hi everyone who is so nice enough to read my confusing story of 'Japan, boys and pure magic.' the other, day, I read my first chaper. I realised; my writing style has changed over the chapters and I haven't put my heart & emotions in writing those chapters. So, I've thought about this long and hard, and have two descions to choose from
*rewrite chapters 4-7; those seem to be were I changed my writing style most
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*continue writing, with the writing style I have now.
please comment, so I can figure this out!
and, on another note; I'll be on a slight hiatus from this story. I just need a break; re-read over my story plot; and get back a fire in my writing.
thnak-you for reading, and hopefully understanding ^_^
xoxo josie-phin
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Chapter Seven
Ah hello dear Tohru Honda. And look, there’s the lovely Riiko; how’s Night going, eh? Tehehe. Ah, a lovely manga store to let myself wind down. There was a place in Queensland were it was stocked to the top full of manga, but Minotaur, this pop culture store, will do. I wish I could use magic to summon manga up for free, but that’s a big no-no in the Magice rules. It’s considered greedy and no money is given to the creators (you can’t summon up a bulk of cash, either). But all is good. I just flew here, and snuck in; it turns out magice’s have these powers were they can sneak into places without being noticed by humans. I wish we had a name for normal humans like they do in harry potter, but, that’s just how the world works, I guess. Ah, there it is. The last volume of Full Moon o Sagashite. Time to find out what finally happens to Mitsuki – such a cliffhanger the last chapter I read! There’s two! Enough for me and some other lucky. So I reached for it, but – wait. There’s someone’s hand reaching for the one next to the one I’m getting – I’m on the left getting the one to the right. Watashi wa baka desu~. “Oh, I’m sorry!” I said
“So you like full moon too? Cool! Hi, I’m Michelle, what’s your name?” Oh my god! She’s so cool. And she likes manga. Maybe I’ll finally have friends like me!!
“I’m Natalie. Full moon’s really cool. I’ve loved every bit of it so far!” Casual, Natalie. Keep it cool.
“So you like manga and stuff too, yeah? You should so totally come to this cosplay picnic me and my friend organized. I’m sorry if this is really random, but we’re really low on numbers. You just need to bring some food.” I don’t have any cosplay, but magic is lovely~♪
“Oh cool! When is it?” More people like me?! So cool!
“Next Saturday, at the Botanical Gardens.” And that’s when my happy bubble burst.
“Ah, crap. I’ve got something on next Saturday.”
“That’s too bad, but I guess this was completely out of the blue. It must be really important, yeah?” Yeah, Sally’s coming down from Queensland, and I wouldn’t be able to bring her; she would feel too, how to put it, left out. Like how I feel when I’ve with the three girls. “Well, I should buy this now, or I’ll be late for my bus. It was nice meeting you Natalie.”
“Same here! Maybe we’ll see each other again?” I sounded so anime.
“Yeah, maybe. Bye!” And then the friend-I-could-of-had went and bought her Full Moon, and left the store. I better get the rest of my manga.
* * *
Full Moon volume seven, Shugo Chara volume five and Mermaid Melody volume four. Got all of my manga and now to get to the counter. Then my day will be lightened up a little.
“Watch out!” What?! But before I knew it, I was toppled to the floor by some random.
“I’m so, so, sorry! I tripped on my shoelace, and then I did this 180 degree thing, and….I’m sorry!”
“It’s alright.” A guy had knocked me down. Must be one of those comic guys; he came from the comic section. I picked up manga and got make in line. Wait. I already have volume two of Full moon.
“This is yours-” we said that in unison. I then started laughing, but quickly stopped. Randomly stupid, Natalie. Randomly stupid.
“I’m Jason. You are…?”
“I’m Natalie. So you like Full Moon? I thought girls read it, since it’s really shojo.”
“Oh, it’s really good. My friend, Rochelle, got me into it.”
“Cool! So…do you have an anime news network account?” maybe we could chat on the forums!
“Yeah, duh! I love reading anime news Nina; it’s so true, every word she says. So what’s your user name?” It’s like he read my mind. He got out some pen and paper and ripped it in half. He wrote his username on one and gave it to me.
“I’m anime_psycho_girl.” He then wrote down the name, and stuffed it into his bag. He‘s so relaxed, and kinda cute. But no one can replace Evan. No one. I then bought my stuff, and said bye. Did I make a friend? Yes!!! Looks like my day turned out fine indeed, without any help of magic! Wait till I tell Sally next weekend that there’s people like me and I’m not a “crazy-alien-from-anime-planet” (in-joke)!!!!
Glossary
“Ah hello dear Tohru Honda. And look, there’s the lovely Riiko; how’s Night going, eh? Tehehe.” – Tohru Honda is the main character in Fruits Basket. Riiko is the main character in Absolute Boyfriend, and Night’s her boyfriend. By the way, she was only glancing at the shelves when she was saying this in her mind, not hugging the shelves…..
“Full Moon volume seven, Shugo Chara volume five and Mermaid Melody volume four.” – really cool anime/manga that I read/watch. Go to Wikipedia to find out more.
“Watashi wa baka desu~. “ – Japanese for “I’m stupid~”
“You should so totally come to this cosplay picnic me and my friend organized.” A cosplay picnic is when people cosplay (when you dress up as a character from a game/anime/manga) and have a picnic. I was actually invited to one randomly, but I couldn’t go because I had to go to Guide camp that day.
“…shojo” genre of manga/anime. Means “girl manga”
“anime news network account…anime news Nina” anime news network is this anime website, and anime news Nina is this really cool comic on it.
“So you like full moon too? Cool! Hi, I’m Michelle, what’s your name?” Oh my god! She’s so cool. And she likes manga. Maybe I’ll finally have friends like me!!
“I’m Natalie. Full moon’s really cool. I’ve loved every bit of it so far!” Casual, Natalie. Keep it cool.
“So you like manga and stuff too, yeah? You should so totally come to this cosplay picnic me and my friend organized. I’m sorry if this is really random, but we’re really low on numbers. You just need to bring some food.” I don’t have any cosplay, but magic is lovely~♪
“Oh cool! When is it?” More people like me?! So cool!
