Terla Tanysha Ophelia, was the second oldest child of the Ophelia family, the ruling family of the town of Stonebarrow.
Her paternal grandmother was one of the great sorceresses of her time and her maternal grandmother was a well-known synthesist. Her father is a respected ruler of the town and her mother is a reputed lady and the chief synthesist of the town. (synthesists are potion masters and are known to have a complete mastery of herbs and plants.)
Her life seemed to be perfect.
She had a life normal people would envy of. Although she is the second oldest compared to her cousin sister, she has always been the main character of the family. She was well-mannered. She was praised as a bright child in her family. She was addressed as a pretty, young lady. Or at least, that was how people would see her in public. She was but a mischievous and playful girl who would even joke and laugh about a flattering leaf. Nevertheless, she was just an innocent 12 years old girl after all.
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*chatter...* *chatter*
"Terla... Terla, hey..." a girl whispered.
Terla responded with a slight glance.
"Hey..., you want some?" the girl whispered again, offering a pack of chips.
"No, the class is not yet over," Terla answered with a low voice.
*chatter*
"Everyone... everyone...,...." *bang* "Silence!!!"
*___*
"Don't you have manners?"
*quite*
"Even if you have no interest in the..."
*chime...chime..." the bell ringing...
*sigh...* "The class is over."
"Stand.....up!" a male's voice rang through the classroom.
*clatter* desk moving sounds...
"Good afternoon, teacher. Thank you for the class, teacher." the students followed.
"Hey Terla, you are not coming with us again?" the girl called out.
"Just leave her alone. Everything she does during break time is to go see her brother, eat, and do homework." another girl cut in.
"Yes, yes... you are right, sister. But I think it's boring to go out and play when I could finish my homework in the meantime." Terla agreed with a smile.
"Oh my..., she is crazy. Let's go ourselves, Angelina." the sister said with a sick voice.
Angelina: "Okay..."
Angelina has been my best friend since we were ten. We shared our BFF letters and promised we would be friends forever. But words..., are words....
Sister is actually one year older than me but since I am the daughter of Lord Ophelia, I started my education early on. Hence, sister and I are more like friends than cousins.
Terla walked out of the classroom and stood by the entrance
*whir...* *chatter* *laughter* chatter* *tweet* *tweet*
' The weather is nice today.'
Terla looked around and saw a group of boys running toward her.
*bump* the leading guy bumped into her. _pass_
"Sorry.." the guy said, entering the room
Terla turned to him, "It's o....", "Ahh..., he's gone." €_€
Terla smiled and continued her outing. She walked to his brother's classroom and searched into the room.
"Hey...kid, have you seen Jack Ophelia?"
"He's gone to play." the kid answered boringly.
"Oh, okay!" she nodded and set forth to the canteen.
*chatter* *laughter*
'Everyone is having fun. The canteen is crowded as always.' she thought.
Terla brought her lunch box and took a seat at an uncrowded corner with a tall French window beside.
She looked out of the window and thought, 'The wind is nice and fresh. What a view for a quiet lunch.'
But.
*chatter*
"Hey..hey have you heard of the news?" a group of girls was chatting at the table beside...
"What news?"
"About Brother Maxi, I heard he has finally confessed to Veronica."
"What!?" "Seriously?? and she said yes?"
" She said...... Ahh!! Sister Monica!!!!"
A beautiful girl came to the table and the conversation was interrupted.
Monica: "What? Why are you so startled?"
The girl: "Ha..hah..ha we are just rambling, ha..ha"
Monica smiled and said, "Were you gossiping about Maxi again?"
"No, no, no. Of course not." the girls answered, almost in unison. *hee* 😁
Monica: " About Veronica right? So did she say yes?"
Girl: "Haha..ha. Sister Monica, we all know that their dating rumors are spreading since the start of the semester, but you know..., they never actually were. ..haha. Right, girls?
"Yea.." " Imm.., yes"
All the girls nodded with a laugh.
*awkward*
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Maxi Luther Forger, Veronica Davies, and Monica Baldwin...
*sigh*
Three of them make a story. It is rumored that Maxi, our class monitor, and Veronica, the beauty queen of our class are in love with each other, just that none of them spoke out. On the other hand, Monica, our female monitor, who is also a best friend of Veronica, is known to like Maxi. But, most of the students ship the latter and approve of them as the best couple of the year.
For my role..., Terla sighed looking at her lunch box.
*Step..step*
"Oh my lady here, why are you sighing so much? Is your lunch unpleasing?"
Terla: "Ahh....monitor?"
Monica: "Girls..., any of you got something enjoyable?" *smirk*
"Here are some fried cicadas." a girl answered carrying a plate.
( fried cicadas - an insect-based delicacy Asians enjoy)
Monica took the plate and placed it in front of Terla's face "Here take this."
"But I hate insects..." Terla tried to avoid the plate but Monica followed her movement.
Dodging the plate, poor Terla fell off the bench she was sitting on.
"Hmmm.... I thought you loved it." Monica giggled with a pitiful face.
*chuckle* *chuckle*
Terla got up, dusted off her dress, and chuckled "Hee..., I got scared of them as I grow up." *hee*
Then she grabbed her lunch box and walked out as if nothing happened.
Among the crowds of the canteen, "Oh..., my foolish little sister..."