Disclaimer: I do not own League of Legends, no matter how much RP I spent on it.
A/N: This story takes place in High School AU/StarGuardian AU. Though the setting has been changed to help fit my own needs. Set in a modern world with little to no magic. (Star Guardians and The Void being the two major sources) Everyone is either Human or Yordle (Other sentient species may pop up. When I can create a good reason) The locations have also changed, instead of a pangaea continent, Valoran is a huge metropolis, and the city-states are now neighborhoods/interconnected cities within the metropolis. I also set it as more of a Japanese style of school.
This is my first Fanfic ever so please be gentle, any help is appreciated. That's all for now on with the show~!
1 Month Ago...
What am I doing?
Lux brought her knees up to her chest. Her chin rested lightly atop of them. The empty park had become familiar to her as she sat at a vacant swing set staring up at the sky. This was the second night she ran from home. Another argument with her parents. Lux didn't understand why they were so stubborn. Garen was able to go to Valoran High no questions asked, but she had to attend Demacia Prep. No offense to her brother, but her grades far exceeded his. That alone should qualify her to join the school of her choice.
But no. She had to stay with her parents. She was too young to go live by herself, still naive, as a Crownguard she should listen to her parents. They knew what was best for her. Transferring now meant heading into second year without anyone familiar. What about the friends you made at Prep? Gah, Lux shook her head. When had her thoughts turn into a lecture?
Lux sighed. I should get back home, running off just proved their point. Untucking herself, Lux hopped off the swing set. Her eye drifted to the dark sky once again, in her view she saw a star shoot across night. Lux half smiled and closed her eyes, but shook the notion off as quickly as she could. Who wished on stars at her age? Lux felt a tad childish and turned to go back home. Maybe her parents were right... No! I'm just going to have to convince them.
Unbeknownst to the Demacian, the star in the sky took a sharp turn and redirected its light onto the earth below. Lux was bathed in a blinding luminescence, startling her. She spun about, her head filling with vertigo as she notice she wasn't on the ground anymore.
Falling, she was falling! Lux flailed wildly as she tried to steady herself. Slowly she reached out with one arm. Only for it to send her in a top spin. The world below her and the sky around her whipped around one after the other.
"Calm, young guardian" It was a voice, disembodied but beautiful. "What you see is only in your mind's eye."
Through the torrent of wind Lux shakily called back. "A-an ill-illusion!?" As soon as she asked, the rush of wind died in her ears. She could still feel it on her skin and her hair still thrashed about erratically. But, as if voicing the word made it so, the view around her calmed. Lux was still falling, but not really. Instead she soared, her arms outstretched from her side. Around her she could see four others but they were so obscured by the light around them she couldn't see anything but their silhouettes. Clouds whooshed by and Lux felt a prickle of condensation as she felt through one. "W-what-" Lux cleared her throat and calmed her trembling voice. "What's going on?"
"You are awakening to the power I shine upon you, my Star Guardian." The voice trailed from one ear to the next. As if she was circling around Lux. The simple sound of the words warmed her insides. Lux could only look up at the empty sky in confusion. "A great evil is coming to your world, and it is again I must call upon you."
Again? "What do you mean again? I don't- what evil? What is happening?" Lux asked again, hoping for a more answers this time. A lot of red flags were raised in her mind.
"In previous life times, you were called to fight for the protection of countless worlds. Now you must do the same for this world."
A rush of sights and memories flooded Lux's head. Different worlds, places, and people. Some were vaguely familiar, like a nagging feeling or a word on the tip of her tongue. And others were complete strangers, only mysterious shadows of people. Their strange shapes anything but human. It was all too much, she couldn't focus on any of it. Lux held her head and before she knew it, all at once it vanished. Leaving a single memory, older than any other.
Bright light. A single star, the First Star, in an endless void of darkness shone brilliantly. In its light it illuminated a world, young and new. On the surface below, Lux but not really Lux knelt to the star. Then Lux, present day Lux remembered. "I've done this before?" It was a rhetorical question, practically a statement of fact. Deep down she knew. She had heeded this call before in a previous life, her first life, and she must heed the call again. To protect her world, her home, from the oncoming Void. "What-, I mean. I-" Lux took in a deep breath, closing her eyes. The rushing wind around her felt distant now. As if it wasn't there at all. Slowly exhaling she opened her eyes, her voice hard with resolve now "I shall accept the call. Become a Star Guardian again."
Lux legs wobbled as she awoke from her daze, she steadied herself on the swing set. The cold metal chilling her hand, the slight pain telling her she was back in the real world. Her eyes went wide as her head shot about, looking around the empty park. She was still here. Quickly digging into her pocket she took her phone out. No time had past… Looking around the empty park to see if anyone had noticed her little episode, Lux was happy to see she was alone. With one last glance at the stars above, Lux rushed home.
If only she had known what accepting the First Star's call really meant.
Valoran High - Present Day
"Omg Lux, I need to show you something."
