Hello. Just a heads up note. The ones in italic are flashbacks and thoughts. I did two POVs because I want Elmina to have a personal thoughts in her own POV, which can help you guys understand more about her. I think. Enjoy!

Part 1

(Normal POV)

Another week went by with nothing interesting. Tony entered his class as usual the next Monday. It was not because he had to take attendance or such but it was due to the fact that he had to introduce a new girl to the class. The preparations for her to join the class had finished. The request made for her to enroll was abruptly approved by the Chairwoman of the Board with a condition. The class was noisy as usual, with girls gossiping and boys talking about weapons. Tony stood in front of them with a scowl.

"Quiet down!" he shouted to some girls who were laughing quite loudly.

The class did as told. They stared at their homeroom teacher.

"Well, we have a late registration…and so, a new student will be joining us," he explained, turning his stare to the door.

A purple haired girl came in. She was wearing her very own uniform which no one knew where she got it. Her hair was tied to her right with a pink ribbon. She bit her lower lip when the students started to whisper about her. It seemed they recognized her.

He glanced up at the girl. "Introduce yourself."
Then, he whispered, "Don't forget what I told you."

"Hmm…m-my name is E-Elmina…" she stuttered.

"Hey, wait! You're the girl that was sleeping at the fountain!" a boy exclaimed.

The girl panicked but she calmed herself when Tony put his hand on her right shoulder. She clenched her hands together and trembled a bit. Looking down at the floor, her mind wandered off to what happened a few days ago.

"Are you saying that we should let her enroll for free?!" the green haired woman with spectacles asked.

"Yes, please…" the purpled haired girl mumbled.

"She has nowhere to go for now. Can't you at least reconsider, Miss Chairwoman?" Zeppel, the principal requested.

The chairwoman or Marta Schevesti pondered for awhile. She observed the girl from head to toe. Elmina was nervous. She was glad that the two men that got involved were there with her- Tony and Flay.

"Come on! It will be tons of fun! Cut my salary if you want!" the Vice President coaxed.

"Fine. You may enroll but on one condition," the chairwoman said.

The girl looked up at the woman.

"You must do charity work around here, like cleaning the place up or whenever I call for you, you must come here," she stated.

Shocked, the Principal muttered, "Isn't that a b-bit unfair…"

Elmina looked down on the floor. Flay and Tony didn't say anything as to them, it was a decision to make on her own.

"As you wish…" the girl finally said, biting her lower lip.

Bowing, the three exited her room. Elmina thanked the two men for helping her convince the Chairwoman.

"Since Flay was the one who found you, you can call him Papa…hahahaha!" Tony laughed at his statement.

It was surprising if Flay was ever married, or so he thought. Flay crossed his arms in front of his chest with a smirk on his face.

"Well, if I'm the father, then you're the uncle!" the man smirked.

Elmina giggled at the sight of them punching each other in front of her. She knew they were rivals since their enrolled years in the academy. So, she didn't mind them doing that in front of her. Flay bid farewell after having enough of 'brawling' with Tony.

He turned to the girl. "If you need any help, come to me."

Elmina nodded with a smile. "Hmm!"

"Now that he's gone, there is something I want you to pull in class," Tony whispered.

The girl stared at him, blinking a few times. He whispered to her what she should do in class. At first, she thought it was a bit ludicrous, but it was better that way than telling her real name. It might be easy for her to be found if she did, so she had to abide to Tony's request.

"So, why are you late? Why did you sleep there?" another male student asked.

The class roared with laughter as they kept on mocking Elmina. The girl bit her lower lip, glancing at the teacher beside her. Tony gave out a brief smirk and nodded to her. Elmina turned to the students in front of her.

"My…my name is E-Elmina Gunnar!" she accidently shouted.

"Gunnar?!" the class exclaimed in amazement.

"Y-Yes…I wasn't sure of e-enrolling and while thinking, I was a bit late of coming here. I didn't want to enter the class. That was when my father picked me up since I fell asleep there…" she lied.

"Heh…" Tony chuckled. 'Proceeding as planned…' he thought.

Her classmates gaped at her. The girl bowed before looking around for an empty seat. Tony warned his students about bullying Elmina as she was the 'daughter' of the VP. He waited for her to take a seat before proceeding with class. The purple haired sighed and looked around again. She caught someone waving at her. With no seconds to spare, she walked up to a blonde with blue attire. She was sitting alone.

"The name's Hikari. As you can see, I'm sitting alone," the girls smiled to her.

The purple haired smiled and nodded. "Nice to meet all of you."

Tony started class about synthesizing. It wasn't really the basic one and because of that, Elmina was having a hard time registering everything into her brain. Hikari was listening too and jotting down notes. Tony ended his class after two hours.

"Alright, that's it for today…uh, wait! Don't go yet!" called for the students that were racing to the door.

They grumbled and took their seats again. They stared at the teacher.

"I'll be announcing the details for your Mid-Term Exams," he started.

"What? Exam?" a girl, with brown pig tails, sitting at the front most seats was a bit shocked of the words.

