Wow, I can't believe my obsession with Yumeiro Patissiere has led to the point where I must update every single day...

b"Wow...this tastes pretty good! I see you used dark chocolate to balance the cream out, nice touch," Lemon writes something on her board and then turns to us.

"97%" she announces before moving onto the next group. I smile and look at our cake.

I pull out four spoons and smile, "Ready to eat?" I ask.

Karin nods excitedly, and takes a spoon from my hands.

Hiroshi and Ibuki does the same, and I take the knife and cut the cake into small pieces. We all take one bite out of each cake, and I smile.

"It tastes really good!" I say.

Ibuki nods, and Karin nods as well, but Hiroshi finally says, "The strawberry cream was way too sweet, plus the cream isn't smooth enough."

Okay, calm...

"How'd you end up in the A group?" Hiroshi asks.

"Hey! I didn't ask to be put here! It was Yagamishi-sensei's decision!" I yell back.

"Guys..." Karin mumbles.

"Really? I know that you know Yagamishi-sensei before you came."

"Are you suggesting I asked her to?"

My face was red with rage. Ugh...rude, and mean.

"Kasume! Hiroshi! Stop it! You're going to get us all in trouble, so stop fighting!" Ibuki says.

I sigh before stepping back.

"He started it," I mumble under my breath.

"Karin, is this what everyday is like here?" I ask quietly in our dorm.

"Yup, pretty much."

I wince at the thought of everything I did. It was busy, and it was sure tiring.

In the darkness, I see something, next to Karin's face.

"Good job Karin!" the voice squeaks.

"Thanks Cream," Karin whispers.

If I hadn't heard the voice, I would've never heard Karin.

Scambling up from my bed, I turn on the lamp and point to the thing next to Karin.

Its a tiny miniature person, with wings on its back. She's wearing a lime green dress, with a white apron. Her hair is blonde, and she has tied it up into two ponytails. Her eye have a pretty shade of dark blue.

"W-What is that thing?" I yell.

Karin gasps and she grabs the little fairy thing.

"Kasume, can you see this?" she asked, waving it around.

"Y-Yeah. What is it?" I ask again.

"I'm a Sweets Spirit, thank you very much! I'm Cream!" she announced.

Karin glanced at the little fairy and smiled, "Do you have a sweets spirit too?" she asks.

I shake my head, but then I remember something. When I was younger, I'd always see a blonde haired, tiny girl, cooking next to my mom.

"Hey mom?" I asked her one day.

"Yes?"

"Who's the little girl that cooks with you? The one with wings."

The little fairy popped out, "Hi Kasume! We haven't...formally been introduced yet. I'm Vanilla!"

I was too young to be shocked, I just smiled and shook her little hand. Same with my dad. I saw a fairy with brown hair cooking with him once. I didn't bother to ask, since I already knew Vanilla.

I guess I just forgot about it.

"Well, my parents do have Sweets Spirits," I explain.

"That makes sense! Your parents could see them, so you can too! I'm sure the queen's going to send out a Sweets Spirit to you. Because people who can see spirits are suppose to have one!" Cream chattered happily.

Karin smiled at me.

"Do you know that Hiroshi, Ibuki, also has sweet spirits?" Karin asks.

"Eh? How come I've never noticed?" I ask.

"We stay in their pockets," Cream explains.

"Oh."

"Well, it's going to be a long day tomorrow, so why don't we go to sleep, and talk about this tomorrow?" Karin asks.

I reluctantly agreed, and we both fell asleep.

"Bonjour!" a small voice says.

I scramble up from my bed and see Cream, holding hands with another sweets spirit.

"Kasume! This is my friend, Candy!"

Candy smiled, holding her spoon with one hand, she curtsied.

"Hello Kasume!" she said.

I looked at Cream in confusion, and Cream just sighed.

"I sent a message to the queen, asking her if she could allow me to look for a sweets spirit for you. The queen agreed, so I went to find Candy. She's been my friend for a long time, and I just think you two would make great partners!" Cream explains.

Candy nods along while Cream is talking, so I glance at Candy. She has a pale blue dress, with an apron, just like Cream. Candy's hair is long, and it's blue.

"Well, hi! I'm sure we'll be great partners, don't you think?" I ask sweetly.

Candy nods, and then glances at a clock on the wall.

Cream sighs and flies over to Karin. "Well, I guess I'll wake her up. You two go to classes. Bye!"

Candy and I walk to French class, chatting on the way. When we get there, I set up three books on my desk, so Candy could sit there.

"Today class, we will be working on page 20," the teacher says.

I carefully open my book to page 20, when my teacher starts chattering away in French. Before I know it, all the students in the class were saying something!

My heart beating faster, and faster. I had no idea what they were talking about!

"Hey, Kasume?" Candy asks.

I force a smile, "Yeah?"

"She's just asking you where you're from. Just say, "Je suis de, " then the city you were born in."

I repeated this over, and over again in my head, when it finally got to me.

"Je suis de Cooperville," I say. Soon, we move on. I sigh in relief and smile to Candy. "Thanks a whole bunch! If it weren't for you, I probably would've been embarrassed to death there!"

Candy smiles, and then I see Hiroshi glaring at me.

"What?" I ask.

"I don't think using Sweets Spirits for French is a good idea," Hiroshi says.

I'm shocked for a moment, but then remembers that Karin told me Hiroshi and Ibuki both have Sweets Spirits!

"Hey! At least I'm not like some people, who are really rude and mean!" I yell back.

People glance at us, and I lower my voice.

"Besides, I'm new!"

"So what?"

It's not Hiroshi talking. Instead, he has a smug smile on his face.