A phone was thrust into Lux's face, throwing the girl from her thoughts and memories from a month ago. She blinked back the sudden surprise and focused on the screen. The tumblr app was open and a fuzzy picture was expanded to fullscreen. There in the picture was a pink blur, if she squinted it actually looked human. Hard to tell, it looked like it was taken at night and without the flash. Lux's brows furrowed as she looked up at her classmate.
"What am I looking at, Ahri?" Though she actually had a pretty good idea of what. It was the Star Guardian. Lux's alter ego used to fight the evil that threatens Runeterra.
Ahri sighed and knelt down next to Lux's desk. Swiping at the screen the picture changed to another pink blur, then another. As Ahri swiped the pictures showed a sequence of the blur running, and fighting a purple spider-thing. "It's that magical girl! You know." Her fingers danced on the screen and a list of twitter posts replaced the tumblr app. They all showed photos of the Star Guardian, but always too far away or really blurry. The Star Guardian had been big news ever since she showed up. Some say she appeared in a flash of light coming from the heaven. Which to be fair isn't that far off from the truth. "Some people thought it was all just like some movie being filmed, or some stupid publicity stunt for something. But like c'mon." Ahri rolled her eyes and continued swiping and tapping her phone. "Look here. Spotted in North Valoran practically in Freljord, and like down here near Bandle City and once again in Noxus of all places."
"So-" Lux tried to probe before being interrupted.
"Sooo~ Like it's obviously not a movie being filmed. She pops up randomly ALL over the city and not one block gets sectioned off." Ahri swiped again, the tumblr app opening and showing the blurry pictures once more. "I totally saw her, I was like right there when she showed up. No one else was there. Complete ghost town, no lights, no cameras, but like so much action. She was fighting this evil looking spider. Freaking huge. I didn't want to get dragged into it so I hid out in an alley until it was over" The final picture was actually quite clear. The Star Guardian standing underneath a street light, her back facing Ahri. "She's a real life superhero."
Ahri had a sparkle in her eye that made Lux nervous. Ahri was a major gossip junkie, she knew every single tabloid and rumor of every celebrity there was. And she can sniff out all the juicy secrets like a fox. Whether those were true or not didn't really matter, all that mattered was if they were controversial and caused enough of a stir each time she told it. Her picture of the Star Guardian was going to blow the internet up.
Subconsciously Lux started to twirl a lock of her blonde hair, happy that when she transformed into her alter ego it also changed her hair into the bright pink hue. She glanced at the clock. It was past the start of class and their homeroom teacher was still not present. Not a good sign, if the teacher doesn't come in soon Ahri was going to continue talking to her. Lux sent a small prayer to the First Star, if it gave her magical powers then it can make homeroom start. Talking about yourself while not making it obvious you're talking about yourself was going to be tough to hide. It was basically lying, and Lux was a terrible liar. Dang self righteousness.
"So," Ahri's words drew Lux's attention back, "who do you think she is?"
"W-what?" It was all Lux could sputter in response. Not at all prepared for that question.
Ahri scoffed a little, "Like who in school? Cause it has to be someone here." Ahri began counting off fingers, "For one, she looks our age. I'm guessing a second year. Two, has to be going to Valoran High. This school is the only one in like the center of Valoran and also has dorms. So they can like use this place as their base or something. And three. Her outfit, it looks like our school's uniform"
"Uh Ahri, it's a sailor uniform, all the other schools have a sailor uniform, ours is not that different. And it's not hard to get around Valoran, the trains connect everything. You can go from Demacia to Noxus in a day if you wanted." Stick to half-truths. Lux hoped she wasn't biting her lip, that was always her obvious tell.
Ahri narrowed her eyes at Lux. Her stare felt like it was going to bore right past Lux's facade. "Well I guess you're right." Her face softened as she stood back up, her mind wandering back to other gossip. "I got a pool going with the other girls, taking bets on like who it might be. My money's on you actually. But to be fair, I have to ask. Who do you think?"
"Uh." Lux sent a quick glance around the room. Her gaze bounced from classmate to classmate before settling on Quinn. She had a lost look in her eyes, which were strangely settled on the back of Talon's head. He was too busy etching his name in the desk with a pocket knife to notice the dull stare. "Quinn?"
"Pft, that's your best guess? I mean like ok sure I guess." Ahri tapped on her phone, adding Lux's name and her guess on a betting pool. "Tell me if you want to put money on it." She switched back to Tumblr and walked off, Not even a simple 'talk to you later', Ahri's attention fully switched to her next target. "Hey Quinn, have you seen this yet?"
Lux let out a sigh. Sometimes Ahri was too curious for her own good. In the corner of her eye Lux saw her now harassing Quinn, barraging her with the same gossip Lux had to endure seconds earlier. Quinn looked none too happy to be pulled out of her daydream. Just then the classroom door slid open. Aw c'mon, now you show up? Lux took out her notebook and pencil with a grumble as a number of students scrambled to their seats.
