Chapter 9 – A Friend and a Nuisance
Feli's POV
"Gee. This place is huge. People could get lost here."
"Ah, that's what everybody says on their first day of high school. Give it a few weeks and you'll know it like the back of your hand." Ringo said to me.
"Thanks, Ringo. But I'm not worried about myself getting lost." I said. We both then looked at Rafisol, who then looked back at us with a look of confusion.
"What?" She asked.
"Rafisol, do you remember what your sister said before we split up?"
"Uh…"
*FLASHBACK*
"I hope you all get to know your new teachers well." The principal said before ending his speech.
"Okay, I seriously need to know this. I'm going to go look for Rulue out in the hall." Arle said as she eagerly got up from her seat and headed for the nearest exit.
"A-Arle! Wait up!" Amitie shouted as she went after her.
"I'm going to go with Ami. See you during lunch, Feli." Raffina said to me.
"Later, cousin."
"Me and Lidelle are gonna go, too. I'll meet you guys out in the hall." Ringo said.
"Alright."
"Hey, uh…Feli. Can I ask you for a favor?" Ally asked.
"A favor? What kind?"
"Well…since you and Rafisol are in the same class, could you look after her for me?"
"Huh? Look after her?"
"You know, making sure she's focusing in class, making sure she doesn't get lost to class, and such others. I would do this myself, but I'm not in the same class as her. Sorry to dump this on you. It's just that you and her have become great friends and all…"
"Ally, it's okay. I don't mind. I'll look after her."
"You will? Great! Thanks a lot, Feli! Sis, make sure you listen to Feli, okay?"
"Okay, Onee-chan."
"Good. See you guys later then." Ally said as she headed for the same exit as the others.
"Come on, Rafisol. Let's go wait outside for Ringo to come back." I said to her.
"Sure thing, Feli."
*PRESENT TIME*
"…oh yeah, I remember. What about it?"
"You know there's a reason why Ally asked me to watch over you, right?"
"Yeah, I know. She's just worried about me. Onee-chan and I were never in the same class back in Tokyo. So this is nothing new to me."
"I see."
"But doesn't that bug you in some way?" Ringo asked.
"A little. But then again, she does fear that no one will be my friend because of the fact that I don't have a soul."
"Wait, you don't have a soul?!"
"Why do you think I'm always floating?"
…
…
"You know, that makes a lot of sense." Ringo said after thinking about it.
"I see. So it's just sister's intuition." I said.
"Yeah, uh…what you said."
The three of us continued to walk down these halls to find our classroom. When I said that this place was huge, I was really worried about Rafisol. But now after taking another look at it, I'm worried that I'll get lost myself.
"Hey, Ringo. Where is this classroom again?" I asked.
"It should be around the corner. At least, that's what my phone's telling me."
"You have a GPS on your phone that tells you where these rooms are?"
"Yeah, it's starting to become really helpful. It showed us where the auditorium was and now it's showing me where our classroom is."
"Huh. I didn't know that was a thing."
"Me neither." Rafisol added.
"Well…that's because it isn't."
"Huh?" We were both confused.
"Hey! Ringo!" We then heard someone calling out Ringo's name. we saw that it was a boy with dark purple hair that was covering his eyes. He didn't even have much hair for it to do that. So it kinda creepy to me. Other than that, he seemed to be the same height as Ringo.
In other words…he's taller than me.
Damn, I hate being short.
"Hey! Maguro!" Ringo shouted with glee.
"Long time no see. I haven't seen you since we completed the entrance exam."
"Yeah, I went over to spend summer vacation with my aunt and Lidelle."
"Oh yeah. Didn't you say your cousin was attending this school?"
"Yeah, we just left her. We probably won't see her until lunch."
"Yeah, that's to be expected."
"Uh…hey. Ringo." I nudged her on the arm.
"Oh, right. Sorry. We should probably find the classroom now."
"You're looking for Class 1-C?" Ringo's friend asked.
"Yeah. You've seen it?"
"No. I'm actually trying to find it myself. That's when I saw you in the distance."
"I see. So the good news is, we're in the same class. The bad news is, we can't find said class. Just as one would expect on the first day of school."
"Yes, I guess. By the way, who are your friends?"
Now they remember us?
"Oh, right. They're from Primp as well." Ringo said.
