Hello everyone! I hope you all enjoyed the first installment of this new story! This chapter is just a bit of fluff, and also just generally speaking a chill chapter, please enjoy!

Pongostar500: Thank you for the lovely review! I will definitely try to include some Freljord champions later on in the story, I agree with you completely, I think it would make an interesting and fun read.


It was quiet in the infirmary. The room had 4 beds, spread out at a fair distance with various cabinets, tables and lights dotted neatly around the room. The nurse sat at the front desk by the arch that leads in from the corridor, at a table covered in all sorts of piles of paper and card wallets. She sat writing out documents and files, updating pupils and teachers health records.
Zed sat next to Syndra all night, the chair he was sat became more and more uncomfortable as time went on, it was only a simple wooden armchair with a thin cushion, but sitting on it all night, lightly falling asleep as time went on proved more difficult to get comfy. Over the course of the night, Syndra moved and wriggled and changed the position she was sleeping in, Zed couldn't help but stare intently, hoping that she would wake up. Her breathing was normal, her heart was beating at a normal rate, there was no bleeding anywhere, only a few minor cuts and scrapes from the vines. How was she in such a deep sleep, he wondered. The nurse put her pen down, and rubbed her eyes, she stretched and let out a large yawn. She cast her eyes towards the clock above the archway.

6:23.

She turned her head towards Syndra's bed, and saw that Zed was looking very tired, and worn out, but ultimately, still sat there, watching over her. She pushed her chair back quietly, stood up, and calmly walked over to him. Her eyes drifted between Syndra's peaceful, sleeping face and Zed's dark eyes and heavy eyelids, his hair was also a but messy. She placed a gentle hand on his shoulder.

"Zed my dear, go to bed. You've been here all night, go on." She whispered, with a caring and gentle smile. He didn't take his eyes off Syndra, but answered.

"Ok." His medication had worn off, he was supposed to be asleep at this time after all, but sleep replaced the effects of the medication.

"Come on my love, I'll write a letter to excuse you from classes for the day, get some rest." Zed stood up and walked to the archway with the nurse, he turned his head to look at Syndra one last time, but of course, she was still fast asleep. He remembered that he wanted to ask the nurse a question, something that had sat at the back of his mind all night.

"Oh, I wanted to ask you.. something." His words were slow, and kind of slurred.

"Yes? What did you want to ask?" She spoke in a quiet tone, again with a smile.

"Can my meds be lowered? They're making me very.. slow." He looked at her, with heavy, weary eyes and a tired expression.

"I'm afraid that decision to change them in the first place wasn't up to me my love." Zed held a very tired and confused expression.

"Then.. who did it?" He couldn't even make an ordinarily structured sentence, he sounded like a child. She lightly sighed, still with a smile, and perched herself on the table behind her and crossed her arms.

"I feel you're too tired to have a talk about it now, come back later or tomorrow, and I'll talk to you about it, ok?" She tilted her head down a little bit to get a better look at his face. Zed's black hair was so messy it, took away the edge it gave him, and make him look a little bit cute.

"Ok.. I'll come back later.."

"Go have a nice sleep, just don't wake up too late in the day, ok?" She unfolded her arms and placed a hand on his shoulder, and gently squeezed.

"Ok... thanks for letting me stay." He bowed as best as he could, and walked out, giving Syndra one last glance. The nurse couldn't help but smile, this was the sweetest thing she'd ever seen Zed do. She looked up at the clock to check the time.

6:27

She stood up from the desk and walked over to Syndra, she'd moved so much during the night the bed sheets had nearly come off entirely. She'd also managed to take her socks off during her sleep, too much wriggling the nurse thought, she chuckled a little bit, and pulled the covers over Syndra a little bit better.

"You are going to have the boys all over you." She said with a smile as she tucked her in. The nurse pottered around the room, moving things around, putting away various pieces of paper and watering the plants that sat around the room. She took her time, there was no rush, Syndra was ok really, just very tired. 'She must have fried her brain, or her body last night.' She thought.
She sat back at her desk, picked up her pen, and looked at the time again.

6:45

"Zed should be back at his room now." She murmured. Her eyes moved from the clock, back to the papers she was filling in. She couldn't help but smile and wish she was a teenager again.

