Full summary: Hinamori Amu is a young witch in training that's transferred to Seiko Academy where she will be among other magical users like herself. But what are these feelings she starts to develop for a certain popular boy that's in his last year of magical cram school? Young Amu will not only have to learn about her powers, but her feelings as well. She has no idea what this school has in store for her. It's only the beginning of her new life. AMUTO, but they will be some one-sided love as well. My first Shugo Chara story, but certainly not my last. Please enjoy!! Oh and I might change the name of the story I don't know yet...mostly likely won't!! Lol.
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Strawberry Witch
Amu sat on the middle of the staircase, she watched as her mother walked to the kitchen to the living room to her own room, and then would repeat and every once in a while she'd go into Amu's room. Amu's eyes traveled to two suitcases that sat down at the bottom of the stairs. Her suitcases. Today she was transferring to Seiko Academy….finally.
Ran was floating the bags, admiring them. She traveled to Amu and smiled. "Ready, Amu-chan? Today is the big day."
Amu looked at Ran and slightly nodded. "I guess we should get this over with, huh? I don't have anything better to do anyways."
Ran giggled. "You'll learn about yourself Amu-chan while we're away."
Amu looked at Ran questionably, but shrugged it off.
FLASH! SNAP!
Amu looked up to see her father with his camera….he was taking pictures….of her.
A small sweat-drop rolled down the back of her head as she looked at her father and he took like a billion pictures of her just sitting there staring at him, uncomfortable.
"The day my little sparrow leaves the nest!" he cries, as he took another picture, he wiped his eyes and looked at Amu, with a slight smile.
"Papa, she'll be back," Mama stated to her husband. "She'll be here for holidays and during breaks." She smiled at Amu and continued to search the house….for something, but Amu didn't know what.
Ami appeared behind their father and smiled and Amu, Amu started at her curiously, Ami looked like she was up to something. And out of no where, young Ami launched at Amu, wrapping her in a hug. Their father taking the picture instantly.
"Onee-chan!!" Ami whined as she clung onto Amu.
Amu's eye twitched. "This was cute when you were three, Ami-chan," she stated as she attempted to pry Ami off of her. It took a good number of tries, but she finally succeeded. Their father the whole time was wasting film as he took as many pictures as he pleased.
Ami looked at Amu with sad puppy-dog eyes. "I don't want you to go!!"
Amu rolled her eyes. "Like Kaasan said, I'll be back," she informed, she then smiled at Ami. "So you better be good while I'm gone or I won't come back."
Ami's eyes widened, but she nodded telling Amu she understood and would do as Amu said. "Ok, but you better write."
"Yes! Write Mama, Papa, and Ami-chan!" her father exclaimed as he rushed to Amu, picking her up and hugging her.
"Papa," Amu said annoyed, "put me down." 'As nice as it is getting all these hug, its becoming ridiculous.' She thought to herself.
"Aw!! My cool and spicy daughter!!" he beamed, placing her down, so that she was standing on her own two feet, not being held anymore.
"They're really going to miss you, Amu-chan," Ran stated, floating right above Amu's left shoulder as she watched Amu's family.
Amu just nodded. 'And I'll miss them and their odd behaviors,' She teased to herself.
Amu's mother finally reappeared, she had a huge smile on her face. She stood at the bottom of the stairs, looking up at her two daughters and their papa. "Come on, guys, Amu-chan has to get ready," she giggled. "Amu-chan, I have something for you."
Amu walked passed her father and younger sister. When she reached the bottom of the staircase she looked at her mother with a curious look. "Hai??"
Her mother handed Amu a small rectangular box. "It's been in the family for four generations," she stated before hugging Amu, not as tight as the other hugs. "I've always been and always will be so proud of you. Don't open it till you get to your new room."
Amu hugged her mother back. "Arigato," she whispered back.
FLASH! SNAP!
'There goes another picture for their album,' Amu thought with a little laugh. She felt a rush of sadness enter her heart, but she smiled. She knew that even though she had to leave home it all was going to be worth it.
Ami and their father walked down the rest of the stairs, and there was a quick family hug, not lasting long because they knew that Amu would soon become annoyed, but what they didn't know was that Amu didn't want them to let go so soon because she was enjoying this. She knew she was going to miss all of them, but she had to keep up her 'cool and spicy' attitude up. Everyone released the young pink-haired witch in training.
Ran had watched with a huge smile on her face. She knew saying good-bye was going to be somewhat difficult, but she also knew how strong Amu was…she was part of her after all.
