After class had ended, Negi regained control of his class. Turned out, the meeting didn't last very long.
"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow class!" Negi smiled and waved to his students.
"Goodbye, Professor Negi!" All the girls started to shuffle out of the class. In just a couple minutes, the only people left in the room were Matt, Kotarou, Negi, Fate, Asuna, Setsuna, Evangeline, and Chisame.
"How was your first day here, Matt?" Negi asked politely. Matt showed excitement.
"It was great! I met alot of cool people, and the teachings themselves aren't that bad either!" Matt grinned. "I'm glad I chose this school to transfer to!"
Everyone smiled. "Now Matt," Fate began, "tell us who you REALLY are."
Negi and Kotarou looked concerned, and Asuna looked confused. "Whaat?! His name is Matt, Fate! Can't you hear?" Asuna's eyes widened. "Wait, you don't mean..."
"Yes. Matt was the one who interrupted our spar yesterday, and gave us all these bruises." Fate showed the bruise on his arm, Kotarou showed the bandages on his back, and Negi showed the cut on his cheek.
"MATT! YOU'RE DEAD TO ME!" Asuna picked up Matt faster than she could find a chupacabra. "Hey! Let me down! I'm sorry! I just wanted sparring buddies!" Matt was flailing around.
"Put him down, you dunce." Eva put her head up. "Let him speak his story of why he's here."
Chisame looked concerned. "Great, another weird kid in this weird school. What's next?"
Asuna put Matt down. "You better have a tear jerking story, or I'm going to beat the crap outta you!" Matt jumped back and went wide-eyed.
Ugh, Matt thought. Do I really have to tell them?...

"It all started back when I was living in America. The people were nice, the school was cool, and the food was good. There weren't many mages in my school, so it was rare when I could actually find someone to relate to.
I was in colorguard at the time, and while I was taking a break, I was suddenly attacked."
"By who?" Negi asked.
"A man... Looked somewhat like you." Matt pondered to remember what he looked like. "Red hair."
Asuna looked surprised, and turned to Negi. He was speechless.
"Negi, could it be?" Chisame started, "could it be your father?!" Eva seemed interested all of a sudden.
"It could be, but... Matt, you said he... attacked you? I don't think he would act in such a way." Negi turned to Matt.
"I'm not sure. All I know is, he had red hair, and he used some type of dark magic against me."
DARK MAGIC?! Negi thought.
"My father never used dark magic!" Negi was confused and very surprised.
"Please, calm down. Let me tell you what happened." Matt looked down, and began to speak.

In America...

"Aye, you remember the lesson I taught you in Japanese, right?" Carl turned to Matt.
"Of course, dude." Matt smiled.
"Why do you want to learn Japanese, anyway?" Carl asked, while chewing on a Crunch bar.
"I need guidance," Matt looked away, "and the only place where I can find it is in Japan."
"Deep. When do you plan to leave, anyways?"
Matt turned back to Carl. "Probably right when summer starts. It's a long road ahead, so I gotta get a head start."
The bell rang, so Carl and Matt said goodbye and went to their classes.
"You better have those 4 8s down by tonight!" Wesk, Matt's colorguard instructor, said. "If you don't have it down, you probably shouldn't come to practice tonight. Alright?"
"Yeah!"
The period consisted of working on your technique, but Matt already had it down. He sat at the end of the gym, drinking his water, when Loran came up to him.
"What theee. Why are you just sitting there? We have work to do!" Loran bent over. "Get your lazy butt up and toss some flags!"
Matt tilted his head back. "I don't need practice. I'm fine right now."
Loran smacked Matt on the head. "If you don't practice, you'll fall behind. Now get up!" She kept kicking him until finally, Matt subsided.
"Fine, fine! Stop kicking me!" Matt got up. "You're as energetic as ever." He grinned.

BLAM!