Zed had been back to his room for a few minutes, he was too tired to walk properly, he shuffled about instead, struggling to even pick his feet up. Carrying Syndra from the arena, sitting on that chair, and nearly being awake for a whole 24 hours really took its toll on him. It had been a very long day, and he couldn't wait to finally put his messy head down and sleep.
His room was box-like. His kitchen stood in the small hallway leading from the front door to his living room, it was on the left as you entered the room, and his bedroom had a separate door, on the right as you enter, leading from the kitchen hallway and the bathroom was in the living room. It was small, but at the same time, it was large enough for just him. His room was dark and cold, winter was dawning upon, he daren't open his curtains to the warm, orange tones of the sunrise, the double glass door leading out onto the balcony would be nice to stand on, but he wouldn't sleep if he stood out there, even for a moment.
He took his black trousers off, then his blazer, tie, shirt, and didn't even have the energy to put on another shirt, after the small struggle of getting undressed, he got into bed. He lay on his back, and thought about the day, how it progressed, what he did.. and then, Syndra. He couldn't stop thinking, or stop worrying, and for the first time in a while, Zed felt.. something, for another human being. He cared of course for Kou, he was his best friend but, this was different. Whatever it was, it made him feel warm, and cosy, he blushed a little bit, and closed his eyes, and within minutes, Zed was fast asleep.

Hours had passed since Zed left, it was now 11:23, and both Syndra and Zed, were still asleep.
Syndra had dreamt about her childhood in her deep sleep. The way the people in the village reacted to her magic used to make her laugh, their faces used to turn from a smile to a frown very quickly. She could put on fantastically beautiful displays of magic, showing all aspects of her power, from the sparkling light magic, to the mysterious dark magic, and within minutes she'd of destroyed a whole building, the older she got, the worse the destruction became.
The day she was dreaming about took place by a river, just outside her village on a sunny day. The long, tall grass hid Syndra from everyone, she was playing hide and seek with the other children, but she was too good for them. Voices could be heard calling her name from a distance, adult voices.

'Synndraa? The game has finished now! Come baaack please!'

She sat in a patch of really tall grass, it was taller than the other patches around her, and she just laughed, well, tried not to laugh. She sat, legs crossed looking up at the blue sky, and admiring the sounds of the trickling water, and birds all around her, singing away, and closer to the river stood an oak tree. It wasn't as big as the others closer to the village, but it was still tall. She was starting to get hot sitting in one spot, so she stood up, and started walking over to the tree, until she noticed a small noise coming from the top of it. Upon closer inspection, she could see a small, black fluffy cat. It wasn't a kitten, just a smaller than average cat.
Syndra put her hands on her hips, and pondered, about how this tiny cat got up the tree. She walked around to see if there was any way to climb up, and there wasn't. She exhaled, and concentrated. The only way for her to get the cat down was to float. After a few moments, her feet lifted off the ground, and slowly but surely, she was floating higher at and higher. The branch was within reach, she held out her arm, and grasped it but floated a little bit higher again, the cat looked very thin, 'how long had it been up here' she thought.
With her free hand, she reached out and grabbed the cat, and held it under her arm, she slowly floated back down to the ground, and perfectly placed her feet on the ground.
She held the cat up to her face, it held out a paw and gently booped Syndra's nose, she laughed.

"Let's go home." She thought.

She walked home with the cat curled up in her arms, and the day faded away, into the back of her mind, before she woke up.

Her eyes shot open, and her vision was blurry, but she soon closed them again. Her body was turned towards the window, where the curtains were wide open. She moved a little bit and stretched her legs, then her arms, slowly yawning and preparing herself to open her eyes again. This time, she was lying on her back, and opened her eyes to the ceiling of the infirmary. She leant up and looked around her, there was one other pupil on the bed opposite her with their leg hoisted up, they were being attended to by a different nurse.

The boy looked at Syndra, and noticed that he hadn't seen her before. Her hair was a little bit messy, but still fairly straight, and her cheeks were a bit rosy in colour.

"Good morning!" He said, in quite an upbeat manner, he gave a little wave to Syndra, she waved back.

"Ah, good morning miss! I believe you were asleep all night, is that right?" The nurse asked, with a bit of energy, Syndra looked at her and nodded.

"Ah right, well, if you don't mind, I'll do some checks, and I'm sure you'll be free to go." She continued seeing to the boys leg, she was putting some bandages on, looks like he had a fall, Syndra could see a little bit of blood.

"My name is Talo, what's yours?"

"She doesn't speak young man, she's mute."

He looked at the nurse, then looked back at Syndra.

"Oh, I see.. well, can the nurse tell me your name?"

The nurse looked at Syndra, she looked at the nurse, and gave a little nod.

"Her name is Syndra. I'm surprised you didn't see her at one of your little fights last night, that's why she's here." She smirked at Syndra but shook her head, Syndra's cheeks turned a little bit more rosie.

"You competed last night?! Did you win?" He was really excited, and interested to hear that she took part. Syndra shook her head.

"She-.. over-did it a little bit, didn't you?" Syndra nodded, and appreciated that the nurse didn't blab about her not being able to control her powers.

"Right well, that's your leg bandaged up. Please be careful the next time you decide to jump out of a tree to test your spells."

Syndra laughed a little bit, and smiled at Talo, his whole face turned a bit red.

