Here's the fifth chapter. A special thank you to Mo12341234, xXSakuraBlossomsXx, Awesome Rapidash, CocoxLadybat for reviewing my last chapter.
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Chapter 5
I See Trouble and Friendship
Akira had a fun time in Ruling 101. Since today was the first day, Lucia gave them a game to play where you had to say every mermaids' name in under 20 seconds. Whoever made it in time earned a homework pass. There were many attempts, but Akira was the closest.
It was now almost the end of fourth period with Natalie. Their teacher was Nikora and he reviewed over what the curriculum would be over the next three weeks. She also explained the recipes they would be cooking. The bell rang and Akira smiled. It was time for lunch. Akira and Natalie met Hanna, Victoria, Katatsu, and Annika at the dorm square.
"Is everyone ready?" Victoria asked.
"Yup, let's go!" Katatsu replied. They started to head towards the dining hall, but were blocked by Jasmine, Sakura, and Franchesca. Victoria groaned.
"What do you guys want now?" she asked. Jasmine smiled, but Victoria knew she was 100% evil.
"Well, we just wanted to know what oceans you were from," Franchesca replied.
"And why would you want to know?" demanded Katatsu.
"Shut it twerp," Jasmine snapped.
"Don't say that to her!" Annika yelled. "You, you hag!" Jasmine snarled.
"Oh, just wondering," Sakura told them. She curled her hair. Sakura pointed at Akira. "Especially you. You're from the Rainbow Ocean, which doesn't exist, so of course you're lying. Where are you from?"
"The Rainbow Ocean," Akira slowly said.
"Liar!" Sakura shouted.
"I'm not!" Akira shouted back. She lowered her voice. "The only reason why you don't know where the Rainbow Ocean is because it's only known by the white mermaids and their allays."
"Whatever, my kingdom is still bigger than yours!" taunted Sakura.
"Um, have you noticed that a ocean is bigger than a sea?" asked Natalie.
"Well, at least mine exists!" Sakura retorted.
"Her kingdom exists, you don't believe her because you're too stupid," smirked Hanna. Sakura's face turned red.
"SAY THAT TO MY FACE!!!!!" she yelled.
"Oh, it's on!" Hanna snarled.
"Hanna, stop, she's not worth it," growled Victoria. They swam past them and towards the dining hall.
"I don't know why they're bothering!" Hanna exclaimed when they sat down. The mermaids from this morning served them their food.
"Thank you," Victoria and Natalie thanked.
"I don't know, I guess they just want to annoy us," Akira shrugged. She took a bite of the shrimp. "It's really good!"
"Well, I think the best way is is to ignore them," suggested Annika.
"Woah, Ani, I've never seen you be so adult like!" joked Katatsu. Annika crossed her arms.
"I'm always like this!" she retorted. Katatsu raised an eyebrow. "Just not around you."
"Sure...." Katatsu sarcastically murmured.
The mermaids finished their afternoon meal. Akira gazed at the clock on the left wall. It read 12:59. One more minute and they would be heading to their next period. Madame Amaya swam in.
"You are now allowed to head to you next period," Madame Amaya stated. A few mermaids jumped from their seats. "But! Please be more appropriate than this morning. You princesses almost knocked over a waitress." She paused for a moment and made a hand movement. The mermaids started to race towards the door, but slowing down when they passed Madame Amaya. They once again raced across the field to their sixth period class.
"I've got Defense," Akira thought. She noticed Sakura and Franchesca enter a room.
"Please don't be room 106, please don't be room 106!" pleaded Akira. She looked at the sign on the door. "Room 106." She sighed and entered. Akira sat in a seat in the front of the room, one row in front of Sakura and Franchesca. Sakura raised an eyebrow when she saw Akira enter. There was a mermaid with a yellow tail and golden hair in the front of the room.
"Princesses, please settle in!" she called. The bell rang and everyone sat quietly in their seats. A mermaid with fiery red hair sat next to Akira.
"Hello class, I am Ms. Nakamura, your defense skills instructor," Coco greeted. "We will be learning all about defending yourself. Yes, you are princesses and you must be dainty and delicate, but at some times of need, you may have to fight back. To start today's lesson, please take out your battle and defense textbook. Now is there anyone without a textbook?" She looked around and so did the other mermaids. No one raised their hand.
