise" Mai turned and sat next to Natsume.
She explained that she saw some guy wearing black, with a mask and black spiky hair, she then explained about how she died in a mission sort of thing and then Natsume lost all of his memory and as for Mikan she was sold and used as a slave.
Natsume tried not to gawp but he thought, 'wow, Persona told me today that she was to join the D.A group, how does she know what he looks like maybe she's got another Alice.'
Then Mai pulled out a piece of paper, "he didn't say I couldn't tell another person in my new class but this letter from some one called persona said I was to join the D.A group, it was slipped under my pillow, that's how I probably created this stone."
Mai showed Natsume a golden jewel, "This is a fortune telling jewel, and it was created from this piece of paper, this writing."
Natsume nodded, Mai felt a bit more relieved but there was one more thing as tears were now streaming down her face.
If it weren't for Mikan, Natsume wouldn't be kind like this but for some strange reason he felt they had some thing in common, though he thought they were nothing alike, maybe that's what got the best of his curiosity.
"Why are you crying, s-stop" he hated it when little girls sobbed like this in front of him, it made him feel impatient and annoyed at their weakness it just didn't appeal to him.
"Ok, but don't tease me or tell any one or I will take your memory and that person's, I didn't get to see my parents before I came here and… oh I feel stupid… just forget it I'm going to bed." She wiped her tears and took a step forwards and was dragged back.
"Don't just go running off, tell Me." sighed Natsume
"…my birthday was supposedly today but I didn't get to celebrate it."
Natsume looked away, "I'll take you back, I know he's lurking some where." He muttered.
"Who is?" asked Mai whilst tagging along behind, "you seem quiet familiar, have I met you be fore?" added Mai.
Natsume froze on the spot, he had actually encounter Mai before and he knew it. Luna stood behind one tree next to Persona, they both smiled smugly to where the conversation was going. How was Natsume gonna' get out of this one?
"No u-urm it's your imagination." But it wasn't, Mai had woken up several nights in a row because of a night mare that was caused by Natsume being near by and she'd seen him twice on her balcony, Mai didn't know that it was him all she'd seen was a figure in a cat mask. During two of her performances she'd seen him when she'd looked up in the theatre, in practice she'd seen him once and had sprained her ankle.
"Hmm you remind me of that cat boy" she murmured before carrying on, "my Alice can tell, you're darkness is the equal to that cat boy, Natsume was that you?" she asked as they arrived at her dorm.
"No, yes I have a cat mask but your mistaking me for some one else, now get some sleep before you annoy me and I burn your hair!" he snapped with irritation.
His went off in a huff whilst Mai who had fear rushing through her rapidly jumped in to bed.
Luna wanted giggle but she held her breath, she cautiously tiptoed in to Mai's room, Mai was fast asleep. She put the necklace on Mai, the necklace became invisible and acted like a controlling device. It would activate after sundown, break through Mai's restraining jewellery, hypnotise her and take control of her Alice all on Saturday night (two days time) at midnight on the dot during a full moon!
Mean while Natsume realised what they had in common, both of their home village's had thought their families weird, had looked down on them, and then they'd both been taken from their family with out even a good bye and were to both be controlled by Persona.
Not only that they both had incredibly powerful Alice's not to mention that both had mystery lingering behind their history; Mai would soon be recruited to the D.A and go on missions.
There was nothing either of them could do to stop it. That night a star mark appeared under her left eye, this would keep track of her.
Mai had a tone of nightmares that night, when the mark was put on her she slept, twisting and turning in her sleep, when the necklace was put on she had horrible flash back of bullies in her old school, her night mare ended with the cat boy throwing a mass of flames at her face.
She awoke sweaty and panting, it was morning, she refused to cry with fear, and she refused to let her emotions take control and dragged out her emotion in to a small gem.
Mai could only use her Alice in small powerful bursts but it helped her all the same.
She went on her balcony for fresh air and bumped in to a girl age 12 with silver shoulder length hair who clamped her hand over Mai's mouth.
"Sshh, tell no one, and I mean no one! Meet Persona in the Northern woods, 9.00 sharp!" she hissed be for jumping to the balconies below and on to the floor. Mai looked around back down and saw no one there.