"My name's Feli Kuromi."
"Rafisol Kaneshiro."
"Kaneshiro?" Me and Ringo asked. All Rafisol did to respond was a simple nod.
"Huh." Was all we said.
"Well, nice to meet you both. I'm Maguro Sasaki. I'm Ringo's best friend and we've known each other since childhood."
"Wow. That long? That's impressive." I said.
"Yep. Our friendship's a strong one." Ringo said. "And now we all get to be in the same class together."
"If you can find it, that is. *giggle*"
…
…
"Uh…who said that?" I asked.
As soon as I said that, I started feeling an enormous amount of power nearby. It was huge! Possibly bigger than those Puyo Hats Raffina was telling me about! It was so extreme! I started giggling with excitement!
"Fufufufu…this power. This ultimate power. It's so massive! Its levels are through the roof! Who the hell has this power?! I MUST MEET HIM!"
"Feli." Rafisol was tugging on my jacket sleeve trying to get my attention.
"H-Huh? Oh…s-sorry…about that." I said with a little embarrassment within me."
"Ah, it's okay, Feli. I get excited too whenever supernatural stuff happens." Ringo said.
"Y-You do?"
"Yeah. But in this case, it's nothing new."
"What do you mean by that?" I asked while being extremely confused.
Ringo didn't answer. Instead, she turned away from me and looked at the empty hallway in front of her. The way she was tightening her fist made me believe she was really pissed off at something.
"Just how long are you going to continue to spy on us, Ecolo?!"
"Ecolo?" Me and Rafisol asked.
"Aw. So you've figured it out huh, Ringo?"
Then in mere seconds, a weird figure of a human spawned in front of us. He had a black hoodie on that partly covered his light-turquoise hair. He also wore some dark grey jeans that had a bunch of zippers all over it. And his shoes were colored white and light-turquoise.
But the most important features I've noticed about this guy were the fact that he was floating like Rafisol, he had pink hearts in his eyes,
…and he was drooling.
I'm starting to have second thoughts about this "ultimate power" thing.
"Please. Who else would be spying on my conversations with friends?" Ringo asked in a sarcastic way.
"Well, there is what's his face. I've heard he's the most hated boy here! Ha! The guy must be a total perv!"
"And that's funny?" Maguro asked.
"You just have no sense of humor, pretty boy."
"Uh, guys…you know this guy?" I asked.
"Yeah. We do."
"This is Ecolo. Me and Maguro met him through an experiment made by our friend Risukuma two years ago that went horribly wrong." Ringo explained.
"As usual." Ecolo added.
"Shut it, Ecolo." Ringo scolded him. "Anyway, it brought Ecolo here through means of dimensional warping. And now he's stuck here."
"Dimensional warping?!" I yelled.
"Cool…" Rafisol sounded amazed.
"So…you guys are friends with someone from another dimension?"
"Well…somewhat of a friend. He's more of a nuisance."
"A nuisance? My, what a mean thing to say there, Ringie." Ecolo said.
"D-Don't call me Ringie!"
"Sorry. But seeing you blush out of embarrassment is just so cute and funny. I can't get enough of it. *giggle*"
"Sc-Screw you!" Ringo's face got redder.
"Ah, ah, ah, Ringie. Using such language on the first day of school is only going to hurt your reputation."
"You're about to be hurting soon if you don't stop!"
"Okay, fine. I've had enough fun for now." Ecolo said with a smirk.
"*giggle* This guy's funny." Rafisol said.
"Why thank you. You're a bit of a cutie yourself for a soulless person."
"You know I'm soulless?"
"Of course. I mean, why else would you be floating?"
"Oh yeah."
"So, what do you want, Ecolo? I see you've followed us here from the middle school. So I guess you're going to start roaming around here, too?" Maguro asked.
"You bet, pretty boy! With this place being much bigger than the middle school, my mischievous pranks will go unnoticed at a higher rate! It's perfect! *giggle*"
"Pranks?" I asked.
"Ecolo likes to prank people. So he goes out of his way to mess with people." Ringo said after she calmed down from earlier.
"And the teachers don't stop him?"
"Well…no."
"Very few people can see Ecolo. At one point, it was just me, Ringo, and our friend Risukuma. But now it looks like you two can see him." Maguro explained.
