The Nationals, Part 2

First day jitters. Keeping them separated. Surprise cameo appearances. Catfight and boxing match. A surprise finish to the fight. Punishing Slave-Boy...with a pyramid?

Henrietta checked herself head to toe in the mirror. Headband in place, check; white and blue collared polo shirt, check; white and blue pleated tennis skirt with bloomers, check; knee-high blue socks, check; and new Nike sneakers; check and double check. Everything is in place, she thought. She turned to her friend and roommate Aurore and ran the quick mental checklist on her. Except for bare feet inside of brand-new Crocs, and hair in a ponytail, they were dressed exactly alike. "Lookin' good, Henrietta" Aurore cheerfully said. "Same right back at ya" was Henrietta's reply. Aurore frowned a bit at her response. "Well, the WORDS are good, but I'm detecting just a bit of a tremor in your voice. Are you okay?" Henrietta shook her head. "Nope, but I think it's just nerves...Just nerves, that's all." "Well, like you said last night, the first day is just meeting the other girls. You'll get over it" replied Aurore. She then gestured to the door. "Let's go. Everyone's waiting for you.

The rest of the team was in the lobby. Henrietta did the quick mental checklist and found everyone was up to speed. She noticed Danae had let her hair grow out, where it was down to her shoulders. She'd kept the red streaks, however. Funny how I missed that last night, she thought. Miko had adorable little pigtails now. Tina had her hair out of her eyes, and into braids. Even Ami took the time to match her socks, much to Henrietta's surprise. "Don't stare, or people will think you're into MY feet!" was Ami's smart reply. "Okay, okay, relax here. I just want everything to be absolutely perfect. That's all." Henrietta answered. She then turned to Cindy, who was off from the others. "Everything okay with you this morning?" she quietly asked. Cindy just grunted and nodded. "Don't worry, what happens with us STAYS with us. You think you're the only one who's had...well, an accident?" There was still no response from Cindy. "You'll get over it" Henrietta confided. I hope, she thought to herself.

Just then, Ms. Seto came hustling in to the lobby. "The van is out front. Is everyone accounted for?" she asked Henrietta, who just nodded. "Well then, let's show the rest of the girls what we're made of!" Ms. Seto exclaimed. "Get on the van! Hurry up now! We're not going to be late for this!"

The event was in the jam-packed local Convention Center. There was the appearance of organized chaos. Parents and coaches were encouraging their kids on proper techniques and positioning. Some girls were practicing their ashikoki techniques on their male bottoms. One guy had what looked like eleven girls standing on his back, from his head to the soles of his feet. One smaller boy had six girls, in matching outfits and high heeled boots, perched on his chest and stomach. Henrietta wasn't sure she was ready for heels or boots yet. Her mom insisted she wait until she was 13 before she'd buy her a pair.

"Hey, Henrietta, could you keep an eye on Zoë and Cindy?" Henrietta turned towards Aurore, who'd just asked the question. "You see, Zoë's feeling a little guilty about Cindy's...accident, and Cindy's still feeling a bit embarrassed by it all" she whispered, since Cindy and Zoë were standing on either side of her, separate yet out of hearing range. She pondered it a second, and then nodded. "Sure, no problem" she replied. Inside, Henrietta was considerably worried. Not even the first day, and already my two youngest team mates might go at it. She stifled a small laugh, imaging how a school-girl cat-fight would play out in the crowded convention center.

