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Pegasus Poster Child

North Academy is about to get interesting

Chapter 5

JPOV

After Sage led me outside the building she stopped dead in her tracks.

"Finally I got away from that stupid escort! Thanks, I'll just be going to the dorm now and get settled in."

"Wait!" I called after her without even thinking it through. "I'm supposed to talk to and answer questions and stuff."

She barely even turned her inclined her head in my direction when she spoke.

"What do you mean by 'and stuff'?" she said putting air quotes around my words.

"Like looking through your deck and giving you suggestions?" It sounded like more of a question than a response.

"Yeah, sure. Where do you want to talk so we can get this over with?" The annoyance she felt was almost tangible in the charged air.

"Does the beach sound good? I usually go there when I need to think."

"Why not?" Sage said with a bit of a harsh mocking tone.

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To say that the beach was awesome was a bit of an understatement. The beach was mostly sand on one side and rocks on the other. Ruby and I sometimes played hide and seek on the smooth stones. Though now that I think about it, they are more like boulders. Their shades went from an almost onyx black tone to a pale cobalt blue. The rough sea always washed over these stones at high tide and left tide pools teeming with life between them at low. I always loved to see the small fish and other animals swim in them.

"Wow, Jesse. This place is sweet," Sage mentioned barely above a whisper as we sat on one of my favorite spots. I sat Indian style while Sage hugged her knees to her chest. She rested her chin on knees with her eyes closed. Her hair was blowing softly around her face. She then replaced her glasses as I spoke.

"I know. I love to come here and hang out and just be in the moment."

"So what did you want to talk about anyway? I really do want to get to my room so yeah."

Only one word came to my head but I caught myself before I said the binding word: You. I didn't want to make her scared of me by making a move too fast. I don't think that I ever cared so much about what someone thought of me before. "Why don't you tell me about your deck?"

"Wow. You must be the first person that doesn't know already. Its easier if I show you though." She spoke in a depressed monotone and she seemed hesitant to show me. I see the infinitesimal shaking in her hands that she tried to hide. She reached to the ice blue cardholder around her thigh and pulled out her deck and passed it over to me.

I guess everyone already read that article or ones similar but at least my suspicion that she was indeed the psychic duelist was confirmed. Her eyes were glistening with unshed tears but I couldn't find a reason for her to be so upset. I glanced down at her deck and was completely shocked. Her deck had several beautifully designed cards and it already had a perfect balance between monsters, spells and traps. I mean I read the article but her deck was even better than they described. One card in particular stood out to me. It seemed to be a little rainbow colored fairy but what really stood out was the fact that it was a level 10 monster.

"How is this a level 10?" I questioned. After a felting glance at me, not the card along with a strange glow behind her glasses she spoke.

"Oh, Aurelis? She may not have a great attack or defense, but her special ability makes up for it."

"And that would be…" I said as I offered an opening.

"When she is destroyed, all damage I would have taken is given to my opponent as well as 500 points of damage for every card on the opponents field," she said as she removed her glasses and looked out to the crystal clear ocean. I could hear her sigh and her posture relaxed slightly but she seemed reserved at the same time. I had never tried to read body language so thoroughly but this was only one of the changes that had taken place in the last couple of hours.

"That," I said pointing to her card, "is a sweet card, want to trade?" I said with a smile that I hoped would make her laugh. I could help but feel sad when she looked so upset.

"Ha ha, no! She's my favorite card and my best friend! Isn't that right sweetie?"

Then all of a sudden the fairy came out of the card and sat on her shoulder. With one look at each other they broke out into a fit of giggles. I realized that this was the first time I had seen Sage truly relaxed and carefree.

"So, you can see monster spirits?" I guessed.

"Yeah, I'm assuming you can too?"

"Ruby, want to come out and play?" My favorite monster then came out and sat on her spot, my head.

"So you were spying on me, weren't you?" She accused in a joking tone.

"So that's where you went!" petting Ruby. "No, my little Ruby has a mind of her own. Though she is attracted to powerful duelists like yourself." I hoped I didn't sound too obvious complimenting her.

"Thanks for the compliment but it won't get you very far. I'm guessing you know who I am?"

"Sort of, but not really. I don't want to make any assumptions until I hear your side of the story." I really truthfully didn't because from what I could tell, she was only being profiled on her extraordinary capabilities, not her personality. I wanted to see the diamond in the rough, the imperfections of the stone, not the glittering trophy like qualities and abilities she possessed.

"Hmm, I will say that speech did earn you some credit in my book. I guess you don't realize how thoroughly I can read your mind though. I'm sorry. I shouldn't intruded," The slightest blush did seem to creep up her cheeks as she looked down at her feet. "I'll tell you my side of my past after our first duel I guess but I'm not ready quite yet. But in the meantime what deck do you duel with? Wait never mind. Hold up a couple of monster cards I think I can make a pretty accurate prediction."

I began to pull out my Sapphire Pegasus and my Amethyst Cat but by the time I had Pegasus in my hand she already seemed like she knew half my deck.

"So you're a Pegasus poster child too? Wait let me rephrase that. Is it true the story about how your crystal beast cards chose you? I hate to say it but I'm a fan already." I had a big goofy smile on my face before she said that she was a fan but as soon as she said that my face fell. I thought I had finally found someone different than the annoying fangirls but I guess not.

"Are you just going to bug me for an autograph too?"

"Are you kidding me? I found someone that hates people just as much as I do! I mean I don't mind interviews and that kind of stuff but the screaming! Seriously I don't understand why people scream but it especially sucks because I have a permanent migraine…" I let her continue on her rant but eventually I just couldn't hold back the laughs of pure joy. A few were because of her rant but mostly I was laughing at myself for even thinking about lumping someone like Sage with Kari.

"What are you laughing at?" Sage asked.

"You an-." I said without hesitation but stopped as I saw the first tear fall. I instantly regretted saying anything. Her entire body went ridged and the tears began to fall at a faster pace. If getting her to just sit and talk with me took this much effort, I didn't want to know how much work I would have to do to make this up to her. I could already feel the tension in the air. Of course she slapped me and even though I hated to admit it, the spot she hit would probably have a five star. (AN: When someone slaps you hard enough, you can get a bruise in the shape of a hand. My friend accidentally gave me one once and they seriously hurt a lot.)

"SHUT UP!" she screamed.

I realized I must have done something really bad for her to have this reaction but when I looked up to apologize she wasn't there. I looked down the beach to see her as she ran away from me tripping every so often. The pull from earlier came back and I couldn't help but feel like an ass.

"Great Jesse…look at what you did now." I whispered to myself. My family then freed themselves from their cards. They all began to comfort me put I pushed them away. I didn't want sympathy. All I wanted to do was find Sage and apologize. I felt like shit and the only thing I could do was wallow in my self-pity. I knew I deserved it and I got up to go to my dorm and crash. I just wanted to sleep away this nightmare and hope it disappeared. But I knew that was impossible.

I promised myself that next time I saw Sage I would not only apologize but to actually try to be her friend. All I hoped to gain from the previous conversation was more than that and look where that decision got me. I would have to leave those feelings at the beach.

I could swear that I heard a ripping noise as I walked along the coast. How fitting it was that I heard my anguish as much as I felt it. And that was that. Already on my first day I had met someone, hurt her and I ripped my own heart out. "Perfect," I said with heavy sarcasm as I walked into the blue dorm to my room. I couldn't believe that Kari wasn't here but I shrugged it off as I fell into a deep and heavy slumber as soon as I hit my bed.

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