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True My Heart
Chapter Three – Fate Did Bring Us Back Together
April 5 – First Day of High School
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It was a beautiful day, to be honest. The morning sun peeking behind the tall, snowy-topped mountains, the birds chirping merrily as they flapped their wings, people walking and driving up and down the streets, and children dressed in their respective uniforms as they walked to their schools with excited expressions.
A young, teenage brunette walked down the streets, dressed in a gray school uniform. It consisted of a gray blazer with the school's emblem on the heart, a gray vest outlined in white, a white blouse, a blue tie, and a short gray skirt. She also donned black knee length socks and brown school shoes.
Her long brown locks swished and swayed side to side to the wind and every step she took. Her lavender eyes glanced over at this and that, observing the world around her.
Her long, pale fingers were brushing against a particular locket around her neck as she walked up the street to her school.
'Four years has passed now ever since... I can still remember that young boy who suddenly appeared at the lake. His bright emerald eyes and weird blonde hair. His joyful laughter and his dazzling smile. He was the one who changed my life. The one who took my first kiss...' She could feel her face burn up at the memory. 'And his last words before he left: "May destiny bring us back together again, Alice..."'
He had visited her quite often after their first encounter. Day after day. But the days he visited became months...and then became years...and then until he stopped coming. She even came and visited his house, but his guardians told her that he was gone, studying over-seas. Why he didn't tell her that himself before he left, was something she wondered herself.
The brunette, Alice, now saw many students wearing the same uniform as her walking ahead of her. That indicated that she must be getting closer to her destination. Sure enough, the school gates were in view and she walked onto school campus.
The sight of her new school took her breath away. Her school was HUGE. Almost as big as her mansion! It was shining white and practically sparkling in the sun. Alice then wondered why they chose the uniforms to be a dull gray. Sakura blossoms were falling to the ground gracefully as the wind carried them, making the scenery a lot more prettier. All she could do was gape.
Realizing that she had been standing there and blocking the way of students, she quickly entered the school building. At first, she didn't know where to go, but was relieved that the front office was in view. After getting her schedule and other school information, she set off to her first class: English.
Alice wandered through the halls aimlessly for about five minutes, kicking herself for not asking for directions earlier in the office. Glancing at her schedule in her hands and then back up at the signs on the classroom doors, she tried to find out which classroom was the right one. Unfortunately, she was concentrated on finding her class instead of where she was walking and bumped into some random student in the halls.
"Oh, sor–" Alice was about to apologize to the student, but he rudely cut her off.
"Watch where you're going, chibi!" the student snapped at her loudly.
Other students nearby them noticed the loud outburst from the boy who called Alice a chibi. Some continued to stare, while some of them ignored them, thinking that it was another childish argument.
At that, Alice narrowed her eyes angrily. 'Chibi?' She studied the student in front of her, who seemed to be years older. A little bit on the muscular side, he had narrowed, fierce eyes with an angry expression on his face.
"What are you doing standing there like an idiot? Aren't you gonna apologize? Huh, chibi? Sheesh, little children are so dumb these days," the student sneered at her.
A chorus of shocked gasps was heard around them.
An angry tick mark appeared on Alice's head as her face darkened. By her side, she clenched a fist tightly.
"Oi! Are you even listening to–"
"CAN YOU JUST SHUT UP FOR ONE SECOND!" Alice yelled, slugging the student in the face, causing him to land onto his bottom on the floor hard. She took one step closer to the guy. "I was going to say sorry, but I guess not to some jerk who thinks he's all that!" With one kick to his face, she yelled, "And don't call me chibi, you weak animal!"
The crowd surrounding them gasped in surprise at Alice's sudden comeback, and some of them cheered on, "Fight!"
"Excuse me! Fighting is prohibited on school grounds!" a girl's voice yelled out from down the hall.
Alice turned her head to see a teenage girl running up to them, her long blonde hair flowing behind her. She had bright, emerald eyes and pale skin. Two cats were running behind her, bows tied on their necks.
