Hey guys! I'm early! Yeah! (Though I am putting off my English project to post this up...) So, this chapter presents Miss Lily Rosaria Mahone, created by my good friend, Little Miss Dancerina! Mmm, I'll let you get to the story first :) Info is at the bottom.
Chapter 1: Chance of a Lifetime
"Call me!"
"See you later, Lee!"
"Ciao, dahh-ling!"
Lily Mahone waved to her several fellow figure-skaters as she exited the building of Beverly Hills Skating Arena with her navy gym bag hooked over her shoulder. Girls from the skating rink waved to her as she passed by and she attracted a few "Hey, there" and whistles from the juniors and senior hockey players.
Her looks was what garnered her most of her attention. Thanks to her mother, she had long, wavy, silky pale-blonde hair that shimmered in and shone in the sun. Her nose was perfect, her lips were full and her facial structures were like those of a delicate fairy. Sufficient time in the sun gave her a light tan, dark enough to be called tan, yet light enough to maintain a clear radiant complexion.
Yes, it was vain and shallow, but Lily was proud of her looks and relished in the attention that it brought her.
A honk rang out in the parking lot of the arena and Lily spotted her driver's sleek black Mercedes waiting impatiently for her. Right, because Lily Rosaria Mahone could not be seen walking home or catching a bus.
Her family was wealthy. Almost too wealthy, mused Lily as she slid into the caramel colored leather seats. With a father that's set to become the next President of the US and a mother who runs a multi-billionaire cosmetics company, appearances were everything for Lily. Her every move outside the private, security camera-guarded mansion was followed and cameras could easily catch a single mistake and turn it into a scandal for the entire Mahone family, ruining her father's campaign.
"Where to, lassie?" the driver asked politely. His thick Irish accent was easily discernable, in his gruff tone.
"Mmm, Starbucks. I'm meeting up with Elaine and Anette," said Lily, reclining back in the seat. Patrick had been her driver ever since she was old enough to be allowed to run around the city by herself. Besides, her mother would have a heart attack if Lily took public transportation. It wasn't "fit for her image". Image, schuimage.
Meet me at Starbucks in ten. MAJOR news! xoxo, Lily
A few minutes later, the setting sun found Lily Mahone perched on a seat in Starbucks, sucking absently on the straw of her low-fat caramel frappucino while her best friends gossiped. Toying with the strand of pale-blonde hair, she spoke up.
"I'm not going to Westridge,"
The effect was if she had announced that she was dropping an atomic bomb on Tokyo.
"You're what?" exclaimed Elaine. Her green eyes widened in horror.
"Wait, wait. Pause. Rewind. Play. Say it again?" Annette punched imaginary buttons in the air as she shook her head, her dark bangs flopping in her chocolate brown eyes.
Westridge Prep was an exclusive private school on the edge of Beverly Hills. That was where all the kids who would grow up to be somebody, attended. Lily's place in Westridge had been secured since the second she was born. After all, she was destined to be the First Daughter one day. Elaine was the second child of some A-list film director who apparently made plenty of top box office movies, Annette was adopted by supermodel Kiana Fraze and obviously had plenty of fame and glamor. Both of them ran in the same social circles as Lily since kindergarten, leading up to their friendship.
"I said I'm not going to Westridge," Lily said impatiently.
"No, no no. You have to go to Westridge. I mean – if you're trying to piss off your mom, you can do it a bunch of different ways like throwing a party in her spa or something. Don't be stupid, Lee."
"Uh uh. Tell me this is one of your more crazy ideas. What else are you doing? Ditching school? Being homeschooled?" frowned Annette.
"I got accepted into Alpha Academy," exclaimed Lily. "I'm 100% serious, positive!"
Known for her rash decisions, her friends had been quick to dismiss Lily's idea of applying to Alpha Academy back in the spring. They assumed it was some new skating program that had gotten Lily's attention. She spun her braided navy and white friendship bracelet around on her slender wrist as she waited for her friends' response.
"You're serious?" asked Elaine.
