Chapter 2- Allies? Or Rivals?

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Rosetta began her training the next day, spending her free time in an abandoned parking lot. She would transform and use her magic, slowly but surely getting better at it. Using the grief seeds the girl gave her whenever she ran low on magic, Rosetta found out the true power Kyubey had unlocked for her. Her vines never wilted, they had sharp thorns on them now. She could even summon small flower-like creatures to attack for her or defend her. Unfortunately, she had to cut her training short when she realized she only had a few grief seeds left.

"You already look like a stronger magical girl." Kyubey commented as Rosetta headed home after her last training session. "You say that to every magical girl Kyubey. Speaking of which, do you know who the one who saved me was?" Rosetta asked, despite knowing what Kyubey would say. "I don't reveal identities of other magical girls." Rosetta mimicked Kyubey as he answered her question.

"Yes yes I know. I was just double-checking." She sighed as she untransformed before entering her estate. "Welcome home Miss Rosetta." Adelbert, the doorman, nodded to her as he opened the door. Rosetta smiled at him. A polite young man, he had a silly mustache that he called 'manly' and refused to shave off.

"Hello Adelbert. Are Mother and Father home yet?" She asked as she headed up the grand stairwell. "Unfortunately, Mr. and Mrs. Blume will not be home tonight. They give their apologies." Adelbert informed her. Rosetta sighed. "Again? That's the third time this week." She muttered.

"Muttering is not becoming of a young lady, Miss Rosetta." Rosetta brightened as she looked up at the voice. "Hello Arthur! I thought today was your day off." The butler, Arthur, chuckled. "I decided it would be better to be here for the young miss. Our duty never ends, am I correct?" He winked at her. Arthur had found out about Rosetta's magic almost immediately after he was hired. He had been watching the security tapes and caught her walking into the estate before she untransformed. Luckily, he erased the tapes and did so whenever something magical happened, purposefully or not.

"Am I right to assume the young lady is going to go straight to bed?" Arthur asked. Rosetta nodded. "I am absolutely exhausted. Do you think we could have pancakes for breakfast tomorrow?" She walked by him on the way to her room. "I shall tell the chef immediately. Good night, Miss Rosetta." He bowed to her before walking off. Rosetta shut the door to her room and sighed, lying down on her bed.

"Sometimes I miss the days before I wished for a successful flower shop. At least they were home then..." She mumbled before falling asleep.

Cathair High School

Rosetta could have gone to private school. She could've been tutored by Arthur. But she had insisted that she went to a 'normal' high school. So every morning she woke up at 4 in the morning, brushed her hair and pulled it into high pigtails with her headband, picked out her dress, stockings, and matching shoes and went to school. Cathair High wasn't the most...impressive of high schools. But it definitely wasn't the worse in the state. Two stories high, a large field for football and soccer with a shed the size of a classroom for the sports equipment, and only about 1000 students, it wasn't bad. Of course, it was small enough where if you were even slightly different you would be treated differently. When Rosetta started at Cathair in the beginning of sophomore year, everyone wanted to be her friend. But when she made it perfectly clear she would not make friends with people who just wanted money, she quickly became the outcast 'snobby' rich girl. Not that she minded that much, everyone at the school was annoying, dirty and unintelligent. But it was pretty lonely. Every day she ate alone at lunch before going to the library to read. If she was lucky, she could avoid Lissa and the 'Lissettes'. Unfortunately, today wasn't the lucky day.

"Look who it is, the 'princess'. Still think you're better than everyone?" Rosetta winced and tried to focus on her food. A perfectly-manicured hand slammed down on the table next to her. "Look at me when I talk to you." Rosetta sighed and looked up at the three girls. Lissa, with her platinum-blonde long hair and pink headband, pretty much ran the school. Class president, 'perfect' to the teachers, she had a big head and big personality to match it. She used to go to a private school, so she usually wears the blazer of it with a pink skirt underneath and matching pink tie. Her two goons were Lydia and Barbie. Lydia was the tough one, short black hair and nose piercings went with her 'cool' style, but she had a bright pink heart hairclip she wore every day to signify her friendship with Lissa. Barbie on the other hand was a complete ditz and 'cute' to everyone, but that just was a cover for her sadistic side. She had dyed her hair bright cotton-candy pink weeks ago and wore pastel colors. She always had her teddy-bear backpack on, even though it never actually held anything of importance.

"What do you want Lissa?" Rosetta asked, wanting this to be over with as soon as possible. Lissa raised an eyebrow. "Oh, are we 'bothering' her royal highness?" She taunted. Lydia snorted. "Does the Queen wish for a cup of tea with her lunch?" She mocked in a horrible British accent. For some reason, the girls put 'rich' with 'British', even though Rosetta was German.

"In fact a cup of tea would be delightful. Not that idiots like yourself would even know how to properly brew one. Now if you excuse me, Miss Poltzer wants to show me a new book." Rosetta quickly got up and left the cafeteria before her insult went through their dull heads. She was about to enter the library when she spotted Kyubey walking next to a tall girl with long brown hair wearing capris that were rolled up at the bottom, a white tank top and an orange sweater on top.

"Why did you help her? Or give her all those grief seeds? Isn't she just more competition?" Kyubey asked. Rosetta paused, frowning. Did he not realize she was right there? Or maybe he knew it...

"I didn't need all those seeds. And excuse me for not wanting to see another magical girl die in front of me. Especially one so unexperienced..." the girl suddenly looked up and saw Rosetta watching her and briskly turned around, prepared to walk the other way but Rosetta ran over to her and grabbed her wrist.

"W-wait!" Are you a magical girl? Feeling the girl stiffen was all the answer Rosetta needed. The older girl pulled away, scowling. "Listen kid, leave me alone." She snapped. Rosetta scowled. "Why are you so rude!? I did what you asked! Why don't we just team u-" "NO" The girl suddenly shouted, drawing the attention of the few students in the hall. The girl ignored the other students and grabbed Rosetta by the shoulder roughly. "Listen kid, I don't work with others. That save was a one-time thing and don't expect it to happen again." The girl shoved her slightly and stormed off. Rosetta rubbed her shoulder, puffing up her cheeks. "Rude. Well I don't need to work with a girl like her anyways!" She huffed, folding her arms before walking into the library, ignoring the stares.

End of Chapter 2- Allies? Or Rivals?

Not too much action going on this chapter. A bit more background on Rosetta and a little more information on the mystery girl.