One-Shot - Queen Part 1

I sigh with frustration as I once again as I miss a fingering on my clarinet, while practicing my drum corp music. My tendency to be impatient is affecting my practice. Real practice is playing twice as slow as the original tempo, working out each note and rhythm. Not rushing, hoping to get it on the first try.

Oh Snow, I miss the days where you taught me what I needed to know. Even though I have exceeded your skill, you would still be able help me break my music into sections to help me perfect and polish my skills.

I sigh once more and take a break from this, walking to my bed and collapsing on it. I lay there for a couple seconds until I hear the tapping of someone mimicking drum breaks on the wall. In the next moment, a girl in a cowboy hat walks into the room.

"Maggie...." I say, with a slight sense of muffled excitement. Maggie is my roommate, senpai, drum corp peer, and lover. She is a member of the battery(drumline) of our drum corp, and very talented. As a snare drum player, even I like to tap my foot to the sound of her excellent playing.

"Oh my gosh, no matter how many times you speak English, I can never get enough of your Japanese accent! So cute!" she exclaims.

"Ugh. Annoying," I reply and turn my head. Being called cute is too embarrassing.

But as I try to ignore her, it only sparked the cowgirl's lewdness even more. She takes off her knee-high socks and climbs into bed with me. Maggie wraps her long, sexy legs around my body and my body grows hot.

"Mmm...you're still such a tsundere, Claire. But alas, you're practically the female version of Snow when he was our age. Same love for pastries, same love for video games, and...same sense of lust," Maggie whispers in my ears.

"M-Maggie...." I felt myself bending to her will.

But before anything more could happen, notifications from both our cellphones ping. Both of us sit up and check.

"Oooh...seems like we've been challenged, my mistress," the cowgirl says with enthusiasm.

"Indeed..." as I crack a smile.

In the game that we enjoy most, Dominion, someone has challenged us both to a battle. Dominion, a mixture of VRMMORPG and RTS, where people have what is known as "dominions". In a nutshell for how it works, you fight the enemy to destroy everything in their base, when you reach it. You may choose whatever style of warfare your "dominion" has. Such as Roman/Greek, Medieval, American Civil War, etc. Passively, it's open-world where your winnings from your dominion victories can be used to purchase stronger armor, clothing, accessories, weapons, etc(limited to your warfare style). When dominions wage war, you are teleported to a battlefield which generates several types of environments. Since there are obviously a lack of players, the game generates hundreds of NPCs to fill those spots

So, as Maggie and I were both excited, we chose to put on our VR helmets and jump in. The process of logging in was pictured in my head, then the loading screen, and finally, I wake up. I find myself in our base in the open-world server, a barracks of many weapons and armor. Other players in my dominion have already begun logging in and prepping for battle, putting on their mohawk-style helmets. Our warfare style is Roman, as their excellent strategies intrigue me.

Maggie, still using "Magkiel" as her in-game name after all these years, my general, is ordering everyone around, pushing them, and kicking them to hurry up. Her appearance, like mine, is very different than her real self. Replacing her brown hair, is black hair and she's much taller. She is outfitted with heavy Roman armor, with a tower shield and a straight sword.

The not-so-cowgirl-anymore girl takes notice of me, and acknowledges me with a small nod. I nod back and take my seat on my throne. On the wall behind my throne, many players, out of respect of fear and awe, have the words painted "Tattooed Bitch".

They refer to me as so, because I don't need to really prep. My ability exceeds any other player in this game. After all, we are undefeated. That's also the reason why I never get bored of this game. We get constant challenges from people who want to test our strength.

As I lazily relax on my throne, a server message pops up saying that the battle will commence in two minutes. So, as I stay seated, I can't help but feel the excitement tingling through my body.