Bahia Beach: 20:30 at night.
Dinner time had arrived for the Ashcrew family, and one of the basic rules of the house is that it is an hour when missing was inexcusable. For that reason, before the imminent anger of Rozalin, Maria had sent to Aflred to look for Vic.
Alfred had a lot of time with the family, and he was one of the few people who knew Maria's real age. In addition, he had almost also raised the children with Maria, because Rozalin had the unpleasant habit of returning to his "house" for long periods.
Well, even with all this, the last thing Alfred expected was to find Victoria sitting on the sand on the beach. Approaching as stealthily as he could, the secretary listened as the giantess softly hummed a song.
Between that Victoria used to hate the sand wherever she went, and that at the same time she wasnt a big fan of music either, Alfred's surprise and stupefaction never stopped increasing. "So... you know what time it is, miss?"
Victoria gave a little bounce when she heard the secretary's voice, turning her head quickly and pretending nothing was happening. Nothing really happened, but for the code of giantess to be caught by surprise was a big mistake.
"Dad Alfred! what are you doing here... I was just looking at the sea! Nothing else!"
Alfred laughed softly, before leaning on the leg of the giantess. "I didnt think you were doing anything else... Besides, I cant be fooled, you know?"
"I know perfectly well... Do you like Bahia, Dad Alfred?" The giantess seemed worried, something quite long considering her normally regal behavior.
"I dont like or dislike Bahia. For now, my biggest complaint about the city is that Rozalin has chosen a neighborhood without blocks of apartments nearby, so I have to take it if or if the bike to get to your home quickly... "For any son of more than 5 years, the enmity between Rozalin and Alfred wasnt unknown.
An enmity that has only grown over the years. Rozalin has tried many times to try to convince Maria to dismiss Alfred, but the giantess has remained firm in her decision.Rozalin has ended up controlling many things in the life of the giantess, but Alfred (or more specifically his father and he) was one of Maria's first friends once she left the cathedral, and no matter how much she loved Rozalin, Alfred was an important part of his life and those of his children.
"Mother... it's like that... I feel bad when she's fucked you like that... I'm sorry!... I didnt want to say bad words..." Alfred patted the knee of the giantess to reassure her, and after that she got up to walk a little bit by the sand. "In another order of things... I've made two friends!"
"Really?" Alfred was really and truly amazed. For some reason that he did not know, all of Maria's children had a gift for losing friendships or having none at all. From Adell to recently Claire.
"Yes, they were playing music in the harbor, and when they finished, I stayed there... and they started talking naturally with me, without doing anything!" Victoria preferred to hide the part of keeping them looking eerily.
"That must be the magic of Bahia!" Victoria stared at him confused, causing Alfred to laugh again. "It is said that Bahia has an aura of goodwill, and that it is easy to fall in love with this city... I dont believe it, but Maria was born here, so I will trust and love this city for it"
"Really? Mom was born here? you know... because of her age..." Alfred sighed, because these kinds of questions were not easy to answer.
"Let's do one thing, the next time Rozalin goes to her "home", we ask Maria to tell us the full story. Do you like the idea?" Victoria nodded and got up, wiping the sand off her legs. "Then let's go back, we dont know what Rozalin is capable of doing if we miss the first dinner in the house..."
Next day: Apollo Academy, 08:00 in the morning.
Victoria stared at the entrance to the academy building. The vast majority of herbrothers and sister were inside with Maria and Rozalin to fill in their inscriptions, but Victoria had decided to stay out.
As she had to repeat a year of school because of a serious illness, she was a year behind in terms of people her age. It's not that she cared too much, because it was well known to her that it was her own will to live that she still breathed today.
What bothered her was to change school. It was not because of losing friends (when your accountant is down to zero, it is difficult to lower it even more), but because of having to learn a new academy and the names of all the teachers-
"VICTORIA!" Hannah came running, grabbing the giantess by the waist and hugging her with all her strength. Thank God there were not too many people nearby. "I cant believe it! You're in my academy! That means I have a friend in my academy! This must be one of the happiest days of the year!"
Hannah was not a bad person, but for Victoria, she was an obstacle.