When the blonde girl reached them, Alice stepped away from the guy on the floor, who had a bleeding nose from her punch. Turning to face the girl, she crossed her arms, a frown visible on her face. "And who are you?" Alice asked rudely, not happy that someone had just interrupted her from beating the crap out of the guy still on the floor.
The blonde girl held out her arm and showed Alice the cloth pinned on her upper arm. The words 'Prefect' was emblazoned on it. Alice froze when she realized who the girl was, and all she could think of was, 'Oh crap.'
"Miss Prefect!" the injured guy on the ground exclaimed. Alice resisted the urge to kick him in the jaw.
"As the school's prefect, I'm going to have to break this up," the blonde said. "Miss and Mister, please follow me to the office."
The crowd of students were still standing there, watching every move the trio were taking. The Prefect noticed that. "Get going to where ever you students need to go! Or do you want me to force you to...?" she yelled, shooting a fierce glare at them as a random whip with spikes came out of nowhere in her hands, causing the crowd to freeze at the sight before quickly walking away. In about five seconds, the crowd was gone.
A bright and cheerful smile graced her lips and she turned towards Alice and the boy. "Well, let's get going, shall we?" she asked, her voice sweet and smooth.
Alice shivered a little at the girl's weird appearances and followed after the blonde girl, who was walking towards the office. The guy with the bleeding nose stumbled after them, blood staining his fingers as he clamped them onto his presumably-broken nose.
Now, the trio were at the front desk, waiting for the headmaster to appear from his office. The nurse had treated the guy's nose, and to Alice's displeasure, it wasn't broken. The brunette sighed. 'Oh well, if his nose was broken, I'd get in deeper trouble than I will now.' She leaned back against the back of the wooden chair she was sitting in, not looking forward to getting a scolding by this headmaster.
"Oh? Ada – I mean, Miss Prefect, what seems to be the problem?" a guy's voice called out. Alice's ears pricked up at the voice. It was familiar.
She shot her head up, and sure enough, it was someone she knew all too well. Standing up from her seat, she pointed a shaking finger at the person standing in front of her.
"U-Un-Un-Uncle Os-Oss-Oscar?" the brunette exclaimed loudly, her eyes and mouth widened in shock.
The big man seemed surprised and with a glances at the girl who was gaping at him, a big smile curved onto his mouth. "Ah! Alice!" he said, stepping closer to her and engulfing the petite brunette in his arms.
Alice was about to hug him back happily, but stopped midway when she felt his arms tighten around her. She felt the air burst out of her, her ribs practically breaking under the older man's bear hug. "Un – cle – Oscar... Let go... I can't brea – the...!" she gasped out, her face turning ghost white.
Uncle Oscar stopped his squeezing and let go of her, realizing what he was doing. "Oh! Sorry about that, Alice! Didn't notice that I was crushing you!"
Alice sucked in a big breath of air before giving the man a glare. "You better next time..." she grumbled out under her breath.
"So, Miss Prefect... What's the problem this fine morning?" Uncle Oscar asked the blonde girl.
Miss Prefect explained what she saw to the elder man, before he asked Alice and the boy with the still-bleeding nose.
The brunette frowned. "I was just happening to be searching for my class, when this boy here suddenly yelled at me after I bumped into him. I don't know what was his problem, but he insulted me, so I guess I got a tantrum at that," Alice said, shrugging.
The boy scoffed. "Yeah right. You little brain-less brats don't know any manners when it comes to apologizing. The reason why I yelled at you was because you needed a little lesson."
"I think that should be the other way around," Alice muttered quietly.
Uncle Oscar gave out a sigh. "Not this again... YOU," he said to the boy, "I've seen you around the academy, bullying other students younger than you. Haven't I given you a warning on what would happen if you kept that up?"
The boy gave out an exaggerated sigh and waved his hand carelessly. "Yeah, whatever."
