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A/N: Hello and welcome to my world! This story is based on the otome ('Girl' game) Wizardess Heart, but it isn't exactly a continuation of the story, but more like my own version of it. Well of course all the credit goes to NTT Solmare Corporation and the 'Shall We Date' series, so really, if you don't like my version of the story feel free to dump it halfway. XD (I'm pretty sure this story isn't everyone's cup of tea anyways…) Well… this is my first time writing a story and I'll be using some characters in the original game, and will be including my own characters – e.g. the MC

Words that are italicized like this are the thoughts of the person. If there is a flashback scene it would be labelled 'Flashback' on top of that paragraph. (It might be alittle confusing at the start with the names but I hope it won't confuse you guys too much!) Alright enough stalling, here goes… Enjoy!

Chapter One: Introduction to Magic

Anneliese's (MC) POV (Point of View)

"Okay, let's try again. First take a deep breath." Arianna said.

I relaxed my tense body, holding my wand straight in my hand, and followed like she said.

"Now, cast the spell and focus. Pour your magic over the area you want it to appear." Arianna said.

My mind was just as tired as my body, already weak from the past 2 hours of training. Arianna was trying to teach me how to summon a fireball without the incantation, and hold it in place for as long as possible.

I steadied my wand and locked my eyes on the area infront of me, trying to direct the magic flow that is in my body towards the direction of the wand in order to cast the spell.

I could feel the thick mana flowing towards the wand. "Globus Ignis!" As if demanding the fireball to appear, a small light finally emitted right where I wanted it to come out, after the endless tries that I attempted.

"Finally! There's light! Did you see that?" I exclaimed excitedly and looked at Arianna.

"Focus! And yes I can see that. Don't burn down the garden." Arianna replied, not lifting her eyes off the small light. "Add more magic into that area, focus your mind and mana flow, don't get distracted. It's still too early to be happy." She reminded me.

I continued to control the flow of my mana towards the wand, trying to be as steady as possible, if not there might be a sudden burst of flame and I might ignite the whole garden. Slowly, I poured more magic into the wand and focused the energy onto the small light.

Almost… Alittle more… I'm almost there… I can't give up now!

I persevered despite the huge fatigue that I was experiencing. I had to achieve this today! I've been practicing for 3 days already! If I can't even do this much, then I'd really be a shame to the Emerson family…

Just as I was about to give up, I saw a faint red colour that was emitted through the dim light. Knowing that was the cue, I took in a deep breath once more, and strained my already sore muscles and poured my energy into my magic.

The small light slowly expanded became a bright red fire ball about the size of my fists, and controlling it was true torture. I could feel the sweat trickling down my face as I struggled to keep myself from falling to the ground, and continuing to hold the fireball in place. However, no matter how I tried, it was wobbling non-stop, and was slowly getting smaller and smaller.

"I-I can't… do t-this a-anymore…!" I struggled to say, and squinted my eyes as the same time. My whole body was shaking from the amount of strength that I had used on just that tiny fireball.

"Okay, you may stop." Arianna said somewhat happily.

"Ugh…" The fireball immediately disappeared and I dropped to the ground.

"That's a great improvement from yesterday, you should keep it up." Arianna encouraged.

Although Arianna can be strict at times, but she is really encouraging and is a really great magic teacher! All my other siblings are also magic geniuses… but they aren't as patient and good as Arianna!

Well… I happen to be the youngest and also the worst at magic… I'm nowhere near the standards of my siblings… and definitely can't think of bringing up the family name as it should be…

Flashback (Age: 5 years old)

"Arianna, we'll leave you in charge of training and grooming your sister. We have other important matters to handle. Please make sure that she does not pull down the family's name and status, and if worst comes to worst, do not let others know of her name." Father said to my 8 year old sister, Arianna.

I was hiding behind the door of their room, eavesdropping on their conversation. I wasn't really hurt by his words, because that was how I was treated with ever since I knew that I wasn't born into the 'talented magician' world.

