was wearing a skirt, the only pockets I had were in my blazer.
"Ah," Keru commented. "Our pockets are magic ones, Blazing Sweetheart."
He slipped his hand into his pocket and pulled out a midnight blue umbrella with a golden trim.
"You did not just take a damn, four-feet-long umbrella out of your pocket," I said in shock.
"I did." He chuckled, opened it up for demonstration purposes, and closed it once more. Slipping back into his pocket, it vanished, and his smirk grew bigger at my gawking expression.
"All our uniforms have magic pockets. You can put whatever in them, minus really big things like cars. Apparently, we used to be able to but then students started stealing cars and such so they banned that. Just place the item you want to disclose within the pocket and it'll enter some void system. You have to maintain your grades to have a good stack of storage, and then later on, we get more access, which means at a certain semester you'll be able to use the same technique with normal clothes. I heard if you get really good grades, that privilege is unlocked as well," he explained.
"Is everyone's uniform different?" I asked as we headed to the door.
"Yup! All uniforms are uniquely designed for every student. When we get to school you'll basically see a rainbow of students in various colors, but all the uniforms have the same gold-to-orange trim along the blazer and will flickered with movement. It helps to ensure that outside students can't enter easily, since all uniforms are created specifically for each student and the data is entered into the school system. It's one of the many cool things that make Blazing Academy sort of like an elite school for magic users."
"Wow," I whispered. "That's awesome and a little worrisome. What if I ruin it or get it really dirty or burn it?"
"Well, it's fireproof to a certain extent. It depends on how powerful the flames are that try to consume you. Shouldn't need to worry about that, though. Also, we have special washers and dryers that were made to ensure the uniform stays up to par. Once you finish drying it, it'll steam itself and have zero wrinkles. It's pretty awesome."
"How do you know so much?"
"I'd been debating on whether to attend or not," he revealed. "Since I was thinking of it being one of my options, I decided to do my research. Figured I'd wait a year to attend, but fate had other plans."
"You're attending because of me," I mumbled. "Sorry if that's a rushed decision."
"Nah." He reached out to pat my shoulder as we stopped at the door. "I would have made a decision regardless, but seeing as duty called, it kind of worked out for the better. At least I'm around people I get along with."
"You don't get along with people?"
"I get along with those who I want to get along with," he replied. "Which isn’t many. I’d rather keep to myself,"
"Why?"
"Simple." He gave me a genuine smile. "I hate fake people."
That's all he said as he walked out of the room and headed down the stairs, expecting my stunned self to follow his lead.
Fake people. If only he knew just how true his words were.
Blazing History And Fresh Start To The Semester
"You're not actually saying that I, Alice H. Blaze, am a Blazing Hot Witch," I concluded. "I know I'm attractive, but was the 'hot' really necessary in the definition of my apparent designated type of witch?"
Keru was halfway of eating his toast while Gabriel was sipping his matcha tea at the massive kitchen island. This place was gigantic, leaving me to wonder who else would be staying with me in this dorm.
More like a luxurious house for blazing student royalty.
"What does the H stand for in your name?" Keru randomly asked.
"I don't know." I shrugged. "My dad never told me."
"A mystery," Keru drew out as if to emphasize the suspense of the missing meaning of my middle name. I'd asked my grandparents about it, but they, too, couldn't answer, saying my Dad would answer when I was older. However, I ended up forgetting all about it.
I bit into my toast as Gabriel took the moment of calm to elaborate on what Keru inquired.
"The term is used to describe a group of extremely powerful witches. Magic users vary by type, and then each type branches out into unique groups that are associated with an animal of some sort. No matter the specific animal characteristic that's embedded