The Secret of a Lost Fairy: Part 1

by TheSovietsAreHere

For the longest time, Natalya (APH Belarus) always had a love for magic and fairies. Despite knowing that they aren't real, her life changes one day when she encounters Florentyna (APH Fem!Poland), who shows her that magic is real. To discover herself, Natalya travels to the magic dimension where she learns she's not just an ordinary girl from Earth, but a fairy. (CROSSOVER AU)

2. An Unexpected Event

Seventeen years later.

Eastern Europe was indeed a beautiful place year-round. The cities within each different country uniquely reflect the cultures of each of their societies. Including in Moscow, it was a beautiful city, that resided the federation of Russians and tourists who came to visit. In addition to tourists, came the families which while were big, there was still a presence of love towards one another.

Not only was there love, but achievements to be celebrated as well. This included the achievements for those in school, were in the middle of summer break. Summer break, already lasting for two months, was soon to come to an end for most students. Unfortunately, for some students, already they have returned to school. While others such as for advanced placement students in private schooling had until the end of August before returning to their studies.

This had been the case for a young woman who had been fast asleep in bed in her family's large manor that morning. For her mind was still on summer break, as her classes weren't to resume for another two weeks. She took this time to relax, minus the traveling she did during that summer with her family, before going back to her crazy hours of waking up early in the morning for her figure skating training until classes.

Despite being on break, this didn't stop her family from trying to get the young girl ready to get back to her old routine. On this day, it had been a beautiful, sunny day in Moscow. It was early in the morning - just a little past 7 AM, where the young woman was fast asleep. Under her covers, her hair had been pulled back into a braid, while a large white comforter was pulled over her body.

Beside her head, there was a book. A violet, leathered book with beautiful designs decorated along its edges. This was a hint to the other woman who had entered the room to wake her up for breakfast, what exactly the younger one was doing that previous night.

Seventeen-year-old Natalya had no intention of getting up early that morning. As for her older sister, who stood in the room with a smirk on her face, knew her little sister wouldn't get away with sleeping in. The bedroom itself was small. While the family lived in a large manor, for the perspective of any foreigner, it was the typical house with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen - normal for any family.

Decorated along the walls had been drawings and scriptures discussing magic, magical beings - things that for Natalya, she had been fascinated about since she was a child. Today was a day that her father had instructed her older sister to wake her up. Even though it was summer break, their family ran a small bakery inside the city. While the older children would be helping out, on some days, Natalya had the chores she needed to do around the house while her family was out working.

Today was one of those days.

A large smirk was on the older girl's face as she noticed a pillow on the ground. There, she had picked it up with her hand and crept over to the younger, sleeping girl. For any older sibling, it was common to tease the younger one… And well, she was going to tease Natalya for sleeping in this late while she and their older brother were wide awake thanks to their father. As the older girl crept towards the younger one in bed, the pillow was raised high to indicate one thing that was coming. Natalya was asleep; unaware of the lingering shadow all until…

Wake up, little one.

A voice filled her head in the middle of her dream that had Natalya felt her eyes go wide open. There, she had been exposed to her older sister with a pillow in hand, ready to swing it at her direction. Which, the older girl did, but Natalya had reached over and snatched the pillow after she had missed and instead, hit the comforter again.

"Big sestra, what the hell are you doing!?" Were the first words that had come from the girl as she sat there with a clear bed head, indeed a few dark circles around her eyes… And was that a bit of drool on her lip? "Were you trying to suffocate me in my sleep, Anya!?"

Laughter immediately came from the older girl who stood there before what looked like an innocent smile on her lips. Whenever she smiled like that, it was scary. And Natalya most certainly didn't like that at all, "Papa said it's time for you to get up." She began, "It's your turn to help out chores. Dmitri and I have the morning shift today at the shop."

What sounded like an annoyed sigh came from Natalya as she laid back down. Great… Just as she expected. For the next two weeks, she would be spending it probably working. Sure, she would be making money - it was her way of getting allowance - but she didn't want to spend her entire last few weeks of a break just working.

Seeing the response that came from her younger sister only had Anya chuckle. She was in college now, but anytime she saw her sister act like such, it always reminded her of how she was when she was in her last year of school, preparing for university. Though as she stood there, she noticed the book that was opened beside her sister's pillow… This resulting in her to grab it, open it up and stare at it with a bit of amusement.

"Fairies, hm?" Anya began; her fingers going through the pages of the book. Inside the book had different stories about magical creatures, from pixies to fairies, to warlocks and even witches. Then there was the portion behind a fairy's magic, which was bookmarked. How their wings worked, what their source of power came from… She knew her sister had an interest to fantasy stuff, but she didn't expect for this many years later, she'd still have an interest, "You still really like this fairy stuff, huh? Maybe if you weren't up to reading about it, it'd be easier for you to get out of bed in the morning."

Ah yes, there was the morning pep talk that came from Anya. For Natalya, she was used to it already… Since after their mother had passed away when she was younger, her older sister and brother tag-teamed with their father to raise her. After all, Natalya was only two when her mother passed away - and it took a lot to raise a toddler back then.

For Natalya though, since she was born she'd like to consider, she's always had an interest to fairy magic. It was all fascinating to her. She always had an interest in the idea of magic… Unfortunately for her, magic didn't exist at all. That was the reality. Humans couldn't use magic. Sure, there were magicians that traveled from America and put on shows in Moscow, but it wasn't real magic. It was just a trick that could earn them some easy money.

But, at the end of the day, the older woman did have a point. After all, Natalya did stay up past her normal curfew to just reread almost everything she had known about fairies. The book had only laid out the details of how the magical creatures worked, but it was still amazing to her nonetheless, "Alright, I understand." An annoyed sigh came from her as she slowly began to lift herself up, waving the other off so she could leave, "Give me ten minutes to get ready. I'll be downstairs soon."

She knew how the routine worked every morning. If she was able to get her older sister off of her tail first, then she could take her time getting ready. That seemed to be enough to satisfy the Anya before she had approached her to place a kiss on Natalya's forehead, turned around and made her way to the door, "Ten minutes!" She waved a finger at her, "I'm counting." And with that, came her departure once the door closed.

With the door being closed, it gave Natalya the privacy to get herself ready for the day. Mainly, making sure that all of her fairy tale books were put away this was when she began to get herself ready.

First, it was putting her clothes on for the day. One glance out of her window told her that it was going to be one of those hotter days, thus resulting in her putting on a pair of shorts and a white blouse so she could stay cool. Followed by this, she brushed her teeth, brushed her hair and pulled it back halfway with a ribbon, and the last thing - A necklace she's had since she was a baby. She's always worn it and didn't intend on taking it off anytime soon. With that, she then slipped a pair of sandals on before making her way down the stairs for breakfast.

Walking downstairs, she took a right once reaching the ground where the familiar smell of something sweet met her nose. While she wanted to eat, her mindset was first figuring out what exactly these chores entailed for the morning.

Chores were usually posted in front of the fridge by her father. In the Russian household, it had been her, her older sister, older brother, and father. So while the chores were all done by them, their father went to work to take care of them all. The chores list had been listed off by name, starting with Dmitri, Anya, and then Natalya as the last.

As she approached the list, her eyes scanned for what exactly she was in charge of today… And that was grocery shopping, in addition to vacuuming and bringing lunch to her siblings at the bakery. Nothing too hard, seeing that it looked like she was to take a shift at the bakery later that day to help out. This she didn't mind doing. It was better than what her older sister was doing, which was cleaning at the shop. That included toilets. Natalya cleaned the toilets last week, so it was her sister's turn to take on the awful chore.

Natalya turned her head around where she saw her older brother making breakfast and sister already drinking a cup of tea. From what she could smell, it seemed that today would be porridge with fruit and eggs. A typical Russian breakfast, which was fine with her. Made sense as to why it smelled sweet.

"How did you sleep, Natalya?" Her older brother, Dmitri, had spoken out to her in their native tongue while in the middle of sipping his tea, "Anya told me you stayed up reading about fairies again."

By the time she had heard this statement, Natalya already had been making herself a plate of food and walking back to the table. She choked on her own breathing before glaring over at her sister, who simply smiled back innocently before resuming to cook. That snitch.

"Fine," She had answered her brother's question and sat down. Plate of food, check. Now to pour herself a cup of tea, "Papa wants me to do the grocery shopping today and I'm leaving after I eat, so write down anything on the list that you want."

There was one thing that Natalya didn't enjoy about being the younger sister, and that was her older siblings consistently teasing her. She supposed it was a normal sibling thing to do, since the only friends… Or acquaintances, she supposed, always talked about how their older siblings could be frustrating to deal with.

The thing was that Natalya didn't have a lot of friends at school. She may have one or two people that she liked to hang out with, but she wasn't a good people person. She wasn't good at socializing nor did anyone really like to talk to her. All most people knew her for was for being the talented figure skater in her school - that was it.

She didn't mind, though. The fewer people she had to care for, the more she could focus on her family as her number one priority.

