Disclaimer: I don't own Gakuen Alice

Mikan's group will be around 12 years old.

Sakura Mikan was clutching a suitcase packed with all her things. She recalled everything that had happened to lead to her agreement with her departure.

Flashback

"Good morning, Hotaru-chan!" Mikan cheerfully called out to her friend, while jumping onto Hotaru to give her a hug.

-Baka Baka Baka-

Mikan was blown back twice as hard as before by the infamous Baka Gun. It hurt like hell.

"Hotaru! What was tha-?" Mikan stopped talking to be met by the iciest and hateful glare Hotaru ever gave her.

Suddenly Mikan was hit by a folded up piece of paper. Still shocked, she hurriedly stuffed it into her pocket and got up, wincing in pain. Afraid of what was in the piece of paper, Mikan decided to check later.

After calming herself down a bit, Mikan reached into her pocket, feeling for the letter. Opening it up, inside wrote, "Meet me in my laboratory when school ends."

"Oh, it's you. Hotaru-sama was waiting."

Amanatsu opened the door wider for Mikan to enter. Hotaru was sitting in front of computer, rapidly moving the mouse. Suddenly, she spun around, facing Mikan.

"Lately, I've been becoming more and more irritated. Your idiocy is causing my work to be dragged down. My pay is becoming lower, since my time for working on my inventions is being cut back. So I would like it if you could please stop annoying me."

"B-But, Hotaru…" Mikan cried.

-Baka Baka Baka-

As Mikan was blown back into the door, Hotaru said, "Don't you dare talk back to me. I've never considered you as even a friend. Amanatsu, take her back to her room."

"Hai, as you wish, Hotaru-sama."

End Flashback

Mikan's eyes filled with tears as she smiled sadly.

"How pathetic of me. I didn't notice that I was such a burden to Hotaru. Now, she… hates me."

Flashback

Ruka was walking along in the halls and happened to bump into Mikan. He was nicely petting his bunny, Usagi-chan.

"Ohayo, Ruka-pyon!" Mikan chirped less happily than usual.

"Aa… Sakura-san. I have something to tell you." Ruka icily glanced at her.

"W-What is it?" Mikan blinked.

"You know that times when I always stuttered when talking to you? The reason behind that was because I hated you. I hated talking to you. You even gave me a ridiculous, hideous name. Please don't bother me anymore."

"I'm sorry… I didn't know you hated the name…"

"Apologizing won't change anything."

Mikan was left there in a shocked state, while Ruka went back to petting Usagi-chan.

End Flashback

"Why…? I don't know what I did wrong. What did I do to make them hate me so much? Everything was going okay before." Mikan's tears started running down her face rapidly.

Flashback

Drained of her energy, Mikan went to the place she found most peaceful. The Sakura Tree helped her relax when she was distressed calmed her down when angry or sad. At this time, she was sad.

Sitting up in the limbs of the tree was a figure and spread on top of the figure was a book.

Just as Mikan sat down, the figure jumped down and landed gracefully on the floor.

"Oi, Polka, go away. Because of you, I don't get enough sleep and Persona punishes me. Why do you have to make my life more miserable then it is already? I'm here at this tree for a reason. Get lost and never come near me again."

Too devastated to say anything, Mikan picked up herself with some difficulty and dragged herself back to her room.

End Flashback

"I know that every single day I get blown away by Hotaru's Baka Gun. I know that Ruka always stutters around me. I know that Natsume acts like I'm a pest. Everyone else just ignores me. They all must be sick of me. I'm not as stupid as you guys think I am. I just thought it would make you all feel better to have someone that is happy-go-lucky around you." Mikan said between sobs.

Flashback (A/N: Don't worry! Last one!)

"Sakura Mikan, please report to the principal's office. I repeat, Sakura Mikan, please report to the principal's office."

Mikan dragged herself all the way to the office. She had never experienced this much sadness combined at once. It was pretty suspicious that they all confessed how much they hated her in only one day, and then she was called to the principal's office. But due to her exhaustion, Mikan overlooked it.

Pushing open the door, Mikan trudged into the room and slumped into a chair when the principal invited her to sit in it.

"Sakura-san, I have an announcement for you. You are going to go to America to train your Alices for a few months. The middle school student council president will help you. If you refuse, something bad might…"

"I'll go. They wouldn't care anyways, and this will be better for them."

"Good. You'll be leaving tomorrow at 8:00 A.M. At 6:30 A.M. a limousine will come to pick you up at the gates. I suggest you start packing now."

Mikan quickly went back to her room to start packing. She hadn't given a second thought when she agreed to the sudden trip to America.

When she was finished, the room was spotless. Mikan took everything with her, so that there was no trace of her ever being in there. She took a short nap, and when it was time, headed out to the gates of Alice Academy.

End Flashback

Mikan quickly wiped away her tears when a limousine stopped in front of her. The driver motioned for her to get in.

She had never noticed the black marks on her friends' necks.

They arrived at the airport with nobody to see Mikan off. Of course, the trip was so sudden, so nobody would know.

The trip took about 14 hours. Mikan came out of the airplane feeling… lonely. She didn't know anyone in America. Nor did she know how to speak English!

A boy… Or was that a girl? Well, he/she walked up to her and held out his/her hand.

"Hello, Miss Sakura. Welcome to America."

Yea… I know it sucks since this is my first fanfiction story. But I can improve, ne?

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