But it wasn't their normal homeroom teach coming inside, it was a tall man in a rumpled blue track suit. His bushy ponytail bounced as he walked to the center desk. Yasuo wasn't their normal teacher, far from it. He was usually the kendo instructor alongside Mr. Yi. So he barely taught normal classes at all. The man scratched his stubble of a beard and let out an annoyed groan. "Sit down sit down." He waved for any student not in their seat to hurry up already. "I have some bad news, Ms. Laurent got caught up an accident involving an experiment Mr. Ziggs was working on this morning. So I will be filling in as your homeroom teacher until she gets better." There were a few gasps and hushed whispers spread amongst the students. Mr. Ziggs was a notorious science teacher and well, he had a habit of blowing up most of his experiments. "Not to worry she is just fine, she's in the teacher's room recovering right now and will be back by tomorrow morning.." Relief washed over everyone as Yasuo continued on, ignoring the whispers entirely. "So, now that I'm here…"
Yasuo turned around, unfolded a piece of paper from his pocket and taped it to the chalkboard. Then promptly turned on his heel and walked out. There was silence as everyone waited for him to come back. But when a minute passed and it was now obvious he wasn't going to return, everyone's stare went to the piece of paper. This left many confused until Talon walked up to the chalkboard and snatched the paper off the board.
"That lazy ass. It says 'self study'" he held it up for everyone to see. There small letters printed out on the top, "He couldn't even be bothered to change the font size." Talon crumpled the paper and threw it at the waste basket, missing by an inch.
The class descended into a disorganised mess. As all students know, 'Self Study' actually meant free time. Friends pushed their desks together and started chatting about random stuff. What they're going to do after school, clubs, and some light gossip. Well maybe not light gossip. Ahri was still going on about how she saw the Star Guardian late last night while walking home from karaoke. It was the only clear photo of her and everyone wanted to see it for themselves. All the while Ahri snuck in her betting pool, now including the boy's opinions.
Lux hid herself behind her text book. Always the studious one, she was one of the handful that actually studied during this 'free' period. That and she had a bunch of work to catch up on, fighting evil by moonlight kept most of her school work on the back burners. She needed a little bit of a break. Maybe self study wasn't so bad.
Morning Classes sped by. Being left with free time would do that. Before Lux knew it the afternoon bell rung. Her head snapped up from her text book, her eyes looking to the clock then back at the work she was doing. Barely half the page was completed. Lux sighed. Living a double life took more out of her than she had thought, feels like her mind was always on fighting evil and not enough on school.
Packing her text book away, Lux reached into her school pack and took out two bento boxes. She always ate with brother Garen during lunch. Transferring in at the start of the school year, Lux had thought she would be able to join some sort of social circle. That wasn't the case. Second years had their cliques already defined from last year. Ahri was ms. popular and was surrounded by others like her. Poppy, Lulu and Tristana hung around other yordles. Even Jinx, who most considered crazy, hung out with that first year Ekko or annoyed the third years Caitlyn and Vi. Lux… tagged along with her brother's and his friends.
Lux walked out of her classroom and quickly to the upper floor. Opening the door, Lux saw Garen sitting and talking adamantly with Jarvan and Xin. When he spotted his sister he simled broadly and waved her over. Smiling back, Lux sat down in a vacant seat next to her brother. She passed him his lunch and she opened her own. They were simple, and she made them every morning in her dorm building's kitchen. It was quiet as she ate... quiet on her end at least. Lux didn't know what to say when she sat her for lunch. Most of the time they talked about what they did yesterday or about people she doesn't know. Note to self stay away from that Draven guy.
She wasn't the only girl who sat her, Shyvana and Quinn did too. Shyvana because she and Jarven were childhood friends and Quinn because. Lux looked across the room to where Katarina and Cassiopeia were harassing their step brother, then back to Quinn who was hiding behind her chopsticks as she stared. Man, can Quinn be anymore obvious? Lux had to chuckle at the thought.
"What's so funny, Lux?" Garen elbowed Lux. It was affectionate, but Lux wished Garen realized his own strength. His little jab almost sent Lux toppling to the floor.
"Oh umm, just remembered something Ahri told me. Something about the Star Guardian rumor and her little bet that's been going around."
"Ah. She told me that you told her that you thought it was me." Quinn jumped in the conversation.
"Yeah, sorry… You were just the first person that came to mind. I kinda wanted Ahri to leave me alone…"
Quinn laughed a little. "Well unlucky you, most of the bets are on you being the Star Guardian."
Lux almost choked on her food. "What? Why?"
Quinn looked to Shyvana who shrugged and replied. "I said it was Ahri, she's self centered like that."
"Can't be either. Ahri's got too big of a, ah uh-" Jarven started but cut himself off as Shyvana glared at him. "I mean Lux's are too, ah-" Garen and Lux glared at him this time. Jarven looked to Xin for help.
Xin sat quietly and ignored his friend's slip up, too busy on his phone to say anything. After a pause he just flipped his phone around and showed a picture of the Star Guardian and Lux as a side by side comparison. Everything just blew up from there. From arguments of 'it's too eerily close to be true' and 'it obviously isn't' to 'highly suspicious to their young friend'. Lux could only groan and bang her head down onto the desk. This can't be happening.
A light tap brought Lux's attention back to reality. Turning around Lux saw Janna wave a polite hello. "Sorry for intruding, Lux." Lux shook her head, dismissing Janna's interruption. She was actually saving Lux from all this. "I need to talk to after school today."
