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'Thinking'
"Speaking"
SPELL/ABILITY
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Chapter 2: Falling Friends
The young boy looked back at the household he had recently been expelled from. He couldn't seem to find a place here. It had been several months since he'd been torn from his world. He wondered how Saito was doing. He had been searching for his kohai the day he had been torn from his home. He laid down in the cold of the night to watch the stars.
'The stars look the same no matter what world you're on I suppose' the high school boy thought to himself. He closed his eyes and went to sleep only to be awakened by the sound of a familiar voice calling to him a moment later.
"Who's there?" the boy called out.
"Saito is in trouble Leon, didn't you tell me you'd protect him for me?" the voice said almost teasingly.
The sound of the girl's voice struck a chord deep within him. Tears of sadness filled his eyes though only a single tear escaped before he regained his resolve. The boy stood and picked up his bag.
"I don't know who you are… but using that voice and saying that name is too cruel…" Leon said to the mimicking voice.
"Sorry Leon, I figured you'd only respond to me if I used that voice." The voice was now of a different person.
"How do you know my name?" The boy drew his rusty weapon he had found in a turned over cart.
"I'm the one who brought you here," Replied the mysterious voice, "but it appears Saito was claimed before I could get to him. That could cause some problems for you and your friend."
Leon was awestruck and hadn't noticed the sun had risen during their conversation. Now not so far off in the distance an explosion could be heard. The former track star and kendo captain broke off at a run.
'If what the voice said is true and Saito is in danger then I have to help him' Leon thought as he ran towards the explosion.
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A lone girl sat on the porch of the abandoned mansion looking out over the mansions overgrown gardens and Lake. She heard the pitter-patter of paws as a fox trotted out to lie beside her. She looked down at the faithful creature that had led her to this place and become her companion in this strange world.
"How are you feeling Sienna?" The fox asked her strange friend and companion.
"Good," replied the fiery red haired girl, "from what I've read in the library this world of yours is quite similar to fabled ones from our world, Aria."
"Are fox spirits and mages not common where you are from?" questioned Aria.
"The only wizards in our world are 30 and sit behind a computer in their mother's basement." replied Sienna with a laugh as she remembered her home.
Her smile fell away as she remembered her friend Saito and her Senpai Leon as well as her other friends. The girl remembered how they all had been searching for Saito when they had disappeared. Saito was nothing special but he held a special place in all of their hearts. Especially Leon, the two had been inseparable, and she couldn't stand to see the face of her friend when he found out Saito had gone missing. He immediately ran out of the room and had gone searching. She hoped he had found him.
"The two are closer than you think." A strange voice said.
"Who goes there?" the fiery haired genius said to the voice.
"Your friend Saito is at Tristein magic academy" replied the voice "and unless you want him dead you better go get him to wake up."
"You're lying, and how am I even supposed to get there if you aren't" the girl asked the voice.
"Ask the fox spirit." The voice said curtly and with that she felt a presence leave.
"What does she mean by that Aria?" asked Sienna.
"Do you remember when we met?" the fox asked the girl.
Sienna thought back to when she had first fallen to this world. She had been leaning up against a tree crying and begging for someone to help her and be her friend in this new world. Then emerging from the forest walked the fox it curled itself up in her lap and licked her face.
Sienna nodded and said "I was calling for a friend and you appeared before me and kissed me and we became friends."
"That's similar to the ritual of a mage summoning their familiar in this world." The fox said, "I am your familiar and if it is your wish I will take you to the academy."
Sienna was shocked at the news that she was capable of summoning a familiar and possibly being a mage, but she quickly gained her composure.
"Would you please take me to this academy?" Sienna asked her familiar.
With that the fox jumped down from the porch and began to grow in size until she was at a mountable size. Sienna climbed on top and grabbed a hold of Aria's fur. With that the two were off at a startling speed across the countryside.
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Leon arrived at a massive castle. Currently, guards in armor were swarming the place apparently looking for something. Leon put up his hood and slipped into the shadows to search for his friend. He was going to find his friend and nothing was going to stop him.
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When they had arrived on the large campus Sienna was stunned to see a massive castle rising before her.
"These mages really do consider themselves noble" she said, almost resentfully, thinking of how small their school on earth was.
Sienna hopped down from Aria's back and the fox spirit decreased in size. Sienna placed the backpack she had with her on the ground so the fox could climb in. With the fox in her bag she began to search for Saito. She happened upon a clearing in which lay a boy. Before Sienna could run to wake the boy up to see if it was Saito her friend stopped her.
"There's a magical trap here," Aria warned, "I can't tell what kind so try not to trigger it."
A frustrated Sienna called out to her friend "Saito!... SAITO!... WAKE UP!"
With the last call the boy stirred but not in time to see his friend trigger the magic pitfall and knock herself out.
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Leon was running at rapid pace trying to find Saito before the guards. He happened across a clearing as he was about to dash through it he tripped and fell face first to the ground. Leon sat up aggravated but when he looked at what had tripped him the blood drained from his face. Slowly the fiery haired genius opened her eyes. The two friends' eyes locked and they both couldn't believe what they saw.
"Leon…" Sienna said quietly.
"Sienna…" Leon replied as he looked her over.
Their reunion was a short one as they heard footsteps coming their way. Sienna looked in the direction of where Saito had been sleeping and Leon followed her gaze. He broke off at a run in that direction apologizing to his friend in his mind. Sienna got up to follow him but quickly fell back down to the ground. She looked towards her leg to growl at her sprained ankle.
"Damn mages…" Sienna said looking at the pitfall Leon had rushed out of to chase in the direction his friend had last been seen.
"Damn who?" questioned the voice of an old man.
"Oh…" said the girl now surrounded by guards.
"My name is Osman," said the old bearded man, "who would you happen to be?"
"My name is Sienna…" said the girl.
Her familiar popped her head out of the back pack, "She's a mage and she's here to enroll. I would like to know why exactly you have traps and why my master is being treated as a criminal."
The man's eyes smiled knowingly as he replied, "We seem to have lost something and I find it odd how an educated mage, you, is traveling and already has a familiar."
"Call it circumstantial and let me join?" the girl said on a whim hoping the old man would let her stay here.
"Then circumstantial we shall call it," the man said, "My name is Osman and I am the principal here. Welcome to our school."
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Hey guys. In response to your comments I made this chapter longer and avoided answering the "who" of the story by introducing some of my other MC's. I hope you're enjoying it. I know this is a common story basis, but I really enjoy it and for my first story I figured I'd do something I could have fun with. As for your suggestions I'll tell you now that I have a match for Agnes preplanned but I think you'll like the odd pairing I do. Right now personally I'm leaning towards SaitoxHenrietta or SaitoxSiesta. This story begins a little less than a week after the capture of Foquet. (I'm aware Henrietta doesn't have feelings for Saito at this point but should the majority between the two be that I know how I'd do that.) As for Kirche I'm honestly not sure how'd I'd write that seeing as how the only thing at this point Saito in the plot (the beginning/S1) has found to like about her is her bust. Sorry… Hope you guys like the story. Tell me if you have any ideas or suggestions.- Lion