"Yes!" Lily threw her hands up in the air. "I got my acceptance letter yesterday! I'm going to London tomorrow. Um yeah, I'm serious!"
"Ok, you're going to Alphas. Wait what? No! I mean, no! You can't go to Alphas!" Annette shook her head vehemently. "You'll miss everything!"
Lily frowned. That was the back draw of going to Alphas. She'd miss out on her friends' freshman year of high school. They'd planned this, picked out their outfits, snuck into Mariah West's Summer Bash pool party, but now she'll miss it all. Not to mention, super hottie Evan Delvin had texted her last night asking her if she wanted to meet up at the rink sometime and maybe see if she was as good of a skater as she claimed? She'd also miss her mother, who – although obsessed with fashion and cosmetics – was more of a big sister than anything.
But it was worth it…right? Alpha Academy would be the best thing that had ever happened to her. A chance to be educated by the top skating instructors, a chance to learn how to act like an alpha, a chance to shine and become even better than she already was. Even the fact that she'd meet tons of girls who were true alphas added to the prospect of Alpha Academy. There was also a slight rumor that yes, Shira Brazille had accepted boys into her school! Ten? Fifty? A hundred? Lily wasn't sure.
"I know, but – "
Lily was immediately cut off by Elaine.
"Hold up. You're leaving tomorrow?" Elaine stared into Lily's navy eyes willing her to say no.
Lily looked down. "Um, yeah. At least I don't have to pack."
"Why?" Annette sighed dramatically. She flung her hands out in front of her and proceeded to convince Lily not to go to Alphas.
"Besides, even forgetting that fact about school and us, what about all those media things that your dad needs? Isn't he preparing his whole Presidency campaign? Aren't you supposed to be the perfect daughter and appear at all those social scenes? Huh? Huh?"
"I'll be at a boarding school. Everyone knows Shira Brazille, it's perfectly acceptable," Lily waved off that concern. She had always hating socializing with Mr. This, Senator That, Governor Who, and Speaker What.
Attending conventions, social functions and dinners with various senators, congressmen and politicians had always been a part of Lily's everyday life. She played the part of an intelligent, polite, well-mannered and perfectly groomed socialite daughter all the time and only felt relaxed at the skating arena. Even in school, she was constantly under the public eye.
"And your mom's okay with that?" Annette raised her eyebrow. "I know my mom wouldn't."
Annette's mother, Kiana Fraze, the famous supermodel who had graced the covers of countless fashion magazines, fashion lines and numerous billboards. She would never dream of letting Annette out of the country until she turned 18. Overprotective and strict much?
"Mom's fine with it. Shira Brazille's one of her most admired people on the planet, she told me to apply, anyways," shrugged Lily briefly. She glanced out the window and spotted a clique of perfectly plastic-looking Barbie doll girls strut by on their sky-high Manolos. Anyways, she shouldn't be criticizing them.
"Audrey's going to kill you for that drink," said Elaine, finally changing the subject. She nodded her brunette head towards Lily's low-fat frappucino. "What happened to your milk, water and diluted fruit juice diet?" She was referring to Audrey, Lily's skating coach.
"I'm burning tons of calories every day, I can drink a frappucino if I want," huffed Lily indignantly. The one back draw of being an athlete was the strict diet. But if it gave her the perfect figure… Puts the "figure" in figure-skating, anyways.
"Come on, we need to go to the mall," said Annette, standing up from the table. "Back to school outfits, remember?" She slung her brand new Prada bag over her shoulder and pushed her chair in.
"I'll help you guys pick," offered Lily. The unspoken fact that she wouldn't be attending Westridge with Elaine and Annette hung in the air.
"Let's go," said Elaine, pushing the glass door of Starbucks open.
