Haylo as always to you! Hehe, I honestly don't know where I got the napkin rose idea... But I'm glad it was a sweet twist... Now we're off to Great Britain! How interesting will thing turn out...? It's up to you to read this chapter! Enjoy chapter 8! (Reviews on bottom as always!) Sorry it took so long to update! Plus this chapter is pretty crappy!

"Rysa!" Sofie's called as soon as Marysa stepped off the bus with Karly. "Rysa, help me! I think I have too much stuff!"

Indeed, Sofie had thirteen bags filled with a bunch of stuff she probably didn't need, and Marysa and Karly only had four... combined...

"Sofie, didn't I pack only five for you?" Marysa asked wearily, already knowing the answer because she went through this every time.

"Yeah, but then I realized that-"

"-you needed something else."

"Exactly!"

"Marysa, we'll miss the flight if we don't go in to the airport lugging seventeen suitcases, so I suggest we move now and decide what to do." Karly informed the two girls, keeping them in order. "If Sophie's bags are too much, we can throw them out the window." She added.

Sofie paled. "No, please don't."

"Did you bring your whole life with you?!" Marysa gasped, lugging some of Sofie's stuff along with her two bags.

"No."

"Dear god, you mean you still have things at home?"

"YES! What if I forgot something important?"

"I highly doubt that."

The girls managed to get inside the airport, go through the process of security and such, and finally get their seats, lugging Sofie's suitcases along the way. Taking their first class seats - that's what you get when you attend a special all girl's school - the threesome instantly began talking.

"Oh, I can't wait to see everybody!" Sofie cried, excited and bubbly.

"Me too!" Marysa agreed, her normally pessimistic tone surprisingly happy. "Karly, everyone's thrilled to finally be meeting you!"

"That's nice." Karly said, flipping through a travel guide, which probably explained how to deal with two older girls on a long plane trip - an 8 hour and 23 minutes. The girls left from Charleston, South Carolina and land in the Gatwick Airport. Karly was actually calculating how they would arrive in Lambourn, Berkshire.

"Can't you be more enthusiastic?" Marysa pouted.

"No."

"You are no fun."

"I know."

Surprisingly, these two sisters can go on forever arguing about useless things, which is really handy when you're passing time. Since Marysa and Karly aren't the type of sisters who get into major and brutal fights, they are able to squabble about things, get really worked up, and pass time.

Had Sofie not been used to this, she would've been looking at them like everyone else was - a crazy look. However, she couldn't help join in when she could just to irritate them.

"So, we'll land in Gatwick around 2 to 3 pm." Karly informed the two teens. "Then we'll take a vehicle of some sort to drive to Windsor. According to my calculations, it will take us 50 minutes to get there, depending on the conditions."

"What conditions?" Sofie asked.

"Road conditions, traffic, all that stuff." Karly said, her voice dripping with disgust at Sofie's lack of knowledge.

"Oh."

"Then, it'll take us another 50 minutes to get to Lambourn, Berkshire - depending on travel conditions." Karly added, giving Sofie a look.

"So it'll take us about an hour and a half to finally arrive." Marysa noted. "Karly, you're strange."

"Why?"

"Well, Sofie and I never really paid attention to how long it would take us. We always took the most reasonable, early flight."

"I wonder how we're sisters." Karly grumbled, looking out the window.

"So do I." Marysa fired back. "I'm not monotonous and expressionless like you!"

"And I'm not impulsive, study-hermit like you."

"What's wrong with being smart? YOU'RE the one looking at the travel time!"

"I look at educational things, but I do not hide in my room studying."

Sofie sighed, leaning back on her seat as the Ayuzawa sisters continued their bantering. It was going to be a long flight.

"Yay! We're here!" Marysa cried out in joy as the familiar Gatwick Airport came into view.

"Finally." Karly groaned, stretching her arms. "I think I will not want to sit after we've arrived."

"Sure, sure. Do what you want." Marysa said, absentmindedly.

The plane landed on the runway, and once it was okay to stand up, the girls grabbed their bags.

"Mmph!" Sofie yelped as one of her bags fell off the shelf and landed on her face.

"Remind me to just throw her bags out when we come home." Karly whispered to Marysa.

"Mhm." Marysa mumbled, and took the bag off of the winded Sofie. "We just got here, let's not talk about going back."

"Sure." Karly agreed, eyeing the many bags with disdain. "Security is going to be so much fun again."