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Amu had finally said goodbye to her father and young Ami. Her mother and herself were now in the car, driving somewhere that Amu had no knowledge of. Amu stared at her unhatched eggs that she placed in a carrier that she wore like a purse.
"They'll hatch soon," her mother stated.
Amu looked at her mother, nodding and giving her a 'sure I understand that' look.
Ran looked up at Amu, she had been staring outside the window the whole trip, but now she was curious about what was on Amu's mind.
"Ah! There's your grandmother!" her mother exclaimed pointing straight ahead, a smile on her face.
"Huh? Oba-chan?" the young pink-haired witch questioned. "Why is she here?"
"Well it's been awhile since I've been in the Magical Kingdom, let alone open a portal to get there," Midori-san stated to her daughter.
Amu didn't reply, she understood. It made perfect sense why her grandmother was here. She'd rather have her grandma get them there anyways, she knew her mother hadn't returned to the Magical Kingdom once she left it. So this was probably going to be exciting for both of them.
00000 Amu's P.O.V 00000
Mom parked the car and turned it off. I stared outside the window, we were in the middle of no where. All I could see where trees and hills, trees and hills that never ended it seemed! Kaasan turns to me and nods, informing me to go and ahead and step out. I did so, and I walked over to the back of the car and opened the trunk, taking my suitcases out.
Oba-chan walked up to us with a smile. "Today is the day!" she beamed clasping her hands together with joy, she was a little bit too excited for me.
"Where are we?" I ask, I was still amazed where we were located. I've never been out in the 'woods' before. Yes I am calling this the 'woods' because it looks pretty woodsie( I know that's not a word) to me. I turn back to look at Kaasan and Oba-chan, waiting for one of them to answer me.
Instead of getting an answer I watch my Oba-chan, her hands are extended. She's facing our car….and she's saying something because her lips are moving, but I can't make out what she is saying. Light surrounds the car…while my grandma's arms are glowing. When the light finally vanishes I notice the car is gone.
My eyes widened. Oh, so that's what they were doing.
"Its only invisible," my mother claims, "just so no one sees it."
"Impressed?" Oba-chan asks.
I blink and then I cross my arms over my chest. "H-hardly," I state playing 'cool'. Truth be told I haven't seen magic used like that. It still amazes me what all witches can do with their powers, soon I will be able to do many things as well. Now this I like. I'm grinning to myself. I can just picture all of the stuff I will do.
Kaasan giggles and picks up one of my suitcases. "Well let's get going."
I look at her extremely confused. Let's get going where? That's what I felt like asking as she and grandma start to walk off, instead I just follow peacefully behind them.
"Hey….Ran…" I whisper. "Have they lost it?"
Ran giggles. "Your grandmother is looking for a portal."
"To get to the Magical Kingdom?" I question. Please oh please say yes!
"Hai," she answers with a huge chibi grin.
'Of course that's what my grandma is doing. I knew that all along!' Is what I thought to myself. Yeah sure, of course I knew. I smile softly as I close my eyes. "You better be ready to teach me Ran-'chan', if you fail me, I'll be disappointed and replace you. I want to know everything."
"Replace your guardian chara? How mean, Amu-chan," she whines while she fakes as if she is really hurt, she even has tiny fake tears in her eyes. But as sudden as they start to slightly appear they're gone and she starts to giggle.
How are we alike again? My outer character would never act like that, she better not blow my cover and destroy my image. But…then again, I do want to make friends while I'm away. I wasn't able to make friends before, maybe its because of my character, or maybe I'm too afraid. Hmmm…I have no idea.
"You'll make BEST friends, Amu-chan!" its like Ran can read my mind, its kind of annoying.
I give her a small smile and a some what mumbled 'thank you'.
"Here we are!" Oba-chan basically shouts.
I run toward them, because I was a little bit far behind thanks to the conversation between Ran and I. I hurry up to them just to pause when I see they've stopped in front of a 7-foot boulder. A small sweat-drop rolls down the side of my temple, totally manga-ish, and yes I know that's not a word, but seriously it was just a damn rock! Now how do I tell them that this is just crazy, and that they need to seriously get some help.
Kaasan looks back at me, a smile plastered on her face. "Now she just has to open the portal and we'll be there, Amu-chan!" she is way to bubbly in the morning.
"Now this might take a few minutes," Oba-chan informs as she places her hands on the, um, portal/rock thing.
I look at Ran, again I had a small smile on my face, but that's only because I couldn't hide all of my excitement, there was too much of it to do that! Ran winks at me and gives me a 'thumbs up.'
I roll my eyes. Seriously, how child-ish. But, it made me feel less nervous. Yes I'm nervous, who wouldn't be. I'm about to enter the Magical Kingdom, a place I've never been! And then I'm going to go my new school where I will be taught about magic, I mean come on, you would be nervous too.
