Atsuko's classes were fun but certainly not easy. Having grown up using no magic proved to be difficult for her since she didn't have that much control over her powers yet. She was struggling at first but after practicing for many hours even outside of class she managed to get the hang of it.
Today's lesson was dodging attacks in the air. They weren't allowed to use magic shields because there may come a time where shields will not be enough in a fight.
Griselda was in charge of this course and she wanted each and every fairy to participate in this exercise.
"Remember, you can't use shields to block my attacks. You can only dodge them. You're up first Ms. Parker" Griselda said
Barbra groaned that she was picked first. She transformed into her fairy form.
Barbra's fairy outfit was a fuchsia and orchid sparkling one piece. The color of her dress was blue and she even had glove like detached sleeves like Diana's fairy form had. She had a white band on her head and small strands of her hair were braided in the front.
Griselda then threw some spells at her. Barbra proceeded to dodge them. She flew around the courtyard to avoid the spells.
"She's doing pretty well" Hannah said
"I just wonder how long she can keep this up" Sucy said
Barbra proved that she was capable flier however she was eventually surrounded by some magic orbs. They came at her from all angles and she dodged as much as she could but there were too many for her to dodge and she eventually got hit by some of them and fell down to the ground.
Hannah was the first to approach her friend.
"Barbra are you ok?!" Hannah asked with worry
Barbra managed to get up with Hannah's help.
"I'm ok" Barbra said
Griselda then gave Barbra the results she believed were appropriate.
"You did well at the beginning, but you were overwhelmed toward the end and that earns you a B" Griselda said
The teacher then selected the next student.
"Ms. England, you're next" Griselda said
"Fine, bring it on" Hannah said as she changed into her fairy form.
Hannah's fairy form consisted of a red crop top with only one strap over her right shoulder and a red skirt that almost touched her knees. She had knee high wedge boots. Her wings were two leaflets. Her hair remained the same as it was when she was in her civilian form.
Hannah dodged all the spells that were being thrown at her. Griselda increased their speed and that's what got the young fairy and fell down.
Barbra flew over and helped her up.
"Are you ok?" Barbra asked
"Yeah I think so" Hannah said
Hannah fell into the C category since her flying was a little slow.
"Lotte, you will go next" Griselda said
Lotte nodded and changed into her fairy form. In her fairy form she still had her headband, but her glasses were gone. She was wearing a orange crop top and orange shorts with ankle high boots. Her wings didn't have any patterns, but they were transparent.
Lotte did all she could to dodge Griselda's spells, but she didn't last long and fell down after getting hit by the spell. Unfortunately, she fell in the D category in terms of flying and that really bummed her out.
"You're up next Ms. Sucy" Griselda said
"I'm coming" Sucy said as she changed into a fairy.
Sucy's hair was put up in long pigtails with a light pink headband. You can even see her other red eye with her hair put up like that. She had a yellow crop top with straps and a yellow skirt along with some high knee boots. Her wings looked sharp and edgy. It looked like a caterpillar had been chowing down on the top half of her wings a little bit.
Sucy dodged many of Griselda's spells. She went around in a circle and then flew up high before descending and looping around several trees.
"Awesome! She's doing great!" Atsuko said
"Right, that is some impressive flying" Diana said
Sucy was surrounded by a ton of magic orbs and they were launched at her one after another with increased speed. She managed to dodge the ones that came straight at her and behind her. An orb from a diagonal angle got her in the back and one from above managed to send her crashing down.
"Ouch" Sucy said
Griselda graded Sucy with a B performance.
"Diana, you're up" Griselda said
The nature fairy nodded and changed into her fairy form and waited for the teacher to start.
Diana managed to dodge all that were thrown so far and managed to evade the ones that caught most of the students off guard.
"Wow! Diana's amazing" Atsuko said
"Of course, she is. She's an even better flyer than Amanda" Hannah said
"Amanda, you mean that storm fairy?" Atsuko asked
"Right, her flying has been described as completely reckless, but her speed is nothing to laugh at, I must admit" Barbra said
Diana was still dodging them, and she was doing with grace as well. Atsuko couldn't bring herself to look away from her. It was like she was watching a midair ballet.
Amanda watched as Diana dodged more and more. She was still hated that show off.
Diana's little show came to an end when the speed was proving to knock her off balance and was eventually on the side by one and was knocked to the ground.
Griselda then graded her.
"Impressive dodging Miss Cavendish. Not a perfect score but still very high. You get an A" Griselda said
All the other students went until there was only one left.
"Miss Kagari, you're last" Griselda said
The Japanese fairy nodded and changed into her fairy form. She was very nervous because she didn't know how well she was going to do. She was shaking a little bit.
Diana saw that her friend was nervous and placed a hand on her shoulder. The young water fairy looked at her friend.
"Relax, just do your best" Diana said
The brunette smiled and was prepared for her test as well.
Griselda sent some spells at her and she dodged most of them with ease so far. She was dodging them with great maneuver and flew around the courtyard to evade them as more came at her.
