Everything was a mess, being a Star Guardian was confusing already but having someone like Jinx on the team? That was a complete different business. After one of her new companions gave her a towel, she could only hear Lux and Poppy arguing with Jinx about her behavior. On the other side of the room Lulu was eating cake and sharing with Pix while Janna was looking at the other three guardians, Shisa on the other hand was at the side of the newest member, still trying to dry her hair.
¨I don't understand any of this. They don't look at all like the girls from the pictures¨ Soph whispered, holding the towel in her hands ¨Star Guardians are supposed to be… I don't know, something else¨
¨Star Guardians also have a life to fulfill outside of their duties, they are around your age so it won't be a surprise they act like that¨ Shisa commented, looking at how the discussion still went on with the other members.
¨Maybe… but I just can't get over the fact that Jinx is also a guardian, like… what can she bring to the table with all her attitude and pranks?¨ The student frowned, leaving the towel on one of the desks ¨There's one thing you never told me Shisa¨ The familiar turned to the girl ¨Lux talked about some sort of crystal, what did she mean by that?¨
¨It's the source of our powers¨ They both looked at the blonde student from third grade. Janna seemed like the oldest member since she was on third grade, however it was a mystery as to why Lux was the leader ¨All the Star Guardians have two things that will keep them alive, their familiar and a crystal that will help them channel their powers as well as transform. If a crystal is destroyed the guardian loses its power, but it's not permanent as a familiar can produce a new one, but it will take time¨ The warm look on Janna's face slowly turned into a more serious one ¨However familiars are not immortal, if they die no more crystals will be produced and therefore if a guardian loses the last piece…¨
The silence from the third grader was more than enough, Sophie turned to Shisa, worried that her new partner would get killed in a coming battle ¨But… I don't have that crystal, I don't know my powers or anything¨ She looked back at Janna ¨How will I know any of that?¨
¨In due time, but for now… considering Lux and the others are having a big argument you will probably have many questions and I hope to answer them all¨
¨Right… so… uh… why us?¨ The blonde tilted her head ¨I mean, why choose girls from our ages to fight a battle that will decide the destiny of the universe?¨
¨Because the First Star found you worthy enough, just like how it did for the rest of us. But you should know, the same way as it happens with Lux, Lulu, Jinx and Poppy, you are part of a new legacy of Star Guardians¨
¨New legacy?¨
¨Yes, in the past only stars were chosen to become guardians and fight in the name of the light. I am one of them and fought against the Dark Star for many years now; after our work was done we were sent to sleep until we were needed again. I was summoned once again with other three young guardians to help Lux with the battle against the monsters¨
¨Wait so if you… you are part of the old Star Guardians… how is it that you look like that? Like… our age?¨
¨When we are sent to sleep we don't age, our bodies remain young despite being thousand years old¨
¨Holy… you really are an old lady!¨
Of course this commentary wasn't too funny for Janna who immediately frowned, fire formed in her eyes. If there was one thing she despised most was that someone called her old, Jinx was the most common case since she liked to make jokes about it, but now the newest member as well? ¨I'M NOT AN OLD LADY!¨
No doubt, the energetic shout that Janna made not only stopped the argument between the girls, but also pushed Sophie away. From that moment Sophie knew that the blonde's power had to do with the wind or just screaming, either way the entire classroom went quiet ¨She really doesn't like being called like that…¨ Shisa whispered, the familiar hid behind its guardian who had to hold onto one of the chairs.
Despite Janna still angry at the comment from the newest member, she returned to normal when someone was tucking at her skirt, as she looked down the student noticed Lulu who had a sad look on her face ¨Miss Janna, is everything alright?¨
¨Yes, just… bit of an outrage¨ The third grader moved a tuft of hair away from her eyes.
