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The Choosing
Chapter 1: Unfortunate
"Mikan! The toilet is clogged again! Fix it! I don't want it overflowing again!" called a raspy voice from down the hall in the small house they lived in. Mikan sighed, rolled her eyes, and got off her bed. She had been staring at a picture of her deceased parents and admiring a glass statue of her parents . "Coming!" she said back. Kyu was an old woman that took Mikan in when she was young. She was strict but she was fair and occasionally funny. She was the only person that talked to Mikan now besides Hotaru. When Mikan came to Alice Academy she was cold and reserved. She never let anyone inside of her barricade. (AN: I didn't mention this before, but Alice Academy is an all girl school, boys or "lords" have their own tutors.)After the night of her parents slaughter she vowed to never love again. Caring hurt too much. She learned that the hard way. The closest thing she came to loving is Hotaru, her best friend and Kyu. She sighed and went over to the toilet with a plunger in hand. She stopped when Kyu added,
"Mikan, where are you! Hurry up over here! Remember when my Betsy almost drowned because you didn't unclogged fast enough? Where are you? Scoot your big butt over to the toilet! I've got Betsy up on the table! Make it snappy!" Betsy was Kyu beloved Chihuahua and she was spoiled and treated better than any king or queen was. Mikan gave one of her rare chuckles and got to work.
When she finally unclogged the toilet, she suddenly remembered what day it was. She ran over to the calendar that was hanging on the wall of the hallway. She groaned, it was the week of the Choosing. In Alice Kingdom, girls were treated like items. Lords or princes come from different parts of Alice Land to bid on girls. 6 girls are randomly chosen from Alice Academy in a drawing. Those girls go to the Choosing Arena and line up in front of the lords. Then the bidding begins. The person that bids the most money on a girl gets her as a maid or their slave. The event lasted for a week and Mikan dreaded the Choosing, knowing she could be pulled away from her home at any moment and bought by a stranger.
"What's wrong?" a quiet voice said behind her. Mikan spun around. Hotaru was standing there eating crab brains. She was in a beautiful blue kimono with intricate flower designs.
"Why are you wearing that?" Mikan asked. She couldn't believe that Hotaru was getting dressed up for this horrible event. Hotaru shrugged.
"If I get Chosen at least I would look pretty unlike you." She pointed at Mikan. Mikan's shirt had a huge wet stain on the front of it from the toilet. "Did you wet yourself?" Mikan looked at where Hotaru was pointing at. On her pants was a stain from the sewer water. Mikan sighed and went up to her room to get changed. Her room was a modest size. Her walls were all are bare except for 3 photos of her parents hanging above her desk plus the glass statue. A closet and a small lamp complete her room. Her bed was a pull-out bed on the wall. She pushed her bed back into the wall and got dressed. She dressed in a soft pink kimono with small red sakura flower print. Kyu and Hotaru were waiting for her at the door. Then they left for the Choosing Arena.
At the Choosing Arena
The atmosphere was surprising cheerful at the Arena. Usually the Arena had a heavy stillness to the air. One conversation really attracted her attention. She paused to eavesdrop on a group of girls.
"OMG! Lord Natume, Ruka, Koko, Mochiage, Yuu, Yoichi, Kitsuneme are coming to bid on girls!" screamed a girl with too much make-up on in a red kimono with golden sparrow print.
"I know! I hope I get Chosen by Lord Natsume!" said another girl.
"Lord Ruka is more my type or maybe Lord Yuu." said the girl in the red kimono.
"Mikan! Hurry up! I grabbed us some seats!" yelled Kyu. Mikan went over to where Hotaru and Kyu were sitting. Mikan asked Hotaru,
"Who are Lord Natsume, Ruka, and whatever the other's names are?" Before Hotaru could answer, a shriek came from behind Mikan.
"WHO IS LORD NATUME? AND LORD RUKA?" shrieked a girl with seaweed green hair. Mikan turned around, surprised.
"Um, who are you?"Mikan asked.
"I'm Sumire! The president of the Lord Natsume and Ruka fan club! Everybody knows me!" she scoffed. Then as if proving her point a random person came up and shouted,
"Hey! It's Sumire! Look everyone! Sumire!" Then a huge crowd came over to get autographs. Mikan just stared.
"I didn't know who you were." Mikan said. Sumire scoffed again.
"Well you aren't anybody then, are you? Hey, aren't you that poor girl that is always so cold and heartless with the useless Alice?" Before Sumire could scoff again a hoof came out of nowhere and knocked down. Hotaru was standing over a wailing Sumire. Hotaru had the Inventing Alice so this new invention didn't surprise Mikan that much
"Mikan, hurry up." And she went back to eating her crab brains. Finally the fanfare to announce the start of the Choosing, Mikan hurriedly went to sit down next to Hotaru and Kyu. The Choosing drawing began.
The host for the Choosing came out. A man in a white tuxedo with a red rose in his mouth came out to the spotlight.
"GOOD EVENING LADIES! WELCOME TO THE 14TH CHOOSING! FOR THE NEWBIES I WILL EXPLAIN THE SYSTEM!" he blared into his microphone. Mikan sighed. "Here we go again." She thought.
"THERE IS A NUMBER UNDER YOUR SEAT RIGHT NOW! PICK IT UP! NOW I PRESENT… OUR LOTTERY BALL MACHINE!" He unveiled a gigantic lottery ball machine.
"NOW I WILL SPIN THE CRANK AND IT WILL RELEASE 6 NUMBERS! AND THOSE LUCKY GIRLS MIGHT GO HOME WITH ONE OF THESE LORDS!" The spotlight suddenly averted to a balcony where the lords were sitting. There sat a raven-haired boy reading a manga with his feet propped up on the balcony railing. Next to him was a blonde haired boy petting a rabbit. He politely nodded his head. Beside them was another blonde boy with spiky hair. He enthusiastically waved both of his arms. You could tell that he was a happy-go-lucky boy. His twin next to him had the same attitude. Sitting behind them was a dirty blonde hair boy with glasses. He smiled and waved. Next to him was a boy with short brown hair. He yawned lazily. Lastly, a boy with light gray hair He turned his head away from the audience. Mikan stared up at them.
"What are their names?" she whispered to Hotaru. Hotaru sighed and reached into her pocket for a piece of paper. Then she quickly jotted some things down, and then handed the paper to Mikan. Mikan looked at the paper it said:
Raven haired= Lord Natsume
Blonde guy with bunny= Lord Ruka
The Twins= Lord Koko and Kitsuneme
Gray Hair= Lord Yoichi
Glasses= Lord Yuu
Brown hair= Lord Mochiage
The loud announcer tore her away from the paper. Then she reached under her seat and took out a number card. 36. She looked up from her number and prayed it wouldn't be called.
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*Diana* ^-^