A little tap on the back interrupted Henrietta's reverie. It was a little blonde girl, about six years old. She was all dressed up in pink. On her right was the smallest Goth girl Henrietta had ever seen. Black sailor outfit with matching black knee-highs and heavy blue eyeliner accentuated her jet black hair and general paleness. On the blonde's left was just the cutest, bubbliest little girl ever with her shorts and a Strawberry Shortcake t-shirt. "Hi, my name is Sassie, and these are my friends Lily and Mandy. Pleased to meet you" as she stuck out her tiny hand. Henrietta politely shook it. "So, are you participants, or just here to watch?" she asked. "No, just watching. I've been told by...someone special that I'm pretty good at this, so I wanted to see what other girls are doing." She pointed to her bubbly little friend. "Mandy's a little ticklish, and it can cause accidents, but...someone...thinks she has potential." She then gestured to her Goth friend. "Lily is pretty good at trampling." She leaned closer, as if to whisper, and Henrietta knelt down to listen. "I think she's got her own slave. Isn't that the NEATEST thing?" A small cough came from Lily. "Actually, I DO have my own slave." She made a motion for the group to follow her. "You want to see, follow me." Henrietta pondered for a second, and then motioned for Zoë and Cindy to follow her. Both girls glanced uneasily at each other, then followed Henrietta and her new friends out of the convention center and down the hall.

The little Goth led the group across the parking lot to another hotel. "He brought us here because I TOLD him to, and he's paying for the room" Lily explained. Sassie chimed in "We each told our parents we were spending the night at each others houses. We know we're not supposed to..." Her voice trailed off, and Mandy finished her thought "...but it just sounded like FUN!" Henrietta barely had time to register this when Lily produced the key. "He's in here" she told them. The door opened, and there was a fairly large teen lying in the middle of the floor, wearing nothing more than his gym shorts. "Just wipe your feet on him" Lily told the others, and then proceeded to do just that, stepping on his chest in her Mary Janes and wiping her feet before stepping over him. Sassie promptly did the same. Henrietta thought for a bit, and then stepped up as well. She'd rarely set foot on another human in shoes, but the slave didn't seem to mind. She was followed by Zoë, and then Cindy. There was a loud RIP as Mandy undid the Velcro on her sneakers. "She's still modest about stepping on a guy wearing shoes" Sassie explained as Mandy toed off her sneakers. "Strawberry Shortcake socks, very cute" Zoë complimented Mandy, who simply smiled at the praise. Cindy simply snorted at Zoë's remark. Mandy then stepped up on his arm, and then trod across his chest before using his other arm to step down. "Well, since Mandy set the standard, I guess we should follow her example" Lily declared, placing one Mary Jane on his chest. "Unbuckle them, slave" she commanded. He promptly complied. Sassie and Henrietta followed suit, then both Zoë and Cindy planted their sneakers on his chest at the same time. "Hey, back-stabber, I'm older than you, so I go first" Cindy exclaimed angrily. Zoë retorted "Or what? You'll wet your panties again?"

Cindy snarled and used the slave's chest as a stepping stone. Zoë was taken completely by surprise as Cindy landed on top of her. Zoë managed to grab one of Cindy's pigtails and pulled her head down. Cindy retaliated by placing one of her Nikes against Zoë's arm, and then tried to push her head the other way. Both girls were snarling insults at each other. "Traitor!", "Pee-Pants!", "I'm older!", "I was on the team first!" as they rolled across the hotel room floor. Finally, Henrietta managed to get one leg in between the two girls, finally separating them. "It's not fair, I'm older, and I had to do the induction! I trusted you to not make it hard" Cindy furiously exclaimed to Zoë, who retorted "It was the same for all of us! How was I to know you'd wet yourself?" Henrietta was about to quiet them both, when Lily spoke up. "I think I have an idea how they can settle this."

Shoes and socks off for traction, Zoë and Cindy stared across from each other. On their hands were Bopper-brand inflatable boxing gloves. Under their feet was Lily's slave, Zoë balanced on his chest, and Cindy on his thighs. "Very simply, whoever knocks the other girl off Slave-Boy here is the winner" Lily declared. She had one sock-clad foot resting on his face, like a referee. Henrietta, Sassie, and Mandy sat on the bed, ready to watch the match. "I have to admit, this IS original" Henrietta whispered to Sassie. "Lily IS an original" Sassie replied. "Yeah, she's full of fun things to do, like this. It's fun to play with her!" Mandy continued. "You should see the toys in her house! They're fun, yet scary. Just like her!"

