Yeah! The fourth chapter is up. Happy reading.

Fearing for what came next, Sakura walked stiffly to the principal's office, marched by two men wearing overly formal attire. She had tried to speaking to them but it seemed that they only knew two words: yes or no.

"Um, is it me, or does the hallway seem to be a lot larger when you are in trouble?" Sakura commented, once again, trying to break the tension.

"Yes," the man on her right answered.

Actually it seems to feel longer when you're being escorted by two creepy guys whose vocabulary is smaller than a toddlers, Sakura thought, rolling her eyes.

"We're here." The man on her left said.

"So you do know more than two words," Sakura said with mock surprise.

It wasn't like her to be this sarcastic, but who could feel peppy when they were about to be scolded (or 'advised' as adults always say) by the principal at a school they haven't even been in for more than a day?

"Welcome, Kinomoto Sakura."

The strangely melodic voice shocked her out of her train of thought and she soon realised that the two men had left and she was left by herself in the office together with the Elementary School Principal.

Sakura opened her mouth to talk but she found herself tongue tied at the ESP's features. He had the manners and elegance of an adult but there was something that she couldn't stop thinking about: the fact that he looked like he was about ten.

The only thing she could think of saying at that moment was, "Why are you so small?" but she knew the consequences of saying things that rude to somebody of higher authority, even if they did look like they were suited more for sitting at a small wooden table, a pencil and textbook at the side, instead of a leather chair and a mahogany table eight times their size.

"Well, Kinomoto-san, there are some things you should ask and there are some things that should never be revealed."

"Huh? I didn't say anything that I shouldn't have, did I?" Sakura asked, feeling panicky all of a sudden.

"No, you didn't. But by the expression you had on your face, I had feeling I knew what you were going to ask already."

Sakura felt her face grow hot. "I-I'm sorry."

"It's alright. But now -" The ESP sat up straight, stern look on his face. "About your fountain incident."

Sakura closed her eyes as she felt his stares bore into her. She had never been to the principal's office before so this negative new experience was getting to her head. She breathed in and out, trying to ignore the anxiety building up inside of her.

"I'm really, really, REALLY sorry about that. It's just that my ca-" She caught herself before she said 'cards'. "-Alice got out of hand. I'll keep it under control so don't suspend me or-or expel me. I promised my dad to do a good job here." Sakura pleaded, trying to keep herself from crying.

"Don't worry. I'm not expelling you."

"YES! Thank you!"

"But"

Sakura held her breath as he spoke his next words.

"I'll be moving you to the Dangerous Ability Class."

"Dangerous...ability?"

"Yes, dangerous ability, has Narumi-sensei told you about the ability classes yet?"

Sakura shook her head.

The ESP muttered a curse under his breath as if he wanted to give the news and get Sakura out of his office once and for all.

"You see Kinomoto-san, there are five ability classes: latent, technical, somatic, special and dangerous."

Sakura noticed that the tone he used for the word 'special' was different from the tone used for the others; like he saved some kind of special hatred for that class.

"Kinomoto-san?"

His voice snapped her back into reality.

"Hoeeeee! I mean, yes?"

The ESP lifted an eyebrow up.

"Did you hear what I said just now?"

Sakura swallowed in guilt, wishing she had paid attention to what he had said earlier. Lying was beneath her so, knowing it was the right thing to do...

"No."

It took her three seconds after the word had left her mouth when she realised that the way she had answered him was really blunt.

Oops?

"I mean, I'm sorry for not listening and I promise I will always, always pay attention from now on."

The ESP sighed. "Promise is such a strong word, Kinomoto-san, but thank you for being honest."

Sakura nodded, wondering why the air around her had started feeling a lot more tense. She noticed the ESP was about to say something else when the school bell rang.

"Looks like you have to go now. Remember that you're in the Dangerous Ability class. Oh, and," He tossed her three stars. "Pin those on your shirt collar. Congratulations, Kinomoto Sakura, you're now a three star student."

"Thank you, sir."

She rushed out of the office, never looking back even once.

"I can't believe I forgot to ask the directions to the dining hall," Sakura muttered.

She turned around another corner to see another never ending hallway spread out in front of her.

"Great."

The hallways were all well lit and warm with all the money the school put into central heating and other luxuries but Sakura noticed that the hallway she was walking on was different - colder.

"Mikan-chan!" Somebody called in a soft voice.

Sakura, being the jumpy person she was, gave a small yelp and hid behind the nearest object she could find: a mop which wasn't a very good hiding place at all.

A girl, with messy black hair that covered her face rounded the corner. She's wearing the Middle School Division uniform, Sakura noted.

"Mikan-chan!" The girl yelled again.

To help her or to not help, Sakura argued with herself. Her better side won out and she stepped out from behind her 'hiding place.' But she was a few seconds too late and the girl was stopped by a tall man wearing a mask.

Sakura felt the hallway getting colder the more the girl talked to the man. She noticed a few snowflakes surrounding her and panicked. The girl, now looking like she had walked through a full-fledged blizzard nodded and ran off.

Sakura didn't know where she was, who that girl and man was and what was going on but she had caught one thing before the girl ran off: "Persona."

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