This is chapter 2. Or 3.

Or something.

Enjoy it!

After class, the group headed up to the boy's dorm for lunch.

"Hey, is Hex back yet?" Arsenic asked as they climbed the stairs.

Hex was a 10 year old who had been discovered a little over one month ago. The little cat was completely silver; silver cloak, jeans, shirt, eyes, and fur, except for the mysterious black hieroglyphs that covered his chest, arms and forehead. He had absolutely no memory, except for his name, Hex, and another name, Nexus.

"No, he's still with the Principle," Hyde replied. Biscotti was exposing Hex to different types of magic in the attempt to uncover his memories. So far, nothing had worked.

They arrived outside of the dorm, and Peppa pushed heavy oak door open and entered the surprisingly tidy dorm. It belonged to Hyde, Gelato, Flax, and Maize, with the new addition of little Hex.

"Not bad," Liquorish noted, casting her eyes around the room. It was true. One could actually see the thin blue carpet.

"We decided to clean so you wouldn't have a girly panic attack," Maize said cheerfully.

"That's very thoughtful of you guys," Arsenic replied.

"Will Tech and Macchiato be joining us?" Peppa asked cautiously, as if worried that the two boys would jump out from nowhere.

"I don't know Peppa, why don't you check?" Flax said, smirking. She began to protest, but everyone began to nod in agreement as if was a grand idea.

"Fine," she said, gritting her teeth.

She turned out the door and walked towards a door. She opened it to reveal a long, steep staircase. She absolutely hated coming down here, and it was just to get Macchaito and Tech.

She could stand Macchiato, a tall, tan boy with a single, black eye. His right one had been replaced by an android eye. The same went for both of his legs, his left arm, and his internal organs. He always wore armor that made him appear like a full android. He never took it off unless he was around people he could trust. Peppa could relate to that.

Tech, however, was another story. His real name was Thomas Edward Collin Hughs. He had shaggy brown hair with an odd touch of grey. He always wore the same thing, a black t-shirt, baggy blue pants, a tool belt, and combat boots. He seemed to love getting under Peppa's skin. Tech was an android like Macchiato, but only his right arm was false. This, along with their similar use of earth magic and tendency to fight more physically than with magic made the two of them close as brothers. Tech, being an engineering genius, kept the two of them running smoothly.

Peppa was jolted out of her thoughts as she hit the bottom step. In front of her was a metal door with rivets on it. It was were Tech and Macchiato lived, or at least slept. She took a deep breath to collect her thoughts and reached towards the handle.

The second her hand touched the doorknob, it flew open, causing her to scream and throw out her fist. She let of a sharp cry of pain as it slammed into something metal.

"What the hell Tech?" she asked in frustration, clutching her arm.

"Hey, you punched me first," he said, holding up his hands. He looked over his metal arm. "Not a scratch," he said, grinning.

"That's nice. We're all eating upstairs in Hyde's dorm if you would like to join us," she growled.

"Hello Peppa," Macchiato said, looking up from a piece of machinery he was working on.

"Hey Macchiato! How's it going?" she asked pleasantly, perking up at the sight of the nicer boy.

"Oh, I see how it is," Tech said angrily, cutting of Macchiato's answer. "Go tell them that we'll be up in a minute," he snapped, slamming the door in a very confused Peppa's face. She turned and headed back upstairs, bewildered by what had just happened.

"Hey Peppa, are they coming?" Gelato asked as he propped his feet on the coffee table.

"Yeah, they'll be here in a few minutes," she replied, taking a seat on one of the stools. She noticed that Mint, a 14 year old girl with long, pale green hair back in a braid, had joined them. Mint's red eyes sparked with happiness as her closest friend Peppa sat next to her, carefully avoiding Mint's precious staff.

"Let's just start without them," Mint said, opening a box of bacon.

"Peppa made the bacon this morning," Arsenic exclaimed happily.

"It's probably poisoned then," Tech said, entering the room.

"Shut up," Peppa said crossly, munching on her crunchy strip of meat.

"I honestly don't care if it's poisoned. At least I'll die happy," Hyde declared. Everyone else murmured in agreement.

They happily munched on their food, Arsenic snuggling with Hyde, Liquorish chatting with Gelato and Macchiato, Flax and Tech arguing with Peppa, Maize and Mint chatting, holding hands. The children's world seemed perfect.

If only they knew how quickly their world would fall apart.

Chapter done!

Sorry that it took so long.

I'm trying to write my other OC story and finish it up so I can focus on this one.

I am also going to go off the plot of Magical Starsign.

It will be kinda the same, with Madeline disappearing, Chard, Kale, etc, but their adventure will be tons different to accommodate the histories of the OCs.

Still accepting OCs, but they might become villains.

Thanks

~CatKkit.