Diluculi

The scents of lilacs hung heavily in the warm air, announcing the soft approach of summer. This of course also meant exam season was to begin soon and the reminder of that hung like a dark cloud over Sanjica, ruining what could have otherwise been a perfect day. “What’s the matter, Swan-Maiden?”, her friend Tasza asked her playfully and earned a grimace from Sanjica. Swan-Maiden was a nickname Tasza had been using for almost a year now, ever since Sanjica shared with her and the other girls her secret identity as Sailor Sapphire Swan. Tasza giggled at her friend’s reaction. “It’s that history exam coming up”, Sanjica growled and let out a deep sigh. Being secretly a superhero sounded exciting and fun on paper, but the reality was that she was sacrificing a lot of her free time and nights for training and fighting evil across the world. Not that she was complaining about that, but the price she had to pay for all of that were her grades getting worse. Not all of them. An unexpected