This is my new story, which in itself be a series, of which this is the first part. I was having a few troubles about what to call this particular story so I picked this title. The pairing for this will be EvaxAikka, as well as two ocs. Please review.

Disclaimer: I do not own Oban Star Racers. OSR is (C) SAV! The World Productions.

Ch. 1 "Before Lost"

It was another day of school, with the same lessons being droned into her head like every day since…

The clock on the wall said soon she would get out of her class. Outside, birds called out occasionally. There was a buzzing noise as something landed on the window outside. It was a beetle of some sort crawling around on the glass. As she watched it, Eva was reminded of a certain Nourasian Prince and his own beetle, albeit a larger speciemen, far larger than any that had and would live on Earth. She had a wish at that moment to just run off with him and ride away on G'Dar. Eva wanted to fly again. It then flew off in a gust of wind that came suddenly. Eva turned back to the monitor in front of her and sighed.

Things certainly have changed, she said to herself.

It had been close to a year since the events at Oban, and the world was a changed place, at least for Earth. In the wake of the last major defensive against the Crogs, the Earth's military was still recovering from the work of the Avatar and a new vice-president had been elected to the office, a man known as Forte. In that time allotted, there had been a "funeral" for Jordan, the gunner who gave his life for her, although the ones who had been around him in his last days as a human were not allowed. In fact they had never been told of the funeral until at least three months afterwards. By then, Eva did not know how to react. It was though they had denied their existence. They had saved the entire galaxy and now where regulated to nothing.

After the Great Race of Oban, the Weis had redecorated their house, so it could accommodate both Don's and Eva's needs. It was modest, nothing too big, good enough for a father and daughter. Eva moved in completely, and settled in. As she had heard, Stan and Koji went back to working with Miguel on their new project, a more modified version of the Whizzing Arrow. Rick went back to his home town, saying that he was needed there. And Eva went back to school. Yes, a school again. Her opinion of school had not changed at all.

As she knew it, the world had changed for her most of all. She had missed Oban, the magic and the adventure that lurked around every corner. Now, on Earth, everything seemed more… mundane.

She missed everyone: Jordan, Koji, Stan, Rick, Rush, Muir… and Aikka.

Eva never truly confessed it, but she had actual feelings for the Prince and some for Jordan, though for some reason, she felt connected to Aikka. It was from the beginning that she felt it and she couldn't really explain it. It was like that time they first met, then that time they had shared under the tree in the rain…

The bell woke her out of her thoughts as she hurried out of the classroom, not worrying about the teacher yelling out tonight's assignment to her. She just wanted out.

After she had taken a number of items out of her locker and packed up her bag, Eva was ready to hurry out of the school for the weekend ahead.

It had to be raining on that day, at least in her mind, for this day.

This was the same day, about eleven long years ago, that her mother died in that fatal accident…

No, no, she was murder!

Eva had to remind herself of that truth, no matter how horrible it was. Her mother's life was taken away by a creature – a monster, a true monster named Canaletto who used her to get his throne back, so he may reign again as Avatar. Instead, he was stopped… by the most unlikely person in the universe, a gunner who gave her life for her.

In truth, Eva had to admit she had feelings for him, but if she had to tell him anything about her real feelings to him, she would've broken his heart. She was not in love with him, she wasn't ready to be in love with anyone.

But the Prince…

"We will meet again someday, as you must see my kingdom."

Eva kicked the jumpstart on her rocket seat, speeding away from the school as rain poured down around her.

She didn't even notice that she was heading in the wrong direction at that time.