The first thing Emi did after waking up was greet herself with a bright and loud good morning. Her magic cheer, she called it. And no one refuted. Why would they, when it obviously did cheer her up so effectively? Then, she went to the mirror. Studied herself carefully. This wasn’t an everyday thing. Just the mornings of important days. And today was important. Today was the start of the tournament. They were the seeded team in their group. Red Oak was going to win the tournament this year. They had the perfect team, with the best athletes. They had the best analyst. They had the best strategies down, for every opponent. There was practically nothing that could bring them down. This year was going to be glorious. Over breakfast, the conversation steered to the new neighbours that would b