Breakfast lasted for about half-an-hour or so until she decided it was time to start heading out to the store. She placed her clean plate and mug that she drank her tea from into the kitchen dishwasher, followed by walking over to grab the list.

It didn't seem to be too much. Bread, milk, some meats… Perhaps this was because her father knew that it was her turn to do the grocery shopping, so maybe he didn't want her carrying too much while she walked back. It also hinted too what was going to be supper for that night… Probably something with meat - which was expected for any Russian family meal.

"Oh, Natalya," Anya had called out to her younger sister while she had been in the middle of putting on a light jacket since despite it being a beautiful day, it was a bit windy, "You can take my bike. It's a bit of a walk to the market, so I don't mind."

Even if she had to walk, Natalya didn't mind either. But she appreciated the bike since now travel time wouldn't be as long. With a nod to say thank you, the young girl had proceeded to step outside and walk into her family's garage to retrieve the said bike. The bike was tucked away in a corner, which showed it wasn't used other than during the school year when Anya went to her classes. All Natalya had to do was pull it out, open the garage door, hop on and then she was off.

When leaving the house, the neighborhood seemed to be quiet. Probably the majority of people were still asleep, which was why if it was her day to go out and do errands, it wouldn't be as busy. Especially on a weekend when people tended to sleep in. Plus, it could have taken her longer to complete the trip, but fate seemed to be nice to her and allow for the travel process to be easy.

It took her about fifteen minutes or so to reach the said market. When she did, she had brought the bike over to a bike stand and chained it, before proceeding inside the market.

What her father had put down on the list wasn't a lot to her. It was her siblings though that had been other items down, such as snacks, fruit, and other little items for them when they went to work. Grabbing a cart and loading the items into it as she went through the market, she looked down at the list in annoyance, "Jeez… It feels like they purposely are trying to get back at me for sleeping in."

It took her about half an hour to complete all the shopping that she had needed. It was quicker than she thought she'd take, which led her to decide she would go on a small bike stroll. If she took her time getting home, the later would have to worry about her other chores. And her siblings if they asked her? She would tell them that she forgot something at the store.

Nothing that she had to worry about…

…That was until someone did show up.

With the bike unchained from her parking spot and the grocery items in the basket that was connected to it, Natalya had been just about to climb on… Until something in her mind had called out to her.

Turn around.

Without letting another second pass, she had turned around quickly to notice that a car had been driving up to her direction… Not just any car, but… A fancier one, for that matter. Then it all hit her.

Oh no.

"Well well well, it looks like Ms. Arlovskaya's back from vacation with her family."

An annoyed expression immediately filled the girl's face. Natalya wasn't the type of person to get into fights. Truly, she wasn't. But if someone tried picking a fight with her, she wouldn't hesitate to defend herself. It was why she always carried a pocket knife in her bag. There were people that couldn't be trusted. But of course, she knew who exactly this person was as she sighed and turned towards the direction of the vehicle, where her eyes had met the green orbs that belonged to one of the richest people, she'd like to consider, in Europe.

"…Hi Feliks." Were the first words that came from Natalya before she climbed onto her sister's bike, "I'd imagine your family would still be on vacation by now."

There was a sly smirk that came from the blonde in the car. For years now, since Natalya had transferred to the private school they attended - not because of money, but on scholarship due to her grades - he always tried to figure her out. She was a weird one. Quiet, smart, very beautiful, but so mysterious, "Oh, we arrived yesterday. I just came back from Paris. What did you do for your vacation, hm? I probably went to the beach or traveled to the next country outside of Russia. Maybe Ukraine?"

There was a long glare that came from Natalya. The thing about Feliks was that it was no secret that her family wasn't an upper class. Yes, they had a business and they were comfortable - but this guy acted like money was an important thing in their society.

"We went to America last month, actually," Natalya responded, which seemed to be something that Feliks hadn't been expecting her to say - especially based on his reaction of looking surprised. What made her even rub it in more was rather than speaking Russian next, she went straight into English, "My brother was doing graduate school in California and his commencement was there. But-" She switched back to Russian, "I bet you don't even know a word of English, do you?"

Language was a mysterious thing when it came to her and her family. As of right now, Natalya fluently spoke Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian - mainly due to the fact of how similar they all were. As for English? Well, since she and her siblings were younger, they were taught English for future careers and opportunities. And it paid off well, seeing that Natalya herself landed a scholarship for one of Russia's prestigious schools, her sister had a full ride to university, and her brother managed to complete graduate school all the way in America.

Seeing the silence that came from Feliks had Natalya roll her eyes now as she climbed on the bike, "I thought so. Anyway," She turned her head over to him, "I have to get home. See you at school in two weeks," She began, before leaving the confused, shocked blonde right at his spot.

Natalya didn't plan on going back home that soon. Oh no, she needed a break from her family just for a few minutes. As she rode, she remembered a nearby park that she knew of… Perhaps she could stop there, maybe go to one of the stands that were selling fresh pirozhki, and maybe sit down to enjoy what nature offered her.

It was better than sitting inside and working.

And that's exactly what she did. She arrived at the said park, approached a hot stand to purchase herself one of the Russian foods, then proceeded to look around to see if she could find herself someplace to sit. From what she could see, apparently, she had come on a day where a ton of people had been wandering around the park since there was no bench she could find to sit at.

"Well…shit." She sighed to herself and continued to look around. It took her five minutes or so to find a proper spot, but that had been underneath a tree. Better than nothing, she supposed.

She rested her sister's bike against the trunk of the tree before sitting herself down. It was truly a beautiful day outside. While she was in a quieter area of the park, this being a bit towards the woods, this gave her a chance to admire the environment while she unwrapped the tinfoil of the Russian food.

Sitting on the ground on an early, Saturday morning was exactly what she needed. In all truths, she was still absolutely exhausted for staying up late. She was very well aware that she caused it to herself, but she would suffer through it by trying to make the day at least a bit better. Plus, she always was taught that reading was a good thing… Why did her siblings have to pick on her anyway about what she did at night? It was summertime, not school time. She should be able to stay up and read about her fake magic books if she wanted to.

Taking a bite out of the pirozhki was a nice taste to her tongue after having a small breakfast that morning. It was needed, for sure. She was used to eating them as well, seeing as her family sold them all the time in her bakery. But, if a tourist were to come to Moscow, Pirozhki was also really to have a proper one from a hot stand in the park. When she had gone to New York the first time, she never understood why it was important to eat from a hot dog stand at least once.

But now in Moscow, she understood. It was what made tourists experience how people in Moscow were - at least, to her it did.

The steam from the dough brushed against her cool lips and nose, and without hesitating, she took a second bite into it after swallowing her first. It wasn't the best pirozhki that she's had, but it was still something for her stomach.

Her eyes gazed up towards the sky while eating. To others, a day like this would probably be considered interesting seeing that the city, or just the country in general, was famous for its colder patterns of weather. But to a true Russian who was raised and grew in Moscow, knew that this weather is something to cherish. It didn't mean it was impossible for sunny days to exist in Russia, no?

What caught her off guard though was as she ate, there seemed to be wind from a distance. Probably just the wind, she thought to herself as she was just about to take her third bite. That all was until she heard thrashing from a bush, followed by what sounded like a voice more into the woods:

"Ray of the sun!"

Natalya paused in her brief moment of admiring the scenery to raise her brow. What the hell was that? Whatever it was, it wasn't any of her business. Maybe she was just hearing things again since that seemed to be an occurrence for people who were exhausted. She brought the pirozhki up to her lips again and bit into it… But, she heard something else again.

"Get away from me, you ogre!" A woman's voice filled the area before a blast could be heard. This blast had been enough to not only blow the wrapper of the pirozhki out of her hands but enough to blow against her that she felt pushed against the trunk of the tree she sat underneath. There was something definitely wrong at this point. This startled Natalya and resulted in her to immediately get up from her spot. It was as if on cue, the voices only continued, "You're messing with the wrong fairy here!"

What… What was she hearing? All of it came out of the blue. First the thrashing wind, voices, and now what sounded like explosions?… Was there a terrorist attack going on? Natalya didn't know any more at that point, other than those sounds indeed sounds like explosions and there was a woman getting attacked. Should she call the police?

Whatever it was, Natalya knew she first couldn't panic. If she called the police and it turned out to be nothing, then she could get in trouble. The first thing she had to do was figure out exactly what the sounds were, and then she could make her decision.

She stuffed the remainder of the pirozhki into her mouth now before quickly swallowing and proceeding with walking towards where she believed the source of the sound was coming from. It was more towards the woods, but it wasn't far from her bike. The more she walked, the more she could feel the wind pick up. It was when she had noticed flashes of light and color blasting back and forth, that she knew it wasn't winding she was feeling.

If she could just get a proper look of who was causing the explosions, then she would be able to match the cause of action to a face…

…What she saw though once close enough was what she wasn't expecting to see at all.