The girls happily got off the plane, and went into the airport itself. Sofie loved the airport shops, and while their many bags were being checked, she dragged the sisters into the stores.

"What's the point of bringing all that junk?" Karly asked as the brown-haired girl paraded through the kiosks and shops. "If you're shopping here, there's no need to pack things."

"Oh I know." Sofie sang, picking up a necklace. "But I enjoy treating myself every now and then."

"Seems like you do it a lot."

Marysa went back to get their suitcases, and as she was walking she noticed an enticing book store that had many hardback books for sale. Doubting that Sofie and Karly would care if she went to check it out, the book-geek slipped inside. It wasn't long until she came back out, a new book in hand about the legends and myths of different cultures. Entranced by the mysterious tales, Marysa was walking down the airport while reading a book. Not a smart idea, because she bumped into a few people.

"Watch out, girl!" Someone called, and Marysa snapped her head up, just in time to see a harried mother and her many children came crashing through the crowd. Marysa tried to jump out of the way, but ended up rammed into. She was near a pillar, and knew that the collision would happen soon. However it never came.

"MMPH!" Marysa banged into something, but it wasn't as hard as she expected, yet she still got the breath knocked out of her. Weren't pillars supposed to be hard? Was this a concussion because she felt woozy, maybe due to the lack of air.

"Hey, are you okay?"

"Girl, you okay?"

"Man, you're lucky."

"Are you guys okay?"

Multiple voices came into focus, and Marysa blinked as the fuzziness gradually drifted away.

"I think I'm... fine." Marysa mumbled. "What... Just happened?"

"Gee, Marysa. I didn't know you were that thrilled to see me that you would ram into me." An achingly familiar and annoying voice said.

"Excuse me, what?" Marysa turned around to see none other than - "CRAP, IT'S YOU! THE IDIOT PERVERTED ALIEN STALKER THING!"

Yep. It's that specimen... Let's just say it's the scientific name. We call it Derek Walker though...

"Ha, yep, it's me." Derek grinned, his green eyes sparkling.

The onlookers looked at each other with confusion. This girl just got saved from being smashed into a pillar by an awfully hot guy, yet she call him a pervert or something. Are they a couple? A child answered that for them.

"Look Mommy! That girl and boy are hugging!"

Everyone started chuckling, and Marysa's face started burning red. She looked at the position she was in. The best way to describe it was - Derek's back was against the pillar and it looked like he was basically hugging Marysa.

"Oh dear, what's hap- Marysa!" To make matters worse, Sofie and Karly appeared in the crowd to witness Marysa in an awkward position with Derek.

"OOOOOOOOH." Karly crowed, excitement showing on her face for the first time. "MARYSA, YOU'VE GOT SOME EXPLAINING!"

"GUYS!" Marysa pouted. "It's not like that... DEREK WALKER let go of me!"

"No way, 'Rysa." Derek smirked, giving every girl in the airport a heat stroke.

"Dude, what is this? Picking up the ladies, aren't ya?" Everyone turned to find another guy, smirking. He had an air of arrogance surrounding him, and his teeth were unusually sharp. His pale yellow eyes were unusual and looked coldly at everyone.

"Tora, wait for me you bastard!" Another blonde haired teen made his way through the bemused crowd. Pretty similar to the guy supposedly named Tora, this guy was shorter and his eyes were a reddish brown color, framed by a pair of dark glasses.

"Geez, how many blonde guys are there?" Marysa muttered, a dark aura surrounding her as she fought to get free. However, Derek was much stronger, his grip was like a vice.

"Coming through! Pardon me! Hey, have you tried this - Oh! Excuse me!" Exclamations rose as another guy parted his way through the crowd, though unlike the others, he talked a lot and had a childish air surrounding him. His arms were full of merchandise and kiosk food. Right now he was munching on some cookies in delight.

"Kentin, man do you stock up on the food? Great, I'm starving!" The dude with the glasses said in delight, trying to swap some bits to eat. 'Kentin' moved out of his reach though, glaring.

"Bad Tyler, bad!" He chided, clutching his food. "Go buy your own, lazy pig!"

This then led to an argument of food and insults, and Tora joined in. Marysa, fed up with everything, gained an amazing burst of strength and ripped Derek's arms off of her.

"SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP!" Marysa yelled at the bickering trio. They paused, looking in fear at the girl who was glaring at them. "It's annoying to hear teenagers arguing about such trivial matters like food. There are people starving in Ethiopia, so quit acting like spoiled brats." Marysa finished her grand speech by eyeing them with disgust.

"Spoiled brats you say?" Tora sneered, his sharp teeth showing. Those yellow eyes of his narrowed like a snake would look at its prey. Marysa almost expected to see him sprout a snake tongue.

"Yes, and I will repeat it for you. YOU. ARE. SPOILED. BRATS." Marysa raised her chin to glare at the tall boy, defiance flickering in her amber eyes.

"Heh, what a troublesome brat you are, spoiling my image."

"What image?"

Tora adjusted his collar, totally unnecessary. "I am an incredibly important person who -"

"Oh cut the crap, Tora." Derek jumped into the conversation, green eyes annoyed. "She didn't mean any harm, and before you launch into a stupid lecture about how measly other people are compared to the almighty Igarashi family, shut up. Let's get moving." Grabbing Tora buy the arm and gesturing for the others to follow, Derek got ready to leave. However, Marysa wasn't letting him go that easily.

"And where do you think you're going, Mr. Walker?" She snarled. "What the hell are you doing here? Did you come to stalk me here too? I knew you'd find out where I was, and here you are, you darn pervert!"

"Hey now, take it easy." Derek said, taken back by her rage. "I just saved you from having a concussion, and I'm here for family business. I had no clue you were here."

"Whatever." Marysa rolled her eyes, and marched off to finally get their bags. Derek watched her go, confused at her harshness. Tora chuckled and slapped his buddy on the back.

"First time I've ever seen a girl turn us hot guys down. How interesting."

"Don't you dare lay a hand on her, you womanizer." Derek muttered, fully aware of Tora's old ways. Tora was known for being a player, but recently he has been amending his ways, but his friends are helping to keep him in line.

"I won't dude, chill."

"She was pretty scary though." Tyler complained, once again trying to sabotage some of Kentin's food. "That demon aura I felt when she glared at me..." Tyler broke off, shuddering.

"What's wrong with this chocolate! It's melted, what a rip-off!" Kentin yelled, disappointed that he opened a candy bar just to find it melted. His buddies looked at each other and sighed... Food was definitely the love of his life.

"Marysa, was that necessary to yell like that?" Sofie called, chasing after her friend.

"Yes! They were acting like jerks!"

"But you didn't have to say that to Derek."

"So? He's a pervert!"

Sofie sighed, sharing a look with Karly. When Marysa was fired up, it was impossible to reason with her. "Fine, let's get going."

The trio grabbed a taxi to Windsor, where the ancient castle forms stood majestically in the distance. From Windsor, they hogged another taxi to take them to Lambourn. Once they reached the small town's entrance, the girl's piled out. The driver looked at them with confusion because where they were stopping at was just the outside of a swamp.

"You girls sure you know where you're going?" He asked, uncertain.

"Yes, thank you so much." Sofie replied, taking out a generous amount of money from her wallet, enough to silence the bemused driver.

"What a pain men are." Marysa said as they watched the taxi drive off. "We're not that stupid!"

"Well, I understand his point though." Karly sighed, looking at where they were standing. "Who stops at the entrance of a swamp?"

"We do, obviously. This is the best part!" Marysa exclaimed, once again animated.

Indeed this was the best part. You see, not everyone knew this, but this swamp wasn't really just any old swamp. The front looked intimidating, a disgusting bog of trees and dark, deep water and a rickety bridge. However, the girls totally ignored the bridge and walked along the northeastern side of the swamp. There they saw a path winding through the bog and deep into a woods. The village of Lambourn was rural, industrial, and had river parts all through it. So after walking along the path for twenty minutes the girls arrived home sweet home, the Marysa Cleo Institute Academy, or the MCIA. Marysa Cleo funded this school and was a great historic woman, and Marysa Ayuzawa was proud to have her namesake.

The large marble building looked like a beautiful campus. It was surrounded by large stone walls with an iron gate, and the inside wasn't disappointing either. The girls pulled out their entry cards, basically ID's, to open the gate. About a hundred girls, all of different cultures, were milling around the courtyard excited to meet up with friends. Marysa and Sofie had friends too, Amber and Paula.

