Disclaimer: I do not own anything Magical Starsign.
AN: This story takes place a few years in the future of Magical Starsign. Because of this, we will see some OCs, but characters from the game will show up as well. As the story goes, there will be spoilers to Magical Starsign.
Credit goes to Awesome Rapidash for suggesting a name for a village.
Ten years seemed like so long ago to her. She could easily remember the more simple times of going to class at the Will-o-Wisp Academy. Wondering if her teacher would be on time for once, or be late as always, spending time with her friends, and learning different magical spells.
But all of that changed when Miss Madeleine was sent to the wind planet, Puffoon. When she didn't return in three months time, her students decided to go and help her. Though they were separated, they eventually got back together. Their adventure turned from saving their teacher to saving the entire Baklava solar system.
Time had passed after that day, and all of the students, minus one, had graduated from the Academy with each one taking their own path on the different planets. And for a certain light wizard, that was no different.
However, looking back on it now, maybe there were a couple of things she could have done differently. Even on that day on the planet Razen… maybe she wouldn't have been so quick to leave to a place unknown.
A new path had opened up. And to be honest it wasn't one she would have preferred. But not everyone has a choice in what happens in his or her life.
The brunette tossed in her sleep, pulling the blankets over her head. At the moment, she was in no mood to get up. It's not like she hated school or her classes. She loved hanging out with her friends, learning a new spell, and maybe even eating some gummy frogs and gummy worms with the rest of them. But on some days, she just wasn't in a good mood to get out of bed.
A knocking on the door caught her attention, and she peeked a little from under the blanket. "Christy!" called a girl's voice cheerfully. "Come on, we got to get ready to go to class!"
Wishing she didn't just hear that, Christy placed the covers back over her head, and did not respond to the voice. A couple of seconds later there was another knock on the door. When she didn't respond again, the door was opened and three figures walked inside, a cat like felin, an otter, and a rabbit.
The felin girl smiled and walked over to the lump under the covers and started to shake her. "Come on! Wakey, wakey!"
"I doubt you'd want to miss today's class," the otter piped up. "I hear today we are all going to learn our very first offensive spell. After all, you never know when we need to defend ourselves!"
When the girl under the covers didn't say a word, a look of concern spread across the rabbit's face. On a hunch, he said, "You don't want to get up because you don't want to bump into any of them, right?"
As if saying that was a cue of some sort, Christy finally removed the covers from her head and sat up. She looked to the bunny and nodded her head. "That's right, Kyle. They've been bugging me a lot more lately."
At the girl's answer, Kyle rolled his red eyes. "Why do you even bother listening to them? You know that it isn't true. And only a few idiots actually believe that stuff."
"Kyle is right!" the cat girl agreed, nodding her head rapidly. "Besides, what do they know about you?"
"Elise… it's just…"
The otter put on his best reassuring smile. "Christy, just let me know if they ever bother you again. I'd be willing to take care of it!"
Though this caused a smile to appear on the girl's face, the rabbit shook his head. "Alex, you know they don't mean what they say. And the next time you get in trouble…"
"They may not mean it, but no one hurts my friends and get away with it!" Alex interrupted, curling one hand into a fist and hitting the palm of his other hand.
Despite the way the otter said it, the human girl couldn't help a slight chuckle. These four had been friends since the day that they met. Elise was the first one she met, not listening to what anyone said. Though usually cheerful, she always had one retort to the teasing the brunette got. This shut them up sometimes. She met both Alex and Kyle at the same time after that, both of them protecting her from a group of bullies when the felin was not around.
She was grateful to all of them, because at least she knew she had people that supported her. It was never this bad back home.
"Anyway," Kyle began taking the brown haired girl out of her thoughts. "Don't worry about them. Who cares what they say anyway? We like you and we're your friends too. So who cares what they say right?"
Elise turned to stare at the rabbit, her blue eyes sparkling happily. "Oh, you just like her, huh? But didn't you tell me…"
Kyle gave the cat girl a look as though to tell her to not say another word. This look made the brunette confused, but it caused the other two friends to laugh a little.
"Don't listen to Elise," Kyle said quickly, waving a paw. "And it looks like you're ready already," he added, pointing the girl's pink wizard robes and the red gem on her chest.
Christy shrugged a little. "Just being lazy, I guess," she murmured as she tugged on her sleeve.
"So, let's go!" Elise exclaimed happily, pulling her friend out of her bed. Seeing that her friends were giving her no choice, Christy gave up and allowed Elise to pull her along.
Outside of the room, other students were leaving their own rooms, heading toward their classes. Alex and Kyle decided to rush off and meet the two girls in class. Meanwhile, Christy looked around as though she was looking for someone, putting her free hand nervously through her short brown hair. She sighed in relief when she didn't see them right away.
"Maybe they'll leave me alone today," she thought to herself.