The two went to the same after school club. The Literature Club. Honestly Lux didn't know which club to attend when she first transferred to Valoran High. The last club she attended in Demacia Prep was actually just a study group. A poor one at that, most people who came just chatted with their friends. That had to go once she changed schools. Her first day at her new school she decided on Lit Club. She enjoyed reading, and Literature Club felt like it would be easier to skip out on if she had to fight evil. No one noticed if her attendance dipped if they were nose deep in a book after all.
"It's fine we can talk now." Lux wanted desperately to be whisked away from the people behind her.
"No I don't want to disturb you and your friends. Besides it's a private matter."
Before Lux can ask, Janna was already walking away. Great, Lux groaned and turned back around. Garen was talking about the Star Guardian's hair, how it can't be a wig. How he knew anything about wigs Lux didn't know or want to know.
School seemed to drag on from there. When the final bell rung, Lux lept out of her seat dodging Ahri and her stupid gossip as quickly as possible.
Literature Club's room was empty when Lux came inside. Which was strange, Janna was always here before Lux and she specifically said she needed to talk to her. Looking around the room Lux noticed how musty the place was. Dust accumulated on all the shelves. She ran a finger across the book's spines and grimaced as she saw all the dust on her fingers. Besides Janna and herself there were only a few other club members. There was a soft knock on the door, Diana excused the noise and walked inside. She spotted Lux and no one else and raised an eyebrow.
"No Janna today?"
Lux shook her head. Diana was a reserved member, she stuck to her books and read in silence. She mostly read text about an old civilization. Lux thought it was weird but didn't say anything. Everyone had their interests. "She said she needed to talk to me but…" Lux trailed off letting the sentence hang.
"About how you skip out on club all the time?" Diana said off handedly as she took out a book. Lux wanted to say something, but blunt as Diana was, she wasn't wrong. Taking a seat Lux only looked down dejectedly. She hoped Janna didn't want to actually about that. Slowly Lux sighed and started to read. The story went on on the pages but nothing stuck, her head was filled with too much now.
A light sigh echoed in the room as Diana stood up to stretch. "It's late, I'm heading off. See you tomorrow." Lux gave a half hearted goodbye, as she packed her own book away. Guess whatever Janna needed to talk about wasn't that important. Lux looked around the room again and sighed. When she opened the door to leave, she bumped into another person.
"Sorry Diana I was-" Lux looked up and spotted Janna standing before her. "Janna! I thought you weren't coming to club."
"There was something I needed to take care of first, and I needed to talk to you privately."
Lux looked down at her feet.
"Don't worry it's nothing bad." Janna gave Lux a kind smile and gestured for her to sit down. Lux compiled, taking her seat once again. Janna sat across from her. They sat there in silence for a few moments. Lux didn't know what to feel, Diana's words only made Lux worried. Okay so she skipped club more often than not, but it's for a greater good. She couldn't possibly explain that to Janna.
"You needed to be more careful Lux." Janna slide her phone over to Lux, that dang picture Ahri took was staring back at her face.
At this point Lux was nothing but agitated now. "Not you too… I'm not the Star-"
"The First Star would be quite disappointed if you had already blown your cover."
"-Guardian. WHAT?"
Lux stood up took quickly. Her seat skid and clatter across the floor. Janna only smiled.
The silence that hung in the air was palpable. Janna drew her phone back without a single word, not wanting to break the silence that was building thicker by the second. She waited patiently for Lux to calm down. Lux on the other hand felt like she was panicking on the inside. She could run out the door before Janna can say another word, but that would only delay the inevitable talk they would have to have. But what can she say? Lux bit her lip as she eased back down. Only to realize her seat was sprawled on the floor behind her. Sighing she remained standing, head hung low. "How?"
"I awoken to my power a week ago."
"You're a guardian too?"
"Yes."
Well that took a weight off her chest. So much was still unknown to Lux. She knew the First Star protected the worlds she shone her light upon through the guardians she bestowed with her light. The Void was the endless darkness that she had to fight. But the rest was a mystery. If Janna was a guardian herself Lux wasn't alone in this fight. Not anymore. Lux had to laugh a little and smiled at the news. "For a second I thought the worst. If you're here then I finally have back up."
Janna frowned. "My presence isn't good news Lux."
The smile on Lux's face vanished instantly "What do you mean?"
"Multiple guardians are only called in dire circumstances." Janna stood and moved to the sole window in the room. She parted the curtains and let the fading sunlight into the room. Looking out onto the empty court of Valoran High, Janna watched the last of the students leave for their dorm or to catch the last train to their homes. Three in particular caught her attention "The Void has gotten stronger… more and more guardians falls each reincarnation, my awakening is more unsettling"
Lux didn't say anything, she had a feeling Janna had more to say. Janna turned away from the window, "This isn't the first time I awoken on this world… I-" Janna looked away briefly, taking a moment to collect herself, "The First Star wants me to be your guide, to help you recruit other guardians that have yet to awaken and one who… has yet to be shined upon."
