A loud booming voice made Clover jump up and fall from the bed. She was still sleepy and in a daze even when her heart was thumping in her chest. She cracked open an eye but saw no one, but the voice continued bellowing in her room. "Report to training everyone" It kept saying. Clover looked at her phone and sigh in exasperation, It was barely five in the morning and they were already up, this was ridiculous.
She huffed when someone knocked on her door. She was about to go back to sleep because this was too early to be up and moving, but the knocking never stopped. She slowly walked up and opened the door only to reveal Lance beaming at her, he was wearing sportswear and had a smart watch on his wrists as well as a water bottle in one hand. "Get up princess, morning exercise time, no exceptions" Clover tried to glare at him but a yawn escaped her lips blocking it.
Lance looked at her up and down, "I'm guessing you didn't pack up gym clothes" Clover looked down at herself then toward her two suitcases. She indeed didn't pack gym clothes since she didn't think she needed them, so she shook her head while blocking another yawn. Lance looked at his watch his eyes wide, " We need to go, now, we're late" He grabbed Clover's wrist and started pulling her around. She was struggling to keep up and tripped a few times, but they finally reached the space Clover assumed was the gym. It was very spacious with multiple sparing rings and lifting gears. There was a shelf with rows of different sizes dumbbells, and some heavy looking ropes. There were a good amount of people training, some sparing and I there lifting or coaching. It wasn't required for mages to be athletic since they rely on magic most if the times, vtherfore Clover was clueless about what to do, and she was not dressed for the occasion since she was still in her sleepwear.
She was dragged to Claire who was coaching her twin as she was lifting. Claire gave her a questioning look when she spotted Clover. " Why are you here, I thought mages didn't require physical training like us? " She asked looking at, Lance. " Don't look at me, Liam wanted her to train like everyone else, I'm just here to make sure she does as he instructed me" To say Clover was surprised was an understatement, Liam wanted her to train like everyone else, why.
Claire grunted in anger but her eyes softened when they landed on Clover. She entered through a door across the room and came back tater with a bundle of clothes in her arms. "Here" Claire said as she plopped them on a bench next to Clover, "they are my spare clothes, but you can use them whenever" Clover was directed towards the locker room where she changed into the purple leggings and grey crop top Claire gave her, then she folded her clothes and made a note to remember to grab them at the end of training.
When she came back, she found the group whispering animatedly. When they saw her they stopped and had all funny looks on their faces. Clover tilted her head in question and Clara pushed a now flustered Lance forward. Lance cleared his throat and scratched the back of his head sheepishly. " Well, we... Huh, we well, since you're a mage and all... We, we're wondering if you could demonstrate some of your magical abilities.... That is if you want to, I mean y-you don't have-" He stop5when he saw Clover smiling while nodding her head in, agreement.
With that they gave her as much space as she needed to do her thing. Clover took a deep breath and closed her eyes, and like always, she could feel that same buzzing in the air running through her. She then opened her eyes and looked at the wall behind where Lance, Claire, and Clara were standing. They all looked curiously at her then turned to look at the wall she was looking at. Claire gasped as she saw vines starting to grow through the concrete and ramping along the rest of the wall, flowers started blooming as well. One of the vines grabbed Clara's hair and she immediately pulled it free letting our a small chuckle.
"So you can control plants, that's so cool! " He exclaimed while still looking at the wall in awe. At this point the wall caught everyone's attention and they, all left what they were doing to go and look at what Clover was doing. "Can you do anything else, like.... Oh fly, can you fly? " Lance asked like a child asking for candy. Clover though about it for a moment before nodding. A levitation spell was easy enough, she just had to focus a little more since it wasn't part of her attunement. She recited the short incantation in her head then raised her palm up towards the ceiling. After feeling the buzz of her energy, she started feeling lighter and lighter until she rose up above everyone else's heads. They all looked at her in complete trance, some couldn't stop smiling.
She then had an idea, she pointed toward Lance and rose her finger up, and soon enough he was levitating in the air like she was. He shrieked in fear as he wasn't expecting Clover to do that, which made everyone laugh, Clover too, laughed. She felt content that everyone seemed to like her, the room was filled with positive energy and everyone looked relaxed and less uptight.
The joyous moment ended when a booming voice shouted from behind them, " What the hell do you think you're doing! ". Clover abruptly turned her head from where she was floating and her eyes met an fuming Liam, things were about to go down.