"Good," she smiled. "First I would like you to write your name on the inside cover. Pens are suggested, because it cannot be erased." The mermaids did just as Coco said so. Akira slightly looked back to see Sakura dot her 'I's with small hearts. "Now turn to page 6." Akira flipped to the page. It said:
Chapter 1
Defense Stances and Names
"Now in this chapter you will be learning the different kinds of defense stances and their names," Coco explained. "Please read pages 6-20 and answer questions 1-10 on page 20. You may write your answers in the textbook; lines are provided. Please work quietly. All incomplete work will be for homework."
Akira started reading. She smiled; she was lucky that she was a fast reader. After a few minutes, she started to answer the questions. Soon, she finished the questions and placed her pen down. Akira raised her hand just as Sakura did. Sakura grimaced at her. Coco started to swim over to Akira. She smirked at Sakura.
"Yes?"
"What do you do after you're finished?" Akira asked. Coco's eyes widened.
"You're done already?" Coco exclaimed. "Let me take a look at your work." Akira handed her the textbook and Coco quickly looked it over. "This is done very well. You may do whatever you please or do homework from other classes." She handed it back to Akira and swam over to Sakura. Akira overheard that she was also done. Coco skimmed over her work too. She frowned.
"Questions 2, 3, 5, and 9 are wrong, please redo them and don't rush," Coco told Sakura. As she swam away, Sakura sneered at Akira. Akira just turned around and smiled. She took a piece of sandpaper out and a coral pencil. Akira thought for a second and started to sketch a dolphin. The girl next to her saw her draw.
"You're really good," she whispered.
"Thanks," Akira smiled. She noticed the mermaid had an Australian accent
"I'm Maryssa Heine," the mermaid told her. "The amber pearl of the Tasman Sea. I'm staying at the Lysander dorm house." {1}
"I'm Akira, white pearl of the Rainbow Ocean, and staying at the Victoria dorm house." Maryssa's eyes widened.
"I thought the Rainbow Ocean was just a myth!" she exclaimed silently. Coco swam past them and Akira's eyes turned back to her picture.
"Nope, it's real alright," Akira explained. Maryssa and Akira had a quiet conversation for a while. The bell rang.
"You are now dismissed," announced Coco. "Don't forget to finish reading and answering the questions. If you have, please review it. We will be trying the defense moves tomorrow!" The mermaids poured out of the room.
"Hey, what class do you have next?" Maryssa asked.
"I have history," Akira replied.
"Me too!" Akira exclaimed. Hanna, Natalie, Victoria, Katatsu, and Annika swam over.
"Who's this?" asked Hanna.
"This is Maryssa Heine, the amber pearl of the Tasman Sea," Akira introduced.
"Good day mates!" Maryssa smiled.
"You have a funny accent!" Katatsu giggled. Annika elbowed her in the stomach.
"Heh heh, what she means is, 'Hi! I'm Katatsu, the indigo pearl of the Sea of Japan!'" Annika spoke up. "And I'm Annika, the scarlet pearl of the Sea of Okhotsk." Maryssa laughed.
"I'm Hanna, the peach pearl of the Mediterranean Sea," Hanna greeted.
"I'm Victoria, the gold pearl of the South Metallic Ocean and this is my twin sister, Natalie, the silver pearl of the North Metallic Ocean," Victoria smiled.
"Nice to me ya all," Maryssa bowed. "We should be getting to class now.
"Yea, guess I'll see you around!" Natalie agreed. The mermaids went to their next period classes.
Periods 7, 8, and 9 seemed to fly by and Akira was in period 10, sewing class, with Annika, Natalie, and Maryssa. Seira let the mermaids sit wherever they wanted too, and the four sat at a table with another two mermaids named Jorhara Hashimi, the cyan pearl of the Arabian Sea and Clara Basset, the violet pearl of the Labrador Sea. They were both staying at the Jurtez dorm house.
The end of class bell rang.
"Class is over, everyone please report to your dorm houses until Madame Amaya announces that you may go to the dining hall," Seira told them. The princesses swam out towards their dorm houses.
"Yay, classes are finally over!" Victoria cheered.
"You didn't like classes?" Hanna asked.
"Well, the first days are always boring," she shrugged. Akira, Victoria, Natalie, and Hanna laughed. They headed back to homeroom to find many of them already there. The princesses sat in the seats they sat in this morning. As the rest of the mermaids piled in, Akira thought about what happened today. She met so many new friends, and was so excited to learn. Madame Tsukiko entered the room.