A young woman who had to be around the same age as she had been standing there. She had been holding a scepter, wore a sleeveless orange sparkling top, orange sparkling shorts, knee-length boots, and her hair had been pulled into low pigtails with a blue hairband in her hair. From what it looked like, she seemed injured… There was not only blood on her arms, but scratches on her face. The girl looked tired, exhausted, but she stood her ground as she looked at what was in front of her.

What caught Natalya the most off guard though, had been the wings that were behind the girl's back.

"I don't have what you want! Why are you coming after me?!" The girl had shouted to something that had been in front of her. Upon further inspection, Natalya's stayed hidden behind a tree to watch the scene play out. Yet, her eyes widened when she saw a creature practically four times the size as they were.

The creature's skin had been blue, he had been completely hairy and wore ripped up overalls. Surrounding him had been other creatures that didn't look so friendly with their crazed eyes, sharp teeth and claws.

"Holy shit…" Natalya couldn't help but to even whisper in English. From what she could see, the monster and the fairy were talking in English - so she could understand them. But, why was the creature attacking her? She looked like she was about to get killed if this monster wasn't stopped!

"Because my highnesses have determined that you, Princess of the Sun, contain the power that they wish to have!" The large creature had spoken and held his hand out towards the direction of the fairy. This had led for the creatures that were beside him to go after her, which didn't give a lot of time for the fairy to come up with a counterattack.

Natalya, believing that she couldn't just sit there and watch… She did something she never imagined herself doing. Almost immediately, she picked up a nearby stick and ran in front of the fairy; swinging the stick and knocking back the creatures away from her. This definitely caught the fairy off guard as she gasped at the other blonde who popped out of nowhere; while the monster, clearly didn't seem happy at all seeing the human who decided to interrupt a fight that had nothing to do with her.

Regardless of that, it didn't stop Natalya from standing her ground before reaching into the bag on her hip. There, what she had pulled out what looked like to be a pocket knife as she pointed it at the direction of the monster; her eyes narrowed. She wasn't afraid. But there was also the thought too that she couldn't call the police - there was no way they'd believe her if she said she saw a fairy getting attacked by what seemed to be an ogre in their park!

"Hey, you!" Natalya shouted at the creature with the knife in her hands, holding it out in front of her while keeping an arm in front of the injured fairy, "Pick on someone your own size, won't you? Get the hell away from her."

The fairy who stood there felt her jaw drop seeing the knife and the way this girl stood in front of her… It - it was an Earthling, right? People from Earth weren't supposed to know about magic. Even if they were to, usually Earthlings freaked out about it. Yet, this girl… Jumped right into the action seeing that she was injured. A smirk formed on the fairy's lips now, because this gave her a great chance to fight back.

And so, once she gathered herself together, she immediately flew into the air where a bright orb of magic formed in her hands. She looked down at the girl and shouted one word, "Duck!" Which immediately Natalya could tell it was for her. Natalya ducked just as ordered, which gave the fairy a chance to send the power that glew in her hands right in the direction of the ogre who looked furious, "Solar attack!"

Without even missing, the attack the fairy sent got the ogre off of his feet. A large explosion followed just after, though the fairy kept her guard and held her hands out at the ogre in case he got up… But, that attack wasn't enough to keep him down. Instead, within seconds of taking the hit, the ogre was already getting himself up. The fairy took this as her chance to lower herself down to the ground where Natalya had turned to look at her, almost horrified.

And there it was. The shocked face that came from any person on Earth who saw a magical being… Uh oh. If there was one thing that fairies weren't allowed to absolutely do no matter what was to expose themselves in front of normal humans.

Well, it was too late now. It was an accident anyway, "Thanks for that," The fairy smiled and kept her eyes up ahead since she could see the ogre beginning to move, "I didn't know what I'd do if he had got me in that attack. Good as dead, probably."

The entire time Natalya stood there, she honestly didn't know how to react. She was shocked! No, horrified for that matter. Not once in a million years did she ever imagine running into a fairy… They weren't real. They were in her books - but not real. Maybe she was dreaming? It did make sense seeing that she was very exhausted most of the morning and didn't want to get up. But, normally her dreams weren't as realistic as this.

Why did it feel so real?

The fairy in front of her looked real. She talked normally and behaved like another person. When she had eaten the pirozhki, she tasted that. Then when she picked up the stick to smack away the creatures, she felt that. When she took out the knife, she felt that… It all felt too real, but it was just hard to believe!

Her mind had been in such a lost and confused state at that very moment, that she didn't even realize that the ogre had gotten up and begun charging at the two girl's directions. This was the same case for the fairy, whose eyes widened and she held her hands out, "Watch out!" She shouted, before soon being tackled down by the monsters that had been sent by the ogre.

By the time Natalya had been given the warning, she felt herself be grabbed by the wrists and lifted up into the air. She turned her head to the creature who indeed looked like an ogre from a fairy tale since he smelled absolutely disgusting and was four times bigger than her. With not knowing what to do, she immediately began to kick her legs back and forth while screaming, "Let go of me!"

"I can't have anyone interfering with my mission." The ogre began, looking over at the fairy who had now been pinned down to the ground and was struggling to get herself up.

The more she struggled, the more Natalya could feel herself becoming angry that she was being trapped like this in the first place. Her expression darkened and it was as if time had gone still. It was at that moment, she decided that the ogre wouldn't get away with grabbing her like that. She was dead. Good as dead! She dropped her knife in the process of being picked up, how would she be able to escape from this-!?

…Relax. Remember who you are.

Silence came from Natalya when she heard the sudden thought in her mind. Relax… No, she couldn't tell herself to relax. She was afraid, she was angry… And she was panicking! The more she panicked, the more she found herself angry that soon, she looked at the ogre who seemed to be laughing at her.

Without even realizing it, the grip that the ogre had on her slowly began to freeze. Freeze of ice, that the ogre noticed that there was something wrong right away when ice began to form around his hands while holding onto the girl. When he looked down at the Earthling, this time, Natalya's eyes were glowing of anger.

"Let. Go. Of. Me!"

Natalya had screamed aloud. It was in the middle of her screaming, that a burst of energy came from her; flames of magic filling the area as it pushed the ogre and monsters away from the other fairy. The ogre and its monsters immediately were pushed back; slammed against trees as Natalya dropped to the ground due to his grip being forced to let her loose. Once she was on the ground, Natalya stared right at the direction of where the monsters went.

It wasn't over. If they could get up from the fairy's attack, there was no way they could…

…Wait a second.

Natalya stood there and looked at her hands for a moment… Startled. What… What did she just do just now? All she remembered from seconds before was that she was angry… And well, this, feeling of positive energy and adrenaline had built up in her. All of it just came bursting out of her that… It was enough to not only see icicles around her fingertips but for a few bushes to have caught on fire.

This didn't make sense at all… She had no idea what she did or how it happened - that was until a voice spoke out.

"...another… fairy?" The fairy who was once on the ground had stood up, almost in relief when looking at Natalya. There was a large smile present now on the girl's face as she flew into the air, "Why didn't you tell me sooner!? And here I thought you were just an earthling!"

A fairy?… Oh, no no no no no. That couldn't be it. There was no way Natalya could be a fairy, but it didn't seem that the other fairy was convinced. Instead, while Natalya had been in the middle of going through a crisis on the inside, the ogre slowly got up and had his hand pointed in the direction of the two girls. His eyes glowing dark in anger, particularly right at Natalya for what she had done.

"Attack the earth fairy, then the fairy of the sun!" The ogre demanded, immediately sending his monsters right at Natalya's direction.

But of course, she was still pissed.

Fight, Natalya.

With her hands out instinctively now, as if she had no control of them at the moment, another burst of magic circled around her that when the monsters had tried to jump on her, they froze instantly and fell to the ground, shattering to frozen pieces, "Don't touch me!"

The dark and angered expression on her face immediately disappeared when she realized what she had done. As she stood in place, Natalya looked down at her hands and around the area, unsure of what exactly just happened. Again, there was that voice telling her to fight… And her body just naturally went for it!

The ogre though knew that he had been in a situation now. The mysterious girl who had run and interfered with his battle against the fairy had been someone with powers as well! He wouldn't be able to take them on, thus resulting in him deciding that he'd go retrieve back-up so he could come back after them.

"You win this time, Princess of Sun." He then clapped his hands as a portal opened around him. Soon, the ogre had stepped into it along with the rest of the monsters before disappearing from the scene. Though just as he had faded through his portal, a male voice filled the area, "I'll come back for you, and you and your fairy friend will be sorry!"

This had left the fairy and a very confused Natalya standing in the middle of the park now. The entire time they stood there, the Natalya had been staring down at her hands as if she didn't know what that just was — which was true! She had no idea how she did that… It was almost as if her instincts had told her to hold her hands out, and it would be taken care of from there. And it did! The ogre was gone, it was just her and the fairy now… But, this still had to be a dream.

However, it wasn't.

