"Mahora Academy's Student Council wishes you a good new school year and reminds you that, even if today is the first day of the new semester, no excuses will be accepted for being late! Have a great day!"
As usual, a horde of late Girls were running towards their class. Everything was as if nothing had ever happened in Mahora's all girl section. Of course, for some the sky seemed a little less bright on this first day of school. As Takahata introduced himself to the girls of this year's 3-A he fought back nostalgic thoughts and looked out the window.
It's been three years already... I should go talk to Evangeline; I know this affected her too.
At the same time, somewhere else on the school ground, inside of the tea club's house, the world most evil vampire was looking at herself in the mirror. Her cheeks that used to be so white were stained with red; she looked at her sleeves they were also smudged with spots of red, reminders of her failed attempt at hiding what she had been doing for the last hour. Evangeline A.K McDowell, the world most feared villain, the one that only the thousand master had been able to beat, had been crying. Immediately after the Keepers had brought back news of what Negi had done, Evangeline had surrounded herself in her thoughts and had refused to talk to anyone about it. The only one who she allowed to see her was Takahata because, in her mind, he was the only one worthy of understanding her loss. All the girls who had stayed behind had had their memories erased so no one remembered the child teacher of Mahora academy, no one but her and the faculty's mages. One exception had been made and today McDowell was anxious to get the blood of her face since Ayaka was bound to arrive at any moments.
Now there's someone I can honestly say changed over the last few years. She thought to herself.
The love struck stuck up fifteen years old class president had grown into a sober mature and depressed eighteen years old lady that the perpetual kid had learned to like.
Someone tapped on the door but it wasn't Ayaka, Takamishi walked in and turned towards Evangeline.
"You should wash your face before the blood dries up. Were you expecting someone or can we talk?" He handed her a tissue as he sat down near the tea table.
"I am expecting Yukihiro any time now, but you can stay and chat it's been a while see you two saw each other" She took the tissue and put some water on it before cleaning her face.
As they both sat down, Ayaka entered the little house with her usual sad expression on her face. When she saw Takahata she tried to smile a bit but the heart wasn't there.
"Hey how are you guys?" She said while sitting down.
"There's been another attack today, word is the Keeper was seventeen and in a class full of students his age...non magician students..." Takahata said studying the reaction of both his former students.
"Seventeen? They're getting reckless. Did the association have any problems wiping the memories of the students involved? Did the kid die painfully?" Evangeline asked careful not shock Ayaka with to detailed questions."
"That's the thing... he survived. When the magic association of Canada arrived, all the students were out of the school on a 'fire drill' they found the Keeper in the school packing his stuff. The class had been cleaned and the students involved had no memory of the fight" Takahata replied.
"You mean to tell me that an anti-jumper assault group was single-handedly taken out by a seventeen year old! What about the bodies of the attackers?"Ayaka asked, surprised.
"The bodies were nowhere to be found and, when he was questioned about that, the kid only said that they had been taken care of and that they wouldn't cause any more trouble" Takahata apprehended what was going to come next.
"What a curious little boy. Did he happen to say anything else?" Evangeline's curiousness had taken over her.
"yeah, one more thing, that's why I needed to talk to you he said 'tell the queen of ice that the golden pupil and his wings of white will soon return in need of her training, for he might just be able to accomplish what the father promised her' and then he jumped to the new world He was hoping that Evangeline would confirm his doubts about what that meant.
Evangeline got up and walked towards the window were the sun could be seen setting over the horizon. After a few minutes she turned back towards them, a single line of blood rolling against her right cheek "It's about time they came home"