I was debating whether I should do a Palladium's thoughts chapter or just go on with the story, and I ended up just writing more of the story XD Next chapter will be a Palladium's thoughts. I hope you guys enjoy ;)

Chapter 22: Secret Romance

"Did something good happen?"

Stella asks me while smiling mischievously. I feel the blood run up to my cheeks.

"N-Nothing. I'm just in a good mood."

"You've been smiling the whole day. Not to mention your dream gaze as if you're not even here."

"Like I said: It's nothing."

I can't let anyone know about my relationship with Palladium. We both promised each other to keep it a secret, since it's not a very ethical thing for a teacher to date their student. I don't care. As long as I'm with him, I don't care what I have to do. Stella has been trying to pry it out of me, but, as long as I don't admit to anything, it shouldn't be a problem.

We all make our way to the indoor flying grounds. Today is the flying exam. I'm feeling pretty confident about this. If there's something I excel at, it's flying. I heard that the exam consists of an obstacle course that they change up to keep us on our toes.

We all go sit in the bleachers surrounding the arena. All the first years are here for this exam. The one in charge of it is Miss Faragonda herself. All of our teachers are there too. I spot Palladium sitting in the first row with all the teachers. Our group was directed to go sit right behind the teachers. I ended up sitting right behind Palladium. He turns around and gives me a gentle smile. I blush and smile back.

"Welcome, my dear students."

My attention shifts to Miss Faragonda, who was standing in the middle of the arena, facing all of us.

"Today I will personally evaluate your flying and reaction skills. This exam is very important in your growth as a fairy. And Ankelon."

She looks and me and winks. Even though I'm the only Ankelon, she still didn't forget to mention me. I'm actually kind of flattered by that. She goes on with her speech and finally starts calling out the first fairy who will be doing the exam. She gets a few teachers to help her set the obstacles by levitating them with magic. It basically looks like an obstacle course. The goal is to get the rose and bring it back to Miss Faragonda. Seems simple enough.

One after the other, the fairies that are called pass their test. Some exceptions end up losing control and falling to the ground, but none of them get hurt. Miss Faragonda sometimes materializes some surprise obstacles to test the reflexes of the one taking the exam. Musa, Tecna, Flora, Stella, and Bloom pass with flying colours. I wouldn't expect any less from them.

Bloom comes back to take her seat next to me.

"That was great, good job."

"Thanks, Onyx."

She sounds kind of down. I wonder what's wrong…

"Next is… Onyx!"

When I hear my name, I tense up a bit. Even though I'm extremely confident in my flying abilities, I can't help but feel nervous at being watched by so many people. The girls all give me thumbs up of encouragement. As I head down, Palladium wishes me good luck. That calms me down a bit.

"Alright then, please start by transforming."

I nod.

"By the power of light and darkness, transform!"

I'm then enveloped in a black sphere. My black angel wings emerge from my back, and my clothes transform into my black, sleeveless, short, corset dress. I hear some of the fairies hushed exclamations of surprise. It's probably the first time for a lot of them to see an Ankelon transform.

Miss Faragonda and some of the teachers levitate some hoops and moving walls. The hoops are not stationary either. I'm supposed to pass through each hoop and avoid the wall obstacles.

"You may begin."

As soon as Miss Faragonda says those words, I fly up, my wings causing a gust of wind stronger than fairy wings. At high speed, I go through the hoops, retracting my wings each time to fit through. After four hoops, I'm met with a wall that I easily go around. As soon as I do, though, projectiles are fired my way. Before even figuring out what they were, my body moves on its own and dodges them. They however come around and chase me. I see. I need to get rid of them, not just dodge them.

"Destruction Sphere!"

The small sphere leaves my hand and, as soon as it comes in contact with one of the projectiles, it enlarges and disintegrates all the others. I then fly to the rose and land in front of Faragonda in a matter of seconds.

"Well, I think we have a record time here! That was very impressive, Onyx. You pass with flying colours!"

I transform back and smile shyly.

"Thank you, Miss Faragonda."

I then go back to my seat next to my friends. They all congratulate me. I see Palladium smiling from the corner of my eye.

After the test ends, Bloom heads to Magix to meet up with Brandon. Stella says that she also has a date with her boyfriend Sky. Tecna is apparently meeting up with Timmy to talk about some "techy" things. I'm sure she actually wants to spend time with him. Musa decided to work on a new song and Flora is back to researching more about plants. They each have something to do.

I head to my room and lie down on my bed, sighing loudly. I then hear my phone buzzing. I take it out to see what it was.

"Oh!"

It's a message from Palladium!

Come to my office if you're free.

I giggle to myself. Whenever he wanted to see me and spend time alone with me, he'd always send me the same message. It happened quite often. I get up and make my way to Palladium's office. I knock on his door.

"Come in."

Hearing his voice makes my heart flutter. I turn the doorknob and go inside, closing the door behind me. As soon as I do, I feel myself being swept up in the air. Palladium carries me up by holding my waist.

"Palladium…!"

I giggle as he twirls me around.

"My beautiful Onyx!"

He then puts me down and hugs me tightly. I feel his breath on the back of my neck.

"You don't know how hard it is to control myself from holding you every time I see you."

He says softly in my ear. His breath sends pleasant shivers down my spine.

"I know… It is hard. But I don't care how hard it is, as long as I'm with you."

After I say that he pulls me tighter into the hug. It almost takes my breath away. He then kisses my neck.

"Hah!"

At my high pitched surprised moan, he chuckles.

"You're so cute!"

"You know that I'm sensitive there!"

He pulls aways and gives me a peck on the lips.

"That's why I do it."

I sigh and smile. This has been going on for a few weeks already. The only time we have together is the time we spend in his office when there are breaks between classes. If we did after or before classes start, it would be too suspicious, since we'd be missing the breakfast and supper. But it still doesn't matter. It's enough for me that we both love each other.

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