"Syndra, I'll do a check over of you and you're free to go! Just please make sure you have some breakfast." She nodded and smiled.

A short while later, Syndra was cleared to leave the Infirmary. She was given her own set of clothes to wear, as she was having a day off. She was handed a purple dress that frilled a little bit on the bottom, some black knee-high socks and a pair of flat, black shoes. She stood in front of the nurses desk after getting changed, and waited for the final words of dismissal.

"Ok, you are free to go young lady! Oh, one last thing, the nurse that was on duty last night, Nurse Ilia, she left this note. A fellow student of yours named Zed brought you here from the fighting arena, he stayed with you all night."
Syndra's eyes opened in both shock and also appreciation, who was this Zed that so kindly carried her to safety? And more importantly, why did he stay all night?

"His room number is on there too, in case you wanted to visit him, ok? He also has the day off."
Syndra nodded, and bowed as a thank you.

"You're welcome, Syndra." The nurse replied. And with that, Syndra left to go to Zed's room.

The corridor was busy, she could hear people whispering as she walked past, saying things like 'That's one who went berserk last night!', 'I wouldn't like to be left alone with her.'
Things like this didn't affect her massively, deep down she wasn't bothered, last night however, she was anxious of some sort, but now, she didn't care. She only wanted to thank this Zed for taking her to the infirmary, and for staying with her all night.
The bedrooms were in a building separate from the school, it was built around the same sort of time, so the rooms were quite new.

'Room B17..' she thought. 'So corridor B.. room 17..' she walked along the corridor, switching her head between the left and right side, trying to find room 17.

15..
16..
17.

Syndra stood outside for a few moments, her heart beginning to beat a little bit faster, this must be nerves. She lifted her free hand up to the door, and moved it into a fist-like shape, and knocked on the door, after some hesitation. Her other hand had a small note that said 'Thank You' and a small pink flower. It looked like a larger version of blossom, but it was still quite small. Its petals were very pink, but with spots of a lilac-purple towards the centre.

*Knock knock*

No answer.

'He must still be asleep.' She thought. Syndra looked at his door handle, and thought to try and open the door. She looked up and down the corridor, no one was there, it was lesson time after all. She placed her hand on the handle and gently, she pulled it down, and pushed.

Open.

'Strange.' She thought.

She popped her head around the corner of the door, and saw nothing but darkness. Not complete and total darkness however, whatever light was seeping through the curtains made the room look slightly warm with it's yellowy-orange hues. She looked around the room and noticed that it was quite tidy. The kitchen counters along the hallway were clutter-free, as was the living room. She took a step into the room, and lightly closed the door behind her, she took her shoes off and creeped towards the living room, she looked through the door that was to her right, and immediately noticed the bed that lay in the middle of the room. She stepped forward, and squinted a little bit, it was actually very dark in this room, but she could just about make out some sort of fluffy, dark mess towards the headrest of the bed.

'Oh, that must be his hair.' She thought. She took another step into his room, her curiosity grew slightly, she hadn't seen him before, her mind began to wonder in all directions, thinking what he would look like. She took a few more steps forward until she had reached the end of the bed. She leaned to the side slightly, and continued to tip-toe towards the side of the bed where he was sleeping, she could see a pale thing amongst the fluffy dark mess, mostly covered by the duvet. She took another step and stood on something soft, she looked down and saw a t-shirt, Syndra looked further around the floor, and noticed clothes strewn across the floor.

'Oh- oh god. He's not.. naked is he?!' A panicked expression painted her face, but she shook her head, and continued. Syndra took another step forward, and could begin to see his face more clearly, another step forward, and she could see his whole face. She nervously leaned down to look at him properly, Zed had kind of soft features, but with a sharp edge. His jawline was strong, and in a way, you could say his lips looked very soft.
She really wanted to brush his hair out of his face, but at the same time, she didn't want to wake him up. She placed the flower and the note on the short table beside his bed carefully, putting them down neatly. Syndra then turned her attention back to Zed, gently, she lifted her hand, and used her finger to move the hair out of the way, she stroked his cheek too, and smiled. She was really grateful for what he did. When Syndra had her check-over with the nurse, she was told that when she was restrained, she had been floating several foot high, from that height, she could of fallen and broke her ankle, hit her head, or just hurt herself further.
She put her arm on his bed, and rested her head on it, continuing to stroke his cheek, and continuing to smile. She had a surprisingly gentle touch, and Zed's cheeks were really soft. It dawned on her that she should probably leave, as he may wake up soon, carefully she lifted her hand from his face, then her head, and she then moved her arm from the bed, and used the table to help her stand up. She took one final glance at his sleeping face, she had no idea when she would see it again, and slowly, she turned around, only to have her wrist gently grabbed by Zed.

"Don't go.. stay."


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