Ranking and Dorms

Belle and Alexia went about their fights as well and the big entrance exam ended, with the four of us and several other in the A-Rank. Because we were in this rank, we got the chance to stay together for missions and pick out our dorms together. As a twelve-year-old, it was hard to imagine living without my mom, but at least I had my friends.

"Look at that! Sky, you're on the top of A-Rank!" Belle shouted out to me. I nodded, looking at my own name... and then observing the name below me.

"Illya? What kind of name is that...?" I asked, but nobody seemed to know. Buusu, Mitra, Naomi, Myth, and another person were in A-Rank with us, and this random girl named Illya, so that being said, A-Rank was completely filled up.

Zach announced that we could pick our dorms together so naturally, Belle, Alexia, Shike, and I paired up. The only problem with this was that we needed five people to fill up a dorm... at first, I wondered about Buusu, but she seemed to take the other unnamed person in A-Rank instead of any of us. I was hurt, but it didn't matter. Illya, this random girl I've never heard of before, would be with us then, I just have to figure out where she was at.

"Shike, Belle, Alexia, we're going to have a random person in our dorm with us," I told them. They didn't care, which was great, since I didn't want to kill our fun time. We just needed to find Illya now.

The four of us looked all over the stands and the groups of various people standing in their respective rankings, but there was no sign of Illya. Before I knew it, I ran into my mom and dad who were talking with an older man with a bald head and a gray beard.

"Oh, Sky! We were just talking about you. This is Illya, she's the other member off the A-Ranking, and I was introducing you." Mom told me. I was stunned looking at Illya. She had pearly white hair, like snow, and red eyes that stunned me in place. She was... beautiful, and I had a lack of words when I looked at her.

"Hey, Illya. I'm Sky... so, our dorm has one more place open, so I guess that means we'll be dormmates now!" I said to her. If I treated her like Shike or Belle, she was much easier to talk to.

"Awesome! Hey, Dad, can I go meet everybody?" Illya asked her father. Her dad nodded and she walked off with me, right beside me. She was a bit taller than me and seemed older than twelve... I wonder how old she really was.

"Guys! This is Illya." I told my friends.

"Wow! She's got white hair just like me!" Shike yelled out in excitement.

I watched Illya closely and she seemed happy meeting everybody, she had something in common with all of us and she seemed to fit in just fine, but even if that was true... she seemed as if she was sad. Like she was seeing an old friend again.

"So, should we go see our room?" I asked. Everybody agreed and we walked off together. I waved toward my mom and she waved back as we looked up at the tall building.

There were five separate rectangular buildings. Each one had a large letter on it, so we were stationed in the 'A-Building' as Shike called it. It was pretty big for housing five people in each dorm... wait, did we get super big rooms?!

"Let's go see!" I was excited after thinking about the size of our rooms. I entered the building to see a large lobby. There were people making food in it and janitors and so many workers that kept it in the top shape. Yet, the elevators in the back were a clear shot and nobody was in the way. It was absolutely stunning. I felt like royalty! But, as my mom constantly reminded me... I couldn't let that get to my head.

We all went up the elevators and entered our luxurious room. It was insane! There was a loft and glass windows that let us see the field surrounding each building. We all had our own separate bedrooms and two kitchens, along with two bathrooms.

"Awesome! So... can anybody make food? I'm hungry." Alexia mumbled. I nodded, walking over to the kitchen. Hanging on the side of the silver fridge were recipes, and in the fridge itself were tons of ingredients that I have used before to help my mom cook meals.

"I can do this," I told her. She excitedly wrapped her arms around me with a hug, then pushed me into the kitchen to start cooking for her.

"I can also cook a little, I'd love to help," Illya said with a faint smile. I let her join me and together we began cooking some meals with the recipes provided to us. After about an hour, I made a simple soup with Illya and everybody loved it.

"I guess you'll cook with me from now on!" I told Illya with a smile. She nodded in excitement and went to go eat as well.

This style of life would probably get old after a while, but a new breath of fresh air like this was too amazing to give up on.

"Tomorrow we have classes and our first mission, are you guys ready?" Belle asked us all. As we ate, we talked about our past and I found out about Illya and how she grew up in a lavish life but wanted to attend MTG to become more 'down to Earth' as she defined it. I told her my story and we all were finally filled in with each other. Illya, at this point, had become a member of our new friend group.

"It was so nice to learn about you guys! Maybe I can use my ability to work together and we can for a pretty strong team." Illya said.

"Oh yeah, what kind of ability do you have, Illya?" I asked her.

"Well... it's more like, what kind of ability do I lack... I can sort of do whatever I need to." She said while rubbing the back of her neck. I wondered... could she use my ability? What about Shike's?

"Oh, Belle, I loved your use with your ability. Watching you use your ice to whatever degree you wanted was amazing! And Alexia! How you can alter the shape and size of objects... you two were really amazing! You gave me a ton of inspiration on my own, so I had to thank you guys for it." Illya stated.

Woah... so she could use Belle and Alexia's abilities? This lady was insanely strong... I was baffled by it.