Childhood. Depending on how you spent it, it can be a good or bad word. In my case, it was bad. Really bad. So naturally, I grew up to be a very cynical girl. Oh yeah-- I don’t need a boyfriend....Especially a famous one... I think...

Sequiter Shoujo

By: That Darn Kat

Prologue: Childhood Impressions

“Wha...?” I looked around my foggy surroundings. This place looked so familiar.... Like, I’ve been here before.... Er, well, duh; if I hadn’t been here before, this place wouldn’t be very familiar to me....but still.

“Hey, Erika!” A voice echoed, seemingly coming from all sides of my senses.

That....That voice! I remember that voice! I ran in a random direction calling out after it. “I’m over here!” Now, everyone knows that fog inhibits your sight--that’s what fog is for (I think). But, unfortunately for me, I forgot that important fact and ran headlong into a metal pole. “Oooowww....” I groaned as I rubbed my sore nose, glaring at my offender.

After that, I walked away, carefully feeling my way into the gray mist. Suddenly, my outstretched hands made a light ping noise as they hit another metal pole. “What the heck is going on?” I muttered as I cradled my injured limbs. It didn’t hurt that bad, it just stung a whole lot... Huh? I took a good look at my hands—my tiny hands. I’m...I’m nine years old! I mentally screamed.

“I’m over here, Erika!” The voice rang out, and this time, I could make it out as a boy. A boy that I hated with every fiber of my being. And he was behind me.

Whipping around, I gasped. Tears spilled out of my eyes. DAMMIT! Why did it have to be him? “LEAVE ME ALONE, JASON!” I screamed as I stumbled, trying to run away. I could hear his shoes slap the ground as he dashed in pursuit.

“STAY AWAY!” I sobbed as the floor gave a weird lurch sending me tumbling into the ground. Great. First I smack into a pole and now the floor does too. I rolled over clutching my throbbing head, half expecting Jason to be standing over me with a nauseating smirk on his face.

Instead...I looked up at a crystalline blue sky; the fog rolled away, revealing what the evil poles were connected to. My mouth gaped open. My old 2nd grade playground!! I took another glance at my hands...Yep, just what I thought. I was now seven years old.

“Erika, come play with us!” From nowhere, a blond haired girl appeared above me, holding a red handball. She held out her hand to help me up. My eyes narrowed; I knew exactly who she was and I wouldn’t touch her with a ten foot pole.

“N-no thanks, Lacey. I’m fine.” I declined, smiling weakly. Lacey’s blue eyes shrunk down to thin slits as she saw me trying to push myself up from the playground woodchips.

BOIT! Flying back to the ground, I gasped for air and clutched my stomach. “I hope that hurt.” Lacey giggled, retrieving the ball.

“NO!” I bolted upright. Sweat trickled down my face as I cried in my hands. I had one of those dreams again. And this time, it had people I had sealed away in the back of my mind for years. Why was it coming back now?

A/N: Hi! ^_^ A lot of you might know me from my other fic, My Fading Womanhood! I just wanted to take a break from writing MFW for a while; it’s kind of draining to focus completely on one fic. XD I hope you like this one! Sequiter Shoujo is based almost completely on my life, cept for the famous boyfriend thing....heh heh. Oh and if you read my fiction MFW, keep an eye out for one of the characters; he’s gonna play a huge role in this fic!

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That Darn Kat

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