'What a jerk...' Alice thought, glaring at the boy.
The elder man did a face-palm before turning to the blonde girl with emerald eyes."Anyway, Miss Prefect, do you mind guiding Miss Alice here to her classroom? It's almost time for class to start," Uncle Oscar said.
Miss Prefect seemed surprised at the request but shook her head. "Uhm, not at all! Well, excuse us," she said as she motioned for Alice to follow her as she exited the office. The brunette followed suit, glad to get away from that boy. "Bye, Uncle – I mean, Headmaster," Alice said, waving.
Once the two girls were back in the hallways, the blonde girl spoke up. "By the way, my name is Ada Vessalius. Nice to meet you," she said, holding out her hand.
"Oh, nice to meet you too, Ada. Name's Alice Baskerville," the brunette replied, grabbing Ada's hand. Then she froze. "Wait...Vessalius...? Are...Are you related to Uncle Oscar?"
Ada nodded and smiled. "Yes! I'm his niece!" she chirped.
"Ehhh? I didn't know that he had a niece!" Alice exclaimed, surprised at the new information.
The blonde giggled at the brunette. "So Alice, whose class do you have first? I have Mr. Vessalius, English."
The brown-haired girl pulled out her schedule from her bag. "Um...let me see. Oh! I have English with Mr. Vessalius too!"
"That's great! Well, we should get going. Don't wanna be late on the first day, would you?" And with a smile, they continued to walk towards their classroom.
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So here they were, sitting in the classroom as Mr. Vessalius rambled on and on about this and that. After wasting so much time with his talking, he asked with a bright smile, "So...any questions, lovely ladies and dear gentlemen...?"
The guys shivered at the 'dear' part. The girls, however, swooned.
Alice was gaping at the teacher, speechless for the last hour. All that went through her head was, 'OMG... OMG... OMG...!'
Well, can you guess who's the guy standing in front of the classroom at the moment?
A girl raised her hand up high in the air before asking, "Mr. Vessalius! Are you single?"
The boys rolled their eyes and groaned as they face-palmed. The girls seemed to be awaiting his response with all-ears open, stars in their love-struck eyes.
Mr. Vessalius smiled. "Please, call me..." Alice almost gagged at that when the wrong thought came to her mind. He walked over to the girl who had asked the question and leaned down until his face was close to the girl. "...Jack," he finished, slipping a red rose that somehow appeared from his hand. With that, he walked away.
The girls then burst out in fangirl-mode. "KYAAAA!" they screamed.
The boys in the classroom yelled out, "Ah, MY EARS!" as they covered their ears with their hands to block out the high-pitched screams.
So in other words... 'Jack Vessalius is my teacher...?' Alice screamed in her mind, completely not believing it.
Jack chuckled and clapped his hands loudly in order for them to quiet down. "Students! Students!" he said. "I forgot to mention this earlier..."
"I am NOT your teacher."
The room went quiet.
"...What?" a random girl suddenly burst out, after a really long quiet minute.
Jack laughed at their reactions but quickly caught himself. "Yes, I am deeply sorry for not mentioning this earlier. I am not the teacher for this classroom, but I am the History teacher." The girls cheered loudly before quickly quieting.
"So where is the real English teacher, Jack-sensei?" a random voice asked.
Jack suddenly scratched the back of his head as a troubled expression appeared on his face. "Well, he's running pretty late this morning, but he'll be here by lunch-time."
"EH? That late?" the class exclaimed.
The man in front of the classroom laughed nervously. "Yeah..."
Just then the bell rang, signaling the end of class. "Now, on with your next class!" Jack said, waving to them good-bye.
Alice stood up quickly and grabbed her bag before walking towards the man. "Jack!" she shouted.
"Hm?" When Jack saw Alice, a big grin appeared on his face. "Alice...? Is that you, Alice?"
