The new year has started, the winter break was over and all of the students had to return to classes, even if snow was still falling. The news of the `Star Guardians´ doing more mischief were clearly on everyone's mouths, and it was not surprise that the academy had the usual visit of some police officers who were doing their own investigation about this situation, after all the Star Guardians were probably students from there as the latest big attacks originated from there.

The students were already looking for their seats, Ren was on his and looking at the window, from there he saw Sophie arriving at the main gate and talking with Lulu and Poppy. A few meters away from that group there was Katarina, Riven and other three girls, the possible suspects according to him. However out of all this the person that he was interested in saving was the white haired one.

¨Had some good vacations?¨ A familiar voice snapped him back to reality, he turned and saw the blond wiping some snow from his head ¨Are you even awake Ren?¨

¨Y-yeah…¨ The president waited until his friend sat so they could start talking properly ¨How about you? Had some good vacations?¨

¨Sort of, had to attend to the new year's eve party with Lux and her family along with my parents as well. You know, they all wanted to talk to each other¨

¨Oh yeah! I remember you had that party where Sophie went to. What did it happen?¨

¨Well I met her parents… a lot of people from the basketball team… Lux's brother… quite an interesting party¨

¨Come on, you can tell me what happened, besides I'm pretty sure Taliyah and Ekko will be interrogating too¨

¨Fine… where do I start…¨

A week ago

With the darkness in the streets the blond was standing by the front door of the Crownguard house, he was wearing a black jacket and a pair of dark blue jeans and black boots, he also had a white shirt and a black bowtie, he planned to give a good first impression by at least dressing properly for the night.

¨Alright… there's nothing to fear, Lux loves me and I love Lux, her parents won't be destroying the relationship. Everything will go well¨ The vice president pressed the button on the intercom ¨It's all going well, I can do this… I can do this¨

¨Hello?¨ The voice of Lux on the other side just made Ezreal tremble.

¨(I can't do this, I can't do this, I can't do this, I can't do this)¨ From the insides he spoke to himself, unable to mutter any words.

¨Anyone there?¨

¨I-it's me Lux… I mean Ezreal… I mean that it's me, Ezreal, yeah…¨ He was beyond nervous, not because he would meet his girlfriend but the fact that he wanted to be perfect in this `date´ along with being in good terms with her parents.

¨Ez?! Uh… I'm… I'm not ready! Give me a minute and I'll open the door¨ The intercom cut off in the last part before Ez could even say anything.

¨Alright, everything will go fine, I just need to breath in…¨ He inhaled all the air he could and held it there for a few seconds.

The door opened and instead of exhaling normally he just coughed after seeing the person in front of him. The bulk man with dark brown hair and wearing a dark blue jacket with golden details to resemble the basketball team's colors at the academy.

¨Y-y-you are not Lux¨

¨You must be Ezreal…¨ The difference in height between the two guys was massive as the played would see the vice president from above, like an ant. His eyes went up and down, inspecting the clothes he was wearing ¨You came way too formal for a party like this¨

¨I… Lux told me to dress properly so I did¨

¨You look like you would ask my sister for marriage, is that what you want?¨ Garen raised one of his brows and leaned on the door's frame, crossing his arms and looking more menacing than ever.

¨NO, I'll never do that, I mean… I love Lux but… marriage is a bit too early… and...¨ The best word to describe the blond right now was nervous, he was about to explode.

Garen sighed and rolled his eyes ¨Get in before you get a cold¨ Scared but sure he went inside, looking at the majestic place that was Lux' home ¨My sister is still preparing herself so come, I'll show you some new friends¨ The older sibling led the smaller student to the living room so he could talk to the rest of the people from Garen's team.

They were distributed between the sofas; Xin Zhao, Jarvan and Lucian. All of them were wearing the same jacket the older sibling was using.

¨Hey isn't that Lux' boyfriend?¨

¨I present to you: Ezreal, he is in the club that investigates the Star Guardians¨

¨Oh really?¨ Jarvan leaned forward ¨So you are the competition for Ahri and her blog?¨

¨It's… technically it's not a competition, we work on our own stuff and she just takes pictures and posts them and earns money¨

¨Money?¨ Lucian looked at the blond ¨Posting stuff about the Star Guardians gives you money?¨

¨Haven't you seen Ahri? There's no way she can pay all her clothes and stuff with what her parents make¨ Xin Zhao added, raising the volume of the TV ¨What? You going to start your own Star Guardian blog Luc?¨

¨Hell nah, my only passion is basketball, not some girls flying around with her magic wands or anything¨

¨Technically they have hammers, staves and even rockets¨ Ezreal whispered but none of them listened to what he said.

¨Garen! Who was the one on the door?¨ The voice of the adult not only called the attention of the older sibling but also from the newcomer.

