InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Solstice ❯ Prologue ( Prologue )

Solstice

Notes: 9 Pages / 5,363 words. So I started this story because I'm having a little bit of writer's block on Kurayami no Naka de Hikari. I suppose I'm just not really sure where to go with it. It took me a bit to get a title, but I think I found a fitting one for this story (it will come into the story a little later as to WHY it's fitting). I'm hoping this type of story hasn't been done before; I haven't really come across anything like this so I'm hoping it's somewhat original. This is definitely an AU story. I'm not sure how long it will be or how often I will update. Sorry, not beta on this, spell-checked but it may have missed things.

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'Thoughts/dreams' will be in single quotes (IE: ' ')

Prologue

A young college woman woke with a groan and slapped the buzzing alarm next to her head for the fifth time that morning. She just wasn't ready to wake up just yet even though she had one more final to take before the two week break between semesters. Her last test was for her General Psychology class that had 500+ people enrolled in it. She really hated taking classes that were required when they had nothing to do with her major. She had to admit that psychology might be useful as a teacher, but she just couldn't seem to see what she could take away from a class that size. It seemed like a waste of time and money, two things of which she was sorely lacking at the moment.

Another annoyed groan escaped her throat as her phone went off on the night stand next to her head. Her best friend had perfect timing... The girl was always up with the sun and super cheerful. She was the one that made sure neither of them arrived late to class. As much as she loved her best friend, the early morning cheerfulness was extremely annoying and made her pull the pillow over her head to block out the obnoxious ringtone that perfectly described her cheery personality.

When the knocking on her door started, she sighed in defeat and rolled out of bed to answer it. Not caring that her hair was mussed from sleeping and she was in her pajamas, she padded quietly to the door and opened it.

"Can't you be like any normal college student and sleep in for once?" She asked as she stifled a yawn and let her shorter friend into the room.

"Then who would make sure you got to class on time, Sango-chan?" Her friend asked with a giggle. Kagome was a very friendly young woman with the most stunning hazel eyes that looked dark brown but had noticeable flecks of green and a dark green ring around the edge of the iris. She had somewhat unruly ebony hair that hung to her mid-back in completely natural waves.

"You know if we're late we won't get a copy of the exam and it's fifty percent of our grade." Kagome continued as she readjusted her large yellow backpack that was hanging from her arm.

"I get it, Kagome-chan, but you know I'm not awake yet." Sango said and to illustrate her point, flopped back down on her bed with a jaw-cracking yawn and yanked the blankets over her pajama-clad form. Sango was several inches taller than her friend with large auburn colored eyes that were deep reflective pools. Her hair was long and straight down to her butt and a deep brown that almost looked black until you saw her in the sunlight.

"Well you'd better get awake or I'm going to have to eat all the muffins I baked this morning." Kagome said as she reached into her bag and pulled out a small Tupperware container and popped the lid off. Sango groaned and threw her blankets off as the scent of strawberries and blueberries filled the room.

"No fair! You know all of my weaknesses!" Sango whined as she finally conceded to wakefulness. Kagome plopped down on the end of Sango's bed and set the container between them. She reached into her bag and pulled out a metal thermos next and poured coffee into it before handing it to her half-awake friend.

"You are such a lifesaver, Kagome-chan." Sango said as she took a sip of the coffee, it was sweetened just the way she liked it with a hint of milk. It was a good thing the two of them shared the same taste in coffee, it made for sharing to be really easy.

"Here's to the end of finals!" Kagome said as she held a muffin in the air in a mock 'toast'.

"Good riddance to finals!" Sango said with a laugh as she held her blueberry muffin up with a big bite out of it already.

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"I can't believe you didn't save me any muffins." Miroku pouted as the tall young man left the crowded auditorium with his two best friends. He pushed a loose strand of ebony out of his uncommon prussian blue eyes. The rest of his hair was pulled back in a short ponytail at the base of his neck and was as black as pitch.

"Don't worry, Miroku. We'll just have to get Kagome to make her patented muffins when we leave for our trip tonight." Sango said brightly as she slung her bag onto her shoulder.

"But I can't go, remember?" Kagome said with a sad sigh. It was a well-known fact that Kagome's family tended to struggle to get by. The poor girl had been working since she was fifteen years old to help her mother pay the bills. She was as much a mother to her little brother, Souta, as her mother was having practically raised the kid while their mother worked two jobs.

