And here's chapter two :)

Chapter 2:

Who I want to be

I have a Shugo Chara?!

When Kairi woke up that morning, she was not expecting to find two eggs resting right beside her. Ever since she discovered them she had been staring at the two eggs with wide eyes, not believing what she was seeing. But that didn't change the fact that the two eggs were still there.

Kairi blinked then looked at the eggs in more detail. Both were bigger than the size of normal eggs, and were brightly colored. The first egg had a pale green and pale blue diamond pattern. The second egg had the same diamond pattern only it was silver and black colored. Though the first egg had a single silver musical note on it while the second egg had a golden wing.

Cautiously, Kairi poked both the eggs. She flinched when she felt they were both warm. Though she wasn't sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing. Warm eggs usually meant something would hatch from the eggs. And that is what probably freaked out Kairi the most.

Kairi started to pace around the room in attempts to try and calm down her nerves. Okay, there was probably an explanation for all this. She just had to figure it out. Assuming she could. Just how do you explain two eggs randomly appearing in your bed? As if that fact alone didn't sound awkward.

Kairi took a few deep breaths. She was overrating. Maybe these were just ordinary eggs that were only painted and someone placed here as a joke. Kairi rolled her eyes, like that was true.

Kairi rubbed her temples and let out a sigh. Maybe she could figure this out better after she got ready for the day. Yeah, a nice shower might help clear her head. Acting on that thought, she grabbed a towel, then headed to the bathroom.

About twenty minutes later, Kairi was ready for the day. She was dressed in a white tank, pink cropped hoodie, black pleaded skirt, white thigh-high socks, and black boots. In her hair was a white headband with a bow attached to keep her bangs out of her face. Having finished getting ready she went back to looking at the eggs, wondering what to do with them.

Kairi just ended up picking up her pink, blue, and white sling bag, then grabbed a blanket, folded it, placed it in the bag, and then finally carefully laid the two eggs on the folded blanket. She might as well take care of the eggs since she couldn't figure out what else to do with them.

"Wonder what will hatch from them?" Kairi murmured as she left the apartment. As she did she failed to notice the green and blue egg move in her bag.

So far Kairi's search for any Heartless or Nobodies continued to turn up zero. Guess that was a good thing. That meant that this world wasn't in any danger from them. Kairi had to admit, she was getting a bit used to the calmness of this place. It reminded her of Destiny Islands a bit. Only with a change of scenery of course.

All during her time searching for signs of Heartless or Nobodies, Kairi would occasionally check on the eggs in her bag. They appeared to be fine but Kairi was still unsure about what to really do with them. Taking care of them seemed to be the most understandable thing to do, but it just seemed too weird—the way they had randomly appeared this morning. Kairi was still thinking of ways that could have happened.

Kairi still hadn't come up with anything. It was starting to annoy her. Though she was considering that perhaps some sort of magic was at work. Now that she really thought about it, wouldn't that make the most sense? After all, she already knew magic was real. For obvious reasons of course.

Kairi shook her head. Why hadn't she thought about it before? Magic was probably the only explanation for the eggs showing up. But if that was true, then that still left the question as to what would hatch from them. Kairi was a bit intimidated about finding out.

"I'll just have to wait and see," Kairi mumbled to herself as she continued walking. As she did her cell phone vibrated in her purse. Kairi stopped then took out the phone (and cast a quick glance at the eggs to make sure they were still doing okay in her bag) then flipped it open. She looked to see she received a text from Hoshi, asking if she wanted to hang out if she was free.

Kairi smiled as she texted a reply. A few moments went by before she received another text, asking her to meet at the local ice cream shop. Kairi texted she was on her way.

"So Kairi, how do you like our city? I know it's not much, but it has it's upsides," Hoshi giggled.

Kairi took a sip from her strawberry milkshake before she smiled and said, "It's really great. I think I'm going to like staying here."

Hoshi smiled then pushed some of her bangs out of her face. Seeing as how she wasn't dressed for school, her hair was pinned up and all her bangs were hanging in front of her face. She even dressed more causal too. Hoshi was wearing a blue tank, violet off-shoulder shirt with large bell-shaped sleeves, jean shorts, and knee high lace-up boots.

The two continued to chat on for the next hour. However, as they talked, Kairi got the feeling that something was bothering Hoshi. She wanted to ask, maybe see if she can help, but she couldn't really bring herself to. Would she even be able to help anyway? Kairi just kept slurping her milkshake while she pondered all this.

Well, might as well take a chance right?

"Hey uh, Hoshi, is there, something wrong? I mean, you've been acting a bit off or something. Not that's any of my business of course."

Hoshi, who was about to eat another spoonful of ice cream, blinked then put her spoon back into her ice cream cup.

"Ah it's just stuff at home. Nothing big, just having some issues with my parents about grades and stuff. Unfortunately, it's nothing new."

"Oh," Kairi said. "Is that…a bad thing or…?"

Hoshi chuckled. "Ah, it's a bit of a routine sadly. In their eyes, if I'm not the principal's list, I'm not trying my best. Once, they got all worked up over one C."

"That doesn't seem very fair," Kairi frowned.

Hoshi shrugged. "Eh, that's my parents for you."

"Yeah but, still seems unfair."

Hoshi just giggled then went back to her ice cream. But Kairi got the strong feeling that something was still bothering her. Kairi went back to slurping her milkshake as she looked away. Back home Kairi usually got above average grades. She wasn't the smartest student, but she certainly wasn't the worst. Even with her father, the mayor of Destiny Islands, he never really got mad if she didn't get the best grades around. Sure, just like any father he wanted to see her succeed, but he wasn't hell bent on making sure she got the top grades.