Alice smiled and glomped him in a hug. "It's been so long, Jack!" she exclaimed happily as Jack chuckled and returned her hug. Ada, who noticed the scene in front of the classroom, smiled as she walked over to them.
The two broke away from the hug and Alice felt a wave of happiness rush through her. 'After so many years...! I guess nothing has changed much, huh...?'
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After Ada practically dragging Alice away from Jack, they made their way into their next class, Math. On the way, Ada would occasionally point out some things, like where the restrooms were, where the lunch room was (Alice brightened up at that), and what buildings were what.
"There are the stairs that leads up to the roof-top. My friends and I sometimes eat up there," Ada said, pointing in the direction of a staircase that presumably led up to the roof-top. "Oh! I know! Why don't you come and eat with us upstairs, Alice?"
"Eat with you and your friends on the roof-top?" Alice repeated before a smile graced on her features. "Sure!"
"I'm sure everybody will like you! When it's time for lunch, go up on the roof-top, okay? Ah, here we are!"
Ada entered the room that was labeled 'Math' and Alice followed close by, wondering what teacher she'd have this time. Her eyes looked around for an adult and she spotted one in the front of the class.
He had piercing golden eyes and wavy black hair that went halfway down his neck, although it was tied into a small ponytail. All he was wearing was a white, long-sleeved button-up shirt, the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, and some black slacks.
Ada smiled at the sight of him before walking over to a random seat by the windows. Alice followed and sat in the seat next to her.
Once everyone was seated, the black-haired man spoke. "Good morning, class. Some of you may know me, some of you may not, but my name is Gilbert Nightray. I prefer you students calling me Mr. Nightray, understand?"
A chorus of 'Yes, sirs' came from the students. Alice could see the girls around her had hearts in their eyes, their hands clasped together in front of their faces and a big, dreamy smile on their faces.
'I wonder if the female students are just here to stare at the teachers here instead of learning...' Alice thought, sweat-dropping.
A random hand rose and before Gilbert could call on her, she asked, "Mr. Nightray, are you sin–"
"And please do not ask questions that do NOT concern Math," Gilbert quickly cut her off, an angry tick mark appearing on his forehead.
Alice stifled a laugh, but sadly, she didn't do a good job of holding it in and suddenly burst out laughing, catching the attention of the class and the teacher. Soon after, a few of the guys started laughing too.
Gilbert frowned at the laughing brunette. "Silence, class!" he ordered, effectively cutting off the boys' laughter, before walking over to Alice's seat. Alice stopped her giggling and looked up at him, only to see fierce golden eyes piercing into her.
"YOU. What is your name, young girl?" Gilbert practically hissed, obviously not pleased.
"A-Alice... Alice Baskerville..." Alice replied, affected by his intense stare that was practically staring into her soul.
"Well, then, Miss Baskervi–" Gilbert suddenly cut off his own sentence as his eyes widened in realization. "Ba-Baskerville...?" he exclaimed.
Alice was suddenly amused at his reaction to her family name. "Yes...what about it?" she asked.
"You're that one girl that Oz always wasted his time visiting...!" Gil exclaimed, pointing an accusing finger in Alice's face.
'OZ?' Alice sprang up from her seat. "Oz? You know Oz?" she asked, feeling a warmth rush through her.
'...Wait, WASTED HIS TIME VISITING? GEEZ, SO RUDE!' The brunette's eyes narrowed. "And what do you mean, 'wasted his time?'"
"Yes, why else would I say his name, dumb child? And by that, I meant that he had to give up his time on studying just to visit you," Gilbert said, his face showing displeasure.
Alice scoffed. "Are you accusing me of something? Cause it sounds like it, you—you—SEAWEED HEAD!" 'Ah! That brings back memories!'
Gilbert's jaw dropped in shock at the name she called him. His mouth opened...and then closed...and then opened...and then closed again, trying to speak, but the words weren't coming to him... Well, it did. "Sea—SEAWEED HEAD? HOW DARE YOU... BAKA USAGI!" he roared in anger.
