Gundam Magic
A fond greeting to all! This is actually my second time writing a fanfic regarding one of my favourite anime shows…I am only testing out my writing skills and also as a way of passing my time. The fanfic I am writing will be a twist of our familiar characters and magic. There will also be a new character but other than that, the rest should be familiar to all of you fans. Without further ado, I present to you Gundam Magic.
Chapter One
Magic, a power that baffles most mankind. Magic, a power that few possess. Magic, a power that extents beyond the infinite universe. Magic, a profound knowledge. Magic…What is magic? Where exactly does it origin lies? One only wonders…
In Gundam Boys' School of Magic, it will be just another ordinary day for the students. Many trudged to school, feeling the Monday's blues heavy on their shoulders. Only a handful actually skipped to school joyfully. That morning was a welcoming one with the mellifluous hums of summer and a subtle aura of flowers unknown to the boys. Hey, they are boys. Other than roses and lilies and chrysanthemums, what other flowers can they know of?
" Hey! Hey buddy! Old chap! Friend! Brother! Wait up!" someone shouted.
Whoever that person was shouting at, we don't know because not one of the four hundred odd boys assembling on the school ground stop to greet him. The bell had just rang.
" Yoo ho! Hey!" Another futile attempt.
Finally this student caught up with his friend and placed a strong grip on his shoulder. He panted and flipped back his long brown braid. " Heero Yuy. Why on earth didn't you wake me up? Hmm? You are just living on the apartment above me! You could have just taken five minutes off your breakfast time and knock hard on my door!"
" You should know better than to stay up late to watch Harry Potter: The Movie. Besides, aren't you on time now?" Heero replied curtly.
" Oh yeah, and I have to skip my breakfast for that," grumbled the other, Duo Maxwell. Duo was a handsome boy of fifteen with a pair of cobalt blue eyes and long flowing brown mane which he tied in a pigtail. He was terribly proud of his hair, something which Heero and the others could not fathom. Several times, they had tried to persuade him to chop off his waist-long hair but he had obstinately refused.
Heero was an inscrutable and taciturn person, the exact opposite of his animated friend. While one was full of shenanigans, the other was deadly quiet. One wonders how they ended up as good buddies. Heero was one of the most outstanding students in the Gundam Boys' School of Magic. It was rumoured that his grandmother was a witch. Lies of course. He was an orphan, like Duo, and did not even have the faintest idea who his mother was, much less his family tree. Maybe that was the reason why these two became friends – both have suffered a lot.
They stayed a little distance away from the school in two different apartments. The landlady there had took pity on them and gave them a place to stay. Actually, she had wanted to put the two in the same apartment but Heero had silently protested and the landlady, after witnessing a brief scuffle between them, decided that those two can never be put together. They will only end up fighting for survival.
The two boys hurried to their class, lining up behind the rest of their classmates. " Duo! Heero!" a voice called to them. Duo spun round. " Quatre oh boy! Wufie! Trowa buddy!" Duo greeted with enthusiasm. Heero merely gave a wave, a rather weak one.
" Do not call me Wufie," Chang Wufei threatened. He detested the nickname Duo had given him. It made him sound like a dog, a spineless dog.
"Attention please," the principal, Mr J, announced as he strolled up onto a small platform just in front of the school building. " I have just received news early this morning from the principal, Miss Une, from Gundam Girls' School of Magic, regarding the behaviour of some particular boys here in school."
Duo's friends immediately turned to him. " Was it you?" asked Quatre with concern.
" No doubt," Heero replied for him nonchalantly.
" It's the norm," Trowa agreed.
" I agree," Wufei added, feeling somewhat happy.
" But it isn't me!" Duo protested. " I swear by the devil himself, this time it isn't me!"
"Oh, then the other time when the laboratory mice were found in the girls' classroom…You swear that wasn't you?" Wufei eyed him carefully.
Duo grinned sheepishly. " Well, that I won't be able to swear."
The principal cleared his throat and continued, " Apparently, these jokers were trying to scare the girls under the pretense of phantoms."
Duo exclaimed, " God! Who are those geniuses?"
" Unfortunately for them, the girls managed to recognize who those apparitions are. So if those boys would own up to their faults after the assembly, it would spare me the trouble of having to go to their classes calling them up. Boys," Mr J sighed. " I repeat once more. Stop bothering the girls. Look, I have more white hair this year all because of you." The school snickered. " They are wonderful girls, hardworking and virtuous. I see no reason in you playing pranks on them and scaring the hell out of them." He shot Duo a warning look. " If I hear anymore of these kind of ludicrous pranks again, you will be suspended from school. Clear?"
