"Twenty minutes more" Zora said as she looked at her golden wrist watch.
"We will use the stairs"
"The probability of us getting to an unknown dining room in time with stairs is extremely low" Zora said
"Hey, you can share this one with me"
Fina and Zora turned to see a blue head girl poking her head out of the elevator.
"Thanks" They said as they got in.
"Breakfast?" She asked
"Yeah" Fina replied because Zora has suddenly shrink two sizes away her normal size.
Fina looked at the girl to see her already staring at her.
"You are pretty" She said, her gray eyes twinkling mischievously. "You are new? Special student?"
Fina nodded in reply.
There was something about the girl that was setting her off in a weird way. Her eyes tell two different things Fina couldn't quite wrap her fingers on. Like she can see through a person.
"Then you must be junior level. I am in intermediate level. And then, there is the senior level 1, 2 and 3. I look forward to seeing you helping the Capricornians beat the rest of the house"
Zora didn't say a single word.
If she notices anything strange about the way Zora was acting around her, she didn't say a single word.
"Ooh, my manners. My name's Jessica Young but you can call me Jess"
"Fina Clark. This is Zora Alvarez" Fina said
"Geez, I forgot to press the button" Jess said as she pressed the lower floor button and in the wink of an eye, they were suddenly at their destination.
"This way" Jess said
As they walked out of the castle, sunlight hit their face and Zora adjusted her glasses.
Jess led them through the wild forest and Fina's eyes widened as she took in their surroundings.
"Pretty, isn't it? Elfina seems like a world on its own. We often called the world past the gates the strange or foreign world" Jess said "Every teacher has their own personal house but you have to be giving permission to step into their territory. It's just as simple as it is. In Elfina, as long as you follow the rules, you are safe. Ooh! And don't forget Miss Zedler's cat. Her cat tends to change into a monster when you step into her territory"
Fog descended on them as they walked through the trees.
"Tree of fog, we call it. Quite amusing, isn't it?" Jess asked
Zora and Fina glanced at each other, an unsettling feeling bearing in on them.
They finally walked out of the forest and a big Cafeteria came into view.
"This is it. All the foods you want to eat, anything you want to drink. All you have to do is place your ring on the machine to pay"
Fina and Zora halted at once.
Jess turned to look at them and laughed.
"In Elfina, we mostly live by points. The students, I mean. You get points from classes mostly so there are lots of competitions every time. The points can be read in our rings and we use it to pay for anything edible" Jess explained
Zora and Fina frowned.
"What if we don't get any points?" Zora asked timidly.
"I don't know. Everyone always has points somehow. Attending classes gives you points but exceeding in everything gives you extreme points" Jess said
"We don't have any now. Not even a ring" Fina said
"Oh, I'm certain Xavier can help you with that. He has lots of points to last him a life time" Jess said with a smile.
Fina looked shy suddenly.
"It's not appropriate to do that to someone we haven't met yet" Fina said
"Nah. Xavier is nice"
"Its nice hearing someone says I am nice"
Fina and Zora looked at who they thought might be Xavier.
He was tall, handsome, with dirt blond hair and sapphire eyes. His pristine uniforms made Fina assumed he must be from the Virgo house.
Jess blushed so hard Fina feared she might remain that way forever.
And then Xavier gaze landed on them and even Fina could only force herself to look away while her friend eyes widened like saucers.
"Um, Xavier, this is Fina Clark and Zora Alvarez. They are new with no points at all" Jess said
Even Fina felt herself shrink one million times smaller.
Xavier never took his eyes off them.
"Oh, really? I thought every new student arrived a week ago?" He asked
"Special students" Jess said but Fina detected a hint of sarcasm in it.
"Oh" Xavier said "I had love to help then"
"Thanks" Fina mumbled.
"Well, it certainly remain five minutes more" Jess said and they began to walk.
The Cafeteria was extremely spacious. Everything looked like it was in the castle, except the settings and the mouth watering foods. Peach curtains were drawn up and sunlight streamed through the room.
The cafeteria floor was painted beige; the colour of their uniform and the glass walls was painted peach too.
The ceiling was far too high and chandeliers could be seen everywhere.
"Maybe you should come sit with us" Xavier suggested.
Jess gasped.
"Of course not" Jess said suddenly. "I mean they are just juniors Xavier, don't get too attached. And besides you have a group. What will they say if you bring random girls out of the blue to your table? Bryce won't be happy"
"It's nothing" Xavier said
Zora tugged at Fina's hand.
"We will sit together if you don't mind. Jess is right"
"Ookay" Xavier drawled. "Follow me"
Jess left them and walked to her so called group while Xavier led them to the kitchen.
The kitchen was a very long stretch and oozes magic.
There were lots of chef going to and fro with their cooking but no one was serving. Different dishes floated in the air and dropped on the extremely long serving table. Fina watched as a chef poured some of the content of his pots into a platter and pressed something on the platter. It multiplied into twenty and then, the plate began to float to the serving table.
"They can cook anything" Xavier said
"What about the remains?" Fina asked as she watched a chef cutting his ingredients in full speed.
"They turned back into ingredients again" He replied.
"Wow. So, what do they use the point for?" Fina asked again
"It's their payment" Xavier replied "The serving table rolls out to the eating center but I just want you to see the kitchen"
Fina grabbed some waffles while Zora took some peanut butter sandwich.
Xavier placed his ring on a golden metal next to the wall and a green scanning light appeared.
"That would be .." Fina said
"Don't worry about that. I got it covered" Xavier said "Good luck"