Phantasia: The Princess Knight

"Why did you have to wake me up like that!" Akari complained as she dried her face off with her blanket.

"I called up to you and you chose to keep sleeping. This will teach you to get up when I call for you. At least now you do not need to wash your face. Now quickly go downstairs and eat before getting ready for school." Tang An said before leaving Akari behind. 

Akari grumbled and followed after her. She had breakfast and finished getting ready for school. But before opening the front door she looked around her and let out a lonely sigh. 

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"During those times I always felt like something was missing around me. Like I was missing a part of me but I really couldn't figure out what it was. Even to this day, I still feel like I am missing something. And lately, my reality has begun to distort as well. I had a dream while being consumed with darkness. It was me but not me. There were also two other girls who seemed to be my sisters, or someone very close to me. But my name was neither Alicia nor Akari. It was Ai." Alicia said as she paused her story.

"What do you mean?" Blake asked. He was confused by Alicia's words.

"I am not sure. What if… And a big what if, what if this is not actually me?" Alicia sat down on her bed and looked up at the ceiling. 

Blake sat down next to her and put his arm around her pulling her into a hug. "Have you been feeling this way since that day?"

"Mmm… I just feel out of place sometimes. Those girls in my dream were hospitalized or forced to be hospitalized. I am not quite sure. All I know was that in the end, they all went to sleep well a least that was what the me in the dream had called it. One of the girls' faces I could see and she was the same person who I have seen many times known as the Origin. I called her Chunchun within the dream. But the older one, who seemed to be about a few years older than us, her face was always blurry. Like I couldn't remember what she looked like. If it was a dream, then it was a strange dream. But if not then what was it? I have a feeling that I have a strong connection with them. It makes my heart ache just thinking about them." Alicia explained.

"That is strange. So even before you became Alicia you had this feeling as if you were missing something?" Blake felt a little afraid as if he was going to lose Alicia at some point. He hugged her tightly and hoped this was not the case.

"Yeah, but... I have always just put it to the side as if it was normal. I think I need to find the Origin, the girl I called Chunchun, and the other girl, whose face I can't seem to remember, to maybe answer my questions." Alicia said as she rested her head on Blake's shoulder.

"If that is the case then why not try to search for them? We plan to roam the universe anyway right? Why not look for them as we go planet to planet?" Blake suggested. 

"But… From what I understand they are not in our universe..." Alicia shot down this idea since she had no idea where to even begin looking.

"Have you not noticed?" Blake asked. 

"What do you mean?" Alicia tilted her head in confusion.

"We are not in the same universe anymore. I tried to contact Charles when we arrived here to tell him we would be stopping by after taking a short vacation to tour your homeworld, but it would not go through. " Blake explained.

"What if we are just very far away?" Alicia asked. She could understand not being able to reach Charles if the distances were too great.

"He had mentioned to me before, that no matter how far away you were it would not matter unless you ceased to be in the universe it was attuned for. His people are scattered throughout the entire universe. Some on opposite sides and they can use this same communicator to contact him. So I could only conclude that we were not in the same universe." Blake had found it hard to believe that when he tried to get a hold of Charles that it would not go through no matter how much he tried.

"So that means we… I will have Tereax look into it. He may be able to tell us for sure." Alicia quickly waved her hand summoning Tereax. Tereax readily agreed and asked to have a few people help him in this and Alicia summoned them as well. They then left the planet to study the current solar system they were in. "He said he would have a better idea in a few days. So we can only wait until then."

"Now that, that is settled, can you finish your story?" Blake asked. He was curious about Alicia's time here on this planet as Akari, he pushed the thought that her memories may be fake or not to the side for now. 

"Mmm… Sorry… Where was I?"

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Akari left the house to find Miya waiting for her in front of her house. "Oh! Miya, did you wait long?"

"Just as long as normal. You should really learn to get up, Akari. I know we do not have club practice this morning, but that doesn't mean you should be lazy. " Miya scolded causing Akari to shrink her neck.

"You know Miya, I am not sure who is worse sometimes. You or my mom." Akari pouted her bottom lip trying to look as pitiful as possible. 

Miya let out a sigh and gave in. She couldn't take that look. "Fine, I won't say anymore but tell me, what was that scream I heard this morning?"

"Miya listen to this!"

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