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Chapter Two – Rehearsal
(4 months later)
The performance hall swelled with the many voices of the Terrasei junior choir raised in song, Chielle leading the group with a strong soprano, and Chayla standing slightly to the right conducting, weaving the group into a melodious harmony with her hands. The voices rose in a final crescendo then trailed off into a distinct silence that was promptly broken by Chayla’s enthusiastic clapping. "Splendid work everyone, you’re sounding absolutely fantastic! Remember that there is no official scheduled rehearsal tomorrow due to the start of the spring festivities but I want you all here at 5pm for a last minute rehearsal for the concert at 6pm. Attendance is mandatory, no attendance, no performing. That’ll be all everyone, off you go and enjoy yourselves!"
Loud cheers and whistles came from the group as they moved towards the exit. The Spring Equinox was everyone’s favourite holiday. It was a week-long holiday in remembrance of when people first colonised the beautiful planet of Terrasei and of the original planet Earth that they had left behind. There were story tellers, games, carnivals and always a pageant that re-enacted when man first arrived on Terrasei. Chayla was the president of the holiday committee responsible for organising the festivities and the leader of the choir that always provided the musical accompaniment to the pageant as well as several other musical items.
Peering at the throng milling around her as Chayla suddenly reached out and hauled her daughter back by the collar of her shirt. "You can’t leave just yet Chi, I’d like to go over your solo a few more times if you don’t mind." Chi glanced at her friends who had stopped to wait for her, then looked back at her mother and sighed slightly. "Ok kaa-san, I guess I have the time to go over it a few more times, though I don’t really see the point, I know all the words and I’m time perfect."
"And modest too I see" Chayla murmured. Chi blushed and said no more, her mother’s mild reproach effectively putting her in her place.
***
"Sorry, I never told you, all I wanted to say. But now it’s too late to hold you, cos you’ve flown away, so far away. Never had I imagined, living without your smile. Feeling, knowing you hear me, it keeps me alive, alive." Chi’s voice carried strongly around the performance hall and she was utterly oblivious to the world around her, completely carried away by the music.
Chayla, half-listening to Chi’s tone and pitch, leaned back slightly and studied the young girl thoughtfully, regarding her as if she weren’t her daughter. Daemon, after much nagging on her part had told her about his dreams and Chayla, though now knowing the necessity for Chielle’s training, still didn’t like it. No matter how objectively she looked at the subject, she knew that Chi was still only a child. She shouldn’t have such knowledge of the battlefield! It was making her grow up all too soon when she should still be playing and laughing with her friends and indulging in childhood games of the imagination.
And to be completely honest, the speed at which Chielle was learning and the abilities that she instinctively knew scared Chayla. Of course she was a saiyajin and fighting was in her blood but she had mastered the energy waves that Daemon had taught her in a surprisingly short amount of time and her pure physical speed was faster than anything Chayla had EVER seen before. Of course not all of Chi’s abilities bothered Chayla. Like Chielle’s accelerated healing and her ability to heal others. Chi healed 100 times faster than any human and whenever someone hurt themselves it was as if Chi felt their pain as if it were her own and all she had to do was reach out and take their hand and their pain would disappear instantly, as if it had never existed at all.
"Sorry, I never told you, all I wanted to say…" Chielle finished strongly, holding the high, pure note which she slowly allowed to fade away. She smiled as she opened her eyes and looked at her mother who nodded approvingly. "Now…again!" Chi couldn’t help groaning – this was the fifth or sixth time that her mother had insisted on going through the song! Still, whatever made her mother happy…
Sighing slightly, Chi drew in a deep breath and started once more from the top.
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