:: Time of a Flower :: [Prologue]

"Hakanaku chitta hikari ga; Bokura wo ima yobi samasu; Kanashimi wa oto wo tate; Kieru ano basho kara."

I sighed as I ceased my singing. And this is why I wish I could be at least trilingual. With Japanese! I'd at least be able to finish the song. I rolled onto my side as I looked at the pink flowers on my bed cover. It was the first official month of summer break. I had just come out of the shower (7:34 p.m.) and changed into something comfortable. But I had nothing to do! Even going on the laptop was boring. That's absurd!

"Atai na aenai na setsunai na kono kimochi; Ienai no itai no; Chansu nogashite bakarai; Datte datte; Tsubasa hiroge futari de; Sora wo marason yume wo yunizon shitai; hor; Catch you catch you catch me matte; Kotochi wo muite suki da to itte; Sou nice to meet you good to see you kitto; Atashi no omoi anata no ha-to ni; Tonde tonde tonde yuke; Ma - yo - wa - na - i."

I gasped as I sat up and coughed, clearing my dry throat. I swear! That song has to be the highest song I know! I fell back on my bed as I stared at the ceiling, rolling to my side once more and closed my eyes, beginning to day dream.

"It's all right daijobu daijobu daijobu; Kiseki datte okoseru; Here we go ikou yo ikou yo; Tsubasa hiroge; Kitto nani ka ga nani ka ga doko ka de; Deaeru hi o matteru; Do do do dreaming dreaming; Soshite tobira ga hiraku yo..."

I sighed contently. "I liked that song," I mumbled. As I was to place my hands under the side of my head, I noticed my jewellery, taking a sudden interest in it. I held my right hand out as I looked at my rings. On my ring finger I wore a gold Nike ring; on my middle I wore a silver ring with a fish on top, decorated with red rubies. The one I wore on my index finger had an orange diamond jewel on it, surrounded by mini red jewels around it. Though attached to it on the bottom were small red beads attached to a ring, dangling every time I lifted a finger.

I lifted my head and took my left hand out, plopping down on the upper part of my bed soon after. As I stared at the rings on my left hand I also noticed the black bracelets I wore. Five different kinds which made me feel comfortable. Without them I felt like something was missing in me. I also felt that way when I wasn't wearing a black chain of mine with the outfit I wore. So, technically, what I'm trying to say is that if I wear an outfit I don't feel like I belong unless I wear jewellery that match it. Like, for example: the outfit I'm wearing. It's a simple black, form fitting tee with a red skull and crossbones symbol thing. You know. The one of pirate ships. Behind the skull, starting from the very top, were words. Words that told me to believe, to love life, and live long. And when I wore this shirt, I feel like wearing more black. So I feel like wearing black pants. And then I feel like wearing a black choker I have along with the black chain I was talking about (it has a silver dragon attached to it with its tail around a ruby. But I wasn't wearing those two. They were in a black string bag of mine; so I didn't feel like getting them out. Instead, I was staring at my left hand.

The rings on said hand were... Different from the ones on my right hand. It's not that they looked different - all of them looked different - it's that if you were to look at them n a group, you'd feel as if you needed more. On my middle finger I wore a silver right which had 26 tiny diamond pieces attached to it on the front. Two of the pieces were missing and where they once were was visible.

On my index finger I wore another gold ring. It had an oval shaped orange jewel as the centre piece with red jewels surrounding it. On my ring finger - the last one wearing a ring - I wore a simple silver ring with a simple amethyst on it; almost like a big emerald on a queen's crown.

"Ow," I said. As my shoulder had moved a fairly large crack was heard. See? Even my bones are bored! ... Okay I'm just acting seriously gay now.

"Kanashimi no mukou kishi ni. Hohoemi ga aru toiu yo. Tasoritsuku sono saki ni wa. Nani ga kokura wo matteru."

I sat up in bed as I heard a melody flow the room, the words following soon after.

"Nigeru tame ja naku. Yume ou tame ni. Tabi ni deta hazu sa. Tooi natsu no ano hi."

"What the hell..." I muttered. A fatal light filled room as I covered my eyes. Looking around I saw my door slightly opened; the blue light shining through.

Holy crap, this is frickin' shit!

I got off my bed and walked towards my closet slowly. Fear gripped me; I was afraid something in there would make me scream. Great way to get in trouble! ... Wow. I'm tryin' cheer myself up. What is wrong with me? Opening the door I noticed that my library bag had spilled open, revealing many volumes of Fruits Basket. Mmmm! I don't wanna clean that up! Sighing I pushed the bag out of the way, still imagining the worst. Worst as in huge bugs the size of a hockey puck coming at me! That's when I noticed my black Yevoloution string bag. In it I had many things. I had jewellery that I loved and the things that mattered to me most. I'm a real pack-rat so it took a while to find the things I actually liked. Things I like... I turned my head and gazed at my study table. Things I like...

I knew what I wanted to do, but I had to know why. I lifted my bad and stared in awe at the sight in front of me. My way was merely overflowing in light from a small diamond shaped crack. I had to say crack, didn't I? Ignoring my insignificant thoughts, I stood up with my bag, and turned toward my table. The things I wanted most on it? My laptop and camera (it's USB cord, too, of course). As I grabbed all those things and the charger for my laptop, I rushed to night lamp table, moving it a little to the right. Reaching down I grabbed my battery charger for my camera and shoved everything into my bag, pulling it shut.

I guess this is it. If nothing happens, I swear to God I'm delusional.

Sighing I took hold of bag and clutched to my front, in case I were to fall. If that were to happen, my laptop and camera would be busted. That so ain't happening. Taking a deep breath, I kneeled down and nudged towards my wall. Still a bit freaked out, mind you, I slowly reached towards the light, merely grazing the light with my fingers.

But that did it.

"Ichinen... Ichibyou..."

"Nani..?" I muttered, switching tongues.

But my question was never answer then. No. It took years, or seconds as I had learned later on, for me to receive an answer.

But, then, I knew one thing. As the light sucked me in and surrounded me, I had long left my room. I was in a whole new world, as long as I'm concerned.