"Reverse gravity!" Arme yelled, as the dummy soared into the sky, and crashed back down into the earth. She was covered in sweat, and was gasping for breath. The sun was already setting as the purple haired mage trained.
She was training extra hard, as she had recently received a letter from the Grand Chase, asking her to be part of their team. Arme was training harder than ever before, so that she wouldn't drag the others down. In a few weeks time, a Grand Chase member will visit her, and analyse her combat skills. If she was good, she'd be a part of the team. She took out the letter from her pocket and read it for the 56th time.
To: Arme of the Violet Mage Guild.
Dear Arme, I, the Knight Master, is offering you the chance to join the Grand Chase, as I have seen how your skills surpass all the other mages around your age. Since the Grand Chase lacks a mage, I am thinking that you should fill that spot. However, your skills, as good as they are, still might not be good enough... Because of this, a Grand Chase member will come in a week's time and assess you.
I wish the best of luck.
Knight Master
Arme smiled. She still can't believe it was real. However, no matter how any times she looked at it, it still said the same things. Grinning broadly, she continued to practice with renewed energy.
A few hours later...
"Meteor...!" Arme cried wearily. Half a second later, a spectacular meteor shower came, bombarding her backyard, yet leaving no mark. She had been practicing for hours. The sun had set long ago.
*yawn* "Oh god... looks like I won't be able to continue without taking a break," she thought to herself. Trudging into her kitchen, she decided to compose a decent meal, as she won't be eating again for a long time. She decided that a gigantic piece of steak will be best for sustaining her for a long time. Before she went out to practice, she had a hasty shower.
*Beep beep Beep beep* the phone rang, and Arme dashed out of the bathroom, wrapped up in a towel, her purple hair sopping wet.
"Hello? It's Arme here. Is there anything you need?" She asked politely. Her eyes widened, and her face went as white as snow when she heard what the person said. A grand chase member was going to come to her house RIGHT NOW, and he/she is going to assess her skills RIGHT NOW.
Slamming the phone down, she raced to back to the bathroom, and dried her hair and put on her clothes record time. A knock sounded at the door.
"Omg...," Arme thought as she opened the door. There was nobody there, and she was beginning to think that she imagined the knock due to extreme nervousness, when a voice sounded behind her.
"Are you gonna stand there forever?" The masculine voice said with amusement. Arme twirled around, to meet a white haired lad with azure eyes.
"Oh. H-hello. My n-name is A-Arme, n-nice to m-meet y-y-you!" Arme said, tripping over the words.
The boy rolled his eyes.
"You don't need to be all formal and all that. I'm Lass, and I'm gonna see your efficiency at magic..."
Arme's eyes brightened. "You can use magic?"
"Uhh. No. Ronan was supposed to see to you... but..." He trailed off muttering something incoherent.
"Oh." Arme blushed, and quickly led him to her backyard. She was surprised to see him take a battle stance.
"Aren't you gonna watch me from the side?" she asked.
Lass laughed.
"You honestly didn't think that watching you battle nothing will be enough to see if you're good or not? No. I'll be your oppenent." Arme nodded shakily, and began her first attack. She teleported behind lass, and yelled," Stone Curse!" Lass, who hadn't been expecting this, was surprised to see the stone creep slowly up his body.
"You're pretty fast...,"he muttered," but NOBODY could beat me in speed."
He vanished as soon as the stone released him, and from nowhere came a voice shouting," Final Strike!"
The blue slashes pierced right into Arme's body and she toppled over... onto Lass who appeared out of nowhere.
"Hmm... this is not good- to be in this condition before you even join the Chase... That was a short fight... Let's get you healed..." Arme barely heard him say this. I failed... failed... all that training for nothing... She felt her mouth being pulled open. Something being poured into her mouth. She swallowed it, and blacked out.
"Oi you. You awake now?" The first thing she heard as she gained consciousness was a voice she recognised as Lass's.
"Ugh..." Arme tried to sit up, but gave up halfway as pain stabbed her side.
"Ah. You're awake... look- I am truly sorry for wounding you. I didn't mean to hit you that hard...thought mages had better defence..." He muttered the last bit. Arme shook her head. Suddenly, she remembered what had happened. Turning her head to face Lass's, she looked straight into his eyes... baby blue...she thought. Shaking her head, she focused on her question.
"L-lass...?" Arme whispered.
"Yeah?"
"Umm... I failed that test didn't I...I mean like... I was pathetic wasn't I..." said Arme, avoiding his intent gaze.
"No," he said, while Arme instantly shot up, despite the pain.
"No- you have actually passed," Lass continued, while pushing Arme back down onto the bed.
"You had good skill. You are now officially part of the Grand Chase. However, I'll warn you, that being part of the Chase means facing countless dangers..."He trailed off as he saw that nothing he said was going to stop this girl being over enthusiastic in joining the Chase.
"Thank...you..." Arme stuttered, as tears began to run down her cheeks. She was a very emotional girl. Sighing, Lass stood up from the stool he was sitting on, and came over to her. He wiped her tears away with his finger, and gently picked her up.
"Whoa! Put me down! I am not as light as you think!" The mage cried as she was swept of the bed.
"You can't walk yet right? Come on... we must be on our way to Grand Chase mansion," he said, ignoring the mage's protests. The mage soon fell asleep on Lass's shoulder was he ran with amazing speed towards Grand Chase Mansion.
