Ah My Goddess Fan Fiction ❯ The Dream Catcher ❯ The Loneliest Day ( Chapter 1 )

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The Dream Catcher

An Oh My Goddess! Fic

by Umi-chan

Genre: Romance

Chapter 1 - The Loneliest Day

There was a significant amount of bustle in the Morisato house that
day. Keiichi and Belldandy were running around, seemingly looking for
something extremely important.

Urd, who had just got up, walked into the living room they were now
ransacking, rubbing her head. She had a headache from such a long
sleep. "What are you looking for?" she asked, her vision still blurry
as she tripped over a basket.

"Watch the picnic basket Urd!" Belldandy scolded.

"Picnic basket?" Urd asked. She looked down at what had tripped her
up, her vision now focusing, and she saw it was, after all, a picnic
basket.

"Yes Urd," Keiichi said, still looking through drawers. "And now we're
trying to find a blanket."

"Blanket?"

"Yes," Belldandy said, helping Keiichi. "What's a picnic without a
blanket?"

"I suppose," Urd said. "Where are we going for this picnic?"

Keiichi and Belldandy exchanged nervous glances. "Um...well,"
Belldandy began.

"What is it?"

"Well, we didn't think you'd be up by the time we left," Keiichi
explained. "So we only packed enough for the two of us."

"You could have woken me up, you know?" Urd said, not looking happy.

"We're sorry," Belldandy apologized. "We didn't think you'd want to
come, anyway."

"Fine then," Urd said. "Have fun."

"Found it!" Keiichi exclaimed.

"Thanks Urd," Belldandy said, smiling.

She and Keiichi both walked out of the room. Almost instantly
afterward, Megumi and Skuld walked in from the kitchen. They seemed
happier than usual, talking and laughing. They barely even noticed Urd
was there.

"What are you two up to today?" Urd asked.

"Oh, hi Urd," Megumi said, now just noticing her.

"Not much," Skuld answered. "We're just going shopping."

"That sounds fun," Urd said.

"Yeah," Megumi agreed. "We need to buy a birthday present for
Keiichi."

"Oh that's right. His birthday is coming up."

"Yeah, well see ya Urd," Skuld said waving goodbye. "Well be out for
the whole day."

Both girls laughed and talked their way out of the room. Urd heard
them slam the door shut when they left.

"Thanks for inviting me," Urd said, sighing slightly.

She looked around the empty house. Never since she had come to Earth
to live with Keiichi, Belldandy, Skuld, and Megumi had she been alone
in the house. It was an extremely strange feeling. She had never felt
so suddenly lonely.

It hadn't helped that lately Belldandy had been virtually ignoring
her. With Keiichi's birthday coming up, she didn't seem to have much
time for anything but him. She knew Belldandy didn't mean to ignore
her, but still the same she was.

And then there was Skuld and Megumi. Never had Urd had the greatest
relationship with either, but lately they had bonded so well as
friends that she only now realized how much both of them really meant
to her.

It seemed Urd was the odd Goddess out. She sighed again, took in her
surroundings once more, and sighed yet again.

"Now what am I going to do with myself?" she asked to no one.

There was an eerie silence. Never had she noticed how spacious the
house really was until now. A lot of things hadn't occurred to her
until recently, then again.

"If they can go out, I can go out to you know," she said, again to
only the empty house.

She walked out of the living room, grabbed her coat, and left