How do you like rumors?

"How long have you been there?" I asked staring at the wall behind him.

"Long enough that if I told you exactly, you would not stop weeping." My day keeps getting ruined and ruined. I hissed at him. He just laughed then walked past me, climbing the stair with that satisfied look on his face.

"I'll make sure you won't even be able to move your lips when I get you." I get back up on my feet then raced to the cafeteria.

I walked to the cafeteria, not caring of how I looked right now. I think I don't have any reason to be conscious right now because all of the students eyes are focused on something on the counter.

As I've stepped in the cafeteria, I heard 'ooh's and 'ow's from mostly everyone. I can see Licia, Sasha and Siche sitting at a table nearest the counter where a cook is showered by food, literally. Then I looked at the girl in the counter, looks like Charm?

"I'm asking you how you managed to ruin this food's reputation." Charm asked the cook in a loud voice.

"We're sorry Ms. Charm." What the heck is happening? What's this commotion all about. I walked towards the counter, I can feel eyes shifting to me as I did. I passed by the three and they shot me 'What the hell?' looks.

I don't care, I'm hungry. I grabbed a tray then pick up rice, I moved to get vegetables, then sausage, then-

"What the hell are you doing Natalia?" Charm said beside me.

I looked at her, "You, what are you doing? Why throw food at the cook? You could throw it to my plate." I stated calmly, trying to convince myself that we're friends and she won't bite me. I was about to get pizza when she threw soup at my tray. I heard 'ooh's and 'ow's once again. The soup splashed to my face and clothes, it's hot but bearable hot. I shut my eyes in disbelief and open it again. "Wow! You're so cooperative, you do it right after I told you." I said then put the tray I'm holding somewhere then grabbed a new one. I started putting food into it again.

"You're so shameless." I don't know what she grabbed but she poured it into my head. There went the 'ooh's and 'ow's again. The liquid reached my face and I cringed on it's stickiness. She lowered her hands enough so I can see what she's holding. And the hell?

"Milk!? You really chose milk?" I looked at the beverages in front of us. "You could have chosen orange juice, or this, this, this! But milk!?" I said while pointing at all of the liquids. I picked up the orange juice then opened it, when I lifted it, Charm ducked and every student is ready to 'ooh' and 'ow'. I lifted the juice on my mouth then drink, I needed to calm down. I also grabbed two snacks, then walked out of there. I didn't looked back to see their reactions.

I head to the nearest bath chamber, I put my drinks and snacks beside the sink.

I just stared at my reflection for a long time because I have no idea what to do. I really should bring extra clothes starting from now. I lowered my head to the sink and washed my hair. I washed all I could wash, my neck, face and arms. I think about washing my shirt and just drying it off, but the students might wonder how I did that.

I looked at the window from second floor to the garden, it seems empty. Should I eat there? There really ain't too much of a choice.

I sat on a bench I found on the middle of the garden. It's so calm here, I wish no one would enter and disturb my peace. I leaned backward and closed my eyes, then I felt something. Feels like someone was watching. I opened my eyes to look around, there's someone sitting on the ground, his back leaned on a tree behind me.

"We came here before you, just so you know." He said with his eyes closed. He doesn't seem to be a potential peace wrecking guy so I let him be, though he gives me the creeps.

I turned my back at him. I feel so hungry, I should eat now. I opened my snack and was about to take a bite when I realized, 'We'? It's not just him? How many of them are here? I was about to turn around when a man approached me. "I assume you don't know us." Well, I really don't. I can feel darkness radiating from him, all my senses telling me something's wrong.

"Am I going to be punished if I don't?" He sat beside me. Uh-oh! This is what I'm dreading for - interaction.

"Well, we were the talk of all the students back when the school starts." Why? Are they worthy of gossip? What's special with them? Did the students also felt what I felt around them?

"Well, just so you know, I just started schooling here since yesterday." I gave him a nervous laugh.

"How did you managed? They say one week after start of the schooling, registration closes." The guy in the tree earlier said, now standing in front of me. This guy is different from this one he's with, though he also radiates darkness, I feel calm around him.

"Why were you the talk of the school?" I ignored his question.

"I'm Zeno." The guy beside me said, then he pointed at the guy standing in front who were sitting beneath the tree earlier. "He's Lumine."