Lux took it all in. None of it sounded good. She let the moment hang for a long second. Nodding to herself Lux looked Janna in the eyes. "What's our first move?"
"First we need to-" A loud scream cut into the air cutting Janna off. The two rushed to the window to see the cause of the disturbance. Below the last of the students were scrambling away from a two beings, running as far away from the school as they can. In the center of the courtyard a purple robed figure hovered over a familiar homeroom teacher.
"Ms. Luarent!" Lux pressed her hands against the window and watched as a haze of purple magic wrapped around their teacher's head. Lux and Janna shared a look. No need to voice what they had to do next. They took off out of the room in a sprint.
As they ran down the halls Lux pulled a small pen-like object from her pocket. With a twirl the pen grew into a large baton, pink and with a large golden star on each end, another twirl and it was enveloped by bright magical light. The bright light grew to surround Lux. Her hair spun in two vortexes of light, it dyed her blonde locks into a bright pink and pulled them into twin pigtails before coalescing into a white tiara with a star in the center. The light traveled down, transforming her school shirt and skirt into a sleeveless pink and white sailor uniform with a large purple bow resting on her chest. Finally the light billowed outward wrapping her arms and legs in its transforming light. With a quick burst white gloves and boots adorned her arms and legs.
Lux looked back and saw Janna too had transformed, her own blond hair now a purple and held up by an invisible wind and a shining headband. Her star guardian outfit looked nothing like her school uniform, unlike Lux's. Janna's held an air of elegance, the halterneck was trimmed with gold and clasped by a gold star brooch, the skirt was purple and trailed with two tails that twinkled like the night stars. In her hand was a long staff, on the end was white wings and a hoop of gold with a floating golden star. Unlike Lux, Janna was accompanied by a spirit. It's appearance was a mixture of a weasel and a fox, it had a white coat which turned purple on its long ears and tail.
Lux could only briefly take in the small creatures sudden appearance before the two of them reached school's front doors. There was no one left inside, leaving the two of them as the sole occupants. Their eyes were locked on the masked man, his hands aglow with foul magic, and their school's teacher, whose head was being assaulted with a purple haze. Ms. Laurent too had transformed, her sharp cut women's suit replaced with a white leotard and armored pauldrons. In her hand a thin rapier. Everyone had heard Ms. Laurent was a magnificent fencer before changing professions. Why she was taking up the sword could only be answered by one person.
Lux watched with a narrowed gaze, she hadn't seen the man before but the voidlings at his feet were all too familiar. Lux and Janna hid behind the shoe lockers, taking a moment to assess the situation. With a sideways glance to Janna, Lux asked "I haven't seen this creep before. What has he done to Ms. Laurent?"
"His name is Malzahar. As we are servants to the First Star, he is the servant to the Void. Their own twisted version of a guardian, a 'prophet'." Janna almost spat out the word prophet with so much venom, Lux actually flinched. She had never seen Janna lose her composure before. "His magic creates these nightmarish visions, with it he could control others to do his bidding, transforming them into his minions."
"Ms. Laurent…"
"She will be fine, our purifying light can save her and drive back the void from her mind."
"What's our strategy then?"
"My magic is more supportive in nature, it can hinder Ms. Laurent's movement while we focus our efforts on Malzahar."
"Sounds like a plan"
Lux gave Janna a determined look which she returned twofold.
The two guardians rushed out of the school, magic charging on their fingertips. They needed to strike as swiftly as possible, the quicker they took out Malzahar the less time they have to fight Ms. Laurent. Neither Lux or Janna wanted to harm their teacher. Their eyes locked onto their opponent's his masked face betraying nothing, not even surprise. With a flick of his wrist three portals opened up, the first two beside Lux and Janna and the third at his own feet.
Lux felt a brief gust of wind on her back, flinging herself forward enough to dodge two slicing orbs of void magic. Lux landed on her knees, skidding forward as she scrambled onto her hands. She looked behind her for a moment to see Janna halted in her charge waiting for the magic before her to dissipate. Janna pointed in front of Lux, frantically trying to bring the younger guardian's attention to the fight.
Lux barely rolled out of the way and onto her feet as a sharp clawed appendage struck down into the dirt where her head was a second ago. The voidling let out a high pitched screech as it reeled back for another attack. Lux whipped her baton forward, shielding herself with a prismatic barrier, her arms braced out in front and her eyes clenched tight. The impact pushed Lux back and she had to steady her feet under her or else fall back over. Backstepping, Lux forced them to break apart putting enough space between the Voidling and herself. Janna stepped next Lux, her staff held at the ready. So much for our first strike.
Malzahar hovered higher in the air, his distorted laugh echoed around the empty courtyard.
"Guardian… I had a hunch you were here." His masked face drifted from Lux to Janna, "Ah, we meet again my favorite guardian."
Janna's fist clenched tight on her staff, her knuckles going white from the strain. Lux sent a worried glance to Janna, then focused back onto Malzahar. "Let Ms. Laurent go!"