"Yup. Bring me a Fairy's Spiritual Water by next week. Understand?" the teacher continued.

Elmina panicked as she was the only new student and she didn't even know the basic in alchemy yet. Having to obtain or synthesize Fairy's Spiritual Water would definitely be very difficult for her. A girl sitting next to the brown pig tails girl complained as they didn't even know how to make it. Tony said to look it up by themselves. He also warned about losing to Flay's combat students as they would see hell if they do. Elmina didn't really understand how they would lose as Flay's students are from the combat class. Then, he exited the class.

"Good luck," he whispered to Elmina.

"Hmm…" the girl replied.

Hikari panicked. "Those eyes…He's serious! What should we do? Do you know how to make it?"

"Umm…why don't we go ask Mr. Tony…? I'm sure he'd teach us…" Elmina suggested.

"That sounds great! By the way, do you have any other friends?" the blonde asked.

Elmina shook her head and replied, "You're my first…"

Hikari nodded. She stood up and pulled the purple haired to follow her to Tony's room. As she had said, Tony didn't think twice of giving them the recipe. Once they've obtained it, they thanked him and was on their way. Hikari took Elmina to her workshop. There were two other members there: one from the combat class and one from genera studies class. Both were boys. Elmina bowed as a greeting.

"So, who's the new girl, Sis?" the brown haired boy asked.

"She's Elmina, my classmate. This is my younger brother, Sora. The orange haired who's busy studying, he's Richard, from general studies class," Hikari explained.

"Nice to meet 'cha!" Sora said with a grin.

Elmina smiled too. Hikari asked Elmina what weapon she used. The girl explained that she used fists since she liked punching the enemy in the face. Hikari nodded. She and Sora discussed something. The blonde told Elmina to head back to the dorm and meet them again the next morning. Confused, Elmina abided because she had no other friends after all. She exited the workshop. She got out of the workshop building. Suddenly, a boy, carrying two boxes of what seemed to be materials for synthesize, bumped into her.

"Ouch!" she let out a shout as she fell.

One of the boxes the boy was holding fell onto her right foot. She muffled her scream.

"Oh, sorry!" the person who bumped into her said.

He put the other box beside him and lifted the other box from her foot. She cringed in pain and looked up at him. He was a blue haired boy who had his bangs tied up, showing his quite wide forehead. His clothes were blue from head to toe. He seemed to be a few years older than her, maybe as old as Hikari. Elmina could see sweat dripping from his forehead. He held out his hand to her and helped her up to her feet. She tried to get up but her right foot twitched in pain.

"Oh my! We should get that check! I'm so sorry!" he apologized again.

"I-It's okay…but, can you help me get to the Infirmary?" Elmina replied.

"Sure!" the boy replied.

He supported her as they walked slowly to the Infirmary. Once they were there, the nurse bandaged up her right foot. She said that Elmina shouldn't be running around for a while. The boy apologized again, feeling guilty than ever. He even bought the purple haired a cupcake and a bottle of blueberry juice.

Elmina gave out a smile and said, "It's okay, really. I'm a fast healer."

"I hope so. I'm Enna by the way. I work at the Weapon Shop," he introduced himself.

"I'm Elmina. You work here? But, you're so young," the girl remarked.

"Enna graduated two years ago. He said he didn't have anything better to do at home, so he decided to work here," the nurse said.

Enna chuckled. "You don't need to give her all the details, Miss Merelda," he muttered.

Elmina took a sip on the juice. Enna glanced up at her. He told her that if she ever needs help with her studies, she could ask him. She nodded. After talking for a few more minutes, Enna had to go back to get the materials he had left in the Campus Ground just now. Elmina nodded. she watched as he left the Infirmary.

(Elmina's POV)

I just had my bath and dinner. The nurse, Miss Merelda, helped me get back to the dorm. It was lucky of me to get a room with a balcony. The dormitory was a bit noisy with all the girls talking about fashion and about boys. Some were screaming and blurting about the exam. I didn't see Hikari anywhere though. To run away from the noises, I dragged myself out to the balcony. At least, the noise was reduced. I sighed and gazed at the stars above.

A lot has happened for the past few days.

I was finally a student here with a new surname. This would keep my family busy. It would be difficult to track me down because I abruptly ended up here. I didn't even know which direction I took that night since it was dark. However, I was grateful to have been able to escape from that hell.

Hikari and Sora seemed like nice people. They let me join their workshop. What is a workshop anyway? I was glad that I made some friends though. Mr. Flay, or father would be proud of me. He would be playing a role as my father from now on though I never thought that Mr. Tony would pull something like that.

Lastly, I met Enna. He was older than me…and quite funny. He seemed to be too smart for his age too. He worked at the Weapon Shop at such a young age. I was actually pretty amazed. I really wondered why he was working here instead of enjoying his life as a graduate outside of campus. I guess all people have secrets of their own. I shouldn't be talking about that. I too, have my own secrets.

For now, I should just enjoy my life here to my heart's content. As long as I am in Al-Revis Academy, I will be Flay Gunnar's daughter.