I've been in the mood to write a new story, and since this story received the most votes on a poll I had, this is the one I'm writing. I have published many Rima centered fanfics before, but I'm not going to repeat many ideas I have in most of them. I even published a story about Rima working alongside Easter, but that plot point disappeared after like the fifth chapter and that story wasn't very good. Also, it feels good to use first-person for a change. Anyway, I own nothing, except for OCs, and enjoy!

*~Betrayal~*

The moon was high in the sky, lighting up the dark night. The large building looked menacing with the darkness surrounding it. I stopped in front of the building, hesitating. My heart was beating rapidly within my chest, so fast it was unfathomable. Nerves tingled throughout my body. I lifted my hand and slowly knocked on the door. I flinched after doing so. My shaking was uncontrollable. Finally, the door in front of me opened, revealing a boy about my age. He had hair that was as white as a cloud. He wore jeans and a black sweater with a red shirt underneath.

"Why are you here?" He asked me curiously. I gulped, before finally replying.

"I am interested in joining Easter," I announced. He smiled softly.

"Great. I will lead you to our boss. Follow me." I complied, as he led me to the boss of Easter. The company had recently been sold to a new owner.

As I stepped into the boss's office, I was immediately confronted with the smell of cigarette smoke. I coughed into my arm, dissatisfied with the smell. The boy who led me inside stepped forward, facing a curtain.

"Lorelei-San, I have brought you someone interested in joining Easter." The smell of smoke subsided suddenly. The curtain opened, revealing a middle-aged woman. She had thick brown hair that reached her shoulders. She wore glasses that reflected light. She smiled warmly upon seeing me.

"Thank you Winter. Stand to the side," The boy, apparently called Winter, nodded and moved away. Lorelei placed her cigarette into an ash tray, and smiled up at me. "Well, my dear, how old are you?"

"I am fifteen," I replied bluntly.

"Hm, I wouldn't have guessed that..." I sighed, having been used to getting that. "Well, what is your name, and why did you want to join Easter?"

"My name is Mashiro Rima. I am quite familiar with what you do, and it fascinates me." It wasn't the full truth, but the real truth would seem stupid.

"Why does that name sound so familiar?" Lorelei wondered, pondering.

"Well, you may know me because I am a member of the guardians," I told her.

"The guardians? You mean, Easter's biggest enemy?!" I nodded carefully. "Hm... You could be an extremely useful asset to me. You could find out the guardians' plans. That would be extremely beneficial."

"I would be pleased to act as a spy," I stated.

"Perfect. You can get started next time you attend a Guardian Meeting. Report to me everything they say." I nodded. "Winter, get Rima a room. It will be the spot she will sleep in, if your parents are alright with you staying here."

"They're fine with it," I blurted a bit too quickly. Lorelei smiled, and handed Winter a key.

"You will be staying in the second room on the fifth floor. Winter, show her there." Winter nodded, and led me to my room.

"This is where you will be sleeping. The room is all to yourself and you will not share with anyone," Winter explained. "If you need anything Rima-San, don't hesitate to call me. This is my phone number." He handed me a slip of paper with his number on it.

"Thank you," I whispered. He smiled at me, before leaving and closing the door. I smiled widely as I seldom do, and collapsed on my bed.

"It feels so nice to away from them," I pointed out, sighing happily. "It's so...quiet."

"Rima, are you sure this is right?" I turned my head, watching Kusu-Kusu float up. She looked worried. "You didn't have to come to Easter. Your friends could have taken care of you at their homes. You didn't have to betray them!"

"You know I never really liked what they did. Easter has what I need, not them. Besides, I'm still with them also."

"But you're telling Easter everything!" Kusu-Kusu pointed out. I sighed, and patted my chara's head.

"Relax Kusu-Kusu; you'll get used to it here. I promise." Hesitatingly, Kusu-Kusu nodded, and slowly went inside her egg.

"Good night Rima..." She muttered, before falling asleep in her egg.

"Night..." I closed my eyes, and fell asleep.