"Marysa, Sofie, and you must be Karly!" A cheery voice rang out. It was Amber, tugging Paula with her. Amber was from Canada, and she had short blonde hair and blue eyes. Paula was a soft-spoken girl, with dark brown eyes and curly brown hair. She was part Italian.

"Hi!" Sofie cried, thrilled to be together.

"Hey girls! Yeah, this is Karly." Marysa shouted, hugging her friends. It was a happy reunion and meeting. Marysa, Amber, Paula, and Sofie were known as MAPS, because of their first initials, they made it their group name.

"Hey look, it's the MAPS and a little twerp." A snide voice broke the happy mood. It was Alexa, the brat who thought she was better than everyone, but was totally not. She loved to bully others.

"Oh, it's Alexa and her groupies." Amber muttered, looking disgusted. "Better go before we catch their germs."

After a 'friendly' reunion with everyone, the girls walked up to their dorms. These weren't just any dorms, they were top quality. MAPS shared a four-bedroom suite, with four twin-sized beds, two bathrooms, a small kitchen, and a sitting room. Talk about wow!

"It's still the same!" Marysa said, happily unpacking. For five years, the fifteen year old would be graduating from MCIA soon, and she was a little sad.

"Yeah, can you believe it's our last year?" Sofie asked.

"No, but just think of all the exciting opportunities out there once we're done!" Amber reasoned.

"IF we manage to graduate." Paula added, since even if it's technically your last year, you might fail. It was NOT an easy course.

"I will definitely succeed!" Marysa cheered. All her friends nodded, because Marysa had the highest grades in the school.

After unpacking, the girls changed into their uniforms. The uniforms were different from what one would expect, they were black camisoles with a leather jacket that had the MCIA emblem on it, black skinny jeans, and athletic tennis shoes.

Everyone gathered in the gym for their schedules. Marysa saw her sister with the first years, thankfully looking relaxed. She also saw a new girl in with the five-years. That was unusual because no matter how old you were when you entered MCIA, you were to be in with the first-years for the beginning of the year.

"Hey, Amber." Marysa whispered, subtly pointing to the new girl. "Who's she?" Amber's mother was one of the teachers, and Amber knew a lot about everyone.

"Elsa White. Obviously she's a stuck-up, know-it-all." Amber whispered back. Marysa frowned at Amber's tone. Elsa was actually a pretty girl, light blonde hair and blue eyes. Maybe she wasn't so bad. Or maybe she was.

"Welcome back to MCIA!" The head of the MCIA staff said. She was a woman in her late thirties and everyone called her Miss. "And warm welcome to those who are new." Miss smiled, going into a speech about how wonderful it was. Finally it was time to get their schedules.

"World History, Languages, Scientific Analysis, Defense Skills..." Marysa rattled off her classes. They weren't like the usual classes. In fact, MCIA wasn't a regular school. Miss finished up her speech.

"...And I know you'll do well this year. The world lies in your hands, and yours only. Carry on proudly and be a female spy worthy of the honor."

Indeed, MCIA wasn't just an all-girl's boarding school...

It was an all-girls' secret spy academy.

Hehe, I am getting excited, the boring intro is done, let's get down to some excitement and romance! Did you expect that? For all my romance-lovers, (I am one too!) hopefully your inner happiness will be fulfilled/satisfied, because I do intend to add some romance involving others, not just our favorite Derek and Marysa! Sorry I changed most of the names, I'm such a bad person XD I actually hate this chapter, it's so badly written! I'll do better next time!

Anyways, I'm thinking of writing a sequel to my songfic, "Wait for You." It won't be a songfic itself, but I have an idea to do a one-shot that might become a real story... Just thought I'd put that out there.

Reviews

MyDreamDragon66:
I'm so glad the rose was a good idea! It touched my heart too! I'm so glad you love the story, I truly love when people enjoy what I write! Thank you for the support! Oh, I love your profile picture, my friend bought me a poster, and it's exactly the same!

Jui2014:
I got to agree with you about Derek! In a way, I am jealous of Marysa, she's so lucky but she doesn't know it! MARYSA, OPEN YOUR EYES!

Nour:
Thank you for the support! I will continue updating as fast as I can!

Tsuray:
I have loads of ideas for this story, I hope I can add all of them in! There will definitely be romance brewing, and with Valentine's day coming, I'm really getting into the mood! Hopefully that will inspire some romance!

sasa:
Sorry to keep you waiting! I'll try to update ASAP!