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She laughed at his question. It was said without thinking much, and reminded her of the less serious times, "I'm just heading to my dorm, like you are," replied Sasha, shrugging a little, "Hey," she said after a moment, "What did that guy need to talk to you about, Enzo?"
Enzo frowned at her question, and gripped the box he was holding tighter. "Ling.. he uhh, took me to see the new Headmaster, Aleister..." His mind went over his offer for mentorship several times. He erased the thought. "You're being awfully nice." He said, chuckling.
Eos had a natural obedience about her. It was how she grew up, being a good girl and doing as she was told. First it was her parents, then it was JD, and now... it's Sorcerers. It was clear not everyone was programmed the same way. JD - being someone who's used to calling his own shots was clearly agitated, and Sasha - a girl who would react to this like a caged wild animal, they weren't going to simply put up with things being like this.
But no, the blonde haired girl feared punishment, and kept a silent compliance about herself. Despite her sadness toward their predicament, there was nothing she could do, or it at least seemed that way. This was supposed to be my chance at freedom, my chance at really living my life for once.
Moving like a ghost, she walked alone up to her dorm room. Upon entering - it was clear someone else had been inside. Her things were moved, re organized and...
Her eyes darted open, "No!" She ran inside, dropping her bag and began searching through her trunk. All her magical items, her stones, her potions, even her scrolls. Gone. Everything gone.
She sensed that there was something else, perhaps something to do with that box, but didn't press for it, as that would most likely make it a lot more awkward.
"You're being awfully nice."
At this, a slight blush came onto Sasha's cheeks, as she grew flustered. Nice?! Sasha?!
She crossed her arms, "I-I'm not being nice, I'm just too tired to be mean," she muttered, averting her gaze, "idiot."
About that time JD wandered out of his dorms with his hands in pockets and a song in his heart. Of course that song immediately changed when he saw Enzo and Sasha, and the latter had a fierce blush across her face. “Enzo and Sasha sitting in a tree: K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes love and then comes marriage, and then comes Enzo with a baby carriage. Because I don't think Sasha has any maternal instinct in her what-so-ever.” The last little bit was finished off in the same tone as he scooted between them both. “So- how are you guys doing? Having fun? Have you kissed her yet Enzo? Or like I said- since you wear the pants in all things Sasha- have you kissed him? Let your teenage hormones rule!”
Enzo laughed. He was used to her threats and insults by now. Suddenly, his laughing was cut by a certain someone. JD.
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Enzo quickly freaked out, his face flushing red and loosing his grip on the box he carried. "JD!" He shouted. He crouched down and picked up the box, everything sounded okay, and not broken, in there.
Silver decided she didn't want to deal with this whole new school deal, so she turned around and went back to the forested area to relax. After walking a little ways, she found a nice area with a wooden bench and decided to lay on that. While laying there, she heard all the noises of nature around her, and smiled, closing her eyes and feeling completely relaxed. Being in areas like this always relaxed Silver for some reason. However, it wasn't too long before she felt a sudden chill, and whatever calm feelings she had vanished. The area around her got dark, and she heard that voice again. "I thought I taught you not to just leave yourself open like this, dear."
Silver tensed up as her eyes shot open. Please tell me I'm dreaming, please, please tell me I'm dreaming...
While hearing JD's words, Sasha felt her cheeks flare up red, " Sh-shut up, idiot!" she shouted, " D-d'ya want me to punch you or something?" She made a fist to emphasize her point.
Kissing?! No way in hell would I want to kiss that...that idiot...
She sighed, trying to get her face to unredden somehow, but failing to do so.
A-and am I really that manly...
True, Sasha liked being seen as tough. But not manly. She was a girl too, though she never really showed it.
JD laughed at their reactions- it was hilarious really- because they were painfully oblivious to the obvious. Still he wasn’t without remorse, and flinched when Enzo dropped the box. “Whoops- everything alright in there?”
It was then he turned about-face towards Sasha and snarked: “I’m the idiot? You are the one that can’t stop blushing! I must have been somewhat right or you wouldn’t have threatened me- you would have just done it and not blushed one little bit.” He leaned away from her for a moment in hopes that she wouldn’t take that as an open invitation to wail on him. “Either way- my job here is done-! Bwah-hah-hah! My master plan had been set into motion.” It was apparent he was being silly now, but there was a mischievous gleam in his eyes that made a mention that he had expected his words to do something.