"'BAKA USAGI?' WHO ARE YOU CALLING A DUMB RABBIT? And where did you get RABBIT from, SEAWEED HEAD?" Alice yelled, glaring daggers at the teacher in front of her as she placed her hands on her hips.
Ada quickly stood up from her seat and tried to break up the fight, but Gilbert and Alice were too busy screaming their heads off at each other, so she wasn't able to. "Geez, why did this have to happen...?" Ada thought to herself, sweat-dropping.
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"THAT BAS– I mean, JERK!" Alice seethed angrily, catching herself from saying a bad word. She stomped her way up the staircase that led to the roof-top, since it was now lunch-time.
The door to the rooftop opened very slowly, as if to not make loud noises and disturb the silence.
Alice poked her head out and her eyes quickly scanned the perimeter, just to make sure that no one was up there. 'No signs of anybody here...save for some pigeons...' she thought as she gave out a sigh in relief. 'Why am I acting like a spy or something anyway?' Shaking her head at herself, she walked out onto the rooftop.
"Geez, that Ada! Saying that she had to go right after that Seaweed Head's class, about Prefect work or something..." Alice muttered to herself as she clutched her bento full of meat in her hand.
Glancing around, she saw an area was shaded by a huge tree and walked over to it, not wanting to eat in the hot sun. As she walked around the staircase area, she smiled when it was indeed clean and shaded by the tree.
Just when she thought that it was the perfect place to eat and was all clear of anybody, she saw something bright out of the corner of her eye. "Huh?" She turned to see what it was, and saw that it was someone.
He was wearing a white blouse with the collar slightly up, and gray vest that had gold linings on it. He also donned a red tie that was loosely around his neck, green knee-length pants, and boots that reached the top of his calves. And in his hands was a...mango?
'...That spiky blonde hair...and that weird block of hair that spikes to the right...' Alice thought, a warm and familiar feeling rising in the pit of her stomach. Her eyes glanced up and down at him for something else and she saw it.
"...The pocket watch..." Alice breathlessly said.
The blonde-haired guy must have heard Alice, because he lifted his head and averted his emerald eyes to meet her purple ones.
A long minute passed, each of them not saying a word.
That was, until the blonde-haired guy broke the silence. "...A-Alice...? Is that...you?"
'...He remembers! He remembered me! It...It really is him!' Alice felt the warm tears well up in her eyes and a sweet smile graced her features. "...Oz..." she whispered. "OZ..!" she shouted, running up to him.
"Alice!" Oz said, his mouth turning into a grin. "Whoa—Oomph!"
Alice flung herself on him, happy tears streaming down her face. "Ozu, Oz, it... It's you! I thought that you had forgotten all about me...!" she cried, her hands clutching the back of his vest as she hugged him tightly.
Oz smiled and hugged her back, his hands patting the crying brunette's back as he buried his face in her brown locks. 'Heh...Lavender...Same old Alice...'
"Looks like destiny did bring us back together again...Alice..."
Thank you dear readers for reading and reviewing! :D Uhm, I think some parts were a bit scratchy, since I haven't been writing in a while... If you knew how old I was and doing all this, would you guys still accept it...? But I won't say it out now...because then I'd be probably breaking some rules here and there...haha... Anyway, thanks for reading, and review! :3 They really help boost my motivation up!
Oh, and since I REALLY LOVE drawing anime/manga and is decent in it, if you readers want, I could maybe draw a little scene here and there in this fanfiction? :D I dunno, I thought that it would be a good idea!
REVIEW! And tell me if you think I should draw fanart for this fanfiction, hehe! I really will do it if you guys want! :D But I'm not a pro (check out my DA profile to see how good/bad I draw, link in my profile description!), so I dunno if you guys will like it, haha. Gee, so much talking here... Thanks again for reading and reviewing! More Oz/Alice and new characters coming up! :D