Lily made a small whistling sound, and Round 1 began. Cindy tried a right hook, but Zoë dodged it by stepping down on Slave-Boy's arm. Zoë then tried a right hook towards Cindy's side. Cindy stepped back, down on to Slave-Boy's knee, and then wound up another right hook. Zoë stepped up on the stomach, and her left jab ran into Cindy's right hook. The Boppers collided straight-on, letting out a squeaking, farting sound, which caused Mandy to giggle. Cindy quickly recovered, and managed to stride up to Slave-Boy's stomach. Zoë was pushed back a bit, bracing one foot against Slave-Boy's throat. Still, she dug her toes in to his nipple, and stepped up to face Cindy with a left cross. Zoë's wild punch caught the side of Cindy's glove, almost knocking her off. Zoë started to push Cindy off of Slave-Boy, but Lily interrupted her. "No, no pushing" she warned the girls, "Back to your spots." She's definitely a take-charge type, Henrietta thought with amusement. Not bad for an elementary-school girl. She found herself wondering how Mikey would take this type of trampling, and realized there was NO WAY he could take this. Slave-Boy didn't seem to mind the battle being waged on his front. In fact, Henrietta noted as she glanced at his crotch, he REALLY was enjoying himself. I hope they don't trip, she thought with a snicker.

Round 2 started off with Zoë charging Cindy, who was still trying to get her balance on Slave-Boy's thighs. She got one good shot in to Cindy's chest, and only some quick footwork and excellent balance kept her from stepping off. She blocked with her right hand, and started swinging at Zoë with her left. Zoë stepped back to his chest, then knocked Cindy's glove out of her way before aiming another right hook at her side. Cindy did an amazing twist on Slave-Boy's abs, and caught herself with her toes on his thighs again. "Almost...almost..." Zoë was muttering under her breath, but still loud enough to hear in the hotel room. "Not quite got me yet, do you?" Cindy breathlessly taunted. She then gave Zoë a left uppercut right in the belly. Zoë grunted, stepping back almost on to Lily's foot, still on Slave-Boy's face. Zoë then swung some wild haymakers, which did knock Cindy back on Slave-Boy. Henrietta's fear of tripping almost came to pass, but Cindy's foot ended up squashing Slave-Boy's balls. He jerked in pain under their feet, sending them both onto the floor at the same time.

"Bad slave! Bad, BAD slave" Lily yelled downward as she started grinding the ball of her foot on his face. Henrietta wasn't positive, but she felt fairly sure he knocked the girls off on purpose just to get this treatment. Her attention then went to Zoë and Cindy, who were trying to wrestle even though they still had their silly inflated gloves on. "Knock it off, the BOTH OF YOU!" Henrietta commanded in her most severe voice. "This has gotten WAY out of hand." She glared at Cindy. "Accidents happen to everybody. No one's going to tell." She turned her attention to Zoë. "Don't get angry at Cindy. YOU were the one who wet herself last year, you know." Cindy burst out giggling at this new knowledge. Surprisingly enough, so did Sassie and Mandy. "I still make...mistakes...myself" Mandy confided to both Zoë and Cindy, in an attempt to comfort them both. This only caused both girls to blush a remarkable maroon-purple color, then start giggling together. Lily was still twisting the ball of her foot in Slave-Boy's face, so she couldn't understand why everyone started laughing. "What's the matter here?" she asked. "Slave-Boy didn't behave, and you're all laughing over it?" Henrietta was quick to mollify Lily. "I think the match did its purpose, and we'll just leave the result a tie." Lily pondered this for a second, then replied "I still think he could do with a little punishment, don't you?" Henrietta, Cindy, and Zoë smiled and nodded in agreement, and were soon joined by Sassie and Mandy, the last with a little hesitation. "Perhaps some...TRAMPLING?" Lily asked with real enthusiasm, stepping up full weight on Slave-Boy's face.

