Xiao Yan is getting bullied?!

I wonder If I'll ever be able to go to school, just like those other kids...but it would be lonely and humiliating...The dark blue hair child thought, as his orange like hues looked down sadly. I want a friend...somebody...please. I want a reason to live and to die. Because his existence meant nothing. Even if I became the most powerful person in the world, what point is it to be powerful, if I can't have a reason to fight? He sighed and the scrawny child looked back down and dazed down at the shadows on the ground.

"Hey! But doesn't that mean you're a working student?"

"Oh sh*t! You're right!"

"What's a little girl like you even doing here? Aren't you supposed to be in a kitchen preparing food for your husband?" A kid mocked, people mumbled and walked past the girl that was getting bullied, she had nice silver platinum wavy hair that reached down to her waist, and her clothes were some type of strange uniform. Why isn't she saying anything? I got up and walked towards them, but I started to realize the little girl that was getting pushed over was smiling. No one else realized the inaudible cackle of the girl.

Her purple hues had been fixated on them, but you could tell they were mocking them. The one getting bullied wasn't the girl, but the boys that think they're scaring her away. why is she..? The girl turned to me as I flinched, she smiled and handed me an apple patting my shoulder.

The boys that bullied her were gaping at how rude she was, "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!"

"motherf*cker. She thinks she can ignore us just because she got a scholarship in the school. Tch." the boys then turned to me, exchanging each other mischievous glances and smiles, Let's show him!

"Hey kid, y'know we don't accept beggars into school, right?" I halted midway as I was eating my apple and smashed it to bits, the boys gaped, "OOoooooh~ How scary!~ Oh no! He's mad let's run! He might turn into a big muscly monster!" They whined, while people around laughed.

"..."

I don't really want to get into this mess when it's only my first day of school. I walked away with thoughts of lament, oh no...the apple the girl gave me is crushed now. He whined like a sad little puppy, which in the end, was his true nature.

"Crap, I gave him my lunch for today....ugh..." She groaned, the silver-haired girl forcefully accepted the admission to enter the academy because of her mother's words.

"Xiao Yan, how about trying to attend the academy?"

"No, I have to take care of mama. Unless Yeye will care for her while I'm gone, I'm not going anywhere." The small child replied, She knew what it meant to accept the position but, if her mother wasn't going to get any better she didn't want to go anywhere.

"Ah...what a pity." He sighed in disapproval, I entered my house and yeye came right behind, "Yu Chuan, you're not letting your child be free, you're clipping her wings despite her being so talented." He told her mother, Yu Yan had gotten frustrated, what if my dream was to be with a person I love? I don't need to be big or extremely talented. I just want to be someone capable of being loved and love back. but I guess yeye has a point, If I don't go to the academy I might not grow in power and be able to protect mama who's sick right now. I sighed and patted the elder's shoulder with a reassuring smile.

"yeye, don't worry. Mama needs me right now, I'll go to the academy when I turn 8, or maybe 9." I smiled, but in the elder's eyes she looked so miserable and sad. what has this child done to deserve such a thoughtless mother...he sighed and smiled with a pain of guilt in his heart.

"Yu Chuan, you're dragging down your daughter with you! You should be ashamed of yourself right now!" Yeye shouted, I kind of expected this sort of outcome so... "Please give me some time to talk with mama, yeye, I'll talk things out so please don't scold mama." I cried, it really isn't her fault. she gave me the love that I could ever wish for. If I had to walk the halls of hell for her, I would.

"hahahaha okay. But if you need any help, Xiao Yan, you can come knocking at my door and I'll do what I can." He told me, reassuring me with a pat on my shoulder. As he waved goodbye and I shut the door, I turned to my mama who was sitting at the table, drinking the herbal tea I made her.

I gulped and breathed in and out, my breath still shaky, "Mam--"

"Xiao Yan, show me your spirit weapons," She ordered, my eyes widened in surprise as I nodded, I mustered all of my spiritual strength and managed to make a staff with a head snake in my left hand. Mama sighed, "ah...it's just a staff then...you can't go to the academy like that," she told me as she sat back down. I can't bare to see the disappointment in her eyes, should I show her? NO. I have to. I have to trust in her and protect her even if I'm the weakest person in the world. I walked over to her and fidgeted with my fingers biting my lower lip in anxiety.

All Mama did was glance at me in question, "Mama...I have another one." I told her she was shocked but replied immediately, "show me." She told me desperately I nodded and took out my right hand, exposing my second weapon, which was a sword with golden rims, shinier than it should've been.

"GASP! It looks...exactly like his..." She said as she hugged, her eyes on the verge of tears. I couldn't help but feel such overwhelming warmth, I stayed there as if this moment were to last forever. I felt such tenderness in her arms, I want to stay like this forever with you.

"Xiao Yan!" Mama said pushing me abruptly, I was a bit surprised but I smiled at her, what's wrong? I questioned her with a look, she wiped her tears away and went back to her depressive state. "Xiao Yan, you should attend the academy. This way you'll be stronger and gain experience in battles," She declared, My eyes widened in shock as I looked at her in worry.

"No MAMA! what about you?! Who will take care of you while I'm gone?! I'd rather stay here for the rest of my life watching over you and making you fried potato stew everyday! I don't want to leave you--"

"You Naughty child. You can't always stay by my side forever, People are bound to die, it is the fate they've been tied to." She threw back, I pursed my lips in anger and frustration, I just! I want to stay by your side until you're gone! I don't want to leave you alone---

"You'll someday find another person to care for, and what do you take me for silly girl? I'm stronger than you think." She beamed a smile, little did I know what she was going through though. I smiled back and replied with, "I love you, Mama." I told her, Yu Yuan pursed her lips anxiously with what was to come.

"Oh well...I'll get lunch at the academy, right?" I skipped through the kingdom, letting the wind blow in my hair, it's such a nice and special day! it makes my heart skip a beat in joy!-- Umph! Too distracted to have even realized I'd found myself with a blank-faced girl with short light blue hair I jumped back and apologized over and over again.

"Friends..." She mumbled, her pink sakura lips pursed together in agony, "Friends?" I asked her, my face was now up close to hers. Her eyes widened in shock as she averted her gaze and a pink deep blush covered her already rosy pink cheeks. the hell is wrong with her? is she shy? it's like she's never talked to another human being...I sighed and smiled, stretching out my hand, "I'm Yu Yan, What about you?" I asked her, she looked at me nervously and started trembling, "I--I-I--- I'm Marilyn! Marilyn Zhao!" She managed to blurt out flustered.

"Are you new at the school?" I asked her, she nodded, "I-- I-- I just recently got admitted in!" She stuttered, I smiled and took her hand because she was too afraid to take mine. Her hands were so small and fragile, thinner than mine, poor girl...what could she have gone through? I thought as I slapped myself and brought myself back to the real world.

"Can I call you, Mari?" I quieried, she nodded rapidly, "Then you can call me Xiao Yan!" I beamed at her, this was just the start of a beautiful friendship.