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“She was casting dangerous spells.” Athena said simply. “Anyways, since you’re here, why don’t you introduce yourself?”

The sorting was coming to an end. Professor Stanpnacia had noticed the slight conflict between the students, but this happened every year, and there was no point in interfering. The school ‘encouraged student’s self growth and development, and real world practice’.

Kendo bowed. "Well alright. I'm Neo Sanchez. I'm the HM's favorite student. She likes me so much she held me back two times~ I run a buisness in the school."

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“A business huh? What kind of business is it?”

"Auctions, bets, general goods, pretty much everything. Anything you need, I probably have it. I could give it to you. If you have the money~"

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Now this was interesting. “Who said it has to be paid for with money, what about a trade?”

"That depends on the quality of the item, ofc." Kendo dropped the coins through a small portal.

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Athena grinned. Now this was someone she could be friends with. Well, that is if he didn’t hurt anyone. His business was still kind of suspicious, she could bet all her coins that there was some blackmailing and trickery going on. “Need any helpers in your shop?”

"Nope. I don't trust anyone other than myself and theo to deal with all the [shack] that happens in my buisness."

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“Huh. Well, you can always reconsider.” Tossing him a potion made from a secret recipe which made people say embarrassing things for a whole day, she turned and walked away.

Kendo looked at it. "Oooh this is perfect to bully Theo...."

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Athena grinned secretly as she heard that.

The sorting is over, all students and teachers retired to their dorms. The Fireflame dorms were through a fake fireplace, the Waterstream dorms were hidden behind a statue, and the Earthrock dorms were underground. Girls and boys of each year each have a separate dorm room to themselves, with a four poster bed for each student. The area around their bed would be that student’s personal space, they were free to decorate it any way they liked. Well, almost any way. Kendo’s posters advertising his business had been torn down multiple times.

Sophie curled up in a corner in the common room. No one talked to her. As usual. Her fingers were itching to play her flute, but no one ever let her. She hummed quietly to herself; a melody from when she was young.

"Shut up freak. Hey guys, she's trying to enchant us again!" Someone had heard her.

Sophie stood up, and walked out of the room. She tried to keep her head held high, but only managed it for three quarters of the way before ducking and running. Reasoning with them was useless, she'd tried it before.

One year ago, she had been in this school for a trial day. Just to see how it went. And it hadn't gone well. But she didn't want to disappoint the Grandmaster, he was so excited for her to attend here.

She found herself in the halls of the school. Sophie traveled down the path she had discovered that day. Checking to see that no one was coming, she pulled a key from her pocket. Opening the door in front of her, she snuck in to her favorite abandoned classroom, and locked the door behind her.

The room was small, but Sophie had cleaned it, so that the only dust was what had accumulated between terms. She pulled open the faded curtains revealing the beautiful sky. In the center of the room was a grand piano. It was easily her best friend at the school.

Sophie sat down and began to play. Each time she came into the room, she was frightened someone would hear her. But as her fingers raced across the ivory keys, her melodies gained confidence. Sophie poured at all her sadness and loneliness into the instrument, creating a hauntingly beautiful melody. Everytime she sat down at the piano, the music in her heart seemed to magically manifest through her fingers. In this fashion, she could never play the same song twice.

Sophie knew she was breaking the school rules by being out of the Waterstream common room, but tonight, she was too upset to care.

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Athena glanced left and right, then nimbly darted out into the corridor. There was no way she could sleep tonight, she was too excited and besides, she needed to get used to this new place. Wandering around the hallways, she heard the faint sounds of a piano being played. The melody was beautiful and haunting at the same time, and she found herself being attracted towards an abandoned classroom.

Umbra wakes up for one reason: Her staff was glowing towards a certain direction and it was getting annoying. She got up and very lazily changed to a different outfit with a jacket and a hoodie along with a messy white shirt as she sneakly got out of the dorms, bringing her staff and pointing it to the direction it was glowing it. She was hoping to the Gods that no one catches her with her blank and senseless eyes after the sorting ceremony for the first years.

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Entering the classroom, Athena saw the Waterstream from earlier playing the piano. Athena stood behind her and listened for a few moments, then said, “You never told me you could play like that!”

Sophie looked up, startled and stopped playing instantly. "You never asked. Do I know you?"

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“I met you earlier, at the sorting.”

"Oh yes." Sophie paused. "You're the one that picked a fight with Kendo and the witch girl. Never got your name though..."

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“I’m Athena. Sophie I presume?”

Oh God. There were 2 people in the distance. Umbra hides her staff as best as she can and hides behind a statue so no one can notice her.

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