Chapter 3- Friends For The Friendless:

Sena:
Did I die? Is this Hell? No there's cake- not Hell. But seriously, what is this? I looked around and blinked- at least my eyes got adjusted to the lights. When I finally could see- I wish I was still blinded because there was no way I was looking at four hot guys, a little cute blonde kid, and Haruhi (who was cross dressing apparently).

"Oh," the normal-sized blonde one said as he bowed and kissed my hand, "I believe you are the magician that my father had hired. It is a pleasure to meet you princess."

"Princess?"
He smiled,
"But of course, you are lovely."
I raised an eyebrow,
"If by lovely, you mean down-right weird, then yeah."
He deflated like a balloon and the two twins laughed.

"Oh, we like you!"

I smiled and they wrapped their arms on my shoulders,
"Something tells us-"
"-That you like to prank-"
"-at least according to the secretary."
"Whatever do you mean," I said ingenuously. They laughed,

"Don't play innocent, we know it was you-"
"Everyone heard about it. Great job-"
"-if we do say so ourselves."
I smiled,
"Thanks, Ms. Umbridge-look-alike deserved it."
"Umbridge," they asked and I just nodded- not giving an explanation. Haruhi smiled,
"It's nice to see you again, Sena-chan."
"You too Haruhi-chan," I smiled.

The tall scary one, until I get a name he's called Mr. Glare, pushed up his glasses,

"You must be the new student, admitted by the chairman for a future event next month. Sena Zauberei, age sixteen, orginated from Germany, but had moved to Japan from America- where she considered a professional and well-known street magician. In Japan, she had lived on the streets as she wasn't as popular. Despite that, still continues to do street magic- where the chairman had saw her and hired her for next month."
I scowled momentarily,
"You don't have to talk to me like I'm not here," then I smiled,"and yep I'm a magician through and through!"

I reached behind his ear (not easily since he's a bit taller than me) and pulled out some flowers. He looked mildly surprised,
"How did you do that?"

"A magician never reveals her secrets," I winked.
"That was so good, Sena-chan," the small kid, I dub him Cutie, cheered and tackled me.
"I'm flattered, but I still didn't get your names."
"Oh, my apologies princess," Blondie bowed, "This is Kyoya 'the Cool type,' Kaoru and Hikaru the 'devilish types', Hunny 'the Boy-Lolita,' Haruhi 'the natural,' and Mori 'the Silent-Wild Type.' Who would you like to host you today? Or perhaps, you would prefer me, Tamaki, the 'Princely' type," he cupped my chin and I backed away.
"What, look, I'm not even sure what a Host Club even is."

"The Ouran Host Club is where the school's handsomest boys with too much time in their hands entertain young ladies who also have way too much time in their hands, just think of it as the Ouran Academy's elegant playground for the super-rich and beautiful," Tamaki answered and I thought the answer sounded a bit rehearsed.

"You sound like hookers," I said bluntly with a giggle. Tamaki went to a corner.
"I can assure you," Kyoya, nah, still Mr. Glare, pushed up his glasses, "that is not the type of club this is."
"Do your clients pay you?"
"Yes but-"
"Hookers," I repeated, giggled, and with that- I left, wanting nothing more to do with the Host Club. That was fun.

****
I wondered through the halls. Okay, I'm lost if only there was someone here to help me. I waited for someone to show up- they didn't until after a minute passed. He was a creepy-looking guy in a cloak.

"Welcome," he said in a scary voice. I rolled my eyes, not impressed, besides-
"You're late," I said and as he sputtered, I continued, "but that's not important. Who are you anyway?"
"Nekozawa," he bowed, "President Of The Black Magic Club…we're always looking for new members, if you want to join. You get a free Beelzenef puppet."

I looked at the puppet and smiled,
"Eh, sure, what the heck I'll join."
He looked surprised but happy,

"Wonderful, follow me for your initiation."

Initiation? If it includes me running around the school in a tutu singing 'I feel pretty~ Oh so pretty~' then I'm out. Still, I followed Mr. Tall Dark and Creepy to a dark room. I couldn't help but find the whole thing a bit funny. I knew this wasn't real magic because I know what real magic is. Anyway, Nekozawa so far was okay.

"I'm thrilled to have another member," he said smoothly.
"How many members are there," I asked curiously.

