One Month One World One Year Challenge (Selena Lilly)
So, I started this off in the hopes that I could keep up with it, and immediately couldn't. I've decided to instead do it in this thread, but please check out the main thread with all its wonderful st...
Meeting Cyrus had put a smile on her face, and seeing him again in school had been good too. They’d waved to each other, or said hi during the day when they bumped into her. Moonwood was a very small school, compared to Buckingham, and Selena was surprised to find she somewhat preferred it that way.
She was also surprised to find that people wanted to talk to her, rather than ignoring her. One of the girls in her class even stopped her after school.
“Hey, Selena, right? Me and Candice were going to go to the bar after school, if you want to come with?”
Behind her, a confident-looking girl had waved to them both. Selena had blinked.
“The...bar?”
“Well, they serve sodas there. Moonwood’s pretty small, so it’s a good place to hang out, you know? I’m Nikita, by the way. Most people just call me Kita.”
Selena had hesitated, but nodded. After all, she’d be here for a little while, and it wouldn’t hurt to make friends.
They’d gone to the bar, sitting down together, and the girls had introduced themselves properly.
“We’re foster sisters,” Candice had said, giving Selena a lazy smile. “We were the new kids before you, so Kita wanted to show you the ropes a bit. Moonwood’s pretty friendly compared to other places, though.”
“It doesn’t hurt to help people out!” Kita had admonished her sister, quickly. “Anyway, you’re from Mt. Komorebi, right?”
“Uh, technically I’m from San Myshuno,” Selena said, quietly. “I used to live in Mt Komorebi before, though.”
“And you’re really living on your own, huh.” Candice eyed her for a moment, before clearing her throat. “We live with our foster dad, his friend, and our foster brother. It’s a bit of a crowded house, you know? I bet you never have to fight for the bathroom in the morning.”
“Jacob takes the longest showers,” Kita agreed, before leaning forward. “So, how do you know Cyrus?”
“Oh, we just met at the library,” Selena said, quickly. “I, uh, sell my paintings there. Or I will be doing.”
“Aw, I thought there’d be more to it. I’m so starved for gossip these days.” Kita slumped. “I just want one big scandal or something! At my old school, we had the weirdest stuff going on, but Moonwood is just...soul-crushingly normal.”
“A tragedy, of course,” Candice said, straight faced.
“It is, though! I mean, I remember at Brightdale, one of the cheerleaders got married to the captain of the chess club right after graduation, but she and this other guy had been going steady, so everyone was really surprised. I got told about it later, of course, but it was really strange. And there was rumours about a kid getting hit by a meteor out on the field during a practice or something...Oh, and everyone swore that there was the ghost of a girl in the science rooms if you ended up in detention! But Moonwood is so normal.” Kita rolled her eyes. “I wish something would just happen!”
“My grandmother always said to be careful what you wish for,” Selena said, with a smile.
"Your grandmother sounds wise," Kita said, sighing. "Oh, well. I guess normal old Moonwood isn't such a bad place."
"Besides, there's always the mystery of the tunnels if you don't mind rats." Candice said. "I've been down there--"
"Ew, no! It's gross down there, Cand!" Kita cut her off. "The tunnels are gross. You got me down there once. Never again."
"The...tunnels?" Selena asked.
"Yeah, the old sewer tunnels. They've got all these rooms and passageways, and everyone always talks about how this woman disappeared down there. Apparently you can hear her screams if you go there at night."
"Maybe we could go there during the day instead, but you can find all sorts of things down there. It's pretty interesting. Last time I found this old notebook, but I haven't had a chance to look at it yet, and Kita found a locket."
"Sh! Those are secrets, Candice!" Kita turned to Selena. "Promise you'll keep it a secret, too? It had this picture of this woman inside, and it's just beautiful."
It sounded like an interesting place, rats and all. Selena fell quiet as the two girls began bickering back and forth about the things they'd found, a little quieter than they'd started doing. They were pretty interesting too, come to think of it.
