Special Thanks to the guest reviewer who owns Tsumiko, Naomi Tsukuyomi, who own Naomi, and Trilo. Otaku, my partner and owner of Zoey.
~Lydia~
I see a bunch of things as of the moment. I see me and my short, auborn mid-neck length hair standing. My green eyes swirling with emotion. Trees the color of purple, grass being red, the sky is green. The sun is pink. Oh! My best friend Tsumiko Kirihita is here to. Pretty cool how she has a Japanese name if you take the tsu of tsumiko and ki of kirihita, you get tsuki, which she says she thinks means moon.
Her white hair is in it's usual messy braid, and she's sitting in the red grass, one hand on her lap, the other on her waving toward me. She says something, Although the words that come out of her mouth aren't 'konichiwa' or 'hello'. She says my name. Three times. "Lydia Durwood."
My eyes snap open and now I see a student staring at me and mouthing for me to look up. I do and I see the teacher giving me a stern look. Well. Shit. I fell asleep and had a crack dream again. Didn't I? Third time this week. I chuckle at that. Which wasn't a very smart thing to do. He pointed to the door. Of course he sends me out to the hallway. I'm just skipping school today, choice made. And I really need a cigarette at the moment anyways.
I head out the door and make my way to the office to ask Mrs. Kerty to let me out. I made my way to the office and she didn't even bother to look up as she buzzed me out, her brown hair in a mess.
"Hey Blinda, want me to go get you a sub while I'm out?" I ask apologetically because she had papers everywhere.
"Yes, I'd like that. Mind buying me a pack of cigarettes too?" She looks up this time, her blue eyes begging for her favorite expensive pack of cigarettes.
"Fine. You owe me. We're lucky this school doesn't really care, now aren't we?"
"Yea yea, just get your ass outta here."
Thank the heavens for her being one of the only teachers at this school that understand me and notice my existent. Sniffle. Senpai notices me.
I walk out of the door, counting up 25 dollars. Enough for 2 firehouse subs and 2 packs of cigarettes. Awesome, Blinda just ran me dry, she so owes me some serious cash. And there I lit up my last cigarette. Well. Until I buy a new packI walk past Poimn Dr, a small neighborhood where I my terrible house is, and then something strange happened. Right when I turned the corner, I ran into an old lady, causing me to drop the cigarette.
She had loooooong curly white hair. Wrinkles overtook every inch of the ladies face and her eyes looked empty, but it felt like she was staring into my soul
"You. Your Lydia Durwood, am I correct?" Her voice was all cracked and eerie sounding.
"I-um...er...yes?" I stuttered a response, insure how she knew my name.
"You're destined in a different world. When as you would call an Anime. You will go there along with two other people. Your magic is great. The lost magic of twisting fate, or marking them for death once your power is at it's peak. During a storm, you will be driving in a car with your foster family when you get into a wreck. Supposedly killing you." Oh wow. So I met a crazy otaku old lady. That's nice.
I blinked, and then she was gone. I swear some doctor who shit is going on right now. I run to the store, and try to forget everything that just happened
-timeskip- -the next day-
"Hey Molly, I really think we shouldn't get in the car right now. It's raining like hell." I tell my mentally insane foster-mother.
"Shut up." She replies hatefully. "Reburt hurry the fuck up we're gunna be late." She screams at my foster-father
We're all loaded in the mini van, and Molly and Reburt won't quite fighting. Though it's not like I care. It's quite amusing actually, that is, until I hear the honking, and then. Nothing. Just blackness and the feeling of being carried.
~Zoe~
Lydia had finally woken up and I was desperately mouthing at her to look up. She was in so much trouble. This was the third time this week. Mr Bradley gave her a stern look and pointed at the door. I heard her chuckle before she walked outside and through the window, I saw her pull out a cigarette and walk down the hallway
Must be skipping again. I thought as her figure became smaller and smaller.
"Ms Hill, maybe you could take the honours of reading the next page," Mr Bradley gestured, a triumphant smirk on his scarred face. I stood up, completely aware of what had been going on in class. I smiled to myself as I saw the smirk on Mr Bradley's face disappear. Honestly, if he hated us so much, why become a teacher?
**Timeskip**
School was finally over as I bolted out of my History class. Grabbing my bag, I dropped my books into it and slammed my locker door shut. I knew I had to get out of this hellhole before those guys came after me again. Being as quick as I could, I weaved my way through the crowd and since I was so small, I would go unnoticed by people… except for them. I sped up towards the gate when I collided with an elderly woman, causing both of us to fall. I quickly stood up and assessed the damage
"I- I'm so sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going," I said, helping the lady up. The elderly woman shook her head as she dusted off her skirt.