“Next Saturday, at the Botanical Gardens.” And that’s when my happy bubble burst.
“Ah, crap. I’ve got something on next Saturday.”
“That’s too bad, but I guess this was completely out of the blue. It must be really important, yeah?” Yeah, Sally’s coming down from Queensland, and I wouldn’t be able to bring her; she would feel too, how to put it, left out. Like how I feel when I’ve with the three girls. “Well, I should buy this now, or I’ll be late for my bus. It was nice meeting you Natalie.”
“Same here! Maybe we’ll see each other again?” I sounded so anime.
“Yeah, maybe. Bye!” And then the friend-I-could-of-had went and bought her Full Moon, and left the store. I better get the rest of my manga.
* * *
Full Moon volume seven, Shugo Chara volume five and Mermaid Melody volume four. Got all of my manga and now to get to the counter. Then my day will be lightened up a little.
“Watch out!” What?! But before I knew it, I was toppled to the floor by some random.
“I’m so, so, sorry! I tripped on my shoelace, and then I did this 180 degree thing, and….I’m sorry!”
“It’s alright.” A guy had knocked me down. Must be one of those comic guys; he came from the comic section. I picked up manga and got make in line. Wait. I already have volume two of Full moon.
“This is yours-” we said that in unison. I then started laughing, but quickly stopped. Randomly stupid, Natalie. Randomly stupid.
“I’m Jason. You are…?”
“I’m Natalie. So you like Full Moon? I thought girls read it, since it’s really shojo.”
“Oh, it’s really good. My friend, Rochelle, got me into it.”
“Cool! So…do you have an anime news network account?” maybe we could chat on the forums!
“Yeah, duh! I love reading anime news Nina; it’s so true, every word she says. So what’s your user name?” It’s like he read my mind. He got out some pen and paper and ripped it in half. He wrote his username on one and gave it to me.
“I’m anime_psycho_girl.” He then wrote down the name, and stuffed it into his bag. He‘s so relaxed, and kinda cute. But no one can replace Evan. No one. I then bought my stuff, and said bye. Did I make a friend? Yes!!! Looks like my day turned out fine indeed, without any help of magic! Wait till I tell Sally next weekend that there’s people like me and I’m not a “crazy-alien-from-anime-planet” (in-joke)!!!!
Glossary
“Ah hello dear Tohru Honda. And look, there’s the lovely Riiko; how’s Night going, eh? Tehehe.” – Tohru Honda is the main character in Fruits Basket. Riiko is the main character in Absolute Boyfriend, and Night’s her boyfriend. By the way, she was only glancing at the shelves when she was saying this in her mind, not hugging the shelves…..
“Full Moon volume seven, Shugo Chara volume five and Mermaid Melody volume four.” – really cool anime/manga that I read/watch. Go to Wikipedia to find out more.
“Watashi wa baka desu~. “ – Japanese for “I’m stupid~”
“You should so totally come to this cosplay picnic me and my friend organized.” A cosplay picnic is when people cosplay (when you dress up as a character from a game/anime/manga) and have a picnic. I was actually invited to one randomly, but I couldn’t go because I had to go to Guide camp that day.
“…shojo” genre of manga/anime. Means “girl manga”
“anime news network account…anime news Nina” anime news network is this anime website, and anime news Nina is this really cool comic on it.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Chapter 6
Okay. That was weird. My dream last night was a sort of introductory lesson to magic. Is this real? I still can’t get my head around it. My dream said I’m kinda any magic there has been thought up of. One day I could have a wand, the next I’ll be freezing time and then I’ll be turning into bats, whenever I want!!! Well, at least it’ll be easier going to –ah!! I just tripped, here comes the pain – what the-??? I’m flying?!?!? Crap! CRAP!!!!! Get down!!! Okay, hopefully, no one saw. Anyway, back to school. To go and tell the ‘3B’s’ about me and Evans date. How fun. Wait, the trees have stopped moving. And that bird’s stopped flying in midair. Did I somehow make time sorta freeze when I hoped no one saw? Crap, magic is so hard to understand! Well, at least I’ll get to school on-time, but how do I undo this? ARGH!!! Magic is too hard. Yes, finally. Time is normal, and I’m at school at; wow… 8.10. I have half an hour till school starts. I’ll just wait at the spot until people get here. Maybe I’ll read more of ‘The Art of Magic’. Hey, it’s 8.30; wow, time flies when-
“OMG!!!! Like, hi Nat!!!! How was a couple of nights ago, yeah?” here comes Alisha, the loud mouth.
“It was good.” Trying to not go on that subject “Did anything exciting happen yesterday?”
“Well, Bryce yesterday totally won something for the school at sport, and he looked so totally hot. Oh my god! You haven’t really been exactly introduced to him yet! You totally need to. OMG!!! Hey BFFLS!!!!!!!” then came Liana and Hannah.
“OMG NAT!!!! Been waiting for details for, like, ever!!! Tell us now!!!” ‘DING DING DING’ “In home room, yeah?” Said Liana.
* * *
After a, very-trying-to-make-long-story-short explanation to the girls about my date, it was recess. Time to find out more about the last member of the girls ‘only wish’. “Hey Nat.” oh my god! It’s Evan. It feels like ages since I last saw him. “Hey” He went in for a hug, so I hugged him back. (duh). “Hey, Evs, that ya girlfriend?” And here comes Bryce, the sport master. In this friend group, I swear, the boys are like a pack of cards. Cedric is king, Chris is Ace, Josh is Joker and Bryce is Jack; basing off Shugo Chara and how they work out the places for the guardians…except for Ace. Chris is nothing like Yaya. “Yeah, I guess.” Did he just call me his girlfriend? Ka-ching!!!! He grabbed my hand!!!! This is too much like a Shojo anime! “So, ah, Bryce. Can you teach me how to play?” Said Hannah. She’s flirting. Trying to get one of them like how I’ve got Evan. I have Evan!! That sounds so…so…magic! “Ah, yeah sure. Do you want Alisha to join too?” I think I can read emotions. Because I just felt Hannah go from flirtatious, to ferocious. “Okay” She’s snappy. This can’t be good. After a while, Hannah wanted to go and chat with the girls, so off went Liana, Alisha and I away from the guys. Here comes hell between the two of the ‘3B’s’. “OMG Ali! You should know that Bryce is MINE!!!!! You should have refused. I wanted to try to get the ball off him, why?” Whined Hannah. I was actually feeling sorry for her. “Well he seems to like me more. So why don’t you lay off?” Okay, Alisha has a big mouth, and doesn’t know when to stop. I think Liana’s feeling scared; maybe this has never happened. “Guys!!! Can you stop fighting!?!?!?” They stopped. Like that. “Um, he’s just a guy, and you guys are, like, best friends. Don’t let him get in the way of that.”
