"So, this is Seire H.S, huh?" Joy said, looking at her new school. "Time to show what I'm made of!"
"Which won't be much if you're like that," a girl her age walked ahead of her with jade green hair and light blue eyes. "I really hope you're not in my class."
"Yeah, yeah yeah," Joy muttered, rolling her eyes and trying not to stick her tongue out at the girl. "No one wants to be in the same room with you either," she muttered, going over to the front doors to find her classroom.
A few minutes later:
"Alright class, settle down; we have a new student attending here all the way from Misora City. Come on in!" te teacher announced, calling Joy inside. "Please, introduce yourself."
"Alright: I'm Joy Kinhoshi and I hope to enjoy my stay here in Seto!" she said, bowing to the class.
"Alright, Kinhoshi, you're sitting next to Nakamura and Nanaho," the teacher said, motioning the two students to stand up. A girl with brown hair and green eyes stood up along with a familiar girl with jade hair color and light blue eyes.
"Eva Nakamura?" the teacher asked. "You'll be showing Kinhoshi the school, understood?"
"Yes, sir," the jaded girl sighed, tossing her hair back.
Joy looked at her, and nearly freaked out. It was the same girl from this morning. "I just had to be stuck with her…maybe I can use my magic to change my class…" she thought as she took her seat.
"What a surprise…someone did say that someone new was coming…didn't know she meant you," Eva sighed.
Joy looked confused, glancing at Eva. "Our teacher is a 'he'…" she said.
"Not talking about him. I'm talking about this person I help over at the Maho Dou,"
"Wait, there's a Maho Dou here? Could that mean that she's a witch? One thing to do then: follow her to find the shop. Maybe I can find out if there's anyone else…" Joy thought. "So, when do you usually work?"
"It's usually on Wednesdays and Fridays; I have other stuff that I need to do so I don't usually work and she's understandable when you have a good reason and you get to know her well…why do you ask?" Eva asked, looking skeptical.
"I just wanted to check it out since there was a Maho Dou at my old house and I was interested to see if it's like the one back home," Joy explained.
"You had one? I'm surpri-"
"Please work on the assignments, Ms. Nakamura and Ms. Kinhoshi," the teacher sighed, picking up a ruler.
"Yes sir!"
-Time Skip!-
"So…what's it like working for her?" Joy asked, as she followed Eva.
"As I told you for about the fifth time, she's nice once she gets to know you and vice versa…" Eva huffed as she lead the way.
"So…what do you usually do there?" the new witchling asked, trying to figure out what to do.
"Sell trinkets, water the plants, basically the stuff that one would do when going to work at a magic shop; selling and tending to everything," the jaded-colored girl explained as the approached a plain building. "Here we are: The Seto Maho Dou, perfect place for all of your magical needs."
"Think it could turn me into a witch?" Joy joked, but received a harsh glare from Eva. "Lighten up it's ju-"
"Never say stuff that could ruin your life, Kinhoshi; warning you right now," Eva said looking as if she stared at Joy's soul. "Even if it was just a joke, never say stuff like that."
"O-ok," the black-haired girl muttered, practically stuttering. Whatever had happened to Eva before working for the shop had probably affected the girl more than Joy could understand at the moment. "M-maybe we should go inside?" she asked, trying to calm herself down.
Eva stared down at Joy for a few more seconds (which felt like several minutes to Joy) before turning and walking into the Maho Dou. "God, if I didn't know any better, she hates me more than this store," she thought, thinking with a cross face, following after Eva.
"Miss Oshiro? I'm here with the new girl that I told you about. She says that there was a Maho Dou at her old town so she wanted to check this place out," Eva said, grabbing a few bags that had different addresses on it.
"What are those for?" Joy asked as she set her backpack down.
"Sometimes people want this store to make errands so that's what I do, make errands. I'm taking the back route as usual, Miss Oshiro!" she explained as she left through the back entrance, closing the door behind her. Joy waited a few seconds before quietly following after her. If her suspicions were correct, then that would mean…
Joy poked her head out and but didn't get a chance to see anything as a new voice rang out in the store, "Hello there!" She spun around to find an elderly silver-haired woman. "You must be Joy Kinhoshi. Rika told me about you," the elderly woman smiled sweetly.
"R-Rika?" Joy asked, confused. She didn't know a Rika, and unless this woman was talking about Eva, then this lady was probably very senile.
"An old friend of mine over in your hometown. If I may, you have a special device?" she said, offering her hand.
"Oh, you mean this thing?" Joy asked, pulling out the device she had receive a few days ago.
