The next day at school, this blonde wearing an orange beret appeared. "Candy Carreau!" she said. I looked at her. "My name is Cecil Utahime!" she said. "Oh… uh… hello, Cecil. That's a nice beret you got" I said. "Why, thank you." said Cecil. "Anyways, I noticed you have a crush on Xavier, right?" she said. I simply nodded. "Well…" she said, "I have a crush on him too" "Wait, really?" I said, "That's great!" "It isn't! In the end, Xavier would have to choose between the two of us" said Cecil, "From this day forth, we are rivals!" "Rivals? I've never had a rival before." "Well, then. Consider me your first" said Cecil. She got out a small bag, and put her hand in it. I followed suit. She pulled out a white pebble and I chose a black one. "White moves first." She left. "Don't worry, Candy!" said Dia, "I know you'll do great" I'm a bit scared of what she would do. I guess I have to wait.

The next day, I saw Cecil run up to Xavier. "Xavier!" Xavier looked at her. Cecil blushed and looked down. "Now I'll sing "My love for you"." she said. She started singing a slow song about how much she loves him. This is bad. Don't get me wrong. I can sing, I just have a bit of stage fright. I could only sing in front of my step-sisters and Amu. Yvonne came up to me. "Candy-chan" she said, " What's this?" "I'm rivals with that girl over there." I said, not elaborating any further. "Oh, is it because she might take your precious Xavi-shan away from you?" I blushed, and simply nodded. "Don't worry, I know Exy better than anyone else here! I can help you." Yvonne smiled, "On one condition" I looked at her. "I will only help you if you join the Guardians." I didn't want to join the Guardians, but I don't want to lose the battle with Cecil. I sighed. "I guess it wouldn't be as bad." I simply said. "Yippee! Now, X loves their chocolate tarts, so let's make that for him" "But, I don't know how to bake!" I cried. But then, I realized. Su is an expert at cooking, so if anyone can help me bake one, it's her. "But I know someone who does! Come home with me after school."

After school, Yvonne came with me to my house. "So, this is your house" she said. I nodded. Amu opened the door. "Dia! Who's this?" "Oh, this is Yvonne Ypsilon! Remember when I talked to you about her?" "I do remember." said Amu, "Come inside." We went inside. "Su!" I called out. Su arrived. "Desu! Who's this, Dia?" "My friend Yvonne" I said, "Yvonne, this is my step-sister, Su Trefle" "Nice to meet you, Su." said Yvonne. "Same here too" said Su. "Now just to be sure, you can cook, right?" said Yvonne. Su nodded. "Just leave it to Su!" she said, "Now, what would you like." "I was thinking of you to help me bake a chocolate tart." said Dia. "Why?" I blushed. "No reason" Miki came downstairs. "Huh? Is it because of a boy?" she said. "How romantic!" said Ran. "Shut up!" I cried. "So, let's get to work on the tart."

So we were cooking. Me, Yvonne and Su. "Now we need to make the ganache-desu." said Su. Just then, that boy, Makoto came in! I overheard Amu mutter something about Iku… something. I was more focused on Makoto. "You! How did you find my house?!" I cried. "You have the Humpty Lock. It was easy" said Makoto. "Who are you?!" said Amu. "Oh, Makoto Doumoto." "And that is" Amu said, pointing at his Guardian Character. The Character replied, "I'm Masa" They looked at our tart. "Oh, what's that?" "Looks tasty! Is for me?" "Is not for you! Is for Xavier!" "Xavier!" said Makoto. "Xavier!" "I knew it was for a boy!" said Miki. "I don't know why you want the Embryo, but not even I know where it is now!" cried Amu. "I'm not interested in that little egg. I just need that Humpty Lock!" "What's the Embryo?!" I cried. "I'll tell you later!" said Yvonne, "For now! Y! Let's Chara Change! Fork, Branch, Y!" She Chara Changed. "I demand you to leave right now!" she said. "I won't!" Yvonne summoned a tuning fork in her hand. "Well, I went down one path, time to go down the other" She controlled Makoto's body. "Get off me!" Makoto screamed, "Okay, I'll get out!" Yvonne stopped, and changed back to normal. Makoto took the tart and left. "I'll leave, if you let me have some tart!" he said. "I should've known he was going to add a catch." Yvonne said.

"Now what?" I said. "Well, we don't have enough chocolate to make another tart, but we can always make cookies!" said Su. So we got to work, and we finished them. "That looks nice!" said Amu. "Wait! Before we give it to him, we need to add a card!" said Ran. "We are not adding a card!" said Amu. "Dia, what do you think?" said Su. I was conflicted. On one hand, I want to tell him my feelings, but on the other, he might reject me again. "I'm too scared to put in a card." "I know! Why don't we make one box with a card, and another box without a card." "No! That's even worse!" Amu cried. "If you want, I can give it to her." said Yvonne. "Wait, her?" I said, "You mean Xavier is a girl?!" "Oops! I must've slipped." said Yvonne, "X likes to switch his gender depending on context. If a boy is after him, which happens rarely, X is, for all intents and purposes, a girl. He is above the concept of gender" "That is strange" said Su. "It isn't strange where we're from" Yvonne said, "Now, let me give it to him." "No, I want to give it to him myself" "That's the spirit, Dia!" said Ran. I packed the cookies up and left. "I'll come with you" said Yvonne. We walked together to Xavier's house.

"So, uh… what's the Embryo?" I asked. "Oh, the Embryo is a magic wish granting egg" said Yvonne, "You see, whoever owns the egg will have their wish come true" "I see" I said. "Say, what would you wish for if you had the egg?" Yvonne asked. "I… I don't know actually" I said, "Probably something selfless. What about you?" "That's a tough question." said Yvonne, "If I had the egg, I would probably wish to be a princess, or something like that" "Well, that wish is pretty much a reality, considering you are the Queen's Chair" "Yeah" said Yvonne. "Ah! There he is!" We saw Xavier. "Ah! Candy!" he said. "Uh… I have to go to the bathroom." said Yvonne, "You two have fun, okay?" She ran off. "Hey, don't ditch me!" I looked at Xavier. He looked cute. I couldn't move. After a while, I gave him the cookies and ran off. "Wait!" Xavier said. I stopped. "What is it you want to say to me?" I asked. "Thank you." he replied. "Say, are you looking for the Embryo too?" I asked. He nodded. "My wish is to spread happiness so everyone can realize their value" "That's a beautiful wish" I said. Xavier nodded. "Anyways, I have to go back now" I said, "See you at school?" "Yeah, see you at school" he said. And we parted ways. "You did it! You actually talked to him!" said Dia. "I didn't think I would." I said.