"Ew, can't say I'm looking forward to that. Bad guys always try to act dramatic and say, 'I'll be back for you,' like in those damn creepy movies." A voice came from behind Natalya, which resulted in her to immediately turn around and make eye contact with the said fairy that had been battling against the ogre earlier, "Anywhosies! I'm so glad to have another fairy around here!—"

Now that she was able to get a better close-up of the fairy, Natalya was astonished to see how… Humanly she looked. The fairies she had read in her books had always talked about them being very small, having pointed ears, and being very quiet and giggly. They used fairy dust for their powers, would take care of the environment…

…But this girl - she was a badass! - If that was the correct word to say. The only thing different other than resembling a human was the fact that she had not only powers but a pair of wings behind her back.

"What… Did I, do that?" Natalya took a moment to glance down at her hands. Nothing had happened to her, but she knew she had done something. It got the monsters and ogre to get away, but how the hell did she do it?

"You sure did!" It was then with the snap of her fingers, the fairy had transformed into a beautiful dress, her hair had been down and she wore a tiara on her hair. Okay, she was human… But also a fairy. How did that even work? "You got major power, girly. Like, at first during that fight, I thought I felt light energy coming from nearby… I had no idea it was you!" The fairy had reached over, immediately grabbing onto Natalya's hands with a tight, firm grip while that large smile on her face grew and grew, "You practically saved my life! My name's Florentyna."

Oh shoot, they were giving each other names. This resulted in Natalya to look down at the other's hands, swallow nervously before pulling back and speaking, "I'm… Natalya," The girl had responded, still after about five minutes, trying to process what had happened.

By the shocked tone that came from the other, the fairy could tell that the other was a bit uneasy. Could it possibly…? "You look like you just discovered something…" She began and approached Natalya; tilting her head innocently, "Did… You just discover your powers? Did you know you were a fairy too in the first place?"

How was Natalya supposed to answer a question like that? Because yes, it was true! She grew up as a normal human all her life… Yes, she dreamed about fairies and had thousands of thoughts about magic almost every day since she was a kid. But she couldn't believe it was happening to her right then and there! "No, I just…" She brought a hand up to her forehead, "This has to be a dream. Fairies aren't real - magic isn't real… I just, I saw you and thought you were hurt, and I wasn't expecting this to happen at all!"

Florentyna was silent as she listened to the girl speak. So, she was a fairy that had just discovered her powers. It reminded her of herself and how when she was younger, she panicked too upon discovering her powers. Though usually when a fairy discovered their true nature, it was at an earlier age. The girl in front of her had to at least sixteen or seventeen… So, why did she discover it so late?

"Let me tell you, Natalya," Florentyna smiled, "Seeing isn't believing. Believing is seeing the truth."

Believing… Is seeing the truth. Was this why she had been able to see Florentyna and this urge fight? While she would have loved to believe in fairies for so long, it was just… Hard for her to because of what everyone told her. Magic and fairies weren't real, that was it.

As Natalya stood there in thought, what she did notice though was how the girl in front of her… Didn't look good at all. If anything, she looked exhausted. She was injured, there was blood on her legs and shoulder… That was when Natalya saw it. During that period of silence, Florentyna had closed her eyes and brought a hand up to her head.

"…I don't… feel good…" Her voice was slurred, which Natalya immediately knew what was coming next. Was - was she about to pass out!?

It was exactly as she thought. Seconds after saying these words, Natalya had immediately dropped to her knees to catch the girl who had landed straight to the ground. She didn't look good at all… Should she bring her to a hospital? No, because if she did and if they asked her how her injuries happened, no one would believe her if she said an ogre did it.

The next thing she could think of as well… Reaching into her bag and calling her father for help.

Explaining on the phone to her father that well, she had found a girl passed out at the park wasn't the kind of scenario he had expected to hear when he was at work. Then there came the rapid Russian, questioning why Natalya didn't bring her to a hospital, to which Natalya had come up with the lame excuse of she was a friend from school that she met up with doing errands and it would be better to bring her home before dropping her back at her parents home.

It was a lie that seemed to do the trick on getting her father to come to pick her up at that park, which he did not look happy to say the least, at Natalya when seeing that they weren't taking her to a hospital.

Of course, Natalya and her father had brought Florentyna to the car, where while she wasn't doing well, she was a little conscious to at least walk and buckle her seatbelt. It took about ten minutes to arrive to the home, which came more questions from Anya and Dmitri seeing that there was a random girl coming into their home passed out.

Unfortunately for the two girls, when the ogre had stated that he would be back, this was the truth at first… But of course, he still had to go to his superiors to give a status report. Upon leaving though the portal, the ogre and his monsters were soon transported to what looked like an abandoned building. Yet right in front of him, had been three women glaring down at him in the forms of auras.

"Well…" The first voice had begun, "…Look who's failed again."

"Explain yourself, ogre." Another voice followed with the first, followed by the wind picking up slowly in the area they were in, "We gave you specific instructions to take the Princess' ring."

"Y-Yes, your wickednesses!" The ogre had begun in a nervous state - clearly afraid about possibly getting punished, "I was going to defeat Florentyna, but then all of a sudden, this Earth girl came out of nowhere and defended her!"

A long silence came from the three women's auras. That… Didn't make sense to all of them at all. No people from Earth had powers. That was practically impossible, "Earth girl?" One of the women eventually spoke out in confusion, "What do you mean, 'Earth girl'? Earthlings are stupid and don't even believe in magic."

Based on the ogre's response though, the women were surprised to see him begin nodding, "Yes! You see, i-it wasn't any earthling! She has power - very, very powerful magic, that it was enough to wipe out my monsters and me!"

An earthling with powerful magic… This was something that was indeed amusing to the women, that one of them soon spoke, "What did the girl look like?"

"Oh, u-uhh…" The ogre swallowed nervously while looking up at the auras, "S-She was beautiful… Long blonde hair, violet-blue eyes, pale-skin like snow… B-But she knew how to fight too! I know practically everyone from the magical dimension, and I have never seen someone like her before, your wickednesses!"

An earth girl who had no name in the magical dimension… That was considered impossible for the women of darkness who stood before the ogre. Magic never existed on earth. It was the one, only place throughout the entire dimension that had humans who had ordinary, normal lives.

No lives compared to any magical being.

"Ogre, we'll give you one last chance to prove yourself to us," The third voice spoke out amongst the group of women, before soon the ogre could feel shivers running up his spine, "You are to find this Earth girl. Go back to Earth and kill her. Do whatever you have to do to her. The princess of the sun must be with her too, so you'll be able to find them easily with detecting the energy of power. Bring the ring back to us. Understood? Or else you'll regret it."

What looked like relief immediately filled the ogre's face as he went down to his knees, "T-Thank you, your highnesses! I'll make sure to retrieve the ring and a present for you…

…the heads of the earth girl and the princess of the sun!"

"Natalya, I'm not sure I understand what you mean. She fainted because she was attacked, and she's a fairy? Do you know how ridiculous you sound right now?"

Were the first words that came from her father after they had brought Florentyna inside. After a very long conversation while her older sister had laid Florentyna down on the couch and tucked her in, came the part where Natalya had to explain to her father that this girl… Well, wasn't just a friend from school. Actually, she wasn't even human at all.

"I already told you, papa." Natalya began, looking up at the older man who had been glaring down at his daughter, demanding an explanation for what exactly was going on. She knew he wasn't angry - it was more of, he was confused on what exactly was going on, "She was attacked by an ogre for some reason. I found her, she needed help. You always told me that if there was something going on to help others, and that's exactly what I did."

"She's right, papa." Just from the couch, Anya had been in the middle of cleaning the girl's wounds. It looked like she just had a few scratches on her shoulders and legs, but nothing more than that as she placed gauze on with some medical tape, "You did teach us that helping others is important. Even if they're our biggest enemies. Unless they deserve to be killed."

"Thank you!" Natalya sighed and crossed her arms over her chest.

But oh, her sister wasn't finished, "But papa's right, Natya. You sound crazy."

What looked like relief on Natalya's face immediately resulted in an annoyed glare. Great, she was right. Her family wouldn't believe her at all. It was a good thing she didn't bring Florentyna to the hospital, because they would have called her crazy then and there too. A loud sigh came from Natalya before soon, she looked back at her father, "I'm serious, though! She had a beautiful sparkling outfit, a scepter, beautiful glowing hair and wings on her back."

Silence came from the older man as he stood there, observing the scene. None of it made sense at all to him. So instead, he crossed his own arms and thought, "…I see."

"So you believe me!?" Natalya had perked up with a bit of hope to her voice. But of course, all her father had done next was placed a hand on the younger girl's forehead.

"Nope." Was his next response. He… He didn't believe her at all! As much as she loved her father, sometimes it was hard to convince him of things. Especially seeing that her older sister was more on his side than hers, "I think I should call a doctor, Natya." He began speaking in both Russian and English, "And a psychiatrist for you too, maybe bring this girl to the hospital!-"

"…No… no please, don't do that."