Since she managed to defeat her illness with her own will and aura, Maria had told her that she was the Dirty Lover. Hannah couldnt take away all her life's work and even pretend that she supported her.
"I doubt it's such a happy day, to start in public you should not raise your voice, it's against the giantess code"
Hannah raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Code? we have a code? the first word I hear about it..."
Victoria bit her tongue, avoiding letting go of what she is thinking. "How can you dont know the code of giantess? Any giantess of second and third growth should read it! Talk about how we should act abroad, how we should communicate with humans and other extrahumans and other important data!"
"...now I feel a little idiotic saying this... but we really need a code of conduct?... I know we are bigger and that... but we are still human! Acting differently from others would not help the stereotype that we feel we are superior?"
This time, Victoria did not bite her tongue. She really didnt know what to say. The other giantess with whom Victoria had interviewed was imprisoned for the destruction of 5 houses and the murder of 12 people, and all she had said was that she did so because they were inferior.
Victoria had never felt superior to anyone (that behavior was more typical of Adell), so Hannah's words were enough for her to consider the inefficiency of the code. "No... I dont know what to tell you, it's true that I've never felt superior or with more rights than others... but I'm not going to deny that having the confidence to be big enough to be a role model is rewarding and pleasurable..."
"You really talk with very weird and complex words, dont you? its because you're from England?" Victoria turned her head in shame, not to show weakness before Hannah. At the same time she checked how more and more people were around her, muttering about both giantesses.
"Now there are two of them..."
"Do not you think Hannah is bigger?" "Shut up! They say it's her who defeated the dragon!"
"The new giantess... is pretty sexy" "Dont be perverted! I'm your girlfriend!"
"If we already had problems every time Hannah went to the bathroom... now that it's bigger and there's another giantess we'll have to queue at the door!"
Hannah, seeing how Victoria was feeling more and more uncomfortable, decided to follow Elsa's advice. "All the world!" After screaming, Hannah walked up to the stairs (Literally she needed 2 steps to cross them).
"I know I've been silent for many years and endured things like fat-ass, giant-ass and other things related to my ass! But now I want to start again! Victoria is new to the academy, she is a third growth giantess like me and comes from England! More exotic she cant be! So let's start talking to each other naturally... and that... "
Although Hannah had lost the bellows in the middle of the proclamation, everyone looked at each other without saying anything. Until a snap of fingers caught his attention.
Sofia walked towards the group, and giving a punch to Hannah's leg, forced her to kneel. The giantess caressed her aching leg while Sofia climbed onto her back and rested one of her legs on Hannah's head.
Victoria, the other students in the courtyard, the other students in the academy, teachers, Victoria's family and even Hannah herself went blank without knowing what to do. Sofia cleared her throat, and after taking a deep breath...
"ROAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRR"
The roar of the lioness was heard throughout the academy, and throughout the neighborhood in general.From the Reyes family home, Elsa could feel her coffee shaking slightly.
"LISTEN TO ME, FOOLS! HANNAH AND I DEFEAT JOLBIRTH, LORD OF THE DEEP PANTHEON, SINCE THIS MOMENT NOBODY WILL INSULT HER, EXCEPT ME! DID YOU UNDERSTAND?!"Everyone started to murmur and applaud.
"I knew, Sofia was the only one who could save us!"
"Hannah has made it! She has gone from being a zero to being a hero!"
"We have Hannah's fan club?" "You have to create it!"
"I will create a song with your feat!"
"A star was born today!" "Two stars!"
Sofia roared again, regaining her attention.
"THAT WAS NOT THE ONLY THING THAT HAD TO SAY!
THE SAME VALERIA, HEAD OF GUN, HAS TOLD ME THAT VICTORIA HAS THE SAME POTENTIAL AS HANNAH! SO FROM THIS TIME, I TAKE THEM BOTH AS PUPILS!
BE SURE TO DO IT TO HER FEEL LIKE AT HOME! AND SHOW THEM THE GOOD WILL OF BAHIA!"
