Hi everyone! This is my story, thanks for coming, even if you don't read the rest. I just fixed up this first chapter since my writing was pretty bad... hehehe... Anyways, I don't own Gakuen Alice.

It was the beginning of Fall, and it was raining outside. But that didn't stop Natsume from leaving the lunchroom to eat outside. Even if it was cold and wet, it was definitely better than being inside. For some reason, all the girls at the school were obsessed with him and Luca, his best friend. And I mean, obsessed! Seriously, they must be crazy, doing anything just to get them as their boyfriend!

"Tch, as if!" Natsume muttered.

And so, due to the crowds of fangirls swarming around them constantly, he and Luca never ate in the lunchroom. Today Luca had snuck into an empty classroom, but Natsume had come outside for some fresh air. Now he was sitting underneath a Sakura tree, keeping partially dry.

He was looking aimlessly through the gates that led outside, when suddenly, he caught sight of a few men chasing after… a girl? He couldn't tell, because she had a hoody on, but whoever it was they were in trouble. Those men were from the Academy.

Alice Academy was more than just a normal Academy, since all it's students were all kids with special abilities called Alices. Most of them had normal Alices that couldn't harm anyone, so they didn't have to come to the Academy (although it was highly recommended).

But on some occasions, an alice came along that was rare, and usually dangerous, in which case special Academy agents were sent to forcefully bring them here if they didn't come willingly.
And from the looks of it, this girl was one of those cases. The men had trapped the girl in a corner between two buildings, backing her up until she had nowhere to run.

Natsume knew that she should be brought here in case she accidentally harmed someone, but he couldn't help feeling sorrow from her, as the little girl frantically tried to escape. He was too far away to see her face, but he knew she was scared from the way she moved.

- - Bong- - Bong - -

Natsume was distracted from what was going on when he heard the school bell ringing, meaning the second period was about to start. He got up, but before leaving he glanced over his shoulder.

The girl was gone, and so were the men.

Back at Luca's house, the two friends were in the sitting room, although Natsume was just laying on floor.

Luca was watching Natsume, 'talking' to him. "So, what were you doing today?"

No response.

"What do you want for dinner?"

No response. "Natsume..?"

Finally Luca gave up, and punched Natsume on the shoulder. "He..Hey! What was that for?" Natsume said indignantly.
Luca sighed in relief, finally getting his friend to respond. "What do you mean? You've been totally out of it, ever since lunch!
Sighing, Natsume sat next to Luka on the couch. "If you really want to know, I'll tell you."

Luka listened in silence as Natsume told him what happened. Once the story was finished, he looked down.
"Seriously, this stupid Academy is really getting on my nerves! How can they just take innocent kids away from their friends and family, and force them into that place?"

Natsume knew what he meant by that place. It didn't happen often, but when students were forced to enter the Academy, they had to join a special class to train their Alices so that they didn't harm anyone.

But Natsume and Luca knew what that really meant. Back when the place still existed, Natsume had been one of the unlucky few chosen to be a part of it.

The few students there had to go on brutal missions, to 'protect' the Academy. Although that might be partially true, it was still incredibly hard on the students, seeing how as they were only around fourteen through sixteen.

"Before you get all worked up, we don't even know wether or not that girl is actually coming to the Academy. For all we know, it could have been for something totally different."

Luca hesitated, then nodded. "Yeah, you're right. And in any case, it's none of our business."

They didn't discuss it any further, and went to eat dinner.

Natsume lived with with Luca's family, which meant his parents and older brother. His own parents traveled around the world for business purposes, leaving him to either go with them and his younger sister, or stay behind. Of course he stayed.

It had been four years since they left, although they visited occasionally. By now, Natsume was like a part of the family, and addressed Luca's parents as 'Mom and Dad'.
Right now they had gone on a vacation for a few weeks, and Luca's brother was staying at a boarding school.
So as of right now, Natsume and Luca were left on their own for a few weeks.

The following week passed uneventful, and since they didn't see any sign of the little girl from before, they assumed she wasn't coming at all. That is of course, until the first day of school the next week.

Natsume was sitting next to Luca, waiting for class to start, when he heard a noise outside the class room. He motioned for Luca to follow him, and they both quietly exited the room through a back door.

