Leo watched Lisa do some stretches with annoyance. How long would she take? If she can't play, she should just leave; not waste his time.
3 minutes later.
She finally said she was ready and the game started. Vanessa sat on a chair at a corner sipping juice.
******
5 minutes later, the game was unexpectedly still on. Lisa could not score a goal.
Vanessa sighed. Lisa met another match of hers.
She wasn't allowed to cheer for the little bun nor was Lisa capable of psychic communication.
Lisa on the field was troubled.
'What the... how could he be so good?' she thought in exasperation. He was almost as good as her dad! No, she can't lose. She can't!
7 minutes later.
Lisa hadn't still scored a goal. The goal keeper was a short bodyguard of Leo's, but he could catch her ball every time. She became depressed and walked away from the field after kicking the ball. She had no hope of scoring a goal anyway.
Leo signalled the guard and he fell to the ground.
Vanessa immediately stood up to cheer.
"You won, baby. Look!"
Lisa turned her head to see the goal keeper guard rising from the grassy ground.
'He didn't catch the ball this time? That's weird!' Lisa thought.
From what she knew, he'd definitely catch the ball. She looked at Leo and said:
"Leonard, I concede defeat!"
She then turned to walk away.
"Mom, let's go. I will not accept a fake pass. I know myself. I clearly failed." she said sadly and continued walking away.
Vanessa sighed and chased after Lisa.
Leo stood there astounded.
"Why didn't she accept? Wasn't she so eager to reconcile?" he thought, then ran after them. He caught up with them at the garage.
"Lisa... Lisa wait."
"Mum, I don't wanna see him. Please let's go." Lisa got into the car and put on grey and black stripped headphones.
"Lisa... Ma'am, please let me talk to her. it's not gotten to this stage." Leo said in worry.
"Boy, we'll be leaving. She's in a bad mood right now. Sometime later, okay?" Vanessa patted his shoulders and got into the car.
"Lisa, I'll see you in school on Monday. Let's talk things out, okay?" he yelled even though Lisa could not hear him as she'd turned the music to highest volume.
"Mom, please let's go." she said and looked at her shoes.
Vanessa sighed again and drove out of the garage.
Seeing them leaving, Leo turned around to go back into the house.
His personal bodyguard was awaiting him.
"You know, that girl has the strength. She's good and would have won if I were normal. Yeah, she did make me suffer but she's ignorant and not all bad. I want to reconcile with her. I miss playing with her actually. What do you suggest?" he asked as he headed to his study.
"Young master, it's up to you. She did her best to get your forgiveness and show her sincerity. You do the same to show you want to be friends again." said the bodyguard as he ate a sweet.
"It's gonna be a long journey then, considering how obstinate she can be." Leo mumbled.
"Young master, time to practice." a female nanny said with her head bowed.
"I'm in no mood for that. Tell the teacher to leave." Leo said unhappily.
"Young master, your father requested for a live recording of you dancing with happiness. He wants you to be a responsible man when you grow up." the nanny then turned around to leave.
"You..." Leo was left speechless.
This evil nanny must have reported him skipping the damn dance classes again. She won't get away with this!
*********
Vanessa took Lisa to a dance teaching center called 'Blendz'.
They teach salsa, Hiplet, Ballroom, Ballet, Jazz, Break, Tango, Waltz, Aerial and Belly dances. It's your choice which one you wanna be taught. Vanessa took the little one to register and wait for their turn to be tested by the appointed appraisal. Registration was 30 dollars; non-refundable!
The one who'd delare you as fit for the dance lessons was the Appraisal master. If he says you aren't suited, just quietly leave.
Lisa bought a VIP card and directly went in after the last person came out of the office.
The person who appraised seems to be in his 30's and had thick blonde eyebrows. He was average looking but possessed this aura that made one cringe subconsciously.
Lisa walked to him and sat on the chair, cross-legged. Then she began her introduction without being asked.
"I'm Lisa, 3 years old and I'm here to learn belly dance today. And if I like the lessons, I'll stay. Gimme a price." she said while fiddling with her hair.
"Girl, how are you sure you are even eligible to pass the test?" the man asked.
"What;s your name?" Lisa asked back.
"Collen Rockers!" he said.
"Good. Now, the answer to your question is... I am someone you can't afford to offend."she said casually.
"Well, I can offend whomever I want. That annoying father of yours wouldn't banter with me if I reject you. He'd even thank me." Collen said.
"I might as well call him now." Lisa took out her phone.
"Hey kid, it hasn't gotten to that. Alright, you said you wanted to learn belly dance. Why do you want to do so? What is your thinking about the dance? What is its message?"
"Can we just skip to the dancing part? I am flexible, smart and pretty. Stop asking me useless questions." she said.
"Relia, Relia, you make me laugh." he said with a chuckle.
