Ok the reason I'm rewriting this story is because even though I was proud of some factorsof the first version there were many flaws in it that were in all honesty kind of eating away at me. Overall the first god's wings was decent but I want to try and write this story to the best of my abilities and have appeal to a higher number of readers.
I don't own ZNT
"talk"
'Thought'
At the magical academy of Tristain children from wealthy families studied to become Mages.
The largest portion of the said students were local to the the small kingdom but the academy also housed a good number of foreigners studying abroad.
At the root of it all each student was striving for the same goal of mastering their magic potential.
Amongst the students was a peculiar one that went by the name Aileen Angelo.
She was rather unique in terms of appearance. She had pale skin, blood red eyes, and long white hair that had the lower half tied into a braided ponytail.
She simply focused on the lessen which was focused around the element of wind. The reason being was that air was the element she was most sufficient in.
She had some skill with the other elements but only enough to perform basic tasks many of which could be considered to be mundane.
At the current moment she was indifferent about the lesson. The reason being major event for all the second year students was coming up.
Aileen herself didn't show any particular enthusiasm about the said event coming up. Whenever another student asked her about her personal anticipation of the event she simply told them she'd be sure to summon something that would satisfy the curiosity that others may or may not have been having right then.
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Walking through the streets of Tokyo a teen boy wearing a blue sweeter was headed to a convenience store with money he had from a part time job which he had just recently got off of.
He had acquired the position around four months ago. Since the initial start he had been saving money with the intent of obtaining his own personal apartment in the future.
For the last eleven years of his life he lived in a foster home due to certain circumstances surrounding his early childhood.
The reason for wanting an apartment wasn't anything major it was simply because he wanted desired it for the sake of having it.
He hadn't held any grudge against the place he lived now But also possessed to no or at least limited compassion for it, on simple terms he was rather close to being apathetic.
The boy soon found himself pulled out whatever thoughts may have been going through his head at that time when the voice of another teen spoke.
"Saito how's it going."
"Hey Hayate, I'm doing alright, I've almost saved up enough money to get my own place."
Hayate had almost moppy blond hair. He wore baggy tan pants along with a long sleeved buttoned up white shirt that was almost too big for him.
"Good to know. So where you headed now?"
"Just to the convenience store to buy myself a couple of snacks."
"You know ms Akiko might just blow a blood vessel if she found out you were sneaking snacks into your room."
Saito simply scratched the back of his head at the implication. "I wouldn't worry to much about, and besides you're kind of exaggerating things."
"Yeah you're probably right but ms Akiko can be scary when she wants to be."
"Yeah I still remember the last time one of the others set her off." Saito said before changing the subject.
"Hey Hayate I've been kind of curious about Something
"And that would be?"
"What are you going to do after our entrance exams are finished?"
"Well like you probably get my own place and after that find myself a girlfriend."
"Sheesh do you have any goal that aren't overly practical?" Saito said holding back laughter.
"Hey cut me some slack I'm still working on it."
"I wonder about that."
"Hey I'm not the only who's procrastinating when it comes to planning for the future."
"Touche."
"Ya got that right but anyway let's hurry up and grab ourselves a few extra bites."
"What happened to if ms Akiko found out she'd go ballistic?"
"First I said she'd blow a blood vessel and second that's only of she were to find out we brought food back to the foster home."
"So you pretty went from lacking in confidence to being complacent, you sure know how to do a one eighty."
"Shut up."
Saito found himself laughing as he and Hayate continued to their Destination.
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Classes were finished for the day and Aileen was now headed to her room.
Along the way she eventually was founded by another female student.
She had light blue hair which was almost a teal tied into a short thick ponytail that came to the bottom of her neck, she eyes were a dark orange color and she bore the same uniform Aileen did with the sole difference being that her mantle was purple instead of black.
"Aileen are you properly prepared for tomorrow's summoning ritual?"
"Yes Catherine, I have the talisman you gave me, so there isn't any way anyone will find out about my real element."
"Good just make certain you pour the correct amount of magic into it before activating it. If you do that you'll summon a familiar representing your lesser element of air."
"I know I can't afford to fail at this. It would be to disastrous if others discovered my real power."
"Indeed. After the ceremony come and see me so we can discuss the civil war in Albion."
"Right."
After that reply Aileen and Catherine walked on in silence.
