JOBI the Moon Fox
「嗯......？我為什麼哭起來了？」
我一臉茫然，完全摸不著頭腦。
回家後，我看見書桌上放著一瓶糖果，突然感到若有所失。雖然不知道是誰放下的，卻感覺它已經放在房間很久，只是說不出為何會有這種感覺。
可能因為跑得太累，我靜靜地坐在床上凝望著那瓶糖果，不知不覺就睡著了......
「Mei，今天沒有狐狸故事要分享了嗎？」
第二天回到學校，鄰坐同學向我問道。
「什麼狐狸故事......？」我聽不明白。
「喔？你終於選擇長大了。那我們得好好慶祝一下。哈哈！」鄰坐同學拍拍我的肩膀，一副替我高興的樣子讓我有點不知所措。
我好像很久沒有試過如此放鬆了。
那天放學後，我為自己的房間換上了新的桌子跟床鋪，然後在窗台上裝上漂亮的窗簾，用來阻擋窗外偶爾過份耀眼的月光。整個房間頓時煥然一新。
唯獨是那瓶糖果，我由它繼續放在原位。
不知何故，我總覺得要是把它拿走，就會失去某些重要的連繫，而且再也無法尋回。
也或許這瓶糖果已經是最後留下來的東西了......
如是者，一年之後，一個月圓的晚上。
那天我感冒發燒，只好窩在床上休息。可是吃過藥後又覺得口腔很淡，於是披著綿被走下床，從書桌上的瓶子裡拿糖果吃。
突然，一陣怪風把窗簾吹起，月光滿滿地照亮我的房間。這種似曾相識的感覺讓我那半夢半醒的腦袋開始運轉起來。
「Mei，你看見了嗎？我做到了喔！」
我聽見一把熟悉的聲音。這聲音在我的腦海中轉化成一幕幕熟悉的畫面。畫面聚集起來，構成出我最寶貴的回憶！
我.....我怎可能會把它忘記的？
「......你在哪裡？」
焦急的我連衣服都沒有整理好，就怱怱跑到街上四處尋找聲音的主人。奈何所到之處都沒有看見那個熟悉的身影。
就在我累到幾乎要跪在地上，而且徬徨得快要哭出來的時候，有個小女孩迎面跑向我。
「姊姊，你看得見嗎？有隻狐狸在月光下施法術喔！」她......竟然能夠看見狐狸！
我連忙望向久違了的那個比平常更大更光的月亮，並隱約發現一條幼小的光柱落在學校後山山頂。回憶的畫面再次湧現。
我立刻抓著小女孩的手，帶她一起奔向「牠」初次來到地球時所踏足的地方。
我從遠處已經能夠認出「牠」 - 一個被自私又軟弱的我遺忘了整整一年的朋友。
「JOBI！」
「Mei，你終於來了。」
我雖然已經氣喘得腳步躝跚，卻還是用盡力氣衝上前，希望能夠盡量奪回失去了的時間。
然而，當我看見 JOBI 的身體呈半透明的時候，終於意識到自己已經來得太遲。
-Ms. Traveller
JOBI the Moon Fox
Prologue 6 - Candy and Memory
I didn't stop until I couldn't ran anymore. By that time, my tears had stopped.
'Oh...? Why did I cry?'
I was so confused.
I headed back home and saw a can of candy. I had a strange feeling of losing something, yet I couldn't recall. I didn't know who put the candy here, but I feel like it had been put here long ago.
I was too tired from running so I sat on my bed and stared at the candy until I fell asleep...
'Mei, don't you have fox stories to share today?'
My classmate asked when I attended school the next day.
'What fox stories...?' I couldn't get it.
'Well, you finally decided to grow up! We gotta celebrate!! Haha!' The strange manner of my classmate confused me.
Felt like I hadn't been so carefree for long time.
I replaced my desk and bed sheet with new ones, also decorated the window with cute curtains in order to block the over-shiny moonlight. The room was so refreshing.
But I left the can of candy in the same place.
With unknown reasons, I felt like some important connections would be gone if I put it away.
Maybe this can was the only thing left...
A year passed by, the moon was full tonight.
I stayed in bed as I had catch a cold. I went to take some candy from the desk after taking medicine that was too plain.
Suddenly an unnatural flow of wind blew into my room, followed by bright moonlight. I felt like I had seen this scenery before, my brain was flashing with some memories.
'Mei, can you see it? I did it!'
I heard a familiar voice. This voice recalled pieces of memories that were long forgotten.
These pieces were put together and formed my most cherished memory!
How... how could I forget?
'Where are you?'
I rushed on to the street in haste before tidying up my clothes to look for the owner of the voice. Yet It could not be found.
I was too frustrated to go on, and when I was just about to knee down and cry, a little girl ran into me.
'Hey, can you see that? A fox was casting magic under moonlight!'
So she could see the fox!!
I looked at the moon that was fuller then usual and discovered a tiny light tunnel linking to the mountain located in the back of my school. The memories flashed by.
I grabbed her hand and took her to where 'it' was when 'it' first landed on earth.
I could recognised 'it' from distance － a dear friend that was forgotten by the weak and selfish me year ago.
'JOBI!'
'Mei, finally, you are here.'
I was nearly out of breath but still rushed to it at full blast, hoping to gain back the time that was lost.
However when I saw JOBI's body, I realised it's too late － It was transparent.
-Ms. Traveller
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