¨I'll show him to you!¨ He yelled back and grabbed Ezreal by the shoulder ¨Come, my father would probably like to talk to you¨

The two of them went to the study where Pieter was putting some books back on the shelves, once inside Garen left the student there and closed the door so the two could have a private talk, worst thing about it was that Ezreal knew exactly what the topics will be.

¨So... you must be the person my daughter talks about¨

¨Y-yes sir…¨ He gulped, as he saw that the adult was sitting on the chair behind the desk ¨My name is Ezreal¨

¨Yes, I know, it is not the first time I heard Luxanna mentioning it. Her mother and I were surprised when she first said she had a boyfriend¨

¨I can assure you sir, I am not a person who would do anything bad to Lux¨ He noticed how the blue eyes from Pieter looked at Ezreal, as if he was trying to look at the boy's soul and know everything about him.

¨Please have a sit¨ The blond didn't hesitate and immediately followed the order ¨¨What is it you want to do with your life? Are you planning to go to college once you finish your studies at the academy? Maybe get a work?¨

¨I'm planning to go to college, but I also plan on getting a job, my family needs money so the best I can do is study and work¨

¨I see… so what do you think about my daughter?¨

¨She… she is an awesome person; happy, cheerful, I haven't seen her sad ever since I was in the academy¨

¨That is a good trait about her, she is like the spirit in this family and I appreciate that, glad that you noticed¨ The father relaxed on his chair, raising a brow as he kept looking at the student ¨I'm going to be direct about this: Do you love Luxanna?¨

¨I…¨ A direct question to be sure, it left Ezreal stunned for a few seconds before he could answer again ¨I do… sir, Luxanna brought me more happiness in my life, even when I am not feeling well she comes and… cheers me up to keep moving on. I feel my life took a step forward ever since we were together¨

¨I see…¨

The door to the study opened and the two men looked to see who it was ¨Dad!¨ The daughter frowned after she walked to the other golden haired person in the room ¨What are you doing to Ezreal?!¨

¨I was just a friendly talk, asking about what he had planned for the future¨

¨This seems more like an interrogation rather than a friendly talk¨ Lux grabbed Ezreal's hand and pulled him out of the chair ¨Come, I'll show you my room¨ As they left the boyfriend looked back at Pieter who was still observing the couple leaving.

…

Ezreal repeated the story back at the club, Taliyah and Ekko were the ones who listened this time as Quinn and Talon were clearly missing.

¨Unfortunately there were no embarrassing moments¨ Ekko crossed his arms.

¨Lux's father must be such a menacing man, now I can see where Garen probably got that from¨ Taliyah was excited, she always enjoyed love stories and this was not an exception.

¨Alright, now that the main part of this is done I want to actually show you something¨ The blond pulled his phone and opened the gallery ¨When I went to her home during new year's eve I spent some time with her on the bedroom…¨ After saying that he noticed the others were already imagining something ¨Whatever you are thinking, no, nothing happened there. Anyway, I was there and found that Lux had a strange book that was open¨ With the pictures ready he showed them to the other three members of the club ¨Do they ring a bell to any of you?¨

Ekko was clueless, but both Taliyah and Ren recognized some of those symbols, some were the same stars the Star Guardians had while the others were strange drawings that resembled to what the ASG used.

¨Wait… why would Lux have something like that?¨ Reginald was worried, was his theory actually wrong? Was Lux a member of the ASG? That would mean Katarina might be innocent and any other girl in the academy was a suspect, even Sophie.

¨I wanted to ask her but she just denied it, I love Lux and I trust her… but I'm afraid she won't tell me anything about it¨

¨Wait… so you're saying Lux is an ASG? I thought coming back to the academy would be boring but this… this brings a smile to my face¨ Ekko grinned, taking the phone and looking at the pictures closely.

¨Lux can't be one of the opposing team… right? I mean, we've all seen her, she is not evil¨

¨I know she isn't… but I don't like being kept in the dark either… if anything we know where to aim now¨

The investigation club now had a bigger lead, maybe it was the right one, maybe it wasn't; all they knew was that the book Lux had could hold a lot of information and thus it would be their objective to get more information from it, many people would be saved, including those who are already regretting being on the wrong side of this war.

The investigation club is going on the right track so it won't take too long until they find another key clue that will get them clsoer to the ASG and the Star Guardians.

Shredder8: Is Ahri going to make an appearance as a star guardian soon

Without a doubt, I do plan on using the Star Guardians from season 2 eventually, maybe sooner than expected ;)

With college starting and WoW taking most of my time from writing I have to balance it (Especially when exams come rolling).

Until then it's time to go back to the drawing (or writing) board and plan the next chapter. If everything goes well (and WoW doesn't kill me timewise) I'll try to have Arc 2 done by the end of August, if not mid-september.

This was Tourvelix, don't forget to fav, follow, write a review and eat your vegetables because I hope you have a great weekend and as always:

See you in the next chapter ;)