They dance, twirl, and scamper in the wind. Her foot, one step at a time, misses them. The yellow, red, and brown leafs ran from her. Trees were kind enough to leave a little canopy of the blue sky. She admired the blue sky as she walked. Cold kisses nips on her nose and cheek as she walked. The air seemed to whisper sometime after they left her a kiss or two.
Her wool coat hugs her making sure she's warm. The vintage knitted scarf tucked in her blonde hair. Bright brown marbles looks up at a gate as she slowly stopped in front of it. She was here.
"I'm here," said her quivered whisper. She gently pushed opened the gate, and made her way towards St. Marie Academy. Her steps quicken as she saw the academy closer. It was grand. The ground was covered with white marble. The school looked like it came out of a storybook. With steps too many to count. She took a break after the first flight of stairs, and went over to a fountain with a woman with wings holding a girl 13 years of age let go of her suitcase and admire the statue.
"Beautiful isn't?" Said a crisped voice. The girl jumped to the surprise of a sudden voice. She turned halfway and simply nodded to a girl, who could be her age, standing behind her . "Are you Odette Gardenia?" She asked the blonde haired girl. Odette nodded her head again. "Welcome to the Japanese St. Marie academy Odette, I'm Haruko Kibe. Your roommate of our first year here." Haruko's short brown hair bobbed when her doll like hand came up towards Odette.
Odette shook her hand,"Nice to meet you Kibe-san," Odette whispered. Haruko smiled down towards Odette's petite face.
"Chairman told me you were coming so I waited over there." She pointed to a green double door leading to the school. "Let's get inside it's pretty chilly out here." Odette nodded her head again and grabbed her single suitcase. Her rustic green bag on her shoulder jumped a little when she walked. Something glistened out of the corner of her eye. Odette looked up to see a deep red butterfly passing in front of Haruko then suddenly disappeared.
Odette blinked again making sure she wasn't imagining things. Haruko started talking,
"I bet you've heard of the sweet fairies right?" Haruko swings opened a door leading to more stairs. Odette voice almost quiet,
"No, not really..." But Haruko heard her quiet voice,
"Really? I thought you're from the St. Marie Academy in Paris."
"No, we moved here before I could enter in the St. Marie Academy in Paris. And it was nice of the board over there let me come to one of their branches here." Haruko smiled and continued up the stairs,
"That's nice of them to do that for you." Odette noticed gold lining in the railing and started tracing it with her delicate, but tough fingers. "Well I hope you like it here," Haruko opened the doors to their new bedroom. The room was big enough to fit two twin sized beds and two separate closets. To the right Haruko things were all unpacked. Odette set her suitcase down on the left bed and unzipped it. "Do want some help?" Asked Haruko.
"That would be very nice of you Kide-san," Haruko walked over to her side and picked up clothing that Odette set down onto her bed. A picture frame caught her eye,
"Is this your family?" Haruko asked,
"Yes it is…" Odette walked over to the closet and started hanging up her clothes. The framed picture had a brunette women in a lab coat holding onto to a blonde haired man who carried a small blonde haired child. Two little boys, one with sandy blonde hair the other with brunette, stood next to each other.
"Are they your brothers?" Haruko pointed to the two boys. Odette walked over and looked at the picture,
"Yeah, this one is," she pointed to the blonde one, "Beau and my other brother is Cher. Cher should be here in two days. He will be in the high school division."
"Oh? What about your other brother Beau?"
"Beau wants to be a biochemist like my mother." Odette answered. Haruko nodded and set down the frame onto Odette's desk. Odette things were quickly put away inside the closet with the help of Haruko. Haruko clapped her hands,
"That's right! Did you know that we're in Amano Ichigo, or now, Kashino sensei's old dorm?" Odette eyes widened with the sound of such a similar name.
"The Ichigo patissiere!" Odette shirked, "I've always wanted to have a bite of her Sourire de l'Ange!" Haruko seemed shocked to Odette's little outbreak, jumped along with her.
"I know! I've heard that Kashino sensei would be judging the Grand Prix this year." Odette's eyes glistened,
"This year?" Odette said with her voice slightly lower than usual.
"This year," confirmed Haruko. Odette danced a little in place and started laughing. Haruko started laughing with her.
"Ki-,"
"Call me Haruko I like that better," Odette smiled,
"Then call me Odette." Haruko looked down at her watch,
"I think they're serving dinner, let's go get something to eat and start class together tomorrow?" She looked up to find Odette ready to go by the door,
"Ready when you are," Odette said. Haruko smiled, nodded, and headed out the door following Odette. A purple butterfly watched them through the window and giggled. A red one, the one Odette saw earlier, went up to the purple one and said something. Both of the butterfly flew towards the dining area.
A/N
Thank you for reading the first chapter of Laced Sugar. After watching this anime, again, an idea came across my head. Should I continue? Please leave a comment, criticism, and etc.
-Cedar Fisher