"Clear!" the boys chorused, somewhat amused.
" Off to class!"
Silently, the classes were led into the school building by their form teachers to start the day's lessons.
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Over at the Gundam Girls' School of Magic, gossips were circulating like wildfire. " Who are those boys?"
" I swear it was that Duo again!"
"Who? Heero? Impossible!"
" What? The principal is in this business?!"
" I know! Let's go ask Relena! She was one of the victims!"
Relena Peacecraft was in class, sitting all by herself at a corner reading a book on spells and potions. Her eyebrows knitted as she struggled to remember all the names of the different potions and their uses. A group of girls barged in, breaking her concentration.
" Relena!" they cried. " Who are those culprits?"
" What culprits?" she asked in that gentle tone of hers, surprised.
" Those boys who were fooling around as phantoms," one explained eagerly. " Dorothy told us it was you who recognized those boys. So who are they?"
" I can't tell. Miss Une told me not to." Miss Une was the girls' principal, a very capable young woman in charge of all the girls. At first, everyone had wondered how a nineteen-year-old lady could manage a school all by herself. The former principal was a distant relative of Une's. Since her demise, Lady Une has taken over her place. In just two months, the girls were completely convinced of her calibre. The girls, though they like her, were wary of her spilt personality. She can be a vulnerable character in one minute and a merciless mentor in the next minute. And it has something to do with her hair. Or maybe it's the glasses?
" Just give us a clue will do. Is it those five? That funny fivesome group?"
" No comment but it's certainly not them."
" Please Relena!" they begged.
" Sorry."
The bell rang and the girls sighed, said goodbye to Relena and went back to their classes. Relena's classmates entered, some wearing Monday's blues. Hilde Schbeiker plopped down in front of Relena while Catherine Bloom sat down beside her. Hilde's eyes were shining. " Guess what?"
" What?" Catherine and Relena asked her.
" That Maxwell boy was almost late to school again," she giggled. " He would never figure it out that I was the one who tampered with his alarm clock. Let me tell you, he always forget to lock his front door. He thought that by locking his bedroom door he can prevent thieves from stealing his precious things. Well, he's wrong." She showed them her hairpin and giggled again.
" That poor boy!" Catherine said and laughed. " Whatever had he done to incur you wrath, great highness?"
" Ever since he tried to trip me over with a stick and – and –"
" Rejected your love?" Catherine put in helpfully, innocently.
Hilde blushed. " What do you mean by that! We are rivals! I, er, well, I tried to be friendly with him once. You know, stop all these stupid fighting between them and us. But he was so rude. So now, ha! This is his retribution!"
Relena could not help laughing while Catherine continued to tease poor Hilde. Miss Une walked in, surprising all of them. Her brown hair was down, a good sign.
" Good morning girls."
" Good morning Miss Une!"
" Sit down," the bespectacled woman told them. She brushed her long hair aside and picked up a book. " Your teacher Mrs Darlian will be gone for a long time due to poor health. No need to worry too much about her. She has the finest doctor by her side. I am here to relief her. Now, before I start, I would like to know where she has stopped her lessons and also get to know all your names. Lessons shall start officially from tomorrow onwards for you. Now, any questions for me?"
Silence.
She smiled amiably. " Why so stiff, girls? I'm no tigress, right? I'm only here to teach you."
Dorothy Catalonia, who was sitting at the front, raised her hand and then stood up after Miss Une gave her a nod. " We are happy to have you here, Miss Une. In fact, we love and respect you. We're just surprised that you would be teaching us. This is the first time the principal's teaching us."
The class murmured in agreement.
" I assure you, you'll soon get used to me. I was actually training as a teacher before I was called here. I'm sure I will enjoy coaching you and the rest of the year will also be a time of great fun and learning for all of you," she told them.
Indeed, this will be a year of "great fun and learning" for all of them, boys and girls alike. Just outside of Magic Town, stood two men on a hilltop. Standing with their feet astride, they mused over the town.
" This looks like a harmless town," one remarked to the other.
" Do not judge a book by its cover."
" Don't you find this ridiculous? All because of a dream we are sent here on this mission to eliminate a couple of boys and girls whom I doubt are much of a harm."
" Yes, it seems stupid but we must not doubt our master. We only carry out orders," his partner said.
" I know."
" To conquer the world, one must be cautious and must never overlook even the smallest thing. You never know when this small, innocuous object may someday grow into a powerful, noxious monster. You never know, my friend. You never know."
Yes, you never know when fate starts to be fickle and begins changing your life.