Here is the next chapter! ^_^

~No one's POV~

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"Okay, class. The students from our class that were chosen to be the escourts for 2 of the 42 foreign students coming to our school are Jeremy Ashworth and Rachel Everwitt!" Mr Hale's cheery voice rang out. Rachel's other classmates clapped and cheered loudly. But in her heart, Rachel knew they were clapping and cheering for Jeremy, a person who was known throughout the whole school as someone who was never, ever enthusiastic about anything.

But does that mean I'll be working alongside him? Rachel thought. I wonder what big sister Jessica would do if she were in my postion?

"The foreign students will be here tomorrow. But it's not confirmed that the foreign student will be your age or of the same gender, please take note of that fact. Is everything clear, Rachel, Jeremy?" Mr Hale asked. Both students nodded in understanding.

Really, what would big brother Andrew say if my Japanese buddy was, in fact, a boy? Rachel pondered in her thoughts again. "But, for one thing, I do know that the foreign students will either be French, Japanese, English, Korean or Spanish. I also heard from my colleague that 12 of them are Japanese, 8 of them are French, 9 of them are Spanish, 6 of them are Korean and 7 of them are English. Judging from the numbers, it would be safe to say that your buddy will most proabably be Japanese."

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"Konnichiwa, everyone~! My name is Ryuu Nagasaki and I have been told that my buddy from Montefort High School is Jeremy Ashworth. I am very happy an dexcited to be here in America! Pleased to meet all of you!" an amiable-looking boy with neat ash blonde hair and dazzling cyan eyes exclaimed.

Unlike Ryuu, a fine-looking boy beside him, who had a mysterious feeling about him, kept mum and refused to utter even a single word. His tousled maroon hair was definitely something to admire as it gave others that the impression that he was wild but can be tamed.

But his eyes were truly something different; they were the exact carbon copy of Rachel's. Haunting, mysterious and beautiful, something that seemed to explore the contents of your very soul and being through your eyes.

Out of the blue, the maroon-haired boy straightened himself out from leaning casually against a wall and started speaking "My name is Han Seung-long. I come from Pyeongyang in North Korea. It's... an honour to meet all of you. I hope I won't be a burden to anyone."

Rachel wished as hard as she could that her buddy would be Ryuu, and not Seung-long, as Ryuu seemed much easier to get along with and he was really more the type of person Rachel liked being with. But, despite her thoughts, Rachel sensed a certain familiar feeling from within Seung-long that she couldn't quite name.

But as she eyed a 24-carat gold watch on his wrist, she saw a picture of a black flower on it. A black dahlia to be exact; the sign to let other Night People know and recognise you as a witch. So, Seung-long is a witch..? Rachel spoke to herself in her thoughts yet again. I wonder... if he knows any magic... I'd like it if he teaches me some. Andrew, Jessica, Rosella and not even Jason, would teach her any magic.

Just because she was the youngest among the four siblings, just because she was the youngest memebr of the Everwitt family; in the eyes of her aunts, uncles, cousins and everyone else besides Andrew and Jason, though he's already gone, Rachel was, by far, the most naive of all.

Even more naive than her cousin, Annette Everwitt, who was only 3 days older than she. "Okay! Rachel, your buddy is Seung-long while Jeremy's buddy is Ryuu! Thanks you everyone and see you tomorrow!" Mr Hale chirped.

Rachel sighed a quiet, hopefully unheard sigh. Just as she expected, her buddy was the seemingly dangerous and wild Han Seung-long of Pyeongyang, North Korea, a boy who looked like a felon who just recently did a jail break and broke successfully out of prison.

Everyone filed oout of the classroom, except Rachel and Seung-long who remained in their places. Unknowingly, Rachel neared him and introduced herself "Um... Hi there. I'm youur buddy here at Montefort High for the next two weeks. You'll... uh, be staying at my house during your stay here." she began, not facing him, playing with her fingers.

She suddenly looked up to face him and beamed amiably. "If there's anything you need, please, don't hesitate to come to me!" Seung-long looked at her, as if examining every single detail of her slender body. She took his hand and led him out of the classroom and school. "You don't mind me holding your hand... Right?"

Gosh, why did I even think of this? I'm so embarrassed! Stupid dummy! No holding a boy's hands without asking again, okay? Rachel blamed herself for not thinking twice. "That's okay. Whatever you want..." he told her, but not in a reassuring manner. She hailed a cab and they got into it for the ride to the Everwitt Manor.

Boy, I hope I don't do anything stupid in front of him again...

That's it, folks! I hope you enjoyed the chapter! :) I'll really try to update my two stories as soon as possible! Sorry, if the next time I update will probably be next month or even longer than that! T.T