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490 HE 6th year of the Reign of Roald and Shinkokami
Rai thought about her first month at lady school. She had the Immortal Roses but that didn't stop Lady Sasha of Darroch from insulting her and the others. She and her friends Jennifer of Runnerspring and Karolyn of Tirrsmont terrorized the Immortal Roses at every chance. She had to be a shoulder for the tears of most of the 1st year members. At that moment there was a knock on the door. It was Esty.
Esty smiled, "Rai, we want to practice with the shusuken and we would like your supervising eye and another hand to pass to. Are you in?"
Rai shrugged, "Why not? I mean, I am the keeper of the fan and I am the best with it so, fine I'll come."
On the way to the courtyard, Esty and Rai were having a fun conversation. They were laughing and talking about a story they had read with Sasha's great-grandfather who was a bumbling weird person with a knack for destroying his land and was then died under "strange" circumstances.
Belle smiled, "They're here!"
Gail smirked, "It took you long enough."
Rai shrugged, "Well than girls let's get started."
Rai throws the fan up and across the circle to Belle. Belle turns it with a flourish and gives it to Dia. Dia is so graceful with it. She is amazing and it looks like poetry in motion. In the motion she sends it to Shoshi. In all they go through all the practices. Dia remains most graceful with it, even more than Rai who has trained with it much longer.
After the practice Rai took Dia aside, "Dia, you're so graceful. That was as beautiful as some of the dance troupes in which they learned it their entire life."
Dia shrugged, "I am the best at dance in this school. I mean it comes naturally to me."
Rai smiled, "And that is why you're an immortal rose."
As they walked down the hall laughing, Sasha, Jennifer and Karolyn decided what terror they were going to do. They were going to hurt them badly.
The next morning in reading the girls who were in the I.R. and were the smartest in that class found their homework missing. They got in trouble with the mistress and a disapproving eye to the "good" students. A similar thing happened in math, but the good students were just given extra homework by an annoyed teacher. In riding Dia was bucked off as well as Belle, Patience and Rai. The riding mistress was angry enough to restrict privileges of the four. In music Kelsey and Lucille could not find their instruments and received a failing grade for the day. In dance Dia found her shoes ripped, she cried because they were a gift from a favorite aunt. At the end when they were looking forward to a shukusen practice, someone had come in to Rai's room and destroyed it.
The I.R. were crying in Rai's room. Belle was the worst. Belle had heard that one girl blamed it on the servants and she didn't want any servants harmed. The I.R. reassured her that no servant was blamed.
Rai wrote to her parents.
Dearest Mother and Father,
I would like some locks and some shukusen. The girls who are my friends have made a practice ring. But unfortunately the Shukusen broke. something got into my room, so I want extra protection. Also send some tea please.
Your dearest daughter, Railana
But when she noticed a little piece of parchment near the floor stuck. It said:
Stay away children of hussies
Just leave, foreigners.
Keep away traitors.
She said to herself, "Of course it would be Sasha, Jennifer and Karolyn." She said even more loudly, "Girls, I know what to do."
AN- I hope y'all like the enemies. Thank you Luthien Rhiannoncat5 and Qestioning Reader. I am sorry that this didn't come earlier. I tried sending it to a beta but she didn't respond.
490 HE 6th year of the Reign of Roald and Shinkokami
Rai thought about her first month at lady school. She had the Immortal Roses but that didn't stop Lady Sasha of Darroch from insulting her and the others. She and her friends Jennifer of Runnerspring and Karolyn of Tirrsmont terrorized the Immortal Roses at every chance. She had to be a shoulder for the tears of most of the 1st year members. At that moment there was a knock on the door. It was Esty.
Esty smiled, "Rai, we want to practice with the shusuken and we would like your supervising eye and another hand to pass to. Are you in?"
Rai shrugged, "Why not? I mean, I am the keeper of the fan and I am the best with it so, fine I'll come."
On the way to the courtyard, Esty and Rai were having a fun conversation. They were laughing and talking about a story they had read with Sasha's great-grandfather who was a bumbling weird person with a knack for destroying his land and was then died under "strange" circumstances.
Belle smiled, "They're here!"
Gail smirked, "It took you long enough."
Rai shrugged, "Well than girls let's get started."
Rai throws the fan up and across the circle to Belle. Belle turns it with a flourish and gives it to Dia. Dia is so graceful with it. She is amazing and it looks like poetry in motion. In the motion she sends it to Shoshi. In all they go through all the practices. Dia remains most graceful with it, even more than Rai who has trained with it much longer.
After the practice Rai took Dia aside, "Dia, you're so graceful. That was as beautiful as some of the dance troupes in which they learned it their entire life."
Dia shrugged, "I am the best at dance in this school. I mean it comes naturally to me."
Rai smiled, "And that is why you're an immortal rose."
As they walked down the hall laughing, Sasha, Jennifer and Karolyn decided what terror they were going to do. They were going to hurt them badly.
The next morning in reading the girls who were in the I.R. and were the smartest in that class found their homework missing. They got in trouble with the mistress and a disapproving eye to the "good" students. A similar thing happened in math, but the good students were just given extra homework by an annoyed teacher. In riding Dia was bucked off as well as Belle, Patience and Rai. The riding mistress was angry enough to restrict privileges of the four. In music Kelsey and Lucille could not find their instruments and received a failing grade for the day. In dance Dia found her shoes ripped, she cried because they were a gift from a favorite aunt. At the end when they were looking forward to a shukusen practice, someone had come in to Rai's room and destroyed it.
The I.R. were crying in Rai's room. Belle was the worst. Belle had heard that one girl blamed it on the servants and she didn't want any servants harmed. The I.R. reassured her that no servant was blamed.
Rai wrote to her parents.
Dearest Mother and Father,
I would like some locks and some shukusen. The girls who are my friends have made a practice ring. But unfortunately the Shukusen broke. something got into my room, so I want extra protection. Also send some tea please.
Your dearest daughter, Railana
But when she noticed a little piece of parchment near the floor stuck. It said:
Stay away children of hussies
Just leave, foreigners.
Keep away traitors.
She said to herself, "Of course it would be Sasha, Jennifer and Karolyn." She said even more loudly, "Girls, I know what to do."
AN- I hope y'all like the enemies. Thank you Luthien Rhiannoncat5 and Qestioning Reader. I am sorry that this didn't come earlier. I tried sending it to a beta but she didn't respond.