Part One Chapter 1
"Come on, Aygul!" A small female Asura struggled against the much bigger one. "Please! She won't hurt you" said the bigger one as she pushed the small one near the marsh drake hatchling. Before Aygul could even get within touching range, she ducked and went up a tree. The other female Asura landed face first into the mud then with an irritated grunt she got off the ground and got at least some of the mud off. "Calm down, Rajja. She doesn't want to be ranger. Calm down" she repeated the mantra in her head as she gained her composure.
Rajja was turning circles till she spotted a pair of milky white eyes staring down at her. She smiled up as she took in the appearance of her little friend. Black skin with white stripes that came down her forehead. White short hair and small floppy ears. Rajja was still amazed that her friend is the smallest of the Asura race also the quickest because of her small stature. It is funny how she can fit in the smallest of places. While she on the other hand is average height of female Asura, albino skin with grey freckles peppering her nose and cheeks. Red eyes and hair up in two little buns, slightly long floppy ears.
She sighed then placed her hands on her hips then pointed at the ground to indicate to get down. Aygul sat on the thickest part of the branch, crossed her arms and legs and gave her the why-don't-you-make-me look. This, of course, was a bad idea as Rajja was preparing a fireball to throw at the branch just to scare her into getting down. Aygul was not and will not go near that overgrown lizard.
"One more chance, Aygul Sahar" she warned but before she could aim, she came into contact with the ground once again. Her tiny friend had her pinned to the ground, the fireball put out and arms behind her back. "Alright! Mercy, mercy!" Aygul got off and stepped back, watching her friend get up and dust herself off.
"Alright, you don't want to be ranger" she said then began to ponder the next class. Her ears perked, "how about warrior?"
Aygul came out of the dressing area, grimacing with every step as each part of the armor kept pinching at her skin. She stood before her elemental friend as Rajja circled her, inspecting her. "Hmm…." She lifted Aygul's arm then stopped as soon as she heard her whimper a little. "Okay, you don't like it" she followed her to the dressing room to help her out of the armor.
Trying for Guardian was not easy either as Rajja rushed over, "Aygul!" She reached her friend and tried to get the heavy shield off of her but to no avail. Sora, a guardian in training, was nearby and rushed over to help the distressed friends. He lifted the shield off with ease to reveal Aygul, poor girl looked out of breath.
"Are you alright, Aygul?" he asked softly as he helped her to her feet.
She stood on her own after she gained her balance and nodded her head slightly as she rubbed the drake egg sized lump on her cranium. "She's okay, just not Guardian material apparently" commented Rajja. Aygul gave a slight growl then plopped onto the dirt; legs and arms crossed, pouting. Rajja sighed then looked over to Sora "thanks for the help." He nodded then turned to leave but stopped instead.
"Hey, Aygul?" The pouting bunny looked up at the Guardian curious to the tone in his voice.
"I was wondering if you would like to umm…" he rubbed the back of his neck as a slight blush peppered his cheeks and nose. Sora cleared his throat then looked into that pearly gaze which nearly tipped him off but he mentally slapped himself. "I was wondering if you would like to accompany me to the Winter Ball within next month."
Rajja's jaw slackened while Aygul only stood there stunned. Sora began to shift from side to side, "please say something" he pleaded. "I'm starting to feel like an imbecile." Aygul shook herself out of her stupor as she jumped at him, nodding her head quickly to his response. Sora chuckled as he gently placed her down on her feet so he could look at a smiling face.
"Alright, I'll see you soon Aygul." He leaned in and gave her a sweet kiss on her forehead. She blushed though no one could tell due to her dark skin.
Soon, both were in the Mesmer area. "Take up a staff and give it a go," Rajja encouraged. Aygul nodded and took up a staff. As she casts a spell, the staff bonked her on the head making her look a little cute with a weird look. Then that weird look turned into one of fright. It was a simple cloning spell that decided to backfire. Her own clones confused her as the enemy and chased after her. Before a single ball of magic could hit her, she was already up a tree and clinging to it for dear life. When the clones couldn't find her, they shattered into butterflies.
Rajja sighed as she looked up at the tree she was sitting under to see her tiny friend looking down at her with big frightened eyes. "How do you do that?" No response. She sighed, "forget mesmer. Let's try" a ball of fire appeared in her hand as she smiled, "elementalist." Now that got a whimper out of her.
Aygul dug her fingers slightly into the ground as they were in an Elemental area. "Keep your hands like that and focus on creating a slight tremble of the Earth," she instructed.
She took a deep breath as she focused carefully. Soon some of the Earth trembled and in an instant a large crevice opened under the unfortunate Aygul and she nearly fell in. If it wasn't for her quick reflexes, back flipping, she would have fallen in.
Rajja looked back to see her in a crouching position. "Okay, so Earth is not your calling." She ended up with a no-duh look as a response.
"Close your eyes and focus on the whispers that speak to you on the wind," she said. Rajja stood back and watched her friend.
Aygul closed her eyes and focused on the wind. Soon she felt herself lift off the ground then tilt in an odd direction. She opened her eyes to find herself looking at the world at an odd angle. Soon she felt the blood rush to her head and she panicked. Arms and legs flailing to get down while Rajja didn't even have air as her prime element. She couldn't get her little friend down.
An albino instructor, with abysmal eyes, saw the commotion and waved her hand to cut the wind causing the little Savant to land on her head with an audible thud.
The poor girl sat up as best she could and held her head. Rajja knelt down, concerned as she watched her friend gain her bearings before moving on to the next element. Aygul looked up at her with a look that said 'no more please.' Rajja sighed, "I'm sorry but you know you need to obtain a class before the end of today. Let's go and try water."
"Feel the water's energy that goes with its flow."
Aygul took a deep breath and focused on what she had in mind. Soon the small lake came to life as a slight strip of water flowing in midair then slashed back into the lake. Soon as she tried again, it turned into a whirlpool with ice imps coming right out of it and began to attack the caster.
"MEEP!" Was all that was heard as Aygul took off the opposite direction.
Rajja sighed as she turned and blasted lava balls at the flying icicles with wings and smiled as she heard them scream and die. She looked around to only find her tiny friend a nook of a tree. "Aygul, honey, come out, they're gone."
Slowly moving her ears, she cautiously crawled out while assessing her surroundings for the slightest bit of danger. Finally, she came out and sat on the ground with her arms crossed over her chest.
Rajja shook her head, "we are not even going to try fire" she muttered.
