Sae hurried a long the road towards the professor's quarters. This night was quickly going down hill for her. She only hoped that she would find Negi or at the very least one of her fellow members of the Magical User's Club, before anything else happened. She, like many other students, had observed the strange appearance of the Demon Gate on the campus, and although she couldn't be sure, Sae had a sinking feeling that is was related to the sudden appearance of the Millennium Earl.
This feeling had been born out by the interview she had just concluded with Edward Elric in the science room. He had confirmed that there had once been an Alchemist called the Millenium Earl and that the Earl had been known to operate in the realm of what would be generally considered taboo alchemy, human transmutation.
"But the Earl supposedly disappeared in the early sixteenth century. Most people think he's a myth." Edward had told her, but if that was the case then how had he come to be trapped inside a book and, more importantly, how did one go about getting him back in there?
As was so often the case Sae found herself questioning if she was really cut out to be a witch. She looked around to where the Demon Gate still stood and bit her lip. Not looking where she was going, Sae caught her foot on a crack in the sidewalk and pitched forward but was caught before she hit the ground. Looking up Sae saw the purple eyes and blonde hair of Tamaki Suoh looking back at her. She couldn't help but blush, Tamaki was a very popular boy who always seemed to have a crowd of girls hanging around him.
Sae had never been able, due to a lack of funds, had never been able to rent anytime with the Host Club's president, though she was aware of him. Tamaki helped Sae to her feet and she fidgeted self-consciously. It was only at this time that Sae realized that Tamaki had been with someone before he had come to her rescue, but she relaxed when she saw it was just another member of the Host Club.
"Are you alright my dear?" Tamaki asked gently, causing Sae to blush even more heavily, "That was certainly what is a nasty fall. You should be more careful, or you'll damage that beautiful face of yours."
Sae blushed and almost swooned but was distracted by the second boy who scoffed and rolled his eyes. The second boy was a full head length shorter than Tamaki with short cut brown hair and brown eyes.
"Boy Tamaki-sempai, you just don't have an off switch do?" The second boy said with a dead pan voice.
At these words Tamaki's face fell and he hurried over to the other boy and began to wriggle as though he were a small child.
"Oh Haruhi, that wasn't very nice. Why are you always so mean to meeeee!" Tamaki whined.
"Haruhi?" Sae asked "Isn't that a girl's name?"
At this point both host club members stared at each other for a moment and then both laughed nervously and pretended to be innocent.
"W-well yes… Normally, but uh…" Haruhi started shifting her weight from time to time as though she were stalling.
"But Haruhi's parents really wanted a girl so they named her prematurely!" Tamaki broke in before they both laughed nervously again.
"Well anyway…" Tamaki said clearly trying to change the subject, "Where was a lovely young lady such as yourself going to in such a hurry on this exquisite night."
Sae gasped as she remembered, "Oh gosh, I forgot! Do either of you know where Professor Springfield is? I really REALLY need to find him! It's very urgent, I think that door is partially my fault."
Tamaki and Haruhi exchanged glances and then at the same time asked "What door?"
Sae was on the verge of answering when a sqweeky voice piped up.
"I don't think they can see the Demon Gate dear." The voice said, amused.
All three students looked up, following the sound of the voice. Sitting on a branch of a tree was a black cat. The cat was wearing a crooked witches hat and a small white jewel around its neck. As the students watched the cat smiled and winked at them. It took a full ten seconds for the students to figure out what had just happened, but when they did their mouths all dropped open at once.
"OH MY GOD!" Tamaki exclaimed, "THAT CAT JUST TALKED!"
The cat laughed and then stretched.
"I'm not a cat, silly, I'm Blair."
With this the cat jumped down from the tree and there was a puff of pink smoke. When the smoke cleared a beautiful woman was standing where the cat had just been. The woman was wearing a short black skirt with long baggy sleeves, the same crooked witches hat and curly shoes. She had long purple hair which curled on the sides of her head and as the three students watched she stretched languidly.
"Professor Springfield huh?" Blair asked in a sultry voice, thoughtfully. "I used to knew a Nagi Springfield once… They called him the thousand spells wizard. My, oh my, he was a hot one. The best, or at least the funniest wizard I ever met."
Blair faded off into a distance sort of look and the three students exchanged glances. When it became obvious that she wasn't going to say anything else, Sae cleared her throat tactfully.
"Um… well… Ms. Blair could you maybe fly around on your broom and see if you can find Professor Springfield for me? It's really important… I… I think I know who summoned the demon gate.
Blair considered Sae for a moment and then smirked and, removing her hat and exposing a pair of purple cat ears, reached into the hat and produced a tiny broomstick. The broomstick was only about two inches long and it was clear that both Tamaki and Haruhi were very confused by this fact as they both tilted their heads to the side, their expressions blank.
"How are you going to fly on such a tiny broom?" Haruhi asked bewildered.
"Well it gets bigger…" Blair laughed. Then, with a wink, Blair threw the broom in the air and as it came back down it grew in length until it was about four feet long. Mounting the broom, Blair kicked off from the ground and flew off over the tree tops. Both Haruhi and Tamaki watched with their mouths open and then turned as on and starred at Sae.
Sae shifted uncomfortably under their glaze and then mumbled, "Well if her broom stayed that size all the time everyone would notice it."