¨Come on, I'm pretty sure we are only scaring Sophie¨ Lux got closer along with the other two members, Poppy standing at the side of her Yordle companion while Jinx just sat on one of the desks, scratching her side ¨Now… I guess you have questions? Before we go into the important we want to make sure you have no more doubts left¨
Miller's eyes slightly looked at the cyan haired rebel who was not paying attention to this conversation, that's when she thought of the next important question in her mind ¨Why is Jinx a Star Guardian?¨
¨Because it is what the First Star decided¨ Lux commented and Janna nodded, agreeing with this.
¨The team needed someone with a rebel attitude!¨ Lulu's cheerful comment just made Sophie smile and chuckle.
¨Because the First Star thought that someone should deal with Jinx's attitude and put us on charge of it¨ Poppy was not agreeing on the idea of having that student as a member, despite the good results they were getting from previous battles.
¨To be honest I don't know and I don't care, but as long as I'm allowed to destroy star monsters I'm not complaining¨ Jinx just said bored, out of nowhere the black and white familiars that she drew on her desk and papers appeared, with a devilish smile on her face the pink-eyed madman just hugged both animals and looked at the newest member ¨Hey 'Phie, catch¨ Without any further notice, the sable haired girl just had to get a hold of the two creatures that were flying towards her. Even though they were small they were slippery and the fact that they were floating just made it even hard for her. After a failed attempt the two familiars just floated on top of the girl and then rested on each shoulder.
¨How is it that you get two familiars…¨ Sophie slowly looked at Shisa ¨And I get one?¨
¨Depends on the Guardian, some may not show any, such as is Lux and Poppy's case¨ Janna explained, using her hand to motion at each member and familiar ¨People like you, Lulu or me have only one while in Jinx's case it's two. However I do remember seeing someone with three¨
¨I see¨ Sophie used one of her hands to grab the white creature. Its body was covered in fur with two wings on the top, tiny feet and a horn on the forehead, the eyes shared the same color as the black counterpart and their guardian. The student smiled and caressed the familiar, hugging it as if it were a plush toy ¨Oh my… I need one of these for my bedroom!¨ A high pitched cough came from the small lion that was floating behind the girl, when she noticed this she immediately let the familiar go ¨I'm… sorry, but you are cute too Shisa¨
¨Yeah yeah… you won't think of cute about me when training starts, then you'll see my true face¨
¨What's it saying?¨ Lux asked even though the creature was quite audible, even if the student was far away from it.
¨Wait… you…¨ Sophie was looking back between the leader and her familiar ¨You deaf or something?¨
¨You can say that about all of us¨ Poppy interrupted ¨You can only hear your familiar, for the rest is just weird noises¨ The dark haired girl looked at the two creatures from Jinx who were staring back at her.
¨Shiro, Kuro! Come back¨ Both familiars emitted the `weird noises´ Poppy described, the closest she could tie the sound to was a squirrel, and even that it would be weird.
¨Do you have any more questions?¨ The leader once again asked, Sophie tried to think any but nothing came to her head so she just moved from left to right ¨Good! I guess we can start to inform you about the important stuff then. Please have a seat¨
The new guardian just sat on one of the desks that was facing the whiteboard, the rest of the members were at each side with pictures and some other cute drawings made by Lulu.
¨Alright so first things first: Rules¨
¨Boring…¨ The extra comment from Jinx just made the leader sigh before she could continue talking.
¨We Star Guardians fight against the Dark Star and the monsters¨ The rest of the members that weren't talking showed pictures of the different monsters, most of them taken from Ahri's blog, including the one they fought yesterday ¨All of them appear through portals or rifts, it is our duty to defeat said creatures and close the portals before more of them walk into our world¨
¨Our identity is our most valuable asset, we don't know what kind of forms will the Dark Star take or which methods it is going to use and therefore our powers must remain a secret, to our family, to our friends, everyone. Understood?¨ Sophie nodded at Poppy's instructions ¨It is also important that you remember: People will forget our faces once we de-transform thanks to the memory wipe but if someone sees us transform in the first place, they will remember our identity no matter what¨
¨That is why we choose places where we know no one is seeing us such as bathrooms, empty classrooms or even the rooftop¨ Janna continued with all the explanations ¨Which leads us to the next rule: No abusing of our powers¨
¨Well that would be easy for me…¨ The new student smiled and laughed on the inside.
