With the statement that was made, the room grows tense.
Everyone's expression share the look of confusion, shock, anxiety, and baffled.
There is a traitor in Aurora Saint Academy.
"Whoever this individual may be they allowed themselves to be undetected. They are accomplices of The Phantom Order." Luna says.
"I suggest checking all the staff and faculty regarding this event" Axel brings up. Luna slowly turns at Axel "How do we know if the person of interest is a teacher or staff President? They very well could be a fellow student.
Silence fills the room again.
"Besides, where were you when all of this transpired? " Luna asks.
"In class Luna," Axel says to Luna.
The Student Council President and his Vice President glare at one another.
"Hmph haha you should see the look on your face right now Axel" Faith laughs aloud.
Luna begins to chuckle as well "President relax it is all a joke we know it couldn't have been-"
STOMP
"This is no laughing matter and no time for jokes!" Axel yells abruptly. "One of our members was targeted and almost taken away by the Phantom Order. These three are most likely on the watchlist as well." Axel points in our direction. "The fact that they already infiltrated the school makes no one safe. Like I said, we should run a background check on all teachers and faculty."
"Alright, Axel calm down." Alfred attempts to de-escalate the situation.
"Calm down? How can we calm down?! You've known about this before school started. We alerted you and you did what? You did nothing! Who's to say that you not the traitor Headmaster?"
"Axel." Faith says softly.
"President I suggest you take a breather," Luna says.
Axel eyes are shifted towards the ground with his fist clenched.
"Am sorry" Axel storms out of the room.
"He's just very stressed right now I know how he's feeling," Luna says. "During our first year as a council, he tried his best to get everything and everyone safe. Knowing him he'll never get this out of his mind."
"I understand his frustration he has the right too be mad at me." Alfred speaks.
DING DONG DING DONG
"Just in time for lunch, we shall discuss this at another time. Thank you for coming in. Please stay alert and safe. I'll add an extra layer of the barrier. So no one from the outside can get in." Alfred says.
We all stand up from our chairs and leave the room.
SHUT
STEP STEP STEP
The look on everyone's faces looks dim and down.
STEP STEP STEP
"Hello students" a female voice calls too us.
"Hi.Ms Carmen"
Faith and Luna watch her walk away.
"Celeste Carmen newly appointed teacher that started last term," Luna says to herself. "How is she?" Luna asks the three of us.
"She's ok" I respond.
"So what will happen next? We have to tread carefully now? " Eriko asks.
"If they show up I'll just beat them down," Ezekiel says.
Me and Eriko wear a tired expression.
"You've got to be serious. Fighting is just going to get you killed you know. But then again thank you for helping me." Faith crosses her arms and walks away. "Cmon Luna let's get some lunch"
"Faith. Best wishes to everyone. Be safe" Luna says as she hurries to follow Faith.
I take a deep breath and try to reanalyze the situation at hand "Come on guys let's head over to lunch to get our minds off things."
"Yeah let's go," Eriko says.
"Yah am starving" Ezekiel follows.
As the three of us head on over to the dining room. The room was just past the 2nd and 3rd year buildings and close to the auditorium. It was a giant room that was very nice and fancy. A brightly lighted room with multiple crystal chandeliers. A second level that overlooked the school. The food was a catering ala carte style where you'd grab everything yourself.
"Wow," I thought to myself.
The more we entered the dining hall the more attention we got.
A murmur started to rise.
We start to make our way out of the line as we try to find a table to sit down. As we continued our search we found an open table for the three of us as we sat down. We found out there was another person at the other end of the table. A familiar face.
"Hey isn't that
Albeck Reigns sits alone on a table.
"I wanted to greet him and say hello but he was eating."
"Hey Reigns you did a number on my earlier man!" Ezekiel calls out.
He stops and turns to look at Ezekiel and acknowledges him with a head nod.
OPEN
"It's the Student Council members," a student says.
The five members enter the dining room. Axel led them with Faith to his right side and Luna on his left being closely followed by two others.
"So that must be Issac and Ceaser. The treasurer and historian of the Student Council" Eriko mentioned.
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I tried to figure out which of the two were which but I had recalled that Ceaser is more into their studies and books. I looked behind Luna as there was a guy reading a book with medium wavy brown hair made into a side comb hairstyle, hazel grey eyes, a soft expression, a white collared shirt, an unbuttoned black and gold uniform, and black slacks. He walked with the book in front of him as he almost crossed up Faith. "Ceaser, can you watch were you walking, please?"