“Yeah” chimed in Liana.
“OMG! I’m so sorry Hannah”
“And I’m sorry too!” And they hugged like nothing happened. I’m not sure about something. Did I make them stop because I’m good at stop arguments? Or was it…magic?
“Urm, guys. Can you guys do the chicken dance?” And there and then, they started to dance like chickens. “You can stop” Then they burst into laughter. I really need to learn how to control this magic, before I do something bad.
* * *
So I’m home. Homework is absolutely atrocious, yes. But I’m trying to figure something out to make homework easier with, you guessed it, magic! I know it seems like cheating, but I’m reading up to see if there’s this spell that can write in what you would of written in if I had actually sat down and done it. So, let’s see; I have a boyfriend, I have magic; my life is literally perfect. But it’ll be ‘ruined’ if the manga I ordered isn’t stocked in Minotaur this weekend. Well, only a little.
Glossary
“Cedric is king, Chris is Ace, Josh is Joker and Bryce is Jack; basing off Shugo Chara and how they work out the places for the guardians…except for Ace. Chris is nothing like Yaya.” – In shugo chara, there are 5 ‘guardians’ of the school who do all types of stuff. Bryce is Jack because one of the jacks in the series was a sport maniac. The ‘ace’ card in the series, Yaya, is the youngest; who acts like a baby.
“He grabbed my hand!!!! This is too much like a Shojo anime!” – Shojo anime or manga is a genre aimed at girls.
“But it’ll be ‘ruined’ if the manga I ordered isn’t stoked in Minotaur this weekend.” – Minotaur is a pop culture shop in the city; tis where I buy my manga too.
Authors note
How much fun have we had? A lot!!!! Magic, Evan and Natalie’s first kiss (first?!?! Is there more, you ask, read further on when I post then!!!), but, alas, no Japan-crazed fans like herself. My favourite chapter so far is coming up; chapter seven. What will happen at Minotaur? Ooh!!! I can’t wait! ♥
“OMG!!!! Like, hi Nat!!!! How was a couple of nights ago, yeah?” here comes Alisha, the loud mouth.
“It was good.” Trying to not go on that subject “Did anything exciting happen yesterday?”
“Well, Bryce yesterday totally won something for the school at sport, and he looked so totally hot. Oh my god! You haven’t really been exactly introduced to him yet! You totally need to. OMG!!! Hey BFFLS!!!!!!!” then came Liana and Hannah.
“OMG NAT!!!! Been waiting for details for, like, ever!!! Tell us now!!!” ‘DING DING DING’ “In home room, yeah?” Said Liana.
* * *
After a, very-trying-to-make-long-story-short explanation to the girls about my date, it was recess. Time to find out more about the last member of the girls ‘only wish’. “Hey Nat.” oh my god! It’s Evan. It feels like ages since I last saw him. “Hey” He went in for a hug, so I hugged him back. (duh). “Hey, Evs, that ya girlfriend?” And here comes Bryce, the sport master. In this friend group, I swear, the boys are like a pack of cards. Cedric is king, Chris is Ace, Josh is Joker and Bryce is Jack; basing off Shugo Chara and how they work out the places for the guardians…except for Ace. Chris is nothing like Yaya. “Yeah, I guess.” Did he just call me his girlfriend? Ka-ching!!!! He grabbed my hand!!!! This is too much like a Shojo anime! “So, ah, Bryce. Can you teach me how to play?” Said Hannah. She’s flirting. Trying to get one of them like how I’ve got Evan. I have Evan!! That sounds so…so…magic! “Ah, yeah sure. Do you want Alisha to join too?” I think I can read emotions. Because I just felt Hannah go from flirtatious, to ferocious. “Okay” She’s snappy. This can’t be good. After a while, Hannah wanted to go and chat with the girls, so off went Liana, Alisha and I away from the guys. Here comes hell between the two of the ‘3B’s’. “OMG Ali! You should know that Bryce is MINE!!!!! You should have refused. I wanted to try to get the ball off him, why?” Whined Hannah. I was actually feeling sorry for her. “Well he seems to like me more. So why don’t you lay off?” Okay, Alisha has a big mouth, and doesn’t know when to stop. I think Liana’s feeling scared; maybe this has never happened. “Guys!!! Can you stop fighting!?!?!?” They stopped. Like that. “Um, he’s just a guy, and you guys are, like, best friends. Don’t let him get in the way of that.”
“Yeah” chimed in Liana.
“OMG! I’m so sorry Hannah”
“And I’m sorry too!” And they hugged like nothing happened. I’m not sure about something. Did I make them stop because I’m good at stop arguments? Or was it…magic?
“Urm, guys. Can you guys do the chicken dance?” And there and then, they started to dance like chickens. “You can stop” Then they burst into laughter. I really need to learn how to control this magic, before I do something bad.
* * *
So I’m home. Homework is absolutely atrocious, yes. But I’m trying to figure something out to make homework easier with, you guessed it, magic! I know it seems like cheating, but I’m reading up to see if there’s this spell that can write in what you would of written in if I had actually sat down and done it. So, let’s see; I have a boyfriend, I have magic; my life is literally perfect. But it’ll be ‘ruined’ if the manga I ordered isn’t stocked in Minotaur this weekend. Well, only a little.