"Meet Fudge. She's my Sweets Spirit," Hiroshi says as a little fairy pops out of Hiroshi's backpack.

She has long, black hair, tied into a braid, and light brown eyes. Her dress is red, and she...looks like the girl version of Hiroshi. Mean, rude, and definitely has no sympathy.

"Fudge! What are you doing here?" Candy asks cheerfully.

"Humph! I'm here to become a royal patissere. The question should be, what are you doing here?" she asks.

I want to pound both her and Hiroshi into the ground, but Candy reacts before I do.

"Wow! Really? Me too! I can't wait to become a royal patissere! I'm sure Kasume will be a great help-"

Fudge scoffs, "Really? Her? Help? You should've at least found a decent person," Fudge says.

I'm about to stand up, but Candy pushes me into my chair. She's stronger than she looks, or maybe I was just taken by surprise. Whatever reason, I'm going to personally see to it, that the two of them change their attitudes!

"I think Kasume is a fine partner. Apparently, I don't really care about how good she is right now. I care about later, and how hard working she is! And Cream told me plenty about those things, so I think I'll just stick to my choice," Candy says calmly.

I'm amazed at her calmness. If it weren't for her, I probably would've already beat them up!

Fudge turns away and sulks back into Hiroshi's backpack.

Hiroshi scoffs and then turns his attention back to the front of the class. I do as well.

"Man, some people are annoying," I say under my breath.

Candy nods, but doesn't say anything else.

"Alright class, today, we'll be starting a special unit!"

That gets everyone up and excited. We're all chattering about what the special assignment could be.

"Each group will be creating a different sweet for a sweets shop! Whose sweets shop this is for, will not be revealed yet. However, they are quite famous," Lemon says.

Now everyone's guessing what the mystery sweets shop is. I can't really guess either, since I know lots of famous ones, especially the ones that my parents cooperate with.

"I'll leave everyone to work, the sweets are due next week, good luck!" Lemon announces.

I turn to everyone else and watch them think. Now that I really focus, I can see something at the edge of Ibuki's hat, keeping so close you wouldn't be able to notice it unless you were specifically looking for it!

"I want to make a cake!" Karin says cheerfully.

Cream pops from her pocket, "Isn't that a little...too common?" she asks.

I nod in agreement, "It is pretty common, but-"

Ibuki suddenly interrupts me.

"You can see her?" he asks.

I paused for a moment, before it clicked in my head.

"Oh! Right, yeah. I have my own Sweets Spirit! This is Candy!"

Candy flies out of my pocket and lands neatly on the table.

"Hi! How is everyone?" she asks.

"Candy?" a small voice peeps.

The little spirit comes from behind Ibuki, and smiles.

Candy gasps, "Marshmellow! I didn't know he was your partner! I didn't even know you were here!" she said.

I glance at the two of them.

"Are we issuing something here?" I ask.

Cream nods, "Yup. Marshmallow is Candy's brother. Older by...two years? Yeah, two years."

"You two are siblings?" I bike asks, pointing to the two of them.

"Group A! Try to keep it down!" Lemon yells.

I barely noticed her the first time, but she was busy talking with other groups.

"Hey! Guys! Lemon says to be quiet!" someone yells.

I glance from the table, but I can't see who said that.

"Alright guys, enough chit chat," Fudge says.

"What should we do?" Ibuki asks.

"How about something we can all agree on?" Marshmallow points out.

"Right...what about a millie-feuille?" Candy asks,

Mille-feuille were pastries, that were made with layers of cream. They were commonly known around France...but...

"Too simple," Hiroshi interrupts before I can says something.

I hold up a hand before someone else can say something.

"Wait."

I hold up my phone, which has my mom's number dialed in.

Everyone glances at the phone before nodding to me.

Without thinking much, I automatically put her on speaker...

Uh-oh.

"Kasume!" my mom squeals.

"Hi mom! How's home?" I ask.

"Fine, fine. Except, your brother misses you very much, we all do. Oh, and don't forget to read all the letters we sent you!"

I slap my forehead, and Ibuki giggles in front of me.

"Hey, mom! You're on speaker. Um...we need some help for a project..." I explain.

"Really? Who's in your group?" she asks.

Ibuki snatches the phone away from my hands.

"Hello! I'm Ibuki! I'm also in the A group with Kasume! Pleased to meet you!"

Now Karin takes it, "Hi! I'm Kasume's roommate, plus I'm in A group! Nice too meet you!"

I hold my phone up for Hiroshi after taking it back from Karin.

"Hello. I'm Hiroshi."

What is wrong with this guy?!

"Don't forget me!" Caney squeaks.

"Who's this?" my mom asks over the phone.

I shake my head to stop Candy from talking, but she keeps going.

"I'm Candy! Pleased to meet you! Is Vanilla there?" she asks sweetly.

My mom laughs, "Yes, she right here."

"Hello?" a voice says from over the phone.

"Vanilla! This is Candy! Remember me? From the Sweets Kingdom?" Candy asks.

"Candy! Hi! Who else is there?"

I'm gasping for breath. Mom's sweet spirit was sure popular.

"Mom! Focus!" I yell.

"Oh, right. Sorry sweetie. What's the project?" she finally asks.

"We have to make a dessert for a shop somewhere. Whoever has the best cake gets to have it in the shop," I explain.

"Oh, I know about that one...yes. Hmm...are you free tomorrow? Since it's Saturday? Everyone's welcomed to come!" she says cheerfully.

"That would be great!" Ibuprofen says before I can get a word in.

"Good! See you all tomorrow!" then my mom hangs up.