As they walked down the hallway, Natsume froze, causing Luca to bump into him.

"Hey, what'd you do - !" Natsume immediately covered Luca's mouth with his hand.

They were right in front of the Headmaster's office, and they could hear him talking to someone.

"Whenever you're around anyone, wear your hood, to cover your face. If the students knew that a monster like you was here, then all my plans would be ruined!"

Natsume and Luca froze. Who could he be talking to? The Headmaster wasn't known for being the nicest, but surely he wasn't this rude! But they snapped out of it when they heard footsteps coming towards the door. Not wanting to get caught eaves dropping, they hurriedly walked to their class room and took their seats.

"You have a new classmate as of today, so please welcome her warmly." Hisoka - Sensei clapped his hands together to get everyones attention, but there was no need. As soon as they heard 'new classmate', everyone turned their attention to Sensei.

The door opened, and everyone eagerly watched to see the new student. But when the door opened, everybody gasped as a little girl walked in. She was wearing a black hoody so her face was hidden, and she had on a pair of dark blue/black jeans.

Hisoka - Sensei walked over to her, and led her to the front of the room.

Natsume and Luca were both staring at her in shock. It was the girl from before!

Not only did Natsume recognize her from when he saw her the other day, but he and Luca instinctively knew that she was the one the Headmaster had been talking to earlier, because of the hood.

Luca nudged Natsume. "I'm gonna assume that's the girl you were talking about?" Natsume nodded, speechless. He didn't have time to say anything, as Hisoka-Sensei was talking.

"Would you like to introduce yourself to the class?" he waited for an answer, but the girl just looked up at him, although he couldn't see her face because her hair and the hood were in the way.

"Errr… Why don't you just start with your name?" When he didn't get a response, he solemnly looked her in the eye. "Little girl, you do have a name, don't you?"

The class was silent, waiting for her answer. She shook her head.

Silence.

"What! How can she not have a name? What kind of parents don't name their child?" The class burst into shouts and exclamations.

"Silence!" The class turned to stare at a red faced Hisoka.

"It isn't our concern wether or not she has a name, all that matters is that she's a good student here!"

One student raised his hand, a boy. "Yes, Masahiko?"

Masahiko put his hand down. "Sensei, why is she in this class? We're all either sixteen or seventeen years old, but that little girl can't be older than ten! This class is way to advanced for her, and there's no one her age here."

Hisoka-Sensei didn't answer. Natsume noticed that he had just read a little note that the new girl had brought with her. After hearing Masahiko's question he seemed to pull out of a trance. "I will hear no more about her. No one is to ask her anything, except for me." After saying this, he looked at the girl with an almost wary face, and it was clear he was inching away from her.

The class wasn't very satisfied with this answer, but he pretended not to notice."Now that's all I'm saying, so let's continue with class." Turning to the girl, he pointed to a seat in the back. "Go ahead and sit back there. You won't be able to follow this class since it's much more advanced than what you know, but you might as well listen."

Suddenly, Natsume grew very curious about what was inside that note.

Luca glanced over at Natsume, who was staring at the girl.

'I wonder what he's thinking…'

Everyone wondered why he was pointing to a seat in the very back row, in a corner. There were plenty of seats up closer, Natsume and Luca were the only ones who chose to sit back there. They were worried that the girl would get mad, but she just walked to the back of the room and silently took her seat.

"Now as it's the beginning of a new semester, it is required that you all take a placement test, to see where you're at in your studies.

Loud groans could be heard from around the room, and one boy was so depressed that he dropped his head on the desk and started mumbling, which one kid managed to decipher as "Just kill me now!"

Hisoka-Sensei rolled his eyes. "It's just a little test. Just do what you can, it's nothing bad!" He asked a kid to pass out a stack of sheets.
"You all have fifteen minutes to get through as much as you can. Don't worry about the questions you don't know. Now start."

There was a rustle as everyone flipped their pass over. Silence.

'What the - These questions are ridiculous!' Natsume thought to himself. 'And that ten year old can't know any of these!'

What did you think? I assure you, the story really does get a lot better, these first chapters were written a while ago so I've improved a lot. If I do say so myself :P

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