Lux collapsed on her bed, tired from a day of training. She hadn't been chosen to play a single game that day, but she had spent the entire time in the training room punching a punching bag.

"Hey, Luminosity" Kat said to her, from her own bed.

"What, Knife hands?" Lux replied.

"I don't want to be rude, but why were you punching the punching bag, all day today?"

"To train" Lux huffed. "Isn't that what people here do?"

"Yeah, if you aren't a mage"

Lux blinked. "What?"

"You're a light mage, right Luminosity?"

"Yeah..."

"So, then why were you practicing close up fighting skills?"

"Um..."

"You should have trained in the magic side of the gym" The girl from earlier, Riven, said.

She leaned over and gave Kat a quick peck on the cheek. Lux felt her cheek grow hot.

"What? You never seen two girls kissing?" Kat asked, suddenly angry.

"Well, I'm from Demacia, so... no" Lux stammered. "B-But I have nothing against it. It's just cute that you two are in a relationship"

"WE ARE NOT IN A RELATIONSHIP" Kat yelled.

Riven rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, the word "relationship" scares Kat" she explained.

Lux giggled.

Kat sighed and kissed Riven on the cheek.

"But let's not forget the thing that we were talking about here: Why the hell were you in the regular side of the gym, miss light mage?" Kat said.

"Um. I was unaware that there was a magic side of the gym"

"Oh. Right. You're new" Riven said, thinking. "Well, I wouldn't know, because I'm not magic, but I think that if you cast any sort of spell on the water cooler in the corner, then a door opens up?" She looked at Kat for confirmation. Kat shook her head.

"No, I think that you have to cast it on the third treadmill."

Riven rolled her eyes.

"Try both next time, Light Mage" she said. "Kat isn't very reliable about this sort of thing"

Kat playfully punched her on the arm.

"Shut up."

"You know you love me"

Riven leaned in like she was gonna give her yet another cheek kiss, but at that moment, the three girls from earlier marched in.

Lux braced herself for whatever mean thing they were gonna say, but they just laughed and walked over to their beds.

Riven sighed, and moved away from Kat.

"Night" Kat said, and turned away from them.

"Night" Riven responded, walking back to her bunk.

Lux was confused, but she was also really tired, so she stumbled over to her bed, and tried to go to sleep, even though she could hear the three girls muttering about how gross Kat and Riven were.

Jinx was sitting at the dinner table when Lux came home. She didn't notice when Lux walked in, so Lux caught a glimpse of her sad expression. But as soon as she said "Hi" Jinx perked up.

"Hey, Lady" Jinx said "Mail for you" She slid over an envelope from the town hall. Lux sighed.

"So this is..."

"Your acceptance letter"

"Or my rejection letter"

"Right" Jinx said "Like they wouldn't accept the heir to the crownguard throne"

Lux rolled her eyes, as she walked over to the fridge "Not royalty"

"Riiight"

Lux grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge and then got to work on opening the letter.

Jinx suddenly grabbed her hand.

"I-I just want you to know, lady, that I'm proud of you. And I think you're great, even if you don't get in"

Lux felt herself tearing up, but she didn't want to seem weak in front of Jinx.

"Thank you"
She said, and then opened the letter.

She barely had time to blink before she saw the bright red "REJECTED" on the top of it.

She sighed, unsure whether or not she was relieved.

"Oh, Lady, I'm so sorry"

"It's ok." Lux said. "I'll just apply next time. There's really no hurry."

Jinx smiled.

"I'll cook dinner tonight, Lady, you can just relax"

"No, Jinx, I'm not letting you burn down this house"

Jinx laughed and turned on the oven.

Lux stayed in the dining room. She told herself it was because she wanted to make sure Jinx didn't ACTUALLY commit arson, but she realized that she probably didn't have to watch Jinx as much as she was to be safe.

She let her mind wander, and she wondered whether she really would apply again. She liked the idea of her and Jinx living together, and having a life.

She let herself believe that was totally platonic.

"Our applications are officially in the mail!" Jinx said, running into the house.

"Cool" Vi said. Jinx could tell that she was excited.

"Are you ready for the interviews?"

"They have to actually receive our applications before they schedule interviews, Jinx"

"We should still prepare" Jinx said. "Lux was super prepared for hers and she still didn't get in"

"What?"

Jinx gulped. Lux had trusted her with the secret. As soon as they had found out that there was a spot for Lux, she made Jinx promise not to tell anyone that she almost didn't get in. Jinx had failed her.

"I-I mean. She didn't get in… right away… she found out late."

"That's not what you meant"

"Really, her letter came late. She totally didn't get rejected at first, or anything."

"The great Lady of Luminosity didn't get in on her first try?" Vi's eyes lit up. "Hmm. I guess there's some things that daddy can't buy you."

"Vi seriously, you're not supposed to know about this."

"Relax, I'm not gonna say anything." Vi said. "I'm just going to judge her from afar."