¨For now¨ The third grader responded ¨We don't know yet what kind of powers you will have, but regardless of anything, you shouldn't abuse your new skills for a personal gain. We are on the good side, not the other one; this also means that we won't hurt any innocent people, we save them¨ Janna sighed at the following part ¨And for the record: Exploding part of a building just to create a landslide that leads to a safe area while we are fighting in the middle of it, does not count as a good action¨
¨Yeyeyeye, I get it old lady, my turn!¨ Janna frowned at these words as Jinx threw all the pictures she was holding into the air and rushed to Soph's desk ¨The last rule is: Destroy as many monsters as possible and dance over their dead bodies!¨
¨That's… that's not a rule… not even close to it¨ Shisa muttered, crossing is arms as it sat on top of its guardian's head.
¨Jinx…¨ Lux grabbed the cyan haired by the shoulders and put her away ¨What she meant but last rule was that as guardians we protect each other and we don't fight or kill any fellow companions. You got that?¨ Sophie nodded, still in silence although she noticed that when the leader mentioned this last part Janna seemed to look away, biting her lower lip, seemed odd, especially since the rest was happy about this moment.
¨So… what now? Do I get to choose my power or… do they come with time?¨
¨With time, you'll have to wait for your familiar to develop the crystal, until then you'll have to stay on the backlines and study what we do. We don't want to put you in danger just yet, eventually you'll have to help us¨
¨I know… but until then…¨
¨Until then, you stay on the back, yes?¨ Lux smiled at a positive answer from the girl on the desk ¨Good, then I can say this special meeting is over and you are now officially a member of the literature club¨ After an uncomfortable silence they all looked at each other ¨So… we can all leave, we have nothing else to do¨
¨Yeah um… I'll… I'll just return home then, think about all this, talk to Shisa and- Oh, maybe we could give each other our phone numbers?¨ Both Lux and Sophie pulled out their phones, the former typing down the number that was written on the screen from the latter ¨Good now… I'm leaving. Have a nice day… fellow guar-... club members¨ After waving to the rest of the team Sophie just left along with Shisa.
¨Do you think she has the potential to become a Star Guardian?¨ Poppy looked at Lux who collapsed on the teachers' desk.
¨We'll have to see, without powers she is useless to us now¨
¨Do you want me to try and see if we can find out what she can do?¨
¨No!¨ Everyone answered to Jinx at the same time. The last thing they wanted was the cyan haired to pull as many pranks as possible on the newest member.
We have some background on a few Star Guardian stuff, eventually I'll focus on each member of the team as well as their stories, especially Janna who might have issues later on, if you catch my drift (wink wink)
Next up will be Ren who will have some issues of his own, as well as meeting more people for his friendship circle, let's just hope it doesn't turn into something like Talon where three girls would keep him and Ezreal hostage.
.Machine: pacing is still good here, and with the plot, I feel you would make the two guys join a club related to S.G stuff
Well there is no doubt they will join a club, maybe not a SG related one. Truth be told, they will be tied to the Star Guardians in a way (I mean... Ezreal...)
It's almost 1 in the morning, Worlds begin in 2 hours and I won't stay up to see it, even when Fnatic plays on monday I will be asleep. Kinda busy week this was and the next one will also be busy due to two exams, one on monday the other one on thursday.
But you know what also is busy? Discord dot gg / UpMHen3 There are many authors and readers there, you can chat, have fun, shitpost, post memes, shitpost even more and who knows? Maybe get inspired to make a fic or give some nice feedback to any author you may like (Although in the end ends up with more shitposting)
I'm out, I need to go to sleep and then back to the planning board, there's still lots of stuff to do, and update Heroes & Legends, jesus. But you know, tired or now I will still say my regular quote:
See you in the next chapter ;)
