By the next morning, the three of them went back to Magic high. The school was very busy when they arrived. The spirits divided themselves into preparing food, and to set up last minute decorations. It snowed last night, so the students came to help clean up all the snow. And only then did they realize how cold the winter is since it always has been warm in the past few days.
The school looked more glamorous than usual. The decorations have been leveled up to the max. The usual red carpets have been lined with gold; the hanging snowflakes have been crystallized that it looked like it's been carved out from diamonds. Illuminating winter flowers was everywhere, in and out of the whole school. The giant Christmas trees have also turned white, and were now decorated with silver and gold Christmas balls and fancy looking treats and even live ginger bread mans, throwing insults at the students who came close to them. Some weird floating lights have flying in the ceilings and are singing Christmas carols all over the place.
Maids are also running all over the place, looking for their young lords or ladies, or even princess and prince. Some early bird parents are also there, touring the school with great interest. Airi and the twins felt like the school have been cramped and the crowd is too much even for the place. So instead, they went straight to the E-class's lounging room.
A pile of treats was at the center table. Their class mates were all sitting lazily at their usual seats, and their personal servants are all scolding them and pushing them to hurry up and get ready for the ball tonight. The room was noisy of course, but the children didn't seem to mind at all as if they're not hearing anything.
"Have the old guys arrived yet?" said Airi
"Nah....Daddy won't be coming until later afternoon. But then again, I highly doubt it, well you know those guys...always arriving at the last minute" Miha sighed
"You said it, those guys are the type wait for the inferno before they move their feet" Asa agreed to her
"You seemed no different" Kishi pointed out coldly
"Nisan!" Kira gasped
"Airi, are you alone?" Bubblegum asked in concern
"Er--I'm with these two" He answered, but doubted whether he answered right
"That's not what she meant" Kishi whispered
"I know!" He hissed back
And out of nowhere, Sychi appeared sitting in the table, looking smug as she said "I'm the one in charge, with the three of them I mean"
"Pardon?" the three of them said together
"I asked to take charge, and both Airi's parents both agreed to it"
"They probably have no choice rather than to do so, she must have threatened them to agree with her" Kishi mumbled with Airi who just nodded with his every word
"Damn brats, I can hear you, you know"
"just be careful" Kishi warned him
"Noted"
As the two of them mumbled with each other, Kira was at their side smiling innocently as ever, and Sychi turning red from being pissed off. The others were completely weirded out by their current behavior. They all knew that Airi have always been with Kishi, but the two of them were never this close. They grew to know that they never got along, and Airi kept pestering him everywhere he goes. But little did they expect them both to change overnight. They all started to feel like they missed out a lot
"When did they ever get this close?" Bubblegum whispered to Rex
"How would I suppose to know?"
"Cough, cough"
A loud coughing sound caught all their attention
"My Young Lords, Ladies, Princes, and Princesses, I do ask of you to get ready for tonight's ball, our time is of the essence"
"But don't ya' think it's too early?" Mythica whined lazily at her
"Oh, My Dear Princess, preparations take more time than that you expect" said another
"Well...?"
"Fine!" They all said
"That also goes for you three" Sychi added "And I dare say that you children should take a nice bath first"
"But we just had one, didn't we?" Rex complained
"Then forget that you did, now go!"
Since it was all Sychi's idea, the whole class shared a bath together. Most was deeply embarrassed, while the youngest gotten used to it with their previous experiences.
The bath was big enough for all of them to swim around. The water was warm and is filled with many different types of flower petals and herbs. The smell of the surrounding air is like the spring, fresh and filled with many beautiful blossoms that are very soothing.
While the others play around in the bath, the others are being helped by their personal servants to wash themselves. Covering themselves with the bath foam. They all used the same type, but it all smelled differently with every person who uses it, at such that with Bubblegum it smelled like candies, and to Airi it smelled like roses.
They all went back to their rooms afterwards.
They had quite the trouble picking the right clothes which suits them better. And Kira had at least ten dresses to choose from, her head went spinning in confusion. She just picked a simple yet elegant gown. It was pearl-white in color, with some rose-gold pink ribbons. It was frilly as usual, and the fabric made from real flower petals and bird feathers.
"Do I still have to wear all these bells?" Kira asked softly, slightly creasing the tiny golden bell in the bow in her hair
"This is a formal event, so of course you have to" Sychi replied. She placed a silver with a slight tinge of gold tiara, embed with jewels in Kira's head.
There was a knock on the door, and then Kishi came in and Airi following him. Both of them looked extremely adorable in their outfits, and it beautifully matched with the brooch in their neckline that is the same color as their eyes.
Kishi beamed at his sister beautifully "You look beautiful"
"What's the difference? She always looked pretty" said Airi. Kishi eyed him coldly like darts piercing through him.
"And...done!" Sychi said after placing a delicate ornament in Kira's hair, then looked at them "Now that you're done, shouldn't you be heading your way down in the ball room?"
The boys became petrified, sometime later, Kira understood why then ran quickly and grabbed her brothers' arm. Sychi on the other hand didn't know the reason for their hesitation and merely looked at them with curious eyes.
"So, what is it now?" she asked
Rex appeared in the door and answered her question "They've been running away, their reason is because the ball room was now filled with so many people, well, at least that's what they said"
"Quite stressful I say" Mythica sighed