The Golden Pear [YA - Featured]

♫~Notes 43~♫

 "Talk!"

A slap landed on Freya's cheek. Yet she refused to shed but one tear. Ueno kept slapping her, even her gang turned nervous.

Two girls held Freya, but their grip lost half of its strength as the questioning continued.

"Talk, you witch!" The headmistress' daughter grabbed her hair, pulling them. "Where did you hide it?"

The ginger head knew well what Ueno meant, but she would never tell her. The pear returned to her, ensuring Freya, she was the rightful owner until she would gift it to one of Kamini brothers.

"Ueno-san, aren't you overdoing it?" the girl on the right side asked.

"Shut up, trash!"

The girl shivered, backing up.

Ueno let out an angry snort, adjusting her hair a bit. "Trying to be a tough cookie, aren't you?" Disgust soaked her voice, and Freya showed no signs of breaking apart. "Always looking down on others."

'Funny way to refer to yourself.' Freya's frown deepened, pushing Ueno closer to the edge, known as insanity.

"You still dare to defy me." A crazy smirk danced across Ueno's face, and all the surrounding girls stepped back. Coldness spread among them, foreshadowing a terrible turn of the event.

Freya gulped, sensing the coming danger.

"Fetch me my bag!"

A thin girl snapped her head, looking for a way out and confused if she was the target of the order.

"Move it, you dummy!" Ueno barked.

The girl did as told, giving the directress' daughter her bag. From it, the smirking girl took out a small snap-off blade knife, pulling the cutting edge out.

"Let's see if this can make you talk."

"U-Ueno-san, you can't think..." The girl on Freya's left shivered, letting her go.

"Hold her, you pig!"

"N-No! You are going too far!" She stepped away, and the other girls did the same, freeing Freya.

Pushing, relaying orders, giving somebody extra work, or doing for Ueno homework was one thing, but stabbing somebody was way too much for them.

"You are kidding, right?"

"You can't be real!"

Murmur and whispers spread around them.

"You are useless! All of you!" Ueno snapped. "I'll make you all pay!" Her eyes locked on Freya's unwavering face. "And you'll be first!" With a scream and a extensive swing, Ueno dashed toward Freya.

'She went insane!' Flashed through her mind as the time moved in sluggish speed. Breeze disappeared, and the nearby figures turned into smudged colors. Only her heartbeat filled her ears. Not even Ueno's war cry could reach her.