The crowd roared in tune, screaming with joy and happiness. Sofia jumped to the ground, and muttering something to Hannah, she walked towards Victoria, how immediately bent down to receive her; but Sofia shook her head.
Stretching out her arm, the lioness offered her hand to Victoria. Although at first Victoria doubted (it was the first time that someone referred to her out loud without boos in between), the look of Hannah and the whole world forced her to give in and take the hand of the lioness.
"Nice to meet you, Victoria, the boss says you're also Dirty Lover even if the prophet says otherwise, so I'll demand the same dedication as Hannah." Do you get it? "
"Of course, I've been preparing for it all my life" Sofia nodded, and followed by a whole crowd of students, entered the academy, where even more students of the academy newspaper were waiting for her.
Hannah walked towards Victoria, while the last students entered the academy. "I have to say... she really hit me hard..."
"Your sensei looks like someone really reliable..." Hannah shook her head, to Victoria's confusion.
"Not at all! I just found out how she is my sen... have you said sensei?" Tilting her head, Hannah looked directly at Victoria, but she looked away, embarrassed.
"As she has called us pupil... sensei seems the most appropriate" Hannah laughed while she had just stretched her bruised leg.
"So... you're also another Dirty Lover? Why your mother didnt mention it?" Victoria sighed, searching for Hannah's reasoning to come to that conclusion. Reasoning ... She dont err, but that wasnt the point.
"Do not get confused, Hannah, I've been preparing to be the Dirty Lover all my life.
My will saved my life and my dreams for a better future built part of my mother's fortune. If you are not up to the task, I will overrun you and take your place. So you're my guest to train with me and sensei-lion"
Hannah, happy for the development of the events, preferred to hide what her life was like in the academy until now. The future seemed bright, and ever since she met Elsa, there really were reasons to work hard now. "Are you a senior?"
"Right, I had to repeat a year when I was young, so this is my last year of pre-university education"
"You really lengthen the explanations too much!" Walking to the door of the academy and opening it, Hannah offered him a funny bow. "Be my guest, and even if we have to cross the door on all fours, there's a lot more space in there, not much, but you'll get used to it!"
Bahia was a strange place, there was no doubt about that.
Port of Bahia: Same hour yesterday, same place.
After presenting all the brothers and sisters of Victoria to Hannah and Elsa, they all decided to go together to see the musical duo.
Jane and Jake went from having an average of 15/20 people, to having more than 50 people watching them. (being fair ... 19 children of Maria, Alfred, Hannah, Elsa, Sofia, Chris were already alone almost half of the crowd)The couple looked at each other, and instead of being scared, they changed their plans. Blue Azure World was followed by a more childish and enjoyable song.
"You have got a friend in me"
Little by little, more and more people approached and left money to the couple. and when I say more people, I say a lot more people.
From Bolt, Sora and Mirabelle (who, as was their duty, kept watching Hannah from the shadows), Maria and Rozalin. Valeria, Light, Zoe and Dylan soon arrived at the place, although it caused quite a stir that they were accompanied by Jolbirth.
The crowd grew, and the couple was joined by two musicians who were in the harbor area, adding even more power to the song. The merchants of the port ended up calling the police for pre-execution, and smelling who could be the responsibles, Lloyd did not take long to arrive with two patrol cars.
From the office of the mayor, Vagrand, Ritchey, Veronica and Smith followed the performance by the surveillance cameras.
From the cathedral, Flynn and Calia did the same.
From under the harbor, Fiona and Jack followed the song as they tried to hack the Priestess's signal.
From a certain place in the crowd, the hierophant decided not to act tonight, and gather more information. In the end, the victory belonged to him, so nothing prevented him from enjoying himself a little.
It has always been said that Bahia is a magical place.
It may not be as pretty as they paint it, but there is some truth in it. For Bahia was the place from which the future would take shape.
And now the city had two Dirty Lovers to make sure.
Sun and Moon will never get along, but no matter how many years pass ... our little paradise of blue azure color will remain.
How do I know? Because I was there, of course.
For the sake of authentic history, I had to let you know.
For the sake of authentic history,
you have to know the events that led to the end of the old world...
and the birth of something completely new.
Signed: D**** *****