"Eh?" Lisa gasped. "How do you know my healer name?" she asked in disbelief.
"Well, maybe that's because I'm your relative." he said cooly.
"Relative? You know my mother?" she asked, sounding somewhat hopeful. Did this man really know her biological mother?
"Your mom was the queen. I was merely a bodyguard in the palace. There are some things you can't know now but your mum loves you and will always love you." he said.
"What do you mean? Is she alive? But my dad said she's dead!" Lisa asked.
"Kiddo, just know this, when the time is right, you'll get the answers you seek- all of them. I can promise you that." he said with a smile and handed her a form.
"Back to business. I need you you to fill this form, then we can go straight to see if you are eligible." he said.
"Forget it! I'm not learning belly dance no more." she stood up to leave,
"You're like your mum. How about this? For each lesson, you can come to me and I'll be answering your questions if I can. Maximum two questions for a lesson. What do you think?" he asked.
"I'll fill the form." she said tiredly in defeat.
She needed information about her planet and her mum. Maybe mommy Vanessa was even from the same planet with her' who knows? There's no harm in trying, right?
10 minutes later, Lisa came out and walked towards Vanessa who was having a face time with Evelyn.
"Mummy?" Lisa called to announce her presence.
"Oh my! Is that Lisa?" Evelyn asked excitedly. "Please put her on screen. Let me see her beauty."
"Hi, auntie!"
"Call me big sister. I'm not old!" Evelyn pretended to feel hurt.
"Auntie sounds better." Lisa stated.
"Forget it. How do the interview go? Did you pass?" Evelyn asked.
"Yeah. I'll be taking the dance classes now." Lisa said happily.
"Mom, you should practice with me today. You aren't flexible at all."
"Eh?" Vanessa became speechless while Evelyn laughed.
"Way to go little bun. You told her straight in the face. Bravo, bravo!"
"Hey, you aren't helping!" Vanessa pouted.
Aren't you a fairy? You need to dance. Look, you only know the gentle, charming dance. As a fire fairy, you must make people's mouth open for millions of years. You've got the body of a dancer, girl. Come on!" Evelyn said in persuasion.
"I'll learn Tango then." Vanessa finally agreed.
"Yay!" Lisa jumped up for joy.
"Let's go meet that guy inside and get you interviewed.
Lisa couldn't wait to see her mommy dance.
"Honey, I gotta go. See you later." she said to Evelyn before ending the video call.
She put her phone in her bag and stood up; then arranged her clothing.
"Let's go inside."
Both held hands and bypassed the dozens who were waiting. Some were jealous of them. Others were calm; some were dissatisfied. But whatever expression they had, it did not bother the two of them.
When they got inside the interview room, Vanessa saw the guy adjusting his glasses.
She sat on one of the chairs and Lisa sat on the other.
"Miss, who are you and what is your aim here?" he asked.
"I'm Vanessa... I just came to learn Tango."
"Oh? With that body of yours? You are flat as a board." the guy (Collen Rockers) said coldly.
Now Vanessa felt like slapping him. What is wrong with him?
She put on a smile.
"Don't judge a book by its cover. It's being said for ages. How do you know I can't learn Tango?"
"Sometimes, a book's cover tells what is inside the book. No need to open. But because of the little one here, I'll just let you show your skills."
Vanessa then stood and walked to the designated stage for dancing.
He played music, and she started dancing. Lisa face palmed when she saw what her mum was doing.
"Seriously?" she muttered.
"Stop!" Collen couldn't take it anymore.
This was blinding to the eyes. So terrible!
"You are worse than I expected. How can you be doing a bunny dance? And you seriously thought you were twerking? No, miss, you were just vainly shaking your hips like someone desperate for attention. You don't seek attention. Attention should seek you. What's the meaning of this? No, Lisa, she can't get in."
"Oh? Mister, are you really sure?" her eyes turned gold and her hair fluttered.
"Yeah!"
Vanessa saw what was happening and tried to cover Lisa's eyes, only to see that the man's eyes had changed color.
"You are magical being too." Vanessa realized and stopped attempting to cover the little bun's eyes.
"What's going on here. And you, Mr Collens, why are you bent on picking on me? What wrong did I do to you?" she thundered.
"If you can't take this brief comment, how will you even learn to be a professional dancer? You can leave now."
"I won't!" Vanessa's eyes turned scarlet and her hair became orange with yellow tip.
"I will learn the dance whether you like it or not."
The man's eyes returned to normal, and he sighed.
"Troublesome women!" he muttered.
"What did you say?" Lisa's wand had appeared.
"Eh, I was praising you too for being brave and role models." he lied. "Calm down and fill this form, miss Vanessa." he handed a form to her.
Her eyes returned to normal, and she took his pen to fill out the information.
Lisa's wand vanished, and her eyes returned to normal.
"Mum, he's my birth mama's bodyguard. He'll tell me something about her each time I take lessons." Lisa said.