The next morning, Lily's navy eyes snapped open the second her phone chimed from the nightstand. Shutting off her alarm, she slid out of bed and opened the curtains to let light stream into the room. She brushed her long blonde hair until it shone, even in the dim light of a 4 o'clock morning. Sliding on her newest dark denim True Religion jeans and a cream colored silk top, Lily flicked her hair back as she inspected her outfit in her three way mirror. Always one for appearances and fashion, Violetta Mahone – Lily's mother – had taken the time to make sure that Lily's wardrobe kept up with the latest fashion trends, her cosmetics were the newest and the Limited Editions of Violetta's cosmetics company. Topping her ensemble off with her new red and black plaid jacket that had been a gift from Elaine and Annette on her birthday a few weeks ago, Lily stepped away from the mirror.
Applying eyeshadow with a practiced hand, Lily frowned at the slight blemish besides her nose before she immediately covered it with concealer. She uncapped her black liquid eyeliner pen and lined her eyes making them even bigger and wider than they already were. She swiped her mascara wand over her blond eyelashes, instantly hyping up the effect on her eyes and tossed her cosmetics into her bag after dusting on a hint of bronzer on her cheeks with her oversized brush. Applying makeup was like a second nature to Lily. Just as easy and basic as brushing her hair.
Four hours later, Lily Mahone was flashing her aPod screen to the flight attendants as she boarded the plane headed for London. Her pale gold hair – although loose and flowing around her face – was perfectly arranged without a single strand of hair out of place and her new fashionably cut jacket and tailored jeans fitted her perfectly giving her the look of a wealthy, preppy daughter of a soon-to-be-President.
She flicked open her compact and checked her face for any sign of flyaway hairs, unnatural blemishes or smeared lipgloss. None were found. After slicking on another layer of mango-flavored lipgloss, she tossed the tube back into her small bag and turned around, only to come face to face with a rather cute boy.
She blinked in surprise. She had thought that her she would be sitting alone, but apparently not.
"Hey," he grinned down at her, standing awkwardly in the aisle. "I think I'm in seat – " he checked his phone which bore a remarkable similarity to Lily's glitter-coated aPod. "45B."
45B? She was sitting in 45A…..so that would mean he had the window seat. Oh!
"Hi, I'm Lily," she smiled back with a hint of flirtation, her navy eyes lingering on his messy dark hair, glinting grey eyes and easy grin. She slid out of her seat gracefully, casually flicking her long golden hair back as she stood up to let him pass her into his seat. She smiled inwardly when his grey eyes followed her movements.
"Alex," he nodded to her. "Headed towards…..London, right?"
"Mhm," nodded Lily. So he was going to start with small talk…. Well versed in the many styles of conversation, Lily knew which type of opening was suited for each conversation. She didn't sit through hours of etiquette lectures from her mother for nothing. The pilot's message crackled through the intercom, ordering them to strap themselves in. "You?"
"Same," he replied, reclining back into the seat and sticking his arms behind his head. "What's a girl like you traveling by herself?"
Hmmm. What's he getting at?
"A girl like me?" Lily gestured to herself with a raised eyebrow and a look. "What's that supposed to mean?"
Stereotyping, already?
"Yeah, pretty girl like you. Don't you usually have a whole entourage of friends around you?" he grinned easily, not the least bit bashful. They two of them barely noticed that the plane had already lifted-off and was gliding through the clouds a steady pace.
Lily lost track of what he said after he called her "pretty".
Oh. Mah. God! She felt her cheeks warm up and a smile tugged at her lips. He's definitely flirting! She smirked inwardly. Two could play at this.
"How 'bout you, huh?" Lily said back playfully. "Cute guy like you, shouldn't you have a girlfriend?"
"Oh, we're going to go there, huh, Miss Lily?" he sat up in his seat with sudden interest. "Well beautiful, I'm single and happy, but I might be making some – exceptions."
He smirked at Lily. That was it. He was outright flirting with her, Lily was sure of it. At least he made her flight interesting. He was cute, and hot. She'd have some fun flirting with him.
"Oh, really? And you usually hit on random girls on the airplane?" she flipped her hair over her shoulder coyly.
"Only when they're blonde, have a certain shade of dark blue eyes, wear red and black jackets and have a really cute smile, then yes," Alex winked.