"You…" she began, trailing off a little.
"Me? What about me?" I asked, confusion taking over and completely forgetting about my resolve to get away from the school
"You… are Zoe Hill?" she asks, her voice cracked and eerie.
"Y- yes. I- That would be me," I replied, terrified that she knew so much about me for a stranger. Was she stalking me?
"You're fate, no longer exists on this world. You're fate shall be transported to another world, another time, another place entirely. As will you. You shall venture to this world as well-"
"A- as well? Who else is there?" I asked, bewildered.
"Let me finish, child. This world is a world of Anime. You hold a great magical power within you. It will serve greatly for the good of that world. I see a storm, a terrible raging storm that shall take your lives. I see you, child, and a bag of groceries. I see a tree. A good tree it was. Unfortunately it was not good enough-"
"I'm going to die from a falling tree holding groceries," I finished, my voice and body shaking lightly.
"Yes child. This is your fate in this world. Then it will be no more." with that, the old lady disappeared.
I stood there for a good minute, in a daze. Their voices broke me out of my trances as I sprinted from the school grounds and into the little valley of trees not too far from my apartment. Checking that the coast was clear, I ran home, to the safety of my bedroom.
**The next day**
"Oh god," I heard my sister say as the cold air from the refrigerator hit my face.
"We're out of food again, aren't we?" I asked, sighing as I sat at the counter. My sister, Stacey, gave me an apologetic look as she turned to face me.
"I feel bad for making you do this, but…" she trailed off, handing me grocery money. I sighed. My sister was making me buy groceries in a storm. Smart. Since our umbrella was broken and we were struggling to afford a new one, I had to get the groceries whilst getting wet. Perfect.
I was soaked the moment I stepped out of the apartment. Running to the grocery store, I actually took my time in buying what we needed for the next couple of weeks. Until Stacey's next payday. I decided to walk home, ducking under every tree and shelter-like place I could find. As I walked under this big tree, I heard people scream and point at me. That's when I noticed it.
The tree was falling.
I was scared… actually, that'd be an understatement. I was terrified and as much as I willed my legs to move, they were stuck there; paralysed.
I'm going to die. That old lady was right. I thought as the tree came crashing down on me. The last thing I remembered was my shrill scream before everything went black.
~Tsumiko~
Well gee. You'd think someone would lend me an umbrella. I was stuck out in this freezing cold and nobody even noticed me in the freezing cold. If Lydia was here she'd probably beat the first person she could gett her hands on and steal the umbrella. Pfft. And people wonder why I only hang out with her and anime loving self.
She got in trouble again for sleeping, from what I've heard. Does that idiot ever listen to her senpai? Honestly. To think she'd show just a little respect. And she hasn't called me. I'm starting to get a tad bit worried...meh. she's probably grounded again. Nothing bad, probably.
"Hey did you here about the girl who got crushed by a tree?" Oh? What's this?
"Yea, police are saying her name is Zoe Hill." Hey, she's in my 5th period math class...
"Or what about the other one?" Another one? Man, this isn't that big of a storm for two deaths.
"The girl in the car accident? Lydia Durwood?" ...What?
"Oi, who?" I ask the two. They shift they're heads at me in a confused manner.
"Lydia Durwood?"
"Fuck. Oh fuck fuck fuckety fuck!" I didn't even see they're rreaction to my intense language.
I just ran away from them, hoping they won't notice my tears.
"geez. You have to be the biggest faker ever." A young voice filled my ears.
"Wah?" I respond unsure of what to say.
"You're wanting to cry on the inside right? Because you're tired of being alone. I know what it feels like. To pretend to be emotionless."
Her words shock me. Nobodies ever noticed.
"I've only seen you once or twice since your in the upper classes. But my name is Lydia Durwood. You don't have to pretend anymore, or at least around me. Okay?"
"Erm- okay?"
"Great! What's your name?"
"Tsumiko hirihita."
"hey you. Slow down."
I turn, quickly wiping my eyes to see a shady figure, pointing a gun at me.
"Give me everything you got."
"I don't have time for this, ju-"
"I said give. Me. All. You. Got!"
"Sir, please calm down."
"Shut up"
Great. I'm about to get mugged, then probably shot. Just what I needed to make this day oh so fabulous.
BANG BANG BANG
You know, for once on my life, I started to actually reflect on my life. This honestly isn't how I planned to go. I had so much I wanted to do with myself, becoming a manga artist is one of the many, and before I knew it, a daek cloud was casted over me, and I heard his scream of guilty pain. Somehow, I got myrevenge, and this made me fill amazing.
Pain filled everywhere in my body, and I let out a screech. I heard gasps and screams, and that's about it before coldness flooded me.