It had been three days since I joined Easter. It was so much better than hearing my parents fight. It felt so good telling them that I was moving out. If they were any other parents, they would have stopped me. However, they merely acknowledged me for not even a minute before returning to bicker. Maybe it hurt slightly, but it was also a colossal relief.

"Rima wake up! You'll miss the Guardian Meeting!" Kusu-Kusu exclaimed. I opened my eyes, and quickly got dressed and brushed my teeth. It was convenient having my own bathroom. After I was dressed, I heard a gentle knock upon my door.

"Come in," I called. Slowly, the knob turned, revealing Winter. He was holding two cups of hot drinks. He handed me one of them.

"I heard you talking about how you like tea, so I figured I would get you some. It's Black Tea." I carefully took it, and pressed it to my lips. It tasted really good.

"Thanks," I told him, continuing to drink it. Winter smiled softly, watching me sip it. "I have to go. Guardian Meeting."

"Have fun. Do you need a ride?"

"You can drive?" I wondered.

"Well, it's a driving permit, but I'm allowed to within a certain area and your old school is within it." I nodded slowly.

"Ah. Well, I don't want to be accidentally seen with you, so I'll walk. Thanks though." I turned my head, my blonde hair flipping to the back of me. I exited the Easter Building, my tea in one hand. After four of the five guardians graduated from Seiyo, we had much difficulty finding new guardians. For a while, it was just two people, Yaya and Kairi. Since it was so impossible, my friends and I decided that it was just easier if we helped out despite us being in high school. Now, none of us were in Seiyo any longer, but we were still the guardians. I was going into my sophomore year. It was summer, so I wore jean shorts and a pink tank top.

"RIMA-TAN! YOU'RE SO LATE!" I didn't even have to look up to know who was speaking. Yaya embraced me tightly, making me nearly spill my tea all over her.

"Yaya, geez, you're going to be the death of me," I murmured, sighing. Yaya got off of me, and grinned. Pepe and Kusu-Kusu high-fived.

"Come on! The others are waiting!~" Yaya grabbed my arm, and dragged me. I sighed, and struggled to pry my arm out of her tight grip. The others glanced up at us, as we entered the Royal Garden. Yaya let go of my arm, making me flinch. No one really changed much from Elementary School.

"Rima! Aren't you awfully tardy?" Kukai teased, playfully shoving me.

"Whatever," I muttered, sitting down in my respectful chair as the Queen. Our positions were completely out-of-whack. Kukai once tried to make sense of it, but it turned out that three people were Jacks. We all eventually gave up on calling ourselves a certain chair.

"I thought your parents didn't let you walk?" Nagihiko wondered. I turned to him, and glared.

"And why do you know that? Creep."

"I just happened to remember," He pointed out.

"Well, for your information, they decided that I can. Happy?" Nagihiko raised an eyebrow, but nodded, smirking. I knew that in order to keep my secret from being exposed, I needed to be careful around him. Nagihiko was able to read people easily, and know when they were lying. He especially seemed to have a weird obsession with me. We tended to argue frequently, and I sometimes let certain things slip. I almost feel free when having interaction with him.

"Alright, we have a lot to discuss today," Tadase pointed out. Amu watched him keenly. I took out a notebook, and labeled the first page with the date.

"What are you writing?" Nagihiko asked. I glanced up at him.

"I'm taking notes," I replied bluntly. "It might be useful to have on record."

"You're like our little secretary," He teased. I rolled my eyes at him, and looked up at Tadase, waiting for him to speak.

"It seems a few weeks ago, Easter hired a new director. Like Ikuto and Utau's stepfather, she seems to have plans with X-Eggs. They seem to be increasing."

"I ran into a whole cluster of them yesterday," Nagihiko pointed out. "I was able to purify them, but..."

"Wait, you were able to purify them?" I inquired, puzzled. He glanced at me, and nodded.

"Since when were you able to purify X-Eggs?" Amu asked, equally confused.