"Hmmm, no, no I don't think I will." Malzahar moved slowly, putting himself behind Ms. Laurent. The homeroom teacher stepped up and held her sword at the ready. "My masters have grown tired of your meddling… and voidlings could only accomplish so much."
Janna stepped to the side, circling around to the other side of the Void Prophet, leaving a small vortex to grow where her feet. Malzahar only laughed.
"Now, none of that" He sent the voidlings to rush at Janna, who had to set her spell off early. A small whirlwind shot out from her previous position, throwing the voidlings into the air and dispersing their forms back to the void from whence they came. "We've done this dance before my guardian," The way his voice held the word 'my' for a second too long sent a chill up Lux's spine. She could only see the pure resentment on Janna's face. There must be more to the Janna's history that she isn't telling. "Now my minion, attack the guardians."
Ms. Laurent lunged forward, her steps a rhythmic tempo as she zig-zagged towards Lux. Lux attention was too split between Malzahar and Janna to see the attack and had barely dodged the rapier. The rapier bit into Lux's arm, slicing a long ugly scar on her skin. If the blade had struck an inch or two to the right, it might have hit something vital. Lux almost lost her grip on her baton but held firm. "Ms. Laurent! Please stop." The words only bounced off her former teacher, leaving no effect. The former teacher eyes were glossed over, only purple orbs stared back at the student. Lux couldn't stare too long into them, it was the void infecting her teacher's mind.
The teacher growled, as her flurry of blows continued. Each cut hitting too close for comfort. Lux scrambled back, trying to create enough space between her and her teacher. Lux sent out a powerful binding spell, only for Ms. Luarent to deflect the spell with a simple parry. The act was enough to stun Lux in surprise, missing the following riposte. She was only saved when a torrent of wind enveloped her shielding her from the thrust. "I'm sorry!" With the opening Lux sent ball of light to explode right in her face. The force sent Ms. Laurent falling backwards, landing hard at the feet of the prophet.
Janna rushed to the close the gap, "Zephyr!" the spirit that floated near Janna shot forward with impressive speed. The spirit circled around Ms. Laurent, "Keep her distracted!" Janna focus turned to Malzahar. Her fury building a storm at her feet.
Lux joined her fellow guardian. Her baton twirled in her hands, the magic building up for another binding spell.
Malzahar hands glowed and ripped open another portal. The Voidlings rushed out, rabbid and hungry. They lunged at Lux and Janna, the two of them separating to dodge the attacks. Janna let loose another howling gale, it sent their numbers scattering around the courtyard. Lux shot her own magic light, binding two voidlings to the ground. With them pinned Lux sent a ball of light to finish them off in an explosion.
Too distracted with the voidlings, Lux missed the two portals opening beside her, the void magic rushed through her being before Lux can raise a barrier spell. The pain almost paralyzed her, the spell died on her lips and Lux stumbled back. It felt like her magic was caught in her throat, and she could only watch as Janna looked to Lux in worry, unaware that Ms. Laurent had finally shook off the annoying spirit. Throwing Zephyr down onto the ground unconscious.
Acting on instinct, Lux flung herself forward, pushing Janna aside and felt the rapier pierce her shoulder. The pain was too much, Lux couldn't keep her grip on the baton. It clattered to the ground at her feet. Lux weakly held up her hand as a poor effort to stop Ms. Laurent as she planted her foot onto her chest, using the added leverage to rip the rapier free. Lux grit her teeth, not wanting to scream. She won't show any weakness to this scumbag. Lux hit the ground hard, the small rocks below cut into her cheek.
Malzahar laughed, the bastard laughed at the fallen guardian. "Like old times. Right, my guardian?" More voidlings spawned at his feet, ready to swarm Lux and Janna.
No, not again… not again! With rage in her eyes, Janna stood up and slammed her staff into the ground. A monsoon of wind ripped around Janna, pushing all voidlings around her up and away from her and Lux.
Ms. Laurent dug her sword into the ground and held herself firm, kneeling down in the effort. Once the wind died down Ms. Laurent eased back into her proper stance. Unfazed by the sudden spell.
Malzahar flew back, controlling his fall before he hit ground. He landed on his hands and feet, skidding back momentarily. He stood and looked at his hands, scowling that he had gotten dirty during their fight. He clapped his hands together, brushing the dirt from his gloves as he hovered off the ground again. "That was new."
Both were unaware of Lux. She felt the magic in the wind. Not the force that brushed Janna's enemies away, but the healing magic inside. The wound on Lux's shoulder closed almost immediately, and she felt herself fill with strength. Slowly, as to not give away her intentions, she reached out and grasped her baton in her hand.
"Valiant effort, but I know what you're capable of." Malzahar looked down on Janna, his hovering form was an intimidating presence. "Your spells can't beat me. The Void is inevitable."
Janna didn't care what Malzahar said. She would continue to fight him even at the cost of herself. She had to… The First Star bestowed her these gifts and she will use them, because she can't fail. Not again. Janna felt the wind coalesced at her feet again. "You weren't successful last time, and you won't be this time. The First Star will stop the Void here and everywhere else."
