Chapter 11: A New Member of the Mejiro Family

Few hours before Speed Joker arrived at the Resort in Hokane. McQueen was headed her way there in her limousine, along with the few of the Mejiro family members.

“We are heading to a resort, ordered by grandmother?” McQueen asked.

“Yeah! I really want to know what is grandmother is planning. Details had been vague from what I heard,” Mejiro Palmer said with a cheerful tone.

While the rest of the member were calm and collected. Mejiro Bright went her eyes on Palmer.

“It is best we wait there and talk with grandmother, there will be a reason why we have been sent there.”

Mejiro Ardan kept her mouth shut, as if she knew what is coming next after this.

The limousine stopped near the lobby gates. One by one, the Mejiro family members exited the limousine.

Many resort staff guide them through the exquisite hallway, painted and decorated with many ornaments. That made the place looked expensive.

Upon arrived at the desired room. Inside, there was a long table with the head of the Mejiro family sat at the very end.

“Come, all of you sit,” the grandmother said.

All of them obeyed and sat on the chair in the dining table. Everyone kept there mouth quite to follow ethics as a noble family.

“The reason why I want you all to be here, I have someone to introduce for you.”

A single door opened in the room, a person entered. It was a horse girl with light brown hair, and with a single strand hair coloured in white. Her eyes were coloured purple faded red. Her aura was slightly different than most Mejiro family member.

She was very calm and collected in front of the head of the Mejiro family.

“I want you all to meet Mejiro Squire, a new member of the Mejiro family. Please, treat her as your little sister if you will,” grandmother finished her sentence.

Mejiro Ardan cheerfuly chuckled, “I can’t believe we already had a new member in a blink of an eye. She is quite cute too.”

Mejiro Dober examined Mejiro Squire, “Hmm, she isn’t bad. Can she even run, dear grandmother?”

Which the head of the family nodded, “I already seen it for myself, she would later demonstrate when she enter the Academy Exam.”

Everyone nodded at the same time. One of the butler spoke up after he entered the dining hall.

“Sorry for interruption,” the butler said, “We have a bit of an issue for dinner, dear madam.”

Grandmother looked at the butler, and said, “What is the problem, just tell us.”

“Well, some of the raw ingredients are not stock in the kitchen. So, the head chef of the resort, they are currently ordered the needed ingredients, and the delivery is on their way here,” the butler replied.

The head of the family sighed, “Alright, we shall wait for it to arrive. Do you have the exact time?”

“I’m afraid not, madam,” the butler replied, expressed with a slight worried face.

As for the entire Mejiro family were waiting for the food to be done. McQueen walked outside to the lobby of the resort, and exited the resort. She took deep breath of fresh air from the mountain.

“This feel great,” she said, as she stretched her arms.

Then she heard something from the parking lot, there were staff members of the resort carrying all the items needed in the kitchen.

One of them said, “Thank you very much!”

McQueen walked to the parking lot and saw a horse girl with gray hair and aquamarine eyes. What baffled her the most, she can drove a car.

Most horse girls in the academy, none of them can drive. But seeing a younger horse girl than her can drive a car, its an interesting thing to see.

When McQueen get more a clearer vision on what she saw under the dark night. It was one of the new student of Tracen Academy from Yesterday.

“Wait, your that horse girl from yesterday?” McQueen said as she looked at the dark gray horse girl (Speed Joker).

The horse girl said to McQueen, “Is there anything I can do madam?”

Then Ardan called McQueen as she exited from the lobby, “McQueen, grandmother is calling you!”

As Ardan found McQueen in the parking lot. She also saw the rumoured very fast dark gray horse girl in the Academy. It was slightly different on what she envisioned in her mind.

McQueen turned around, and said, “I will be there a minute.”

McQueen stayed for a while, as she exchanged glances with Speed Joker.

While Ardan looked at Speed Joker, and said,“Oh my, I didn’t we had a student stayed awake at this hour.”

Then Ardan asked, “What is your name?”

“Speed Joker,” she replied to Mejiro Ardan, “If want to know, I don’t live any of the dorms in the Academy. I’m independent, live alone at an apartment.”

McQueen turned around and said, “Ardan, let us go back. It would be a waste of out time here.”

“Okay,” Ardan replied, as she follow behind McQueen.

Ardan gave an another glance, and said, “I will see you later in the Academy.”

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All of the family members back in the dining hall, they sat on their chair. Their grandmother felt something from McQueen and Ardan.

“McQueen, Ardan,” she said to both of them.

“Yes, grandmother?” Both of them replied.

“I want to ask you, what is bothering your mind?” Grandmother asked.

McQueen hesitated slightly, but spoke out.

“Well, there was a horse girl familiar who dropped off some items for the head chef,” McQueen replied, “But, I didn’t know she can drive a car at this late at night.”

The Mejiro family froze, then looked at McQueen.

“Uh, is there something wrong with that?” She said.

Mejiro Ryan shook her head, and said, “Well, this is my first time a junior of the Academy drive a car. I’m quite a surprised you know this.”