...What is this? Matt thought.
I feel a sudden blow to my back... A shadow crystal?!
Matt looked towards Loran, and tried to reach for her, but fell in the process.
"You're the strongest magic user in this school? Pathetic."
Matt looked up, to see the dark figure he explained to Negi.

"Y...y-you..." Matt tried to speak. "...D-don't... S-"
The dark figure pushed the crystal deeper into Matt's back. Matt spewed blood. Everyone in the room was shocked and scared of the current situation.
"Matt?! Matt, get up! Please!" Loran was frightened at the sight of Matt's blood.
"He won't be getting up, darling." The dark figure (we"ll just call him Nogi) explained to Loran. "That shadow crystal that's in his chest? It's going to tear him from the inside out."
Loran fell to the ground, whimpering in fear. Nogi walked up to her. "You're all mine now, sweetie."

BLAM!

"What?!" Nogi looked at his chest. His shadow crystal was thrown right back to him!
"I'm stronger than you think." Nogi turned around to see Matt, recovered from the blow.
Nogi dissolved his crystal, and came right towards Matt. After Matt dodges a few hits, Nogi had noticed something.
"Why aren't you using your magic, little one?" Matt feared he would say that word. "Or are you too scared to show everyone what you can do?"
Nogi charged a dark explosion, but Matt dodged it with ease. At this rate, Matt thought, I'll HAVE to use my magic! But, no one is supposed to...
Suddenly, Nogi hit Matt in the stomach. Dammit! He thought. I have to!
"I'll make this quick. Darkness! Foreshadow my opponent's doom!" Nogi covered the area in dark mist, increasing his abilities. "You can't possibly-"
Out of nowhere, Nogi heard a snap, and a burst of dark magic hit him.
"Now THAT'S what I want to see!" Nogi blew away the mist to show Matt, activating his dark magic.
"M...Matt?" Loran looked surprised.
Matt turned to Loran, but then quickly set his eyes on Nogi. "You aren't hurting anyone anymore." Matt put his fingers up. His infamous snaps were known through the magic world. One snap shoots a burst of dark magic at the direction of his choosing.
"You think this is a GAME?" Matt snapped his fingers at Nogi.
"Yes, more! More power!" Nogi kept dodging Matt's dark magic.
Suddenly, Matt started to gain more fury. He rushed towards Darky and stabbed him in the stomach with his dark magic.
"This isn't enough to stop me!" Nogi pushed Matt off.
"You haven't seen the last of me..." He flew into the ceiling, creating a hole to the outside, and flew away.
Everyone stood, watching as Matt ignored the constant bleeding in his back.
"M... Matt?" Loran stood, and stared at him.
Matt had calmed down, and was staring at his hands.
"No..." He looked up, at his teacher, then at Loran. He had no choice but to run from the classroom, seeing as how he could possibly lose his magic due to the exposure to the non-magic users.
"Wait!" Loran tried to stop him. However, Matt kept running...

Hey everyone! It's me again! Updating my fanfiction of my favorite manga!

I have three things to say to get things out of the way.

First, summer is finally ending for me! It was alot of fun, but sadly the time has come.

This means IDK when I can update my fanfiction, because I'll be too busy doing homework and practicing at colorguard.

(BTW, yes, Matt's character is based off me. Except I can't do magic. Or can I?)

Second, it would be really helpful if all of you (meaning the 4 of you who read this far) could write some reviews for this fanfiction! I want to be able to know what to fix, if I do have any flaws in my story.

Third, I want to keep this story as close to canon (which is a big stretch) as possible, though I may push a couple strings to see my story fit. I mean after all, what DID happen after 3A's Middle School years? Ken never told us. How did Negi find his father? Was Eva's spell finally released from her?

This whole story I'm trying to write is just a segment of the Negima story after the manga ended, which is trying to help lead up to Negi finding his father. Support from anyone and everyone would be great. I hope to see you all soon, and please, be ambitious.

One step can change the world.