They were tired but still managed to score good and average grade on their assessments.
They also were keeping up with their lesson pretty much like usual.
The discomfort they were feeling though was not invisible and even though not noticeable at first sight,it really bothered them like a thorn in the back bones.
At some point,they felt as If their outsides were melting and their insides burning.
Their saliva turned...and almost looked seemingly like boiled water.
At some point some were even anxious that it might turn into a stored box of water vapour in their mouth-
But they went through it like it was almost nothing.
...somehow with hours passing the unease feeling decreased by and it was becoming less and less of a bother.
As thought their body seemed to adjust itself
to the situation on its own.
Roots taking place and stems and leaves growned out of seeds so flowers could be born.
That's how they felt and could very much describe their situation in the most exactly similar way possible.
It was exhausting but refreshing at the same time.
They had no idea what was happening to them and yet didn't question it at all like an evidence of just letting everything sink like soluble water into the ocean.
It was as thought it became as natural as breathing.
Or so they thought...
Because something definitely changed at some point-
And it would not become noticeable until two days later...
When the Aura of confusion and uncertainty around them changed into something...way too specific and intimidating that has thougth...still not yet fully developed.
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That look in their eyes was no longer as foolish as it once might looked like...they felt strong..and confident in themselves.
Like the wings of birds flocking out freely...their state of mind changed.
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It was still early morning when they all showed up in class,head diving in their books and copybooks one after another-
They seemed to eat the words written in them like they would devore a pack of peanuts..and god knows how much some of them were obsessed with peanuts.
That change caused some of the other students from the academy to change their views of them..and not all saw it in a good eye.
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"Well look there,the students of class Arsenic seems all to confident..Do they think of themselves as prodigy or something-"
"They probably do..would not it be a favor for them from us to remind them that a commoner or rather an orphan share their lessons and even studies with them..even if he's distantly tied to nobility,he's grotesque manner can't be pass on"
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"Right and his appearance is almost..kinda like a Lunatic-
Those White hairs and that strangely too feminish face is nothing but frivolous."
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"I mean..their class might be one of the top ranked ones-
But it doesn't mean they top ranked in social decency...they're all freaks I must admit which sadden me for those of them like lord Brighten who clearly is the best one out of them all."
"Their Class name suit them well..Like Arsenic they're poisonous and rougth."
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-"Everyone we must do something!"Shouted out aloud Catalina."
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"I agreed,Have you all heard about those fithy rumors running in the academy,we've been the main subjects on everyone mouth."responded Divion in a tone of frustration.
"Right..it's not like we even had time to do something yet nor like they would ever actually have something to speak on us."Added marklov.
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"Right..This is just jealousy and we're gonna bite back."exclaimed sillias.
She then added-
"Lets make them remember the values and written black on gold rules of this academy by the softest hardest way possible."
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"So how?"Asked kayven monotonously.
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They stayed silent in truth..they had no idea.
"So it's all pretty talk."he scoffed in Irony.
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"We're find an idea soon enough."
They sat there in their classroom alone reflecting on an idea they could execute to put a stop to those baseless rumors and trash talk that been going on.
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Sillias looked outside for a moment and contemplated the vibrant scenery unfolding outside with sparkling eyes..
There were students talking in such a luminous manner that it enlightened her mood like in a flicker of seconds.
She remembered there was a time when she would be thinking that just being here standing in this class would be a luxury she would never even barely even ever get Close to..but things were not the same now..it took a whole year for her life to completely change.
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"Lets be inventive.."She whispered softly in her breath.
The others turned to their faces to her and gazed at her leaning against the windows.
The pale light from outside illuminated her face and her hairs seemed to be almost as shiny as the moon.
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"You really look like the moon."though kayven with a dazed mind.
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"Alright here's my idea,let's beat everyone in every event,games or anything related academically."Declared sillias while clapping her left hand loudly on the teacher's desk.
"Lest show them why we're the top ranked first years."she added enthusiastic in her words and in a more quiet way this time.
She then proceeded and stated lot of events that was meant to occur soon at the school such as Sports festival,Music Festival,International and National day and a lot of contest and trip which incorporated challenges and ranking contests that will count each little achievement in their school records.