Glossary
“Cedric is king, Chris is Ace, Josh is Joker and Bryce is Jack; basing off Shugo Chara and how they work out the places for the guardians…except for Ace. Chris is nothing like Yaya.” – In shugo chara, there are 5 ‘guardians’ of the school who do all types of stuff. Bryce is Jack because one of the jacks in the series was a sport maniac. The ‘ace’ card in the series, Yaya, is the youngest; who acts like a baby.
“He grabbed my hand!!!! This is too much like a Shojo anime!” – Shojo anime or manga is a genre aimed at girls.
“But it’ll be ‘ruined’ if the manga I ordered isn’t stoked in Minotaur this weekend.” – Minotaur is a pop culture shop in the city; tis where I buy my manga too.
Authors note
How much fun have we had? A lot!!!! Magic, Evan and Natalie’s first kiss (first?!?! Is there more, you ask, read further on when I post then!!!), but, alas, no Japan-crazed fans like herself. My favourite chapter so far is coming up; chapter seven. What will happen at Minotaur? Ooh!!! I can’t wait! ♥
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Chapter 5
Here I am. In bed. I’m staying home from school because I’m…“sick”. Well, I’m faking it. I said I had a really bad stomach ache from too much popcorn – my dad’s so gullible. I’m really staying home because last night was really, really weird. It’s that necklace. I’ve put it on my desk, but I just keep staring at it. It was when I touched it; I was in bliss. The light made me feel so peaceful. But after all that, the light faded and was gone. Did I just imagine the light? I don’t know. Wonder what they’re doing today….thank-god I miss out on a day with crap subjects. I want to pick up the necklace and look at it. I was scared of it after the light; I just put it in my bag. But now, I just want to examine it more. This feels all too anime-manga-ish. I’ll become some sort of superhero or something, defending people from, oh I don’t know, the negaverse? I don’t want to get out of bed.
“Come here, necklace” I said sarcastically, with a flick of my wrist. But, wait, is the necklace…floating?! It just stopped in front of me and fell into my lap. I touched it; no light. What the…? “What are you?” I asked the necklace in awe. Then, out of nowhere, a small, pocket-sized book came out of thin air onto my lap (again). ‘The art of Magic. By Isis Louhi’. It was brown, and looked like it was from the 18th century, but it looked so new. So I opened it, hoping it would answer the weird question I just asked the necklace. And when I opened the book, it wasn’t pocket sized. It was all big and thick; boooriing. The front page, at least, gave a briefing for me. This necklace, is the source of my…my power!? And If I do not wear it for over 3 days, I could…I COULD DIE!?!?!? Woh, crazy stuff here. And that I’m a magi…magise….How do you pronounce it? I traced my finger on the word, and, the book talked, and pronounced the word. It talked…It’s pronounced “magic key” and spelt “magice” – who the hell made that up? Anyway, it says a “magice” is a being of power so great, only someone with a pure heart can contain the magic and keep it from going evil. I have a pure heart at this age? Hello, magic-freaky necklace. I lie to everyone about who I am; I mean, sure I say I love Japan, but I don’t always act true to that, I lie to people to be kind; how is that pure!? The book also says there are rules. And stuff. “Thou magic shall improve with thy time and practice.”
What does Isis mean by ‘pure’? Oh, my phone just went off. It’s Alisha. Of course, it’s lunch. The girls would want me to tell them “all the juicy details”.
“Hey?”
“OMG! Hey Nat!!” Here we go
“How was last night, nudge nudge, wink wink. Bahaha” Oh girls, please shut-up. That’s right, I’m “sick”. I can let them off lightly.
“It was good. Although, I think I caught a cold since it was really freezing.” Ka-ching!
“Oh…okay. Ttyl!” That was Hannah. Then they all said bye. For 20 seconds. Urgh.
My laptop just went bing. Sally’s on msn, Cool. I might tell her – darn it. Just read a rule at the bottom of the third page “Thou shall tell about magic to those also with ye pure heart”. How the heck do I know who has a pure heart?! Argh! This book is too confusing. Anyway, talking to sally is cool. She had a day off today. I feel tired. I said bye and went to bed. I lay down and put the necklace on. I thought real hard about it being invisible, and it did. Cool. I asked you term two, to give me your best. As in to give me a challenge, not give me a date with the greatest guy on earth and magic that is so powerful that my worries will be gone by a click of my fingers? Wonder if the necklace doubles up as a dream catcher?
Glossary“I’ll become some sort of superhero or something, defending people from, oh I don’t know, the negaverse?” – The negaverse is the evil head-quarters of the evil people in the English dub of Sailor moon (and maybe Japanese version- can’t remember)
“Come here, necklace” I said sarcastically, with a flick of my wrist. But, wait, is the necklace…floating?! It just stopped in front of me and fell into my lap. I touched it; no light. What the…? “What are you?” I asked the necklace in awe. Then, out of nowhere, a small, pocket-sized book came out of thin air onto my lap (again). ‘The art of Magic. By Isis Louhi’. It was brown, and looked like it was from the 18th century, but it looked so new. So I opened it, hoping it would answer the weird question I just asked the necklace. And when I opened the book, it wasn’t pocket sized. It was all big and thick; boooriing. The front page, at least, gave a briefing for me. This necklace, is the source of my…my power!? And If I do not wear it for over 3 days, I could…I COULD DIE!?!?!? Woh, crazy stuff here. And that I’m a magi…magise….How do you pronounce it? I traced my finger on the word, and, the book talked, and pronounced the word. It talked…It’s pronounced “magic key” and spelt “magice” – who the hell made that up? Anyway, it says a “magice” is a being of power so great, only someone with a pure heart can contain the magic and keep it from going evil. I have a pure heart at this age? Hello, magic-freaky necklace. I lie to everyone about who I am; I mean, sure I say I love Japan, but I don’t always act true to that, I lie to people to be kind; how is that pure!? The book also says there are rules. And stuff. “Thou magic shall improve with thy time and practice.”
What does Isis mean by ‘pure’? Oh, my phone just went off. It’s Alisha. Of course, it’s lunch. The girls would want me to tell them “all the juicy details”.