The guy standing behind Faith must be Issac the treasurer he has a normal fade, black hair with a pompadour, green eyes, a black undershirt with the class black and gold overcoat, with black slacks, and a ring on his left index finger. His pompadour doesn't stand out like certain characters in fiction it's just like normal stylized hair.
The five grab there meals and walk on over to our direction.
"Axel speaks up. May we have a seat with you guys?"
"Sure."
The Student Council Members joined us for our first lunch break.
They pulled out each set with me and Eriko sitting next to each other Ezekiel across from us with Faith sitting next to him. Luna is sitting next to Faith, Axel is sitting next to Eriko, and Ceaser is sitting next to Axel with Issac across from him, on the other hand, Albeck sits on the other end sitting next to Issac.
Ceaser is fully invested in his book that he reads in one hand, while he eats with the other hand. We all continue to eat our lunch normally. The awkwardness on this table is sticking out like a sore thumb. Finding out the fact an evil organization is trying to kidnap you for reasons unknown.
"So how is everyone's first day?" Luna tries to break the ice.
SCREECH
The noise the chair made at the end of the table.
"Hey, you leaving already man?" Ezekiel speaks up. "Am done eating"
Albeck speaks in a normal monotone voice as he walks away.
"Albeck Reigns. Strong. Quiet." a voice lets out.
As I pointed my line of sight at the end of the table it was Ceaser.
I observe his posture, his attitude, and his outfit.
My first impressions...
He's weird. I mean walk kind of person reads a book while he's eating. What is he reading? I thought to myself. I try to squint my eyes to get a better look.
Axel stands and breaks the silence "Am sorry for my outburst in the headmaster's office that was very uncharacteristic of me to do so. My apologies."
Luna speaks up "No it is our fault as well for not being serious about it."
"We were just trying to lighten up the mood in that room" Faith adds on.
Myself Eriko and Ezekiel smile.
"It's fine Axel," I say. "It's alright Prez" Ezekiel nonchalantly says. "I can understand why you felt like that."
"Woah did I miss something" a voice speaks up with an arrogant voice. I turned to my left at the end of the table it belonged to Issac DiAngelo the Treasurer. "The president angry now that's a rare sight," he says as he rests his head on his fist.
"It regarded the Twelve Star Mages" Ceaser speaks.
"Oh, that means my dear sister is in trouble," Issac says while resting his head on his palm.
"Why is she in trouble?" I ask.
"She's a Twelve Star as well" he remarks.
"Your sister is a Twelve Star?!" Eriko asks. "Another one, I can fight, which one is she?" Ezekiel says.
"The 7th Star, The Justice, Libra, Johanna DiAngello" Although she doesn't live in here in Aiz she lives in the east Zellar Home of "The Court of Mages" that she is currently on. A perfect fit if you were to tell me.
"Court of Mages?" I speak aloud.
"You dont know? Well, it is a courtroom that every mage who gets arrested or is accused. My sister has a key role in that committee."
"Shouldn't you be more worried about her?" Eriko asks.
"Well, she's strong, especially with the group she associated with" Issac states. "Way stronger than me" as his tone of voice changes.
We watch as Issac's expression from a smug smirk to a sadden expression.
"You are not weak. You are strong. Thus the reason why YOU are on the council."Ceaser speaks up.
Luna speaks "Caeser is correct your here for a reason Issac"
"C'mon Issac believe in yourself more" Faith speaks.
"Without your magic today Issac we couldn't have pulled off that demonstration earlier in the day," Axel says.
"So he was the one who created the illusions," I said to myself.
"Thanks," Issac says as he smirks.
"Hey I see what you did th-"
"Be quiet You running the moment" Faith says.
"Hmph" Ezekiel continues to eat his food.
"Wait don't you guys think it's too much of a coincidence to have Twelve Star Mages be this close to each other?" I ask.
"Well, I am not too sure that can be said about the other regions" Axel speaks up as he adjusts his glasses "It turns out the other three regions all have at least 2 Twelve Star Mages. Starting from Aiz we have Leo, Virgo, Aquarius. In the east Zellar, there is Issac's sister Johanna as Libra and Gemini the last report had them located there, in the North in the harsh cold mountains of Falos the are three academy students like ourselves Aries, Sagittarius and Capricorn, lastly in the west region Boundera the scorched land there is Tauros, Cancer, and Scorpio.
