Disclaimer:I don't own Gakuen Alice. All of it belongs to Higuchi Tachibana. Thank you for your time.
Summary: Is a dream nothing more than a reality? Has the academy located Mikan after she had left those five years? Will Mikan be able to escape for fate chosen by the ESP? Will Yuka be able to help her daughter in a tight spot? Only the next assignment will tell.
Content:It's more or less a drabble. I was inspired by late events to write something canonish without a Natsume/Mikan pairing. For once I succeeded. xD
Pairing:Mikan/Yuka; Enjoy. I've always wanted to write a mother/daughter fic! -Squee-
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"…You're still here, in your bed, safe in my arms."
-T.K.
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Nightmares
Run.
Run!
Don't look back…
A pair of footsteps proceeded down a dark void. There were no sounds despite how the person was running. Carbon dioxide haphazardly appeared every few milliseconds as the person continued to run away. There was no clue about what they were running away from but it would only be a matter of time.
Slosh began to kick up as the person continued on through the void. Their pace had incidentally slowed down at this point thanks to the mysterious slosh but that didn't stop the person. They still tried their hardest to get away. Long hair swished over their shoulders and sweat rolled down their face.
Run!
He'll catch you!
He'll make you go back…!
Fearing the worst, the person pushed their limits even farther and eventually made it past the slosh. The momentum of bursting free caused the person to lose balance but they never fell down. They were tripped up from the initial shock but they continued to run. Hazel eyes were wide with fear and the person was unhealthily pale yet they still forged on. They were determined to get away from whatever was chasing them.
No…
The end is near.
He'll catch you…
Don't go that way!
The warning came too late for the person. They skidded to a halt just as something shimmered out of the abyss. A pale hand extended out to grasp her wrist, and the cruel smile decked out in lipstick emerged victorious in this latest battle. Salon-perfect nails went straight into the person's flesh as they chuckled in amusement. A light flashed in front of the hazel orbs and panic crossed her face.
They had caught her.
Luna. Luna Koizomi.
It was only a matter of time before the other dangerous one would capture her. They'd drag her back, make her do despicable things, and never let her see the sunshine again. She'd be a captured doll forever trapped in a doll house.
Panic coursed through her veins. The adrenaline was still pulsing with each beat of her heart. The endless possibilities seemed to last an eternity in her mind, and it wasn't an encouraging one. All of the endings would result in her imprisonment or death.
"Don't run." Cooed Luna as an adult, it was strange to hear such clarity within her voice since she was only ten the last time she saw her, but then again… anything was possible at Gakuen Alice. "Give me back my Alice, you wretch." Blood was seeping from the wound on her wrist thanks to the harsh grasp of her capturer, but that wasn't the end of it.
"Mikan."
The voice. That voice!
No…
Oh god… I've run for so long… five years…
Luna's person dissolved into the black environment around the girl, but for some reason the girl couldn't move from her spot. She was trapped, stuck because it was too late.
"Mikan Sakura. The principal is anticipating your arrival."
No… No! I don't want to go back! Mom!
Chains shackled around her ankles and wrists. The clacking sounds of the iron locking went through one ear and out the other, but the loudest noise was the eerie walking coming close behind her. No one was there and yet they were.
"Your STEAL Alice is a hazard to our society. The principal says he will help you so that you can go back as the Alice Subjugation Ace."
I don't want that!
The pressure of the air around her ears popped as the clicking of his boots resounded behind her. Once the steps stopped, the girl shivered under what felt like a tantalizing glare. He was there to collect. He was there to control and conquer.
"Mikan."
The cold hand painfully gripped her shoulder just as she was turning around. The cold air hit her like a ton of bricks. Everything about this person was cold and she realized that he was an ice wall that would never break down. Painfully with the last of her strength Mikan faced the scary white masquerade masked man. The darkness soon swept the mask away, the smirk was wide on his face and onyx eyes dangerously stared deep into her orbs. The darkness was soon sweeping in, and just before her consciousness reached nothingness she remembered his words…
"Per…sona…"
A naïve girl like you should stay in the light, and stay out of the dark…
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"Mikan! Mikan! Wake up!" Thirty-four year old Yuka Azumi was shaking her fifteen year old daughter out of her nightmare. It wasn't the first time Mikan had screamed bloody murder in her sleep, but the mother knew it wouldn't be the last.
The academy had left a mark on her poor daughter. After she had gone back to the past, discovered who her parents really were, and suffered through constant heartache and agony thanks to her childhood friends… Despite her daughter having some good memories, they were easily overtaken by the bad ones, and that involved Persona and Luna Koizomi.
"Shhh Mikan. It's okay, I'm here." The medium-long haired brunette adult wrapped her arms around her daughters' head and patted the silky threads of hair.
"He caught me… caught me… Oh mom…" The teen muttered out; Yuka could feel the prickling of tears through her cotton pajama shirt.
"No he didn't baby, you're safe. You're still here, in your bed, safe in my arms."
The girl just clenched onto her mother's clothing and continued to break down. There was nothing that could comfort her now. All of her friends were still trapped in the academy and Yuka couldn't trust the elementary school principal with whatever schemes he was planning with hers' or her daughters' STEAL Alice. Not only that, but he was also that man who caused her and Mikan so much suffering that past five years.
"M-Mom…" Mikan whimpered underneath her chin.
"Hmm?" Yuka comforted back, she was still patting her daughter's head and combing through the ends.
"Could I sleep in your bed tonight?" The desperation behind her daughter's voice made her heart ache in pain. She had always dreamed that one day she'd become the mother she was supposed to become. She had always wanted to go shopping with her daughter, to go watch her daughter graduate from school with that diploma, get married, have grandchildren… but she never wanted to go through what she was going through now.
Kissing her daughter's head she wordlessly dragged her daughter up out of bed and beckoned her to her own.
"Of course."
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T.K:What do you think? Love it, hate it? Leave me some feedback! :) Much loves, I have some lovely new material to bring up shortly.
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EDITTED
Completed: September 23rd, 2010; 5:53 p.m.