I wonder what's it going to be like? How other witches are going to look and act? Will I have to ride a broom to school? Will I have to get a familiar? All these types of questions run through my head I didn't even watch as my grandma opened the portal, I didn't even hear her, Kaasan, and Ran telling me to step into it. I was just so busy thinking about how my life is going to change that….
"AMU-CHAN!!"
I snap out of and look at Ran. "H-hai??" Boy, did that hurt my ears.
"Come on! Your grandma opened the portal and already entered it. Its your turn now!" she states, trying to drag my arm. She could barely lift it, how does she think that's going to help?
"Go on, Amu-chan, I'm right behind you," Kaasan reassures me that its as simple as baking cookies. I just step through it and I will be there.
I look at the portal. I can see the other side, there's my grandma standing there waiting. She's standing on a wooden floor, it looks like she is in a house. Who's house? Well no time to be thinking. I enter the portal, holding my breath, and the next thing I know is I'm standing in the middle of a living room. Kaasan enters right behind me and the portal disappears.
"Welcome to my home!" Oba-chan bubbles with a huge grin on her face.
I look around and see the white furniture and the cream colored walls. It's just simple. Nothing special, but I've never been to her house before. I mean how sad is that, I haven't been to my own grandmother's home.
"It's been awhile since I've been here, still is the same, Ma," Kaasan claims giving grandma a little hug. "Thank you so much for helping me and Amu-chan."
"Y-yes, arigato," I say after my mother and we both bow slightly. I stand up straight and fold my arms again. I'm not going to disrespect my own Oba-chan, so of course I thanked her properly.
Ran floats around the room, probably admiring it. "Amu-chan as a baby!!"
I run over to her and look at the picture, I blush slightly from embarrassment. I was just in a diaper and I was crying. 'Please take this down' is what I wanted to shout, but I just turned my back to it. "E-everyone has baby pictures, Ran."
00000An hour later 00000
I sat on my grandma's couch, she had made my mother and I some special tea. I drank it and it was nothing that I had ever tasted before. It had a taste of cinnamon and…something else that I couldn't put my finger on. Maybe I've never tasted this spice before and that's why I don't know what it is.
My mother had informed me that we were going to head over to Seiko Academy in a half an hour. School apparently would be starting soon.
Now let me inform you, I just found this out myself, but anyways, the time in the Magical is different from the human world, we left my house at noon human time, entered the portal at one and now we're here in the magical kingdom and everyone is just starting to wake up. It's 6:30 if you must know.
We were also waiting on someone my grandma wanted to introduce me to. Some kid my age who was also going to Seiko Academy. Great. Apparently, they were my Oba-chan's neighbor.
"She should be here any minute," grandma informs.
She? So it's a girl, well at least that's a bonus. Sometimes I get real nervous around boys… it gets irritating.
Ding dong!
Oba-chan smiles and gets up to get the door. Moments later she walks in with someone following. Grandma's neighbor had orange hair, that was in pig-tails and hazel-brown eyes. She looks like a little adorable child. She's wearing a red school uniform. She smiles at me, and that's when I notice her chara, a little baby looking thing floating above her shoulder. Why isn't hers dressed like a witch?
"I'm Yuiki Yaya! Yaya is very happy to meet you Amu-chii!! Yaya has heard many stories about you from Kirari-oba-chan!!" she bows for about two seconds before she dashes to me.
I sweat-drop, once again, at this. "H-hi." My eye twitches. Wow talk about friendly.
Ran appears in front of me when Yuiki-san extends her hand to me. "I'm Ran, Amu-chan's chara!"
"Nice to meet you Ran-chan, this is Pepe-chan, my chara!" Yuiki-san exclaims, her hand still extended.
I finally take her hand and give it a light shake. "Nice to meet you, Yuiki-san" I say very softly, it was almost a whisper.
"Just call Yaya Yaya-chan or simply Yaya, whichever works for you Amu-chii," she states, giving me once again a very friendly smile.
'She is really nice,' I think to myself. I give her a slight nod as in 'ok' and then I say, "whatever." Curse my spicy character, I'm too use to using it that it just slips out at times.
Stars form in Yaya's eyes as she…admires me. "I hope that we'll become best friends Amu-chii!"
"Sorry to interrupt," Oba-chan starts to say, "but let's start heading out, we have a lot to do for Amu-chan so that she can get settled in at the Academy."
Kaasan nods. "That's right. So we should get going, no?"