Both Natalya and her father had went immediately silent hearing the new voice. Even Anya, who had just finished putting the bandages on the sleeping girl had startled back - shocked that she had woken up. But this didn't stop Florentyna from rubbing her eyes slowly to get her vision into focus.

"Don't tell anyone… I'm here…" Florentyna began, "I'm not… supposed to be here…"

"She's waking up," Anya looked over at her father and sister now, this time standing up to quickly retrieve a glass of water to see if the girl would at least drink. It took her less than a second, which once she returned with the glass, all Anya had done was kneel down and look at the younger girl, "How are you feeling? Are you okay?"

"My head hurts…" Florentyna looked at the glass of water being offered to her before smiling, giving a small nod of thanks before taking it and drinking it. She had no idea what the other girl was saying in Russian, so she just imagined on this part of Earth, they didn't speak English. As she did so, she looked over at the older man and the girl she recognized from helping her earlier, "Listen… I don't know what language you guys are speaking, but all I understood was hospital and psychiatrist in English, and that would not be a good idea at all."

"Oh," The older male looked over at Natalya and glared, "So she speaks English."

"Well, of course, I speak English." Florentyna handed the glass to the older girl in front of her, whispering a small 'thank you again' before looking at the man, "Isn't that what everyone on Earth speaks?"

"Only in America, dear." Anya had been the one to clarify for the other before standing up to look at the girl. Though seeing that she didn't understand her earlier, she took this as her chance to switch to English so the girl would better understand her, "How are you feeling?"

"I'm feeling great now. Thank you," Florentyna responded before realizing after a moment that she wasn't in the woods anymore… Oh no, she was in a house. By the auras that came from these humans, it seemed that they wouldn't hurt her. Though when recognizing the girl in front of her who had rescued her, she had laid up immediately, "Oh, Natalya, right? That's your name? I have to say thank you-" She began, "You saved my life!"

"Oh, it was nothing…" Natalya responded, which only resulted in even more confusion to fill her father's face. Well, if anything, Florentyna speaking out to Natalya showed that she was telling the truth.

"Do you have parents we can call?" Anya only continued now while kneeling in front of the girl, "Someone we can call to help you?"

That was a question that was indeed very amusing to Florentyna… So amusing, that she had begun laughing. Now, everyone in the room had been confused when hearing the question. Did… Florentyna think it was funny? Or was it a case where her parents weren't present?

"I'm sorry, but that's going to be pretty much impossible," As she said this, Florentyna slowly laid herself up so she had been sitting on the couch. This indeed gave a chance to reveal to the group of individuals the beautiful gown she had been wearing. The jewels and beautiful fabric - it showed she wasn't any ordinary human, "My parents aren't in this dimension. I'm a princess, you see." She explained, "The Princess of the Sun from the planet Solis. My father is the King there."

They had… A princess in their house? Natalya's eyes widened hearing such a thing, but at this point, after seeing what had happened earlier… She couldn't be surprised anymore at this point. Especially after the battle that had taken place earlier, it sounded so normal hearing that princesses, kingdoms, and other planets existed outside of the solar system!

Despite the confusion in the room, Florentyna only continued on with her explanation. After all, it seemed that these humans struggled to believe her, which she didn't know how else to explain herself other than tell the truth, "You see, I'm currently a student at Lenfia College for fairies." She began, "I guess you can consider me a 'fairy-in-training,' because one day I'm supposed to become the guardian fairy of my family's planet—"

"Okay, hold on. Pause for a moment," The older male had spoken up once again, interrupting Florentyna on the spot that had the girl frown, almost offended that she was interrupted, "I still think I should call the doctor. You both sound ridiculous right now. Fairies, magic - it's not real."

The second Florentyna had heard this, her jaw had dropped almost as if she couldn't believe it. Typical earthlings… And this man seemed to be Natalya's father. If he was a human and she was a magical being, perhaps she was a long lost earth fairy? She had no idea, but what she did know was that the man was wrong as she watched him approach what looked like a phone. All Florentyna had done was hold her hands out towards the man when he had the phone in his hand, and with the snap of her fingers, the phone had turned into what looked like a banana and head of lettuce.

"I'm not joking." Florentyna huffed, clearly offended by his words.

The second she had done this, of course, both Natalya and Anya were shocked seeing the glow of magic. Even their father, who had thought he had been holding onto a phone, dropped the banana straight to the ground before looking over at Florentyna to demand an answer.

"As I was saying," Florentyna cleared her throat, wanting to continue on with her story to better explain herself, "As I was traveling to Lenfia, I was attacked… And well, I landed here on Earth. Now I know you don't want to believe me, but your daughter really saved my life. She used an energy shield to protect us."

With this being said, the fairy had motioned over to Natalya who stood there, dumbfounded. She still had no idea how to respond to that, but instead, she nodded in agreement with Florentyna's words while her sister and father continued to stare, "It's true. I don't know how I did it, it just - happened."

"A fairy doesn't need to know how it happened," Florentyna explained, smiling at the other. It was such a good feeling to see a fairy discovering herself for the first time… And it seemed that Natalya had no idea how to control herself yes, "Your instincts tell you when you need to use them."

This girl… Thought she was a fairy? No, that didn't make sense to her at all. Even when Natalya turned her head away to look at herself in the mirror of her family's living room, she looked like a normal girl. Even what Florentyna said didn't make sense at all to her family - calling Natalya a fairy - it was ridiculous sounding.

Yet… There was something that sounded right in that statement. Natalya didn't know why, but the feeling of being a fairy… It brought some spark of happiness in her heart. A sense of happiness that she felt like she's been searching for all her life, but couldn't figure it out. So instead, she put her time into reading fairy tales that involved fairies in the hope that the light would stay in her heart.

"Have you registered to attend Lenfia too?" Florentyna didn't finish with what she had been explaining, thus resulting in Natalya to turn her head away from the mirror to look at the girl once more, "It's the best school for fairies. Actually, the top university in the entire magic dimension. You have to have insanely good grades… Or you could be a princess like me, who gets admission at a younger age."

"Natalya's in high school right now," Once again, the older male spoke up while standing there with his arms crossed, "She isn't going to university until next year. She has worked to get the scholarship that she has now for school, so this college conversation is at a pause for now."

It seemed that it would take a while to get her father to understand what was going on… Based on the expression that Anya had on her face, it was clear that she was confused… But was slowly beginning to understand. This was where Natalya looked over at her sister and spoke, "Big sestra, I'll take care of Florentyna… and you pour a glass of vodka for papa."

That didn't seem like something she disagreed on, because right away, the older woman nodded in agreement and wrapped her arm around her father's arm, "Natya's right, papa. Let's get a drink and maybe you can process this better."

"Process this better?" The male looked down at the other with horror on his face, "Don't tell me you believe Natalya - she must've hit her head! Fairies don't exist-"

His voice slowly began to die out once leaving the two girls alone in the living room. This gave a chance to Natalya to sigh softly before looking at Florentyna, "Sorry about that. Don't worry, I believe you… I mean, I have no other reason to." She explained, which indeed brought reassurance to Florentyna's face, "If you don't mind, I'd… love to hear more about this fairy stuff, but not here with my father."

"Yeesh, you said it yourself girly." Florentyna did not hesitate to stand up when she heard the proposal, "I swear I felt like if I said something else, your dad would've really called a doctor on me."

There was a chuckle that came from Natalya before she motioned the other towards the stairs of the house. Oh, she had no idea how her father could be… Especially since her mother passing away, well, he was very protective over his children, Including Natalya, who he knew was a smart girl. It didn't make sense for a smart girl to be saying ridiculous things such as magic and fairies exist.

It was better that they took their conversation to another room, which straight away, Natalya led Florentyna to her room where they would have more privacy to talk. It seemed to be a good spot too since immediately once Florentyna had walked in, her jaw had dropped in amazement. Firstly, at the sight of not only the drawings of fairies on a desk but the room just radiated powerful, strong energy.

"Wow…" Florentyna had spoken out as she walked in; looking around the room and admiring the work of art, "Did you draw these?" A nod came from Natalya as she continued to observe the girl, "That's amazing… Oh?" Something had managed to catch Florentyna's eyes off guard from the drawings to what looked like medals.

Not just any medals… But pictures, fake flowers… It looked like rewards. Just looking at it, she couldn't tell what it said simply due to the fact that it was in a different language. But she knew what a reward looked like, especially since there was a picture as well with Natalya holding what looked like a trophy at a younger age while wearing a beautiful outfit and a pair of ice skates, "…So you're a figure skater too?"

That was something Natalya hadn't been expecting at all to hear from Florentyna while she let the girl observe. It was during this time that the girl had been in the middle of looking for her fairy books; curious to hear what Florentyna had to say about them. So upon hearing the question, she looked over at the other blonde and nodded, "Mhm. I did competitive figure skating for… almost ten years? I'm seventeen now, but I'm on break right now. Once school starts again, I'll be back at it."