Miss Oshiro nodded. "Let's go out into the back and I should help you get started on your training," she simply told Joy, pushing the door open and walking outside. Joy followed after her, a bit excited. "Eva will be back later, let's just get started before she gets back. I have a job for you too," Miss Oshiro said with a wink.
The black Ojamajo nodded and quickly pressed the middle of the tap. It floated high above her; a few seconds later a black witch ling dress appeared above, Joy grabbing it and quickly putting it on. Black gloves and boots appeared as she put her arms through the socket and reached to grab the hat that was above the teen's body. "Pretty Witchi Joy-chi!" she chanted doing a slight pose.
The elder witch chuckled, "Majo Rika warned me that some students might do that…well get your broom and wand, ok?" Joy nodded, pushing the buttons like before, summoning her wand and broom in that order.
"Sweet! I was wondering where the broom was at," the teen grinned. "What's my first job?" she asked turning to Miss Oshiro. She was given a bag that had an address. "What's this?"
"Your first job. I want you to find Eva and give it to her," the elder witch smiled. "You'll find her easily enough; she won't be that hard to find."
Joy considered the last sentence carefully before nodding. "Hai! I'm off!" she said, climbing on her broom and flying off (clumsily of course). "How do you steer this thing?!"
"Just relax and try not to draw any attention," Joy was told as she tried to keep control of her broom.
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"AH!" Joy was mentally screaming as she tried to find Eva. She spotted a black speck in the air, and quickly tried to turn and fly after it. As she got closer the black turned into a shade of green. "E-e-e-Eva!" she yelled, soaring past the girl.
"Gah! What did I tell you about what you say??" Eva shouted, flying after her, attempting to stop her. She pulled out a wand and chanted, "Chimchoi chichim poran! Slow this annoying girl down!"
"Annoying?! Why I oughta-!" Joy started to threaten the other witch ling before starting to slow down. Soon she slowed to a stop, hanging in the air.
"What the heck are you even doing up here?? You found out about Miss Oshiro being a-"
"No, I became one right before I moved. You see, I had found this device that looked like this one but it was different, right? Well I discovered that it gave the person a witch costume, but when I tried it didn't work for me," Joy started to explain.
"That means that it wasn't yours and wouldn't react to your DNA. I believe that the devices are only able to link up when it's at the right frequency and the DNA is right; continue," Eva explained.
"Well, I put it in my jewelry box and all of the sudden, it made two of them, one for me and the other for another trainee, who came a little while later to originally get the thing that I found. She also helped me with a spell that I cast that had gotten…"
"Out of control?" Eva guessed. Joy sighed and nodded. "So now you're here and going to be training with us…"
"Oh yeah, she wanted me to give you this," Joy said, handing Eva the bag she was carrying. "I guess she anticipated this."
"…no."
"What?" the black Ojamajo asked confused. "What do you mean, 'no'? It makes perfect sense."
"If she anticipated this, I wouldn't be here right now!" Eva told her, nearly yelling.
Joy did the calming motion with one of her hands, trying to stay on the broom. "Ok, ok. Let's just calm down for a few seconds and think about this; I'm sure there's a reason about how she even planned this…she did say something about talking to an old friend from the town I lived in last. Maybe they talked about it before today?" she suggested.
"Wait, how did you find out what to do? Usually the witches would tell you but from what you're saying is that you didn't discover a witch…" Eva said a few seconds later.
"Oh that. I had left my camera in the park so when I went to get it I found that it was still recording and that it was caught on tape…"
"How many witch trainees were there???"
"Like three or four girls I guess…why?" Joy asked, raising an eyebrow.
"There's a spell that requires like more than 2 witches: Magical Stage. If one of them found out about you, then they must've told the rest…" Eva started to tell Joy.
"And that's how Miss Oshiro found out!" Joy concluded. "…Hey are there any more witch trainees I should know about?"
"One's kinda away on a family business trip so she won't be back for the next few months," Eva shrugged. "Come on, I'll show you how I deliver so we can be back before the store closes; let's go!" she said, flying off gracefully.
"W-wait up! I still need to work on this!" Joy called out, who, unlike her partner, didn't know how to fly as smooth yet. "EVA!"
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Joy: First day of work and I'm stuck inside the store instead of helping deliver like Eva.
Eva: Hey, you need practice and Miss Oshiro isn't going to allow something you to mess up and blow our cover!
Joy: Next time on Ojamajo Joy: First Day Blow Out?! See ya soon!