"Just you and me, now," he seemed happy.

I raised an eyebrow, somehow that doesn't surprise me in a school of rich preppy kids that only one student was actually interested in 'Black Magic Club.' He blushed slightly and I saw that the puppet blushed too. Okay, now that's the weird part.

"So…the initiation," I drawled out. He moved around the room quickly and in a second, I had on a cloak and a puppet.

"Do you solemnly swear to be loyal to the Black Magic Club? Do never release the dark secrets of the club to the ears of the light? Do stay concealed in darkness and-"
"Okay."
He blinked, shocked that I cut him off. I smiled.
"O-okay," he stuttered.
****

I wondered around after my encounter with Nekozawa. I took off the cloak to put it in my locker and I kept the puppet in my pocket.
"Haruhi," I called out. Haruhi turned and smiled,
"Hey Sena-chan…sorry about the host club earlier."
"It's fine," I waved it off, "but ah, shouldn't you be in there?"
"They sent me to get more instant coffee," she grumbled and I laughed,
"So, why are you dressing a male student anyway?"
"It's a long story," she admitted and I smiled,
"Can you shorten it then?"
She scowled,
"I'm in debt to the rich bastards so I have to be a host."
I narrowed my eyes and in my serious voice I said,

"I can talk some sense into them if I need to."
She laughed,
"It's okay Sena-chan. Really. I'd rather pay it off myself anyway. Besides the club is…interesting to say the least."
"Oh, speaking of clubs," I said cheerfully as I took out my puppet, "I joined the Black Magic Club!"

Her face deflated,
"Are you sure, Sena-chan? Black Magic is-"
"-Real dangerous" I finished, and then continued, "but the type at the club isn't technically real magic. So I'm not concerned," I shrugged.

Haruhi didn't look convinced,

"If you say so…"
"Yep!"

I decided not to go straight home since I found out where the garden was. I loved gardens- they were so peaceful and beautiful.
"Sena-chan," I heard.

I turned to find Ritsu. I smiled and he looked a bit surprised.
"What are you doing here," he finally asked, "I thought you would be with the host club?"
"Nope," I popped the 'p', "I didn't really like it so here I am."
I shrugged. Then I noticed Ritsu's little friend. I smiled and he looked at me shocked. I vaguely recognized him, wasn't he the assistant the other day? He smiled,
"Aren't you that magician I saw the other day?"

Yep, that's him apparently. Ritsu looked between the two of us confused.

"I'm a magician," I explained, "and he was one of the guys from the crowd I had join me in an act."
He nodded,
"Ah, this is Sendu Tetsuya."
I bowed to Tetsuya,
"Sena," I said simply.

"You do magic," Ritsu finally asked and I nodded,
"Yep. Street magician," I bowed playfully, "at your service."
He looked at me amused, as did Tetsuya.
"That's pretty cool," Tetsuya admitted and I smiled,
"Thanks! Magic has been a hobby of mine and now- poof! Here I am."
Ritsu and Tetsuya looked like they weren't sure what to make of me- but they still looked amused. So brown points added. I didn't scare them off.

"Are you the one that played that trick on the secretary," Ritsu asked carefully.

"Oh, guess everyone did hear about that," I mumbled, "But yeah! That was me and it was a magic trick….that ended up scaring her but it was worth it since she's so…"

"Fake," Ritsu offered and I slowly nodded,
"Mean," I decided. Tetsuya looked confused,
"What did you do?"
"I may or may not have made a mouse appear in her drawer."

We laughed.

When I got back to the apartment that day, I looked through my trunks to find my top hat and old magician outfit. The outfit (and top hat) was used in my performances in America and frankly, they were also my favorite performing outfits. I looked at it and then at myself in the mirror. Okay, I'm still the same size. That's a bummer I was hoping to lose weight…

Still, I needed to clean the outfit for next month and start practicing my tricks. I wanted the outfit because it's best to practice in the outfit you would be performing it because something things can happen. If you're used to practicing in a t-shirt and jeans, but you're performing outfit has a tailcoat then you won't be used to the tailcoat ends and might catch it on fire. You can only make that mistake once.

Either way, when I finally did go to sleep- I fell asleep with a smile. I think that I made some new friends today, Haruhi, Nekozawa, Ritsu, and even Tetsuya.