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Chapter 4: Shiaji

Cephera yawned. Classes had become harder. The spells took more energy then ever to cast and she found herself ready to pass out after each class. She had several times fallen sleep in the middle of casting. The teacher had given her a very stern wake up call using very cold water.
Today she was struggling to keep her eyes open. Lighting a fire should not be this hard. Loki was there today. Once they began to cast harder, bigger spells he had begun to walk around and watch the class as they performed. At least two people had caught themselves on fire from their nerves. Loki had put them out with a swift flick of his hand and no words uttered.
Today she was determined to not make a fool of herself. She would not fall asleep. But before she knew it she had.

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Loki looked down at her form slumped against the stone wall. He recognized her as the rain dancer. He watched her a moment before their instructor came over. "Oh, not again." she said and with a wave of her hand she summon a pitcher of cold water and poured it over her. She jumped to her feet with yelp. Loki couldn't help but smirk. Her face and heavy breathing was amusing.
"Now dry yourself." her teacher said and walked away. The girl didn't seem to be able to. The dark rings under her eyes told Loki she was exhausted. Maybe she should spend less time out in the rain after hours and sleep. He moved his fingers and dried her off.
He wasn't sure why he bothered. Doing things for her wouldn't help her learn it. He couldn't seem to help himself though. She seemed to look everywhere but at him so he continued his rounds.
So far a few student showed potential but no one really stood out to him. But he was patient. He had five years to watch them before they were no longer beginners.

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Cephera groaned. She had fallen asleep with him standing right over her. It wasn't that she wanted him to choose her to teach but he was a crowned prince of Asgard, It was a tad embarrassing despite no one knowing who she was. She would rather he didn't notice her at all but she was sure he heard all about her uselessness by now.
She dragged her feet back to her room. She didn't own anything of value so she always left her door open so Shiaji could come and go as he pleased. She wasn't allowed to have him in class which was understandable.
Today he was perched outside the door as if on guard. When she picked him up to take him to bed with her he nuzzled her cheek in an odd way. She looked down at him and saw a small scroll clenched between his teeth.
She sat down and took hold of the scroll. He let go quickly and curled into her lap. She unrolled it and was shocked to find a note scrawled on it. She kicked herself mentally. Of course there would be writing on it it was a damn scroll.
'Impressive beast, I'd like to learn more. Leave a scroll with your pet, he knows what to do.' she paused and read it again. Who the hell was writing her.
She looked down at her cat. "Who have you been going to see?" she asked him knowing she wouldn't get a reply. She knew her guardian had been leaving her room for hours while she was in class. She tried to think of any classmates that would leave class for long periods of time.
There was lots of them and she was confused who it might be. No one had asked her about him until now, but then no one saw him often as far as she knew.
She pulled out a large scroll and tore free a small section. It couldn't hurt. It wasn't like he was a secret. 'Thanks. What did you want to know?' she rolled it up and stood to lay it on her vanity. Shiaji woke and grabbed it from her first and jumped to the door and waited.
Now she was concerned. No one but herself had ever had control over him. But he would never do anything to put her in harm. She opened the door and attempted to chase him to find out who was this curious classmate was. She lost him when she reached the courtyard. She was forced to retreat back to her room and wait.
He wasn't gone long. When he returned he had another note. 'Where did you get him?". Straight forward.
'He was a birthday gift from my sister.' she rolled it up and before he could snatch it from her she gave it to Shiaji. She didn't bother chasing him this time. She was to tired. When he returned she was nodding off.
'That's not what I meant. I meant what realm?'
'Next time say what you mean then. I can't mind read.' she scrawled a face with a tongue sticking out. Man this was childish but somewhat exciting. 'He's from Mechanova.'
Again he took off and returned. 'Thank you. Bed time, class in the morning.' she glared sleepily down at it and wrote another note.
'Who is this?' Shiaji refused to take it. Apparently the conversation was over.