Stepping through the rough land there were a few small tree’s here and there but nothing like the other half of the forest. The sun was sparking down it was warm for there was no shade. She touched a still charred tree, holding a small pot in her hand she kept walking further along. She could feel a slight breeze run through her hair it made her new Spica uniform hold to her body. Finding a clear area she bent down. Taking the small plant out of its pot she dug a hole big enough for any growing room needed and slid in the small redwood sapling in. it was  barely taller than her hand and wrist. “Make this forest beautiful again little one.”

   Wrapping a little ribbon on, she patting the dirt around it  carefully making sure it had a grip to its new home, standing up She smiled down at the sapling “My first gift to Spica”

   She looked around seeing other little things trying to make their own way to give back. Little purple flowers flowed across the ground here and there; tiny mushrooms gripped the ground all over. Even wild saplings where making it into tree hood. She enjoyed looking at the new life of it all. She then noticed a small yellow flower vine start to hold the new gift. Smiling she knew they would be good friends

High above in the twisted trees now covered with moss, the girl with long black hair and hazel eyes. Her hobby lately had been to climb trees to see what they saw. The cherry trees on cherry blossom hill seemed happy full of life, wise even. She had expected this place to feel sad, but it has been a long time since the fire, and instead, the trees felt hopeful. She could even hear birds living nearby!

But the sound of birdsong wasn't the only thing to catch her eye, a really pretty girl with long white hair was planting another tree. "Hey!" She greeted from her branch, "that's really cool of you!"

She smiled, but suddenly blushed when she saw the girls blue eyes, Spican girls were supposed to be scary weren't they? Like wrestlers or something right? Not this one, the lulim student was wearing a pink and yellow sundress and white flats, it was warm out and the sun was shining, making the Spican below her almost seem to glow. Why was everyone else on this campus so beautiful?

She never would have spoken so out of turn, she was normally very shy, but the act of planning the tree was just so admirable, she couldn't help it. Two blue butterflies passed near the spican and fluttered from her, up to the brunette in the tree, maybe it was a sign. "I'm Yukari," she smiled.

Her heart skipped a bit in fright, following the butterflies up to the soul that shouted out to her. she spotted the girl after sometime. Her blue eyes were memorized by the young girl seeing the raven haired girl surprised her. She began to walk towards the tree, She couldn't explain why she usually would be to nervous yet the girl that held to the tree fascinated her.  " Hello Yukari ! My name is Eri !" 
Shading her eyes from the sun she wondered why the girl was climbing the tree is there interesting animals up there? There was only one way to find out she guessed. Being out of character she began to clime the tree it was a bit hard in the uniform, Though she seemed to have a easy time.Step by step her shoes gripped the twisted branches bits of bark fell to the ground,  She hopped the hazel eyed girl wouldnt mind her coming up. Eri found it was a bit more breezy upon the higher level she enjoyed it; it reminded her of home she would often open up and be a bit more outgoing back at the mountain hot springs . Yet here she was even surprising her self. She never thought shed be able to open up and do out going things. Just as the sixth  branch came to arm's length . Reaching up she gripped it pulling back quickly observing blood flowing across the lines of her pam . she could feel her grip losing strength. 

The Ashed Lands. A place where a fire had burnt down the forest some time ago. It was supposed to be completely dead. But it didn't seem that way to Etain. Even though the trees in the Ashed Lands still carried the scars of the fire, even though the ground wasn't carpeted with grass nor flower, she saw patches of grass here and there, the odd bunch of flowers growing, splashes of colour in defiance of the still grey land around them. But even that barely brought a smile to the red headed LuLim lips.

She walked over to one of the scarred, almost skeletal trees and ran her finger along one of the burn scars. It had healed, and she could feel the tree was alive. She reached up and gripped her left shoulder, feeling the scars there, even through the fabric of her uniform top. Not burn scars, but scars none the less. She touched the tree again and sighed. 'Why hasn't she come to see me, like she said she would?' she muttered. 'We said we would meet up after new years, but not a word.' Now there were rumours that Esther had been seen at the Spring Festival with Shoka. Shoka! Why would a cute girl like Esther be with someone like Shoka? It didn't make sense. Didn't the fact taht Etain had cleaned Esther up at the Ball, and had comforted her mean anything to the girl? With a sigh, Etain banged her head against the tree. 'Idiot,' she hissed, fighting to keep the tears from falling. She looked up, closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She held it and slowly let it out, while looking down. It helped, but not much. She appologised to the tree, before she carried on.

