Summary:

Trying to find a meaning to her life, she applies for a wizarding school far away, even though she knows that her powers are next to none. Upon arriving, she is forced by the headmaster to join an organisation where the most powerful wizards lie, wanting her to improve. But what happens when she has to go deep into the hole of danger with them and their narcissistic leader? AU

After saying goodbye to the headmaster, Gene hooked his arm into mine, and soon we were chasing Oliver's slow but heavy footsteps. Oliver didn't appear to mind mine and Gene's panting, and just seemed to continue his way. Strangely, as fast as we walked we still couldn't catch up with him.

But somehow we ended up in some kind of a coffee shop.

And Oliver's on his 4th cup of tea.

This guy must really like tea.

I turn to Gene questioningly. He just shrugs. It's kind of weird to be honest. The fact that they look the same I mean. Not mistaking them is going to be difficult. Mistaking them is going to be rude. I need to find a dissimilarity as soon as I can. Except for their attitudes of course.

Oliver takes out a book and starts reading. "Oh come on Noll! You're not actually expecting us to sit around all day for you to read!" Gene complains, while crossing his arms like a four year old.

Noll takes a sip from his tea.

"I never asked you to follow me around all day." Oliver answers coolly. He's very inconsiderate isn't he?

"Maybe I like to be around my little brother." Gene responds. Wait, that means Gene is older that Noll. It looks like the other way around to me, and probably to everyone else who they talk to.

"I'm not your little brother. I'm your twin." Oliver defends. So he really hates it when he gets reminded, that's a start! Now I can tease him about it whenever he's mean.

"Whatever Noll. Typical answer from the younger twins." Gene continued. Noll glanced up from his book, and I wish he didn't. I change my mind, he's too scary to tease.

Gene chuckles at his brother and then turns to me. "So Mai, why don't you show us a spell?" He asks cheerfully. A-a spell? God, he is as bad as his brother. It was just half an hour ago when he got told about my lack of ability. What should I do? I wish I could just drop dead. It's not like I can say no!

"W-what spell?" I say. Is he actually trying to humiliate me in front of all these people? Sheesh!

"Oh I know…" His face changes into one with an evil grin before glancing over to his brother for a split-second.

"Levitate his book." Gene whispers very quietly. Well it shouldn't be that… hard. Although it probably wouldn't be a good impression to Noll, despite the fact that it was his twin's idea. I could always blame it on Gene though; he deserves some serious scolding! I nod slowly. It's nerve wrecking because I don't want to mess up. I reach towards the belt around my skirt that holds my wand and pull the wand out carefully. Taking a deep breath, I point it towards Oliver's book with shaky hands. I can feel Gene cheering next to me while Oliver gives him dirty looks. With a final sigh, I murmur, "V-valebunt?"

Suddenly, a huge force of blinding light shots out of my wand, along with an enormous amount of vibration that makes me lose my balance. Unwillingly, I drop my wand while the noticeable shift of my body makes my chair fall backwards. My head hits something so hard that I lose consciousness immediately. The rest, I leave to God.


I open my eyes to a brightly lit room. The intensity of the light clashes with the dark and gloomy world of my unconsciousness.

The events from before rush in unexpectedly and I jerk up as my chosen reaction. But before I get the chance to look around dizziness takes over. How can I be such an idiot? I hold my head, unaware (as usual) of the presence next to me.

"Idiot, don't sit up so fast." A mean voice calls out of nowhere. That sounds like of the twins. Knowing them, it's probably Oliver. I turn my head slowly, wincing at each shot of pain through my head, until my eyes come in contact with a book. It's different from the one he had this morning. I probably ruined that one anyway. "W-where's Gene?" I manage to speak through my dry mouth. Not a moment later I hear the door click when Gene walks in with one of his hands holding a tray with tea.

"Hey!" He waves at me using his free hand. He sets the tray down in front of Oliver and sits on a separate chair than the couch me and Noll sat on. I take this time to look at my surroundings. The creamy walls and the stylish furniture. What catches the most of my attention though is the massive stock of potions. Next to the potions is the wand cabinet. That reminds me: where is my wand?

"Where's my wand?" I demand, although curiously.

"Eliminated until further due." Oliver answers dryly. What? Eliminated? He's kidding right?

"Noll be nice! Eliminating is a bit too harsh!" Gene reasons.