"I see…" Florentyna gave a small smile before going back to her observing, "Sorry, I'm a bit nosy. It's just I've never been in a house - let alone a room - of someone from Earth before. In the magical dimension, we're not even allowed to come here. It's a forbidden law because we can't risk humans knowing that we exist… But I guess since you're technically not a human, it's okay, right?"

There she was again with the whole not human part… This only frustrated Natalya as she sighed; placing the fairy books down, "You know, I still don't understand what happened today, Florentyna. Really." Natalya began, clearly showing that she was a bit irritated about the whole event, "Things aren't normal at all… I grew up all my life as just, this human girl, and all of a sudden today I find out I have powers? Doesn't that sound a bit strange to you?"

"Not at all," Florentyna responded with a small shrug, approaching the other's bed now to sit on the edge, "If anything, fairies don't discover their true powers until they're… I'd say earliest as ten, but latest to well,.. You said you're seventeen? I'm eighteen, so I guess you're a bit of a late bloomer because I discovered my powers when I was eleven."

A late bloomer… How could it be late? Natalya knew from a young age she's always been fascinated at the idea of fairies and magic. But she was always taught that it didn't exist. Was that perhaps why?… While she believes it didn't exist, that only prevented her body from discovering her powers?

Honestly, she had no idea.

"If it's so normal to have powers then," Natalya began, reaching over now for one of the books that she had read as a child and handed it over to the other, "Would you say your world is similar to these books?"

This definitely caught Florentyna off guard seeing the book, but indeed she was heavily amused. After all, she knew that humans had their portrayal of fairies. The very first one being that they didn't exist, and then there was the other group of humans that created these fairies into being mystical beings. She stood there now; scrolling through the pages of the book before feeling laughter creep up her throat.

To Natalya, that didn't look good at her to all. Why was she laughing? Was there something wrong in the book?

Florentyna on the contrary, simply held out the book to Natalya with a large, grown smirk on her face, "I mean… Some of it is similar, but this book was written by humans. Not everything is true in here… For example, the part about us having one form forever. We fairies evolve over time, you know."

So there was a difference. That was very interesting indeed… And well, if that was the case, then that meant Natalya could ask all the questions she wanted to Florentyna about this fairy stuff, right?

"The thing is Natalya, your magic has always been inside you," The book that was once in her hands soon closed before being placed onto the nightstand beside Natalya's bed. It was there too that Florentyna had stood up to stretch herself, "It's like what my mom used to say. Sometimes you need an ogre to scare the shit outta ya, and soon you'll be popping out magic like bam!"

Laughter could be heard from Florentyna as she said this, followed by smaller chuckles from Natalya. Who knew that fairies had a sense of humor… Let alone, had humor that was similar to humans despite being from a completely different dimension.

"Speaking of magic…" As she said this, Florentyna had walked over to Natalya and leaned over with that same smirk on her face, "I'm just curious, again, I'm nosy and love getting to know people. I guess you can say that's just me being me a princess after so long and wanting to get to know you, but," She grinned, "Do you have a boyfriend?"

When hearing such a question, almost right away, Natalya could feel her eyes widen and face go bright red. It was a curse for having such damn pale skin - that whenever she was blushing, it was so obvious that she was! Let alone, how was she supposed to react to a question like that? It came out of complete nowhere!

"…No, Florentyna," Natalya took a breath now as she crossed her arms underneath her chest, "The last time I was in a relationship was three years ago. I'm not interested in dating, or any of that business right now. Why are you asking?"

Oh… 'Not interested' in dating, hm. This was amusing to Florentyna as she smiled and stood up, giving a small innocent shrug, "No reason~ I guess you can say that's just how people from my planet are. We love hearing about relationships, so I just had to ask."

Right… Asking about relationships because fairies loved to hear that. If that didn't fully confirm that Florentyna was truly a fairy, Natalya didn't know what else there was to prove. Especially since it was true, Natalya had no intention of getting a boyfriend or doing anything more than that. She was focused on not only her career but schooling in a matter of fact.

"But-!" Despite the relationship question coming up, this didn't stop Florentyna from continuing onwards with her speech from before, "I still think you should definitely come to Lenfia with me. Really, you'd have so much potential there. Your dad said what, you're a prestige at your school right now? You'd get into Lenfia easily!"

"…Who would want a fairy that doesn't even know how to use her powers, Florentyna." Natalya began in a blunt, unamused tone of voice. She had a fair point - she didn't even know how to use her powers at all until being attacked earlier.

To Florentyna, this was a sign that she needed to give more convincing to the girl to get her to go. And so, with a hand up, she had snapped her fingers where what looked like a postcard formed in between her middle and index finger. This caught Natalya off guard by surprise when she saw this, but what came next made sense, "Seems I need-a convince you a little bit more. Can I at least show you what the campus is like? Maybe tell you more about it?"

Show her the campus?… How the hell was she going to show her the campus? Natalya thought to herself as she stood up, just about to open her mouth to ask the question that came in her mind. But it seemed that Florentyna had beat her to the punch. Alas, the post-card was soon dropped by the girl and landed to the ground where it had extended; revealing what looked like a portal in front of the two girls.

And this was definitely what got Natalya's eyes to widen and jaw to drop.

"Just trust me. This is an express portal," Florentyna began, now grabbing Natalya's wrists to help her up from the bed to guide her towards the portal. There, she stood on top of the card with Natalya; holding onto her hand so she wouldn't panic, "Just close your eyes and relax. I'm gonna convince you why you need to come."

It seemed that this topic of conversation wasn't going to stop until Florentyna got what she wanted… And so, Natalya reluctantly agreed as she did as she was told and closed her eyes.

As the two stood over the portal, it felt as though they were slowly being lowered into the ground. It was a weird feeling at first, but what was once her small bedroom in Russia… Well, Natalya could hear birds chirping and the sun over the two. It was when she opened her eyes that she was greeted to not only a beautiful forest but a gorgeous entrance of this university that Florentyna kept talking about.

"Well then…" Florentyna cleared her throat once they were on the ground, before soon motioning over to the gates of the school, "There it is. Lenfia College for Fairies of the magical dimension."

It was… Really beautiful. Just the area radiated with positive energy that Natalya couldn't help but to feel relaxed… And one could call it, safe. "Alright… So, what exactly goes on in it?" Natalya looked over at Florentyna, "You said it's a magic school for fairies. I'm used to doing advanced chemistry and calculus at home, so do you do potions and physical training with your powers or something?"

"Sort of," Florentyna began as she stood there, turning her head over to the school with a smile, "As I was explaining earlier in your family's living room, "The best of the best of all fairies come to this school, all throughout the magical universe to come to perfect their powers. Most are princesses like myself, but some are normal fairies who want to enhance their training in magic." Well… If it was a training school for fairies, it would make sense seeing that it was the top one of the magical dimension, as Florentyna explained, "And get this. Just a mile away from Lenfia is the University for Heroics and Bravery; or as like to call it, 'UHB'. But then, three miles away, we're near the creepiest school for witches, Tower of the Dead for the University of Dark Arts. Aka, witches, warlocks, those people."

To Natalya, hearing all of this information was absolutely amazing. There were not only fairies, but there were heroes, witches, warlocks… It all was real, and she still couldn't believe it. As she stood there, she looked at the school, just trying to imagine herself going there… Florentyna said she was supposed to leave today to get to the college.. Which meant that the university was starting classes.

If she decided to go, did that mean she would have to put a pause on her life here on Earth to attend this magic school? "I mean… Florentyna," Natalya looked over at the other, "This is… A huge decision if I decide to go… I mean, just this morning I was talking to a schoolmate… well, more of a jerk I know, about school starting in two weeks. I just, don't know if I can leave my life here all of a sudden."

A large smirk formed on Florentyna's lips once more. Gosh, anytime she did that, Natalya knew that it meant either a good or bad thing. The first time it was to say something good, the second time it was to ask a very invasive question, "I had a feeling you were going to say that, which was why I hope you don't mind, I invited a few friends from UHB to come to your house."

Natalya's jaw dropped now, "You… WHAT?!"

"Don't worry, don't worry!" Almost immediately, Florentyna had waved her hands back and forth, "It's not a group of guys, it's just two of my friends that I've known since I was a baby. They're both second years and really sweet. Plus, one of them is a prince!" Yet, in the back of her mind, there was indeed a reason why Florentyna had asked if Natalya had a boyfriend, "You'll love 'em. If I can't convince you to go to Lenfia, they sure as hell will because throughout the year, UHB and Lenfia always do training sessions together. They have experience with Lenfia's teaching too."

There was still something that didn't feel right about Florentyna all of a sudden inviting these guys to her place… Let alone, when did she have the time to do that? A prince, too? Did that mean he'd have a crown like Florentyna did? At that point, Natalya didn't know what to believe anymore. She believed it was magic, but really, the reality was that Florentyna had simply been using her phone while looking over Natalya's things. She simply didn't notice it at all.