Lily couldn't help it, she broke out laughing, earning her a hard glare from the gray-hair, suit-clad business man sitting a few chairs away from them. With her humor lingering in her face, Lily noticed with amusement that her reaction was probably not the one Alex might have been expecting. Probably used to girls that giggle every five seconds…..
"Something funny?" he cocked an eyebrow.
About to reply, Lily was immediately interrupted by the beeping of her aPod that vibrated and flashed annoyingly on her lap. Making a mental note to soon set it to vibrate, she checked her inbox.
One new message flashed up on the screen along with the Alpha Academy logo.
ATTENTION ALL ALPHAS. REPORT TO TERMINAL ALPHA IMMEDIATELY UPON YOUR ARRIVAL. DO NOT BE LATE. ALPHAS ARE ALWAYS AHEAD. FLIGHT CHECK-INS ARE LOCATED AT THE HERMES STAND. THANK YOU AND HAVE A NICE FLIGHT.
Clicking her aPod shut, Lily turned back to Alex. "Just some school notifications."
"Going to school in London?"
"Well, not really," Lily hesitated, unsure if she should tell him about Alpha Academy. It wasn't much to divulge, but then again, she might have to go into a long explanation. "It's a two-route trip. I'm boarding a plane to somewhere in...…India."
India. Oh great. Even more complicated. But Mount Everest was near India anyways, right? Well somewhere between China and India, if Lily had done her Geography homework correctly. She was suddenly glad she was wearing a jacket. Mountains were cold. Thank god she vetoed the shorts and tank ensemble.
"Boarding school in India, huh?" Alex looked like he didn't believe her but she was relieved when he shifted the attention into a conversation about surfing which lead into sports which soon lead into skating and the various aspects of skating. The hours of the flight flew by, while Lily and Alex argued over whether figure-skating or professional skateboarding was harder.
The pilot's voice echoed through the plan: "We will be landing shortly. Please fasten your seatbelts and prepare for the landing."
Lily resisted the urge to bounce in her seat like a little kid on Christmas morning in eagerness. Alphas! Alphas! Alphas! The plane slowed to a stop, lights turned on, flight attendants stood by the doors and the passengers began to file out. Lily slung her bag over her shoulder and followed the river of people out the plane and into the terminal.
"So, where are you going?" asked Lily, directing the question towards Alex who walked besides her, his hands shoved in the pockets of his jeans.
"Got to catch my next flight," he answered. "Maybe see you around sometime if you ever go back to Cali?"
She smiled back, "Definitely," and began to turn towards the exit of the airport.
"Wait!"
Lily turned back at the sound of his voice calling her name. "Last name and city?"
"Mahone. Lily Mahone. And it's Beverly Hills," she called back as she was swept away by the crowd.
Lily hailed a cab and directed the driver towards Alpha Airport, ignoring his look of slight shock. Leaning back in the lavender smelling seats, she gazed out the window at the foggy gray skies of London as the cab sped towards the golden, shimmering structure that was built right on the Prime Meridian of the globe. Shira Brazille just had to be special for everything, didn't she?
An hour later, Lily was registering her aPod at the counters labeled Hermes Stands. With her golden ticket in hand – that strongly reminded her of Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory, she made her way towards Alpha Terminal. Beta Terminal was apparently for returning flights.
"Oops, sorry!" exclaimed a girl who had bumped right into Lily. "I'm Belle. Belle Piery," she added cheerfully. "And you are? You're an Alpha Academy girl, right? Oh, of course you are. Never mind, but what's your track? I'm an inventor! Gizmos, gadgets and more!"
She said this all very fast and in a very excited tone. Lily merely stared at her blankly for a few brief seconds before coming up with an answer. Her navy eyes lingered on Belle's red birthmark on her cheek for a few seconds before looking away from it, not wanting to seem rude.
"I'm Lily Mahone, a figure-skater," she said with a friendly, charismatic smile that she usually used for social functions. Who knew political skills came in handy at Alpha Academy?
"Mahone! You're not related to Majority Leader, Austin Mahone? Are you! Ohmygawd, you are! You're his daughter! You're Lily! The really pretty, really talented, really cool Lily!" Belle gushed.