Malzahar laughed, "Last time? Clearly you had forgotten what happened…" He reached up and pulled the low hanging hood off his head, revealing his eyes. The mere sight would haunt any who saw into them. Where others had eyes, he had nothing. Literal voids in each socket that ate anything that dare gazed into them for too long, they didn't even hold any color. "The Void consumes all it touches. Let me remind you my guardian" Magic started to build up in his soulless eyes.
Janna didn't wait, all too familiar of the spell he was getting ready to unleash. She let loose of the wind below her and sent a howling gale toward him. Malzahar laughed as Ms. Laurent came between them, her sword cutting into the wind, dispersing the spell easily. Janna stood firm, bracing herself for the pain that would shortly follow. If she can withstand the duration of the spells effects, she can maybe buy enough time for Lux to get back onto her feet and away from this monster.
But to the surprise of everyone, Lux sprang to her feet as soon as Ms. Laurent cut the whirlwind in half.
Everything moved in slow motion after that. Ms. Laurent tried in vain to reel back her sword into position to parry. Janna slowly looking away from Malzahar to Lux, utter surprise on her face, not knowing what to do. And Malzahar split his attention between the two guardians, indecisive to which guardian to target his spell at. That tiny bit of hesitation was all Lux needed. In quick succession Lux shot out two spells.
The first flew through Ms. Laurent and into Malzahar, pinning them to the ground. The magical light encircling him restricted his movement. The second was an orb, a lucent singularity, it flew towards his face and burst in explosive force. His sight was filled in blinding light, the spell he was building up petered out, as he tried to rub the spots out from his 'eyes'. He regain his sight in time to see Lux, her baton spinning freely in front of her. The magic light building up in the center was pure white, there weren't even any shadows cast from it, it eliminated all darkness around her. Malzahar let out a curse as the spell shot out, a beam of searing light surrounding his body.
"Final Spark!" Lux yelled, the spell left a beacon in evening sky. Malzahar's being faded into nothing, as his body dissolved from the light. The effort left Lux weak and out of breath. Using her Baton as support, Lux eased herself onto a knee. Her eyes went to see Janna's who eyes were wide. "I-"
Lux felt Janna crush her in a hug, her large staff clattered to the ground next to them. After the initial shock washed over her Lux returned the hug. Janna, pulled away, her hands still resting on Lux's shoulders. With a heavy sigh Janna smiled "You're okay…"
"Y-yes. That spell of yours. It healed me. I-" Lux looked away and to where Malzahar was no longer. Her breath caught in her throat. She sprang to her feet, her baton held back up at the ready "Where did he go?"
"Gone… He has a nasty habit of shifting planes, escaping back to the void at the last second." Janna picked up her staff and stood next to Lux. She laid a hand on Lux's shoulder, who relaxed at the touch. "Let's see to our teacher."
Ms. Laurent was transformed back to her normal clothes. Her Woman's suit wasn't even scratched. The purple haze of magic around her head dissipated, and her eyes had regained their natural color. The woman blinked and groaned. Quickly before she woke Lux and Janna transformed their own clothes to the school uniforms they wore normally. Ms. Laurent snapped to attention as she woke up from her daze, all too quickly she sat up almost knocking heads with Lux.
"Ms. Laurent!"
Holding a hand to her head Ms. Laurent rubbed her temples. "Crownguard? What are you- what happened." the teacher took a moment to see she was laying on the ground, and two students hovered over her worriedly.
Janna stepped over, offering a hand to help the fallen teach back to her feet. "We were in the lit club's room when we saw you collapse."
"We rushed out here as quickly as we could." Lux added without missing a beat.
With the help from the two Ms. Laurent got back to her feet. Steadying herself, she took a tentative step. She didn't feel dizzy. "Sorry to worry you girls… perhaps Mr. Ziggs experiment was a little more jarring than I had thought."
"Do you need help getting home?"
Ms. Laurent waved them off, "No, don't trouble yourselves. I'll take the day off tomorrow and rest. Thank you girls. You two should get home too, no need to make your parents worry" She walked off, waving a final goodbye to the students.
When the teacher was out of sight Lux let out a sigh, relieved that it was all over. For now. That last thought worried Lux. Malzahar was still out there, and nothing said he was going to stop any time soon. Janna seeing the concerned look on Lux's face wrapped an arm around the younger girl. Lux looked to Janna and smiled, small as the gesture was it helped. She wasn't alone in this.
"Tomorrow we'll look for our fellow Guardians."
That brought a bigger smile on Lux's face. She could only nod enthusiastically. As bad as it was, everything was now looking up.
This morning Yasuo was in the classroom when the bell rang, actually he was there just until the bell rang. Once the chime sounded, and everyone got in their seats, he slapped a familiar near blank piece of paper onto the chalkboard and walked out again. No one had to guess what it said this time. Some people were surprised they got 'self study' time two days in a row, but news about Ms. Laurent's condition circulated quickly. Lux, already anticipating how class will go, brought her textbook out and began reading. This time she was not going to get lost in her thought.
"Lu~ux" Lux did not like the way Ahri sung her name. "You will not believe what happened."
