ELETALE (VOLUME 1)

chapter one: where it all begins

la'siya university.

one of the most well known private universities of all of la'siya. it was a very colorful university, meaning that it had a lot of different shades of colors all over the huge buildings. it was made by colleagues every year for tradition. unfortunately, it's like an average university. a lot of stress comes along with the university. everything was fast paced and very hard to keep up.

just ask chiara graves. she'll complain in seconds, especially when she's stressed.

ugh, i hate this so much. majoring in animation was such a bad idea!

she just needed a distraction. a break even. anything and anyone could help. she slammed her drawing pen onto her desk and stood up, stretching.

then, out of nowhere, the door slams open.

"hello, chiara!"

chiara turned around and saw anemone kalani, her dorm roommate, with a smile on her face. it made chiara smile.

"you seem happy today. what's up?"

"oh, nothing much. except the fact that the book club wants all of its members to make a comic book. however, as much as i can write really well, i suck at drawing. so-"

"you want me to draw the comics, right?" chiara cut off mystral with a raised eyebrow.

anemone nods, "yes."

chiara sighs, "do you have an idea what it's about?

anemone hesitates, but shakes her head, "no."

chiara groans, "anemone! we've talked about this!"

"i know, but this is the last time. i promise," anemone shows her a wide smile. chiara already knows it wouldn't be the last time. it's just one of those 'i won't believe it until i see it' situations.

chiara hummed as a response. she knew anemone wasn't the best with stories, so she'll just wait patiently until she thinks of something. on the other hand, anemone knew this wasn't as easy as she thought. so what does she do now that she's talking to chiara?

hang out.

"uh, to change the subject chiara, how about you take a little break to join me and some others? like, i'm sure you seem stressed and they would like to meet you!"

chiara immediately nods, "why sure! why not?"

well, that was quick. maybe she was stressed, anemone thought with a surprised look on her face. nevertheless, it made her smile as she grabbed chiara's hand and yanked her off her chair. it left chiara bamboozled.

"let's go!" anemone excitedly yells.

"right now?! can i at least change clothes?" chiara asked before nervously laughing.

"no! too late! we're already late!" anemone says as she locked the dorm door.

as the two were walking to the front gate of the university, they went through the crowded balcony all the way to the front gate. anemone could see three familiar students just talking to one another at a tree nearby. she waves at them.