Amuria, is in fact, rather interesting to write. And thus, you get your first kindergartenized famous anime moment.
First Day: Amuria
"But what if they don't like me?" Amuria asked, shouldering her backpack. She looked up at her older sister.
"They will. You just have to be nice and ask them to play," answered her sister as she braided her long lavender hair, eyes focused on the mirror. "Are you sure you want to wear that to school?" she asked, gesturing to the clothing Amuria had picked out- a white blouse and blue shorts. Her feet were bare, but her sister knew that the tan sandals would complete the outfit.
"But it's my favorite!"
"You have pretty dresses. You should wear one of those."
"No way!" replied Amuria firmly.
"Suit yourself," shrugged her sister.
"Why did daddy have to move us here? I don't know anybody."
"Daddy's job made us move. Besides, how do you think I feel? I have to go to a new school. You're just starting school." She reached for a hair tie and tied off the braid. Standing, she smoothed the front of her dress. "Come on. Mom said I'm going to walk you."
"Okay."
The two girls headed down the busy dirt road. Amuria skipped a few steps ahead of her sister. She thought about her sister's advice, and decided to listen to it. Her sister had to know what she was talking about. She always had plenty of friends.
Amuria was one of the first ones in the classroom that morning. Her sister had quickly dropped her off, rushing off to find where she needed to go for her class. She was to be a 5th grader that year and was beginning to prepare for becoming a cadet at the temple. Amuria looked about the classroom, unsure of what to do. Then she saw the block center, and quickly rushed over. She'd build with the blocks until some more girls arrived.
She had a simple plan: ask the first girl to play that looked interesting. She was sure to make a friend that way. Happily, she began building a tower, always keeping an eye on the door. Finally, two girls walked through the door together. The one girl wore a dress the color of Amuria's hair, and the girl's hair was a pretty shade of pink. Amuria decided she would be the perfect girl to play with. She quickly moved to talk to them.
"Hey!" she called out, quickly grabbing their attention. It had worked. The two stopped. She introduced herself and told them to come play with her. They didn't seem to want to, but that didn't deter Amuria. She grabbed the girl by the hand and began to pull her toward the block center. She felt no resistance.
The girl asked about her friend, and Amuria looked at her for a moment. One friend would do, but she might as well have the other girl come along anyway. All she wanted to do was play blocks with the girl she was holding hands with. She offered the girl a smile.
Amuria settled down in the block center, and began teaching the girl how to properly stack the blocks. She didn't seem to know how to build with the blocks, which was strange. Didn't she have blocks to build with at home? No matter. Amuria didn't mind showing her how to build.
The time in the block center flew by. "And you know what she said?" asked Amuria.
"What?" asked Neviril.
"Don't put my hair ties in the soup!" Amuria giggled, and Neviril giggled with her. Telling about the pranks she pulled on her sister was fun.
Neviril reached up to add another block to their tower, which was already unstable. Crash! Amuria watched her react with surprise and giggled at the look on her face. Neviril giggled back at her. "Let's build it again!" she said.
By the time the teacher called for cleanup, Amuria felt that she had made good friends with Neviril. She smiled to herself as both of them cleaned up the center, placing the blocks back on the shelf. Neviril turned to walk away and join the group on the circle rug. Amuria reached out and grabbed her hand. Neviril turned around, surprised.
"Play with me later, okay?"
"O…okay," agreed Neviril.
"It'll be fun. I really like playing with you," replied Amuria, smiling warmly.
"I like playing with you too," replied Neviril shyly.
"Will you sit with me?"
"Sure."
Amuria kept hold of Neviril's hand. Together they walked to the circle rug, and sat down with the rest of their classmates. Amuria let go of Neviril's hand reluctantly. She would have rather kept holding her hand, but sitting beside her would be just as fun. The other girl sat on Neviril's other side. Amuria realized that she'd disappeared while they were all playing; she hadn't even noticed. That was all right. She had Neviril to play with. The other girl didn't matter so much.