"A wand is not a toy. She needs to learn to use it safely or she'll put everyone in trouble." Gene nods sadly. Well Oliver is right! I puff my cheeks in annoyance. "I'll take you to your room." Gene offers. I mutter an okay and leave with him. We approach a hallway with black walls. I don't remember this being the way to my dorm room. "My room's not that way." I inform Gene.

"You're getting a new room as a member of Black Fire."

"But I'm not even a member."

"You're a member in training. You're not a complete failure you know!" Well that's still calling me failure! How incredibly rude Gene!

"What do you mean?"

"Well, failures like you usually get expelled as soon as they enter. However, there is an exception..." He began rudely. He's still calling me a failure. I thought he was nice. "Students with a lot of talent, enough to make to the Black Fire, will get special training from the team instead, so they could become a member later on. Now this happens very very and I mean very rarely. You Mai, just made it in." He informs. I nod, trying to process the information. He talks nonetheless.

"The requirements are simple. Each person had a certain amount of point just for talent. An average wizard is about -50. An incredible wizard is -25. But to make it into Black Fire, you have to surpass a team member. One of our team members quit and he had 32 points. You have 40 so you made it in." What a big speech. I… Black Fire? Is he trying to be funny or something? Well it's not funny at all. It just makes me sad about being a stupid learner.

"You're probably thinking about how weird it is. Aren't you?" Not weird! More like stupefying!

"So I'm going to become a member?" I ask, still dumbfounded.

"Well yeah, do you think a normal wizard could cause as much destruction as you did this morning?" Oh this morning. I turn red in embarrassment. The spell went totally wrong! I don't understand, my life is just swirling around the impossible. He stops. "Don't worry about it though! Just get a good night's rest."

He opens one of the doors with a key and an incantation; he passes a piece of paper and the key to me. I mutter a thank you and he smiles in response. Looking towards the semi closed black door just makes me even more nervous that I was. I open it. To my hugest of surprises, I find a very big room decorated purple and gold. Purple walls with golden patterns. Purple duvet with a golden flower in the centre. It look absolutely stunning! Specially compared to my lame dorm room.

"I hope you like purple and gold. The headmaster said that it matched your magic."

Gene says from behind as he was towards me.

I smile the biggest smile I could muster.

"I love it! It looks amazing! Just... what about my stuff?" I remember.

"We threw them away. You won't need them anymore. You'll get new uniforms and everything else. Those should be in the draws."

"But what about my mum and dad's picture and stuff like that! You didn't throw that away did you?!" I complain. That was the only picture I had of them. How annoying and upsetting. I promise myself, I'll cry for ten days if he threw it away.(Not that I'll keep the promise anyway!)

"Oh you mean that picture." He points on top of the desk. "That was the only thing I kept. Merely because I was debating on whether you'll need it or not!" It's rude to throw other people's stuff away! Don't they have any rules about not touching other peoples belonging? I'm sure I look really irritated. I can feel my face go fiery red! I clench my fists in order to calm down. Gene's expression changed to a new weird one.

"Anyway, good night." He waved and quickly left. Maybe he found out I was irritated. I mean who likes it when other people throw your stuff away just because they think that you don't need it? UGH! I'll get back on him for that! JUST YOU WATCH GENE!

I open the drawers and see piles of clothes and a must wear badge thing on the desk. Whoever chose these clothes must have a really good taste. They look really pretty. I can't help but notice how there are too many clothes. The draws look like they're going to burst any minute now!

The next thing I checked out was the wardrobe. It was filled nothing but robes and cloaks. It looks like I have to wear one every day. Now that I think about it, even the headmaster was wearing a cloak.

Out of the corner of my eye, I see something glisten. It undoubtedly captures my attention. I walk across the fully closed suit and towards the light. The light comes from something diamond like stuck to the wall. Acting upon my instincts, I move the diamond thing about until it clicks and a layer of the wall slides to the right, revealing a very beautiful view from outside. The moon shines through my room and this relaxes me. I now realise how tired I really am-I leave for the shower in order to collapse onto the bed later on.

A/N: Hope you like this chapter. Sorry for the long wait. I do have something to tell:

Unfortunately, because of the end of year exam revision, I won't be able to update for another two weeks. Thank you for reading though! I promise to get back onto my story when exams end!