I should be doing this at the Nationals, Henrietta thought as she stepped up on his crotch. Mandy gingerly stepped up right next to her, right on his thighs. Sassie went up to his chest, right below Lily, who maintained her position on his face. Zoë stepped between Sassie and Henrietta, while Cindy took her position almost on his knees. Sassie and Mandy seemed to enjoy bouncing on Slave-Boy, Mandy holding on to Henrietta for balance. "Well, this seems to be a pretty good load, don't you think?" Lily asked with pride, all the while lightly bouncing up-and-down on Slave-Boy's face. Henrietta was about to agree, but Cindy answered "Well, our team did a 12-girl trample. It was all of us on one boy!" She was quick to continue "This is good too. There's a lot more room to work here!" Lily pondered this, and then asked "Okay, how can we make this a little more...original?" Surprisingly, it was Sassie who answered "How about a pyramid?" Mandy was enthusiastic with this plan. "Yay! We get to play cheerleader!"

With Mandy sitting on her shoulders, Henrietta looked down at Slave-Boy and said "This is easily the most original thing I've ever done." She then stepped up on to Slave-Boy's mid section. Zoë stepped up, one foot on the side of his face, and the other near Henrietta's foot. Cindy got on the other side of Henrietta, with one foot on his thigh and one foot close to Henrietta's, right on Slave-Boy's crotch. Lily stepped up between Cindy and Henrietta, and put one foot on Cindy's thigh. Cindy helped her up, and she put her other foot against Henrietta's thigh. On Henrietta's right side, Sassie did the same, one foot on Zoë's thigh, and the other on Henrietta's. She then looked up at Mandy. "So, do you think you can stand up?" she asked. Mandy nodded nervously, and Henrietta stretched her arms over her head, to help Mandy up. One adorable little Strawberry Shortcake sock found its footing on her shoulder, and then the other joined it on the other shoulder. "Hey, I can touch the ceiling!" Mandy exclaimed with surprise. "Look how tall I am!" Henrietta moved her arms down to better hold Mandy's legs. "Man, I wish I had a camera for this one!" Zoë exclaimed. "No one would believe this!" Sassie agreed. "I think my...someone...would definitely want to see this!" Oh, well, Henrietta thought, I left my camera back in my bag at the meet. On the plus side, she reasoned, this was a good idea if the "freestyles" were part of the meet. She got some good ideas out of this; she had to admit to herself.

"Oh, holy CRAP! Look at the time!" Cindy exclaimed. "We've got to get back, or we'll miss the official introductions!" Henrietta quickly lowered Mandy from her shoulders. She landed a bit heavily with her heels on Slave-Boy's side, and he let out a pained grunt. Sassie politely stepped down onto Slave-Boy's chest, but Lily had no problems with jumping off their thighs and landing on his abdomen. "Hurry, hurry" Henrietta urged her team mates. "Just carry your socks, and put them on later!" she instructed as she slipped her feet back into her Nikes. She then turned to her new friends. "Thanks for everything. It was CERTAINLY one of the most interesting times I've ever had at a meet." With that, Henrietta and her two team mates stepped across Slave-Boy and headed for the door. "Sorry to run, but I hope you be catching some of the action over there" Cindy invited. "We'll see if we can make it" replied Sassie. With a final wave, Henrietta and her friends started the run back over to the Convention Center. "Do you think we'll see them again?" Zoë asked. Henrietta could only shrug. She was wondering if those three girls would come over and watch the meet.

Inside the hotel room, Sassie watched her three new friends run across the parking lot. "That was a WHOLE lot of fun!" She turned to a giddy Mandy and a slightly grumpy Lily, who was still interested in having her fun with Slave-Boy. "Perhaps we'll make it over there" Lily reasoned. "We'll just have to see!"

THE END of Part 2