“Hey?”
“OMG! Hey Nat!!” Here we go
“How was last night, nudge nudge, wink wink. Bahaha” Oh girls, please shut-up. That’s right, I’m “sick”. I can let them off lightly.
“It was good. Although, I think I caught a cold since it was really freezing.” Ka-ching!
“Oh…okay. Ttyl!” That was Hannah. Then they all said bye. For 20 seconds. Urgh.
My laptop just went bing. Sally’s on msn, Cool. I might tell her – darn it. Just read a rule at the bottom of the third page “Thou shall tell about magic to those also with ye pure heart”. How the heck do I know who has a pure heart?! Argh! This book is too confusing. Anyway, talking to sally is cool. She had a day off today. I feel tired. I said bye and went to bed. I lay down and put the necklace on. I thought real hard about it being invisible, and it did. Cool. I asked you term two, to give me your best. As in to give me a challenge, not give me a date with the greatest guy on earth and magic that is so powerful that my worries will be gone by a click of my fingers? Wonder if the necklace doubles up as a dream catcher?
Glossary“I’ll become some sort of superhero or something, defending people from, oh I don’t know, the negaverse?” – The negaverse is the evil head-quarters of the evil people in the English dub of Sailor moon (and maybe Japanese version- can’t remember)
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Chapter 4
So I walked to school. Then took a right at the corner, walked through the bush path, and reached the park. I was five minutes early... well, my watch can’t be trusted. It could be slow. Or fast…argh! I’m so stressed. I trusted Liana to cover for me. The three girls are going to the movies, and I told my parents and stuff that I’m going too, or, so my parents think. I bet they’re gossiping now. About what’ll happen. Fuuuunn. I’m wearing something that’s casually me. A bit Japanese, but metro as well. Wonder if he’s coming soon? Maybe he said 7:30, not 7:00, and I didn’t here the thirty bit. Oh god oh god!!! Craap. I started spinning around in circles, stressfully. Then Evan came.
“Eh…hey Nat.” I swear, just then, he’s thinking I’m some kinda freak.
“Oh...ah...hey Evan.” I tried to stand casually, then tripped. Thank-god that broke the ice.
“Here, let me help. That was pretty retarded” he said, laughing.
“Ah, thanks. Yeah, I know. Just calming myself down.”
“Is that how they calm themselves down in chi-“
“Japan”
“In Japan?”
“No, not as I know of.” Wonder when he’ll know the difference between china and Japan. Eh, that can wait. Then we just started to talk about school, and anything else that crossed our minds. It was fun. I could be more of myself in front of him. I didn’t have to act so girly. If this was an anime, in daylight, there’d be an ice-cream cart coming around the corner. They have ice-cream carts there all the time. But it’s night, and, it’s Melbourne. As if-
“Hey, can you hear bells?” What in the world?
“Yeah… what the?” Then came an Ice-cream cart.
“Well, isn’t that…weird?? I said
“Maybe it’s a ghost ice-cream cart” then he started to act all ghostly
“And he’s gonna get you with his ice-scream scoop of death and rainbow hell scoop!”
But it just looked like a normal cart. I was, “brave” enough to go up there and ask for a chocolate scoop. Evan got peppermint choc-chip.
“Isn’t it bit cold for ice-cream Nat?”
“Yeah, but Ice-cream is cool, all the same.”
“Hey, can I have some?” and then he just dipped his finger in my ice-cream.
“Hey!” Then I started play-wrestling him for some peppermint. It was fun; we were laughing like maniacs. Then Evan tripped, and we both fell on a park bench, and he landed safely. On. Top. Of. Me. Thank-goodness it was dark, or I’d be red. Somehow, though, the ice-creams survived the incident. Get a grip Nat! A guy has just fallen on you, and all you can think about is ice-cream?! We didn’t say anything for what felt like ages.
“S-sorry” stuttered Evan.
“Nah, it’s fine” although it was dark, I knew he and I sound completely embarrassed.
“So…ah…” trying to start a conversation is hard. Really hard. But then, out of nowhere. He kissed me. Evan, the greatest guy on earth kissed me, boring, Japan-obsessed me. His watch started to beep. He broke of the kiss.
“The bus is going soon. I’ll see you tomorrow, yeah?”
“Yeah. Bye.” I managed to say. He then went off to his bus. I feel so light-headed. My first kiss with the perfect guy. This is the greatest night in the whole entire universe.
Hey, that’s a pretty cool necklace. Just there, on the ground, was a diamond necklace with a sapphire middle. I’ll hand it in to the police station tomorrow- someone would be searching for it. So I went to pick it up. And then I was engulfed in light so magical, I couldn’t even guess what was going to happen next.
Glossary
"If this was an anime, in daylight, there’d be an ice-cream cart coming around the corner. They have ice-cream carts there all the time." - IN japan, alot of parks have ice-cream cartsetc around, so it's pretty easy to find an ice-cream cone to help make that date great! (woh..I sound like someone trying to advertise something....)
“Eh…hey Nat.” I swear, just then, he’s thinking I’m some kinda freak.
“Oh...ah...hey Evan.” I tried to stand casually, then tripped. Thank-god that broke the ice.
“Here, let me help. That was pretty retarded” he said, laughing.
“Ah, thanks. Yeah, I know. Just calming myself down.”
“Is that how they calm themselves down in chi-“
“Japan”
“In Japan?”
“No, not as I know of.” Wonder when he’ll know the difference between china and Japan. Eh, that can wait. Then we just started to talk about school, and anything else that crossed our minds. It was fun. I could be more of myself in front of him. I didn’t have to act so girly. If this was an anime, in daylight, there’d be an ice-cream cart coming around the corner. They have ice-cream carts there all the time. But it’s night, and, it’s Melbourne. As if-
“Hey, can you hear bells?” What in the world?
“Yeah… what the?” Then came an Ice-cream cart.
“Well, isn’t that…weird?? I said
“Maybe it’s a ghost ice-cream cart” then he started to act all ghostly
“And he’s gonna get you with his ice-scream scoop of death and rainbow hell scoop!”
