"Arle?" The lovable one note punching bag Skeleton-T wasn't sure, like usual he forgets his glasses. "Is that you, Arle?" Arle and Carbuncle were just running towards the Dark Prince's place to get back a valuable library book he borrowed. The librarian asked nicely. She halted her quest to acknowledge the familiar skeleton.

"Huh?"
"Gu?"

"Listen: After all these years I finally rotated a PUYO!"

"Gugugu-Gu?"

"You bet that's big news, Carby! He never rotated a Puyo, ever, congratulations. It took you long enough."

"I did it once. On accident." The skeleton blushed. Arle fell to the ground, Carbuncle fell on her head.

"Why doesn't that surprise me?"

"I wanna try it again. I'll treat you to my finest tea if you lose. Let's Puyo, ocha!"

He never rotated a Puyo ever again. Arle won like always.

Chapter 2: First Day

Good morning, Primp, good morning, Silvana. Good job on not oversleeping on your first day of school. She was a bit down when she woke, she exactly couldn't remember why though. It was a good night sleep.

She sighed. "Time to get ready." It was easy, she put on her mask. She tried to make pigtails, but she lacked elastics to hold them. "I guess I have to visit that skeleton again later..."

All of the sudden, there was the plainest knocking on her caravan door she ever heard. "Sig?" Sil whispered her guess to herself. Who else could it really be? Besides Amitie.

"Hey, Sil." Silvana's eyes shot open.

"I'm coming! What're you doing here, Sig?"

"I found a bag in my closet." Sig held up a yellow shoulder bag with his claw. It was similar to Sig's own waist bag. It has several patches sewn on the inside. "A few of my moth friends ate it some of it, I fixed it. You want it?"

The patchwork was a bit shoddy, not that Sil would know. She never sewn anything, it seemed sturdy enough. It did warm her heart though. "Sig, you didn't have to do that. I'll take it, but you didn't have to do that." Sil took it and put it over her right shoulder. She didn't think of buying one at the Oshare Shoppe.

"I thought you might need it for school." The girl jumped off her caravan and hugged the boy as tightly as the day before.

"Why must you be so kind?" She found it hard to breathe. "Nobody was ever this nice to me when I wasn't impersonating." To be fair. That's normal when you try to take someone's identity. "Until you and Amitie yesterday. Even if she's annoying." Sig didn't hug back. His arms were tied up again.

Sig liked the hug and is happy for Sil. "Um… Shall we go? We don't wanna be late." "Oh y-yeah!" Silvana took her arms off Sig, and put them behind her back. She slightly embarrassed. "Let's go." Sil nudged her head to the road ahead.

On their way towards their quest to learn whether to they want to or not. They were lost in thought. Silvana plotted about how not to draw too many eyes. In her personal life, circus life better have many paying eyeballs as possible.

One thing she thought of was not to be so affectionate towards Sig in public. She just arrived, it would be suspicious if she was already this cozy with him. Her mask would make her suspicious too. But that stays on.

Sig's not really one for small talk, but he wanted to say something to Sil. He wanted to comment on her outfit. But he wasn't sure how to say it or how Silvana would take it. So he kept his mouth shut.

*Later, at Magic School*

"Good morning, kiddies." Ms. Accord greeted her students. The students greeted her back. It was rather unorganized and unintelligible, so the teacher chose to hear 'Good Morning, teacher.'

"Today we have something special." The class was almost unintelligible again.

But at least two voices said: "A surprise exam?" with varying levels of enthusiasm.

"I heard the correct answer from Miss Amitie." Amitie cheered.

"But myou already knew the Meanwser, so myou don't count." Ms. Accord's puppet pal, Popoi always knew how to break the news.

"I didn't hear what Amitie said. Please tell us Professor. Don't keep us in suspense." Klug was on the edge of his seat. The Sig and Amitie already know, but that doesn't stop Amitie from being excited about it. Raffine and Lidelle were mildly intrigued, but the former just wanted to get to work.

"Here sh-"

"Wait!" Popoi interrupted his mistress, swinging around in her arm. "Almeow me." The puppet cleared his throat. "Ladies and Gentlemyan, our mew student to the class: Miss Silvana Pierrot!"

"You can come in now. Don't be shy." Ms. Accord added.

"I'm not." The jester said as she walked in front of the class.

