Next stop: Utopia Academy

[utopiamods]

You're falling, and you can't remember why. It's a sickening feeling that makes your insides lurch; the darkness and the vertigo combine, and all you can think of is a story you heard once, somewhere.

-I remember now. It's a simple story that everyone knows. A legend of a Princess, the Demon Lord who kidnapped her, and the Knight who fought to save her.

The Demon Lord had kidnapped the Princess countless times, but every time the Knight bested his challenges and rescued the Princess.

No matter what tricks and ploys the Demon Lord used, the Knight would always triumph in the end. This was because--

The world tilts on its axis one last time, and the dream slips from your mind as easily as it arrived. A new voice intrudes on your sleep.

"Next stop: Academy Main Entrance. This tramline terminates here; all change. Next stop: Academy Main Entrance. All change."

Sunlight streams through the windows of the long carriage, making the seats almost uncomfortably warm beneath its sleeping passengers. The air is muggy and thick, the atmosphere relaxing. Almost too relaxing; the warmth and the silence make it difficult to immediately muster any kind of reaction or thought. Your nausea settles, slowly. The last of the dream fades.

"We have arrived at Utopia. Repeat, we have arrived at Utopia Academy. Could all passengers please leave the tram, as it is terminating here."

Comments

[tenwholeryou]

"Train," he repeated, again, glaring around at the machine they were in. Why would they need a ticket to leave? "We can get a horse, can't we? Or we can walk."

[myownfuture]

"Utopia Academy is on an island. I guess we could swim or take a boat, but that's not really the point. We wouldn't have anywhere to go after that."

[tenwholeryou]

"We could go anywhere!" He clenched his fists, not understanding what she meant. He could go somewhere where Nanashi could find him. If they were on an island, how would... "How is Tobimaru going to find me if I'm on an island, huh? I don't want to go to a stupid academy!"

Whatever an academy was.

[myownfuture]

He really didn't get it, did he. Reiko sighed, trying to think of just how to explain it to the kid.

"I don't blame you. It's not really a very good academy." Even if he was a boy. That wasn't the point, not anymore; at least, that's what Sora seemed to think. "Once we get there, maybe we'll get some answers...?"