"Is that the answer to my question?" I hate the dragging.

"You haven't heard our names? Well, we're dark faeries." Zeno said. I don't know what to react because I don't know much about dark faeries. All my life I was schooled in the palace, but they never gave me history lessons and any that gives me hints about dark faeries. But I could remember my brother telling me to stay away from them.

"Ow... Dark..." I don't know what to say, I just ate my snack.

"How do you like rumors?" Lumine had a smirk on his face when he asked that. I noticed that he kept looking somewhere above my back. I turned around and saw a flock of student whispering with each other while looking at us. I feared that they might break the glass wall on the cafeteria from the way they hovered around it.

"Wow!" I exclaimed.

"Well at least they would forget about your little scene on the cafeteria earlier." They both laughed. They saw that? I can already predict what's going to happen later.

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√Siche

"Siche you're the class' leader, you should decide what to do with her." One of our classmates named Leo told me. I looked at Natalia, one moment she's got a lot on her mind, the next moment she's sleeping. How does she do that? I can't really take a nap when my mind's a mess.

"We'll take care of her." Licia said with a couple of awful ideas on her head.

I don't really care what they will do. And Sir Zach clearly told us to punish her for sleeping on his class. I left with Blaze going to the cafeteria. "Hey I heard you got classes with Natalia yesterday? How's it going?"

"She's just a bitch with an attitude." We both laughed at his response. I think Natalia really is like that.

"I wish I could read your mind right now. Can you lower your guard? I want to know how you honestly think about Natalia." We came from the family of Minds, it's easier for us to study mind concealing. Blaze had already mastered it since he hate someone going through his mind. I still remember when he punched me in my face when I read him when we were just kids.

"She's just not so pleasant." Blaze with his face trying to find the right expression.

"You sure? It was just the two of you there on the practice room." I told him while wiggling my eyebrows. "You know what it is." I teased him.

"Any progress with Sasha?" I narrowed my eyes at him, what a change of topic.

As we entered the cafeteria, we heard a glass shattering. We looked to the direction of the sound. Charm's onto that again. Doesn't she have anything better to do? "I just lost my appetite." I told him.

"Let's find the girls." Blaze said with disgust on his face. "I can't understand her, she's intelligent in class but she uses one percent of her brain outside." He rant.

We just looked for Sasha and Licia and there they are! Why are they with Natalia? "There they are!" I pointed to Blaze where they are currently sitting.

"They're with the new girl?" He asked confused. How would I know why?

"Mind if we join?" I told them. They stopped laughing

"Sasha would not be too happy if you two would hear what we are talking about." I sat down.

"Sit? No?" I asked the still standing Blaze.

"Asking me to sit, when there's no chair?" Blaze said.

I ignored Blaze. "So what's up?" I asked the girls.

"Talia told us that Charm warned her to beware of Sasha." Why my Sasha? If I really happen to witness Charm doing something bad with Sasha, I'm not holding back.

"She really should, our Sasha here bite things, even fearies." Blaze joked. That moment I wanted to cut Blaze hands for touching Sasha.

I noticed that Natalia was being quiet. Why would she think that she's not so welcome when everyone is being so friendly over her. The others looked at me asking what I can read on Natalia's mind. I'm about to tell them but I saw the Dean from a distance, we greeted him then a little commotion here and then he left.

"What was that Talie?" Sasha asked Natalia, she's cute when she's pissed. I smiled to myself.

"Don't call me that..." Natalia don't say it, don't say it. I can read what she's about to say. "Don't make it look like we're friends." Oh she said it. Then she walked off.

"Blaze make her go back, and make her apologize." Sasha commanded Blaze.

"Why don't you just make her like you? So, that she don't treat you like that."

"Are you kidding me? I won't force someone to like me. Let them hate me all they want, I won't live with lies." That's what I like about her. She was blessed of being a charmer, she can force anyone to like her, but she don't. She has her dignity.

"I'm not wasting my time and powers at her." Blaze answered back to Sasha.

"How is that a waste of power? Your power does not depreciate." Sasha raises an eyebrow at Blaze. "If only I had your power, I would make anyone who messes with me beg."

"That's the same as living with lies." Sasha was about to argue but Blaze stood up. "Aren told me to meet him, I'm going." Then he left the three of us on the table.