From what I know, my family is well-known in the magic world, maintaining peace between the Kingdoms and protecting people from the dark side of the world. Being under the Emerson army, one would know you to be one of the best magicians picked out by the King and Queen themselves, and it isn't easy to be picked out like that. Well… to be born into the family, you would be known as a royal magician, where one's magic skills far surpasses a normal magician. Of course, not all of us would be that highly regarded, as there are other highly talented magicians such as the Goldstein, who are known for their crafts of magical tools, and the Seraphinas, who are known for their wonderful healing magic.

"Yes daddy." Arianna said, as she turned around and made her way to the door.

Upon hearing her footsteps, I quickly ran back to my room as quietly as I could, in order not to let them hear me. After I got in my room, I closed the door fast but quietly.

Moments later, Arianna knocked on the door and stepped into my room. "You know, you should try to hide your presence right? If I felt that, surely Father did too." Arianna said calmly.

"Err… sorry, I was just interested in your conversation about me." I replied, not even trying to deny.

"Mmhmm… well at least you're honest. Eavesdropping is bad, please drop that habit, Anneliese. Princess or not, it wouldn't be very nice to be eavesdropping on people's conversation." Arianna lightly chastised.

"Sorry… I won't do that again." I smiled innocently at Arianna. I loved Arianna the most. She tries her best not to make reference to our royalty for everything we do. Her explanation always made sense, and even if they didn't, she would take the time to patiently explain it to me.

"It's okay, just remember not to do it again. Now, let's proceed for our daily magic training…"

Present – Anneliese's POV

"All right, you may proceed back to your room to rest. We have around 10 minutes before dinner, try not to be late okay?" Arianna stated casually, and smiled at me.

"Alright! See you at dinner! Man I'm exhausted! Oh! And thanks for today!" I said as I got up started to head up to my room to clean up and prepare for dinner.

(In the room)

"Man I'm beat! Today's training was really tough! But I'm really glad I pulled through! And finally… I can be with you again, Estelle!" I lay on my huge bed, and started talking to my pet owl, Estelle. Well, technically she can be referred to as a magical pet, or a familiar. Either way… she's my closest friend and has been watching over me ever since I was born.

Estelle had snow white fur that's so soft and fluffy, and anyone could die hugging her. She helps to remind me to do things, and also acts as my alarm clock. She trains with me occasionally, had protected me from harm when I was younger, and done many other great things! Nothing can break the bond with Estelle and I!

"Whoo… whoo…! (Time for dinner!)" Estelle hooted.

"What? Already?" I stole a quick glance at the clock – 6:57pm. "Oh no! I better run!" I jumped out of bed and quickly combed my hair and straightened my dress.

"Let's go, Estelle!" I said happily as Estelle flew onto my shoulder. We happily skipped towards the dining hall.

(In the dining hall)

Arianna's POV

I hope Anneliese isn't late; she might get everyone annoyed again…

I softly sighed to myself. Anneliese was not just the little Princess of this family, but also MY little Princess. Although she is unable to control magic as well as everyone else in the family, she is far more hardworking than our other siblings. Well… does this mean that girls are more hardworking? I mean… Zero and Aiden didn't have to work that hard in order to be the magician that they are now… especially Zero.

Prince Zero was talented from the start, when he was first introduced to this world. When he was delivered, his veins already had a strong, bright light blue mana flowing through them. Well… are first babies always the most talented? It seems that way… But Prince Aiden is also another genius magician, although not as good as Zero, but still better than Anneliese and I.

Since Father and Mother are both busy with all the other political and funny stuff… I don't really know what since I was told to focus on my magic training. Zero and Aiden usually monitor our trainings, and occasionally teach us new magic. The Emerson's magic usually is passed down through the family, and are taught by the members, outside magicians are not able to teach us magic due to the family rules and regulations.

When we were younger, Zero was usually in charge of our training but now, he does not have as much time as he would be the one to inherit all our family's assets and be the next successor of the Kingdom. So now whenever Zero is busy, Aiden would take over the supervision of our training and whenever both of them are busy, I would either train Anneliese, or train together with her.

