Beware of who?

"Yeah! Yeah! You must've. Because she was the very first to approach you, right?" The girl in the practice room told me.

"If you think like that, I would assume that you were imprisoned since you were born and haven't got to socialize with anyone ever since." Now, it's the girl holding marker.

"True! Girl that's not how you socialize. The first one you met is not always the first friend you get. Don't trust anyone that easily." It's the girl in the practice room again. "You know you need to learn." The other girl nod in agreement then they stood up.

They picked me up, held my arms on both side then sit me in a group table and they sat across from me.

"You shouldn't trust Charm, she's not what you think she is." The girl holding the marker told me. Well, now there's two of them who told me that, Siche being the first. "Wait. Let us introduce ourselves first. I'm Licia. You're Sheen, right?"

"I really prefer to be called Talia." I told her.

"You prefer to be called by your last name? And you gave your last name a nickname? You really are different." Licia giggled. Well, it's not really my last name, I wish I could tell her that, so she would view me as less wierd.

"And I'm Sasha." The girl in the practice room said while raising his hands. Wait... Sasha? Where did I heard it?

"Sasha?" I exclaimed.

"Yes, dear. Sasha, why?" She asked in a confused but mocking way.

"Charm told me to beware of you." I told them honestly. Maybe I shouldn't have?

Licia burst out laughing. I don't get it.

"What? Beware of who? That bitch! I ought to-" I can see that Sasha is irritated right now.

"It's like when you say, 'Beware of dogs'." Licia kept laughing loudly. "Sasha don't bite, good dog, good dog!" Licia said in the middle of her laughs and extending her arms towards Sasha's chin and brushed it like she was a dog. I couldn't help but laugh at these two. Sasha shot the both of us a glare making Licia and me laugh harder.

"That bitch! Wait 'til I get my hand on you! And you two! Stop laughi-"

"Mind if we join?" I turned around to see Siche behind us with... Blaze? My laugh dissipated.

"Sasha would not be too happy if you two would hear what we are talking about." Siche still sat even though hearing what Licia said.

"Sit? No?" Siche asked Blaze. Why do I feel awkward? I looked at Blaze then at Sasha. They don't seem awkward though.

"Asking me to sit, when there's no chair?" Blaze told Siche then the other three laughed. He pulled a chair to our table then sat. Our position right now is Sasha sitting across from me, Siche on my left, then Licia across her, then Blaze on Siche's left and Licia's right.

"So what's up?" Siche asked.

Licia let out a short laugh then said, "Talia told us that Charm warned her to beware of Sasha."

"She really should, our Sasha here bite things, even fearies." Blaze jokingly said while brushing Sasha's hair. Sasha swat his hands, then narrowed his eyes at Blaze, and he just laughed. What? That dude can laugh? Siche and Licia joined in. I didn't bother to give reactions, I just watched them because I really don't feel that much welcomed. And I don't know what I'm doing here sitting across someone who I was warned not to be around, someone who I just met twenty minutes ago, someone who enjoys invading minds and someone who has no manners.

The laughter died down, I realized they were all looking at me. Then they looked at Siche, asking through their eyes what he can read on my mind. I rolled my eyes at them then stood up.

When I stood up, Licia, Sasha and Siche also stood up. Blaze turned around to look at what the three are looking at and stand also. The two girls curtsy then the two boys nod their heads in recognition. They looked at me as if they were waiting for me to do something.

I looked straight to what they are looking. I saw a man walking toward us. When I realized who it was, a smile crept to my face. I almost jumped and hugged him but I held back because I don't think I should. What is he doing here?

"Talia! Don't let him found out that you slept in character development class, that's why you missed lessons about paying respect. He's not so hot when he's angry." Licia hissed.

"He's our dean Talia." Siche told me. Dean? It only sinked in to me now that they're saying that he is the school's dean. I looked at Blaze, one of his eyebrows reaching for the sky. I guess he's wondering what really my relation to the dean is.

I curtsy to the dean. "I hope you guys don't really have classes and not skipping classes." The others gave a slight chuckle in response of what the dean said except for Blaze. He whispered to Blaze shortly then left us.

"What was that Talie?" Sasha asked me. I raised one of my eyebrows at her. She seemed taken aback.

"Don't call me that..." I didn't intend to finish what I was saying, but did it anyway. "Don't make it look like we're friends." Then I walked off.

I did not looked back to them. I think that was harsh, but Charm said I should beware of her. I should give Charm the benefit of the doubt.

Where can I find him? I'm pretty sure he went this way. I went straight and found stairs. Stairs? I thought we only have four floors? I climbed up the stairs and a gust of wind welcomed me. Ohh rooftop!

"Knew you'd find me." I ran off to him, giving him a tight hug.

"What the hell? You're a dean? I knew your name was Dean but I didn't know you were a dean." I asked him.

"Two days here, and you seem so fluent with bad words already. Being outside the palace doesn't make you less of a princess." I scrunched my face.

"Heard that. So do you mind answering my question?" I asked impatiently.

"Well. Well. You caught me red-handed. My name's Aren not Dean."

"WHAT!? Guess my whole life is a lie. I thought your name was Dean since I met you, and that was about 17 years ago!" This must be the biggest revelation in my life.

"Relax, keep your calm your Highness. It's just a name." Just a name? I'm starting to get pissed.

"You're such a... A fraud! You should be beheaded for trying to fool me! This is treason!" I exclaimed.

He just chuckled. "Your Highness, it was not my decision. You should take your leave before someone see you talking with me. I have someone to meet here anytime now." I sneered then hissed. Then rolled my eyes at him. I'm so annoyed right now. I decided to take my leave just like what he said. I descended the stairs, slipping on the last step.

I kicked it. "Stupid stairs!" I dropped my body while making annoyed noises. What more of my life is a lie? Dean was there since I was born, he's been my one and only mentor since I started learning until I went to this school. He was more of a family than my father. He was always there for me. If he's name is a fake, what about his identity? Until earlier I was so happy he's here, and now what? This is so maddening.

A tear dropped to the floor. Why am I tearing up? I looked up to stop the tears from falling but I was shocked to see Blaze leaning on a wall, watching me. I automatically wiped my eyes.