But it just looked like a normal cart. I was, “brave” enough to go up there and ask for a chocolate scoop. Evan got peppermint choc-chip.
“Isn’t it bit cold for ice-cream Nat?”
“Yeah, but Ice-cream is cool, all the same.”
“Hey, can I have some?” and then he just dipped his finger in my ice-cream.
“Hey!” Then I started play-wrestling him for some peppermint. It was fun; we were laughing like maniacs. Then Evan tripped, and we both fell on a park bench, and he landed safely. On. Top. Of. Me. Thank-goodness it was dark, or I’d be red. Somehow, though, the ice-creams survived the incident. Get a grip Nat! A guy has just fallen on you, and all you can think about is ice-cream?! We didn’t say anything for what felt like ages.
“S-sorry” stuttered Evan.
“Nah, it’s fine” although it was dark, I knew he and I sound completely embarrassed.
“So…ah…” trying to start a conversation is hard. Really hard. But then, out of nowhere. He kissed me. Evan, the greatest guy on earth kissed me, boring, Japan-obsessed me. His watch started to beep. He broke of the kiss.
“The bus is going soon. I’ll see you tomorrow, yeah?”
“Yeah. Bye.” I managed to say. He then went off to his bus. I feel so light-headed. My first kiss with the perfect guy. This is the greatest night in the whole entire universe.
Hey, that’s a pretty cool necklace. Just there, on the ground, was a diamond necklace with a sapphire middle. I’ll hand it in to the police station tomorrow- someone would be searching for it. So I went to pick it up. And then I was engulfed in light so magical, I couldn’t even guess what was going to happen next.
Glossary
"If this was an anime, in daylight, there’d be an ice-cream cart coming around the corner. They have ice-cream carts there all the time." - IN japan, alot of parks have ice-cream cartsetc around, so it's pretty easy to find an ice-cream cone to help make that date great! (woh..I sound like someone trying to advertise something....)
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Chapter three
“And you agreed with him to hang out, even though you didn’t know his friends. You’re still crazy Nat, still crazy.” I was talking over the phone with my best friend from Queensland, Sally.
“Well I’m sorry that I’m madly in love with the greatest guy on earth”
“So, how’s Melbourne, apart from the ‘greatest guy on earth?’”
“I’m friends with,” I hate saying this, but it’s true, “bimbos.”
“You just can’t say no to people, can you? I’d hug you and take you back to warm, sunny Gold coast, but I don’t have superhero abilities like x-men.” By the way, did I mention Sally liked all those marvel comic, superman type things, like how I love Japan?
“If only I could fly and visit afterschool. But, looking on the brightside, this might bring up chances for me to leave the pink, and be less girly!!!”
“Good luck!!! Oh, my mum’s calling me for dinner. Bye bye!” and then the dial tone started, and I looked outside. It was raining. Hadn’t seen that in a while. It makes me feel nostalgic. I’ve left most of my life behind, and a part of the past has come back to me. Term holidays over tomorrow, new school term. Everything’s going so fast.
I came to Brettin high near the end of term one. I think it was week nine out of eleven. Yeah, and I was eating lunch by myself. Then came the Pink girls; I had….friends, but, not friends.
Term two, give me your best.
* * *
“OMG! Hey Nat!” Hannah ran up to me and literally squeezed all the air out of me.
“Hey Hannah” I managed to puff out.
“Like, I love a new term. There’s this fresh atmosphere about it that seems anything could happen! OMG!!!!! It’s Liana!!!” What was it that Hannah said? She was being smart for once. A fresh atmosphere…anything could happen…anything…
“So, hi Nat! Can’t wait to say hi to cutie boy, yeah?” Liana nudged me with her elbow and, awoke me from my day dream.
“Oh, look, here! He’s just the-ere!!!” Wha?! Oh my god, here comes Evan. Please don’t turn red. Please don’t turn red.
“He went over there. I bet he’s friends with the…”The girls have, like, I don’t know, a chant for the, I would say, popular guys. It goes like…
“Josh, Ced, Bryce and Chris! They’re the guys in our only wish! Bahahahaha!” A-nnoy-ing.
* * *
Its lunch, and it’s time to hang out with Evan. Oh god. This is so much like those stupid movies. Or when Ichigo was asking Masaya in Tokyo mew mew on a date. Not what’s happening, but same feeling. “Hey Nat, how you going?” Such a smooth voice…
“Oh, I’m fine, you?” I managed to say.
“Great. Those guys, Cedric and stuff, you know them yeah? They’re the guys I met at the party. Cool, yeah?” Them? Now the girls will be all “You go with him Alisha and blah blah”
“You talking to Nat, Evs? Isn’t it too early to have a girlfriend? Or is that how you play?” said Josh, the “joker” of the pack. Code red! CODE RED!!! I feel my cheeks going hot, hot, hot!
“Nah, she’s just an old friend from Queensland.” Thank-yooou Evan. And here come the girls…here we go.
“Hey guys! What’s happening, like, here?”
“Oh, Evs was just chatting up-”
“We were just talking to Natalie” Said Cedric. Cedric’s sort of the leader of the group, and, I must say myself, literally one of those guys you find in those pirate movies were he’s the hot guy who’s a gentleman. (Or Tadase from Shugo Chara…so prince like!) His hair is a burgundy colour that’s ruffled, to add that smoldering effect he has on girls. Not me though.
“So how’d you guys go on the, like, big math’s test we had last term? I, totally sucked, while Nat, like, ACED it, even though she wasn’t here till, like, the end of the term!” Please shut your big mouth Alisha. Now I’ll be seen as even more out of place and-
“You aced it too? High-five!” Ah, yes. Of course Chris aced it. He is, after all, the smartest person in our year level. He was dux last year, as it says on those chart things they have in the assembly hall. He has glasses and browny-black hair and, as Hannah calls them “Killer powdery-blue sapphire eyes.” How many colour’s does she have to use? They’re just blue. I high-fived him back. Hadn’t done one of those in a while. Bryce wasn’t here today. Hannah was a bit sad of that. She’ always had crushes on all of them, but especially liked Bryce.
