Seeing is Believing
Cynder: *shifty eyes* Looks like no one's here. YES, I DON'T HAVE TO SAY IT! ^-^
Ellie: *pops out of hiding spot* OH NO YOU DON'T! By copyright law you have to say it.
Cynder: OH COME ON! Please tell me I'm not the only writer who hates doing this! Fine. I, Cynder, DO NOT OWN Ojamajo DoReMi; all rights reserved to Toei Animation and ABC.
Ellie: Good girl. *jumps back into hiding spot*
Cynder: T-T
-LUNCH TIME-
"Alright class, it's recreation time!" Ms. Cooper shouted for all the students to hear. With that, there were hordes of students everywhere from the hallways to the classrooms to the playing area outside. Momoko and Hana ran all the way to the classroom where Reanne, Mirabelle, and Ellie were in and literally yanked them to the side to talk to them.
"Jeez, you guys nearly ripped ma arm off! What's your damage?" Mirabelle yelled at the blonde duo for dragging her out of the classroom.
"The new kid, that's what!" Momoko retorted completely ignoring Mirabelle's rant.
"And just the yesterday you were bouncing off the walls because you were getting a new student. So….what happened?" Ellie asked confused as why Momoko was acting this way. She swore she saw Momoko blow a gasket. Just then, Reanne noticed Hana. They hyper blonde was oddly silent and staring intently at the floor, pondering.
"What's wrong with Hana?" Reanne questioned. Ellie and Mirabelle looked at Hana and finally realized something was wrong.
"It's that new kid I tell you!" , Momoko shouted, "She knew more about Hana in 10 seconds than we could learn in one year! I'm telling you there's something up with that girl."
"Wait, what do ya mean by that?" Mirabelle asked.
"Ok, this girl just arrived in this town right? Hasn't even been here for day, right?" Momoko began to explain.
"Uh huh." they all said in sync.
"Now explain to me how she knew Hana worked there just because she was walking that direction and she said she just arrived in Misora yesterday! She doesn't even know her way around and she figured all that out!" The three just stood there with their mouths gaping open. They couldn't believe what they just heard. Just who, exactly, was this girl? "As an added bonus, Ms. Cooper was acting strange. She did things she wouldn't normally do for a new arrival."
"W-well let's not worry about it for now." Reanne said with a crooked smile while trying to reassure Hana at the same time. She didn't admit it but she was a bit nervous about the new kid. Just then, Ms. Cooper and Cynder walked out of the classroom together. Ms. Cooper's hand was on Cynder's back almost as if she was guiding her.
"See, look! There she is!" Momoko blurted out. It caused Hana to break out of her trance and for the others to get a good look at Cynder. When they walked by, the group just stared at her. Momoko, on the other hand, was practically glaring. Hana noticed that Cynder had a very disappointed look written all across her face. That kind of took Hana aback. What did she have to be disappointed about? When the finally passed, the girls went back to their chat.
"So that's the new girl?" Reanne asked.
"Yeah that's her." Momoko stated still glaring at the two fading figures of teacher and student.
"What's her name anyway?" Ellie followed up.
"Cynder Kusakabe." Momoko answered softening her glare as the two disappeared from her sight. Especially Cynder.
"…..Cynder? Ya serious?" Mirabelle asked trying not to laugh at the strange name.
"Yeah. And did you see that; Ms. Cooper's been hanging around that girl all day."
"Do you think she has something to be disappointed about?" Hana questioned. They just looked at her like she lost her mind.
"Ever since she arrived here, she's been the center of attention in our class. Just what would she have to be disappointed about?" Momoko asked sarcastically.
"Hana's being serious." Hana said to Momoko with a serious tone to show that she was being dead serious. Momoko finally gave in.
"I don't know; as if I know how her mind works." Momoko said rather annoyed that Hana was back on this subject. Couldn't she just drop it and get back to the matter at hand? "Why do you want to know?"
Hana's eyes softened back to her normal curious ones. "Hana doesn't know. Just wondering." Momoko was about to lose it. She was beyond frustrated now and it was all because of Cynder and Hana's constant weirdness. Never before, not even when Josie (Reika) talked bad about her friend Beth, was Momoko this angry.
"Then why did you even ask?" Momoko said but everyone ignored her.
"Welp, looks like it's another weird day fer us. Then again, that's normal." Mirabelle complained.
-AFTER LUNCH-
"Alright class, the final bell will ring shortly, so let's begin cleaning!" Ms. Cooper instructed the class.
"Yes ma'am!" all the kids shouted. As the kids began to clean, Ms. Cooper walked up to Cynder and ushered her out the classroom door. While cleaning nearby, Hana heard the word 'nurse' spoken by Ms. Cooper before they left. Shortly after, Ms. Cooper returned without Cynder. Now it was Momoko's turn to ask questions.