It may not have appeared that they were on good terms with one another but in reality they've known each other since before either one of them enrolled at the academy.
Catherine had enrolled two years back and had started her third year, since that time she had became an extremely accomplished fire mage who had reached square class rather quickly.
Aileen had enrolled a year after Catherine and since then had perfected her wind magic to the level of a triangle class mage.
Both girls had their reasons for attending the academy which were considerably different from the others there.
A good amount of their personal circumstances were the same while others were different. Regardless both girls were had been good friends for many years. To be more precise they only really trusted each other with personal secrets such as the one they were speaking of now.
"Aileen even if something goes wrong know that I'll be at your side no matter what may come."
"I appreciate your concern but for the moment it isn't needed."
"Very well I'll take your word for it." With that Catherine went off leaving Aileen alone to ponder her thoughts.
Regardless of how much she had been trying to assure Catherine everything would be fine, Aileen herself wasn't all that certain, in all honesty during the talk with her long time friend she had also secretly trying to assure herself that everything would be alright, so much to the point that she didn't bother registering everything Catherine had told her moments ago. Still she attempt to shove any unneeded emotions of worry out of her mind.
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"OK Saito so now that you got the day off from your job what to you plan to do?" Hayate asked Saito who he shard a room with at the foster home they currently lived at.
The two teens had been roommates ever since Saito came to live there at the age of six. Hayate had been residing at the foster home for more or less all of his life.
"I don't have anything planned today so after I get my laptop fixed." Saito said answering Hayate's previous question.
"Really now than how about we visit the arcade after you get your pc fixed?"
"Sounds good to me let's go." Saito said dashing out of the entrance of his shared bedroom with Hayate following close behind.
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The night had come and gone and it was now time for the annual familiar summoning of various familiars.
So far a good portion of students had already called forth their summoned servants many of which Aileen knew or at least heard about.
First there was Guiche, a lowly whelp who did nothing but try to win over the affections of female students at the academy. He and Aileen were definitely by no means friends, in fact Aileen really didn't like him at all, the only reason she knew him was because he attempted to flirt with her at one time during the previous year which ended with Catherine using a levitation spell to slam Guiche into a wall until he backed off.
Another person was Montmorency who was Guiche's lover, however the Guiche being the skirt chaser he was often cheated on her, remarkably no matter how many time Guiche repeated his actions Montmorency his stayed with him. Aileen only spoke with the girl a few times, certainly not enough that the two could be considered friends.
Two more people Aileen had briefly met were Tabitha and Kirche. The former was quiet and reserved While the latter spent so much time seducing males that Aileen didn't personally find her to be the most morale person around.
There were a few other students Aileen had met but all of them could only be considered moderate acquaintances at best.
The summoning session lasted for the next thirty to forty minutes until Aileen's turn came around.
The teacher in charge who was a middle aged man who specialized fire magic by the name Colbert spoke.
"Miss Angelo you're already aware of how to perform the summoning correct?"
"Yes mister Colbert."
"Then please proceed."
Without replying Aileen walked into the middle of the crowd of students while blocking out the feeling she was forgetting an important piece of information and briefly reaching into her skirt pocket to activate the talisman Catherine gave her.
The said talisman was put away in her drawer through the previous night and she had brought it with her for the ritual with the intention of using it to tamper with the summoning. During the time she had with through the early morning she had essentially done nothing with the item with the belief in mind she simply had to have it ready for the summoning.
Raising her wand Aileen began the incantation, with the talisman activated she was certain she'd summon a familiar of air and not one that symbolized of her true element of the hidden void.
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After about fifteen or so minutes of walking Saito and Hayate had covered of the way to the arcade after having had Saito's laptop fixed.
"I wonder should I play a racing game or a shooting game first?" Hayate asked enthusiastically.
"Either one of them is fine but..." Saito stopped in mod sentence when he saw an odd white object on the street in front of him.
Hayate looked at Saito briefly and was about to asked why he looked spaced out but stopped himself when he realized his roommate wasn't spaced out but rather focused on something up ahead.
Following Saito's gaze Hayate was baffled by a green oval like object just ahead.
'What I the world is that?' He thought.
Ok I'm really hoping that I at least got off to a good start, im trying to do better than I did the first time around. Beyond that if you read the orginal version of this story than the diffenrces should be obvious.
Also anyone care to take a guess as to the cause of aileen's attempt to not summon a "void familiar" in the reveiws?