However, her hopes were dashed when she heard a few voices nearby. "Look, it's that dark wizard!" a human boy said.
"Don't even think of befriending her," a young felin male added. "Everyone knows that all dark wizards eventually turn bad. She'll betray us all!"
Christy attempted to hold back her tears as she remembered what her friends said. She knew that what was being said wasn't true, and she should just ignore it. The only problem was, she was terrible when it came to ignoring things like that.
"I don't even want to be near her," a human girl added, pretending to be afraid.
Elise noticed her friend's hand trembling in her own paw, so she looked to her friend's face. Sure enough, fresh tears could be seen coming from eyes. The white cat turned to the three, her look of cheer looking a lot sourer. She let go of her friend's hand and walked over to them, her light green robes swishing on the ground as she walked.
"You guys think you are so clever," she said to them without even missing a beat. "Well, let me ask you this. You say that all dark wizards are bad? Well, what about light wizards? Are they all good?"
For a moment, this caused the three to stop their insensitive laughter. When Elise was sure she had their attention, she went on. "And what about Miss Madeleine? She was a dark wizard too! I don't see you talking badly about her!"
Christy wiped the tears out of her eyes as her felin friend spoke. This was how it almost always went. Well, unless Kyle or Alex was around. Alex would have probably punched them or something for even saying such words, getting into trouble once again by the school staff. He was lucky he hadn't been expelled yet. As for Kyle, he wouldn't bother with the ones saying things to her, and instead would be more reassuring to her.
When Elise was done with what she was saying, she walked back to her dark wizard friend. "Let's go, Christy. We shouldn't let them hold us up."
"Yeah," the brunette said softly, nodding her head. "Thank you, Elise."
"You're welcome," Elise replied, trying her best to look more cheerful despite her situation. She took hold of Christy's hand again and walked over to where their class was, playing with her blonde hair as they walked on the blue floor of the school.
Finally, without any more interruptions, they two girls finally made it to their classroom. The teacher wasn't at his desk yet, but there was still a few more minutes before class began. So, some of the other students were busying themselves by talking with their friends instead of looking through their spell books.
Like all classrooms, there was a chalkboard behind the teacher's desk, and there were many desks and chairs facing the front of the room. The floor was blue like the rest of the academy, and the walls were a yellow color. Standing on the far side of the room was Alex and Kyle. The red haired bunny's robe was a dark blue color, however, their otter friend was wearing a striped shirt and shorts. It was like he felt he didn't need to wear a wizard's robe.
Kyle turned, noticing the girls walking up to them. Noticing the look in the brunette's eyes he asked, "The usual?" When they nodded, the rabbit sighed. "Those stupid idiots…"
"I swear, I'll pound them into next week if I find out who did it this time," Alex murmured under his breath.
"And then, you'll get expelled," Elise told the light brown otter.
Before Christy could say anything, the school bell ring, and all of the students made a break for their seats before their teacher arrived.
Christy sighed slightly, back in her dorm room. At least the day was over now, and she didn't have to worry about the teasing tomorrow. She already made plans with her friends, since tomorrow was the first day of that weekend. She was going to go to the village of Cheeseburger with her friends, and just hang out.
She was once told that the whole name of the village was Cheeseburger with Extra Cheese and Bacon on a Sesame Seed Bun with Chili Cheese Fries and Ranch Dressing on the Side. When her friends commented that it was a long name, it was explained that the one who was chosen to name the village was really hungry, and ended up saying what he wanted to eat instead of a village name. Everyone liked it and it stuck, though most people just called it Cheeseburger for short.
Christy looked around the room with her brown eyes, but nothing had changed about it. It had the same blue floor, yellow walls, and the bed in the wall just like every other dorm room in Will-o-Wisp Academy. However, how you could tell it was her room was the stuff that was in it. On a nearby table, she saw a picture of her parents. She liked that picture, even though only her mother was alive today. Also, there was a pad of paper as she liked to write in her spare time, but it was more of a hobby.
She brought along many books from home, since she did tend to stay home most of the time and just read. All of them were piled on the floor near a wall, but were always moved to the table when they came to inspect the rooms.
Walking over to the side of the room where the closet was, Christy found a red shirt and pajama bottoms. After slipping them on in place of her wizard robe, she moved over to where the books were and read the titles to herself, trying to find a good story to read before she tucked herself in for the night.
After selecting a book, she walked over to her bed and climbed on top of it. After finding a comfortable position, she laid herself down and opened her book to read. However, she was also very sleepy. She yawned and tried to read her book, but the words became fuzzy, and soon her brown eyes closed.
A confused look filled Christy's face as she looked around. "Where… where am I?" She scanned the area again, but all she could see was blackness all around her. "Am I… dreaming? I must have fallen asleep while reading my book."
"Christy," an unfamiliar voice called behind the brunette startling her. When she turned to face the one who spoke, all she saw was a figure draped in a purple robe, her hood covering her face.