"Um, yeah?" Lily stated awkwardly. She wasn't usually at a loss for words but when a super friendly girl who seemed to know all about her began babbling like a crazy rocket…..
"That's so cool! Like my parents are all about politics and follow the news daily! Walk with me to the plane, yes?" Belle didn't wait for an answer and linked her arm through Lily's, dragging her off towards the boarding area of Alpha Terminal.
Well, this girl was sure friendly. Lily liked Belle, despite the rambling, chattering and over excited personality of the brunette. Slightly comforted by the fact that she would have someone to talk to on her second flight, Lily headed off towards the boarding area with a spring in her step. She wasn't sure if she was ready for Alpha Academy, but she knew that she was going to go ahead anyways.
Alpha Academy, ready or not, here I come, Lily thought. This was her chance. Her chance to shine as an alpha, prove to the world that Lily Rosaria Mahone wasn't just a pampered little rich girl thriving on her father's intelligence and her mother's wealth. She was going to show the world that Lily Mahone was a damn good figure-skater and prove it by the end of the year. This was her chance, and she was taking it.
That's Lily! Hope you liked her (:
Her polyvore set is here: www . polyvore . com/cgi/set?id=30884545 (You'd have to get rid of the spaces between the (.)'s)
I'm creating one for each of my main characters...
alicemaybrandonjones: Can you send me a pic or name of a person that represents your character?
The Bloodiest Rose: Can you send me a pic or name of a person that represents your character?
Now! I might have mentioned it in a PM if you've contacted me or I needed to PM you...but I'm picking three main characters to focus on. Here's the list!
~~Mulan Cabin~~
1. Lily Rosaria Mahone **
2. Sophie May Leung **
3. Odette Megan Carter **
4. Belle Piery
5. Sabrina Boyane
** = Main Characters
Belle, Sabrina I guarantee that you will be mentioned in this story with parts. So will Lizzie Hudson (who will come up in the next chapter...)
The other girls that have submitted: I will try to include you in the story as much as possible (either as a fellow classmate or a bump in the hallways)
Boys: You'll see :D
Now! I KNOW that Shira Brazille probably wouldn't have named a cabin after Mulan, but I am! I got a couple of reasons for this (:
1. It's my story. I can do what I want. I like Mulan. I admire Mulan. I adore Mulan. Mulan is my idol. Therefore, I am naming a Cabin after Mulan.
2. She's 100% ALPHA material! She chopped her hair off, disguised herself as a boy and went through so much to save her father and her country! (if you never watched the movie...you NEED to!)
3. She never gives up! Have you seen the movie? She sucked at everything... but stuck it out and climbed to the top of the pole thing to get the arrow! With weights on her arms! And she's a GIRL! In the army!
4. She's a brainiac. She's brave. She's stubborn. She doesn't give up. She's pretty. She's modest. She's loyal. She's ALPHA!
5. I love Disney.
6. So many Disney Princesses do nothing but sit, sigh, dream, sleep and be pretty. (Sleeping Beauty! Cinderella! Snow White!) Mulan breaks the stereotype! She's awesome!
7. I am naming a Cabin after Mulan.
8. Credit goes to The Bloodiest Rose for giving me the idea! I LOVED Mulan, but honestly, I would probably never had thought about naming a Cabin after her. The Bloodiest Rose included it in a LONG list of cabin names when I asked for some help...and I was like OMIGOSH MULAN!
9. NO ONE can deny that Mulan is a total alpha. Alpha material!
10. Mulan Cabin it is. My - and The Bloodiest Rose's - tribute to the everlasting wonders of Disney!
The issue of plagiarism. alicemaybrandonjones has posted up a new story/note on it and I suggest that you all go check it out :) She's got a whole bunch of really good points. The whole issue is over, no need to go over it again :) The past is in the past, forgive and forget. Moving on! I'm staying as you can probably tell from the new chapter and the new info on the story...
Also. I do not have a beta, so all the mistakes are mine (:
-The Lovely Psyche