Kairi figured that she should say something encouraging since now Hoshi was now glancing out the window, seemingly lost in thought with a solemn expression on her face. But what could she say? Maybe she shouldn't have even brought up the subject. Maybe she should have just left Hoshi alone.

"Don't think like that! Chara Change—from a girl who wouldn't help, to a girl who would!"

Before Kairi could even process where the voice she had heard spoken from—was it just her or did it seem like the voice has spoken directly into her head or something?—the bow on her headband was replaced with a silver musical note. Then, as if her body was being controlled by an unknown force, she jumped up and found herself saying, "Don't give up! I'm sure you can do it!"

Hoshi looked up at Kairi, looking shocked and taken aback at her sudden outburst, while Kairi herself blushed and clamped her hands over her mouth. While this was going on, the musical note returned to it's original white bow. Pretty soon, Kairi quickly grabbed her bag then ran out of the parlor feeling completely embarrassed.

Kairi kept running after she fled the parlor. Okay, maybe she shouldn't have done that and just left Hoshi without saying a word. But after that freaky outburst that she had, instincts just took over. Oh gosh why did she do that? Sure she said what she was feeling but still! Just what had possessed her to act that way?

Kairi had finally stopped to catch a breath. But as she hunched over, panting for breath, she noticed that something in her bag was wriggling around. Blinking, she opened her bag, to examine the source. The source, much to her complete shock, was one of the eggs from this morning. More specifically, the green and blue one.

Kairi watched with wide eyes as the egg floated out of the bag and got eye level with her. She continued to watch as a large crack appeared around the middle. As the egg opened, both halves of the shell disappeared, leaving only behind a tiny person, about the size a fairy would probably be. The person had curly brown hair with some of her hair pinned back and bright blue eyes. She wore an outfit consisting of a green halter top, a semi-see through blue cardigan, silver dancer harem pants, and tan sandals.

"Who…what are you?" Kairi blinked, trying to comprehend what she was seeing.

"She's your Shugo Chara. You're would-be self."

Kairi looked to see Hoshi standing there, an amused smile on her face.

"Hoshi?" Kairi blinked as she calmly walked over. "What's a 'Shugo Chara'?"

Hoshi giggled then turned to the tiny girl, who Kairi noticed was still floating in the air.

"A pleasure to meet you," she addressed, like it was a common thing for things like this to happen. "My name's Hoshi. What's your name?"

The girl smiled. "My name's Solei! I'm one of Kairi's would-be selves!"

"Hold on!" Kairi frowned. "What do you mean you're one of my 'would-be selves'? Just what is that supposed to mean?"

"Ah, you see," Hoshi smiled. "Shugo Chara are just what Solei said. A person's would-be self. In other words, the person they dream to be. They act like guides to aid the person they're born from to achieve that very dream. More accurately though, they are supposed to be born from what's called the Heart's Egg."

"The Heart's…Egg?"

Hoshi nodded. "Supposedly they are physical manifestations of a person's dream. The dream people hold closest to their hearts." "And Shugo Chara…are born from that egg?"

"That's right." Hoshi started to chuckle nervously. "Sorry if this is all strange. I'm sure this is quite a shock. Find out about all this stuff."

"You can say that again," Kairi muttered. Then she turned to Solei. "Solei right?" Solei nodded. "And everything Hoshi said is true?"

Solei nodded again. "That's right. Like I said, I'm one of your would-be selves."

"One of them…oh!" Kairi opened her bag and glanced at the second egg. She noticed it hadn't moved once yet. If Solei was only one of her would-be selves, the other egg must be her other one. Suddenly, Kairi started to wonder what kind of Shugo Chara would be.

"So you have two eggs then?"

Kairi flinched then saw Hoshi looking at the second egg as well.

"That's a rare thing," Hoshi stated. "Most of the time people only have one."

"Oh really? Wait a minute," Kairi turned to Hoshi. "Just how is that you know so much about these things?"

Hoshi blinked for a second then giggled. "Ah, that's quite simple really."

"Because!"

"She has us!"

Kairi watched as two small girls, about the same size as Solei so she guessed they were Shugo Chara as well, had floated out of Hoshi's bag. The first girl who had spoken had pearl white hair in low pigtails and dark violet eyes. She wore a simple black dress, dark violet belt, a black witch hat, and black and dark violet boots. The second Shugo Chara had pearl white hair like the first, but she had dark blue eyes. Her outfit was just a blue tank top, brown jacket, jeans, and black boots. Strapped to her jeans was a single katana and she also had tan gun holsters.

"This is Eileen," Hoshi said, pointing to the witch-like Shugo Chara. "And this is Creta. They're both my would-be selves."

Kairi smiled as she introduced herself to the two Shugo Charas. Right after doing that, Solei introduced herself to them as well. Kairi and Hoshi both smiled at each other at the sight of their Shugo Charas getting along. That was nice to know. While looking at Solei, Kairi couldn't help but smile a bit more. So this was one of her would-be selves huh? If she knew one thing for sure, it was that her time in this world just got a whole lot more interesting.

And with that, Kairi meets her first Shugo Chara! :) Yeah, she only gets two :P And you get to meet Hoshi's Shugo Charas :) Yeah she only has two as well XD

-Solei is a name of French origin that's supposed to mean "sun"

-Creta is a name of German origin that's supposed to mean "pearl

-Eileen is a name of Greek origin that's supposed to mean "light"

-Also, forgot to mention this, but Hoshi's hair is dyed. Her natural hair color is actually brown and her magenta eyes are really color contacts. Her real eye color is green. Hoshi's character design is based off a friend of mine who usually always wear color contacts and is always dying her hair different colors. (But she's stuck with the color black for now as far as I know.)

-Last thing, in the last chapter I mentioned there being a slight "star" theme in this story, I messed up. It's really a "light" kind of theme. Each of my original character's name relates to light in some way :P Sorry about that mix up XD