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To her words carefully crafted and placed with precaution,her classmates hearts started to pound in their chest in an electrified beats of-
*Ba-dum*
They were thrilled and anticipative.
Sillias speech sounded a bit cunning but somehow they all shared her feelings on that.
What's bad in being a little bit manipulative once in a while.
Sillias encouraged them in using all of their assets,skills and pride..and also told them to allow others to gossip as much as they want and then to just respond in a passive offensive way.
The event closest to occur was in three weeks-
The Sports Festival.
Publicly the main event were Archery,swords fighting,speed racing,Horse racing and at last an underground dual taking place under the school basement for Arcahdale peoples and abilities user only would also occur-
Student were allowed to use their ability but only in the most discreet way possible when under the public eyes.
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So atlast there was only one option left to assure them victory.
"Training and slicing"
Slicing words carefully and Training so the others mouth would be shut around in their presence.
The reason some student were openly talking about them like this was because of their feeble participation since the start of the year and also possibly of their not really big contribution in their families background.
And for sillias-
They were spitting out straight to her face the fact that they didn't tolerate the fact of a not fully noble blood and moreover orphan being in one of the best ranked class of the school.
Even though they knew well that rank and title shouldn't had a significant role in their talk of despise toward the class Arsenic based on the Arcahdale's Policy..but guess they just didn't care much or probably had enough power to talk without a care.
Not an option for the class who was already standing on a thin line to do the same.
Not to forget that the students were not the only one talking...like the students "some teachers too had too much liberty for them and did not approve of the school choices on enrolling certain students who.. in their point of views were not more or less than unqualified to be part of the school.
Again...this was only based on their self opinions and prejudices toward people being a bit different that talked.
The class could be confirmed to be filled with slightly excentrics who all shared different hobbies and interests and fashion styles and of course different personalities...but that's exactly what maked it perfect for them and some others students and teachers that actually sincerely estimated them.
So they were not gonna change who they were but improve themselves.
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Words have been thrown like dices being played on a board.
The next event that might happen farther later in the futur would become irreversible.
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The next day was agitated as some unexpected and unkempt turmoil took occurrence.
Something that left sillias completely dumbfounded.
"A WHAT-?!"gasped aloud in astonishment the students of the school.
The reason and cause of their inquietude was not due to none other but a new strange rumor running around in the school...
More troublesome for them that the tormenting words directed at them earlier...yes it was more troublesome as it was about some unexplainable phenomenon that apparently took place last night.
Some witnesses Affirmed having been witness in flesh and bone of one of the most horrific"Nondead" to exist in the cornered residential street of Glise-Bolton only a few feets away from the school.
Which was odd?considering there should just be no way for it to be possible.
The place should be clean although..otherwise to other students,sillias and her classmates could really well bellieve the slight chance of it to be well..true-
After what they went through last time they believed everything and anything was possible and that nothing should be underestimated.
But what surprised them was the fade description of those 'nondead'..who hazardly coincidented with the 'Nondead'they saw and those who gave them the crystals who till now they kept permanently on them and never separated of since-
"Maybe...maybe..we should investigate it?"suggested sillias vaguely to the others who even though hesitant at first..agreed upon reaching a certain limit of conclusions.
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"Lets all investigate first on our owns...then find clues and speed directly to the main scene after."Indicated Kayven while pressing the chalk and tracing spherical line onto the blackboard.
He redrawn to the perfection the 'Nondead' from that time which he seen only once like he had them engraved under his eyelids.
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Sillias watched him,not sure of her own words..what if going there brings them nothing..what if things get ugly while investigating it..no but she had to..it was an obligation.
Not being able to understand at all how,where and Why they were sent there that day was irritating for her.
It was something she could try and try but would always fail to forget.
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So as Dawn fell and the academy became engulfed in the night...a small rays of light coming from the litted flame of a candle illuminated sillias window while she sat on her bed with piles of book next to her.
All under the piercing blue Azure watchful eyes of her roomate,whose gaze focused solely on her whitish silver moonlike hair and denseful opale green eyes.