Kagome's father had been sick for a very long time and when he passed away, all that he left was memories and a pile of medical bills that might never be paid off. If you add on top of that, her ailing grandfather's medical bills, paying for school for her and Souta, plus the regular bills to keep the run-down shrine going, it amounted to a substantial amount. If Kagome hadn't been such a good student through high school, she wouldn't have gotten the scholarship that allowed her to go to college.

As it was, Kagome was still working full time to help support her family and hadn't been able to get the full college experience because she was forced to live at home and commute in to school. There was something magical about Kagome, though. Throughout all of the hardships, she always kept a smile on her face, a spring in her step, and a positive outlook on life. Her motto was 'when life gives you lemons, make the best damn lemonade you've ever tasted'... well, minus the cursing anyway. She had to be a positive role model for her little brother, after all.

"Remember when we said we had one more birthday present that was a surprise?" Miroku asked with a huge grin on his face, violet eyes twinkling in excitement at the surprise.

"Huh? I thought you were joking." Kagome said as a surprised look filled her face and her cheeks flushed slightly.

"Surprise!" Both Miroku and Sango said together as Sango pulled a train ticket out of her coat pocket and shoved it into her hands.

Kagome's mouth dropped open as she stared at the ticket in her hand. She hadn't been on a trip since she'd been a little kid and her father had been healthy. Her mouth opened and closed a few times as she tried to think of something to say. She was used to being disappointed when school trips came along because even if she could get time off work, they didn't have the money to send her.

"This is... is too much..." Kagome finally said quietly as she looked down at her feet, bangs covering her eyes as she tried to find a way to give the ticket back without being rude. She simply couldn't accept something this incredibly expensive as a trip up north to the hot springs. Those places cost a fortune for one person, let alone three. "I-I'm sorry... I can't get time off work..." She said as she made to pass the ticket back.

"Heh, you're not getting out of it that easy, Kagome-chan!" Sango said as both she and Miroku gave their shorter friend triumphant grins. "I talked to your boss and since you've been such a hard worker for such a long time, he's giving you two weeks paid vacation time!"

"N-no way!" Kagome said as her mouth dropped open in shock and her eyes bugged out of her head. "He NEVER gives anyone paid vacation time!"

"I think it helped that he's had a crush on you since middle school." Sango said with a wink as she shoved the ticket into Kagome's jacket pocket.

"I'm really going?" She asked slowly as she turned her hopeful look to her two best friends. At their joint nod, a bright smile lit up Kagome's whole face and she launched herself onto her friends into a tight hug with tears glistening in her eyes. "Thank you guys SO much!"

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That's what found Kagome with her face pressed up against the window of the train as the scenery flew by at high speed several hours later. She had been on public transportation, the bus service and the subway service, but this was the first time she'd ever been on a real train in her life. She was completely fascinated about how quickly the snow appeared once they got outside of the city and continued to head north. She wasn't a stranger to snow, just a stranger to seeing it piled so HIGH.

"Kagome!" Sango said loudly, making said girl jump in surprise. She'd been trying to get her attention for five whole minutes, but her gray eyes were transfixed on the ever-changing scenery. "Have some cocoa." She said as she pushed a steaming styrofoam cup into her hands.

"Thank you, Sango-chan!" Kagome said brightly as she took a sip of the hot liquid and promptly burned her tongue. "Owow-ho-hottt!" She cried as she opened her mouth and stuck out her burned tongue. Sango couldn't hold back her laughter at Kagome's childish antics. "S'not funny..." Kagome mumbled as she leaned back in her seat and a light pout touched her lips.

"I'm sorry, Kagome-chan." Sango said between giggles as she clutched her own steaming cup of cocoa. "It's just; I haven't seen you so excited about something in a long time."

"I'm so excited! I've never been to a real hot spring before AND I don't have to worry about taking time off of work. This is the best present anyone's ever given me!" Kagome cried as a bright smile lit up her whole face. She literally looked like a kid on Christmas with her eyes holding the same magical twinkle.

"It looks like we'll be to our stop in about two hours." Miroku said as he plopped down next to Sango and promptly grabbed her cocoa for a nice swig.