Life was more abundant here than she had first thought. It wasn't just patches of grass and flowers. There were animals living here as well! Birdsong filled the air and she was sure she could see the prints of small animals on the ground. Despite herself, it seemed to cheer her up slightly. But then she heard something. A voice. No, two voices. She looked ahead and froze.

Just ahead were two girls, one white haired, and in the uniform of Spica, the other black hair, and in a cute pink and yellow summerdress. A smile curved her lips and a sparkle came to her eyes. If there was one thing that could help Etain Adair out of her depression, it was a cute girl. And she had been presented with two cute girls! How could she waste time feeling sorry for herself when there was flirting to be done? With that thought, she made her way over to the tree where the Spica girl was climbing up to sit with the other girl. 'Why, hello there!' she called, beaming up at the two girls. 'What are two cute girls such as yourselves, doing in a place like this?'

She saw the Spica girl was losing her grip, so she rushed over to stop her from falling. Etain took every opportunity to help cute girls in trouble. Of course, the only way she could stop the girl from falling was to reach out and take hold of the girls rear. Which is what she did. But what else was she supposed to do? Let the girl fall? That just wouldn't do! 'Are you okay?' she asked the Spica girl,struggling not to give her firm rear a squeeze.

    Right as her strength withered Eri could feel someone holding her up “Thank you I was just about to, to ... to” She realized her rescuer hands we in a rather in a personal Area. Her face became warm as a blush spread across it. Yet she couldn't worry about that she carefully climbed down letting her feet find the way back and having the other girls hands give her the needed support She found the forest ground “thanks I guess I should have thought before I acted see I was curious about what Yukari was up there for.. I guess I got carried away. Thank you."
    

    She fiddled with her hand rubbing away the blood that began to dry. The cut came from the middle of her pam not wanting to bother either of the girls with her injury she held her hands behind her back, wondering if Yukari saw her clumsy act her cheeks grew redder she was so clumsy. She peered around looking at the ground seeing all the loose bark on it she was nervous to see the other girls face maybe she was upset having to take care of her, sighing she decided to look up She looked at the other student . The red haired girl’s eyes sparkled how beautiful. Now she had two girls to question why they were here exactly. Oh dear! She realized she never asked the girls name nor did her intro duce herself; she really never introduced herself properly to either of them. She quickly bowed to the closet girl that had been there to help her. “Please forgive me my name is Eri Tenshi”



    Not forgetting the girl upon the tree she swung around bowing once again "Sorry if I worried you! May I ask what are you doing up there?!” letting her hidden hand fall to her side as she did so she hopped she didn’t inconvenience either of them.

The girl was coming to sit beside her! Somehow this made her as nervous as it did excited and she scooted over a little on her branch to make room, but then, well, Yukari wouldn't be able to explain it any other way but to say the tree bit her! The girl, the beautiful whitenette was going to fall! What could she do? There was no way she could crawl down to her day enough to grab her, and even if she did she doubted she was strong enough to hold her. However she didnt have to, another girl appeared to rescue her. It was cool, but somehow it made Yukari jealous, or was it envy?

She noticed that Eri, as her name was revealed was hurt, but trying to hide it, so the brunette wanted to keep the fact hidden as well so as not to embarrass her. "I like to sit with trees like this to see what they see and feel what they feel. I thought the trees here would be sad, but they actually feel happy, hopeful even. It's really nice." Ah but there was another girl here, a redhead that almost seemed prince like with the way she carried herself. Should she come down and join them? It made her self conscious and she pretended to enjoy the view in the distance for a moment. "You should try it," she added, trying to sound friendly, "but um, be careful, some of the trees have broken branches that seem like thorns..."

She glanced at the whitnettes hand, but couldn't tell if she was bleeding. Then at the Prince before her, two superior beauties, she definitely she stay in the tree, getting any closer to either of them might have her blushing like a fool and...

"Are you okay" she could remember prince Akumu commenting on her constant blushing, as if she were sick and it made her feel ashamed, even now. She shifted, rubbing the tips of her toes together feeling akward.

    Noticing how the raven haired girl was worried about her gave an embarrassed feeling in her stomach similar to butterflies. Yet it was pleasing that she had people who cared for her it made her less home sick. “I am alright thank you for caring for me Yukari!”


    Thinking for a moment of why the girl in the sundress stayed up there for so long was she still up there feeling the life of the trees though her own spirit. Eri paused enjoying that idea for a moment she closed her eyes for a moment imagining how that would look seeing the colors spread across the land seeing colors of happiness such as yellows and light blues she smiled believing this must be what the other girl felt. She snapped out of her inner thoughts, looking up at the tree she found her voice once again. “Why not come and join us down here? I’d love to talk to you more about this part of the forest what you must feel when up there is amazing tome.”



