DISCLAIMER: Nope. Not mine. Well, the oh-so-hot characters, Alice Academy and all Gakuen Alice related stuff. Hehehe

A/N: Yes. Still the "." I'm sorry huhu

Chapter 2: Arrival

"Hotaru-chan, it's me!" I beamed at my friend who was on the other end of the line.

"I know. Caller ID." I heard her sigh.

"Hotaru-chan. Uhm, can you please pick me up at the train station? I... can't... hehe.." I laughed awkwardly. I was born with no sense of direction at all. Too bad for me. Sigh.

"Expected. Ask the guards where the cafe is located. There's only one cafe in this builing. See you." And she ended our call.

Yay! My best friend really knows me very well.

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As we arrived at Alice Academy, my soon-to-be school, I couldn't helped but be amazed on how beautiful and wide it is. I couldn't help but grin at my best friend who was looking at me as if I was crazy.

"Shut your mouth. Flies are everywhere, you know." She smirked at me.

Even though my best friend seemed cold to me, I was pretty sure she was happy to see me and happy for me to be able to enter this academe. After all, not everyone can pass their oh-so-hard exam (I swear!).

"Hotaru, will I be fine?" I was worried. Worried that I couldn't be able to catch up with everything since this is a new environment for me. Worried that he wouldn't even bother to befriend this 'new student'. Worried that I couldn't fit in.

"Worrying about that eh? That's something new." She gave me an encouraging smile. Yes, a smile.

"Hotaru, you just smiled at me!" I widely grinned at her.

"What?" With an innocent face, she looked away from me and inwardly smirked.

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(Hotaru's POV)

"Good morning everyone!" Narumi, our teacher, greeted us with a big smile plastered on his face.

"Today, we will be joined by a new student!" Murmurs followed but silenced by Narumi right away.

I can't believe she was able to get in our class.

"Please welcome our new student, Sakura Mikan!"

Our classmates 'ooh'-ed and 'aah'-ed. After all, Mikan really looks good with our school uniform. I couldn't help but gave a small smile to her. But I knew and I could feel, somewhere at the back of this room, someone stiffened at the sight of her.