"Oh I realized it a few days ago. I guess it slipped my mind to tell you guys. I was with Kukai when we ran into some X-Eggs. I transformed with Temari, and I was able to purify them."

"Oh yeah!" Kukai exclaimed. I jotted down that Nagi could purify X-Eggs and the increase in X-Eggs.

"Lately, the X-Eggs appear to be having another method of attack. It seems they are more directly hitting us contrary to their projectile attacks. It seems it is vital for us to prepare accordingly, and..."

"Oh shut up Kairi-Kun!" Yaya interjected. Kairi narrowed his eyes at Yaya.

"Well, I know what Kairi means actually. The X-Eggs have been physically attacking us more often, hence my bruise," Amu admitted, holding up her arm.

"Amu-Chan, that looks like it hurts!" Tadase exclaimed.

"No, it's okay," Amu pointed out, smiling softly. They exchanged a glance of romance, making us all uncomfortable. However, I was the only one who had the guts to cough loudly. Both of them broke out of their trance, and blushed immensely.

"Well, there's not much more to say about X-Eggs. There's a lot of them, done. We should talk about the dance!" Kukai grinned.

"I suppose that is important too," Tadase pointed out. I sighed in boredom. This was the part that was extremely mundane and served absolutely no purpose in my objective.

"Right, so as all of you know, we're planning a dance that will be from students from all three schools," Tadase pointed out. "It's in two weeks I'm pretty sure."

"Yaya's totally looking forward to it!" Yaya exclaimed. "We should have a theme!"

"Isn't the theme already space?" Amu wondered.

"No, the theme is a carnival. Space was one of the options we were contemplating," Kairi explained. Amu nodded slowly.

"Aren't you going to write down stuff about the dance?" Nagihiko wondered, inching towards me. I shot a glare at him.

"I was about to!" I lied, jotting stuff down quickly.

"That's awfully sloppy Rima-Chan; are you sure we'll be able to read that?"

"Shut up," I muttered. "It's quite readable!"

"Maybe compared to Yaya-Chan's handwriting, but on any normal standard, it's illegible."

"The two of you! Stop flirting already." Both of us glanced up quickly. Nagihiko shot Kukai a glare, and I glanced at the ground, hiding my blush. Kusu-Kusu giggled quietly.

"W-We weren't..." Nagihiko stopped speaking, knowing Kukai wouldn't believe him.

"Anyway, back to the dance," I muttered quickly.

"Right. So..." Tadase's voice droned on and on, and I began spacing out. It seemed weird that I wasn't really apart of them anymore. All of them were unaware of my relations with Easter. For them it was any other day. I was still the Queen, or whatever position I was in their minds. In truth, I really was, but I wasn't on their side. All of the information being said was going to go immediately to Easter. There was a slight pounding in my chest, maybe guilt, but I ignored it.

"I have to go," I announced, standing up. All eyes turned to me. Amu and Tadase were now holding hands, and I could only guess Tadase just asked her out to the dance.

"Bye Rima! Wish me luck for asking Utau to the dance!" Kukai called.

"She'll say yes; she's dating you," I muttered, not really caring.

"See you tomorrow Rima-Chan," Nagihiko told me, waving. I gave him the tiniest hint of a smile, before turning around and exiting the Royal Garden. I knew I wouldn't be missing much.

"Welcome back Rima-San," Winter greeted, as I entered the Easter Building. I turned to him. "Did you find out anything interesting?"

"I have some notes," I informed him.

"Great! Lorelei-San will be interested." As if on cue, Lorelei made her way towards me. She smiled and greeted me, her breath full of smoke. I handed her my sheet of paper, and watched her read it.

"I can't read what this bottom part says..." I sighed, remembering what Nagihiko said about my handwriting.

"It's about some stupid dance they're holding," I explained. "My friend was asking why I wasn't writing the dance stuff down, so I had to..."

"Your friend?" Lorelei inquired.

"I meant former friend. Guardian member," I clarified, although I was confused to why I referred to Nagihiko of all people as my friend.

