~ "The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths." Elisabeth Kublerross~
Chapter 2:The Prefect and Dimension Witches
I felt bad for putting two people I just met out. They didn't tell me any of the rules around here but if this was a school, and dorm operated then absolutely they probably weren't allowed to wander around at night and I was going to get them in trouble. Hopefully this Klaus person was level headed and I gave them a bit of a buffer by being lost.
On our way to the academy, I took in my surroundings, and thought that wherever this was it was at least pretty and the same as Earth. I don't know how I'm speaking their language but accepted it for what it was, I heard English and could communicate and that was all that mattered in this scary adventure of mine.
Liz and Elias were currently arguing about why she was in the forest past curfew and was she planning on letting him know before she was caught and got them both in trouble. She seemed mad but meekly let it slide trying to focus on escorting me to the school. I felt like helping her but I wasn't sure why she was breaking rules and I never liked getting between couples. It was awkward and not my place to butt in.
Chica had sensed a disturbance deep in the forest and went to investigate, she landed on an old oak tree but found nobody there but a faint aura of two students… hmm she had better report it to her "butler" Leslie Roseblade.
He was down wind tending to a magic tree sapling that was having hard time gathering water from the soil below.
"Leslie! Come quickly, two students are present and out of bed" announced Chica landing on his shoulder.
He nodded and headed back up to the clearing with the oak.
He sensed out his aura and located one of the auras, it was familiar but he took a minute to decipher…. Hmm what was 2nd year student Liz Hart, buddy of Elias Goldstein doing all the way out here and who was she with?
Soon we arrived in a general courtyard, probably in front of the school. My eyes widened considerably…. this wasn't a school; this was a flipping castle…
Another blonde, violet colored eyed man slightly more built and taller than Elias slide out of the nearby shadows.
(was he.. Klaus?) I thought to myself mystified. He looked like an older twin of Elias but much cuter. Elias looked younger with his rounded face whereas Klaus had sharper features and wavy golden locks compared to this brother's straight hair.
"Elias & Liz, what are you doing out so late?" He inquired with a sinister grin.
"Brother, my note should have…" Elias tried to explain.
He glared at him, thus shutting Elias up.
(Wow… never mind, what an ass) I thought to myself offended by my first impression of the older brother.
Liz sighed like she knew would happen before speaking up on their defense.
"Prefect Klaus, it's not Elias's fault I woke him up and summoned him to my side to help with Ms. Harper Elian, (pointing to me). I was up past curfew practicing spells for next week's final in hopes of raising our failing grade point average. I take full responsibility" Liz explained bravely.
He took a moment to consider his options, before letting them know that they would receive personal training from him, tomorrow after classes. They both lowered their heads in acceptance. Then he turned his scary gaze to me.
"Ms. Harper Elian…. How did you get here? Not just anyone can enter into the grounds." he started.
(No bother for an introduction or manners? I'm flipping lost asshole!) I wanted to yell at him but kept it to myself.
His violet eyes narrowed at my silence.
"Offended? Sorry I forgot my manners, didn't I? I am Klaus Goldstein, Prefect and head student at this school and all I know about you is your name, please explain how you got here" he said kind of mocking but bowed nonetheless.
I couldn't believe that this arrogant man was head student? How? I pondered quickly but decided I better cooperate as it may get me home faster and less of a headache.
"I was walking home and walked into black hole vortex and ended up in that forest" I explained calmly pointing back from where we had come.
"A different dimension huh?" He murmured quietly. He closed his eyes for a moment debating and then asked us to follow.
Nearby in another set of bushes was Luca Orlem. He was up on his nightly stroll trying to avoid the prefect and his deputy as well as the multiple professors that were up patrolling around. Students were not allowed to roam at night but he didn't care all that much for the rules and did as he pleased.
When Klaus revealed himself to Elias, Liz and some girl he had never seen before, he breathed a quiet sigh of relief and was about to take off when he overheard that she had travelled across dimensions and stopped in his tracks… could she be one of those witches? The house of Rosenberg was hugely famous and even stood on even ground with that of the royal family of Gedonelune. It had five princesses as heirs, from two siblings that were currently fighting over who was better and well they were so fancy that they went to another school, the academy wasn't good enough for the royal family… Luca was lost in thought and when he focused again, the group was gone
(Humph, no point getting bitter over it now) he thought to himself when he decided onwards towards the lake.
"Halt right there Luca, yeesh this is the 3rd time this week" said a man's voice behind him.
Luca scoffed…. He was caught by Klaus's deputy Sigurd Curtis who looked like he was already bored and twirling his wand in his hand
"Well this ought to interesting, not many students make me test my skills" Sigurd said smiling at his new opponent.
Klaus led us to the headmaster's room and knocked three times.
"Sir, Its Klaus Goldstein, I'm terribly sorry for waking you headmaster but a dimension witch has appeared on the grounds" Klaus called.
There was a moment before the door opened and we were welcomed into the office.