...
"Oh wow! So this is the new girl! Hi, I'm Amy~!" A pink haired girl was the first to invite Arme when she arrived. Hearing Amy's greeting, the other knights all came to meet her.
"Hello Arme. I'm Ronan," said a boy with a long blur ponytail, "and this is Elesis, Jin, Lire, Ryan and Seighart," he continued while gesturing to a red head, another red head, a blonde head, an orange head, and a black head.
"Heh... looks like Lass found a girlfriend eh?" said Jin. Lass was still carrying Arme on his back. This remark caused Lire to glare at Arme, while Ryan wrapped his arm around Lire's waist.
"Ah...NO! I am not...his...uhh..." Arme stuttered, while trying to get Lass to let her go.
Lass glared daggers at Jin, who gulped and immediately regretted saying what he had just said.
"So...um... Arme, you're going to have to share a room with Lass... I'm sorry. I would share my room with you, but since he has the largest and cleanest room, it'd be best if you go with him..." Elesis mutters the last bit, as she had fought hard with Lass for that room. Lass had of course, won.
Arme was speechless as Lass carried her to his room and sat her down on the bed. Seighart entered the room, carrying a lilac bed. He pushed this into its position next to the other bed. It fit surprisingly well.
"Amy's going to get all your stuff from your house," said Seighart smiling, and he left the room.
An awkward silence followed, only to be broke when Lass opened the curtains of one of the windows.
"So...how do you like the others?" inquired Lass.
"Well, I think everyone is fine... although I don't think Lire likes me much..."
"Don't worry about her. She has her own...issues...to deal with." He said hastily.
"I got your stuff Arme~!" said Amy, kicking open the door with no warning. Arme jumped and winced in pain.
"Can you enter in a more sophisticated fashion next time? Or is that too hard for you and your ego?"
"Aww shut up Lass. I am here to talk with Arme." Lass sighed.
"Arme, I'll put your stuff in these drawers...~" continued Amy, gesturing to the set next to her bed.
"Ok. Thanks." Arme was very grateful that she was accepted into the team without any many troubles.
"Well then... see you in the morning~" Amy exited in a similar fashion to the way she entered. She swung open the door, and kicked it close behind her. Lass pretended he didn't see this, and glanced at the clock.
"Arme, it's late. You should sleep. You had dinner before I came yes?"
"Yeah." Said Arme remembering that big meal she had eaten.
"Cool," said Lass, and a grin spread across his face.
"What?"
"Nothing. Just sleep 'kay?"
Arme eyed the distance between where she is now and her bed. Her face grimaced as she imagined the pain it'd cause for her to move that much. Lass noticed her look, and guessing her problem, told her that she could sleep on his bed if she didn't want to move. Arme gratefully agreed.
...
"Arme. Get up... Oi you! It's time to get up!" Lass poked Arme's arm. "Get up sleepy head."
"Ugh...huh...oh. Hi there...sweet dreams..." Arme went back to sleep.
Sighing, Lass knelt down beside Arme's sleeping form. Taking a deep breath, he blew as hard as he could into her ear. Arme sat up with a yelp.
"What? What was that? Oh my... it's morning..." she trailed off as she saw an amused Lass beside her.
"You finally woke up. I was considering leaving you to sleep if you didn't respond... but you can cook right? Come on. The others are waiting below for breakfast.
"Huh? You mean I'll be cooking for everyone?"
"Yeah. The others can cook, but they aren't very good...and I assume you are a good cook?"
"How do you know I can cook?" Arme countered.
"Well, you ate dinner yesterday yes? That means you can cook, unless you ordered something, which is very unlikely for your personality."
Arme remembered his grin when she told him she had ate dinner last night. So that's what that was about.
"Oh. Ok then, you win. I'll cook. I like cooking anyways so yeah." Her wound had almost healed thanks to the potion and a good night's rest.
"We'll be waiting..." With that, Lass left the room.
Arme quickly changed, and rushed down to the kitchen. What she saw though, will give her nightmares for the rest of her life. The 'kitchen' was a mess, and when she opened its cupboards, all the food was overdue.
"This is hell..." thought Arme to herself. She turned around to the waiting group.
"How do you live like this? I'm going to clean this mess and buy some fresh food."
The rest stared at her. Apparently, they all thought that Arme was nuts to bothered to clean the kitchen. The kitchen wasn't that bad in their eyes.
"What?" Arme stared confusedly at them. They stared back, until Elesis complained.
"Geez. Do whatever you want, but I expect you to quickly put food on the table. I am STARVING." Ronan nudged her. She glared at him.
"Ok then~ I shall accompany you to the shops... you don't know your way around here do you?" Amy stood up and led Arme to the door.
"W-wait! I need to clean the place first!"
"You can always do that after you serve breakfast~" Amy dragged Arme out. The truth was, everyone was starving, and she wanted to get this over with quickly.
"Amy... I was wondering... what weapon do you use in battle? I know Lass uses daggers and kunai, and I saw Lire's bow hung up in the corridors on my way down this morning..."
"Ah. Hehehe... I'm Bermesiah's dancer~"
"What? You dance? Aww, I wish I could dance... but I suck."
"I'll teach you sometime then~!
Yay! First chapter is done! Hope you liked it. =P The next chapter is going to be better than this one xD
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