"Aa-ita-itai!" He whined as he fell into the same trap as Kagome.

Sango merely rolled her eyes at his goofy antics and Kagome couldn't help but fall into a fit of giggles as Miroku looked at Sango teary-eyed. Kagome had been friends with Sango since grade school and they were so close they considered each other sisters. They somehow met Miroku during middle school and even through all his failed attempts to hook up with Sango, it had never happened. That definitely didn't dissuade him from trying, though.

"Sango-chan! Kiss my boo-boo better!" Miroku said as he held his burned tongue out of his mouth and leaned into the tall, ponytailed woman.

"Miroku, I swear if you don't back up, I'm going to hit you so hard you'll think you're in grade school again." Sango growled with a fist raised and a vein throbbing in her forehead.

"Aww, but Sango-sama-" His statement was cut short as the resounding crack of hand meeting cheek rent the air. Kagome couldn't help the infectious giggle that bubbled out of her at their behavior. She knew they really did care about each other, Sango was really shy when it came to men and Miroku was way too flirtatious when it came to the women so they had never seen eye to eye enough to breech the barrier of friendship. There was definitely a lot of flirting and teasing that would go back and forth, and also Miroku would get a little free with his hands too much for Sango's liking. He would grope her on a regular basis and both girls were truly amazed that he had no lasting brain damage from all the punishment he would take for said actions.

With a happy smile, Kagome turned back to the window and leaned her elbow on the window frame so she could watch the scenery fly past. Nothing would ruin this amazing trip she was taking with her best friends.

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"Wow! It's so big!" Kagome cried as she dropped her bag and ran into the room. It was a traditional inn that they had chosen with beautiful hardwood floors and sliding shoji doors. There were no beds, just traditional futons that were folded neatly in the corner.

Kagome slid across the floor to the door in the back of the room and slid it open to take in the view. Spilling out behind the room was a beautiful Japanese garden covered with an unbroken, twinkling blanket of the purest white that reflected the pale moonlight, making it appear brighter than it truly was out.

"It's amazing!" Kagome squealed as she breathed in the crisp air and stepped onto the back porch to better appreciate the peaceful scene before her. She was tempted to step off the porch and walk through the pristine winter scene but stopped herself when she realized she was only in a pair of socks.

"So, how about we check out the hot spring?" Sango suggested as she set her bag with Kagome's next to the door.

"Yeah, I hear the have a co-ed one." Miroku said with a sly smirk as he followed Sango into the room. Both Kagome and Sango looked over at him with horrified expressions and bright red cheeks.

"You freaking pervert!" Sango cried as the all too familiar 'crack' of her palm to his cheek filled the air.

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Much to both Kagome and Sango's discomfort, it turned out that the co-ed spring was the only one open at the moment. Apparently, there was a sanitation issue in the two reserved for only men and only women. They didn't ask for details, but apparently it had something to do with a few old people that had been out there the previous weekend at a retreat. Kagome REALLY didn't need any elaboration on that.

Both girls were wrapped in white towels and huddled together across the spring from Miroku and his wandering hands. Every time he would try to sneak up next to them to get a cheap feel from Sango, said girl would lay the law down with her hand; and on a few occasions, when she became severely annoyed, with her fist.

The one good thing about the evening is that they were the only three people in the hot spring at the moment so they didn't have to worry about any dirty old men, just one dirty young man. One whose tactics they were well aware of so were easily avoidable. When they weren't ducking away and messing with Miroku's head, they were just relaxing and talking idly about whatever came to mind. Mostly, they returned to talking about school and how happy their exams were done and they could finally relax. Not to mention how they thought they did on said exams, which were for the most part, decent. The only ones they may not have done as well on were the typical required courses that were only vaguely related to their chosen majors.

"So is there anything else to do our here besides this?" Kagome asked after they'd been in the water for quite some time. It was undoubtedly very late and while the three of them were exhausted, they were all too wired from the end of tests to turn in any time soon.

"I think there are some nice trails out here." Miroku said conversationally as he took a sip from a bottle of beer that he'd sat in the rocks near his elbow. "It was advertised on their website."

"That actually sounds like fun." Sango said sounding slightly surprised as she looked though the steam at him, she turned away with a slight blush when she caught a glimpse of his well-toned chest above the water.