The reactions were something. Klug's especially. He was shaking at Sil's mask. Lidelle gave a friendly but shy "H-h-hello".

Raffine pointed and laughed. Not even her usual 'Ohohoho', just "PRrrrrr-Phwaahahahahaha!" Amitie looked sternly the pink haired snob.

Silvana knew these three already from spying on Arle and Sig. She doesn't know that much about them though, just enough to find Klug filled with fear amusing. But her thoughts about them were very, very firm.

Klug: Jerk.
Raffine: Bigger Jerk.
Lidelle: Opinion Pending.

"Now now, Miss Raffine, I know Miss Pierrot dresses like a clown, but please behave yourself."

"Sure thing teacher." Still snickering.

"Thanks." Sil said. It's not clear in what way she meant it though.

"Before we start the day. Is there anything you wanna say about yourself?"

"Yes, I'm the ringleader and harlequin of the Puyo Puyo Circus erected yesterday. I moved here to Primp yesterday too. I'm here to learn new tricks because I'm the only member at the moment. I'll be holding part-time jobs auditions pretty soon. So if you have a special talent and want to help me out every once in a while that'd be nice. I'll pay you. And you." She pointed the still shivering Klug.

"M-m-m-m-m-meeee?!" He practically screamed.

"Yes. you eggheaddy looking type. I'm not in-character, I'm nothing to fear. That and your shiver noises are annoying. Stop it." Klug nodded fearfully, as he suddenly went still but kept his fearful face.

"You be nice too, Miss Pierrot. You can become more acquainted with the other students during the break. Take Tarutaru's old seat. In front of Miss Amitie and between Miss Raffine and the blue-haired boy, his name is Sig."

"Okay, teacher." Sil sat down.

Popoi started swaying left and right again. "And we have meoxtra special for ya:"

"A surprise exam." Ms. Accord conjured some up.

"YES!" Klug screamed, something to take his thoughts off that mask.

*Recess, at a bench*

"Boy Sil, you sure are lucky not to have to do that test." Amitie told sitting next to the circus leader, Sig was sitting on the other side. Sil shrugged. "Can I help in your circus?"

Amitie just asked something that Silvana feared she would ask. "That depends, what are your talents?" She asked nervously.

"I can cast Flame, Blizzard, and Bayoen."

"So can I, can you do anything special with that magic? Or maybe without?"

"Um…" Amitie was in deep thought. "I-I don't think so."

Sil felt a bit sorry for her. "You can work backstage or help clean the circus until you can think of anything." She said, hoping she won't regret it.

"Wicked! I'll do it." Sil just looked blankly Amitie.

"...Are you serious?"

"You betcha. If I learn to do special tricks with my magic. Then maybe I'll become a more powerful mage ~" Amitie got off the bench and posed.

Sil couldn't say no to the raw enthusiasm, but she could say no to Amitie. "Okay." Sil sighed. "You can work for me. Let's discuss when it's time to hold these auditions." After a minute of small talk between the clown and the person who would make a better clown. Klug slowly but surely approached them.

"Hey, Klug." Both Amitie and Sig said. One step per second. Anytime Klug, recess is not forever...

*Eventually*

"Gr-gr-gr-greetings Miss-s-s-s-s S-s-s-silvana."

"Seriously Klug. No reason to fear me, I'm off the clock." Silvana explained calmly if a bit annoyed.

"Yeah, she's real nice!" Amitie backed up.

To which Sil responded with a questioning look at her as if to say: 'How did you come to that conclusion?'

Klug ignored that. "Then wh-wh-why the mask?"

"Fufufu. Because it's stuck thanks to a curse that possesses me every once in a while." Sil didn't even try to keep a straight face saying it. She just said it to freak out Klug.

"WH-WH-WHAT?!" Both Klug and Amitie yelled, Klug's face especially went pale.

"WAIT! I wasn't seri-" Sil pleaded with her hands forward.

"I'm not taking any chances!" Klug suddenly got brave. "I know a spell to dispel simple possessions and curses, prepare to play P-P-Puyo!"

"I'll help you Klug!" Amitie got up again to stand next to Klug.

"A-Amitie?! Two against one? That's not fair!"

"But helpful to subdue you."
"If it's true then it's for your own good, Sil!"

"But I wasn't..."