"What happened in Boundera? Why is it called the scorched land?" I ask.
Sand then begins to form on a table. "What is this?" I ask myself as I follow the trail of sand to its user Ceaser Bellamere. Using the sand Ceaser was able to sculpt and depict what he was explaining.
"Boundera was once a beautiful place where everyone lived in harmony a very lustrous and vibrant place. Until the war broke out many many years ago. The Battle of the Overlords. Basically, the Overlord of Death attempted to whip all mages off the face of this planet by reviving the Demon Lord. Many places were affected. Boundera was one of the places. Although there is an academy looked there it's not the best."
"Thank you for your knowledge Ceaser" Axel and Luna thank him.
"It's always good to have you explain things it sometimes gets all wonky for me and I get headaches," Issac exclaims.
"He ain't called our Historian for nothing," Faith says.
"Hopefully we can visit this Boundera place
"Wait hold on. Seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven. There is still one missing" Eriko says as she counts with her hands.
"Hold up maybe you miscounted!" Ezekiel says.
"Please be quiet," Eriko says.
"Yes, the Twelve Star Pisces," Axel says.
With all this knowledge flowing in I cannot help but feel a strong gaze from somewhere. Ever since we entered the dining room I've been feeling it. Where? Where? Where? As my eyes begin to wander.
There I said.
On the other side of the room, I see a familiar face gazing at us as we speak.
It was the fellow exempt mage Rose Providence who was supposed to fight Eriko but it got interrupted. Is that why she was glaring I wondered.
She was surrounded by a couple of other girls with different colored hairstyles. Perhaps her friend group I thought to myself. I watched as she got off her seat and continued to walk in our direction. "Oh no," I said to myself. As she left the table a few of her friends followed her.
STEP STEPS STEP
"May we help you ladies with something?" Issac asks.
"Scoff We're not too here to speak with you DiAngello" the girl with dark purple hair speaks.
Everyone at the table turns their attention to Rose.
"Ah, I know what you want you wish for a duel with me" Eriko stands and walks here.
"Yes, I do" Rose speaks as she's followed by her friends.
"That's not very fair 3 on 1" Faith stands. "Gang mentality is not the way to go." Luna stands.
The six girls make a scene in the dining hall as all the focus seems to be on them.
"Girls, how about we take this outside?" Axel speaks. "Perhaps in the courtyard?"
"We shall go"
"We all have 10 minutes left of lunch. Please make it quick. Or else am going to right you up" Axel says.
We head on outside as the matchups get set. The girls get separated into two areas. The 1v1 with Rose and Eriko. It's a 2v2 with Faith and Luna taking on the white-haired and purple-haired girl.
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Moments before.
"Oh, there goes Class 1A Albeck Reigns. Did he really beat that Twelve Star Mage?"
A group of girls observe Albeck as he leaves the dinning hall.
One girl spots something wrong.
"Rose Rose you're not eating?" a girl says with pink hair.
"What are you looking at a pretty guy where is he where is he? another asks with short yellow hair.
"Hmm doesn't seem like it" the one with purple hair speaks up.
"Oh isn't that Eriko and the Student Council? What business do they have together? Is she going to join?" the white-haired girl speaks up.
"The fact she skipped out of our duel and now she shes going to join the student council"
STARE
"Oh, that boy isn't that" the white-haired girl speaks.
"Valerus Marina he got a pretty good showing today even though he's an Irregular," Rose said to himself. "He's pretty close with Twelve Stars Eriko and Ezekiel they arrived and basically left together to our class," Rose says.
"That's it" Rose stands up. "Am not going to wait to prove myself any longer"
"Prove? Prove what?" the pink-haired girl asks.
"Weren't you listening to what I was saying earlier Azalea" Rose scolded her.
"Hey chill out Rose that's how she is" the yellow one comforts Azalea.
"Ugh just stay here with her Sunneta"
Azalea pouts at Rose as she gets her head patted by Sunneta.
"Come with me Lily, Bella."
"Ha I guess we gotta flower here," Lily says.
"I just wanted to have a relaxed first day oh well. She's always like this she gotta prove to herself that she's one of the best " Bella speaks as they both follow Rose to the table.
"That's the one thing I like about her she pushes us. She's hard on us. But that's who she is. She's determined to prove herself that she can hang with a Twelve Star Mage." Lily says.