"Ahh…!" Anneliese's voice suddenly burst out from entrance of the dining hall. Estelle flew towards the other familiars in the room, towards their 'table'.

Sigh… that's the Anneliese I know, but that kind out behavior wouldn't be allow in this castle anyways…

"Anneliese, please mind your manners." Mother reminded, as I expected.

"Sorry Mother" Anneliese said happily and took a quick glance at Father, Zero, Aiden and I, knowing that she was the last one at the table again.

"Alright, just on time for dinner, have a seat." Father said, eyeing on the food infront of him.

Anneliese took her seat, and whispered to me "Hehe… he looks at the food like a little boy!"

"You're like a little girl yourself." I whispered back and smiled.

Without further delay, we started eating our dinner.

(After dinner)

As Anneliese and I got up to go to our rooms, Zero announced casually to us, "I have some spare time after dinner, so let's study magic theory together in the reading room. See y'all there in 15 minutes with your books and stationery."

"Alright, see you girls later. And Anneliese please be on time." Aiden reminded Anneliese, as usual.

"Hehe okay!" Anneliese replied cheerfully.

"Let's go get ready." I told Anneliese. Our rooms were on the same floor, just across the corridor.

Anneliese's POV

Now that Zero has 'spare time', he's really gonna drill us during his lessons… He's also way stricter than Arianna, so I can't afford slacking if not I'd really get it. Everyone respects Zero for his authority and magic skills, and honestly even I look up to him… he's really a genius magician like many have said.

I made my way up to my room together with Arianna and Estelle on my shoulder, having a short break of 15 minutes to prepare for the Zero's lesson.

"Do you wanna come along, Estelle?" I asked as I closed my room door behind me.

"Whoo, whoo? (I guess why not?)" Estelle replied as she tilted her head to the right.

"Hehe, thanks! You're as cute as ever!" I patted Estelle on the head. "Well I better get ready, if not who knows what he'll do to me this time if I'm late…"

Thinking about the consequences of being late for his lessons, I had a short flashback of what happened the last time I was 'slightly late'…

Flashback

"Oh no Estelle we needa run! We're so late!" I exclaimed and quickly gather my things and ran down the hall, towards the reading room.

As soon as I reached, I budged into the room without knocking, and was already trying to catch my breath.

Zero looked down at his watch, "You're 20 minutes late, Anneliese." He stated unimpressed. "And what's your reason?"

"Erm… I was… err…" I racked my brain for a lie to cover up for my punctuality problem, and unintentionally started darting my eyes all over the room, avoiding eye contact with him.

*Sigh* "I want the truth." He said sternly.

"Erm… I overslept abit…" I said embarrassed, and could feel my cheeks a little hot.

"Abit? Well, to make sure that this won't happen again, Estelle, please wake her up 1 hour earlier every morning until I think she will not oversleep again." Zero informed Estelle and I.

Since Zero was the one who summoned Estelle for me, it would be natural for Estelle to listen to him, thus obeying his orders. Lucky for Estelle, she does not need much sleep as her energy comes from either her master, the person who is bounded by a contract, or taking energy from a willing person. For now, that would be me, thus she wouldn't need that much sleep – Maybe just an hour or two? It really depends on her…

"What? Why? But won't that mean that I'll be more tired during the day?" I was quite upset, although I do understand that it was my fault for not being punctual…

"Well, you did not show the capability of managing your sleep, so now to prevent you from being late again, you will have to get up earlier to prepare yourself. Your normal routine will resume after you show me that you are able to be punctual for your schedule timings. Now, take a seat and we'll start our lesson." Zero reasoned.

