Months passed, and exams came; the activity from the Star Guardians and their rivals was an all-time high and the investigation club was doing a great job. Reginald was sent to the principal's office to inform of any progress but aside from his initial discovery there was nothing else, not even Riven set up a talk with him to leak more information.

The regular schedule was finished and with that the club had a new meeting. It became a routine: Meet, talk about previous discoveries, see if there were new ones, get the best pictures and videos, discuss about then until the time was over; for some like Taliyah, Ezreal and Ekko was fun, Talon and Quinn were mostly there to spend time together and hear some theories even though they weren't doing any investigation, as for Ren he was tied between good and bad, he liked discussing it but at the same time he wanted more information.

During these last meeting Ren's phone vibrated and he grabbed it immediately, it was a message from a number he never put a name to it but just by looking at the last digits he knew immediately who it was.

Meet me in the same place after club hours, don't take too long.

A short message but it was more than enough to catch his attention, was she angry at him? Was there going to be a conflict soon? Nonetheless he was worried about the white haired.

The moment the club hours ended the president headed directly to the bus stop where they met last time, she was probably waiting already and if she wanted him not to take a lot of time then it meant something very urgent. And there she was, sitting on the bench and wearing a warm jacket over her academy uniform, she had a hood on to cover the white strands and most of her face.

The brown haired sat at her side, none of them looking at each other ¨You want me to come fast so here I am…¨ He started the conversation, trying to remember the rules from the first time.

¨I am a member of the Anti-Star Guardians¨ That commentary came out of nowhere and Ren was speechless about it, his brain started to process this but one of his first thoughts was that it was a lie ¨I hope you understand the reason of why I haven't told you any of this¨

¨I…¨

¨It started as something fun, exciting, she was right about the Star Guardians but to be honest I never expected to reach this type of… I-I never thought we would be in this kind of position¨

¨What?¨

Riven looked at Ren who had the most dumbfounded look on his face ¨Do I have to make a diagram for you? I am a member of the Anti-Star Guardians, I fought against the Star Guardians and yes I saw you many times¨

¨But… why? I-I-I can't even begin with the reason of why would you do it or as to… I… thought we had these meetings to answer questions not to multiply them tenfold!¨ Ren raised his tone, certainly this reveal was unexpected and most importantly very important for him as he was very close to a person that was able to harness magical powers ¨I don't know where to start, maybe I should ask you how… how do you use your magic or… wait, maybe what's the source of powers or… there are so many questions and it is impossible to decide!¨

¨Maybe if you would shut up for a minute I'll try to explain some things to you, do bear in mind that I will not reveal who the rest of the members of my team are, nor who the Star Guardians are, and yes, I know who they are¨

¨Are they… uh… close to me?¨

¨They are in the academy, that's all I'm willing to say¨ She sighed and relaxed on the bench ¨Where to start… I guess the actual reason was because I followed the leader, she was interested in the Star Guardians and so was I, after doing some investigation our leader found a strange artifact that after touching it… well it is weird to explain how I felt in that moment but it gave us our powers, we then tried to convince some other girls who would follow in our same idea¨

¨Consume monsters to become stronger?¨

¨Exactly, but as the initial moments of power dissipated I started to think, are we doing the right thing? So I proposed the leader and the others how we should get stronger but not deviate from the objective of saving people, this includes not hurting any innocent people or even try to gain something out of our powers¨

¨Like… money and the such?¨ Riven nodded ¨But what happened with the first big encounter? Your leader was about to kill Ezreal if it weren't for that pink haired¨

¨She is… short-fuse sometimes, especially when she is losing, that girl would do anything to attain victory, and thus you saw that. We had a long conversation but I feel she hasn't listened to me, not even a single bit¨

¨Well if anything none of us got injured in the following battles, so I guess that's something¨ Ren smiled and the girl nodded once again ¨Do you regret getting those powers? Or at least what you did?¨

