Sorry about the grammatical errors. X.X. I forgot to check and found my mistakes after I submitted it, how silly of me. Well, here's the next chapter.

Chapter 2- So Similar Yet So Different

Passengers slowly filed out of the plane. Lacus had a huge smile that no one could miss. Miriallia was happily humming to herself. Unlike the bubbly two, Cagalli was yawning and dragged herself all of the way out.

"Uhhg," Cagalli groaned aloud. Why did they have to wake me up? I was having such a nice sleep.

Truthfully, it was the best sleep Cagalli had ever had. It had been the first time in ages when she had a serene dream, rather than a dream of confusion or a nightmare (which visited her on a regularly basis). She started to daze and space out.

In her dream, Cagalli found herself in a beautiful garden. For a strange feeling, she felt as if she went there before. This 'garden' brought her such weird emotions. As she looked around, she followed a stone path that was surrounded by small little flowers. Close to the end, she wanted to scream; but when she tried, no voice came out. Her eyes were wide opened and started to tear.

Right in front of her were two gravestones, those of which were her parents.

"M-mother….F-father…" she remembered whimpering.

Suddenly, two figures appeared from the grave. It was if God had answered her calling. Cagalli recognized the spirits to be her parents. She stood awe struck and closed her eyes. Maybe she was just imagining things. As she bravely opened them again, she saw two smiling figures in front of her.

But such bliss had only lasted a few more moments. Cagalli's parents stepped forward and hugged her for a brief moment. Then they each put on hand on her shoulders. They both vanished as quickly as they appeared.

Of course Cagalli wanted to call for them again, but something had stopped her. In her parent's place was this hazy image of a guy. At first, Cagalli would have thought it was Lacus, just like before. However, when she looked up, she saw a stranger. Something about him gave her a eerie feeling. As he held onto her shoulder, it gave such a warm feeling. It was different from Lacus though. She knew Lacus loved her, yet she did not fully understand her. With his touch, it was if he was reading her heart, trying to comfort her in any means possible.

To ruin everything, Lacus had woken her up.

"Hello? Is anyone there? Earth to Cagalli," Mirry had called for the sixth time.

"Huh? Oh sorry Mirry," Cagalli finally responded.

"Are you okay Cags?" Lacus became worried when she saw her friend's blank face, especially after she wouldn't reply.

Cagalli, realizing Mirry and Lacus were probably really concerned, put on the most cheerful she could make. "Yeah, I'm great. I'm just a little tired I suppose." With that she plastered a smile on her face.

Lacus knew that Cagalli was faking it all, which led her to sigh. Cagalli, you shouldn't confide all of your emotions. We are here to help you. When will you learn that? "Okay everyone. Let's get our luggage then."

The three walked to baggage claim and started having a normal conversation. It was as if nothing happened. This was how Lacus and Mirry wanted it. They both thought the same thing. She will tell us when she is ready.

Once getting there, Cagalli made a little bet with her two friends. "Last one to bring their luggage to this very spot treats the rest of us to dinner." She was grinning as she said that.

"Alright" both had replied. They thought this would pretty funny if she did happen to lose.

"You're on Cags," Mirry confidently agreed and ran.

"Hey, I never said go," complained Cagalli.

"You never said that we had to wait," Mirry happily argued.

Instead of saying more, Cagalli ran off looking for her luggage. After seeing the others runoff, Lacus did too. People stared at the three girls. They had certainly caught a lot of people's attention.

Mirry was on the look out. For her, she thought this would be a piece of cake. Her bag was bright orange with little flower decorations that she herself placed there. After watching the platform turn, she saw a bag that look similar to hers. When it passed, she sighed. It wasn't her bag. Instead of flowers, there were stripes and stars. Hurry up.

Lacus was neutral about this. She calmly went to the starting point and patiently waited for her pink suitcase. Not even a minute later, it had appeared. Yes! After retrieving her bag, she took her time and walked to their designated waiting area. Cagalli and Mirry saw their pink haired friend, along with her suitcase.

"Arrrgh!" both of them groaned. Suddenly, both of their luggage, came out at the same time, just at different ends. Lacus watched this scene and was highly amused. They are such childish friends.

I will get my bag before her. Just as Cagalli reached where her bag was she suddenly collided into a guy.

"Ouch," Cagalli muttered and looked at the guy who was in her way. After being the second hit in one day, she was getting really angry. The guy didn't even turn around to see if she was okay.

"Hello? Aren't you going to apologize," Cagalli said rudely. However, the guy didn't seem to hear her. The guy was pissing her off. She decided to tap on his shoulder, causing him to snap out of his reverie and turn around.

"Oh, did you say something? I didn't quite hear you," the guy with deep emerald eyes and dark blue hair responded.

How this guy could bother her in just a few minutes was unbelievable. "HOW CAN YOU NOT HEAR ME!!!" She was outraged. One, she would probably lose the bet and would have to pay for the dinner. Two, which angered her the most, a total stranger was ignoring her.

"Oh. I'm sorry uh. What is your name?" the guy had asked.

"It is NONE of your business," Cagalli defiantly countered.

"Oh. Well my name is Authrun."

"Is your favorite word 'oh,' and I never asked you for your name."

"I'm sorry again miss."

"You better be," Cagalli finally said. She didn't bother arguing with that idiot again so she quickly grabbed her bad and stomped off. Authrun huh. Well, I hope I never see you again. She marched off to Lacus and Mirry, who had both watched the entire scene. As she walked to them, people's eyes followed her. Apparently, she had caused a huge scene.

