Chapter one the beginning updated version.

“Good

morning Elena!” I said aloud to myself as I looked in the bathroom mirror. Then

I heard a voice calling me from out in the hall.

“Miss

Florea where are you?” my servant Alba shouted.

“In

the bathroom.” I replied as I switched off the light and stepped into the dark

hallway almost being knocked down by Alba.

“Oh,

sorry Elena, I didn’t see you there. I promise it won’t happen again”.  she said apologetically.

I

righted myself as and said, “Not to worry. Can you make me a cup of that

delicious Rozmarin dulce sweet rosemary tea, please?”

“Of

course. Would you like some Plăcintă cu cartofi as well?” she asked.

“Yes.” I replied excitedly. This

pastry dish was a flat, round dough patty stuffed with mashed potatoes, and

then fried in oil until golden brown on both sides. Alba made it even better by

adding grated cheese and sautéed chopped onions. This was such a yummy treat

and always filled my belly.

 I turned on my device and went to the weather

app to see what the weather would be like for today. The app showed that for

today, October 9th, 2022, it would be sunny with a high of nine degrees, but

feeling like 2. Yikes is it getting colder I thought to myself and making a

mental note that I should wear an extra sweater today.

After

breakfast I packed my school books and put on my coat and shoe and said goodbye

to Alba.

“Yes,

you better go now so you are not late. Have a good day.” Alba said as she did

up the top button on my jacket and put a hat on my head.

“Thank

you, Alba. I will see you later. Have a good day yourself.” I said as I took

off the hat and threw it back on the bench. She shook her head at me knowing we

go through this same thing every morning when the weather gets colder. Wearing

a hat wasn’t cool anymore, and would mess up my hair.

Later,

as I arrived at Kizuna Middle school class 3C, I saw my friends Ioana and Sofia

as they greeted me at the door to our class.

“Good

morning, Elena how are you today?” Sofia said in usual cheery way.

“Hey

Sofia, don't brother her, class is about to begin and we don’t want to be

late,” Ioana said as she hurried her way to her seat in the classroom.

The

teacher came inside and with him was a new student.  The boy stood in front of the class and said,

“Hi, my name is Yuu and I just moved here to Romanian from Kyoto, Japan.” the

boy said.

“You

will be sitting next to Miss Florea.” The teacher said and showed him where to

sit.

Later

after our morning classes were done and it was time for lunch, everyone went

over to Yuu’s desk and started asking him questions.

“Hey

how old are you?”

“How

do you know how to speak Romanian?”

Yuu

replied “My birthday is in March and I will be 15. I am fluent in Romanian,

Japanese, Korean and of course English.”

After

everyone had gathered their lunch things and gone on their way, I invited Yuu

to join me for lunch.

“Hey

how can you speak four different languages?” I asked him as we climbed up to my

special, secret spot on the rooftop.” “

”

Oh, my father taught me to speak Romanian, I self-taught myself English.” he

told me.

Before

he could finish telling me how he is so multi-lingual, I said “Wait, I hear

something! Get down! It’s here. The white dragon Gura Alba.” I whispered.

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