The Ceremony of Performance. Where families of low ranking, and high ranking a like would have a chance to prove themselves, to climb up the scales of musical notes, to the Song's Symphony.
This year was different. This year, the Ceremony of Performance landed on the same day as the Scale Engagement.
The Scale Engagement was a day when children of the ages 14 to 18, of all ranks, have a festival where they meet and become bethroved to the one they seem to like the most. If the parents of the two families agreed, that is.
Cassidy was 15. The year before, she didn't seem to get along with anyone of higher rank. She had to keeps her opinions to herself most of the time, causing an awkward silence between whomever she was around.
"This year is different", she told herself in the mirror, staring at her reflection. She was considered to be not pretty, but not ugly either, for the standards of most people. For the most important time of the year, she wore a plain baby blue sundress, to her dismay. With her hair down, to hide her face if she got embarrassed or couldn't face someone, again.
Girls were almost always supposed to wear a dress of a certain type at all occasions, even a friendly outing. Boys could wear whatever they wanted though.
Usually, Cassidy wore whatever she wanted, she was underage. She wasn't considered a full Note yet. (Which is considered to be an adult in the Rhapsomoticx religion. Children ages 10-18 are considered half notes and children younger are considered as Rests). Many times she was scolded and sometimes punished, but not really much to bother her.
The girl was of Tone rankings. Last year, her father moved up to the rankings of a Chorus. He stilled lived at their home in the Tone society, not bothered about being nagged on by his Lyrics father, who wished his son to join him in glory.
Cassidy had dreams of becoming a Symphony someday, to hopefully change the ways of her people from the inside. On the outside of the politics, it just didn't work. Nobody was brave enough, except a few unfortunate few who are now Meters, to stand up to Lord Sayne. (Yeah, I know, sounds a lot like Lord Vayne, but I couldn't think of anything else)
Lord Sayne was temporally ruling the land for the Song Emperor while he was away. Nobody knew where he was, except for out of this world, somehow.
The man was very kind, but strongly believed in Rhapsomoticx. He also was very protective of his royal kin, and ready to dispose of any who opposed him, even a Symphony.
Cassidy sighed. "Who am I kidding? No guy would ever like me, no one with a rank higher than my own..."
The orange haired girl had talents, oh yes, but they weren't really enough to advance even to be a Chorus.
"It's a dumb dream anyways..."
"Cassidy! Are you ready yet? Your father and I have been ready for at least five minutes", her beloved mother called out.
"Yeah! Ready..." Cassidy trotted down the stairs and grabbed her small bag.
Her father grinned a toothy grin and said "Let's go!"
"Yeah...lets."
Sorry the chapters aren't that long yet, but the next one, I promise you, will be a lot longer. Also, this is gunna be OCxOC. I was thinking of coupling Cassidy up with Demyx, but, then it'd be just another romance type story, and I don't want that. Sure, I'm good at romance, kinda, but there's already millions of those out there. There's nothing wrong with that but, I kinda want to be different. That's out, peace out!