Ling walked over to Aleister in his seat as the man started to write in his notebook. "Master, you seem very confident that Enzo will accept to the mentorship. Knowing Kenji, he will probably tell Enzo to refuse." Aleister finished up his sentence and closed the small pocket book. "Its not the matter of him accepting or refusing my teachings. My focus is if he is willing to hear me out. Enzo Ferarri have already finished his usefulness, he have created a crack in the relationship between human and magic. The whole world is anxious to see some sort of conflict rise up. All we need to do is wait out and see where it leads. If magical organization becomes a problem to the human society or if the humans end up prejudicing the magic users then chaos will break loose. Thus both political parties and the Magic council will have no choice but to go to war. Then that is where we will strike, to be the middle ground and simply control both sides of the spectrum." "Thus we put an end to freedom and Aleister Project becomes the sole controller of all the people and magic." Aleister let out a small snicker. "You are very intelligent Ling. Sometime I just can not help but not trust you Ling." Ling let out his creepy laugh. "Don't worry Master, it is too much of a bother to go for a coup against someone like you. All I want is Enzo to see things in our eyes. I did make a promise that we be good friends for the school year. Not like Sorcerers is a school anymore." Aleister got out of his chair and tucked the book into his desk. "Come Ling, we must prepare for the next step. All we need now is wait for Enzo to join Aleister Project."
Hearing his words, Sasha blushed even more. She was blushing?! Of course she was blushing, he was teasing her about Enzo!
Not that she cared about Enzo in the slightest. Nope. Not that. Sasha shook her head, almost certain of the fact.
She was just about to actually punch him, when he leaned away, and said something about his 'master plan' or whatever. A master plan? To do what? That confused Sasha; what was JD getting at?
Enzo, still blushing, figured it would be best to hurry and figure out what was in the box. Without saying bye, he hurried off, leaving Sasha and JD in the lobby. "What is JD talking about?" He muttered to himself. He walked up to his room door and unlocked it. "I can't kiss a girl." He walked into the dorm, it was different alright. For one, it was clean, and everything was in order. On the desk was some books he had not seen before. And right on the opposite side of the room, was a miniature chair, which Kenji was on.
"SHUT UP!" Enzo shouted.
Silver sat up quickly, looking around to see if anyone was there. That was when she felt his icy breathe on her neck. "Hello Silver.. It seems you haven't been a good girl since you left me." She froze. What could she do? She couldn't make a run for it or call for help; anyone she would call for would just get killed. She simply sat there as he put her hand on the side of her neck, brushing the hair away from her face and whispering into her ear. "What should I do about that?"
Please go away, please let this be a dream, please let me wake up.. She shivered a bit as she clenched her fists, hoping it would be over soon.
When Enzo ran away- JD almost felt a bit bad, but it really wasn’t his intention to shame the boy into fleeing. It was then he turned to Sasha and smirked. She looked totally and completely confused, and that only made him smile brighter. “Anyway- have a good day Sasha- toodles!” It was then he meandered off in an attempt to locate Silver.
Feeling defeated, Eos turned to more childlike antics. She wasn't one to throw a temper tantrum - instead she closed her door and reached for her journal. Taking hold of that along with a felt tip pen, she laid on her stomach and slid herself under the bed.
Hiding, it was something she had done often in her life. Sometimes it was instructed by JD - for her safety. But sometimes it was just something she did to hide from her problems.
The lighting in the room shown onto her journal, but other than that - she was completely hidden beneath the bed frame.
The man grabbed the back of Silver's neck as he leaned over her, picking up her hand with the ring on it. "Didn't I tell you to take this off?" he asked as he attempted to slide it off her finger. He became frustrated when it wouldn't simply slide off, however, and tried to pull it off using a bit more force, without tearing her finger off. She grimaced in pain as he wasn't being gentle in his actions. Why wouldn't it just come off already? Perhaps it was because she didn't really want it to come off after seeing how much it helped her with her magic. After a minute or so, he gave up and stood in front of her. "Fine, have it your way then. This will only make your punishment worse, you know." Before Silver could react, he stabbed one of his swords right into her thigh, going right through it easily. Silver bit her lip; she knew that screaming would only make him more irritable and cause more problems.
