Chapter 1
Amitie could scarcely believe that this day had finally arrived, the day that she had been dreaming about since... as long as she could remember, actually. Her birthday, May 5th, was yesterday, and she had wasted absolutely no time getting prepared for her future as a 13 year old. She was getting ready for school!
Yay! She could almost imagine how excited the students get!
The Primp Town Magic School, where she could fulfill her dream- of becoming the most wonderful magician in the whole wide world. The best, top of the class. Amitie had never gone to school before now, as all of her basic know-how was taught by her mother. She'd only heard of school through her childhood friends back where she used to live, on the other side of the continent. She and her mother had moved to Primp Town in order to find a livelier neighborhood and a better job. As Amitie gazed outside her window at the blue skies and the cute cottages dotting the green countryside, she couldn't imagine being anywhere more perfect.
Donning her oldest and most comfortable item, her Red Puyo Hat, she stepped out into a world of new beginnings.
LATER
"Let's see... Magic School... Magic School.." Amitie hiked up the path to town. "M-A-G-I-C... School?" she scurries over to a large gated property, with large buildings and puyo statues everywhere. "This must be it!"
After pushing the gate open, Amitie stepped inside the school grounds. In the courtyard, students of the school were chatting, laughing, and puyo battling, just as Amitie imagined it. She could feel her excitement bubbling up inside her.
"Oh my gosh, this is so amazing! I can't wait to see the inside!" She hummed as she swung her arms happily. At the doors, two students were hard at work on some math. Amitie considered introducing herself. The more people she became friends with, the better, right?
"Hi there!" Amitie waved cheerfully at the students. One looked up, glanced at his homework with a wince, and then tentively waved back. Amitie skipped up to them. "Whatcha got there? Math? Wowee, those look tough. I don't think I could do that."
The boy muttered to himself. Amitie leaned down. "Sorry, what'd you say?"
"I'm sure you wouldn't." He said carefully through clenched teeth, declining to a visibly annoyed state that Amitie ignored.
"Oh, hey, pretty sure that's not right. That one. Number 4." Amitie pointed before shrugging. "Aaaaaanyways, my name's Amitie, what's yours?"
The boy and his friend appeared to be so uncomfortable you could cut the tension with a knife. "Uh... look, lady, I need to study...? We have this huge math test tomorrow."
"Yeah, sorry, I do too." his friend added quickly.
"Oh... Oh! I'm so sorry!" Amitie jumped back with embarrasement. "Er, I'll just be, uh, finding my class... I'm new and all, don't wanna be late and... stuff..."
As she left, she mentally punched herself. She must've sounded like such a nuisance to those students. She really should work on her timing next time so she didn't make such of a fool of herself...
Shaking the encounter off, she pushed open the Primp Town Magic School doors and walked inside. Her boots clip-clopped on the newly polished floor and fresh morning light shone in through the windows. As she walked down the main hall, eyes sparkling with wonder, a black splotch flew into her face. She halted and shivered, and for a half a second, it registered to her that the splotch was not just a splotch, it was indeed...
A bug. A big, black, scary, gross beetle. And it was on her face.
The squeal that rang out could have been heard on the other side of the school. Amitie spun around and collided into another figure, who squeaked and Amitie heard the sound of glass breaking. The beetle, in a panic, flew off her nose and down a hallway. Amitie rubbed her face with her sleeve, trying to get rid of the chills that infested her body and the queasiness of being THAT CLOSE to the biggest bug she'd ever seen.
"AUGHHHH!" A disgusted groan of disbelief broke Amitie from the spell.
In her charade, Amitie didn't look up to see who she ran into. But whoever it was was shaking and wasn't happy. A girl, definitely taller than her, with flowing pink hair and warm orange clothes, gave off a radiance of importance.
And a radiance of disgust, too. "Look what you DID to my BRAND NEW uniform!" the girl shouted. She was holding her shirt out and examining it. Amitie backed away and saw that the shirt was soaked through with a purple liquid. "I just had this cleaned! Do you know how long it takes those stupid cleaners to wash something? I'm going to be uniformless for weeks!"
"I-I'm sorry!" Amitie panicked. "What can I do? How do I fix this?"
The girl growled. "Nothing! You've done enough, you clumsy... Who are you, anyway?!"
"A-A-A-Amitie!" Something about the girl was genuinely scaring Amitie, like she knew she crossed a line she shouldn't have crossed.
"Amitie, is it? Well, guess what. You just spilled the potion I was delivering to Ms. Accord all over my, the lovely Raffine's, uniform. I can't be seen like this!" the girl, Raffine wailed.
"I-I- Well, uh- I mean-"
"Nevermind!" Raffine glared at Amitie before pushing past her. "I don't have time for meddlesome fools like you! I'm going to be late for class." she said as she walked away. "...Well, Amitie, you better pray you don't cross me again."
After a minute of standing there, staring at the back of the third person Amitie failed to befriend right off the bat, Amitie felt guilty and shameful. She turned and helped clean up the broken glass carefully before trudging down a hallway, not bothering to ask anyone else for directions to her first class with Ms. Accord.
LATER
"How long have I been searching?" Amitie groaned and walked down yet another hallway, exactly the same as the last one. "This school is like one giant maze."
She took a drink at the water fountain nearby and allowed the cold water to clear her thoughts. Sure, so this morning didn't really work out, but maybe once she can get the ball rolling with her classes, there'd be people who would want to be friends with her. As she came up for air, she felt someone tap her shoulder.
"Hi."
Amitie spun around, nearly wacking the person with her hair. Nearly. The person standing there didn't seem to be bothered at all, though, he merely seemed lost in thought.
"Hi?" Amitie prompted, allowing silence to befall the two of them. The boy had distinct cyan-colored hair and a tired face, as if he hadn't slept in a while. Something red by his waist caught her eye, and she gasped as she realized that the red was his left hand- it was a big scarlet claw, hanging limply and asymetrically to his other, normal hand.
"Do you..." the boy spoke again, snapping Amitie out of her thoughts. "...know where the biology room is?"
"The... what?" Amitie gave him an odd look. It should've been pretty obvious that she was the one who was new and was lost. How was she supposed to know where it was?
"Bio..." The boy shook his head and forced himself to stay focused. Amitie blinked. His right eye was blue and his left eye was red. What an odd boy. "The bio room, I left my bug in there, accidentally... I guess you could call her a ladybug... she's this high." he gave a suprisingly big scale size with his hands. All Amitie could see was his red claw, however.
"Th...The bio room. Yeah, sorry. I'm as lost as you are." Amitie told him with a sheepish grin, still staring at his claw.
The boy's face fell. "Oh, okay, then. Bye."
"O...kay, bye!" Amitie waved as he left, when it hit her. "Uh, wait! Do you know where Ms. Accord's room is?!"
If the strange boy heard, he gave no notice. Amitie sighed with defeat but also curiousity at him. He must be, like, half monster or something. She'd never heard of something like that, and monsters tend to be loud and scary. The boy didn't seem scary at all... more absent. Like a part of him wasn't there.
Hi, Puyo fans! Quick Authors-note here. I'm going to have Amitie interact with Raffine and Sig the most, firstly because they're the Puyo Puyo Fever 2 main characters, secondly because together they make up the ARS trio. None of these interactions are shippy in this one, unless you want to think of them that way, then go ahead.
