This is just a little story I created one day, when I was bored. I was
playing on Usagi?s fears, and decided that this, the one thing she has
wanted her entire life, she might be afraid of as well. Enjoy.
E-mail me at annield@yahoo.com for comments.

Jitters
by Annie

I do not get it. I should, though. For almost my whole life, I have
been preparing, and waiting for this.
But, now, of all times, I am not ready. I do not know why, but I just
cannot do this. I cannot go through with it.
Everyone is waiting for me. They cannot start anything without me.
That is the problem. I cannot go. I cannot face everyone now.
I feel as though people can see right through me. I cannot go on out
there. I am too afraid, too scared. My friends would push me out
there, I know, but they have already gone. I feel tears coming down my
cheeks, creating a river.
Oh, that everything could just disappear, and this would just be a bad
dream. I wish I could go back, to the beginning of all. Before I was
fourteen, life was simple. Okay, so it was not that simple, but it was
simpler than this. This I cannot handle.
I have dreamt about this moment so much that I could almost taste it.
Now, when the actual time comes, I am frozen. What am I supposed to do?
We have rehearsed this million times, but now, now, of all times, I
cannot go through with it. Why now? Why not last night when my friends
could have consoled me. Why now, of all times, to get the jitters?
Everyone is waiting for me, as I have waited for this moment, but I
cannot do this. I just cannot. I am frozen, like ice, rooted in my
place. I just want to turn and run, but I cannot do that, either.
What am I supposed to do? I cannot take all this pressure! Everything
is on my shoulders. Me, the one who could never do anything right. I
never could take pressure very well.
?Relax.? I can almost hear my mother say. But the butterflies in my
stomach are just flapping around, not going anywhere.
I take a deep breath. Relax?! How am I supposed to do that? But I will
try. Although, I cannot guarantee anything. Relax.
Why are people staring at me like that?! It is as though... they are
frozen. Frozen. How could that be? It is impossible. No, that is not
true. I never think anything is impossible anymore. Because everything
is possible. Even being frozen.
But how could that be? Those people are frozen, like ice. Hmm, frozen
like ice... or frozen in time. Setsuna. I should have known.
?Correct, Princess,? says the keeper of time, appearing out of
nowhere, as usual.
?W-why?? I stutter.
?Relax,? she soothes.
I nod, and it is possible to relax once more. I take a deep breath.
She nudges me.
And I walk down the aisle.
It is my wedding day.
And my fate has begun.

The Beginning

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