"With that being said," Florentyna began with a smile and took Natalya's hand, "Let's head back. I'm sure they'll be there pretty soon, and with your dad around? I hope he doesn't mind that I invited them."

"Oh trust me…" Natalya rolled her eyes, "There's a reason why I asked my sister to go get him a glass of vodka, so he does calm down from all of this."

Going back to her room was just as an easy process as it was getting to Lenfia. All the two had to do was jump right back to the portal that would take them to Natalya's room, and within seconds they were there. Traveling from dimension to dimension was definitely something Natalya hadn't been experienced with, seeing that the second they had come through the portal, she found herself sitting down on her bed - a bit shocked still that she just left Earth for less than three minutes.

However, it was during their time looking at Lenfia that this gave a chance for particular individuals to proceed with their hunt on finding them.

The ogre had held onto what looked like a stone. This stone would detect any fairy power from any distance, which would lead him to the way of finding the Princess of the Sun and the earth girl. Seeing that he was transported back to the park once he returned to Earth, it took a good hour of navigating around in the dark to figure out where these fairies were located.

And all it took was for the stone in his hand to start glowing a bright light when he had been in one particular neighborhood. It was a quiet neighborhood, especially since there was no one out due to it being the evening. It was perfect timing to kill off a few little fairies. The ogre was indeed excited for this - even his monsters who were eager to find the fairies just as he wanted as well.

"Perfect…" The ogre had soon slipped the stone into its pocket when locating what looked to be a normal house. There was light inside, so that was an indicator that someone was home.

Rather than go through the front, the ogre and his monsters had slowly gone to the back of the house. That way they could break in with surprise, and that wouldn't give the fairies enough time to transform. Upon glancing through a window while getting to the back, all the ogre could see were two humans inside… Well, it looked like they were in the middle of talking in the dining room.

The stone said otherwise that there weren't just humans in that house. Oh no, the ogre told himself upon approaching the back door.

"Fairies… Do you think this Florentyna girl is telling the truth, Anya?" The older man, who seemed much calmer now looked up at his older daughter now that he got his glass of water and seemed to be drinking water to wash it all down, "I mean, you know Natya's a smart girl. But she's been obsessed with fairies for such a long time, maybe she's pulling a trick on us?"

"I don't know, papa." Anya stood up from her chair and had been in the middle of putting away the liquor that was given to him. Afterward, she turned back to face her father, "I… actually believe Natalya. You saw that Florentyna did… She turned our home phone into a carrot and head of lettuce. No one can do that—"

In the midst of their conversation, a loud knock had come from the back door. This was something that the two adults definitely weren't expecting, which resulted in Anya to shrug, "I'll be back," She began, treating it as if she were about to answer it normally.

That was all until loud banging came from the door. It wasn't just any banging… But from what Anya could see just standing feet away from the door, it was almost as if… Someone was trying to break it open? "What the hell?…" She began, though just as she was about to take another step closer to the door, that was when it happened.

All it took was for one more good hit by the ogre to break the door fully down, which had Anya's face go pale and eyes widen in horror. Was… What was that!? She thought to herself as a loud scream came from her. This scream, in addition to the door, breaking open, being enough for the two girls upstairs to hear this.

"P-Papa, get the gun! Or something!" Anya had shrieked loudly as she slowly backed away from the door, unsure of how to even react.

The ogre looked absolutely disgusted seeing the human, as most magical beings of the dark had towards any person who didn't possess magic. Instead, rather than go after the young woman, the ogre growled lowly and took a step forward; his stomping being enough to get her and Natalya's father to run into the room with an armed weapon - but even he looked shocked to do anything.

"What the hell is that!?" He had first shouted, "Anya, get away from it, now!"

"Tell me… where the two fairies are!" Were the first words that had come from the ogre as he glared down at the girl, "Or else I'll destroy this place until I find them!"

"Turn around, sweet pea."

The sudden new voice that came from the room had the three figures who were present, in addition to the monsters to turn around to its source. It was there that it was revealed Florentyna, who had Natalya standing just beside her. This resulted in a large grin to form on the ogre's face before soon he had begun stomping his way towards the two girls.

"I guess someone didn't learn their lesson from before," Florentyna huffed, before soon holding out her hands towards the ogre to form what looked like a shield from him attacking her or Natalya. This of course, shocked Anya and her father watching the scene, but what came next was completely unexpected to everyone there,

With the barrier now up, the ogre had been in the process of trying to break it down to get to the girls. She knew she didn't have long, and so, Florentyna had run down the stairs and held her hands up into the air. Glowing magic had filled the area; surrounding her as her eyes were closed. And all it took was one word to result in a radiating, power energy to form around her.

"…Charmix."

Within seconds of saying this one word, the glowing magic had soon formed around her body that as she took one step forward, the princess gown and tiara that was once on her head completely vanished. Instead, Florentyna now had been back to the fairy appearance that she had been in the park earlier. A sparkling orange top that was over one shoulder, a pair of shorts, knee-length boots in addition to her hair being pulled down into low pigtails and a blue hairband on the top of her head. As she opened her eyes now, beautiful glittery make-up had been on her eyelids before she soon removed what looked like a ring on her finger.

This ring was enough to catch the attention of the ogre, whose attacks on the shield only increased once seeing it.

Throwing it up into the air, this gave Florentyna a moment to watch it transform into a scepter before she soon looked over at Natalya, "I'll handle the ogre. You get your family out of here."

"…How?!" Natalya shot a look over at Florentyna, unsure of what she could even do, "I only know how to use knives, not my magic!"

"Perfect. You use the knives on the monsters, and defend yourself." There was a smile on Florentyna's lips, almost as if she had been attempting to reassure her before jumping into the air. With her wings, she had flown above Natalya, "You can do it. You may think you can't, but your instincts will tell you otherwise. Now go!" She began, looking over the shield that was shattering, "Cause this ogre is about to go straight for me."

That sounded like the only plan they had because Natalya followed it right then and there. Quickly, she had run to the kitchen where she had firstly grabbed the closest knife she could find - this being a regular kitchen knife for cooking - before kicking open the front entrance of the house and calling her family over, "Papa, Anya! This way!"

Oh, she was so glad that Dmitri was working. If her older brother was here, she was for sure that the poor man would have a heart attack!

The second the door was opened, this gave a chance for her father and sister to run out of the house, which of course was something that the monsters had noticed. Natalya had followed just behind her family members, but the second she had noticed the monsters, she stood there with her eyes widened - just, unsure of what to do. If she were to throw the knife, she'd lose her weapon. If she charged at them, well, that was posing a risk of getting herself hurt.

Meanwhile, just on the inside of the house, Florentyna had a large smile to her face as she held onto the scepter in her hands. It was clear to her that was what the ogre wanted… She had no idea what he wanted her scepter, but it was a symbol of her Kingdom - she wasn't just going to let him have it like that.

"Come on, big boy. Show me what you got!" She had shouted, which seemed to be enough to get the ogre to come running at her. All it took was one swing with her scepter full of magic to be swung at the ogre's direction, which soon had him flying off and hitting directly onto a bookshelf.

The second she saw this, she definitely made a mental note on how she planned on making sure to not only apologizing to Natalya, but to her family about the possible damage that may come with this fight. She'd make sure to fix it before going back to Lenfia, that's for sure.

While the ogre was down, Florentyna had kept her eyes on it to make sure he didn't get up… But with being so focused on the ogre, she hadn't even realized the monsters that did stay inside to protect their master. All it took was for a few tugs at her feet to notice them as she shrieked, "Ew! Oh my gosh, let go of me you creepy things!"

The more she panicked, the more it gave a chance for these monsters to indeed grab her by the feet and throw her in the direction of one of the windows near the entrance of the house. The glass had shattered at the impact of course as Florentyna came flying through it; landing right onto her back as Natalya's eyes widened seeing the fairy come out of nowhere.

"Florentyna!" Natalya had immediately dropped the weapon she had in hand; running over quickly to the other and dropping to her knees, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah yeah, I'm okay," She waved at the other before slowly attempting to push herself up. But of course, the impact of being thrown out of a window had her body sore for a moment.

That moment though was enough for the ogre to come walking through the door of the house; glaring right at the two girls with an angered look on his face. How much magic did it have to take out an ogre!? Natalya had no idea, but seeing that Florentyna wasn't able to take it out, it seemed to have needed a lot.

But, she didn't know what to do. Florentyna needed a moment of rest, which in that moment, had that ogre charging right at them. All Natalya could do was shut her eyes, reach over to pull Florentyna into a tight embrace to brace themselves from the impact of the ogre…

…But, nothing came.

"Hey, Princess Florentyna! I hope the pretty friend you were talking about is the one with the white blouse."

Who was that? All it took was for Natalya to open her eyes as she look up, only to see that the ogre seemed to be held back by… Glowing rope? What the hell was that in the first place?

"Yeah," Another voice came followed by the first, "And not this large guy right here."

The voices that came from behind the large ogre in front of them had Florentyna huff slightly and soon, she began to push herself up from the ground, "You guys couldn't have shown up maybe five minutes earlier!? What were you doin', sucking each other's dicks?!"

