Aikatsu Crescent!

「Phase 01」The Light That Shone Like So Many Stars

"Everybody! I hope you're ready to listen to our final song!" A young girl, with wavy, pastel pink hair called out. A large crowd watched her, admiring her every move, excited to see what this next song would be. The girl beamed. She was wearing a sapphire blue dress that glimmered in the moonlight. The girl turned to look at the brunette who stood next to her, and the two both nodded.

"Now, we shall sing-!" The pinkette started, before being interrupted by a familiar voice in the audience.

"Mai, wake up!"

The girl blinked, before shaking her head. She started again.

"Anyway, it's time for us to sing-!"

"Your alarm went off five minutes ago! Wake up, before you're late for school!!" The voice repeated, desperate.

The pink-haired girl sighed.

"Just twenty more minutes..." she murmured, sounding as if she suddenly had no energy at all.

In reality, the pink-haired girl clung to her pillow tightly, refusing to open her eyes. She had no idea what exactly she was even dreaming about, but it seemed so nice, or at least, so much nicer than the real world. A tall, grown man was standing next to her bed.

"Mai, please. Don't make this any harder than this has to be," he muttered, fed up.

His daughter covered her eyes with the sleeves of her pyjama top.

"But I'm so tired..." she uttered, refusing to wake up.

The man shook his head once again, before his eyes lit up. He spoke up.

"Well, if you don't want to help out until after school, and if you want to keep Sachi-chan waiting, I understand," A couple of seconds later, the pink-haired girl sprung up, finally opening her crimson eyes.

"It's so late! Papa, why, didn't you wake me up earlier?!" She paused for a second, "Wait... actually, why are you in my room at all?!" She blurted out.

Her father stared at her blankly, before feeling the cold hands of his daughter grab his shoulders, as Mai began to push him outside.

"You should never barge into a young woman's bedroom! It's FOR-BID-DEN!" As she ranted on, the older man rolled his eyes. This would often happen in the mornings; Mai could be very stubborn, especially when it was so early. Or whenever Sachiko, her best - or rather only - friend, was mentioned.

"Anyway, I need to get ready before Sachi-chan gets here. Why don't you keep yourself busy by... erm... setting up the shop!" And with that, the pink-haired girl slammed her door close.

Not even minutes later, Mai came running down the stairs. She was wearing a white shirt, with a dark grey blazer, and light grey skirt. Her stockings were the same grey as her blazer, and reached to around her knees, and her shoes were plain black leather shoes. The only real colour in her outfit was a small, red ribbon tied in her hair.

"Papa! Has Sachi-chan arrived yet??"

The older man looked up, and shook his head."You have a piece of bed hair sticking up."

Immediately, the young girl's face just as red as the ribbon in her hair. She ran to the mirror at the other side of the room. Quickly, she took a small, rose pink hairbrush out of her bag and started to brush it.