"As long as you lead. You know how horrible my sense of direction is." Kagome said with an embarrassed look on her face flushed from the heat.

It was true too, Kagome could get lost with a map in her hand and google maps on her phone as she followed her friends to wherever they were going. Sango, on the other hand, was very outdoorsy and loved all things to do with nature. She was very much a tomboy and spent as much time catching crayfish and bugs as her little brother and Kagome's little brother combined. Her father had been pretty determined to teach the two of them how to survive if they were ever stranded in the wild and Sango had taken everything he taught a commit it to her never-ending memory.

Kagome loved the outdoors and could get by on a camping trip, but hiking was something she had long-since stopped doing because of her pathetic sense of direction. She had gotten lost about five years ago on a camping trip with Sango and her family at a campground right outside of the city. If Sango hadn't heard her voice echoing through the trees, she might have walked around in circles for days!

Needless to say, Sango would be there guide this time around again. She had a compass on her keychain with her house keys if she got into a jam. Though, she didn't necessarily NEED it anyway. She could tell the direction by the angle of the sun depending on if it was before or after noon. She could also tell the direction by the place MOSS chose to grow! It was really intriguing to Kagome so she made the perfect 'forest tour guide' for their little group.

"Who else would lead?" Sango said with a wink as she adjusted the towel holding her long hair up out of the water.

"This is going to be so much fun!" Kagome squealed as her ever familiar face-filling smile graced her features.

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Kagome adjusted the bag on her back to a more comfortable position as she walked between Miroku and Sango along the trail. This served a dual purpose for their hike, Miroku wouldn't be as tempted to grope Kagome as he would Sango and then there was no chance of Kagome stopping to get a better look at something and getting left behind. So it was definitely a win-win situation!

"That over there clinging to the tree is poison ivy, DON'T touch it." Sango warned as she pointed out a winter-touched vine that was wrapping round and round a nearby tree. Kagome took a noticeable step to the side to make sure she didn't brush it, she was extremely allergic after all and she did NOT want to be itchy during the whole trip!

"It's so pretty out here, Sango-chan." Kagome mused as she looked around the winter landscape between dark tree trunks and snow dropping from their drooping branches. The forest was nearly silent in the early afternoon walk as they made their way down the well beaten path.

It was such a pleasant walk that Kagome didn't even complain about tripping over a root buried in snow and falling flat on her face in a relatively large drift. On the contrary, she broke into a fit of giggles when she found herself up to her shoulders in icy snow. She chucked a few handfuls on snow from her gloved hands at her friends when they joined in the laughter, which promptly launched a large-scale snowball fight in the middle of the forest.

Snow went flying back and forth as the three friends found themselves getting farther and farther from the path. There were no sides as everyone flung snow at everyone else, all laughing and cheering when someone took an especially good shot. One such cheer moment that also brought a high-five between Kagome and Sango was when while Miroku was distracted with throwing a snowball at a running Kagome, Sango managed the sneak up behind him and dump a large amount of snow down the collar of his coat.

"Coooold!" Miroku cried as he dances around on the spot and tried to dig all of the snow out of his collar. His skin prickled unpleasantly from its contact with the frozen water that was slowly melting and dripping cold water down his back.

"Good one, Sango-chan!" Kagome cried as she slapped her friend's hand and quickly ducked behind a nearby tree as Miroku managed to wing a wild toss of a snowball in her direction. Because of his preoccupation with extracting snow from his clothes, the snowball flew wildly and smacked Sango square in the face.

"...Miroku..." Sango muttered after standing stock still for a few seconds. "You have half a second... then I KILL you!" She growled out playfully as she reached down and scooped up a large handful of snow and swiftly packed it into a perfect snowball, years of practice from winging snowballs at her little brother making her an expert.

"But, Sango my love. That was an accident!" Miroku gasped dramatically before side-stepping behind a tree just in time to avoid a bomb of a toss that flew through right where his face had been moments before.

"I'll show you an accident!" She shouted as she dove toward him, scooping snow up in a smooth motion. Miroku launched himself from behind the tree toward the gloved woman, catching her by surprise from his sudden movement. Not being able to change direction quickly enough due to a slippery patch of ice covered leaves beneath her feet, Sango was tackled by the laughing man from the side right into a sizable snow drift. Kagome's laughter filled the otherwise peaceful forest as the two rolled in the snow, fighting for dominance while laughter bubbled from their throats.