"This dance can actually prove to be significant. If the guardians are hosting it, we can attack then and possibly hold the guardians captive to allow our X-Egg production increase. When is it?"

"Ta... The leader of the guardians said in two weeks, but I don't know the exact date," I admitted.

"This is quite helpful. It seems the guardians know about the increase in X-Eggs. I will focus on making it more subtle. Thank you Rima; this will prove to be extremely helpful. Report back to me in the next guardian meeting." I nodded, watching her walk away.

"Rima-San, would you like some dinner?" I turned, startled by Winter's voice. I had forgotten he was still there.

"Oh... Um, sure..." I muttered.

"Great. Here, I'll show you to the cafeteria," Winter led me into the cafeteria. For all three of the days I have stayed her, the food had been brought to me by Winter.

"What would you like to eat?" He asked me kindly. I glanced around at all of the food options, and looked back at him.

"I'll have a salad, I guess..." I muttered. Winter turned away from me, and went to get a salad. Kusu-Kusu floated up, and grinned. I turned to her with a blank expression.

"That Winter guy is awfully charming," Kusu-Kusu pointed out.

"Not really. He's just being polite," I muttered.

"You've got your heart set on Nagi-Kun, right?" I glared at Kusu-Kusu.

"Why does everyone think I like him?! I hate him! He's my rival!" I whined, ignoring the blush that crept on my cheeks. Kusu-Kusu raised an eyebrow. "He is!" I insisted.

"We can go with that."

"But he is! Besides, I'm with Easter now; I don't give a crap about the guardians." Kusu-Kusu looked a little sad.

"Well whatever. This cafeteria is nice, isn't it?" Kusu-Kusu grinned.

"I guess."

"You have a chara?" Both Kusu-Kusu and I turned to face Winter. He placed a tray on the table, and sat adjacent to me.

"Oh, um, yeah, hence being a guardian," I pointed out. "You can see them?" Winter nodded.

"I had one of my own before..." I waited for him to finish his sentence, but he never did. I shrugged, and began to eat my salad.

"So... Do I owe you any money?" Winter laughed slightly.

"No, the food here is complementary to all Easter Employees," Winter explained. Being called an Easter employee seemed weird. I shrugged it off, and smiled softly, out of character.

"How long have you been apart of Easter, Winter?" I asked.

"About a year," Winter explained. "Lorelei and I actually joined around the same time, although it was only recent that Lorelei-San became the Director." I nodded slowly. "How long have you been apart of the guardians?"

"A while now," I admitted. "I moved here in the sixth grade, and that's when I joined. However, the whole premise got stupid after a while, and honestly, Easter's plans seem much more likely to happen."

"The Guardians always seemed foolish to me," Winter pointed out.

"Yeah, they are..." I put down my fork, having finished dinner.

"Rima-San, would you like to do something tonight, maybe see a movie?" Winter asked, almost eagerly.

"Thanks, but I think I'm just going to go rest in my room. See you later." I turned around, and made my way to my room.

When I arrived inside, I sat on my bed, and sighed. I opened my luggage, and finally took out everything I packed. I put the many outfits I packed into my drawers, and took out everything else. Upon unpacking, I came across some photographs. There was one with Amu, Yaya, and me. Amu and I both looked normal, whereas Yaya was sticking her tongue out and looking like a total idiot. I smiled softly, and pulled out another one underneath, which was one of Nagi and me. It was an awkward photo, but it was nice. Finally, there was one with everyone, including the Tsukiyomi siblings. We all looked really happy, the family. However, I no longer cared about them, so I told myself. I contemplated throwing it away, but I couldn't bring myself to doing so. Sighing, I stuffed them inside my luggage again, and collapsed onto my bed. I changed into pajamas, and despite it being seven o'clock, fell asleep.

I hope you liked the first chapter! I know it was a bit boring. The story might move a bit slow, but I promise, it's going to get really good. Who is Winter and what secrets does he have? Who is this Lorelei boss person? Stay tuned for answers. Please review/favorite/alert!