Jinx laughed, but only to hide the fact that she was worried that Lux would be mad at her if she found out that her secret had gotten out.

"Now, do you wanna run interview questions?" Vi asked.

Jinx could see that Vi knew that she had upset her.

"Sure" Jinx said. She didn't want things to be tense with Vi again. They were doing so well.

A week after the rejection letter came, an acceptance letter came. Jinx was the only one home when it came and she debated for an hour before deciding to open it.

"I'm already a criminal" She thought to herself as she tore open the letter.

Inside it read:

Dear Lady Of Luminosity (Luxanna Crownguard),

We sincerely apologize for any discomfort or inconvenience we have caused you by leading you to believe that you were not going to be in the League. We also apologize for such short notice. However, if you still wish to have one, there is a spot open for you in this month's new recruits. Zyra has recently withdrawn from the recruits, opening up a spot. Since you were next on the list, the spot is yours if you wish to have it. If you do not want this spot, please send this letter back without anything attached to it. If you do want this spot, please send this note back with your rejection notice. Thank you.

-Sincerely,

Council Of Summoners and Champions in the League (COSCL)

This was great news! She had to tell Lady!

She waited at the table until Lux came home. As soon as Lux opened the door, Jinx lept up and tackle-hugged her.

"Woah, Jinx, I just went out for groceries, I didn't mean to worry you."

Jinx laughed.

"No, Lady, I'm congratulatory-hugging you!"

"You're what?"

"I'm hugging you because you got in to the league!"

"No I didn't, Jinx, you saw my rejection letter."

"Yes, but I also saw your acceptance letter!" Jinx gestured towards the table.

"What?" Lux broke free of the hug and raced to the table.

She looked at the letter.

"did you already open this?"

Jinx shrugged.
"Maybe. I don't remember."

Lux rolled her eyes as she picked up the leader.
When she finished reading it she turned to Jinx.

"I'm in!"

"Yeah, lady, I *know*." Jinx said back. "I might be a criminal but I can still read"

Lux hugged Jinx.

"Ugh, we just *did* this" Jinx complained, but behind Lux's back she smiled.

"Congrats, Lady" she whispered.

The next day was pretty much the same. Lux woke up, and went and trained. Except for today, she actually found the magic side of the gym. Well, she accidentally found the magic side of the gym. Turns out that neither Kat nor Riven new a lot about mages. Lux had been trying to get the water cooler to open a secret door for an hour when Lulu came up.

"Here" Lulu said, and cast a spell on the sign by the water cooler.

"Oh, thanks" Lux said, upset that a little girl had shown her how to do something

"So let me guess… you haven't been in a game yet?"

"Nope."
"It takes a while for new recruits to get picked" Lulu explained. "At least that's what Annie told me"

"Annie?" Lux hadn't met her yet. To be fair, Lux hadn't met a lot of people yet.

"The girl with the bear" Lulu said. "We bonded over how young we were."

Right. Lulu and Annie were younger than her, and neither of them had been wait-listed. She began to feel her cheeks grow hot.

"That's good…" Lux said, not really caring to continue the conversation.

"Have you made any friends?" Lulu said, obviously not taking the hint.

"Uh, well, I guess I made friends with Kat and Riven"

"Orianna calls them nasty"

"Who?"

"Kat and Riven"
"No, I mean who calls them that?"

"Orianna, the robot girl" Lulu said, acting like she was the adult. "You seriously don't know anyone's names?"

"Well, no"

"Wow." Lulu said. "No way are you gonna get picked unless you start acting like a real champion."

"Wow, thanks!" Lux said, getting tired of Lulu acting superior.

"Sorry, Lady, but it's the truth."
Lux didn't hear anything past 'lady'.

"What did you call me?"

"Lady… it is your title" Lulu said. "I mean, lots of champions prefer their whole title so it's okay if you would rather be called 'lady of luminosity'"

"No… Lady's fine" Lux said. "I think I'm going to go back to the room"

"Whatever you say, Lady" Lulu said. "it was nice talking to you!"

"Yeah…" Lux said. But as she walked back to the room she muttered "Bandle city reject"

Lux had closed her door, and told Jinx that she didn't want her to sneak in tonight.

She had buried herself under pillows and blankets and she was sure that no one could hear her.

But, sure enough, Jinx came in

"Lady, why are you crying?" She asked. "you got into the league!"

Lux looked up "Yeah but only because *Zyra* didn't want to be in it" She buried her head in her hands.
"I'm a disgrace to demacia and I don't deserve the slot"

"What are you saying, Lux?" Jinx asked. "You're a *great* Fighter, and you're an amazing person. Just because Zyra applied first doesn't make her any better"

Lux glanced up "do you promise you won't tell anyone?"

"I swear, lady" Jinx said, crossing her heart.

A/N Sorry for the wait on this chapter! I moved and we were getting settled in for a while. Thank you for reading, and leave a review if you would like!