¨It's a complicated question…¨

¨So it's not just a matter of yes or no?¨

¨These powers are not a curse, they indeed give me strength and allow me to fight with those creatures the… Dark Star, but when I tried to consume them… I felt something weird within me, as if something was trying to take control, imagine if a voice was telling you to keep doing that, to eliminate more of those monsters to become the ultimate guardian. While it may sound fancy and tempting it was something that kept me awake at night, a hand trying to pull me into something worse, turning myself into… the darker side if you can call it¨ Riven looked down, she shivered at those memories and how even today were still in her brain, haunting the girl and trying to lure the warrior into something she was not: A monster ¨I got strength… but at what cost? My team… they keep consuming those things and they get stronger, but I don't know for certain if they are the same person I first met… they changed…¨ She was still unable to get over the fact that Katarina changed, they were still close but their relationship went from friends to leader and subordinate, often questioning the methods of the former.

¨I'm sorry…¨ The white haired opened her eyes in surprise, this time she was the one who didn't expect that from the president ¨I don't think I'll ever know the type of power you have now but… if it makes you feel better I'm happy you are not like the others… sure you may have consumed some but you are feeling regret about it… maybe there is a way to revert all of this¨

¨Maybe… but there's so much we can do right now, you are just an investigation and me… one of the enemies of the Star Guardians…¨

¨You can go and tell them about this?¨

¨Do you think they would believe me?¨ Ren noticed this and slightly nodded ¨We've been fighting for months, we win, they win, if anything right now there's a stalemate in which both sides are not able to declare themselves victorious, but I do fear my leader will get enough power to wipe the guardians out¨

¨Then you must save them, protect them when the time comes´

¨I will try, even if it means going against a friend…¨ Riven smiled, she felt that the big weight that was crushing her heart and soul was lesser, the pain would still follow her but at least she was able to share it with someone. The girl looked at Ren and got closer to drop a kiss on his cheek ¨Thank you, you might just be a regular person but… sometimes people like you can make a difference in the lives of some people¨ Riven stood up and waved her hand.

¨Well there's that about more informa-¨ But his whispers were cut off when he saw the anti-Star Guardian on the ground and screaming in pain ¨RIVEN!¨ He jumped from his seat and ran to help her; the girl was touching her chest, with one hand while the other was on the cold stone floor. Ren tried to help her up but before he could touch the hand on the ground the president saw how this one was glowing and eventually a big black and white sword that was broken materialized in her hand ¨W-what's… what the…¨

¨It's the artifact… it's under attack… it's calling me… all of us to it…¨ Riven used the sword to stand up again, she closed her eyes and with a furious roar she channeled the energy and released it, transforming herself into her anti-Star Guardian self, her clothes changed and so did her hair but not only that the weapon that was incomplete got reassembled and emitted a strange and grim glow. After the whole process was finished Riven turned and eyed at the president of the club ¨Don't follow me… Reginald¨ Those words generated more fear than anything else for the boy.

¨No… Riven wait!¨ He extended his hand to help her but the girl took flight and went directly to the source of the calling ¨What in the world is going on?!¨


You can imagine what was the reason behind this, but you'll hear more of it in the next chapter. Now Ren knows a deep secret, but will he give this information to the principal or will he keep it to himslef and protect Riven? Only time will tell, but for now it time for the Star Guardians.


EmeraldR0se: Watch Cassio be a double agent and it being a trap..

Durg it's been a while and I'm sure I've never reviewed any of your things here but I love it. Keep up the amazing work :DD

You'll see it in the next chapter, maybe this was a sign? Or maybe not? Thanks for the review, man :D


I am happy... and why's that? Argentina won yesterday and even though we'll have to face France on saturday (which will no doubt be a challenging team) it makes me happy, not only because of the victory but because of the avalanche of memes. But to be honest I'm not the person that is into football every time, mostly when my country plays.

But let's get back to this: With the chapter done (and quite fast since I had something already written) I bid farewell and go back to the planning board as the next chapter will be interesting, you'll see. But for now this was Tourvelix, don't forget to follow, fav and review and as always:

See you in the next chapter ;)