this morning i woke up knowing it was thursday. when i went to 2nd period, about a half an hour in, i came to ther realization it was friday. i felt a great freedom i hadnt felt in a very long time. i was happy. then, suddenly, i latter realized it was not friday, but thursday. i felt greatly disapointed. and so, i took it as a sign to post the first ch. of my fic. please enjoy

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Disclaimer: you heard me the first time, didn't you?! Waaaah…..T-T

The Circumstances of Life

Chapter 1

A loud ringing sound drew me away from my work. I put down my tools and wiped my hands off on my long skirt before turning my attention to the sound.

"Who could be visiting at this hour?"

I walked to the door and unlocked it. I walked out to the yard, an umbrella in hand. As I was crossing, I noticed how over grown and brown everything was now. No wonder I hadn't been getting many visitors recently. They were probably all scared away. My nickname didn't help much, either. I'd have to have Ruka take care of it later. It was pouring outside, too. When I reached the gate, on the other side stood a lone girl with dripping wet hazelnut hair that reached down to her waist and matching eyes that were puffy and swollen. Exhaustion was evident on her face.

"Ruka, prepare some tea. We have a guest," I spoke into my headset to my apprentice.

I lead the girl through the garden to my front door. She stepped inside and I noticed a black cat follow her in. A bad omen.

"I don't allow animals inside."

She turned to me surprised, like she didn't know what I was talking about. I pointed down at the cat.

"Oh. Sorry," the girl scratched the back of her head, looking embarrassed, "Natsume, you can't be a cat anymore."

"I heard her," Wait. Did that cat just talk? My eyes widened slightly as it shifted and a boy, equally as drenched as the girl beside him, stood in front of me; crimson eyes staring at me like he could see right through my soul.

I composed myself and walked past them into the hall, "Ruka! Make that two guests! And get some towels!" I heard a muffled reply to show he heard. I turned toward the guests again, "Now, what may I do for you?"

"We heard the person called The Witch Inventor lived here. Might that be you?" the boy with raven hair asked in a rather cold voice.

I twitched. I rather disliked that name. "Yes, some call me by that name. But please, call me Hotaru," equally as cold. I closed my umbrella and shook it before placing it beside the door, "Ruka! How long does it take to make tea! Hurry up!"

He poked his head out of the doorway to the kitchen down the hall, "The stove broke again! It overheated and started smoking! I had to turn it off and cut the gas before it exploded!"

I sighed. Guess I couldn't put off fixing it anymore, "Fine! I'll get the tea! You get the towels and lead our guests to my study!"

"OK! Hold on! I'll be right there! My idiot apprentice called back before disappearing into the room again. He really was useless sometimes. He couldn't even fix a stove by himself!

"I apologize for the inconvenience. Now, if you'll excuse me, I must go," I turned around and walked swiftly toward the kitchen, slightly aggravated, "Hurry up, Ruka!"

It appeared our guests weren't just any old guests. I had a feeling they were going to end up dragging me into something big. Something out of my control. I sighed inwardly. It looked like I couldn't avoid this job, no matter how much I wanted to.

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well? how was it? i finaly wrote something thats over the thousand word barrier i faild to break during my previous two attempts at a fanfic. thats something to celebrate. yay...anyway, please review. tell me what you think, any errors, things you dont like, things you dont understand. anything, just i'd make me sooooooo happy if you reviewed. i'm aiming for friday post again, so please keep encouraging me and supporting me. thank you for reading.