Cronus Ampora walks onto the hidden grounds of his new school. His little brother is coming with him, which doesn't really bother Cronus. Both his little brother Eridan and he can be wizards if they go to this school.
"Cro, I'm tired, wwhen wwill wwe be there?" asks Eridan, Cronus's little brother.
"Vwe are almost there, just keep follovw me," says Cronus, walking forward again. The sun is setting to their backs, making it harder for Cronus to see the path in front of him. Murmurs can suddenly be heard from around them, and Cronus can feel Eridan quickly grabbing onto his arm. "You all right, Eri?" asks Cronus, looking to his little brother.
"Can wwe just hurry up?" asks Eridan, not the murmurings bothering him, but the darkness soon to cover them. Ever since the night that Eridan saw their mother die, he has been scared by the dark. Cronus would always be there for him, even if it was every night, every thunderstorm, or even when they lost electricity.
Cronus and Eridan didn't come from the best family. It went pretty well in till their mother died, and that's went their father lost it. He would destroy anything that his wife didn't cherish. One night, when Cronus's father was having one of his usual angry outbursts and destroying things, he accidently broke something of Eridan's. Eridan was very young at the time, and it didn't go over well. Eridan was cry with their father yelling at him, and Cronus couldn't let it continue. He started to comfort Eridan, which angered their father more. Cronus's father took a glass bottle (which were everywhere in the house) and hit Cronus with it. That's how Cronus got the scar on his forehead.
After that incident, Cronus and Eridan had lived with a good friend of their mother's. She treated them as if they were her own children, even though her children were taken from her. She was much lower them then on hemospectrum, but it didn't matter to Cronus. All he wanted was a safe place for Eridan to grow up in. Of course, seeing his mother die scarred Eridan, but he was able to grow up like any kid should.
The sun almost gone, and Eridan clenches onto Cronus's arm more. The murmurs can be heard more and they seem to be coming closer to them. Suddenly, a light is seen to the side of them, and Cronus looks over to it. After his eyes focuses, he sees two girls standing together. One seems to a seadweller like them, and the other is a landweller. Judging by the color that outline their ropes, the seadweller is a fuchsia blood and the landweller is a jade blood.
"You're Going The Wrong Way. That Way Leads To The Training Grounds," says the jade blood, holding a wand that is producing the light.
"I'm sorry, vwe are nevw and its also dark out here," says Cronus, giving a light smile to them. Eridan hides behind Cronus, being his usual shy self.
")(-E)(-E, SILLY. W-e cam-e to g-et you," says the fuchsia blood, giving a really sweet smile.
"Thanks! Vwe can hardly see out here," says Cronus, walking over to them with Eridan clinging onto his arm. The jade blood begins to lead the way, and the fuchsia walks right next to Cronus.
"You two ar-e n-ew, ar-en't you?" asks the fuchsia, really friendly for her blood color.
"Yeah, I'm Cronus, and the little guy clinging on my arm is Eridan," says Cronus, pointing to Eridan when he introduced him. The fuchsia blood looks to Eridan and smiles at him, causing him the hide behind Cronus with a blush.
"I'm F-ef-eri, and it's nic-e to m-e-et bot)( of you," says the fuchsia, looking back to Cronus.
"It's nice to meet you too, Feferi," says Cronus, turning his head from Feferi to the jade blood, "Miss, if you don't mind, could vwe possibly learn your name?"
"I'm Kanaya Mayram, But You Can Just Call Me Kanaya," says the jade blood, still leading them up to the academy.
"Thank you, Kanaya," says Cronus, glancing over to Feferi. She is trying to see Eridan, but he keeps hiding himself from her. "Sorry about him, he's shy vwith nevw people," Cronus apologizes for Eridan.
"Oh, t)(at's fin-e," says Feferi, her smile really big. Cronus was about to say something when Feferi actually cut him off. "LOOK W-ER-E )(-ER-E," is what she said, really giddy about it. Cronus looks to the academy, which looks like a meshed together castle and school.
"So, that's the academy?" asks Cronus, studying it intensely.
"Yes, And It Looks Like Everyone Is Expecting You," says Kanaya, as the doors to inside open up. She stops whatever spell she was doing as light flows out of the building. Feferi runs forward a few yards before stopping to wait for them to catch up. Kanaya begins to walk again, and Cronus follows with Eridan.