“Because, I saw her at the training ground at the Academy. Most of the trainers were focused on the green haired horse girl called Ghost of Ash,” McQueen explained.

“I see, now that make all sense,” Ryan said, as she elegantly ate her food.

Grandmother chuckled. Its been a while for her to see a horse girl do something other than running.

“My, it is been over 80 years I heard something like this,” she said, then she gently ate her food.

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In the year 1960. The head family of Mejiro was still in her mid years and full of energy. She was a head of her game in the running scene for decades. One day, a trainer from the newly formed central academy was quitting his job.

“I don’t know if I can train more horse girl, man. I just can’t find it how to make them better,” he said.

The other trainer, called him Trainer 2. He was best friend with Trainer 1.

“I know your pain, but you need a lot more patient. Your going there soon enough,” Trainer 2 said to him.

Meanwhile behind the wall, it was the middle age horse girl of the head Mejiro Family. She was listening to all of the conversation. Out of hundred of years of her fate of running, she knew about most trainer would gave up if they can’t release the full potential of a horse girl.

Then trainer 1 said, “I’m sorry, I just can’t do it. I would be trying new work.”

Trainer 2 looked at Trainer 1 left him there alone.

“You idiot,” Trainer 2 mumbled.

About few months later after Trainer 1 quit. Many news about a new sport was coming into the scene of society. It was called Motor Sport.

Many man alike start joining the train. Most of the Trainer who singed up to get a central license. They cancel them before they started it. Only few entered the exam.

As for the head of Mejiro family. She heard about the news.

“I can’t believe a lot of trainers are quiting,” she said in disbelief.

Her horse girl rival was beside her, which was also her best friend. She said, “Me too, my first time on normal people was obsessed with machines.”

As weeks, and weeks passed by. News broke out on the time of an incoming motor sport event. Some uses motor bikes, and another uses cars.

But most who watched them the most were driving cars. The head of Mejiro went to the closest motor sport event in her town. She saw all normal people lined up there, many man and woman alike. There was also curios horse girl came to watch the event. But, this was little interest on most horse girls.

She watched as the race started. The smell of fuel and oil flew into the air. The tires spin on the dirt, and most drivers were head to head with each other.

Most of the cars she saw was imported from the united kingdom.

“They are fast,” The head of the Mejiro family said.

Her butler was beside her. He was focused on the race.

“I didn’t know that normal human also had this much competitive spirit,” her butler said, “But I have to take credit for them to have this inside them, and also have the guts to race with a machine.”

The head of the Mejiro family looked surprised, “My, I didn’t know you can take compliments to people like that.”

“Madam, it is just once in a lifetime,” he replied to her.

With that continued on. Time goes quickly, it was already 1970. Then a disaster struck across the motor racing world.

Many whom famous race drivers drove on tracks are now paved with asphalt. They were still racing through the street of the city, closing off road on weekends so people can watch the race.

However, upon that race near a highway. It was raining heavily, the road were slippery. All drivers was speeding up on the straight. As they were braking before the exit of the highway, one of the car spun.

Then it keeps happening, one by one, they crashed after they passed the toll booth. All of them hit a building made of red bricks. Which collapsed under the kinetic energy given from the crash. Most of the spectators died, some of them heavily injured. But the drivers, they were dead.

When the head of the Mejiro family, who was now retired from the Twinkle Series, due to old age and many other factors. She heard about the news.

“Madam,” her maid said.

The head of Mejiro family shook her head as she read the newspaper, “There is nothing I can do for them. The only I can do is prayed to the three goddesses.”

After that crash spread on the news. Many people left with scepticism about Motor Racing in general. Japan Automobile Federation gave a respond to the news about rule changes for the sport.

But people of Japan wasn’t having it. Many famous drivers are dead left and right, many rule changes were made, but none of them were not enough to save their lives.

And so, Motor Racing faded into obscurity in society. Many people return back their as a trainers for horse girls. Results of that devastation left lingering of sourness to many. This left cars and bikes as normal transportation, not a thing used for sport with it any more. Since then, technology slows down significantly for cars and bikes.

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Mejiro McQueen was at the balcony. She watched the stars in the sky, cleaned open air without pollution. It was beautiful to watch.

“Older sister,” Mejiro Squire said, as she closed the door behind her.

McQueen turned her head, and said, “Squire, what are you doing here?”

“I just wanted to see you,” Squire said, she was beside McQueen. Then leaned on the concrete guard rail.

Squire looked at the complicated expression McQueen made. She was trying to find a hint of discomfort. And she did find it.

“Is it about the story of Grand mother told you at the table?” Squire asked her.

McQueen nodded, “Yes, I’m just truly worried that one of our Junior able to drive a car. I can’t fathom about it.”

Squire smiled, and said, “Big Sister, even she can drive. She can’t race with it. It is not going to happen in the story what grandmother told us in the dinner table. Times already changed since then.”

McQueen softly turned into a soft smile on her face, “Yeah, maybe you are right, I’m over thinking this a bit.”