Serenay Moon
Special XIX: My Misty Heart
©2002 Kitty Ocean
Zach and Kitt were on their way to the
port to GreenLeaf Haven. It had been a day since they left Ocram Village, where
they met Derak for the first time.
(see also part 3 and 4)
Kitt, again, ate the fruit they had bought in Ocram Village. "Kitt, I'm hungry." Zach whined. "I want an apple."
"You already ate one 2 hours ago." Kitt replied wondered. "Are you hungry all the time?"
Zach sighed. "Look who's talking." He said a bit grumpy. Suddenly an apple flew almost against his head.
"Eat." Kitt commanded. "And then stop whining. Otherwise I'll make you carry me again."
Zach looked shocked at Kitt, but then he saw her smiling. She was only joking and Zach was relieved.
Finally, after walking for a few more hours, Zach and Kitt reached Velvet Haven. "Why do they call it Velvet Haven?" Kitt asked Zach.
Zach smiled, he knew this answer! "That's because this place is where they used to import the best velvet! It's really famous."
However, Kitt wasn't listening any more. Zach saw her eyes glimmering and shining while she looked at a poster. "What are you looking at?" Zach asked. "All he saw was a stupid poster for a stupid singer. A pretty one though; light blond hair and grey eyes.
"Alena...." Kitt sighed. Suddenly she pulled Zach along. "Come on, we have to get tickets!"
"Hey, wait!" Zach tried to get loose. "Who's Alena?"
Kitt was shocked. "You don't know Alena?" She asked terrified. "You don't know the world's best singer of all times. You don't know Alena?!"
"Let me guess: and you are just her biggest fan." Zach sarcastically asked.
Kitt shook her head. "No, I'm not obsessed. I really, really like how she sings. And she is in town, so I just have to go! I really love her song: 'My Misty Heart'. It's her number one song!"
This time, Kitt was quicker and managed to pull Zach along to the ticket booth.
At the ticket booth, Kitt put Zach in the row. "Why don't you wait here and I'll get us some ice cream?"
Zach was surprised. Kitt was offering something? "Okay, sure!"
"Can I have some money?" She then asked. When Zach was a bit recovered again, she smiled. "Derak, remember? If I pay they will find us in no time!"
Zach pushed her away. "Just take that risk." Kitt walked away. "Hey, and who's going to pay for the tickets?"
Kitt suddenly ran away. "I'll pay you back one day!" She yelled laughing.
Grumbling, Zach stood in the row. Why did he do this? He could also say some guy pushed him out of the row, or that the tickets were sold out. He really wasn't in the mood to go. It was just some stupid singer.
"How many tickets?" The woman behind the counter asked.
Zach was surprised! He had made up so many excuses that the time skipped on without him knowing it. "Ehm, 2 please."
When Zach took the tickets and turned around, he suddenly heard poppers pop and confetti was everywhere! "Congratulations!" A man smiled with pearly white teeth. "You are our one million customer slash fan!"
"Fan?" Zach asked. "No, I just...."
The man put his arm around him. "You just won a meet and greet with Alena!"
Zach heard the voices behind him. "Oh, he is so lucky!" He heard, and: "I wanted to meet her!" Zach sweated. A meet and greet with the most popular singers all time (he hadn't heard about before today)?
A few minutes later, Kitt reached the place again. "Man, the next time you are going to get ice cream." She said. "The ice cream shop was on the other side of the town!" Kitt gave Zach the partly melted ice cream. "So, you got them?"
Zach nodded. Suddenly, a girl ran at him. "Oh, aren't you the guy who won the meet and greet with Alena?" Zach swallowed a bit and then nodded. The girl squealed. "Oh, please let me have it!" She yelled and begged. "I'll pay you money; I'm just her biggest fan!"
Kitt pushed her away. "Wait a minute! You got us a meet and greet?" Kitt hugged him firmly. "Oh, I love you so much Zach! Thank you, thank you! You got us a meet and greet!"
Zach corrected her. "No, I got a meet and greet."
"Only for you?" Kitt was astounded. "But you hadn't heard about her before today!"
Zach ate his ice cream. "But this is the best way to get to know her."
Kitt became furious. "You aren't kidding, are you?" Zach shook his head. "That's so low of you Zach! You know I'm a fan of her! Some friend you are!" Kitt turned around and walked away.
Kitt walked through the city eating her ice cream, not enjoying it. "Stupid Zach." She growled. "He's doing this on purpose! I'm certain this is because I ate his melon again."
Kitt finished up her ice cream and walked right passed a bank. In the bank, she heard some screams. "You put all the money on this card!" A man yelled, aiming a gun at the people inside the bank.
"I... I need your pin code for the transfer..." The man behind the counter swallowed.