    As she looked away from Yukari she wondered there was another feeling is it jealousy? This made the inner butterfly feeling even worse she couldn’t help but turn away from both girls fiddling with the little sapling that she planted once again. She was happy she had two people around her that cared but having so much going on in her mind had it going all over. What had Yukari jealous? Was it that the mystery prince like girl had saved her or that she had interrupted the calm although she found she was the most likely to have been the one to do that.

As the whitette began to climb down, the girl in the tree looked worried, though she needn't have. Etain had things well in hand. Shifting her hands on the girls rear, Etain kept a hold of her until she had no choice but to move her hands. She moved them up her sides, lightly brushing her fingertips over her belly, further up, but moving backwards to her upper back before she touched something more. When the girl was on the ground, the redhead stepped back and smiled at the girl. Seeing that she was blushing, Etain's smile grew. She was so cute! She glanced at the girl in the tree, Yukari, and saw that she was blushing as well. Two cute, blushing girls! Today was certainly her lucky day!

'Don't worry about it!' Etain said, finding the blushing white haired girl absolutely cute. 'I'd never forgive myself if I let a cute girl like you get hurt.' She smiled when the white haired girl introduced herself. 'No, don't worry about it!' she said, waving her apology aside. 'You had more pressing matter to worry about than manners. Such as not falling and injuring yourself.' She beamed at Eri, then returned her bow. 'I'm Etain. Etain Adair. And I must say that your name certainly suits you, Eri. A cute name for a cute girl,' she said with a wink.

When Eri called up to Yukari, and Yukari answered, Etain smiled. Not only was the raven haired girl cute, she was adorable! 'Yes, come and join us down here!' Etain called up. 'I'd love to get to know you, both of you,' she added looking and smiling at Eri. She turned back to Yukari and stepped closer to the tree. 'Come on, jump! I'll catch you!' She held her arms out to the girl in the tree. 'I promise I won't drop you! I'd never let a cute girl like you fall!'

Jealousy was immediately replaced by intense flattery when Prince Etain promised to catch her, even complimented her. It made her so embarrassed to think about being caught by someone like that, just like at cherry tree hill. It was like a fairy tale, dropping from a tree into a prince's arms. How could she resist?

"O-okay, here I go," she said, stiffly letting go and directing herself at the Prince. In only a moment she was surrounded by the strong embrace of the redhead and she quickly smoothed down her skirt in case it has come up during the fall.

Now that she was down, she stepped back. Up close these two really, were beautiful. She felt like a commoner in the presence of royalty...no like a mortal before Gods...maybe that was going a little far was she felt so ordinary it was sickening. However she tried not to look as inferior as she felt, but it had her tongue tied and blushing terribly. What was her name again? What school did she attend? How old was she?

The scent of the price lingered in her nose and she was all but paralyzed. "So...uh...um..." Her voice shrank into silence, she wasn't she what she was even going to say, but then Eri reached down to the tree. "Are you going to plant more?" She asked, think that even talking to either beautiful figure was done mind of taboo, "I'd like to help if you are." She glanced at the Prince, wondering what she's think of her for saying such a thing.

    Sneaking a peak of the gorgeous scene behind her now she couldn't help but feel out of place now she couldn't think of why it was suddenly like reading a story, She recalled both of there names Etain and Yukari What beauty for a beautiful story. She once again focused her attention to the surrounding land and the small sapling.   

"Are you going to plant more?"

    That is what Eri heard turning around she looked back at the two young girls letting her smile cross her face taking a small breath she spoke softly " Yes i would love it for someone with your skills of reading this wonderful place to help me"

     Remembering that she had asked the young raven haired girl down to her and the princely hero she stood up. It would be rude to ignore either of them. Now facing both the Red haired and dark midnight haired girl she smiled once again. As she did she noticed the summer air touch her skin she realized she may have just made friends or at least a path to get them to be friends. She wouldn't let her shyness stop this grand new path. "Actually i would love if you both helped me you see it was my goal to give back to this school. As a thank you for giving me a chance to meet others and learn to be more open both in heart and mind, I also wanted to give back to the school my grandmother went too."

    Pausing looking at them both seeing how Etain was a flirtatious one to say the least. While Yukari was shy she would even dare say more shy at this very moment then her. Hmm that may not be true now she thought of it. Letting herself forget about her shyness for a moment she gave a small hug to both of them stepping away with her shyness coming back in vengeanc .
  