Sighing, Lux closed her book and lazily met Ahri in the eyes. Her expression half lidded and not at all interested. "Wha-"
"What happened was something totally crazy. I was here late at school last night." Lux's eyes widened at this. She sould feel the sweat building up on her next. "Cause I got stuck doing-, actually that doesn't matter. What matters is that I saw the Star Guardian again. But she wasn't alone this time!" Ahri brought out her phone. The many charms on the phone clacked together annoyingly. There on the screen wasn't actually a photo this time, it was a video. "You have to see this."
There before Lux's eyes was the battle she had fought only yesterday. It was a few moments after their initial charge. The scene played out shakily as video Ahri inched her way closer and closer. Lux winced when she saw herself get stabbed. Had the sword actually gone all the way through like that? Lux shuddered at the thought. Then another thought came up, This was close to the end of the fight. If she caught us transforming back to normal… Lux watched intently now. Janna's monsoon hurled everything away, even video Ahri toppled over. For a few seconds only the sky was shown. When it readjusted there was a voidling taking up the whole view. Quickly Lux glanced to Ahri, she looked okay so nothing bad must've happened. The video Ahri screamed and ran. The video shook, and the scenery changed from floor to walls and back to floor. Steadying the video, video Ahri moved the phone so that she was seen in screen being chased by the voidling. "Mom! If you see this-" Quickly Ahri fast forwarded the video, skipping ahead to where Ahri had outran the Voidling and was taunting it behind a steel fence. Lux had to laugh at the last bit.
"What was that little moment?"
Flustered Ahri dismissed Lux's question. "That doesn't matter, I didn't have time to like edit the video." Composing herself quickly, Ahri looked at Lux with a knowing smirk, "What matters was that I was totally right. Like, the Star Guardian is someone from school. And I think I know who~" Ahri sang the last word and looked at Lux. Lux was biting her lip. Ahri leaned in close, so she could whisper. "You're totally her, aren't you? Don't worry I can keep a secret."
Lux gulped. She was about to say something but suddenly everyone's attention was draw to the windows.
Poppy, the uptight little yordle was waving an arm frantically for everyone to window. She wasn't one to draw attention to herself, so her action was catching everyone by surprise. "You guys look!" She was pointing hurriedly out the window.
Ahri and Lux moved to the over crowded window. Ahri elbowed her fellow classmates when they leaned in too close to her. Her glare sent anyone else close to step away. With enough room, Ahri looked out the window unhindered, and what she saw made her press her face up uncomfortably close. Her hands pressed solidly against the glass as her eyes watched the figure walking out of the school's courtyard. A pink figure. "The. The Star Guardian. She's right there…" Quickly Ahri bolted away from window and rushed out of the classroom. Lux looked down at the Guardian and smiled.
Hours Earlier
"Lux, good morning" Janna waved to Lux.
Lux returned the greeting, with a gentle bow to her upperclassmen. "Morning"
"It's a good thing I saw you before class. We were interrupted last night and I couldn't tell you about those pictures Ahri took."
Lux sighed. "I already know of those pictures…"
"No I mean what we will do about them." Janna smiled and stepped in line next to Lux. "Magic can create surprisingly realistic illusions. Especially light magic." With a subtle wink, Janna told Lux of her plan.
In the courtyard the Star Guardian was almost through the school gates when a piercing yell called out to her. "Wait!" The Guardian turned around, and saw Ahri running full sprint to her. She returned a small waved and vanished around the corner. A few seconds later, Ahri reached the gate, but when she looked around the corner she saw nothing there. Everyone at the windows saw her little tantrum that morning as she stubbornly stomped her way back to school. Lux laughed at the sight. And a second later, other joined her too. Guess the bet was off now.
The Twisting Nether called the Void
Malzahar sat within his swirling haze of magic he called home. Nothing took shape within the mass. Everything only held small vague shapes that only hinted of their purpose. With a heavy breath Malzahar eased himself forward. The mass of magic in front of him swirled around, forming a circle. A picture came to life inside the circle, a high school with many faces crowding the windows. Malzahar clenched his fist tight, and lashed out at the image.
"You've been making poor progress" A voice low and menacing called to the prophet.
"A minor setback"
"You always hesitate with this one…" The circle of magic reformed, this time showing another classroom within the school. The image zoomed in and focus on a tall slender blonde, "Playing too much with your prey are you?"
"You are one to talk you annoying insect!" Malzahar whipped around, only to be met with a scythe pressed hard against his neck pinning him to the wall. Luckily it was the blunt end and only choked the prophet. He grasped uselessly on the limb, gasping for air. "This-" He wheezed, and sucked in air through his restricted throat. "This mission is mine, I will complete it my way."
The scythe let his body drop. Malzahar was on all fours massaging his neck. He could barely hold his head up to meet the gaze of the void creature. "Remember your place. HUMAN. You are a servant to the void, not a commander of it." The creature walked away after its threat.
Malzahar looked up at the moving image of Janna. He held out a gentle hand caressing a cheek that wasn't really there. "You will be mine, then the void can have your world."
A/N: And that's a rap. See you all soon. Love you bye.