“OMG, they’re goes the bell! ILY guys!” said Liana and the girls and guys went there separate ways. But Evan decided to go up to me. I was lagging behind so the girls didn’t notice. Thank-god.
“You free tonight?” I thought he’d never ask. My hearts beating ten gazillion miles a minute.
“Y-yeah.”
“Cool. Wanna meet me at the park near school at…seven?”
“S-sure.”
“Great. Bye!” and the prince ran to his group, leaving the girl happily speechless. Wait. How the heck will I tell my parents? “Hey dad, I’m just going to go out with a guy to the park at seven. That fine with you?” Crap. Crap. CRAP!!!!! Do I have to tell one of the Pink Ladies to cover for me? Seems so. Hell, here I come.
Glossary!!! And authors note (oooh!)
“Or when Ichigo was asking Masaya in Tokyo mew mew on a date.” – Tokyo mew mew is an anime/manga that I love.
“(Or Tadase from Shugo Chara…so prince like!)” – Shugo chara is my favourite anime, and manga. Tadase is one of Amu’s (the main character) love interests, who the girls of the school have nick-named him “prince”, for his sweet type of personality.
Authors note: What fun we’ve had so far! I’m gonna do authors not every 3 chapters or so. This chapter’s long, but it’s the basis for the quite-not-so main characters. Bryce’s personality will be told soon. But we have the basis, and slight understanding of all. Glossary has been added and will stay when any Japanese references are made. What will happen at the park!? Of course I know, but you don’t!!! Magic will be there soon, and more Japan, and waaaaaaaaay more boys.
“Well I’m sorry that I’m madly in love with the greatest guy on earth”
“So, how’s Melbourne, apart from the ‘greatest guy on earth?’”
“I’m friends with,” I hate saying this, but it’s true, “bimbos.”
“You just can’t say no to people, can you? I’d hug you and take you back to warm, sunny Gold coast, but I don’t have superhero abilities like x-men.” By the way, did I mention Sally liked all those marvel comic, superman type things, like how I love Japan?
“If only I could fly and visit afterschool. But, looking on the brightside, this might bring up chances for me to leave the pink, and be less girly!!!”
“Good luck!!! Oh, my mum’s calling me for dinner. Bye bye!” and then the dial tone started, and I looked outside. It was raining. Hadn’t seen that in a while. It makes me feel nostalgic. I’ve left most of my life behind, and a part of the past has come back to me. Term holidays over tomorrow, new school term. Everything’s going so fast.
I came to Brettin high near the end of term one. I think it was week nine out of eleven. Yeah, and I was eating lunch by myself. Then came the Pink girls; I had….friends, but, not friends.
Term two, give me your best.
* * *
“OMG! Hey Nat!” Hannah ran up to me and literally squeezed all the air out of me.
“Hey Hannah” I managed to puff out.
“Like, I love a new term. There’s this fresh atmosphere about it that seems anything could happen! OMG!!!!! It’s Liana!!!” What was it that Hannah said? She was being smart for once. A fresh atmosphere…anything could happen…anything…
“So, hi Nat! Can’t wait to say hi to cutie boy, yeah?” Liana nudged me with her elbow and, awoke me from my day dream.
“Oh, look, here! He’s just the-ere!!!” Wha?! Oh my god, here comes Evan. Please don’t turn red. Please don’t turn red.
“He went over there. I bet he’s friends with the…”The girls have, like, I don’t know, a chant for the, I would say, popular guys. It goes like…
“Josh, Ced, Bryce and Chris! They’re the guys in our only wish! Bahahahaha!” A-nnoy-ing.
* * *
Its lunch, and it’s time to hang out with Evan. Oh god. This is so much like those stupid movies. Or when Ichigo was asking Masaya in Tokyo mew mew on a date. Not what’s happening, but same feeling. “Hey Nat, how you going?” Such a smooth voice…
“Oh, I’m fine, you?” I managed to say.
“Great. Those guys, Cedric and stuff, you know them yeah? They’re the guys I met at the party. Cool, yeah?” Them? Now the girls will be all “You go with him Alisha and blah blah”
“You talking to Nat, Evs? Isn’t it too early to have a girlfriend? Or is that how you play?” said Josh, the “joker” of the pack. Code red! CODE RED!!! I feel my cheeks going hot, hot, hot!
“Nah, she’s just an old friend from Queensland.” Thank-yooou Evan. And here come the girls…here we go.
“Hey guys! What’s happening, like, here?”
“Oh, Evs was just chatting up-”
“We were just talking to Natalie” Said Cedric. Cedric’s sort of the leader of the group, and, I must say myself, literally one of those guys you find in those pirate movies were he’s the hot guy who’s a gentleman. (Or Tadase from Shugo Chara…so prince like!) His hair is a burgundy colour that’s ruffled, to add that smoldering effect he has on girls. Not me though.
“So how’d you guys go on the, like, big math’s test we had last term? I, totally sucked, while Nat, like, ACED it, even though she wasn’t here till, like, the end of the term!” Please shut your big mouth Alisha. Now I’ll be seen as even more out of place and-
“You aced it too? High-five!” Ah, yes. Of course Chris aced it. He is, after all, the smartest person in our year level. He was dux last year, as it says on those chart things they have in the assembly hall. He has glasses and browny-black hair and, as Hannah calls them “Killer powdery-blue sapphire eyes.” How many colour’s does she have to use? They’re just blue. I high-fived him back. Hadn’t done one of those in a while. Bryce wasn’t here today. Hannah was a bit sad of that. She’ always had crushes on all of them, but especially liked Bryce.
“OMG, they’re goes the bell! ILY guys!” said Liana and the girls and guys went there separate ways. But Evan decided to go up to me. I was lagging behind so the girls didn’t notice. Thank-god.
“You free tonight?” I thought he’d never ask. My hearts beating ten gazillion miles a minute.
“Y-yeah.”
“Cool. Wanna meet me at the park near school at…seven?”
“S-sure.”
