A/N: The Glimmer drabble series (Make Me Your Queen) is being incredibly stubborn, but I want to keep the daily posting routine going, so I'll be starting this instead! Between the projects, there will be at least one new drabble posted each day, possibly two if MMYQ starts cooperating. This one is, unlike the other, all contained within the same universe and chronological. I've got about a quarter of these prewritten and plenty of inspiration for the others, so this should be fun!
Today is her first day at the Academy. She stands as tall as she possibly can, which isn't very tall; she at least gets enough to eat, and that's more than she can say for a good half of the kids around her, but she's still one of the tiniest ones there. The Academy recruiter actually demanded to see her birth certificate to prove that she really is seven and not too young for the after-school training program, but she's here now, and she'll do whatever it takes to show that she belongs here. This is going to be fun.