Kagome watched as Sango managed to turn the tables and was shoving a handful of snow into Miroku's face as she straddled his hips in a rather provocative way. Her smile faded suddenly as she felt a strange pulse off to her right. Her head spun in the direction of the odd sensation as a confused look settled onto her features. She wasn't sure what it was, but it felt like something was calling to her from somewhere nearby in the forest. It sent strange shivers up her spine that she couldn't distinguish as being from the cold or the new sensation in the pit of her stomach. Snowball fight completely forgotten, Kagome began to walk in the direction she felt the pulse originate from.

"What is that...?" She whispered quietly as her face twisted in confusion. She brought her hand up to her chest as the pulse came again, stronger this time, and made her breath stutter momentarily. "... who's there...?" She called out softly as she began to walk more quickly toward the strange energy buried in the forest, drawing her like a moth to the flame.

Her footsteps quickened as the feeling grew stronger, pulling her like a magnet, toward what, she didn't know. She just knew she had to find where it was coming from, this strange dark wave that sent sparks of excitement mixed with dread throughout her whole body. Soon, she was running, blood pounding in her ears as her desperation to get 'there' grew stronger. Her breathing grew labored and her heartbeat sped up as her legs pumped tirelessly through the snow, the pulsing coming at smaller intervals and picking up with each staggering step she made. She was slipping and sliding on the snow and leaves buried beneath, nearly falling on a few patches of hidden ice, but miraculously kept her footing with grace she didn't normally possess. 'I have to get there…' She thought to herself as her eyes started to go out of focus, the heavy energy pushing down on her as it drew her forward. '… It's coming…' The sun was quickly setting as the air crackled around her running body, pulling her ever forward.

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"You win, Sango-chan." Miroku mumbled as he lay in the snow with Sango straddling him and pinning his shoulder down with her hands. Both were panting and shivering from rolling around in the snow for dominance.

"I'm going to take my prize, then." Sango said with a sly smirk as she leaned forward, her lips just inches from his. His intake of breath made her cheeks tint with a light pink color that wasn't caused by the cold as she paused over him, not really sure if she should do what she was planning on doing. She was saved this moment of indecision when Miroku closed the distance between their lips in a gentle kiss, his hand cupping her cheek as her hair trailed across his face.

Sango's eyes bulged in surprise but she didn't fight the light contact and instead leaned in closer, pressing her lips back to his soft ones. His tongue ran along her bottom lip gently, asking for admittance into the cavern he had so longed to taste. She complied shyly and he ran his tongue gently along hers, smiling into the kiss as she tentatively tested out the sensation and meshed her tongue shyly with his.

Wanting to feel more, Miroku rolled her over once more and pressed his body against his as he deepened the kiss. So long he had wanted to do this with Sango, the only girl that truly caught his eye. The one he was afraid to seriously go after for fear of rejection or fear of altering their relationship forever. He was simply afraid that he would lose her and she would walk out of his life forever and he would never again get to stare into the auburn depths of her eyes. Never get to feel the soft feel of her skin in casual contact between friends, the rare occasion that he was able to run his fingers through her silken tresses.

Sango melted into the kiss as she felt Miroku's hands slip under her lower back and pull her closer to his body. She felt a passion she didn't know existed building within her chest as she became bolder, meshing her tongue with his, diving deeper into his mouth. This response spurred him on and his own actions grew more passionate as the taste of her made his mind soar. He ground his hips against hers as the cold disappeared and a burning warmth spread throughout his body. Certain parts of his anatomy were responding to the passionate kiss as they late wrapped up in each other on the freezing ground. Eventually, they were forced to pull apart as the need for oxygen grew too great and both lay panting in the snow, before Miroku buried his face in the crook of her neck, breathing in the light scent of her perfume and shampoo in deeply.

"Sango… chan…" He mumbled happily, his voice mumbled in her coat, but still audible to the young woman below him.