Present – Anneliese's POV

*Sigh* My beauty sleep…

Estelle and I started heading out towards the reading room after grabbing my necessary study materials. Zero was a great teacher as he is really knowledgeable about all the magic topics, and would also find ways for us to understand whatever we do not get. I think both Arianna and Aiden look up to him for being such a great brother and magician. If only I could be that good…

(In the reading room)

I came in alittle early as no one was here yet, so I took out my grimoire and sat at the table to study abit of magic spells without incantations. With incantations, Zero had groomed me at a really young age to call out the spells and summon whatever magic I had in mind. Such spells include 'Turbo Ventos', 'Sanatio Aqua', and the more destructive spells like 'Globus Flau' and 'Globus Ignis'. Although occasionally I still need the incantations…

For magicians to be able to cast spells without incantations, they would be considered one of the very good and skillful magicians. However, those that are under well known family names such as the Emerson, we are expected to be able to do so already. This wouldn't be such a big deal, but people would still look up to you. However, if one from a prestigious family background is unable to cast the spell without the incantation, it would be quite and disappointment and disgrace to the family's name.

Well… that's just what I'm struggling to go through now… *Sigh*

"Focus! There must be a reason for opening me right?" The grimoire in my hands said.

"I agree, why are you sighing at the grimoire?" Zero's voice came from the door behind me.

"Zero!" I exclaimed in slight shock as he suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

"Alittle early today huh?" He commented. "Well then let's start first while we wait for the others to come down."

"Alright." I placed the grimoire infront of me and took out my notebook and stationeries.

"Alright, for magic circles, … " Zero took a seat and continued the lesson while Arianna and Aiden came in, and soon, all of us we studying together like our usual routine.

After 2 hours of Zero's lesson…

"Alright, that's all for today's lesson. I hope it was fruitful and you guys gained something. So now, a little quiz – Anneliese, name 2 unique purposes of summoning a magic circle." Zero questioned me first.

"To calm the person's mind and to collect and restore mana, and the other purpose would be to strengthen an equipment such as a magical tool or a wand or staff." I dug up my fried brain and stated what I had remembered from his lessons.

"Very good, you may return to your room." Zero complimented and moved on to give a short quiz to the other two siblings.

"Come on, Estelle! Let's go back to our room!" I called out to Estelle who had nearly started spacing away in the corner.

(Back in the room)

"Ugh I'm so tired!" I said as I lay down on my bed. It was nearly 11 o'clock and I had just gone through 2 hours of boring magic theory lesson… Well… magic theory was never interesting to me to begin with…

As I washed up and prepared for bed, I heard a faint knocking sound.

"Come in." I replied. But no one came in, except for more knocking sounds, this time a little harder.

"Err come in?" I went to open the front door, with Estelle standing at the side and tilting her head.

When I opened the door, there wasn't anyone or anything.

"Huh? Estelle you heard the knocking right?" I asked Estelle in confusion.

"Hoot hoot! (Yup! Totally did!)" Estelle hooted.

"Ai em de win gow! (Open the window!) Gee! (Geez!) Do he hel eben aive com on sen? (Do people even have common sense?)" Suddenly, a voice broke out near a window.

"Ahh! What's that?" I asked in surprise and I went towards the window and pull the curtains to the side.

What I saw was a scroll floating outside my window. I quickly open the window ledge and let the scroll in. Well, I actually tried to grab it but it came in itself…

"Err sorry you we're saying just now…?" I asked the scroll, remembering the funny language that it tried to say just now.

"I said, do people even have common sense? You don't even know how to open the window for a guest!" The scroll said grumpily.

"Oh sorry, but, who comes in through the window?" I asked, trying not to laugh. "And who are you? Why are you talking? Estelle is he talking for real?" I directed the questions to Estelle.

"Whoo… (I think so…) " She replied and tilted her head to the other side.

"How rude! I came all the way here to deliver a message and this is what I get? How ungrateful!" The scroll exclaimed in frustration.

"Oh I have a letter? Thank you for delivering it to me! May I take a look?" I asked curiously.

"I'm an acceptance letter, for goodness sake!" The scroll sighed and unrolled itself.

