Mika walked into the massive auditorium of Beacon Academy that was teeming with students. She looked around at everyone else, but saw nothing but random people. A blonde girl and a girl with black hair were talking, a defeated looking blonde guy being comforted by blue haired boy, and a girl was leaning against a wall with red hair, golden Spartan armor and wait a minute.
That was her! Pyrrha Nikos! The girl that made a complete fool of Mika in front of everyone in Mistral. Gritting her teeth, she stomped over to her former opponent.
Pyrrha looked up from where she was standing and noticed Mika. Pyrrha began to wave to her, but Mika pointed towards her as if accusing her of something.
"You! Me! Right here! Right now! Let's go!" Mika shouted.
"I'm sorry?" Pyrrha wondered.
"Rematch girlie! This time I won't fall for your cheating!" Mika continued.
"Cheating? What cheating?" Pyrrha asked.
"That doesn't matter! Get ready for a fair fight!" Mika yelled as she unclipped her gunblade but stopped as someone held her arm back.
A girl in a yellow tank top and white scarf held Mika's arm with all her strength. She had short blonde hair and had some sort of cylinder on her back?
"I don't think this is the right place to start a fight, you don't want to get expelled" warned the stranger.
"…No….. I guess not" Mika huffed.
"Wait a minute!" said the girl redirecting her attention to Pyrrha. "You're Pyrrha Nikos! The winner of four straight Mistral Regional Tournaments! That's awesome!"
"Oh it's not that much" Pyrrha replied humbly as Mika punched a wall in the background.
"Oh! And you look familiar too!" the girl said towards Mika. Mika's eyes brightened. Finally! Some recognition!
"You're the girl who works at that café in Vale!" the stranger said smiling. "I was just there!"
Mika's eye twitched at the girl's lack of knowledge. "Hey! I'll have you kno-" Mika began but was cut off.
"It's a pleasure to meet you…" Pyrrha said reaching her hand out.
"Sunny! Sunny Keusik! What's your name?" Sunny asked Mika.
"I'm the runner up of the Mistral Regio-" Mika began again but stopped as a mic cracked.
An older gentleman walked onto stage and cleared his throat. "I'll…keep this brief. You have traveled here today in search of knowledge, to hone your craft and acquire new skills, and when you finish, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you, and all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you, to take the first step."
The man walked off stage while the previously introduced Glynda Goodwitch walked up to the mic. "You will gather in the ballroom tonight, tomorrow your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed."
"So what do you think the initiation is? I hope we can get paired up as teammates, that'd be fun, right?" Sunny said to Mika. They were currently walking through the ballroom, where many students had already fallen asleep.
Weaving through the bodies, Sunny continued. "So where are you from Mika? I'm from a small village outside of Vale blah blah blah…." Was all Mika heard as she glared across the room at Pyrrha. Sunny decided to hang around with her, which she didn't mind, but Pyrrha was the real reason she was here.
After walking for a bit, Mika changed direction and began walking towards Pyrrha. "Mika? Mika? Mika!" Sunny shouted as she jumped in front of her to get her attention.
"What? What do you want?!" Mika shouted back.
"Are you paying attention?" Sunny asked. "Or are you still thinking of Pyrrha? Is there something between you guys?"
"Are you kidding me?! She made a fool of me at the Mistral Regional Tournament!" Mika exclaimed.
Sunny looked at her quizzically. "What? You were in that?"
Mika sighed as she pushed Sunny away, which caused her fall backwards, landing on another student.
"Ouch" said Sunny as she rubbed her head. "Hi I'm Sunny!" She greeted to a very confused girl with short black hair and red highlights.
Mika stomped over towards Pyrrha, nearly bursting with rage. Eventually reaching Pyrrha, who was leaning against a wall, observing something.
"Who do you think you are?!" demanded Mika.
"I'm afraid I don't understand" Pyrrha replied tilting her head.
"You come in here thinking you're the best thing ever don't you! Well you're not! Just know that the next time we fight, I'm going to win!" Mika yelled, pointing at herself.
Pyrrha smiled. "Well, I look forward to our next match."
Mika held her head in her hands. "What is wrong with you!? No one's this kind or happy! And worst of all, why aren't you taking me seriously?!" Mika got no response as she looked at Pyrrha who was currently engrossed in something else, behind Mika. She waved her hand in front of Pyrrha's eyes, causing her to snap out of it.
"Oh! I'm sorry." Pyrrha apologized.
"This is exactly what I mean!" Mika shouted. "Am I just amusement for you?!"
"What are you looking at anyways?" Mika asked as she turned around. Looking back she saw a scrawny looking blonde boy wearing blue bunny feety pajamas.
Mika flattened her rabbit ears in both embarrassment and anger. Hanging her head in shame, yet again, Mika walked back over to Sunny who was currently lying down looking at her Scroll.
Mika lied down and slapped her hands on her face. Hearing an audible sigh from Mika, Sunny looked over. "How'd it go?"
Mika removed her hands from her face. "Shut up Sunny."
"On the bright side, I made new friends!" Sunny replied with a smile.
"Shut up Sunny" Mika repeated.
"They're super cool! And one of them is fifteen years old!" Sunny continued.
"Wait, fifteen?" Mika inquired.
"Yeah, she must be amazing to get in here at that age!" Sunny said.
'Great, now EVERYBODY is showing me up!' Mika thought. 'But I'm not going to let that happen anymore. I'm going to be the best….'
The final light in the room was extinguished, enveloping the ballroom in near complete darkness, only illuminated by the shattered moon in the sky.