“Great. Bye!” and the prince ran to his group, leaving the girl happily speechless. Wait. How the heck will I tell my parents? “Hey dad, I’m just going to go out with a guy to the park at seven. That fine with you?” Crap. Crap. CRAP!!!!! Do I have to tell one of the Pink Ladies to cover for me? Seems so. Hell, here I come.
Glossary!!! And authors note (oooh!)
“Or when Ichigo was asking Masaya in Tokyo mew mew on a date.” – Tokyo mew mew is an anime/manga that I love.
“(Or Tadase from Shugo Chara…so prince like!)” – Shugo chara is my favourite anime, and manga. Tadase is one of Amu’s (the main character) love interests, who the girls of the school have nick-named him “prince”, for his sweet type of personality.
Authors note: What fun we’ve had so far! I’m gonna do authors not every 3 chapters or so. This chapter’s long, but it’s the basis for the quite-not-so main characters. Bryce’s personality will be told soon. But we have the basis, and slight understanding of all. Glossary has been added and will stay when any Japanese references are made. What will happen at the park!? Of course I know, but you don’t!!! Magic will be there soon, and more Japan, and waaaaaaaaay more boys.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Chapter two
“Happy Birthday to you, happy Birthday to you,” shouted everyone energetically “Happy Birthday Liana, happy Birthday to you!” and she blew out the candles on her pink frosted cake. “O M G! This is sooo cool, Liana!” said Hannah, one of Lianas friends.
“And I love the decorations!!!!” shouted Alisha aloud.
“So, here’s your present” I handed her a pink gift-wrapped silver bracelet, with a pink charm since she loves the colour pink.
“Oh, Nat. ILY!!!!!!!! I love this bracelet; it’s so cool!” she squealed, embracing me
“Like, totally” said Alisha
“Like, OMG, so cute!” said Hannah
“I’m gonna get some cake, see you guys in a sec.” I left before they started talking about Lianas new fluffy pink lounge chair for the billionth time.
“So you’re friends with Liana? I thought you weren’t the type of girl to suss over if their clothes aren’t pink enough.” And here comes Evan, with the judgement on my new friend group.
“Aren’t I allowed to extend my knowledge of the world by knowing if pink goes with pink?” I know it seems like I’m being mean, but these girls came up to me on my first day and thought we clicked, so I couldn’t leave, that would have been rude.
“Oh, so you’re an under-cover agent now?” he laughs “Nah, but seriously. Shouldn’t you be hanging out with people who love Chi-“
“Japan”
“Who love Japan?”
“Easier said than done.”
“Hey, why don’t your friend group and my friend group start hanging out?” he suggested, “So you can take a break of pink”
“Sure! I’ll see if the girls mind. See ya later!” Whoo-hoo!!! Hanging out with Evan! Hanging out with the Evan! Oh god. How will the girls react to it? They’ll be all like “OMG!!!!! Match making time. You go with him, and Hannah goes with him blah blah blah.” Oh well. I’ll try anyway.
“So, anyway, I was all like – Nat, who was that luscious guy who you were talking to?” Oh, Alisha. You like talking, but why speak so much?
“Oh…uah…him? He’s an old friend” I know I’m blushing. Urgh.
“An old boy-friend” giggled Liana. Now I wish I had a gun.
“OMG!!!!!!!!! So, you still like him? Totally LMAO!!!!!!” Hannah, please stop using msn talk
“No, no. He asked-“
“OMG he didn’t!? What did you say?”
“He didn’t ask me to go out. He asked if you want our friend groups to mesh, like, hang out together and stuff”
“That is SUCH a great idea, Nat! When term starts, we’ll be the coolest people in school!!!” then Liana gave me a hug and we all had a group hug.
“So, who are his friends?” asked Alisha
Right now I look like them. My cheeks are turning pink.
“And I love the decorations!!!!” shouted Alisha aloud.
“So, here’s your present” I handed her a pink gift-wrapped silver bracelet, with a pink charm since she loves the colour pink.
“Oh, Nat. ILY!!!!!!!! I love this bracelet; it’s so cool!” she squealed, embracing me
“Like, totally” said Alisha
“Like, OMG, so cute!” said Hannah
“I’m gonna get some cake, see you guys in a sec.” I left before they started talking about Lianas new fluffy pink lounge chair for the billionth time.
“So you’re friends with Liana? I thought you weren’t the type of girl to suss over if their clothes aren’t pink enough.” And here comes Evan, with the judgement on my new friend group.
“Aren’t I allowed to extend my knowledge of the world by knowing if pink goes with pink?” I know it seems like I’m being mean, but these girls came up to me on my first day and thought we clicked, so I couldn’t leave, that would have been rude.
“Oh, so you’re an under-cover agent now?” he laughs “Nah, but seriously. Shouldn’t you be hanging out with people who love Chi-“
“Japan”
“Who love Japan?”
“Easier said than done.”
“Hey, why don’t your friend group and my friend group start hanging out?” he suggested, “So you can take a break of pink”
“Sure! I’ll see if the girls mind. See ya later!” Whoo-hoo!!! Hanging out with Evan! Hanging out with the Evan! Oh god. How will the girls react to it? They’ll be all like “OMG!!!!! Match making time. You go with him, and Hannah goes with him blah blah blah.” Oh well. I’ll try anyway.
“So, anyway, I was all like – Nat, who was that luscious guy who you were talking to?” Oh, Alisha. You like talking, but why speak so much?
“Oh…uah…him? He’s an old friend” I know I’m blushing. Urgh.
“An old boy-friend” giggled Liana. Now I wish I had a gun.
“OMG!!!!!!!!! So, you still like him? Totally LMAO!!!!!!” Hannah, please stop using msn talk
“No, no. He asked-“
“OMG he didn’t!? What did you say?”
“He didn’t ask me to go out. He asked if you want our friend groups to mesh, like, hang out together and stuff”
“That is SUCH a great idea, Nat! When term starts, we’ll be the coolest people in school!!!” then Liana gave me a hug and we all had a group hug.
“So, who are his friends?” asked Alisha
Right now I look like them. My cheeks are turning pink.
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