It took several moments for coherent thought to return to the pair and at the same instant, the same thought entered their minds… Kagome! Miroku jumped off of her quickly and grabbed her hand, pulling her to her feet. Both of them turned away, avoiding eye contact as a brilliant blush coated their faces. Neither would believe they'd just done that IN FRONT of Kagome!

"Wait… where is she?" Sango questioned as she scanned the area and found no sign of their onyx-haired friend.

"She's gone…" Miroku mumbled as he scanned the area, trying to find any sign of her green coat poking out from behind a tree.

"Kagome?" Sango called as she took a few steps away from Miroku, worry suddenly filling her eyes. After several steps in the direction they'd last seen her, they came across a trail of footsteps in the snow heading AWAY from the path. "Oh no…" Miroku blanched as he looked up at Sango, the same look of worry in his eyes.

"Let's go!" He said as he took her hand and the pair bolted off along the path, hand in hand.

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Kagome had stopped running… The strange pulsing was coming out in a rhythmic pattern, like the beating of a heart. She stood frozen before a small shrine hidden at the base of a tree, her expressive hazel eyes were devoid of any feeling and were looking forward unfocused and unseeing. Spewing out of the small shrine was what looked like black smoke that was curling and roiling around spreading out further and further with each consecutive pulse as if it was growing stronger. There were sparks running through a small bubble that was just barely visible surrounding the strange shrine and small spidering cracks were spreading along the bubble as the pulsing grew stronger.

"… Why is there… a shrine…" Kagome mumbled as her vision was going in and out of focus as she looked down at the origin of the strange heartbeat in front of her. "-way out… here…?" She was having as much trouble getting her voice to work as she was getting her eyes to focus.

A pang of fear entered her heart as she felt the black smoke surrounding her immobile body. She could feel it pulling at her, drawing something out of her and becoming more powerful in the process. The wind picked up, whipping her hair around her face as she felt her hands involuntarily moving up and hovering in front of her, wrists turned to the sky, hands fisting. She could see a strange pink light coming off of her upturned hands when she was able to focus her eyes. The brilliant pink light seemed to be engulfed by the darkness and was growing stronger the darker the sky grew above her. Her fear seemed to grow as the cracks spidered further and her eyes came into full focus of her surroundings.

A slash of light lit up the area and a scream ripped from her throat as she felt a pain rip through her arms. She forced her eyes open against the pain and looked down at her hands, seeing a deep gash slashed across her wrists and blood bubbling up and dripping off the back of her wrists. She tugged against and invisible foe as tears terrified tears filled her eyes. Everything in her body was telling her to flee, but it was like a pair of invisible shackles were holding her into place.

"Kagome!" A muffled female voice sounded in the distance.

She still couldn't find her voice as the pain grew in her body. The feeling of something being sucked out of her grew stronger and her eyes were filled with the bright pink light that stretched up her arms and was slowly encasing her whole body. The brighter the pink light became, the hungrier the strange force seemed to become and the greater the pressure would become. She could hear the muffled sound of shouts over the howling of the wind and could vaguely make out the silhouettes of two figures standing some distance outside of the black swirling mass. She was beginning to feel faint from blood loss as her blood trickled down her wrists and dropped onto the shrine, which was completely hidden now by the black smoke billowing out of it.

With an ear-splitting scream, the pain reached a peak and a loud rushing filled Kagome's ears. The pink light blinded her vision and she could clearly hear the sound of something shattering into oblivion as the black fog closed in around her and then… only darkness…

::FIN::

November 23, 2011

Notes: Sorry, I realize this jumps around a bit and if it's confusing or annoying, I'm REALLY sorry. I wanted to show a little bit of background in the prologue so you could get a feel for how I'm going to build the characters. I'm a fan of the Canon couples but you'll just have to wait and see how I build the relationships within. This is HOPEFULLY going to be somewhat original in the way I bring in Inuyasha and some of the other characters. This story was inspired by a kinda freaky dream I had the other night and once I get a little further into the story, I might give a little synopsis of what the dream was about~.^

Please let me know what you think of this, I think it's a neat idea, but I'm just not sure if it's going to be catchy enough so feedback will definitely help with updates. I'm a little bit self-conscious on this particular story (not sure why even o.O). It will also determine how often I update this story since there's such a vague idea behind it… I will not put a minimum review requirement, I'm not really a fan of that, but more feedback will more than likely mean more updates.