"I'll help Sil." Sig told.

"Sig..."

*During the team battle*

'Ah! They're both in fever mode, and Sig just went down! I have three rock garbage Puyos hanging above. And the Puyo after this one will set of my winning chain.' Sil was under pressure, if there's one thing she feared after her last big battle. It was Nuisance Puyos. It took her ages to climb out of that huge heap. 'There's only one solution.'

ARL- SILVANA SHIELD ACTIVATED

"WHAT?!" Klug screamed.

"What is that?" Amitie asked.

"It's fair, I'd say, I don't know how fever works." Sil said in defence of herself, as their fever modes wore out. "Now:" Sil got just the right Puyo, and set of good chains. "Fufufu. Idiot. Strong Club! Diamond Cutie! Royal Heart! an Ace in Spades! F-F-Full House!" The last spell echoed in her opponent's' ears as the garbage filled their fields.

"Impossible!"
"Oh no..."

"Fufufu, suits me fine."

*The transition back to reality*

"I wasn't serious you jerks! I was trying to tell a verbal joke, I'm only good at physical comedy!" Sil yelled at them as she helped everybody out of the Puyos. "I've never been possessed!" Klug was just disoriented enough not to respond yet.

"Sil," Sig got her attention. "Klug's been possessed before. That's probably why he tried to exorcise you."

"Oh." Sil turned to Klug and Amitie. "You could've told me that before you started!" She is a bit miffed as she pulled out Amitie from the Puyos, Lidelle who was watching the match, helped. Raffine just stood there, unimpressed.

"I'm so sorry, Sil. You did say something different about your mask yesterday, I just remembered... Can you forgive me?" Amitie was genuinely sorry.

"Give me a few days, and unless it's important, leave me alone." Sil tried to think of something meaner to say to Amitie, but couldn't. It didn't make Amitie feel any better though. "Anyways, I should be the one asking Klug that."

Klug just got back to his senses. "Well, I already got what I wanted. To study your magically abilities."

"And not because my mask look very clowny, and clowns freak you out?" Sil folded her arms, she wasn't buying it.

"It moves! It shouldn't do that! I mean, no. No. Your magical ability is very impressive, about on par with mine. But your shield ability has me intrigued the most."

"You want to study it, don't you?"
"Very simply put: Yes."
"Okay, but not this week, I'll be busy studying, myself."
"Deal."

They shook hands. Sil hoped the favor would be forgotten. Klug walked off. At least he's over her mask?

"It was a pretty impressive battle, Miss Pierrot." Lidelle told Sil. "I wish I could be as good."

"Oh La-ti-da. That's far from the most impressive Puyo match I've witnessed, Miss Lidelle. In fact, the next match will be more impressive." Raffine pointed at Silvana.

"Another match? As long as it's one-on-one." Sil got ready.

Raffine nodded to her question. "It will be Miss Pierrot, let's Puyo-"

"Kiddies!" "Recess is meowver!" Saved by the bell? Raffine was annoyed.

Sil shrugged. "Let's do it after school." It was an average battle. That annoyed Raffine even more.

Author's End Notes:

Not too happy with this chapter. I don't know how to make school interesting. Next time, something that may be more normal for Puyo Puyo. Also the first battle of Pocket ~n is canon, because it was Pierrot ergo, she had a spell set.

After this I'm truly planning to tone down the romance, for a while at least. This my first time writing it, come to think of it. I've never been in a relationship. Romance and writing girls, specifically really girly girls like Raffine I'm always fearing that it won't go over well with readers. Despite being proven wrong with the latter several times. I'm also not good at writing jerkfaces like Raffine.

Anyway, something slightly related to above: I had three options with Raffine. Call her Raffine, that's what I prefer. Raffina because that's the current localization name, and is more accurate. Or a coin flip between the two every time I needed to write her name down. I asked warelander, he wanted Raffine, so Raffine it is. I was planning to make her coulrophobic like Klug. I decided against it.

For those who prefer Raffina… Fever pronounced it as Raffina a lot despite it being spelled Raffine. So just do that. Luckily that's the only mistake they made in that game. Isn't that right, Rider/Ridel/Rita? Hey, Arl-lee! How's your Diamond Cutie spell going?

I'm trying to not write too much here.

I went back and rephrased some of the wording and fixed typos.