Lilly Schnee stood at the edge of the arena with the rest of her crew, standing before the best team in the history of Atlas Academy. Theirs was the first match of the Vytal Festival, Team LILY against Team IVRY. The first round would be a battle between Schnee heiresses. Though Lilly was the eldest of her generation, Ivory, her aunt Winter's daughter, was the one who took the Schnee mantle upon herself, excelling in every way possible, being the youngest person ever to enroll at Atlas Academy.
Even now, she held the record. Despite being only sixteen years in age, Ivory was already a third-year student, admired and loathed equally by her peers and superiors. She had mastered the Schnee family Semblance before she was even ten years of age, surpassing her own mother's scores during her tenure at the academy.
On the other hand, Lilly only made it into Beacon Academy through a recommendation by her mother, the hero of the Labyrinth War. Lilly hadn't achieved anything for herself, attending an ordinary high school in her hometown instead of a primary combat school like everyone else at the academies. Of all thirty-two students accepted into Beacon this school year, she was the least prepared. And yet, in spite of all that, she had gone a long way, developing her own fighting techniques and succeeding in her own manner.
Even now, her determination to prove herself worthy of inheriting her mother's name was stronger than ever.
"We've got this," Leon said as he stood beside her.
She turned to him. He wore a smug grin as always.
"I don't care how good your cousin thinks she is," Ingrid said, standing to her other side. "If we can keep up with Team APEX, we can take Team IVRY down."
"Just remember your training," Yuan said from beside Leon. "As long as we stick together, they can't beat us."
"Lilly Schnee," Ivory said as she and her team squared off with Team LILY. "You've been a disgrace to the family name for far too long."
"Seriously, though," Leon said, folding his hands on top of his head. "Do you really have to be such a dick, Ivory?"
"This is between me and my cousin, Leon Rose. Stay out of this."
"If you've got beef with our team's leader," Ingrid said, stepping forward, "then you've got beef with all of us."
"You can stay out of this fight as well, Princess of Menagerie. The Belladonnas have no quarrel with the Schnees. This is a family matter."
"She sure has a big mouth for someone so small," Yuan muttered, making the rest of the team chuckle.
"Don't think I didn't hear that," Ivory said, drawing Elfenbein, her Multi-Action Dust Saber. "If you wish to underestimate my strength just because of my age and stature, you're in for a surprise."
"Whatever, princess," Leon said. "You're just mad because Lilly can rock her dress better than your little Atlas military uniform. That, and she's an inch taller than you. Is constant anger a small-person thing?"
"Guys, please," Lilly whispered. "Don't provoke her any more!"
Ivory couldn't help the grin on her face. There was no way the top-ranking team in all of Atlas Academy was going to lose to a second rate first-year group. Even as the biomes changed around them, she did not break her gaze for a moment. Her sights were set, and the instant the bell rang, she swung Elfenbein outward, creating twelve glyphs in the air to launch an explosive barrage of all sorts of Dust attacks.
"Holy shit!" Leon said as he and the rest of Team LILY scattered to dodge the incoming assault. "Hey! I was just kidding about the small-person thing!"
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Silver Rose
FanfictionThe sequel to Silver Maiden. Lilly Schnee is all grown up and attending the same school her mother had attended back in her day. But unlike everyone else at Beacon Academy, she does not quite fit in. Then again, she hardly fits in with her own famil...