He slowly slid the sword back out and put it against her neck, leaning in close to her again. "Go ahead, scream. It will make it more fun for me, you know." Silver frowned, still biting her lip, and accidentally let a tear slip down her cheek. The man wiped it off with his hand that had slipped back around her neck, and spoke. "You've grown weak."
She tilted her head, still confused. What the hell was that smirk for? Did he know something that...that Sasha didn't..?
The thumping in her heart confused her as well. Was it really that embarrassing to be teased about that sort of thing? Or was it just...when it was about Enzo?
Sasha shook her head; she wouldn't think anything of the sort right now. Instead, the girl went back up to her dorm, and flopped backwards onto the bed, sighing a little, a bit deep in thought.
Enzo set down the box on his desk, where his computer was. Behind him, there was a figure moving in the bed, though he didn't notice it. Kenji, who had done all the comedy he could muster for one day, hopped onto the computer table, and looked at the box. "Did Ling give you that?" he asked.
"No, it's from Aleister.." he said. Kenji crossed his arms in thought, as Enzo unboxed it's contents. There, a school uniform, a pair of special gloves of some kind, and a stack of books with Aleister's face on some of the covers.
"The new Headmaster, huh?" Kenji muttered. "Yeah.. about that.." Enzo stopped unpacking the contents to look at Kenji. "Aleister wants to mentor me from now on." He said with a worried expression. Kenji stayed silent for a moment, before saying "You should do it." "Huh?.. You're not angry?" Kenji shook his head. "Consider it a training mission from me."
A muffled voice was heard from Enzo's bed. Enzo quickly turned around. "W-who's there?!" He pointed at the bed, calling out whoever was in there. "Sky.. Your room is amazing."
After a while, Silver ended up on the ground. The man stood above her, staring at her with the same blank face he always had. "You're not going to fight back at all, huh? You just want this to be over so you can go back to your weak little friends, and have them make you weaker? How pathetic." He kicked her in the stomach again. She had been quite beat up, and she was on the ground, trying to hold her leg so it wouldn't bleed too much. She was coughing up a bit of blood due to all the blows to her torso, but she was thankful he had only stabbed her leg rather than other parts of her body.
"Look at me when I'm talking to you." She slowly turned her head to look up at him, and he narrowed his eyes. He took one of his swords, raised it above her, and swung down directly at her head. He stopped the sword right as it got to her cheek, and he slowly ran the edge along her cheek, cutting it lightly. She gasped a little at the sudden stinging pain on her cheek, but still laid there and took it. He sighed. "You've bored me now, look at what you have done," he muttered as he put his sword away. "The next time I come back, you better not be as weak as you are now. And ditch that ring, plus those little friends of yours. You do not need them." He turned to walk away. "Oh, and if you don't, I can't promise they will stay safe from my wrath. You know how I get when people don't obey me." Silver's eyes got wide at his comment, and she stared after him as he disappeared behind the trees, and the darkness had gone away. Things went back to their normal, relaxed state, and she took a deep breath.
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She looked down at her body, beaten, covered in bruises and cuts, and started crying. She curled up, holding her wounded leg close to her, hoping no one would find her like this. Maybe, if she got lucky, she would just die there. She didn't want to put people in danger, and she couldn't live with it if someone died because of her. She stared at the trees around her, thinking about what a nice and peaceful place this was, away from everyone. She sat up and dragged herself to a nearby tree, leaning herself against it and staring at her surroundings.
At least he's gone now..
"I wonder where this school is?"
Artur strolls through the forest in a blind attempt to find a school he doesn't even know the name of. It wasn't like his Nani hadn't told him what it was called, he just forgot. Of course no one could really blame Artur, he was nervous and had never gone to a real school before.
He had been taught by his Nani and the few qualified teachers in his village. He wasn't very skilled in the art of magic. In fact he knew very little about magic. All he knew was what kind of flowers could be brewed to knock someone out, tree saps that could heal flesh wounds and eradicate irritation with rashes and burns. What plants could staunch internal bleeding momentarily. He could also kill someone with the right type of berry consumption and Artur also knew how to make some gosh darn good tea.
He admires a butterfly that wisps past his nose. Artur watches it flutter to a nearby flower and promptly trips over a creeper.