It read:

"Dear Anneliese Christine Emerson,

You have been invited to join us for a 13-day trial at Gedonelune Royal Magic Academy. You will be a provisional student until you are accepted as an official student, which will be decided by the scale of judgement on your 13th day. A prefect will be fetching you from the station at 4pm sharp tomorrow, and he will be there to guide you during your 13-days of trial in this academy.

See you soon,

Gedonelune Royal Magic Academy"

I read it out loud, so that Estelle can decipher the message without looking at what seems like symbols to her.

"Wait a minute… Gedonelune Royal Magic Academy?! W-w-what? H-how did I e-even?" I stuttered in utter shock. "Estelle isn't that the very prestigious magic school? That Zero, Aiden and Arianna had graduated from?" I asked, still in shock.

All my siblings had already graduated with a degree from that school, and I was told that only those that are truly talented could have the opportunity to study in there.

"This doesn't make sense… I'm invited? Mr. Acceptance Letter I think you've delivered it to the wrong person…" I couldn't believe this news. I'm such a novice at magic, how can I possibly be invited?

"Excuse me Miss, accusing me of my lack of skills in delivering a message is bad enough. And now, you yourself can't even read who the hell this letter is addressed to." The acceptance letter remarked snobbishly.

I read the name again, "Dear Anneliese Christine Emerson, umm… that's me right? Estelle…?" I asked, still confused.

"Hoot! Hoot! (Yes! And congratulations!)" Estelle hooted happily and flapped its wings gracefully.

"*Sigh* Don't forget, you're a provisional student not an official student. Emerson huh… How did you even get invited as a provisional student? If someone like you from this family can't even get official accepted by invitations, doesn't that mean that you're not a very good magician? What a disgrace to your family! You're not even living up to its name!" The acceptance letter mocked arrogantly in a condescending tone, and rolled itself up.

I kept silent. This always happens, never will I be able to escape the constant mocking of my inability to live up to my family name.

"I hit the nail, didn't I?" The letter continued to push on further.

"Hoot! Hoot! (Tell him to mind his own business before I rip him into shreds!)" Estelle got ready to charge at the letter.

"It's fine Estelle, he's right… I was never born with talent anyways. However, I may not be as good as the other magicians in my family, but that doesn't mean that I will give up before I even try!" I admitted. I already swore to the gods that one day, I will emerge as a skillful and powerful magician, and nobody would make fun of me anymore. I will also protect and encourage those that have gone through the same situation as I had.

"Hmph! We'll see if you can even get accepted!" The letter huffed mockingly.

"Yea I will, and I'll prove it to you that I'm an official student!" I challenged the letter.

*Knock Knock* "Err come in." My confidence and arrogance suddenly died down.

The door opened and Arianna's head pop out at the side.

"Who are you talking to… is that an invitation for Gedonelune?" Arianna asked and smiled brightly.

"So she knows that I'm not some random floating scroll." The letter said, mocking me for the umpteenth time.

"I had one of those before, and I'm a graduate by the way." Arianna said to the letter. "Will you be sharing this news with the family tomorrow morning during breakfast?" She asked me now.

"Yea I guess so, but I will also be leaving tomorrow. So I'll do some packing tonight and inform them tomorrow, and then I'll leave for the academy." I replied. "Oh I think Estelle will be coming with me right?" I turned towards Estelle and asked her.

"Hoot hoot! (Of course!)" She hooted back in reply.

"Alright then, you should get some rest soon, it's getting late now." Arianna said as she made her way to the door. "Nights"

"Alright goodnight! Erm and where will you be…?" I asked the letter.

"Well I'll be exploring your home and probably find some place to rest too. It's better than staying in this room and being accused for spying on you when you sleep." The letter said as he floated out of the window.

"Whoo…! (That's better!)" Estelle said.

"Alright Estelle let's get some rest! I think we'll start packing tomorrow instead, and it'll be a long and fun day! Nights!" I said as I turned off the lights and got climbed onto my bed.

Thank you for reading! I hope you liked this chapter! Please review! I would like to know how you feel about it and how it can be improved. Thank you again! ^_^