Epilogue

Alice Ito ran down the stairs, barely able to contain her excitement. As she rounded the corner into the hallway of her beautiful home. her eyes wandered, as they always did, to the glass cases that lined both walls.

Today, however, she took an extra minute to study the multitude of music trophies, all belonging to her parents, Rin and Sesshomaru Ito. The two were the most widely known violinists in the world and their awry of trophies was extremely impressive to say the least.

Alice had tried to learn the violin to be like her parents but could never seem to get the hang of it. At first, she thought she must have been adopted or something because her whole family was musically inclined and was very afraid about what would happen to her. After all if an Ito didn't have music then what did they have? However, Alice had discovered the piano and it had been love at first sight.

The black haired girl came to the end of the hallway and was stopped once again by a picture of two smiling children sitting on a piano. They were about eleven years old and seemed not to have a care in the world.

The girl in the picture was Alice's mother, Rin and the boy was her twin brother, Shou who had died in a car accident while they were still very young.

At first Alice had been afraid to tell her parents that she wanted to specialize in the piano instead of the violin but when she had finally told her mother, she had been completely fine with it. She had excitedly dragged this picture down from a closet and told Alice all about her uncle and how she couldn't be happier that her daughter was following in her deceased but beloved brother's footsteps. Luckily, Sesshomaru hadn't had any complaints either.

So from then on, Alice had soared in the music world. Barely fourteen and she had her own fair share of trophies. Just last month, a magazine had done a large section on rising child music stars and Alice had been right up there in the top.

Alice skipped into the kitchen to find her mother and father sitting together at the table having coffee. There was a full plate of warm breakfast at Alice's place waiting for her.

Alice sighed happily as she slid into her seat and started to eat. "Morning darling," Rin said, "Ready for your first day of school?"

Alice Ito was about to start at Seisho Academy, the same school that her parents had attended twenty-five years ago. Her parents had led the school to two NHSMC in their three years together at the school and were practically legends there.

Now it was Alice's turn to try her luck at the prestigious music school. "Of course I'm ready!" she said happily, "It's going to be great!"

Sesshomaru chuckled, "You're right, if it is anything like it was for us. Right Rin?" he asked his wife with a smile.

Rin nodded just as a loud honk came from outside and Alice hurriedly shoved the rest of the toast into her mouth.

"That would be Shannon and Ace," Alice said, referring to her two friends and ride, Shannon Curl and Ace North. Ironically they were the sons of William and Isabella North and Lucas and Lily Curl respectively, old friends of the Itos from their days at Seisho. The two boys were best friends, just like their parent before them.

Shannon also happened to be just as levelheaded and calm as his father and mother while unfortunately Ace was unfortunately as hot-tempered as his parents combined, a trait that drove most people crazy even if he was crazy handsome. Alice had no idea how the two could stand each other let alone be inseparable but then again she guessed that everything in the world didn't have to make sense.

In fact, her mother was always talking about out of the seven who competed at Seisho six of them ended up marrying one of them and the seventh, Kohaku, had married an old rival, namely one Ruby Goodwell. Fate had a weird sense of humor, she always said, especially when it came to Will and Isabella who hadn't been able to stand each other for quite a while.

Shouting goodbyes to her parents, Alice grabbed her backpack and ran out the front door and down the steps. She ran across the yard and opened the back seat door to the slick silver car waiting for her.

"Hey guys," she said happily.

Shannon turned around to smile at her. He was a cheerful boy with dark brown hair who played the trumpet and also happened to be a book worm, something Alice had in common with him. This had always made their relationship a good one.

Ace glanced at Alice in the rearview mirror and gave her his trade mark grin. He had his mother's beautiful blond hair and his father's blue eyes and was one of the smartest people Alice knew, though she would never tell him. Ace was lucky to have Shannon around or his brain would go to waste because he only went to class when the other boy told him to.

Alice sank back down into the comfortable seats of the car and watched as the trees and lampposts flashed by. "Excited for our first day?" she asked her two companions.

Shannon turned around to grin at her and answered, "What do you think, Alice? We are about to enter one of the best music schools in the country which also happens to be the exact school that all our parents are legends at. How could I not be excited?"

Ace rolled his eyes from the driver's seat and exclaimed, "Wow, thanks a lot, Alice, you just had to bring that up didn't you? Now Shannon won't be able to shut up."

Shannon threw his friend a nasty look but Alice interpreted his retort by saying sarcastically asking, "Oh and I suppose you actually plan on showing up to the majority of classes this year, Ace?"

Shannon answered for Ace with a short, "Of course he is." Ace wisely decided that it would probably be best to remain silent of the moment.

The three lapsed into a comfortable silence and Alice felt her glee growing as they neared the large campus.

Finally they pulled up and Ace parked the car in an open space. Together the three friends began to mount the steps to the school's main office building.

As they reached the doors, Ace stepped forward to hold it open for his two companions. Shannon stepped through but Alice paused for a moment to look back at eh shining sun, feeling a deep sense of contentment.

A whole new chapter in her life was about to unfold and she couldn't wait to meet it head on. With a smile, Alice turned and entered the building. Ace followed her and firmly closed the door behind him.

There the epilogue to Music Lost and Found. There will be two bonus chapters so hold on for those! Special thanks to Taraah36 for the idea for this epilogue and of course to my beta reader, klrob. Also thanks to everyone who has been reading and reviewing this story, it means so much to a writer. So until the last chapters! R&R.

Oh and one more thing. Over the course of this story many people have asked me if I am a musician myself. Here is the answer: No I am not! I know surprising huh? Never in my life have I picked up a instrument let alone played it. I think that is actually a good thing for this story because I am able to write from the audience's point of view. So hope everyone is enjoying my story.