Dislaimer: All Klonoa characters belong to Capcom, all OC characters belong to me

Prologue: Dawn of a New Day

The morning sun dawned over the horizon, and onto the house of a napping feline. After a previous day of sightseeing with his friends, Klonoa had barely been able to keep himself awake as he dove into bed. Unfortunately, the morning had caught up with him a bit too early. It seemed like no time at all had passed between the time he went to sleep and the time he woke up.

Man, didn't I just go to bed? Klonoa forced himself to awaken as the sun's rays drummed against his eyes. He had always been known to sleep into the afternoon unless he was awoken by one of his friends. He groaned and sighed. What time is it, even? His eyelids felt like the Earth was pulling them down.

Klonoa turned to stretch, but he found that something was gripping his left arm. He turned to face the restraint and was surprised to see Lolo, sleeping there in her pink pajamas. She must've fallen asleep right next to him last night.

"U-um... L-Lolo?" Klonoa was more confused than anything. What was Lolo doing here in the first place? He could see her open her eyes just a bit upon hearing the call.

"Mph?" Lolo faintly responded. After a quick stretch she had finally began to regain her vision and saw Klonoa sitting right next to her with her arms wrapped around his own. Quickly, Lolo began to burn embarrassingly red as she pushed Klonoa away from here and leaped out of his bed.

"I'm sorry! I came into your room check up on you, with all the nightmares you've been having! I guess since I saw you sleeping I just figured I would just lay here to make sure and-" Lolo began to gasp for air with how fast she was talking.

"Maybe you should sit down." He helped her onto the bed. Klonoa figured she would have an asthma attack with how fast she was gasping.

"Lolo, it's okay, really. I know you didn't mean any harm, by it so it's fine!" He smiled at her and patted her back, the poor girl still wheezing. "Besides, I know you only came because I was having nightmares a lot. But I actually haven't had one since last week, now that I think about it."

Lolo had finally regained her breath, and was finally calmed.

"Wow, no nightmares for a whole week? I guess whatever was bothering you must have finally gotten out of your mind then?" She asked. Klonoa nodded.

"Are you sure you don't want to talk about it, Klonoa? If really had been bad enough to give you nightmares for a week, then I think you should tell me about it." Lolo stared at him with concern. The nightmares had been worrying her even more than they had Klonoa.

Klonoa simply smiled at her. "Don't worry Lolo. I'm fine, it's no big deal, really." he shrugged his shoulders. Lolo had expected as much from Klonoa, to completely brush off his own feelings to make her feel better. She sighed knowing it was no use trying to argue with him about it. As much as he had tried to hide it though, he knew that all of his nightmares were still things that wouldn't just leave his mind that quickly.

It was always the same event. One of his friends was killed by some mysterious figure, and then he woke up.

They were just nightmares right? There isn't any real reason for them. I should just forget about it...

"Well if you say you're fine, then I won't argue." She finally gave in. It was also at that moment that she had remembered something. A promise Klonoa made to her yesterday. "That's right, you're supposed to be taking me to the lake today." Klonoa blinked, unaware of what she meant.

"I am?" He asked.

"You don't remember? You promised me yesterday that we would go to the lake today." Lolo tried to explain it but Klonoa looked just as confused as he had moments before.

"Well now that you mention it..." He thought about it for a second. "I do remember saying something about that." His memory was hazy from being drained the previous night. "I'm not one-hundred percent sure on it, but if you say I did, then a promise is a promise."

"Alright, so I guess I'll get ready and then meet you at the door. Sound like a plan?" He asked.

"Yup, sounds good. Then I'll finally see the lake for the first time!" Lolo said excitedly. She had never really been outside of Lunatea much, except when they had gone to save the world from The King Of Sorrow. But that was over a year ago.

"It'll be so exciting to finally see all of the beauty of Lunatea. I'll get dressed right now se we can leave ASAP!" Lolo rushed out of Klonoa's room and down the hall into her own.

"H-hey Lolo wait a minute! You don't need to rush, we can go anytime." Klonoa grinned. He knew Lolo was always incredibly enthusiastic about going to see new places and things, he had pretty much expected this.

Although the idea of being near water doesn't really make me happy. Though I guess if she's ok with it, then it's fine. I just better hope I don't fall in the water, he joked to himself. Even knowing the danger of being there didn't really bother him, knowing that Lolo would enjoy it was all that he really cared about. He saw Lolo practically trample over herself as she rushed to the front door.

"Klonoa! Hurry up so we can go and see the lake already!" She yelled impatiently. Klonoa couldn't help but giggle to himself. She hated waiting for people to take her places. So without much time at all, he grabbed his wind ring off of his dresser and stuffed it into his pocket, grabbed his hat, tightened his gloves, and hurried to the door where Lolo was waiting.

"There you are. Come on, let's go already!"

Klonoa smiled at her.

"What?" Lolo asked confused. She looked down to see that Klonoa had let out his hand for her to take.

"Well it's not like you know where the lake is. Take my hand and I'll guide you there."

"O-oh, right." Lolo's cheeks went pink. She slowly reached out to his hand and firmly grasped it. She could feel his warm fur on her bare skin, it was a very nice sensation.

"Alright, let's head to the lake." Klonoa and Lolo both grinned at each other as they began to walk towards their destination, completely unaware of the dangers that they would end up facing along the way.

Ok, yes I'm not dead guys. I've just been thinking about my old story and how much i despise it now. Everything was so unoriginal and I didn't even know which direction i wanted to go with it. So i decided to scrap it and come up with a new story that's more innovative and fresh. So here it is back in full force. The story won't really get into plot until much later on down the road. but with that said i hope you stick around for Chapter 1: The Beauty of Nature