Chapter XIX - Unsuspected

(Lance)
Today's my first day of school in Kanavan Academy. I wonder... can I uncover my past? What's going to happen while I'm there? Who am I going to meet?

I got up and readied myself. My thoughts on a certain paper I've read two days ago.

Seighart.

Why do I feel nostalgic with the name? The others... I feel like I know them too. But, not as strong as that one.

There was also that one. Thanatos. I feel anger towards the name, contributing to my growing confusion.

I shook my head. Concentrate on going to school. You wouldn't want to be late now.

I finished preparing and got myself a quick breakfast. I then ran off to school.

I saw the gate of the school come into view. I stopped and held my head as a splitting headache came. What... is this?!

..... Careful... danger--... He... after....

What?

The headache stopped as soon as it came. What was that? I shook my head. There'd be plenty of time to think about that at school. I went inside the campus and proceeded to the faculty.

(Raz)
A head-splitting pain coursed its way to me. I heard a voice saying something-- but it was too feint for me to understand. It quickly disappeared though.

What was that? All of a sudden....

Is it time already?

(Amy/Camille)

Chatting inside the classroom was pretty much what everyone was doing right now. Varying topics ranging from the tour 3 days ago down to everyday life topics were being discussed.

I for one am excited about this 'new' student some of the girls were talking about.

It's weird for someone to be admitted to the school when almost half of the semester was finished. I smirked. Either this guy has a lot of influence or someone surely played a hand for that to happen.

I looked around and got up when I found the one I was looking for. Walking over to his desk, I greeted him and sat down at one of the vacant seats.

"So, what do you think about this new student?" I asked.

"For some reason, I feel like we're going to be up for a pretty big battle again," said Jin.

"You think too much Jin~" I said playfully.

Jin closed his eyes and sighed. "You're too carefree."

"You think so?"

He opened his eyes and stared at me seriously.

"Alright, alright already! I get it, jeez." I said with a huff. Man! Jin is no fun ever since he and Arme hooked up.

The teacher arrived and I stormed my way back to my seat.

The teacher glanced around and said, "Starting today we will have a new companion with us. Please come in."

The door opened. I gasped. I looked at Jin and saw his startled expression as well.

Lass!?

The Lass-look-a-like walked into the room. "This is Lance Siegfried."

"Nice to meet you everyone. I'm Lance from Ellia University. Starting today, I'll be your classmate. I hope to be friends with you all," said Lance.

"There's an open seat behind Camille. You can sit there if you want."

"Thank you sir," said Lance and walked over behind my desk.

"Class, I will need to leave for a meeting and will be back at about an hour. I want you to write an essay about the tour we had 3 days ago. Lance, you can write about your previous school. I'm expecting you guys to be able to pass after I come back," said the teacher and some of our classmates grumbled.

Essay huh? I smiled. Images of the events during the tour came back to me. Seighart....

I began writing, taking out details of the Grand Chase and the battle that occurred.

I was very excited about the trip because it was my first time in the Silver Land continent. Everything was new to me. The places were preserved rather nicely. There were so many different kinds of plants! We even got to see a flower garden when we were on our way to the meeting place.

The first day was quite fun~! It's a shame we didn't get to see the other groups on our venture in the forest. After exploring, we set up camp, made dinner and slept.

The second day was a bit different. Rather than going with everyone of the group, we split up into pairs to explore the ruins. I got Seigh as my partner, who led me to a waterfall. There, we saw the whole ruins below.

The third day was a bit uneventful for me. We still split up into pairs and went our separate ways. Sei and I just went to a flower bed field near the lake and stayed there, chatting with each other.

When it was time to go, we found out Aron and Raz were still asleep. Probably had a hard day or something with their pair. After some rock paper and scissors games, it was decided who would carry them. RLycan was forced to carry Raz, while Sei carried Aron. It was so funny how Lycan grumbled as he carried Raz.

It was a fairly great experience! I really loved it :3

I hope there's a next time.

I leaned on my chair after finishing. I glanced at Jin's direction, who was still writing. Guess he wasn't finished yet.

I looked behind me and saw Lance finish with putting his pen down the table. He looked up at me and smiled. "Hi, are you finished also?"

I blinked at his friendliness, but smiled in return. "Yep. So you're also finished then," I stated. "You're Lance right?"

"Yes, and you're Camille...?" he said uncertainly.

"Camille Anderson. But please just call me Camy. Pleased to meet you~ Eheh." I said and offered a hand shake.

"Nice to meet you too Camy," he said and accepted the offer.

As I shook his hand, I proceeded to do a quick memory and soul spell. I let go as to now making him suspicious.

"You going to pass it?" I asked.

"Nope. I still have to proofread it," he answered.

"Oh, I'm sorry! I must have distracted you," I apologized.

"No, it's ok really."

"You work on your essay now," I said with finality.

"O... ok."

He must have thought I was weird. Anyways.... his memories. It's all broken. And, what was that? There was that yellow aura surrounding his soul.... I couldn't penetrate it due to the immediate disruption of the contact. Better tell the others about this.