::09:: Roxas::White Witch and her Hero::
"Get me out of here?"
I was making my way up the marble dormitory staircase when I heard voices talking; they seemed to be coming from the dorm itself, and me being curious, I decided to stand by the door and listen. It appeared to me that Namine and Axel were discussing a sticky topic, an urgent one…
It was Namine's voice, and judging from the tone, didn't sound good to me.
"Why?" she asked.
"That Saix guy is bad news." said Axel. "And if you truly understand the present danger you've been placed into, you'd know that your Magic is what They will be coming for."
"People keep saying that." She paused briefly. "But I want to know…why."
"Your Magic is special, Namine. I want you to remember that."
"If bad people are going to come for me, then, that means even Roxas may get hurt."
! My heart nearly halted at the sweet sound of her voice mentioning my name.
"…Axel, I want to ask you something." Namine continued. "Who are They?" She stopped, hesitantly. "…and what of your link to Saix?"
"They are—"
"What's going on?" I blurted out. I opened the door, and soon enough, when I stepped into the dormitory, everyone was up. Xion had made her way up the hallway and was listening the entire time too. I averted my attention to Axel, "What's happening to Namine?"
"Axel…" The girl bit her bottom lip. "You know more than I know, so explain."
"Namine's our friend!" Xion crossed her arms. "I'm not going to let her disappear like that."
With a heavy sigh, Axel began mumbling to himself, "…See…this is why…but no, He…" The older boy got up from his seat and shook his head, pulling at his spiky red hair. "Geez, people like making things so complicated…"
I turned to Namine, hoping to ask her about the sudden urgent situation; however, before I knew it, she went over to Axel and picked up the sketchbook from the table. She grabbed a color-pencil as well and began…drawing.
"Wait, Namine," Xion whispered out.
"It's okay, you two." She smiled, showing us her drawing of stars… "Look outside."
The four of us walked out into the marble balcony overlooking the Field, with heads high and eyes trailing onto the bright stars above us.
Twinkling with such innocence, the stars seemed to be moving altogether.
"I'm a Witch." She pointed out.
Within seconds, they were arranged exactly like the picture shown.
They were in the shape of…
Me.
The second day since Her arrival.
WHEET!
I cringed at the piercing sound of Zack's whistle, sweating when the class and I were walking out into the grassy fields. The man blew his instrument once more as I wiped the hot sweat from my forehead, glaring at the vicious sun. I looked over my shoulder where Xion and Namine were keeping to themselves, talking to one another.
We were all dressed out in our white gym t-shirts and black shorts, suffering from the afternoon evils.
WHEET!
"C'mon, everyone!" Zack jogged up to me and Axel, hyped up as usual with his optimistic personality. "Run a little! You all aren't going to make it to the Academy swimming pool very soon if you guys keep this up!"
"Man, can't you stop whistling that thing?" Axel complained.
"No can do, dude!" The black-haired man stopped to do his usual squats, and in a zip, he was up again and running around us two. "C'mon! Be a bit chatty! Smile!" He turned around. "Cloud, run! You're not my teacher assistant for nothing, buddy!"
"Why is the swimming pool a good ten acres away from the Academy itself again?" I glowered.
As soon I blurted that one out, I felt a thump against my leg and looked over to my left.
Cloud lifted up his sheathed sword, poker-faced as usual. "So, that you bums can get your lazy butts off the couch and start exercising."
I could see the sweat dripping down his blonde spiky hair…
"That's right!" Zack laughed. "Awesome Keyblade wielders always need to be in good shape for swift battles—" His laughter was cut shortly, only to be replaced by a solemn line in lips.
Axel and I stopped in our tracks, the same with our classmates.
In the pool, there were already students in there—the Gifted.
I gritted my teeth as Ventus and his friends stared back at us.
"What's going on?" Zack murmured. "This wasn't supposed to happen." One of the figures swimming in the enormous pool caught his eye. "Hey, Leon!"
Leon, a man with brown hair, emerged from the waters and began approaching our group in swimming trunks. "Yes, Zack?" he addressed.
"What's going on?"
"The Gifted were hot, so we decided to take a dip." Leon answered, casually.
Zack's eyes clouded over in anger. "What?"
Once again, my blue eyes met against Ven's blinking irises.
The Gifted... I thought to myself, grudgingly.
When I had registered for the Academy with Ven, we had to take magic entrance exams in which we were both tested on the power levels and control of our magic. I had always struggled against Ven, and even when growing up, he was perfect at everything. When we found out that we had to fight one another in front of the Headmaster and several instructors, we muster up all we had. I lost within the first few minutes and was casted aside for the "Nobody" category while Ventus got to move forward into the "Gifted" class.
To be branded a "Gifted", it means you have what it takes to be a Hero.
You have what it takes...to be a top-notch Keyblade wielder, a knight-a Keyblade master.
"Hey!" I turned to my left, following Axel's voice. "There's a pool here too, you guys!"
"W-wait!" Even poker-faced Cloud seemed surprised. "There wasn't…supposed to be another pool—only one!"
"Isn't this great?" I nearly jumped, startled by Namine who stood by my side. "Now, everyone can go swimming." My eyes trailed over to the sketchbook in her arms. "I had a hunch something like this would happen."
Soon enough, everyone from the Nobodies class were jumping into the gigantic blue pool that sat next to the Gift-ties'. The guys were stripping down to their swimming trunks while the girls were in their uniform one-piece swimsuits. The sun was getting to me, and I was going to jump in the cold water—when my heart stopped.
I turned to Namine, who was looking over the pool's ledge—halfway stripping down to her white one-piece. My ears felt hot, and I sucked in a deep breath. From the corner of my eye, Axel was snickering from the look of my face.
The White Witch.
Namine, in her one-piece, turned to me with a bright smile.
"Where did you come from?" I had asked.
Her blue-ocean eyes stared back at me, wide and filled with innocence. "…the sky."
An angel…if you will.
And I wanted to be her Hero.