•̩̩͙*˚⁺‧͙⁺˚*•̩̩͙SAME DAY•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚⁺‧͙
"Why did you drag us out here again Isen?" The pink-haired queen narrowed her eyes at the orange-haired in front of us.
"Great question Remi! Well, I just wanted to try something that's all." We raised our eyebrows in confusion.
And what would that be exactly?"
"Oh, nothing much except for this-! hahahaahah! I got it!" And before I could react Isen grabbed my freshly heated hashbrown out of my hand.
"Hey! Give me back my hashbrowns Isen!" I glared at the orange-haired boy as he grinned at me, inches away from eating my beautiful hashbrown.
"Don't you dare!" I exclaimed in a dark tone as he felt a shiver run down his spine.
"And what if I don't? What are you going to do? Hit me?" He mocked. I clenched my fist as my blood began to boil. While I was about to give the boy a taste of his own medicine, the two royals sat on the ground chuckling at our behavior.
"Let him have it, Crystal!" The red-haired Jack shouted out to me as I smirked.
"With pleasure" My eyes glowed a bright gold color as I activated my ability. No one's outside so I guess it's fine to use my ability just this once.
In one swift movement, I closed my hand, and a big iceberg emerged from the ground trapping the orange-haired boy. I smirked at this as he struggled to get out.
"Hey! No fair! I haven't had a bite yet though!" He whined loudly making me chuckle.
"That's the point! You shouldn't take something that's not yours." I said with a hint of sarcasm in my voice as I snatched my hashbrown from his hand.
"Oh? I wonder what Arlo would have said about that-!" I snapped my fingers making the iceberg turn into an igloo.
"You know what I change my mind, you can stay in there for a while," I said before deactivating my ability, turning around, and began walking towards the other two.
"Hah! Serves him right!"
"So that's all that it takes to shut him up huh."
I look down at my wristwatch. Lunch is almost up we better go back inside. I look up at the two.
"Well I guess we should head back inside, lunch is almost up"
"Oh yeah! I still have a class presentation to do!" Remi exclaimed as she dashed back into the building, with Blyke trailing close behind her.
"See you later Crystal!"
"Yeah bye, Crystal!" They both shouted out as they disappeared into the halls. I then began walking with my arms behind my head. What should I do now? Maybe I should skip class today, I swear listening to those boring lectures would be the death of me! And I already learned the topics before so I suppose there's no harm in skipping.
As I began heading towards the roof I began hearing some murmurs and whispers grow louder and louder as I made my way further into the corridor.
"Hey did you see what happened earlier?"
"Yeah! It was so crazy! I bet news about this reached the press already!"
"That girl was really asking for it when she tried attacking Seraphina."
"OMG yeah! Even Arlo came and put her in her place!
"Hahahaha! That's so embarrassing, I would definitely hate myself if that happened to me!"
My ears immediately perked up at the mention of the two familiar people. Sera was attacked?! And Arlo stepped in? What happened earlier? I snapped my head towards the students talking and began walking towards them.
"Hey! Excuse me but can I ask...what happened earlier? " The girl looked at me up and down narrowing her eyes at me before flashing me a bright smile.
"Well, some mid-tier decided to attack Seraphina but Arlo stepped in and stopped it."
So that's what happened. I nodded my head at the girl thanking her before turning around and began walking again.
"Oh, And I wonder if Arlo's single? Do you think he has a type?? I hope he isn't taken!"
I stopped in my tracks as I could feel myself smirk at what the girl said. I shook my head trying to get rid of those thoughts as I continued walking, but still miserably failed as I felt a slight heat on my cheeks. Damn, it's not the time to be thinking of...that, I should go see Sera first and-
Running past me, I see a glimpse of a green-haired girl with space buns dash into the press room. I paid no particular attention to this as I continued walking past the room. I was about to walk on and keep my nose out of people's business until I heard another particular someone being talked about.
"Some girl tried to pull a fast one on Seraphina today. It all happened very quickly, but this is what I was able to catch." And before, I knew it my ear was already leaning against the wall, quietly listening in on their conversation.
"She is shielding the attack with her arms. But why? Seraphina can evade anything instantaneously."
"Yeah I was wondering the same...I've never seen her looked so panicked either! So I was hoping I could write a story based on this. I have a theory that something may have happened to her during her suspension. We still don't know what she got in trouble for. But I think it's possible that some restrictions were put on her ability, you know?"
I clenched my fist as I gritted my teeth. If this goes on they'll know what happened to Sera, how she lost her ability. That would be bad, really bad. Should I show myself and tell them it wasn't what they think it is? What should I do? As I was about to go out of my hiding place I was abruptly interrupted by someone speaking.
"Is this all you have? A pencil sketch of her blocking a shot?"
"Uhm. Y-yes?"
"Forget it, there isn't enough evidence for anything here. The press would lose all credibility if news this big turns out to be fake."
"But I saw it with my own eyes! I drew this straight from my memory right after the incident. There's no mistake, I can guarantee!
"Look, if you want me to accept your proposal, then come up with some solid proof! Don't give me this half-ass bullshit then expect me to believe you! Well, what are you still standing here for? Get going!"
"Y-yes ma'am!"
Oops! Gotta skedaddle! I swiftly hid behind the wall around the corner as I saw the green-haired girl slowly back out of the room with a notepad in hand. I have to talk to Sera about this, if not something terrible might happen, maybe this was the bad feeling in the pit of my stomach I kept feeling before. I don't know anymore, but what I do know is that I need to talk to Sera right now! And from there I dashed through the halls, luckily most of the students was already in class so no one saw me. I think?
I pushed open the door to the rooftop to see the magenta-haired girl sitting down playing games on her phone as usual. She took notice of my presence and lifted her head as a smile made its way up to her face.
"Oh hey, Crystal. You decided to skip class today too?" I brushed off the girl's question as I walked over to her.
"Are you okay Sera?" I asked the girl in a word tone as the girl just looked at me confused.
"What are you talking about? I'm perfectly fine?" I let out a sigh as I slumped down beside her.
"Why were you attacked earlier?" I said facing her, she looked at me surprised but immediately understood what I meant.
"This girl got mad because I stopped her from beating someone up. But everything is fine now." She said bluntly, her eyes trailing down to the ground.
"Okay, if you say so. But you have to be careful..." The girl lifted her head facing me.
"Yeah, I'll be careful-"
"Sera...someone part of the press is on to you. So please take this seriously..." I said to her with a serious and concerned tone, looking her straight in the eyes. She nodded her head before engulfing me in a comforting hug. I hug her back and we stayed like that for a minute before she pulled away.
"Okay, I promise I'll be careful," she said reassuringly. I gave a small smile before pulling my phone out of my pocket.
"Well, since everything's fine now. Let's play some "Poopy bird" shall we?"
"Oh? It seems I'll have some tough competition this time"
"You are on Sera!"
And with that, we both started playing some "Poopy bird" the whole afternoon. Spoiler alert, I was utterly defeated not even 5 minutes later.