Chapter 1 - Welcome To Kingdom Academy
"We would like to congratulate you on your successfully earning a place here at Kingdom Academy..." An excitable female voice read as she stepped off of the bus. "...Please bring this letter and identification with you when you arrive and proceed to the main office." The short girl smiled widely and hopped on the spot, the bracelets on her wrists jangling with each jump. Her blue denim shorts and pink kimono style shirt fluttered with her, her flats hammering on the floor. "Ying, how many times are you going to read that letter?" Sighs a taller girl in black leather trousers and a motifed tank top who follows her out of the bus, her heeled boots clicking on the stairs. "I'm sorry Li Xia, but I'm just so excited!"
Li Xia sighs again and walks over to the luggage compartment of the bus, opening it up and pulling her large black suitcase out and setting it down. "Don't forget your luggage Mei Ying!" Said Li Xia as she waited for her hyperactive friend to calm down. She knew she'd be waiting for a long time. "Oh!" Mei Ying turned around and bounced towards the luggage compartment, knocking into Xia in the process. "Ying! I swear you're going to kill me one of these days..." Grumbles Xia, with Ying just giggling happily as she pulls out her large pink suitcase from the compartment. "Come on Xia, let's go!" Before Xia could form a reply, Ying had already sped off, her suitcase clicking against the stones behind her.
It didn't take long for Xia to catch up with Ying, as she found Ying had stopped and was gawking at the surroundings. "Oh Xia look! There are so many buildings! And look at the different colour banners, what do you think they mean? Ooh this is so exciting!" Ying rambled excitedly, spinning around and around as she looked. Xia blinked a few times before responding. "Ying, stop you're making me dizzy. Let's just go to the main office like the letter said." Ying nodded with a bright smile before starting to walk again, but stopping almost immediately after, nearly causing Xia to walk into her. "Ying!" Xia complained and Ying turned around, a confused expression on her features. "Where exactly is the main office, Xia?" She asked with a tilt of her head. "... That's a good question." Xia looked around, seeing no signs to point them in the right direction. Ying looks thoughtful for a second before her eyes brighten, her gaze caught on the figure of a woman walking past just ahead. Without a second thought, Ying dashes off again with her suitcase, leaving Xia surprised in her wake.
Ying speeds towards the woman, waving her admission letter in the air. "Excuse me! Excuse me Ms!" The woman turns around, a kind smile on her face, her light pink flowing dress swishing graceful as she turns. The woman speaks, her voice sounding soft and as kind as her smile. "Hello? Are you okay?" Ying stopped a few feet away from her, the same bright smile on her face. "Hello! Can you tell where the main office is please?" The woman's eyes fill with understanding, "Oh you must be the new students! Welcome to Kingdom Academy. My name is Diao Chan and I am the Academies counsellor." Diao Chan smiles and gestures to the huge building behind her, "That's the main academy building. If you just walk up those stairs there you will reach the main doors and up another flight of stairs you'll reach outside the main office." Ying nods quickly and smiles, "Thank you very much, Ms Diao Chan! I'm Mei Ying!" She gestures to Xia who is catching up behind her, "and that's Li Xia!" Diao Chan smiles and gives a friendly wave to Li Xia. "Its nice to meet you girls. If you need anything, please don't hesitate to visit me in my office. I'm sorry but I must take my leave, I have a meeting to attend." Diao Chan gives one last kind smile to the girls before she leaves, gracefully walking away. Ying turns to Xia, who had finally caught up. "Wow! Wasn't she nice Xia? She was so pretty too!" Xia rolls her eyes and starts to push Ying towards the huge building in front of them. "Yeah, yeah, yeah! Let's just go already." And with that, both girls start to climb the stairs, their suitcases knocking together as they walk.
They were greeted by the large entryway of the main building. The entryway was neutrally decorated, as if there was no particular colour scheme in mind, just clean white walls. Many corridors split off the main entryway with an imposing staircase directly in front of them. "Wow this place is so cool!" Exclaimed Ying, her eyes glittering as she looks around. "You think everything looks cool..." Mutters Xia, "now focus, Ying! Where did that lady say we had to go?" "Ms Diao Chan said we just have to up these stairs and we'll be there!" Li Xia nods and starts up the stairs, not waiting for Ying to follow.
They entered the main office to find no one there. "Huh, nobodies home." Says Xia as she looks over at the empty secretary desk. Ying blinks and starts to wander around the office. "Hello?" She calls, her lips twisting into a confused pout. She wanders over to the empty desk, and her expression lifts when she sees a bell. "Oh look! We just have to ring the bell!" Ying pushes her hand down on the switch and the bell dings, and a door behind the desk opens immediately after. "... How did you do that, Ying...?" Asks Xia warily to a bemused Ying. Ying shrugs happily and skips towards the room with a Xia close behind, muttering how weird the academy is already.