"Where do you think Cynder went?" Momoko pondered aloud.
"I bet she went to the principal's office!" Todd (Kotake) blurted out.
"I don't remember her doing anything wrong." said another student jumping into the conversation.
"She's really cool. Haven't you noticed that Ms. Cooper has been doing things for her like a servant or something? Not even Ellie Craft was able to do that." spoke another. Momoko only scoffed. 'They're just noticing this now?' was going through her head.
"Well if you want to know, Hana knows where she is." Hana said plainly in her often used third-person speech. That got their attention. Even Momoko looked at her. "She's in the nurse's office."
"Oh yeah? How do you know?" Todd asked suspiciously.
"Hana overheard Ms. Cooper say 'nurse' before she and Cynder left." Hana quickly explained. There was a big 'Oh' right after. Hana felt pretty proud of herself after that (bask in the glory Hana!). After the cleaning, everyone just kicked back and relaxed waiting for the bell to ring. Without warning, one of the doors slid open and Cynder, along with the new nurse assistant, walked in.
"Oh, Kusakabe, you're back." Ms. Cooper stated with a little hint of a question. Way would Ms. Cooper be surprised that she came back? Was she not supposed to?
"I forgot my backpack. I came back to get it." Cynder said pretty plainly without looking at her.
"Oh", Ms. Cooper sighed a little surprised, "well does anyone see Kusakabe's backpack?"
"It's over here!" Josie shouted. Josie grabbed Cynder's bag and walked right over to her to hand it to her. "Here you go; no need to thank me." she said flipping her golden hair with one of her hands. However, Cynder just stood there staring out into space. That confused just about everyone; she didn't even make a move to grab her bag! Cynder then spoke, and sure enough everyone heard what she had to say.
"Um….can you put it on my back please?" Everyone just looked at her dumbfounded.
"What?" Josie asked as if she, herself, was partially deaf and didn't hear what Cynder said right.
"Can you please put it on my back." Cynder asked again. Trouble was defiantly brewing and people where starting to take notice.
"Why? Can't you just take it like a normal person? And why aren't you looking at me when I'm talking to you?" Josie complained out of anger. It was true, though. Cynder never, if occasionally, looked directly at anyone if she was talking or if someone was talking to her. She'd always look ahead or look down at the floor. At that point, Cynder looked like she was about to cry a river. That was, until Ms. Cooper stepped in.
"Josie, there was no need for that. If you weren't going to do what she kindly asked, then just give the bag to someone else." Ms. Cooper scolded. She was really infuriated and no one expected that. What's up with her? Before the situation could possible get any worse, Hana, in all the confusion, took the bag from Josie and placed rather neatly on Cynder's back.
"Is that better? Hana's sure that Josie didn't mean what she said but was confused about what you asked. Hana's sorry for the way Josie acted." Hana apologized for Josie. Yep, Hana was taking the blame for Josie and she couldn't care less. Everyone looked at her like she was crazy. Everyone besides Momoko and Ms. Cooper. Ms. Cooper was actually proud of her and smiled at Hana's kindness. It reminded her of a certain red-head that wasn't here as of the moment. As for Momoko, she grinned at Hana and said under her breath, "That's our future queen. If only your mama could see you now."
Cynder put a grin on her face and said 'Thank you' before walking out with the nurse assistant in tow.
-OUTSIDE-
"Wow, so that's what all the noise was 'bout." Mirabelle wondered how she missed it all.
"In any case, Hana you handled it really well." Ellie complimented the little future queen.
"Yeah, very well in fact." Reanne commented backing up Ellie.
"That's our future queen fer ya!" Mirabelle chuckled with pride.
"If only your mom could see you." Momoko said dazed at the thought of their 'fearless' leader with stars in her eyes. As far as anyone could tell, Momoko was back to normal.
"Now that I think about it from what you told us, what Cynder asked was kind of odd." Reanne pondered stating the obvious.
"Yeah, but Hana handled it well. I also wonder why see won't look people in the eye when they talk to her." Ellie questioned.
"Beats me. Maybe the boss might know she meets her." Mirabelle offered.
"Speaking of, she's coming back on Monday, right Hana?" Momoko asked. Hana suddenly got sparkles in her eyes.
"Yeah! Mama's coming home in 2 days!"
"The chief's comin' back! Woot!" Mirabelle yelled excited that their will be returning soon. With that Momoko, Hana and Mirabelle were jumping up and down cheering while Reanne and Ellie were calmly walking behind them with wide smiles plastered on their faces.