7 Diamond Academy Welcome Back Banque (1/2)
Maria found herself escorted out of the carriage by her brother, whom she shared transportation with, thanking him before pointing her large wide eyes at the massive elegant, Victorian building standing in front of them. A bunch of high-class carriages kept arriving, dropping off kids of all ages, who, from what Maria had seen so far, all walked with their heads held high, posture perfect with a stuck-up and sophisticated air to them. Which made Maria's stomach turn, knowing that she would most likely not get along well with most of the kids here. It was already bad enough that she had regressed a few years back from her original age, but now she also had to deal with a bunch of stuck-up rich kids.
'So this is how Haruhi from Ouran High School Host Club felt.' Mentally trying to rid the butterflies in her stomach, Maria reached for her brother's hand, who kindly walked her into the building. Once inside, Maria heard classical music playing; kids of all ages were spread out in groups, talking amongst themselves. A few were even slow-dancing on the ballroom floor, which painfully reminded Maria that she didn't know how to ballroom dance.
'Yep, I want to go home.' Having just walked through the door Maria already wanted to leave.
”Michael-kun, it's good to see you.” Looking towards where the voice was coming from, Maria was stunned to find herself staring at a beautiful girl who reminded her of an Egyptian princess. She looked to be the same age as her brother with smooth tannish brown skin, long wavy raven hair that reached down her back, wearing a bunch of gold accessories that went well with her deep purple dress.
Standing by the beautiful Egyptian princess's side was a younger girl around Maria's age who bore a similar resemblance to the older girl; yet instead of raven hair, she possessed short pale blonde hair, wearing a cute yellow dress. Unlike the older girl, whose very air screamed elegance, the younger of the two seemed more energetic and friendly, grinning when she spotted Maria, shooting her a peace sign. Maria responded back with a smile and a wave of her hand, wondering if the girl knew her or was just being friendly.
Hearing a bunch of whispering, Maria looked around the room, noticing how a bunch of the people in the room was looking in their direction, mostly in the Egyptian princess's direction. It seemed that the girl was quite popular, seeing how most of those staring at the older girl were blushing boys. Though now that Maria paid closer attention to the females in the room, she noticed that they were, in fact, fawning over her older brother.
'Wow, my brother is a popular bishounen!' exclaimed Maria, before innerly smirking at the realization of having a hot older brother who spoiled her.
'Take that, you fangirls! If you wish to go out with my brother then you'll have to go through me.' Maria was feeling like an OP final-boss character of an RPG game, barely aware when her brother began introducing the two people in front of them.
”Maria, this is a friend and classmate of mine, Isis and her little sister, Mai.” When Maria heard those two names, she briefly recalled that Isis would become the number one most talented girl in the high school division in the future. Not only that, but the little sister and the original Maria in the story had a very bad first meeting when Maria publicly blew the girl off who only tried to befriend her. When she got annoyed by Mai's presence, she embarrassed Mai by causing the eighteen layers tiered cake to crash down on her, causing everyone at the banquet to laugh at the poor girl.
This would cause a traumatizing experience for Mai, who would begin to bear a deep grudge against the original Maria. Luckily, Mai would become best friends with the main heroine, who helped her overcome her trauma that was caused by the original Maria.
'What a sweet heroine, but man the original Maria was evil. This is what happens when you spoil a child too much.' Recalling the events that happened in the book, Maria couldn't help but stare at Mai with pity, promising to never follow in the original Maria's footsteps.