The room was dark and eerie as Ying and Xia entered, both of them standing confused in the darkness before light filled the room, showing a rather peculiar man sitting behind a desk. "Welcome! You must be my new students." Said the man, a strange tint to his voice. Never unfazed, Ying nodded excitedly and plopped herself down in one of the chair on the opposite side of the desk. Xia followed suit, her eyebrows slightly raised at the peculiar man. "Congratulations to you both on getting a place here, you must be Li Xia and Mei Ying?" Both girls nodded. "My name is Zuo Ci, and I am the principal of Kingdom Academy. Now, you both probably saw that this academy has a lot of buildings, and the different coloured banners, hm?" Ying nodded, her eyes alight as she listened. Xia, on the other hand, sat back in her chair, one leg crossed over the other as she looked around the room. "This academy is split into four kingdoms, each with their own building for living. Of course, all classes take place in this building, and classes are mixed to give a brighter array of talent." Zuo Ci said, smiling at the girls. "And now, it is time to see where you girls fit in." With a snap of his fingers, some card appeared in front of him, making the girls wonder just how he did that. "Pick one card each girls," he fanned out the cards carefully on the desk, "and we shall get our answer." Ying and Xia looked at each other before Xia shrugged and leaned forward, her hand hovering over the strange cards before she darted down and took one. She blinked at the colourful card, the word 'Family' at the bottom in bold black letters. She flipped the card over and held it between her fingers, showing Zuo Ci. "Uh?" Was all Xia could say as she watched the principal. He nodded and scribbled her name down on some paper. "Ah. A new student for the Wu kingdom, it has been awhile. Your turn now, Mei Ying." Ying looked over at Xia again before leaning forward herself, tapping her bottom lip as she picks her own card. Ying tilts her head and stares at the card, before smiling, "Look at the pretty bird Xia!" She exclaims, showing her card. Again, Zuo Ci nods before taking a separate sheet of paper and writing her name on it. "Ah I see, the dove. Another new member for the Shu kingdom, they will be full soon at this rate." Zuo Ci chuckled to himself as the information slowly sunk in to the girls. Xia frowned and Ying's bright expression had faded. "... Wait, so we're not in the same kingdom?" Asked Xia. Zuo Ci shook his head and Xia's frown deepened more. "Why not?" Ying's expression slowly become more sad as she gripped her card. "The cards never lie. Li Xia, you are now a student of the Wu kingdom and Mei Ying, you are a student of the Shu kingdom." He rustled around in one of his desk drawers, bringing out two sheets of paper. "Here is each of your timetables. You will both be excused from classes today so you can settle in comfortably. Now, I suggest you both go to your kingdoms and meets your fellow students. I'll be watching you, girls."
Xia and Ying walked out of the main building together and down onto the pathway below. "Did you see what he did with the lights? And the cards? It was like a magic show! And there are four kingdoms? How exciting!" Said Ying animatedly. "Oh... But its sucks that we're not in the same kingdoms..." Ying's tone saddens with that, and her lips downturn. "I know Ying... But we'll still get to see each other, we've already got classes with each other. If you ask me, I think this whole kingdom set up is lame." Xia replied, a frown still apparent on her features before she shrugged it away as they both continued walking down the pathway. Out the corner of her eye, she could see two boys in red standing with a woman further away on the grass, who looked to be scolding them by her body language, her arms flying up in the air and she looked to be shouting. She raised her eyebrows again and turned her attention back to Ying, and was about to speak but she was stopped when Ying suddenly hurled forward, bumping into Xia and tripping into the suitcases, almost falling if it wasn't for Xia's quick grab of her arm to pull her steady. Xia narrowed her eyes at a boy who stood a few feet away. He was wearing a light blue shirt with black trousers, his wavy brown hair swishing at his forehead as she brushed a hand through it, a small ponytail at the back bobbing with the movement. An air of arrogance settled around the boy which was only heightened as he started to talk. "Stupid girl, why do you insist in standing in the way? You should know to move for your superiors, especially me." He looked over at Xia and Ying with a sneer. Xia clenched her fists and stepped forward, a dark glare trained on the boys face. "What's your problem? How about I come over there and push you!" Xia seethed. The boy scoffed, "We don't need anymore trash here, so why don't you both just leave quietly now before you embarrass yourselves any further, hm?" He said smugly, smirking at Xia. Xia's eyes narrowed and she stepped forward, fist raised and ready to swing...
"Hey, 'ey! Break it up!" Bellowed a voice from behind. Xia halted mid swing and glared behind her as the same woman who was over on the grass marched over, her white hair swinging behind her. She put one tanned hand on her hip and stood in front of the quarelling pair. "Oh Mrs Zhu Rong! This trash deserves to be punished." Said the boy smugly, but was quickly silenced by the woman. "Enough! I saw you push these students! Now I don't wanna' see any of that again, from either of you. Especially you Zhong Hui." Her eyes narrow at Zhong Hui. "Do you understand?" His eyes narrow but he nods shortly, before walking away. The woman then turns her deadly glare onto Xia and Ying. "And what are you girls doing? Shouldn't you be in class?" Zhu Rong folds her arms and glares down at the girls in an intimidating manner. "U-um... We're new students. The principal said we don't have to start classes until tomorrow..." Said a wide eyed Ying. The woman grunted. "What kingdoms are you in?" She asked impatiently, tapping her fingers against her arm. "Shu Kingdom, Ms." "Wu." Replied the girls together. The woman grunted again, "Too many troublemakers in this school," muttered the woman as she turned her glare to the sneakily retreating forms of the two boys in red. "Oi! Get over 'ere now!" She yelled at them. Both boys froze rather comically before slowly starting to trudge over. "Now," the woman turned to Ying, "you need to go that way." She pointed in the direction that she had came from. "And you need to come with me." She said to Xia, before turning and marching towards the two boys in red. Xia and Ying glanced at each other with wide eyes before scrambling to get their suitcases, muttering 'good luck' to each other as they departed in separate directions.
Hello! Thank you for reading! This is my first Dynasty Warriors fic so reviews would be much appreciated! I'm also looking for some pairings so please suggest some, they can be of any characters and I'll happily fit them in! See you in chapter two!