The gun got pointed at his head. "No you don't." The robber smiled. "You are just playing around. So, playtime is over! Put the money on the card!" The man had to obey.
"I've got to do something." Kitt whispered.
The robber smiled. "And don't bother tracking this card. It's a blank one; you'll never find it!"
"A blank pay card." He then heard. "How smart of you. Too bad you can't use it in jail!"
Kitt looked up surprised. That wasn't her voice. This voice was angelic and came from above! She looked up and saw a blond haired girl with a mask.
"You again!" The man cursed. "How do you keep on finding me?"
The girl winked. "That's my little secret."
"Who are you?" The man behind the counter asked.
The girl struck a pose. "I'm the Kasumi Warrior!" She smiled. "I stop all evil and punish those come into my hands!"
Kitt gazed at her. The Kasumi Warrior? She thought she only existed in the minds of those who were insane. A super heroine?
"Grey Bombs!" The man yelled and attacked the girl heroine.
The Kasumi Warrior replied with her own attack: "Misty's Hand!"
Kitt observed this event when she suddenly heard another familiar voice: "Kitt there you are. Look, I'm sorry..."
At that moment, a bomb from the robber got away and exploded in front of Zach. Zach flew through the air and smashed against the wall. "Zach!" Kitt yelled and ran at him. "Zach, are you okay?"
Zach moaned a bit. "I've felt better..."
"I can understand that." They looked up and saw the blond haired warrior. "You were really lucky."
"Did you get him?" Kitt asked.
She shook her head. "No, I got distracted when you friend got hit. He got away... again. At least he didn't took along his pay card!"
Zach looked at the grey eyes. "You look familiar." He said.
The Kasumi Warrior blushed. "Really?" She asked uncomfortable.
Kitt looked better also. "Alena?!" She almost screamed out load.
"No!" The Kasumi Warrior exclaimed. "I'm not that singer girl. I have a really bad voice!" She looked around, but because the police was busy with the other people, no one paid attention to them. The heroine took Zach and Kitt's hands. "Kasumi Medley!" She said, and all just vanished.
"That girl helped me officer." The man behind the counter said, and pointed at the door. "Hey, where did she go?"
Zach and Kitt looked around. They saw they were in a dressing room. "Where are we?" Kitt asked.
"I'd rather know HOW we got here." Zach mumbled.
"I transported you." Kitt and Zach looked up, to see the popular singer Alena.
"So I was right!" Kitt cheered.
Alena hushed. "Yeah, you were right. So, I give you a choice. Or you won't tell it to anyone, or I'll whip your mind. Your choice."
"Who do we have to tell it?" Zach asked. He looked at Kitt. "You're secret is safe with us."
Kitt looked at Alena with glimmers in her eyes. "Are you a magical girl?"
Alena shook her head. "No, my dad was a shapeshifter and my mom was a psychic magician. I'm not a magical girl like in the comics."
"Darn." Kitt sulked.
Zach ignored her. "And who was that robber? Did you know him?"
Alena sweated. "Yeah. Kinda. Yeah." She saw Zach and Kitt's faces. Could she trust them? "He's... my manager."
"Okay, this is confusing." Kitt replied.
Zach kept on ignoring her. "Wait a minute! How do you know that?"
Alena sat down. "Cookie? Let me start with the beginning." Zach and Kitt sat down also. "When I just started singing, I once got in a robbery. I wanted to help and shapeshifted myself into this Kasumi Warrior. I didn't want people to find out about my powers." Alena continued. "Soon I noticed that each time I got in a city, that guy was there also. I decided to observe my crew and Tada... My manager turned out to be the famous robber."
"Does he know about you?" Kitt asked.
Alena shook her head. "No, thank god he's way too stupid for that. Yet he's smart enough to get away each time."
"You'll get him, one day." Zach put a hand on her shoulder. "I'm certain of it. And don't worry, we won't tell anyone about your secret."
Alena sighed. "Thank goodness. I hate whipping memories."
Suddenly the door burst open, and a man jumped in. "Alena, 5 minutes till curtain. Hey, who are they?"
"I'm Zach, and this is Kitt." Zach said.
Alena giggled. "Zach, Kitt, meet my manager."
Zach and Kitt were shocked, as well as the manager. What would they know? But the manager recovered himself. "Okay, any friend of Alena is my friend. You can watch backstage."
"Backstage?!" Kitt squealed.
Alena passed them. "I'll talk to you after the concert." She smiled.
Alena started with an old song of hers, but ended with her number one hit, My Misty Heart. Kitt watched at her idol between the curtains and Zach nodded approving. "She's not bad."
"What?" Kitt asked.
"I said: she's not bad!"
"What?!"
"I SAID...." However, the music had stopped and all gazed at Zach. "Oops, sorry. My mistake."
The end.