"So Cagalli, who was that?" Lacus asked innocently.

"A rude, disrespectful bastard," Cagalli mumbled low enough so no one could hear her.

"Well," Mirry cut in, "he's pretty cute, don't you think?"

"Whatever," Cagalli said, trying to get off the topic and him out of her head.

Sensing that their friend was really pissed off, they didn't want to talk about the guy anymore either. It was scary when Cagalli is mad.

"Anyway Cags, what's for dinner?" Mirry couldn't help but add in.

Cagalli had agreed that this had been the worst, or at the least bit strangest day she had ever had.

There an awkward silence among the three of them as they walked to the streets. Finally, it was Lacus of course who broke the silence and changed the mood. "So, does anyone know where we are staying?" she asked.

"Uh…" the two started.

"I think we all got dorm 7, right?" inquired Lacus.

As the three checked their program card, it had said Dormitory 7- Mixed. The girls didn't understand the last part of it though. Mixed?

Well, talking about their first year of college excited them and they were happy once again. Cagalli already 'forgot' about so called Authrun.

"Well," Lacus started as she took out her pink cell phone, "I'll get my father to pick us up and bring us to our dorm."

"Hai," answered the other two.

Five minutes later, a red car with pink stripes pulled up in front.

"Father!" Lacus squealed with delight and ran to hug her father.

Out from the car came Siegel Clyne. "Good afternoon girls," greeted the man.

"Hi Mr. Clyne," responded the two girls as they bowed.

"Ahh. No need for such formalities with me. We are all family, and please call me Siegel."

"Hai," the two girls said.

Lacus finally let go of her father. It has been a while since they had last met.

"So girls, welcome to Plants," he started. "I guess I'll take you to your dormitory so you can unpack. I'll come back later and we'll go to dinner. Okay?"

"Sure," agreed the girls unanimously.

"However," Mirry was saying, "it will be Cagalli's treat." She grinned.

"But Mirry, you know what happened," Cagalli whined and gave her a puppy dog face. "It is not MY fault that jerk was in my way."

"Yea, but it is not my fault that you came up with the bet." Cagalli pouted.

"Fine, be like that Mirry. But I get to choose where we eat."

"Alight. That seems only fair."

Lacus and Siegel just watched those two. Then, Lacus whispered something in her father's ear, and they both started laughing.

"What's so funny?" they both asked.

"Nothing. Nothing," Siegel said. "Now let's you back to school."

As Siegel drove through the city, Lacus fell asleep as if she was bored already while Cagalli and Mirry gazed out the windows. Having never to have been here before, they both thought everything looked remarkably similar to Orb, only with a minor amount of differences.

Suddenly, they were out of the bustling city and into a more of a rural area. Forests surrounded them and everything looked so peacefully. Cagalli made a promise to herself that once they were settled in, she would walk into the woods and just relax. Everything deep within the forest was a mystery to her, and those were the things she wanted to discover and appreciate.

As Cagalli was lost in thought, Mirry looked out the window as everything was passing her by. Naturally, she would feel really excited to see new places to take photographs of. But this time it was different. It was a feeling that told her that what is in the forest stays in the forest.

With those two thinking, the landscape changed once again, only for them to see a huge brick buildings and a lot of clear field area. It was their campus.

"Lacus, dear, wake up. We are there," Siegel gently said and tapped Lacus' shoulder. Instantly, she woke up and was amazed at what she saw. She had never seen this section of Plant before.

"Wow," she said, only for the other to nod in agreement.

As they neared their school, it looked amazingly similar to their previous high school in Orb. There was a similar structure, and moreover, students were everywhere, talking to friends, playing sports, etc. Everything about the school seemed to remind them of something in their past, as if they were already connected and a part of the school.

Siegel, seeing that the girls were a little shocked said, "Schools are schools. There's nothing that different about them."

The girls nodded, but Cagalli thought 'Although the outside is the same, everything is different: the people, the teachers, and the community in general. There's definitely something different, or should I say special about this school.'

"Alright girls, I can't go any farther than here. I'll come back for you guys," said Siegel.

"But Mr- I mean Siegel, don't you live hours away from here?" inquired Mirry.

"That's right," he said with a questioning voice.

"Well, you don't really have to come for us, and we don't want to be a bother to you," Mirry said looking up at her friends who agreed with her. She continued, "We should be fine Siegel. We can handle ourselves and call when we need help."

"Well," he started, looking a little unsure. "Alright. But please, Lacus, take this car."

"B-but how would you go home?" Lacus cut in.

"Let me explain. This is your car Lacus, a present from me to you. I was going to give it to you tonight, but seeing this is the perfect time, please take it."

"Thanks dad."

"Yes. Well I'm going to be looking for one of my friends. He would gladly take me home."

With that, Siegel and the girls got out of the car. Siegel hugged each of them. "Just remember to call and visit," insisted Siegel. Everyone laughed. Of course they would.

As Siegel took off, the girls stood outside looking at everything around them. In the car, everything looked liked their high school. Now that they were out, everything looked completely different. One thing, it was much larger and of course said PLANTS National College.

"Well what are we waiting for ladies," Cagalli said, breaking the silence. "It's time to get settled in."

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YAY!! ANOTHER CHAPTER DONE...well...the next should be coming up soon...it might me today, most likely tomorrow...most 2 days