"Maxine... Hey it's the end of the lesson, wake up," she lightly shook my shoulder. My well rested eyes fluttered open and a pair of cute pink eyes stared into mine. "You told me to wake you up at the end of the lesson."
"It's the end already?" I asked sitting up, stretching and yawning at the same time. For just two hours of sleep I was oddly well rested. I looked around the half empty classroom and noticed a guy with mismatched eyes and dark hair. I smiled and nudged Lexi with my elbow. "Well, well, look who's waiting for little Lexi now..."
"Joel..." she muttered looking at the door and I smiled. She had a little bit of sadness in her eyes when I mentioned him.
"Lexi, no one said that love doesn't hurt did huh?" This was one of the rare times when I actually took little Lexi seriously. Before she had the time to deny it I spoke again. "I know how you feel, you aren't the first woman going through this a know?" I said thumping her on her back. Her cheeks burned up as she looked at me.
"M-Maxine, I need to talk to you later, it's very serious," she said looing at me with desperate eyes and I nodded accepting her plea.
"Sure, I'll drop by after dinner if you want," I replied and she nodded. We both headed for the door, but before I reached it a vaguely familiar faced popped up. Oh, isn't it that guy I met this morning... Vincent I think..?
He strode up to me with a smile, which I kindly returned as I stood in front of the doorway. "So we still going?" he asked and just then I remembered that I asked him to go exploring the forests with me. Wow, even when I'm half asleep I'm a genius! This is a great opportunity to get to know him, find out about what's going on in the forests and most of all find out about his tattooed arm.
"Yeah, do you wanna head out now or when break finishes?" I asked tilting my head slightly. He shrugged. This guy is better looking now then I remember, he smells pretty good too. "I think it'll be better after break... I still need t do some stuff."
"Sounds good! I'll catch ya later then," he said and I nodded agreeing. We walked our separate ways, I headed of back the female dorm. Just as I was passing the botanical gardens I spotted two students, one of them I had business with. Lifting of off the ground, I flew straight for them.
None of them seemed to notice me as I landed near a tree. It didn't seem like a suitable time to disturb the two but it was a serious matter. "Lexi!" I shouted storming of to her and her boyfriend and grabbing her sleeve. She wore a pretty shocked expression as I tugged at her slim wrist. "C'mon miss lover, I think I need to talk to you now."
"B-but I and Joel were talking and I..." she said trying to resist my pull but I just pulled her along.
"Sisters before Misters! That's a holly phrase. Now this is urgent!" Joel's' face had a bland expression of surprise and confusion as he saw me pull Lexi into a tight embrace and lift of with her. He probably thinks Lexi made a contract with Lucifer himself! She was really light in my arms, maybe because she was clinging to my neck for dear life but she was a lot lighter than I expected- but her screams were something I underestimated. "Shush! We're landing now so stop screaming! You're gonna burst my eardrums in a second!"
The landing part was always my weak point, my tongue hang out in concentration as I lowered us down into the ground. It was a lot harder this time since I didn't have my hands o balance myself out, the moment my legs touched down into the ground. BAM! "Argh!" Lexi roly-polied across my body while I got a mouthful of damp freshly cut grass. "Ouch! Maxine don't do that again!"
"Haha! Sorry..! Did I hurt you anywhere?" I asked and she shook he head. I pushed myself up of the floor and spat the grass out of my mouth. "I'd hate to be a cow, this stuff tastes disgusting to be honest!"
"Um, so what was it you wanted to talk about?"
"Let's go inside, it's some serious business!" we headed inside the dorm, up the stairs and into my room. "Alright! Lexi, you are pretty trustworthy so I can tell you this. I'm skipping the next class because I'm going of to investigate something very serious. I need you to tell professor that I was feeling ill and stayed in my room, Vincent is with Luca trying to persuade him to go to classes more often and graduate. Will you do that for me please?"
"Okay, but what's going on? Is it something to do with that attack on the dorms three days ago?" she asked tilting her head and i shrugged.
"That's what I'm going to find out, can I trust you?" Lexi nodded and then smiled.
"Of course! Maxine, can you teach me magic when you get back to normal please?" there was a glimmer of determination in her round pink eyes. "Well, you see, I don't want to drag Joel's amazing grades down more than I already have. And I really want to get accepted to this school! No matter what!"
"Hmm, but I don't think my magic will really suit you. You'll see why after tomorrow, I think," I said and then smiled violently. "Lexi, tomorrow is your day of. Are you planning a hot date with your boyfriend?"
"N-no! He's not my boyfriend."
"You do like him, don't you though?"
She stayed silent, my smile dropped a bit. She looked worried, if not scared. "Did anything happen?" I asked in a low voice. Lexi shook her head. "I see, is there something going on?" Another shake of her head, her smile returned.
"Not really... But do you know why a person could lose their magic, or how to regain it?"
"Hmm, well I lose my magic by a spell, chant and song and drawing a magical diagram. You could say I exchange it for my other powers. It comes back to me overtime, since my true form is being human, my extra body parts shrink as they slowly regenerating into my magic. But I guess this only applies to me. Other causes for loss magic could be a illness, curse, hex, overuse of magic, came across a bad magical tool, ate a poisonous herb and black magic. There aren't many cures for it to be honest... Did that help?"
"Maybe... Uhm, Max. I was wondering, how does black magic feel like."
"Huh? Why would ya want to now that?" for some reason my voice was shaky, my hands were shaky too. "Sorry Lexi, I don't know how it feels like." Really, I hate lying... but if I told her it might have triggered something inside me once again, I can't afford to miss out on the opportunity like today. "One more thing-" a tiny cough stopped me. "Did you hear that?"
"N-no, I didn't hear anything..."
"Yeah, I swear it came from your bag!"
"Really? I-I really didn't hear anything."
"You're a terrible liar," I stretched over and grabbed her bag before she could stop me. I slowly unzipped it, when there was a hole big enough to put your head through it...
"Gyaah! I nearly suffocated in there! What were you thinking?!" a tiny, round, blue girl with miniscule shimmering wings barged out of the bag, her face red with anger.
"Well, what's his then?" I grabbed the girls wings and pulled her closer to my face. "A fairy in the human world?"
"You're a-a... demon descendant?!" the fairies face suddenly became as white as a sheet of paper.
"Nope, but close... Now tell me, how come you ended up here? In this land of lowly humans who are good for nothing apart from a good laugh then?" my lips turned into a wide, mischievous smirk.
"If I had known then I wouldn't be here in the first place!"
"Is there something going on at your home land?"
"I don't remember! Now let me go you peasant demon!"
"Max, lessons about to start."
"Really? I'll catch ya later then Lexi!"