"O-Oww!" He pushes himself up and hisses at the stinging pain in his knee. "You're such an idiot Artur!"
He doesn't notice he has company a few meters from him.
Silver looked up, as it seemed she wasn't alone anymore. A strange, young boy had wondered near her, and she frowned at him. "Who are you?" she asked weakly. She couldn't tell if he was friend or foe, but from the vibe she got off him, he didn't seem like a threat at all.
Artur snaps up from his self absorbed thoughts concerning his scraped knee. From the way his mouth drops he's obviously more concerned about her condition then Silver herself.
"OHMYGOSH! OHMYGOSH!"
Artur jumps to his feet and rushes to the girls side. His eyes waver over her body, counting bruises, scrapes, and signs for bleeding. His attention is taken to her leg.
Artur begins to mutter to himself. "Split lip, nicked cheek, possible fractured rib, minor chance of internal bleeding in chest, minor bruise, minor bruise, minor bruise, g-gaping leg wound .. "
He grabs his pouch from his waist and begins to pull things out. The odd bunch of dried leaves or a bottle of colorful liquids. He pulls out a small skin pouch of water and a rag. Dabbing it, he carefully cleans the leg wound.
"This might sting a bit." He whispers.
A clear liquid is applied and instantly it begins to bubble. To kill bacteria and prevent infection. Artur finishes tending by wrapping a sterile bandage around her leg and securing it with a sticky sap.
His wide eyes look to hers intently. "Are you tired at all miss? Feel nausous, faint, dizzy, or warm?" Artur feels her head for a fever.
Before she could even respond to his sudden yelps, he was spouting off her potential injuries and attempting to fix her leg. He was right, it did sting quite a bit. She bit her lip before speaking. "Aiyaa... What's with you?" He seemed to be very in-your-face and willing to help, which was good, but it annoyed Silver.
"I'm fine, I'm fine.. I've had worse.. Oi, stop touching me," she said as she flicked his hand away from her head. "You didn't answer my question, who are you?"
Artur clamps his mouth shout when she flicks his hand from her forehead. He pulls it to his chest protectively.
"O-Oh .. How rude of me!" He stumbles over his words. Artur has just realized what an idiot he was being. How could he forget to ask to help her?! That was one of the big no no's. You always ask if they're conscious. He hoped she didn't notice.
"My name is Artur." He smiles weakly.
"Artur? I haven't seen you around.. Are you new or something?" She eyed the strange boy suspiciously. They were close to the school, so she assumed he was a student as well. With all the changes that had been going on at the school, she wondered if all of the students had become as seemingly-weak as him. She looked to her leg as it seemed to be feeling better already, probably because something was actually there to stop the blood from flowing out now. She huffed. Which hurt. She put her hand on her chest and clenched her fist, trying not to express the pain too much. Who knows what he'd do?
"Yes I am new! I was trying to find out where the school was ... But I lost my way from the main road."
Artur notices the clenching. A common sign that someone is holding back the vocals of pain.
"Pardon me miss but I think we should make haste to the school. I need to examine for broken ribs and internal damage properly. I don't think it wise to examine you out in the open. Nani said that's public indecency so we should move to a private medical room." His smile widens earnestly with his naive suggestion.
"..." Was this guy for real? He comes out of nowhere and suddenly claims her as his new patient? Silver wasn't going to have any of that, no matter how much pain she was in. "No, I'm fine. Just let me be. Thank you for helping my leg, now go away. The school is that way," she said as she pointed off in the direction of the school, fighting back the urge to cough, which failed. She coughed a bit, and coughed up a bit more blood as well. She sighed and let her arm fall to her side; she was tired and didn't want to deal with this at all right now.
Artur's brow furrows at the rude gratitude he receives. His concern is further deepened as she begins to hack up blood. Quickly Artur makes a cover so he can assure her safety. A patients health is top priority and should be sought over until the end!
"... Sorry to er pester you miss but I'm kinda nervous .. " He frowns. "Do you think I could come with you?"
"Do you honestly think I'm in any condition to walk?" she asked, noting how rude that might have sounded. But she didn't really care at this point, he was bugging her and she wanted him to go away. "Unless you would be willing to carry me, which I don't think you could. You look pretty small to me."
Artur's face flushes in embarrassment.
"I can carry you! And I ain't small!" He stands up and offers her a hand with a determined look.