Blazing Academy: Semester One (Academy For All Things Scorching #1) - Avery Song Page 0,32
to tug out the gold chain that had been hidden beneath. "Right here."
"How?" I arched an eyebrow in wonder, feeling like this guy had to be the reincarnation of one of those classic characters from Card Captor Sakura.
I was a tiny bit addicted to anime when I was younger...probably still addicted, but let's push that aside for now.
"Magic, duh." Gabriel sighed and rose up. Placing his empty mug on the table, he returned his attention to Keru. "Why are you here?"
"Mrs. CloverSpell told me that Alice randomly teleported to school after receiving her invite. I was going to her house originally."
"Why do you sound like a stalker?" I inquired, noticing his hands were still on my waist. He noticed the same, and with a smirk, he let go of me.
"Why does everyone think hellhounds, or any form canine breed, are stalkers?"
"Hellhound?" I stared at him in confusion, and Gabriel pinched his nose in annoyance. "Keru. She hasn't got the whole Blazing memo on this place."
"Really?" Keru dramatically gasped. "Oh, flaming sweetheart, we gotta fix that. You gotta know that Gabriel over there is a lethal flaming owl and angel cocktail."
"Keru." Gabriel looked like he'd murder him at any second. "Stop sharing other people's business!"
"Why? We're officially assigned to protect her now."
"What?" Gabriel huffed. "Since when?!"
"Ten minutes ago. That's why I came down here. Didn't you get the floating butterfly memo?"
"Butterfly memo?" I inquired before the previous comment registered. "Wait! Protect me? From what?"
Keru and Gabriel glanced over to me as if my existence had suddenly been recognized.
"Flaming Sweetheart, your thought process is backward," Keru noted.
"It's not backward," I argued. "I'm just struggling a little bit," I admitted, attempting not to put my attention on my pounding headache.
"You're not feeling well?" Gabriel questioned, his eyes focusing on looking me up and down.
"I didn't eat before leaving my house. I was on my way to walk Cyrus," I began, glancing back at her as she was currently sniffing around the room. "When I got the invite, the world swirled, and I showed up here before Angelic Ass...oh. You have a name now. Right. Gabriel. Before Gabriel started insulted insulting me," I summarized.
"My insults were valid."
"Just like my nickname for you," I countered. "Angelic Asshole."
"You..." he began. "Annoying, Troublesome, Fainting Ball Kicker!"
Keru looked concerned for his friend as he commented, "Please don't tell me that's the nickname you're giving her? It's rather long."
"Rather?" I questioned. "It's ridiculously long! Jeez. Go with Faint...and I need to sit down."
My world was spinning in seconds, but hands quickly caught and lifted me up entirely. I blinked and looked up to realize Keru had picked me up and now carried me over to sit down on my seat from before.
"Seriously, are you okay?"
"Not really?" I tried to give a light-hearted smile, but I was on a crash course toward passing out. "I've been kinda unwell for a while. It's been on and off for a while. One day, I feel the best ever and the next I get hit with a fever, chills, dizziness, and basically stay in bed. I've been trying to downplay it when I'm around Dad...but it's becoming worrisome."
Keru slowly nodded, glancing over to Gabriel, who walked over to grab my cup of tea and offered it over to Keru to give to me.
"Finish your tea," he suggested. "It'll help keep you hydrated while we get you something to eat."
I merely nodded, wishing the dizzy feeling would go away. My sudden discomfort had to show on my face since Keru took my tea away for a moment and looked back at Gabriel.
"Can you do something temporarily?"
Gabriel looked annoyed, but he ended up giving a slight nod before he crouched down before me. "Close your eyes for a second."
I did as he asked, and his hand pressed against my forehead.
He took a few short breaths, and his hand began to grow extremely hot.
"Let the flames that course between us halt the transition of decline. Ignite my healing gift to embark on its journey within the scorching flames of my patient and alleviate any pain or discomfort. Isla na ru flamendo la healara."
The scorching heat that burned against my forehead suddenly pushed a cooling wave of energy through my body, starting from my head and running down to my toes.
The first movement seemed to cool the temperature around us by a lot, and then a second wave - cooler and slower -moved along my body, taking away the headache, dizziness, aches, and exhaustion.