Both Yaya and Oba-chan nod and then we're off. I have a feeling today is going to be long and memorable. If Yaya is like this I wonder how all the other students are. Are they all this friendly? Or is it just Yaya?
00000 About 30 minutes later 00000
Apparently Oba-chan doesn't live too far from the school, it was about a twenty minute drive over here. Now we're standing in front of the school. Holy shit…I mean crap…its HUGE! It's like a castle, or something that you would see off a Harry Potter (A/N: Don't own). Okay it's not as big as Hogwarts but it's about there and instead of a dark castle, it's white. I look to the far right and see tall buildings, like log cabins, and there are some more to the far left. The 'courtyard' was full of kids everywhere…kids from my age to maybe a year younger to a few years older. I was in a daze.
"The buildings to the left and right are dorms," Yaya informed me.
"Dorms? We don't go home after the day is done?" I ask looking at her.
She nods. "Not everyone lives as close as Yaya does. Some live millions of miles away. Even though Yaya lives a couple of miles, Yaya lives in the dorms as well. Yaya's family helps out with the Academy that's why we live near by," she keeps going, "So that's why there are dorms. Plus its makes it easier on the teachers and all that stuff."
I nod letting her I understood, which was half true. She smiles at me. "Yaya and Amu-chii are going to have so much fun. Even though school started two weeks ago, Yaya hasn't made that many friends that are in Yaya's year."
"Are you a first year too?" I question, I mean what else could she be, there's no way she's older than me by much.
Yaya nods. "Yep. And so far its been a lots of fun. They say your first year is the toughest because you have to get use to being away from home, and all the rules, and blah blah blah….boring stuff to Yaya, Yaya loves it here."
"So how old are you?" I once again ask another question. I know she has to be younger than me, more like, I'm hoping that she is. She's still so innocent and cute that it would be unreal if she was older than me…plus the way that she acts there was just no way.
"Yaya is fourteen like most first years….a year younger than you Amu-chii," she replies as we continue to walk. "Amu-chii must be a late-comer because most second years are fifteen, but there are the rare ones, but it really doesn't matter what your age is and what year you are because some classes are mixed up. The reason for the label is to help the teacher's understand what level you are at and what to expect from you, and to teach you want you need to know. But like Yaya said, things are switched around some first years might be taught about flying and some won't be taught till they're second year, it just depends on the witch/wizard."
My head hurts. With her sweet innocent giddy voice trying to explain everything was getting difficult to understand. Why is she so cheerful anyways?
"I'm glad you two are getting along so well," Oba-chan exclaims with joy in her voice. I almost forgot that they were here.
We all walk into the school. Yaya walks ahead a bit before she turns around and waves. "Yaya has to go to class, so see you later Amu-chii!" she says before her and Pepe take off running down the young confusing hallway.
I wave as she disappears. I look at my Oba-chan and Kaasan who were smiling. "N-nani?" I ask, irritated with all these smiles.
"Have a great time, Amu-chan," Kaasan says giving me a hug. "Your grandma will help with all the paperwork, they'll show you your dorm, and where your classes are, have fun and do well. I must be off to check on Ami-chan and Papa."
I hug her back, very quickly, and then she leaves, waving till she disappears. 'Bye Kaasan' I say to myself. I look up at Oba-chan who was talking to some lady…a lady with a witch hat on! I smile to myself. So it begins today.
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So I didn't get all the other characters in here. But I got all the info that I could. Of course if I need to, I will give you more. Sorry that this chapter was way longer (a whole 1,000 words longer) than the first, I hope it wasn't boring for you. I tried to get Oba-chan and her mother out of the story. Next time I will just have it to where Amu goes to her first class, she'll be in her dorm later on so I won't have to put that in till later. And the other characters will be introduced. Sorry again if you got bored with this, stick with me, it gets better!
I will be out of town for a few days so I don't think I will be able to get the 3rd chapter up before I leave, since I leave tomorrow. I will update as soon as I get back. So please review and tell me what you think!! Be honest! I can take it! (I hope. Lol. Just kidding.)
Oh I have some questions I want you guys to answer for me. Should I spell Kukai with two 'U's? And should I spell Suu's name with one 'U'? Lol. Thanks if you can help me, because I don't know which I should do. I guess it really doesn't matter.
Cookie: Man, that took forever.
Amu: I'd say. I haven't gotten to do much. How lame.
Yaya: Yaya is introduced first!! Go Yaya!
Amu: When will my eggs hatch?
Cookie: Hmm…mostly likely in the next chapter. Or at least I know for sure one will.
Ikuto: Where the hell am I?
Cookie: Uh….that's a good question. Lol
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