Seeing the girl in the tree about to jump, the redhead prepared herself. When Yukari jumped, Etain leaned forwards, her arms outstretched. She wrapped her arms around the raven haired girl, stepped backwards slightly, and began to turn. It served two purposes; it helped kill the momentum of Yukari's jump, and it also allowed Etain to just spin the girl around. Because that's what you did with cute girls, right? After she'd spun her around a couple of times, Etain put Yukari down on her feet, but she didn't let go straight away. She had to make sure the girl wasn't to dizzy after all.

She let Yukari go and smiled at her. Up close, she was really cute! The way she blushed adding to how cute she was. Of course, Eri was super cute as well, especially when she blushed. Outwardly, Etain was smiling, her eyes sparking as a slight blush coloured her cheeks. Inwardly, however, she was jumping up and down with joy! She was with two adorably cute, blushing girls! She could almost squee with delight! She wanted to just take the both of them and hug them! But she was going to be cool, so cool she would be.

'You okay?' she asked Yukari, before she smiled at her. 'Didn't I say I'd never let a girl as cute as you fall?' She winked at her, then smiled at Eri. 'I couldn't live with myself if I let girls as adorably cute as you two get hurt.'

She watched as Eri stroked a new sapling. 'I'd like to help, if you want the help,' Etain said. While she just wanted to spend as much time with these two cuties, she also wanted to help bring some life to the Ashed Lands. 'That's a wonderful idea, Eri!' she said after hearing Eri's reasons for planting the tree. Then Eri took her by surprise and hugged her. Smiling, Etain returned the hug, then smiled more as the whitenette hugged Yukari, before her shyness returned. Smiling, and unable to help herself, Etain wrapped her arms around both of them, hugging them to her, before she let them go.

What a wonderful day this was turning out to be!

All this physical contact, why? To be hugged quickly by the whitnette and then so confidently by the redhead together, she could smell their sweet perfumes. It was too much! She hugged back, pretending she wasn't completely embarrassed and awkward. Of course she'd been fine coming out of the tree, the Prince had caught her, spin her even, like a princess! For a moment she completely spaced out, mind blank and dizzy, overloaded by the thought of being considered a worthy human being by the two before her, but she shook her head to get her senses back.

"We should get more, I wonder if the school would buy more saplings for us to use...or we could start a fundraiser." It seemed like a lot of work but at the same time it was quite an idea, a good one if Yukari was able to give a secret opinion. She twisted her fingers, looking at the sapling and for a moment was glad the three of them were there, if they were alone, she knew she'd find herself in danger of falling into a crush the way she had with her unobtainable Prince Akumu, and that made her sad. No Prince would ever love her like in her manga, she swallowed and forced herself to look up. What would they think of her idea?


(Ooc: poor akward yukari lol)

‘We should get more, I wonder if the school would buy more saplings for us to use...or we could start a fundraiser."


    A fundraiser? It seemed like a wonderful idea, seeing as how the nun’s maybe busy with getting school supplies for the new year a fundraiser would be able to be student lead without trouble and it would make it easier to make friends and get to know people from all the schools . Though it would be far to intimidating for her on her own, with these two she felt as if such a task would be possible even exciting. Noticing the clear signs that Yukari was nervous, seeing as how she did the same thing she wanted to reinsure her that this was a bright idea. “That Yukari sounds like a lovely idea I um I welcome both of you to my dorm for the first meeting if you both wish we could talk about the idea of the fundraiser, I could even make us some tea if you’d wish.”



    Giving a slight bow with a smile she knew this would be wonderful way to give back and to have a closer connection with these to lovely ladies. Knowing Yukari had a smart mind and Etian being so outgoing she just knew this could work.

Seeing both Yukai and Eri blushing, and hearing them speak made the redhead want to hug them both again. But she held back, as she didn't want to make either of them uncomfortable. But she couldn't help but beam at Yukari's idea. 'That's a great idea!' she said. 'Maybe we could also get the help of the horticultural club? If... there is one...' That was the downside of not being a member of any clubs. You didn't know what clubs there were.

Seeing how embarrassed and nervous Yukari was being, Etain had to struggle not to hug her again. 'Now, if you carry on being so cute, I'll have not choice but to hug you again,' she said, smiling at the raven haired girl. She looked at Eri when the whitette mentioned holding their first meeting in her dorm. 'That's a wonderful idea, Eri!' she said, with a playful smile. 'Anything that allows me to spend more time with you two lovely ladies.' She shrugged and, beaming at them both, hugged them again. 'Now, should head over to your place, Eri? Or do you two want to spend a bit more time here, getting to know the area more?'