Yuki: :o Aqua ish too busy to update nowadays so I took her account. X-x Warning! Writing style will change!

Chapter 4: Remembrance of a Great Friend and Entrance into a Great School.

Hi! My name is Mikan Sakura. I have an awesome friend named Hotaru an- Wait. What's this turtle that bumped my foot? Oh! Isn't this Hotaru's turtle mail? Oh! Shes going to Gakuen Alice! That's MY Hotaru~ Hotaru's a genius after all. According to the law decreed in this country, Hotaru is going to a school reserved for geniuses, in another town. However, Everybody said that Hotaru wasn't JUST a genius, shes one of those "Alice" geniuses! Isn't that cool? The town must be so happy! Wait… SHES GOING TO THAT SCHOOL TODAY! I HAVE TO GO SEE HER BEFORE SHE LEAVES! Darnit Hotaru how could you leave without saying bye to me? And whats up with not telling me until right before your about to leave?

"HOTARRUUUU! YOU!"

"Mikan. What took you so long?"

"YOU BIG FOOLISH MORON!" I jumped and tried to kick her. She ended up swatting me with a fly. Don't worry! She always does that and so I'm used to it. She's won about 51 times now… How many times have I won you say? …0.

"Don't send important stuff with tortoise mail…" I started to cry. I wasn't going to be able to see her at school anymore…

"Silly Mikan. Don't cry. We can still see each other during Summer and Winter vacations. Let's pretend this tortoise is a farewell gift." Wait. Aren't I supposed to be the one who should have a farewell gift?

"Be good now." I let her go and decided to look on the bright side. Hey! At least I'll see her during vacation and we can send mail all the time!

~6 months later~ August

Grandpa held up Hotaru's lone short postcard as he read it over,

"Hotaru has become a rather lazy girl…" I moped. SHE HADNT SENT ME A SINGLE LETTER? I even wrote her a letter every other day… We had such a great friendship! Where did it go? Hotaru and I were a pair that everybody nearby knew of… Mikan started to reminiscence.

We had met in third grade. Hotaru was a transfer student who didn't seem very friendly, and I disliked her. I didn't like girls who stand out more than me, I thought. One day she held up a notice and said to me,

"Since our personalities are rather different, I think we would be better off as a pair of two pretty girls." That was the first time we spoke to each other. At that moment, my new impression of her was…that she was a very remarkable girl… We won the competition and from that day one…we were inseparable. In class while dreaming about her I yelled. I got sent out and so I started singing. Oh Hotaru, why did you have to leave me? And then I heard it. The rumors.

"My dad said that Alice Academy, where Hotaru went, is like a jail. And once you get in, even your parents have difficulties seeing you."

" "Alice" people are almost considered as national treasures so the government founded that school to protect them from accidents and from getting kidnapped."

"That's why they have strict control." I instantly burst into the classroom "WHAT?"

I sadly wrote on the board, "Worshiping gold leads you to death…Money can't buy you happiness….Stupid Hotaru…" That's when the idea first sprouted. I'll go see Hotaru.

~Flashback~

"You look twice as ugly when you cry. So no matter how many times you cry, I won't change my mind. But… When I see your smile…I forget all about the bad things. I don't dislike this side of yours…" ..So please smile…

~Flashbackend~

Hotaru…

And when I encountered Hotaru's Mother in the hall, that's when I decided. I WILL Go see Hotaru. I wrote a letter for Grandpa and stuck it underneath his pillow. Looking around for his secret stash of money I knew he had, I got it out of the jar.

I'm sorry Grandpa!

It may be impossible to see her, but If I keep trying Its bound to happen!

YES! I've reached Tokyo! High buildings and sky scrapers! A television on a wall? Wow! Shops~ I got onto a Taxi,

"Take me to Alice Academy!"

I arrived pretty quick. Wow. It's so huge! Okay! I WONT GIVE UP! Oh…I haven't eaten in a while…. Two guys approached me! They said there's a prep school that will guarantee my entry into Alice Acedemy! So awesome! They said they'll help me out~ I'm so glad!I heard that Tokyo was a horrible place… Now I've gotten one step closer to Hotaru. A blonde person approached us and said he was a teacher at Alice.

"THAT'S A LIE!" I shouted, determined! HE/SHE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A TEACHER!

We were headed off to leave when the blonde person did something and the two guys ran off.

"That was close~-heart- You should also go home now! –heart"

"Ah! NOW I GET IT! YOU ARE A TRANSVESTITE!" I grinned at having finally figured it out.

That was the start of the Alice Adventures. In the months to come I discovered love and alice power. Soon I would understand…the fine line between love and hate, betrayal and trust.

Yuki: If you were wondering I'm a friend of Aquas~ Oh and A.N. apologizes to The Burnt Jewel because she never fixed up chapter 3. I'll also make omakes so here it is~

OMAKE: YUKA TURNED EVIL!

*Flashback*

"Mikan~chan." –evil smile here-

"One of these days…You and your brother will have to go to Alice Academy."

"You won't be able to come out until you are 18."

"You have alices."

"So! Before your there, I'm going to train you to kill the evil ESP and PERSONA FOR ME! I HATE THEM WITH A VENGENCE."

"Why do I hate them you ask? WELL THEY SNEAKED A PEEK UP MY SKIRT AND THEY ALWAYS STALKED ME AND _Etcetc"

"Do you understand me, Mikan? You will KILL THEM. MERCILESSLY."

*Flashback end*

OMAKE: Grandpa's savings.

"MY GRANDDAUGHTER HAS RUN AWAY!" Grandpa looks into savings,

"MY SAVINGS ARE SAFE!" –Later that week when he goes to buy groceries with savings money,

"Sir. I'm sorry but you can't buy stuff with monopoly money."