The Willow Tree

The Willow Tree is a piece of short fiction by Chris Demetriou about Yu Hachigai, a young teal-blooded girl who attends the San Military School for Girls and is later assigned to a military coup outside the Wastes.

Plot Summary
The novel is told in the point of view of Yu Hachigai, the main protagonist of The Willow Tree. It is in first person and past tense.

Characters
Yu Hachigai: A young student at San Military Academy for Girls who has the gift of healing, which is rare outside of pureblood Draconians. She is a teal blood and is one of fifteen medics in the 27th Battalion. She is the only girl with a healing affinity at the San Military Academy for Girls.

Sonia Harris: A twelve-year senior at San Military Academy for Girls assigned to lead the 27th Battalion. She is a military prodigy and a lieutenant colonel in the Selektran Royal Army. She is a gold blood and is often ridiculed about her low social status, though her military status and ability to snap their arms in half quickly silences them.

Jisa Kush: The only native Selektran student at San Military Academy for Girls and Yu's best friend at the academy. She is a jade blood and is one of fifteen medics in the 27th Battalion. Apart from being very good at her job, she is very handy with a knife.

Ali Kush: Jisa's brother. He is a graduate from the Roran Military Academy for Boys in District Eight and is a major in the Selektran Royal Navy.

Torren Hans-Thomas: A nomadic refugee searching for his brother, Alfons, in the Wastes. Emerald blood.

Notes for The Willow Tree
Chris Demetriou is very proud of this story. It was first written in August 2013 in his bedroom around midnight, though the characters have existed since like April of 2012.