Allie's POV
"Are you sure about this? I don't know if I want to do this anymore.." I yell whispered to Abii.
"Oh come on, it was your idea don't chicken out now."
"I'm not! let's just try not to get caught.."
"Well of course we don't want to get caught" Abii said rolling her eyes. Since by the time we arrived back at the dorm we were told it was only 10 minutes till curfew, but we hadn't gone to the library yet. So I had the great idea of sneaking out before thinking it through.
"There it is," I pointed to a door on the left side of the hallway with a sign saying 'library' next to it. We approached it only to realize it was locked. "How are we suppose to get in," I stood on my toes peeking through the window.
"I have an idea," Abii said with a grin before turning towards the lock and closing her eyes in concentration, when I was about to tell her we should probably just give up and come back tomorrow, both of her arms turned into blades.
"When did you learn to do that?" I asked marveling at her arms- or blades.
"I can't really control it yet.. or fully transform," she murmured before slipping the curved point of her blade into the lock and twisting it in a ninety degree angle. There was a small click signaling the door had unlocked and Abii moved back, she closed her eyes and I watched her let out a breath before her arms returned to normal.
I couldn't help but gasp when my eyes fell upon the inside of the library. The ceiling was high and the book shelves installed into the walls required a ladder to reach the top, there were also book shelves scattered around the center of the room. The light was dimmed, most likely to conserve electricity, but it was just enough to see. There were signs labeled stuff like 'fighting', 'meisters' 'weapons' 'techniques' placed above certain parts of the library.
I walked over to a small bin that had a sign attacked to it and read, 'Free student handbooks, one per visit.' I grabbed one and walked over to a small bean bag chair only to collapse into it.
"I'm going to check out the weapon section," Abii said walking away. I nodded even though she had already turned away and flipped open the small handbook. On the first page was a brief description of the purpose of the academy, which was basically the same thing Stein had told us. I skimmed through the chunky little book easily, learning the academy rules and already brainstorming ways to get around them.
Abii returned with a stack of books of her own. She settled down onto the bean bag to my left and handed me a book. At the top it read 'Meister weapon handling and fighting techniques.'
I was around half way through when Abii nudged me on the shoulder catching my attention, "Do you think you could help me test something?"
I gave her a quick nod, "Yeah, what?"
"Well if I full transform just catch me.. k?" she said standing up then giving me a hand up. She closed her eyes and within a second, way quicker then before, she transformed into her weapon form, a battle ax, and flew into my hands. I turned her around my hand using this movement to gain momentum, just like I had seen in the book, then swung her into the air in front of me.
Putting the bottom of her staff on the ground I got a good look of her weapon form. Her staff was long and grey, it had dark blue lacing on it until it ran into a skull which held together two blades on either side of her staff. The blades were carved like angel wings but were deadly sharp.
"You look.. amazing." I said in ah.
"I know" she said, her reflection appearing in the blade.
"You can see what you look like in this form?" I said rising a eyebrow.
"Nah, it's more like.. i dunno I can just feel it."
Her form glowed for a millisecond then liquefied out of my hand where she appeared in human form. She clenches and unclenches her fists then looks back up at me smiling, "I think I can control it now." I give grin back at her.
There's a pause of silence before I speak, "You know this place is exactly what we dreamed of-"
"an adventure-something abnormal," she finished smirking at me.
"Hey," I said looking down at my new boots, "You're going to help me find my brother right- I mean I totally get it if you don't want to go back-"
"What? Of course I'm going to help, Andy's like a brother to me and what kind of friend would I be if I didn't," She playfully hit my shoulder, "We're a team ey?"
"Yeah," I said looking up to meet her eyes. "You know you can start fights here as long as you have a teacher or member of staff present?" I mentioned, eagerly changing the subject. She raised a eyebrow at this clearly intrigued.
We exited class crescent moon after everyone else had already cleared out. Which only resulted in not being able to beat the crowded hallways.
The night before we had stayed in the library till dawn, when we hid in the bathrooms until classes started so no one would suspect us of breaking and entering. The only sleep we had got in the past 48 hours is when we took turns resting on the plane. I could feel myself getting grumpier by the second.
A group of two guys pushed past us, knocking Abii back a few steps.
"What the hell?!" Abii snapped, she tens to get easily annoyed when tired, but what room do I have to talk all I want to do right now is smash someones head in.
A glimpse of a familiar shade of blue skin is all I need, "Oi Sid." I Shout before turning to Abii. She understands what I'm doing immediately and transforms. I catch her, spinning her around a few times before pointing her directly at the two boys.
"Rule 45, if a battle between two academy students begins there must be a member of staff to witness it." Abii says and I can tell she's grinning while saying it.
"We, The double AAs, challenge you to a duel."
Abii's POV
"We, the double AAs, challenge you to a duel."
The words ring in my ears, this would be our first duel, but then again these guys didn't seem like much of a challenge.
The first guy was scrawny, but he had a good sized meister as his partner. He was big, only a couple inches taller than Allie though, he didn't seem like he was prepared to run or move from the position he stood in which gave us an advantage.
I watch from the dark space I float in as the scrawny boy turns into a curved sword, which I believe is a scimitar, he looks more threatening in weapon form.
Somewhere in the dark space I can feel Allie's soul wavelength, she seems determined to win. I'm swung at the boy who is too slow to move out of the way completely, getting his shirt cut open.
"Allie, jump!" I yell, hearing the blade coming from below.
She jumps as I instructed, kicking the boy hard in the stomach, probably a move she learned last night. This sends him stumbling backwards.
His weapon doesn't seem to be doing much, he seems more frightened then anything as I see the scrawny boy's reflection in the blade.
"Let's end this quick." I suggest to Allie who nods, she charges forward giving the boy a deep cut with one swift move.
The blood pouring from the boy's wound seems to catch him off guard, Allie, taking the opportunity, kicks his feet out from under him and shoves the tip of my blade right in front of his face.
"Alright that's enough." Sid says from the sidelines and Allie pulls me away from him. The boy attempts to crawl away from us but fails.
Everyone stares as I change back into human form, accidentally stepping on the guy's hand.
The meister is taken to the infirmary; his scrawny partner hot on his heels. "Looks like Stein was right about you two." Sid says, coming out of the small crowd that gathered to watch us fight.
"What do you mean?" Allie asks, clearly still enraged.
"I have to go visit Lord Death, nice fighting though." Sid replies, avoiding the question entirely.
Allie and I exchange looks, and I can tell we're both thinking the same thing.
What are they hiding from us?
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