"Plus, he's not even a student here." Ringo added.
"I see." I said.
Woah! So I can see someone who's basically a ghost! Maybe his power can increase my charm's magic! If that happens, I can finally have the body of my dreams!
"Speaking of pranks, do you have anything to do with the fact that we can't find our classroom?" Ringo asked Ecolo.
"Hmm…maybe." Ecolo said while being in a thinking pose.
"And what is that supposed to mean?"
"Well…it could mean that I may have made the door to your classroom disappear. And that you may have past it on your way here…"
"Ecolo…"
"I KNEW IT!"
We then saw a girl with really long red hair standing behind us. Well, not exactly standing. She was floating, but she had wings of an angel. Much like Harpy, but they were white and somewhat bigger than hers. Her uniform was way different from ours for some reason. The jacket was grey and the skirt was brown. She also had on a red necktie and grey dress shoes of some kind. Judging from this look, she looks like she has some kind of high authority around here. Don't know what, though.
"I KNEW YOU HAD SOMETHING TO WITH THE INCIDENT GOING ON!" She shouted as she flew over to us.
"Well, what a surprise this is. Didn't expect to see you here, Floré." Ecolo said.
"Save it, Ecolo! You've put me in a stressful mood this morning! Now go and bring that door back into existence!"
"sigh. Always so demanding. You know, I would appreciate a "please" every once in a while."
"You'll get them once you learn to behave. NOW GO!"
"Fine. Whatever."
Ecolo then floated off to return our classroom door to its original spot, which was only a few feet back the way we came. The door materialized from nowhere and even opened by itself when it was completely back.
"Woah." Me and Rafisol said.
"That makes a lot of sense." Ringo and Maguro said.
"There. Happy now?" Ecolo asked.
"Yes. Very. Now go wait in the student council office." The girl said.
"Hmm…"
"sigh. Please."
"Thank you, Floré! *giggle*"
Ecolo then flew off again. Leaving us with this angel girl that he somehow knows.
"Sorry about that. I promise, as your student council president, it won't happen again. Hopefully." She said, whispering that last part to herself.
"Uh…okay, then." Ringo said.
"Now I really must head back to the student council room before Ecolo messes something else up. Head into your classroom please."
The angel girl then flew off to possibly catch up to Ecolo down the hall. The four of us were rather confused about the whole thing. Not knowing what just happened.
"So I guess that was the student council president." Maguro said.
"Yep. Sure sounded like it. Although, why did she have on a different uniform? And more importantly, how do her and Ecolo know each other?" Ringo asked.
"Who knows. But at least we found our classroom."
"Yeah, good point. And at good timing, too. Come on, you guys. Let's go find a seat."
Ringo and Maguro went inside the classroom with no hesitation whatsoever. Me and Rafisol looked at each other for a bit, still confused on what just happened, and then looked back at the door to the classroom.
"So…shall we go?" I asked.
"Sure. I'm excited to be your classmate, Feli." Rafisol said.
"Do you really mean that? Cause I can't tell with that unamused look on your face."
"I mean it."
"You're sure?"
"Feli…" She whined.
"Okay, okay. I believe you. What do you say we go sit next to each other."
Rafisol did a simple nod, this time with a smile. Something I haven't seen from her from the day I moved here to now. It was quite the sight.
We both went inside the classroom and found two seats near the window to sit at. We were both excited to finally start our lives as high school girls.
Well, I was. I wasn't sure about Rafisol…
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Feli's first POV complete. At first, I couldn't decide if either her or Ringo should get this chapter. But in the end, I went with Feli.
*3 NEW CHARACTERS*
I didn't feel like doing that whole star thing with Maguro again. It was already a pain to do in Dream Land Invasion. Not doing it twice.
Fun fact, Ecolo was originally going to appear in Tsu. With a chapter or two referencing Sig's New Interest. But the idea was scrapped. As I really wanted to use his unusual form from 20th Anniversary (which is a pain to unlock, by the way).
And finally, the character Floré is from Quest. Specifically, from the Light Academy Combination. The other four members will be in this story as well.
That's all from me. Feel free to review, favorite, and/or follow the story. Dream Land Invasion will return this week (not sure what day, though). So keep an eye out for it. Thanks for reading. Later.