"Welcome back princesses, I hope your first day of classes was appealing to you," greeted the home room teacher. "After every day, you will come back here for information, or handouts I have to give you. Today there are no handouts, but you will be expecting something from Madame Amaya back at your dorm houses. You are dismissed.
Akira, Natalie, Victoria, and Hanna headed towards the Victoria dorm house, while Katatsu and Annika headed towards the Alexandria dorm house. Maryssa made her way towards the Lysander dorm house, stopping to wave to Johara and Clara who were at the front of the Jurtez dorm house.
When Akira opened the door to her room, she noticed that her bed was neatly made.
"Looks like the maids came to clean our rooms," Natalie said, glancing at own bed. "And they left us something too." Akira proceeded to her desk to find a calendar of the month and words printed on specific dates. On the bottom was a note.
Dear Princesses,
Here is a calendar of the activities that will happen over the period of time at your stay. Use this to keep track of everything that is happening. Put it in a safe place, or hang it up on your wall. Snail slime tape is provided on your desk. You only get one, so you loose it, you loose it and you're not getting another.
Sincerely,
Madame Amaya
"Wow, she's really serious about this," Akira thought. She took some snail slime tape and taped it on the wall in front of her desk. While taking out her private journal, she noticed Natalie lay on her bed. Akira took out the small key that came with the journal and inserted it in the locket. It popped opened and magically turned to the next blank page. She pulled out a seaweed pen and started writing.
December **, ****
Dear Journal,
Well, today was the first day of classes! My teachers were wonderful, although I like Ms. Nanami the best. Today we didn't really learn anything, we just went over the basic stuff of what we were going to do. I've met a lot of new friends:
Katatsu Michiko, indigo pearl, Sea of Japan, staying at the Alexandria Dorm House, friends with Annika, met at breakfast
Annika Mikhail, scarlet pearl, Sea of Okhotsk, staying at the Alexandria Dorm House, friends with Katatsu, met at breakfast
Victoria Barbados, gold pearl, South Metallic Ocean, staying at the Victoria Dorm House, dormmates with Hanna, twin of Natalie
Natalie Barbados, silver pearl, North Metallic Ocean, staying at the Victoria Dorm House, dormmates with me, twin of Victoria
Maryssa Heine, amber pearl, Tasman Sea, staying at the Lysander Dorm House, met at Defense Skills class
Johara Hashimi, cyan pearl, Arabian Sea, staying at the Jurtez Dorm House, met at Sowing class, friends with Clara
Clara Basset, violet pearl, Labrador Sea, staying at the Jurtez Dorm House, met at Sowing class, friends with Johara
Yup, I know that's a lot. And for some reason everyone knows me and thinks I'm a hero. That really bothers me. And I also met some enemies too:
Sakura Vinvaldi, fuchsia pearl, Red Sea, staying at the Alexandria Dorm House, a total snob, leader of the 'Popular Group', friends with Franchesca and Jasmine
Franchesca Collins, hazel pearl, Black Sea, staying at the Alexandria Dorm House, another snob, friends with Sakura and Jasmine
Jasmine Mirra, navy blue pearl, Caspian Sea, staying at the Alexandria Dorm House, another snob, friends with Sakura and Franchesca
They make my stay here HORRIBLE! Why can't they just leave us alone?
Well, I think dinner is soon, I'll write in your probably tomorrow, bye!
Your writer,
Akira ;)
Akira put the journal and they key in a safe place in one of the drawers in the desk. The speakers in the top corner of the rooms turned on and Natalie opened her eyes.
"This is Madame Amaya," the voice said. "You are now allowed to go to the dining hall for dinner. Enjoy." There was a knock on the door. Natalie went to open it; it was Victoria and Hanna.
"Ready to go eat?" Hanna asked.
"Yeah, I'm starving!" exclaimed Natalie. Akira locked the door and the four mermaids headed to their delicious dinner.
{1} Some of you may have a picture that amber is like a brown color, but according to wikipedia, it's like an orange. That's what I'm referring to. And Maryssa won't be appearing often in this story, so that's why I didn't put her on the character list.
EDIT: Ah, what the heck, I'll put it on anyways. She'll be important later.....
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