Hearing these words had Natalya's eyes widen, especially coming from Florentyna. With the ogre restrained, this gave her a chance to stand up as well, where she was given a chance too see who exactly had restrained the ogre in the first place.

All of a sudden, it felt as though everything had frozen in time.

The first male was tall; pale, silvery hair, and red orbs that looked almost similar to blood. He seemed to be the one holding back the ogre with rope, while on his back he had a shield in case he needed to defend himself. Then, there was the blonde to the right of him…

…That the second she had made contact with the other male blonde, she swore she felt something hit her right then and there.

The blonde was also tall, fit… A bit on the tanner side rather than pale, but he had a large grin to his face when making eye contact with her. His eyes were sky blue, he had blonde-ashy hair and a smile that just… Wow, had her melt on the spot. In his hands, he had been holding onto what looked like a sword in addition to a shield as well; staring right back at her as if a moment of connection was being made between she and the man.

Were these the guys that Florentyna was talking about? From the hero and bravery school?

"Nah, we were playing princesses and having afternoon tea with the queen," The blonde soon spoke out in what sounded like a terrible, English accent before dropping his weapons and jumping into the air. Of course, the longer the silver-haired man held back the ogre, the angrier it was getting with thrashing back and forth. This gave the blonde the chance to jump into the ogre's back and well, paralyze him by putting on an electric collar that had sent bolts of lightning down the ogre's back.

The ogre screamed of course, but the shocks were enough of an impact to get the ogre to go unconscious and drop to the ground.

Now that the ogre was unconscious, this left for the monsters. Quickly, the blonde had dropped from the ogre's back and made his way quickly back to his sword and shield while the silver-haired man went to put some handcuffs on the ogre.

In swift movements, the blonde had looked over at the two ladies with a smile, though was mostly staring particularly that Natalya, before swinging his sword and getting into action. With each swing, he had dodged any attacks from the monsters that were after him; cutting them through thin air to get them to vanish.

If there was one thing at that moment Natalya could confirm, these guys were definitely the hero students. There was no other explanation… Minus the fact that she just, couldn't stop staring at the blonde guy. Who was he?

One thing that was amazing was the fact that it didn't take him long to take out the monsters at all. It was swift movements, swinging of the sword - it showed that he was trained really good at this school. It was once the monsters were all gone and the ogre was restrained that it gave a chance for the two men to look at the two girls to see if they were alright.

"You guys good?" The silver man had first responded before pressing a button on his shield, which immediately disappeared.

A nod came from Natalya of course, mostly because she was shocked - but as for Florentyna, she had approached both men and motioned Natalya to follow, "Thanks for the help," She began before wrapping an arm around Natalya's shoulder, pulling her close straight up to the two men which definitely caught the blonde off guard, "Anywhosies, these are the guys from UHB I was tellin' you about." She firstly motioned over to the silver-haired male, "This is Gilbert. He tries to act cool when he really isn't,"

"Wow." Gilbert looked right at the fairy, clutching his chest, "So mean, so sad."

A chuckle came from Natalya before she held out her hand, shaking Gilbert's hand despite the comment that came from Florentyna. But Florentyna wasn't done at all yet as she grabbed Natalya's shoulder's now, turning her straight to Alfred and nudging her a bit forward, "And this is Alfred. He thinks he isn't cool 'cause he's a nerd, but actually he's pretty cool. Andddd…" It was there that she let go of the girl to motion to the two of them, "We've known each other since we were what, babies?"

"…Yeah," Gilbert responded, now rubbing the back of his head with a bit of thought to his tone of voice, "That's how it'd be with royals."

"Yup." Florentyna nodded, "Cause like, when you're a baby in a royal palace, while parents are busy having meetings with other Kings and Queens of different planets, they usually throw all the babies into one room and let the nurses take care of us from there. That's the royal life for ya."

If there was one thing Natalya felt bad for at that moment, it was the fact that she wasn't paying attention at all to what Florentyna was saying. If anything, it was quite opposite… And it was worse the second she had reached to shake Alfred's hand in introduction.

It seemed to be the same case for Alfred as well, who was… Well, absolutely speechless. Getting the call from Florentyna that she wanted him to meet a friend of hers, he wasn't expecting for this friend to be this gorgeous. And apparently she was a fairy too?… It made the thought even better.

"Andddd this is Natalya." Florentyna motioned the two men to her, seeing that she wasn't talking at all after she and Alfred had finished their handshake, "I've been trying to convince her to come to Lenfia almost all evening, but she's still unsure."

"What, really?" Gilbert looked over at Natalya, a bit surprised to hear that a fairy was contemplating not going, "Lenfia is one of the top universities in the magic dimension. Considering not to go is probably the craziest thing I've heard in a while."

"Agreed." Alfred had followed-up the statement before putting his sword away. Followed by this, he looked back at Natalya and gave her a smile, "I can guarantee you that going there will change your life. Really, every fairy that graduates from there learns a lot. You'd love it. Good staff, good people, and plus, I'm sure Florentyna would take good care of you too."

"Of course I would!" This was something that right away, Florentyna had stood by as she looked over at Natalya, almost as if she was proud to say she'd help Natalya out. After all, the girl did rescue her earlier during the attack in the park, "Plus, UHB is only a mile away, so we can help get her through Magix too."

"…Magix?" This was completely new to Natalya before she looked over at the other. Curious, she tilted her head slightly in confusion, "What's Magix?"

Long stares came from the two men when hearing such a question. She… She was a fairy, right? Sure, they were on Earth, but it seemed that Florentyna had missed the important step of telling them that well, Natalya was a late bloomer. She had just found out her powers earlier that day.

"It's the capital of the magic dimension," Alfred responded, happy to clarify for her, "No, actually, let me rephrase that. It's the capital city of the magic dimension. It's also the college hub for the three top universities in Magix."

That made a whole lot of sense… If there were different planets in the magic dimension, it would make sense too that there would be cities and towns part of each planet. It was still confusing to her, but hopefully, Natalya would be able to figure it all out.

With this being said, Gilbert had been the one to approach the ogre now who was knocked out and press his foot against its face. Yep, he was knocked out good for now. But they didn't know how long it'd be until he'd wake up, "Yo Alfred, I think we should bounce before this guy wakes up."

As he said this, he had been the one to reach into his pocket and pull out what looked like a remote control. All it took was a few pressing of buttons for the ogre to soon be lifted into the air, but in case he decided to wake up and attack, the collar that was around his neck would prevent him by shocking him.

Still, Natalya was curious to know more about what these guys exactly did, "And what do you plan on doing with it?"

"Probably bring it to the dungeons of UHB until the headmaster gives us instructions on what to do with it." Alfred explained, followed by reaching into his pocket and pulling out what looked like the same post-card that Florentyna had used earlier as a portal to transport them to the magic dimension. All he had done was the same thing; tossing it to the ground before a portal had opened up, which Gilbert had already waved to the two girls and began escorting the ogre through it, "The last thing we want to do is to let it go. Maybe we can figure out too why it's been going after you too, Florentyna."

"Thank goodness," Florentyna sighed in relief, "Listen, I know I joke about being chased after, but I do not want to be chased after large, ugly ogres."

A chuckle managed to come from Alfred when he heard this before nodding in understanding. He had been just about to step into the portal himself too, but just before he did, he had stared right at Natalya once more with that same smile on his face, "Hey, Natalya, is it? I hope you do come to Lenfia, really." He began, which on the spot, Natalya could feel herself go frozen right away… In a way, "And if you do, ask Florentyna to give you my number. I'd love to take you around to see Magix."

Another wave was given by him once more before he officially stepped into the portal. Within seconds of stepping inside, the portal had disappeared; leaving the two girls standing there by themselves.

If there was one thing that amazed her… It was just, Florentyna was right. There was that intense training, but it looked like it paid off for the heroes of UHB. Would that be the case for fairies at Lenfia? They were second years, so by the time she was a second year… Would she also be as strong as them?

"Well, Natalya…" Florentyna had leaned forward; a small smirk once again on her lips as she looked at the girl, "…What do you think?"

What did she think?… Well, she was mainly thinking of that Alfred guy Florentyna had introduced her to… But then there a feeling in her heart that told her something else about Lenfia. Natalya took in a breath and looked at the other before smiling herself, a true, genuine one after all of that confusion from before,

"…I think I'll go to Lenfia."

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If you've made it this far, yay! Welcome back! If you're a new reader, welcome! I hope you've been enjoying the story thus far.

This is where some of the important characters come into the story. One of my favorite characters to write in this AU is definitely Florentyna (Fem!Poland). She's very preppy, pretty girl, but means well. Plus, as you can see in the chapter, she really gives no fucks about calling people out, haha.

The next chapter will be either before or after 4/5! I've been having a lot of fun writing, so maybe I'll be able to pull out another chapter before this weekend ends. We'll see! Until then, stay magical~ 3