ApocalypticA - Chapter 1

"Hello Everyone !!! My name is Moon, Dr Moon ! And this is Cherry ! Say hi !"

Cherry : Hi.

Moon : … tsk... not funny. Today I will tell you a story, the story of a girl with long pink hair.

She could be your sister Cherry !

Cherry : Get serious or I'm telling the story in your place.

Moon : Alright ! Then, let's start …

    Welcome in year 2285, floating cities have "emerged" all around the world. Cities on earth have been almost all long abandonned when Earth started to shatter under humanity pression.

Today a young 19 years old girl with long and curly magenta hair is leaving one of those big city for one of the last vacation center on the firm ground. Her name is Narith and she have quite a powerful personality …

N: Urgh … Why tha hell do I have to come here seriously …

"Welcome to our vacation center, we wish you a happy stay. We have a large range of activites from thalassotherapy to mountain climbing. Your room is this way, If you have any question do not hesitate to call the help desk for more information."

N: Yeah, yeah, I will. Bye.

" … ( how rude ) … "

N: … sight … the room is okay at least. Let's take a look at those activities …

Huh ? Why am I already registered for a hike …

    She took her phone and called her house, looks like her Dad wanted her to look around and have some "fresh" air to calm down.

There on, Narith had no choice but to go hiking. Even though she kept complaining, she actually have a really good physical condition. The coach decided she'd bring up the rear and end up with two other girls.

One of this girl is called Nina, a 20 years old young lady. Looking as frail as a branch of cherry tree and a calm nature suitable for her favorite hobby : Observing social interactions.

Then is Andromede, a tall yet really slim almost skinny 17 years old teenager with an overflowing positive energy.

An: I'm hungry …

Na : Didn't we ate like 30mins ago ?

An : I'm still hungry … I have a fast metabolism. Calories doesn't stay …

Na : Must be why you're so flat …

Ni : Here, you can have my snacks.

An: Thank you !!

Everything was going well until a thick fog formed ahead and separate them from the group.

Na: … I should've stay home …

An: Come on, it's only fog !

Ni : We should stay here until it dissapear.

Na : *sarcastic* GREAT ! sight …

Instead of dissapearing the fog kept getting thicker when suddenly …

Na: There's a light here. Let's go.

An: Is it really okay ? Won't we loose ourselves ?

Ni: Heading toward light might be reckless but it could be help... I think we should go too.

Na: Ya think too much.

    They followed the light for 10 minutes and finally the fog got thinnier. Thinnier enough to found the source of light and …

Na: Boys ?!

Ni : Oh my.

An : ?

    The boys stoop up of surprise at the sight of the ladies.

Na: You … don't look like humans …

"… Are you lost ?"

Ni : Indeed we are.

" I see, let's make a deal. We help found your way back and you forget we exist."

Na: Sounds fair.

" Well then, let me introduce ourselves. Over there is Ruby."

R: … hi …

" This one here is Acqua,"

Ac: Hello ladies ~

" And I'm Emeraude."

Ni : Narith here, Andromede here and I'm Nina.

E: Nice to meet you all. So where do you come from ?

Na: Vacation center.

R : Rich kids huh ?

Na: Not like I wanted to come...

Ac : You will have to wait here for the fog to dissapear completely before we accompany you back.

An: Say Narith, you said you didn't come here because you wanted to. So why did you come here ?

Na: I might have caused problems … or might have been sent here to cool my head …

An: You killed someone ?

Na: … of course not, is everything alright in your head ?

I wouldn't have been sent on vacation if I had killed someone ! Although I wanted to kill him, I didn't !

"…"

Ni : So, can I ask what you are if you aren't humans ?

E : Spirits ? That's what we used to be called in the old times. I'm a dryad.

Ac : I, for myself, am a naiad. Kinda like a freshwater merman.

Na: And you shortie ?

R: I'm not a shortie ! And I'm a salamender.

    After a while, group that has been discussing for a while decided to move to get back to the vacation center.

Na: I got a question.

E : What is it ?

Na: Why do you hide yourselves in those ruins ?

E : We had some … painful … experiences with humans.

Na : So you don't like humans ?

R : Nah.

An : I'm hungry …

Na: Don't you ever stop thinking about food ?!

An : … no ?

    When they finally arrived, the group separated. The boys have gone back and the girls complained to the director … resulting in some freebies such as massages and beauty care. And free access to the buffet for Andromede.

Ac : It was nice to talk with some girls.

E : You realize how young they are ?

Ac : Girls are girls.

R : Pff, humans are humans.

Ac : You're so-

R : So what ?

Look, we're fine by ourselves. We don't need humans. Right, Emeraude ?

E: … I'm not sure. It's true we suffered a lot because of Humanity doings but it was long ago already.

R : If you're trying to say we should forgive them, I'm going. Bye.

E : Ruby!

Ac : Come on ! Don't be a child !

R : Ciao !

…

Ac : Seriously.

So how about it Emeraude ? Coming with me for a walk ?

E : A walk ? You just want to flirt around with some girls …

Ac : It's in my nature of Naiad being. I can't help it.

On these words Acqua grab Emeraude and head back towards the vacation center to see the girls.

Narith : *Stretching* That was a good massage.

Nina : Indeed. Especially with all the efforts the masseuse had to do to relax our back, are you always so tense up ?

Narith : I'm a ball of nerves.

Arriving at the balcony they found Andromede "buried" under food.

Na: Argh, how can you eat all that ?

An : My stomach's a black hole …

Na: Don't you have sweets ?

An : I think there's some cookies over there.

Na: Good.

Ni : At first I though you were a rude woman but you're actually just a bit hard to approach, aren't Narith ?

Na: You though I was rude ? You clearly don't know me well enough yet. I'm a "Queen".

Acqua : A queen of what ?

Na : What're you doing here ?

Emeraude : Acqua was a bit lonely.

An : The little firey one isn't with you ?

E : No, he still have a strong grudge against humans.

Ac : So queen of what ?

Ni : It's an expression.

Na: It means I'm full of myself, I'm better than everyone, you don't deserve talking to me and you don't deserve I loose my time with, kind of like a queen.

Ac: Remimd me a bit of Ruby *laugh*

    But what they don't know is that Ruby actually followed them to spy.

R : ( Traitors … ) …