The next morning, Negi and Nekane were moved away from their cabin and taken to a Mage Village, Meridiana, in Wales. The two of them packed together in an uncomfortable silence. Each one grabbed something valued to them, and then packing it away into a suitcase on the side of them.

Not once did they touch anything that reminded them of their village.

Negi gazed at his meager pile of things. His clothes, wand, several tomes on magic and some essentials were packed away into his case. Now that he wasn't lamenting his crisis, he finally took full stock on what happened. The village once again became the Town of Stone, and once again he was too powerless to stop it. He clenched his fist, shaking in anguish and anger. Why? He never got the chance to save anybody from his old village from his previous life. He never even had the chance to see them all after he was ten. And while he had been able to find a cure, only Konoka had the proficiency in healing magic to perform it. And now it had happened again, mere weeks after the incident. Why? Why wasn't he strong enough to protect them? Was he not good enough?

Nekane watched Negi in concern. Is he blaming himself? Why should he? It was not his fault. All it could really be blamed on is the circumstances and fates, if one were to blame anybody. She could tell from his small fists that were shaking that he was angry at himself, wallowing in some self-anguish that she could not get a proper read of. While her magic was weak at the moment, she couldn't tell what state her little brother was. While it was not often, she began to do it after Negi's near-drowning experience. His mind is a whirlwind of emotions, and while that is normal for a child, she could feel the depressing emotions. A child should never feel like this, especially her not-really-yet-really-is brother of hers. She then walked behind Negi, as if to see what was wrong.

"Negi?"

"Y-yes?"

Nekane then went down on her on her knees and embraced him. Negi, surprised, started to struggle before he realized it was his sister that was holding him. He them relaxed a bit, which relieved Nekane because she believed he would start to freak out like he used to when he was younger.

'Maybe he is trying to be strong for me?' Nekane thought.

"Negi, this is not your fault."
Surprised, Negi tried to turn around. "Sis-sister…"

"Do you understand me, Negi? This is not your fault."

But Negi wouldn't take it, not like this. "B-but it is! It's all my fault! I tried to get Father here with my trouble! And-And then the village was on fire! Then the demons turned people into stone! An-and… Stan turned to stone to save me and… yo-you lost your legs…."

"Negi…" She never knew that Negi felt like this. She had a feeling yet it wasn't anything like this. Although she felt that he was hiding more than he let on, he is still telling her the truth. So for that, she would forgive him. But he better tell or else a certain mage will hear about a certain incident. And then soon, the entire Mage Society will learn of it. Fufufu…. Wait, she was going on a tangent, focus Nekane, focus.

"Negi, look at me."

Negi refused to look, afraid of what she would do if he did.
"Negi~"

He cringed. He feared that tone. The last time she did it, Anya had kicked him all the way to the United States because of a misunderstanding of tea, milk, whip cream, and a tub of ice cream. When he woke up, a strange couple looked like they saw a meteor. Maybe it was because one appeared? So he turned, and saw the teary face of his sister.

"Negi, this is not your fault. No, your troubles did not cause this. No, you did not bring the demons to the village. This only happened because for some reason, demons wanted to attack our village. So do not blame yourself, Negi."

"Ha-hai."

And so, for a while, the two embraced each other. One to comfort the distraught child over a misunderstanding. The other doing so because he needed comfort after so many events catching up to him. After a while, the two finally separated, both having small smiles on their faces.

"Now then, shall we go look at what to bring from the… village?"

"Yeah…"

And the two went and packed everything. From the smallest of items to the cloaks of old, the two packed away. By the time it was done, the sun was setting on the horizon. The sky picking up an orange hue, the animals returning to their burrows and homes, and the grass waving to the breeze of the wind. As Negi looked out, his village looked so peaceful, despite being destroyed. A peace that was disturbed by demons and stone.

'One day, I will bring you all back. That's a promise.' Negi swore.

So the two siblings left from their home, to start a new life in Meridiana, a new beginning for a pair of weary souls.

Yet it was not to be, not yet.


A few days later, when they finally arrived. They received terrible news.

"WHAT!"

"Please calm down, Nekane."

"But-but, who will take care of Negi?"

The trio were currently in the Headmaster's office. The one who spoke was the Headmaster of Meridiana Mage Academy, Osmond Field. And the reason of Nekane's current outrage. The reason for this is that they are willing to take in Nekane to give her some time to recuperate, improve her control walking with prosthetics, and to improve them with some runes and magic. However, Negi will not be able to stay with her because apparently it was a "Complex procedure that if anything goes wrong, they will be able to guarantee the safety of her brother" thing. This of course, caused Nekane to blow up.

"Worry not, child. Do you have any one that can take care of him?"

"I-I do not think so."

"If not, I can offer that he may be taken care of some associates of mine that are do very well with children?"

