Facing Phantoms, Pursuing Flowers

Who Is This Girl

'So this is your training time slots and schedules for each day, and since I kinda have my handful in time slots....  how about we put your private session on Friday nights, which means you'd be in the same time slot as Dy, uh i mean Melody, she trains competitively too and you'll get to meet her later, or now actually, since she should be on the ice now. So since I have 3 top senior male skaters (Yuzuru, Javier and Nam), and 3 top senior female skaters (Dy, Gabby and Alaine), and now you, a top junior male skater, I set private time slots for all of you, to give each of you one-on-one coaching time with me. Anyways since she's a girl, you guys won't ever have to compete against each other so I don't see how training together would be a problem, unless you really want to do it alone? No? Okay, so it's settled then. '

Sota understood about 50 percent of what Orser just said, but he nodded like an intelligent boy.

As Brian Orser led Sota to the rink to watch Melody's private session to get what it's like, Melody was practicing her triple Lutz, infact, she did 6 triple lutzes in a row. And was awarded with applause from Javi, Yuzu and Nam who were by the stands watching.

Sota's eyes widden at the speed and height of her triple Lutzes.
Who is this girl? He thought.
How can anyone do 6 triple Lutzes with such an effortless look?

'Dy! Stop doing so many Lutzes, and work on the Flip, you'll tire yourself out before you start your short program.'

Melody frowned and skated over to Brian. 'But coach! I hate the Flip, I've been struggling with it for sooooo long.... I don't think I'll ever get it landed without an edge call' she frowned, and she frowned hard.

Yuzu spoke up, 'It's sorta like my quad Salchow, it took me three years to land it consistently, but it isn't impossible, you know. Nothing is impossible, the word itself says I m possible'

'Exactly what Yuzu said, now how about we start with the triple loop tano, from the spread eagle first, and then try the double axel from the spread and then do the running edge to the double axel and exit through the fan spiral and Ina Bauer.'

As she did as told, Sota just sat by the rink side, unsure if he should talk to the cricket brothers (yuzu, javi and nam if you didnt know).

As it turns out, he didn't need to, because Brian introduced him to Javi and Nam whereas Yuzu just gave him a bro hug as they know each other already.

'Alright now come back and do the triple Lutz-triple toe loop combo, 3 times. ' Brian said.

She did as told again, but this time, when she did her first triple Lutz, Brian took a video of it and showed it to the cricket brothers and Sota.
'See her arms in the entry of that triple Lutz, they appear soft and delicate and then when she takes off and jumps from the back counter, she snaps her arms in, instantly. Thats why she rotates fast as it increases speed which then gives her a little air time to land perfectly so that she never misses the triple toe at the end of the combo'

The four boys watched her triple Lutz take off in slow-mo and awed at the beauty when she landed it.
Yuzuru sighed longingly 'Wish my triple Lutz-triple toe combo was that perfect and didn't bail on me all of last season. My short program was basically screwed because of this combo and yet she nails it so textbook perfectly.' (Bear in mind Yuzuru doesn't have such good English ;) but im lazy to make him talk with broken English)

'Alright Dy, when do you wanna give the Flip another shot?'

'Never?' Replied Melody.

'How about now'

'How about no?'

'Don't you sass me Dy, come on give it a try and then we'll take a break and start the short program'