She eventually found herself completely surrounded by magic orbs. The magic orbs came at her with greater speed than before. She was still dodging them perfectly.
"Wow! She's good!" Lotte said
"Hey, Cavendish, you said she didn't have nay idea that she had powers in the first place. Are you sure about that?" Amanda asked
"I'm positive "Diana said
"Then how can she dodge like that? She's dodging kind of like you did earlier" Sucy said
"That…is something that I'm not sure about" Diana said
It was strange to Diana too. She knew the girl was practicing long after school hours but how could she be this good in such a short amount of time.
More orbs came at the young fairy, but she still managed to dodge them quite well. Several of them came at her from a diagonal angle above her.
"Uh oh, that's not good" Hannah said
Atsuko then flew towards them which shocked everyone.
"What is she doing?!" Barbra asked in shock
"That idiot's going to hit" Sucy commented.
Diana wasn't sure what to say so she remained silent. What is her friend up to?
After the orbs were 3 seconds away from hitting her the water fairy then started to spin. By spinning she managed fit through the small amount of space the orbs left in the center. More orbs came at her and she did a head over heels summersault to dodge those as well.
Griselda then clapped her hands once and the orbs vanished.
Atsuko then landed on the ground and panted a little bit. That was a little tiring but she was glad she managed to pull through.
"Miss Kagari" Griselda said
"Yes?" Atsuko asked
"That was splendid dodging. You're the first fairy in a long time that managed to pass this test with a perfect score" Griselda said
The other fairies started to clap for her. It was not something that she was used to.
She was then approached by them.
"You have to teach me how to dodge like that" One fairy said
"Yeah, please help us!" Another fairy said
The Japanese fairy started to get overwhelmed by them before Griselda clapped her hands.
"Alright that's enough" Griselda said
Everyone was out of their fairy forms and were currently eating dinner in the cafeteria. Akko's roommates were simply impressed by what she did today.
"You were really amazing today, Atsuko" Hannah said
"How did you do it? You have to tell us!" Barbra said
"Um…girls maybe you should give her some space" Diana said
Both fairies noticed that they were getting into the water fairy's personal space.
"Sorry" They both said
"I-it's fine" Atsuko said
"We're serious though, how were you able to do that?" Lotte said
"I'm not quite sure but I suppose I got some tips after watching Diana's test" Atsuko said
"Me? I didn't get a perfect score though" Diana pointed out
"True, but watching you gave me some tips on how to dodge well" Atsuko said
"Maybe she just got lucky" Sucy said
"Sucy, don't say that" Lotte said
"She might be right. I might have just gotten lucky" Atsuko said
"No way! That was pure skill!" Barbra said
The next day was another flying test and everyone was in their fairy forms and were on a high mountain top.
"A fairy needs to fly even in harsh weather conditions. This exercise will determine how skilled you are when flying in harsh winds" Griselda said
Hannah looked down and got scared.
"W-we're so high up" Hannah said
"Getting scared, England?" Amanda teased
Hannah then straightened up.
"O-of course not" Hannah said
"Miss O'neil, if you have enough time to mock Miss Hannah then perhaps you should show us how its done" Griselda said
"Gladly" Amanda said
Amanda then jumped down the mountain and flew upwards. She braved the wind glided downwards and was about to land when another wind current knocked her off balance.
"Oh no!" Atsuko said
She was getting ready to go help her but she was stopped by Griselda.
"Don't move Miss Kagari, it's not your turn yet" Griselda said
"Turn?! Amanda could be in trouble down there" Atsuko argued back
"I assure, miss Kagura that she'll be fine. I wouldn't choose this spot if it wasn't safe at all" Griselda said
"But—" Atsuko started
"Akko, you can trust her" Lotte said
The Japanese fairy stood back and watched with concern as the delinquent fairy managed to regain her balance and flew in between the trees and made it back to the courtyard.
Griselda just sighed.
"Reckless as usual" Griselda said
Diana was up next, and she proved to be the better flier once again by braving the wind. A wind current blew her way and it was blowing upwards. The nature fairy then flapped her wings upwards and that allowed the wind to carry her upwards. She then made it back to the courtyard safely.
Lotte's slow flying made her clumsy but she managed to brave the wind and make it back there in one piece.
Sucy's flying was above average and her aerial maneuvers proved to have helped her out in the end as she reached the finish line.
Hannah's flying proved to be excellent. She was better at flying around an large area than dodging everything around her which also proved to be difficult as she hit a small branch near the end and caused to have a rough landing.
Barbra proved to be an excellent flier as she managed to make it there without being knocked off balance by the wind.
Atsuko was last and she flew down and was about to make it when it strong wind current appeared out of nowhere but the water fairy spread out her wings and allowed the wind to carry her upwards. Then a downwards wind current appeared and once again she let it carry her down and then she started to fly downwards and landed safely.
Griselda then applauded the class for a job well done and that was it for lessons today.