"Absolutely not! Negi has just been through a very trying ordeal! I don't think he can handle being near anybody he is not familiar with!"

"Then what do you suggest? Unless that is all you can say about this predicament, then the best thing to do is to let a family adopt him for a while until you are fully recovered."

"Ah! Um… let's see, who do I know? I cannot ask Anya's parents because last time they saw Negi, they had a heart attack thinking their little girl was bringing over a boy. That did NOT go well. Emily? No, she left to Spain to complete her training. Elizabeth? No, she is too busy running a country at the moment…."

"Ah. I know. How about Takamichi Takahata? He is a responsible man and a friend of my uncle?"

"Hmmm… that may do. How soon can you can contact and tell of this arrangement?"
"As soon as I can have a phone within my hands, Headmaster."

"Hmmm…. Good, good."

"Excuse me…"

All heads turned to Negi. He had been lost the moment the two began to talk and only realized that he could not stay with his sister and had to go with Takamichi. This is a huge change from what happened originally, but he couldn't go against it. If he did, then things might get worst.

"Um…" Negi blushed with all the attention on him. "… if I'm going away, how am I going to study magic? How will I catch up with any of the students while I am in some far place."

"A very good point child. Follow me."

Osmond walked out the office, Negi following him. The Meridiana Academy is large. Very large. The entire building was built to be a castle in the sixteenth century for a royal British Nobleman. However, the nobleman was displeased with the structure, claiming that it was not fit for him to reside in. So he sold it to a random man who was looking for a place to create a school. Without knowing his intentions, the nobleman told the man that he had a castle that he was willing to sell for a low price. Intrigued, the man accepted, and bought it from the man. Unknown to the man, he sold it to a mage, who once saw the castle, was incredibly happy to buy the castle, claiming it to be perfect for mage education. The man began to find staff for the castle and students, furnishing the castle and enchanting it to not degrade and stay pristine for generations. And in this castle is a library, a library that was soon with magical texts and tomes.

This is where Osmond brought the two of them.

Osmond when to various places of the library, grabbing tomes and scrolls before returning to Negi.

"Now Mr. Springfield, I will give these texts to you if you promise me that you will take care of them?"

"I will, sir."

As if examining him, he nodded, "Very well. I hope this helps you on your path."

Osmond then gave the books to Negi.

"Now then, let us see what we can do about your situation, hmmm?"


A few days later, he was in the airport, a suitcase with him and his sister crying.

"Take care now, ok, Negi?"

"I will, sister."

And Negi walked into the terminal, following a new path in this chance.


Standing in the airport is a tall man. He is about five-seven. He wore a plain peach suit that gave him a mature look. He has blonde hair that is starting to gray from the back of his head. He wore glasses and gave him the nickname "Takai Megane", or "Death Glasses". He was a member of Ala Rubra and one of the heroes after the war in the magical war.

This is the man that had just picked up Negi Springfield.

"Hello, Negi-kun, how was your flight?"

"I am doing fine, Takamichi."

'Sigh… I have to act like I don't know any Japanese at all or else my life may be in danger. This is too troublesome."

"Oh, and Negi-kun, you are going to join the Mahora Elementary School, specifically, the fourth grade."

"EH! WHY!"

"Because that is one of the requirements that I have to take care of you. I have a job to do when you have school you know."

"Ah… right."

"And we need to teach you how to speak Japanese. None of the students can speak English. And we still have a weekend, so I will be teaching you enough Japanese to get on by, alright?"

"EH-Gah-Uh…. Whatever Takamitchi. Whatever you say."

"Good, good. Now let's get you stuff and get to your own apartment."

"EH~! APARTMENT! I'M NOT STAYING WITH YOU!"

Takamichi chuckled nervously. "Ehhh… kind of. I have to be the guardian of someone else while you are here. Don't worry, I will be right next door, so if you need anything, I will be right there."

"Ah… okay."

, I will be right next door, so if you need anything, I will be right there."

"Ah… okay."

'Taking care of? Who is… ah, Asuna. She did say that Takamitchi was taking care of her when she was a kid. So why do I have to go to school, when I am gonna be in school ag~ain. Twice. Damn it all, if it was not for the fact that I could save everyone again, I would have said in the words of Kotaro "Screw it".

Negi groaned. Life was going to be a long, long road. He could feel it.

He then buried his head in his arms.

And the two went off in Takamitchi's car towards Mahora's Academy, not knowing what was in store for them.


The reason why Negi was speaking English for the past three chapters was due to the fact was that at his age, he DIDN'T know Japanese. In fact, I bet he only learned Japanese after learning to be a teacher.

Can someone give me a timeline of events, I might need to tweak some things.

And I need someone that can help me with my story? I am horrible in description, and I need someone to do these type of scenes. So if anyone knows anyone that is good, can you please?

And please review. Thank you.