"Blazing Academy. Obviously yours is Witchling. Pretty unique compared to ours. We're basically a school for anyone with abilities related to scorching flames. There's more to it, obviously, but you get the general drift."
"Ya. We have a whole system revolving around Witchling, but then it gets complicated."
"Like life," Alice concluded and her phone went off. "Hmm? Oh. I was supposed to see Professor Phoenix real quick."
She rose up and looked over at our familiars, who were suddenly sleeping.
"When did they fall asleep?" Alice asked.
"I honestly have no clue. I think they were just arguing out of the blue," I commented and smiled at Fuwa's cute sleeping figure. He was in his little boy form, and now hugging the classic Pikachu plushie I'd found at the airport in Dubai before we headed back.
"Cyrus arguing means she likes you," Alice commented. "It's not like there are many familiars she can interact with in our world. She may project that she hates Fuwa's guts, but she sees him as a friend."
"That's a relief. I think Fuwa is the same."
"Where's your other familiar?"
"Elsa. She's sleeping. Most likely with my boyfriend's familiar, Luna."
"Ah. The guy with the hair that looks like it's on fire," Alice reasoned. "He's dangerously strong."
"How do you know?"
"Can see it in his aura alone. Our school judges people quickly by the aura, especially when their main element is fire. You're strong as well, but I find your magic has a wide range that I can’t sense. Your boyfriend, however…his flame energy is fierce and dangerously high. Tells me he has various abilities within the flaming chart, which is pretty awesome. Also proves he has disaster qualities that can be difficult to control if not careful."
She walked over to scoop the little girl Cyrus up with a small smile.
"Is it worrying?" I pondered.
"Nah." She moved her gaze to me. "He's really in control of it. Kind of like he knows his abilities and worth. If you're confident in your skills and ability to use them when it comes to a destructive element like fire, you don't need to worry about losing control. Fire is one of the elements that needs the intensity of their host's emotions to do serious damage. Fire destroys on its own accord but realistically, the speed it takes to burn whatever is in its path is a lot slower without fierce intention. When someone desires to destroy a sectioned place, the flames immediately drain that power to emphasize their movement and really complete the job. At Blazing, we worry when people don't have any control and aren't confident in their element either. It proves that they're dangerous when they lose their emotional cool. He doesn't project that, even with how powerful he is, which is good."
"Interesting," I replied. "Never would have seen it in that sense."
"We all learn the elements differently, especially when it comes to perception. I'm sure you could teach me loads of things," she reasoned with a smile. "I'm gonna get going, but I think I'll come check out the cheer practice after school. I heard you're the team captain so I'm curious."
I laughed nervously and smiled. "I'm average."
"Bullshit." Alice laughed. "When I walked down the halls, all I could hear was praise about you being smart, pretty, talented, and really good at cheerleading. They all seemed pumped for next semester's competitions. Too bad I'll miss it."
"We'll make sure to record it for you," I assured her. "Not like it's going to be super cool with magic fireworks and such."
"Hey, you never know." Alice walked to the door. "Anything is possible in our world of magic, especially when it comes to competition." She gave me a wave. "I'll see you later. Thanks for making the transition here real easy, so far. I was a little worried that I'd feel out of place and all, but it hasn't been bad."
"Make sure you join us for lunch," I encouraged. "Mia and Miya would love to talk. Hopefully, we'll finish cheer earlier so we can all go to the mall?"
"Mall. Meaning we'll go shopping together?"
"Yes," I replied. "Haven't been to the malls here?"
"N-No," she stuttered and blushed. "It's hard to have female friends that don't want to kill you at Blazing so...this seems like a rare moment."
"Really? Even after three years of school?" I gasped.
"Apparently when you're surrounded by hot boys all the time, it chases away the female friend potential and reels in the jealousy."