The older man looked quite gleeful for someone who was rudely awoken at an ungodly hour.
"There are not many dimension witches that grace our presence often" the headmaster muttered to himself circling me in excitement.
(What the hell? I am no witch! I am a just a girl lost beyond any normal reasoning) I thought to myself, desperate to go home as this was becoming more troublesome by the minute.
"Um excuse me…" I tried timidly.
The headmaster looked at me questionably.
"I'm afraid you're mistaken, I am no witch, and magic doesn't exist… please is there a way to send me back to earth? I don't think I'm supposed to be here?" Harper asked finally.
"Dear, there is no going back… especially if you haven't even discovered your own power. Earth? You say, hmm I do recall a witch that went there and never returned. You must be descended from her. This is your real home, Welcome to Gedonelune."
"Wha…?" The shock overwhelmed me that I fainted.
"Oh dear, I spoke too much I suppose" Randolph admitted quietly.
"There are witches here too?" asked Liz in disbelief.
"Not really, When the first king arrived and began the kingdom of what is now Gedonelune, witches started to die out or moved on to other worlds" explained Klaus.
"There are only three major witch family's left in the world now, haven't you read much history Liz?" asked Elias unimpressed.
"Heh heh" she replied bashfully in ignorance.
The Goldstein's sighed at her dumbfounded.
"Klaus, please take Miss Elian to the infirmary. We'll take the steps to find her family tomorrow and return her. Good night you lot" Randolph said disappearing back to his rooms.
"Alright you two, back to the dorms" Klaus told them while lifting up Harper in his arms.
Leslie and Chica were following the trail back to the academy when they found Sigurd and Luca dueling on the path towards the lake.
"*gasp* Prince Sigurd! Do you require some assistance?" asked a panicked Chica.
"Assistance would be appreciated" muttered Sigurd who was too busy concentrating on his spell to properly respond.
Leslie sighed a little but pulled out his wand and joined his classmate to capture Luca; two on one was an advantage against the clever genius bad boy.
Luca glared at the two, hmph his night was ruined, might as well escape before they tag teamed him, he launched a blinding light spell and well the brief moment of blindness he ran off back to the dorms.
Sigurd smiled as always and lowered his guard when he saw that Luca had gotten away. Leslie rolled his eyes but knew this was normal. Luca had quite the reputation for wandering around when he wasn't supposed to, the only person he didn't mess with was Professor Schuyler and Prefect Klaus.
"Is he ever going to take you seriously?" he asked Sigurd
"I'm not scary enough like his excellency" Sigurd chuckled as he said it.
"In any case, Chica and I were following Liz Hart's trail back here, she was in the northern forest valley with another aura I don't recognize and then closer to here she met up with Elias Goldstein" Leslie asked him while reporting it.
"Oh? Klaus was here not long ago originally following Luca but he intercepted them already and took them to the headmaster, the other aura was a dimensional witch, from what I could gather, thanks Leslie for a job well done but you can back to your patrol now" explained Sigurd.
"Good night Prince Sigurd" Chica greeted him as Sigurd went back inside the academy after they lost Luca.
Leslie wandered back into the tree line feeling a bit uneasy, there wasn't any dimensional witches left in Gedonelune for the past two decades, knowing one appeared didn't sit too well with him, especially if she ended up being a Rosenberg.
Elias walked Liz back to the dorms and they were holding hands as no one was around, it was nice when Elias allowed himself to be more affectionate. Being a Goldstein he was reluctant to too carefree in public, it was disappointing at times.
"Why couldn't you tell me about studying at night? I thought we trusted each other, we are buddies after all…" asked Elias quietly.
"I'm sorry, it was wrong of me… but I could tell you are growing stressed with my recent performances and I just wanted to give us the best chance with final's coming, and I couldn't wake Amelia or the other girls so I found an isolated place to practice, even if Prefect Klaus or Sigurd or one of the professors found me first, I was willing to go down for you…" confessed Liz as she gripped his hand a little tighter wondering how he would respond.
"Stop being so reckless, we are in this together, it's not about me anymore, I've told you all that doesn't matter to me anymore." He said hotly but calmed and pulled her against him while capturing her lips with his. Liz leaned into him sighing happily, he may have been miffed but he would always love her. She needed to trust him more; after all they were first and foremost buddies then lovers.
A/N: Yes I paired up Liz with Elias… I know there is more Klaus x Liz out there and well I felt like Elias needed some love too. Check out my other Wizardess heart story for kliz, if that is what you prefer. Is Harper going to end up with Klaus? I'll admit I started towards that end but quickly changed my mind. Wizardess Heart now has closer to 20 datable boys and well a lot of the fandom is in love with the Goldstein brothers… (Guilty of it myself) I'm trying to move away from that and try something new… we'll see as I'm just starting to play Alfonse's route and well I love him already… and odds are that he probably is the oldest Goldstein brother…. He looks too much like Elias and Klaus not be some sort of relative… Please R&R and I'll see you in the next chapter.