"Oh? Then Mister, can you tell me more about the flame fairies?"
"You are from the family of royal Nirvana, or I should simply say, you are royalty. And your mum isn't dead just like Lisa's. If you perform well, it might incline me to slowly tell you more in the future." he said.
"I'll show you!" Vanessa was determined.
This was a splendid opportunity. The chance that she and her bestie wanted.
"Hey, can I call my friend here. She's gonna be interested in dancing too. She will take pole dancing lessons." Vanessa started calling Evelyn. Before he could say anything, the call went through.
"Hello honey, how did it go? Did you pass?"
"Yeah, I did. There's a fat chance here. Come over here this instant. I give you five minutes."
"Five minutes? No way. There's traffic hold up and..."
"Fly then. I expect to see you in the interviewer's office in 5 minutes. Hurry!"
"That's too risky!"
"Then, I'll simply announce that I'm a fairy to the world."
"You... I'm coming now. Don't you leave there. You hear me?"
Vanessa rolled her eyes.
"4 minutes left!"
"You. I'm coming!"
The call ended, and Vanessa stared at the pissed man.
"Hehe, she's the only person coming, I swear."
"You..." he felt defeated and speechless.
Women! Trouble makers indeed.
4 minutes later, Evelyn flew in through the window in her fairy form and stared at Vanessa before the other two. When she locked eyes with Collen, her eyes widened. Then she became pissed.
"You brat!" she barked and flew towards him.
"I'll kill you!" she cried, forming ice lotuses which she launched at him.
Vanessa sent fire blades to crush the ice lotuses before they could hit a stunned Collen.
"Miss... what did I do wrong?" he asked.
"You pervert! You tried to steal my pantie in the hotel. Don't pretend amnesia. I'm gonna get you." Evelyn sent another wave of ice lotus towards Collen Rockers.
He had no choice but to defend himself. A spear appeared in his hand and he used it to crush her lotuses one by one, speedily.
"Miss, I don't even know you; what's the meaning of this?"
"You dare ask me? I will kill you today!" Evelyn spat and launched more ice lotuses at him and he fantastically used the spear. He shattered all lotuses to nothingness. Seeing this, Evelyn started launching wind blades together with ice balls.
Vanessa simply dragged the two chairs to a corner where she and Lisa sat on to enjoy the show.
10 minutes later, Evelyn stopped attacking altogether and crashed to the floor like a sack of grain after transforming back into human form. She admitted defeat in Collen's hands.
5 minutes ago, he had changed from defense to attack. He sealed the room with soundproof magic so as not to startle anyone outside and then transformed into his fairy warrior form that comprised grey butterfly wings that were larger than Evelyn's and sturdier, a diadem on his forehead, multiplied into three and his spear multiplied into nine, so his two doppelgangers and his true body were in control of 3 spears each. Evelyn had a hard time defending against attacks from the nine spears and she ended up in a sorry state; prematurely transforming back to human and collapsing to the floor while seeking for air.
Lisa stood up and applauded.
"Wonderful! Excellent battle. You really opened my eyes today. This princess is in a good mood." said Lisa with excitement before sitting again.
"Seriously? Lisa is happy at my downfall?" Evelyn telepathed Vanessa, feeling wronged.
"Well, it doesn't matter. Why did you attack him in the first place? You gave him a terrible impression of you already? Do you know his true identity? He's a palace guard of Lisa's mother. He's been trained to fight off reinforced villains. Did you think a rookie like you could exchange notes with him?" Vanessa replied telepathically, in a mocking tone.
"Whatever!" Evelyn was too tired to listen to her bestie's mockery.
Collens retracted his replicas, and all nine spears became one. He transformed back from his fairy form and smiled as he walked to Evelyn, hand in left pocket.
"You know, I think the warrior dance of the frosty fairy tribe is more suited for you. Your temper is the most fitting." he said.
He stretched his hand out to her.
She took it, and he helped her up. He immediately felt something, and his eyes widened for a moment.
"Miss Evelyn, I'd like to train you personally." he said with a smile after composing himself.
"Eh?" the other two fence sitters immediately got to their feet.
"Personal training?"
"That's blatant bias. I'm a princess." Lisa murmured.
"All three of you are of noble blood; you are princesses. I chose to personally cultivate Evelyn here because she is my queen." he then went on one knee and took out a sapphire ring.
"I've waited for this day all my life. Now it's finally come to pass. I'm euphoric. Beloved mate, do you accept to court me till marriage!"
"Eh? What's all this about? What mate stuff are you talking about?" Evelyn asked in bafflement.
"You are my destined wife," he announced. "It's unchangeable. Don't fight against your fate. We belong to each other."
"Really?" Evelyn fainted.
"Bestie!"
"Mate!"
"Auntie!"
The trio shouted in alarm.