Tessa Phers's Story

The girl named Tessa Pher was currently walking, striding more like it. She was honestly just walking around, looking for her room to place her two bags, and then to find a nice shaded area and take a nap. All the entertainment and excitement taking place in the Phoenix common room made her tired just watching it. Although she did think of some fun statistics while eyeing them all. ’24% of these conversations are purely small talk, 51% are mainly just hellos and whatnot. The remaining is old friends dishes about others, or couples awkwardly making small talk.’ She thought to herself as she smiled.

Not to get her wrong, Tessa had a few friends she made the previous year, even some she kept in touch with, but they were currently lost in the sea of excitement. Most people thought Tessa was odd. She was extremely lazy, to the point of asking someone to fetch her a snack that was around four meters away from her. Although some came to her because she always scored the highest marks on tests, but [i]fleating interest/[i] as she would say.

Her record of battles was alright, with her only taking place in six of them, and winning four of them. One she lost due to her opponent sweeping her, and the other because she wanted to nap and quit. Some backlash with the latter one.

Anyways, she found her room, passing a little dark girl on her way. Her room showed that the other person had placed a large bag that only allowed the door to close halfway. Anyways, she put her bags on her bed, and walked out of the dorm without saying a word to anyone. She just wanted to relax. She found her way to the garden, where she found a boy with an ice pack to his face. A normal person would have interacted by asking him if he was fine, but he wasn’t in the nurse’s office, so he probably was.

So instead, she just sat under the same tree as he was, albeit on almost exactly on the other side, although she did give a polite head nod. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath and felt herself relax. It was nice to return to this tree, it was truly a great napping location.

Elysia was layed in her bed starring up at the ceiling when an announcement went off telling all the students to make their way to the main hall.
Sighing as she remained looking up towards the ceiling, hands out in front of her as she eyed the yellow wrist guards that layed on her wrist.
'It's easier than summoning them all the time that's for sure' She thought to herself before she began to day dream.

A knocking at the door pulled her out of her day dreams, shocking her causing herself to fall off her bed. Soon a body and a voice entered her room. "Hey, Elly! What's up?"

Looking up she spotted Lonan standing in her doorway. "Well.. the ceiling is up that's for sure..." She'd mumble whilst rubbing the back of her head.

"You get stalked by any girls on your way here? As I'm not in the mood to break through a gang of them today" She'd tell him as she pulls herself to her feet.
Running her hand through her hair she'd turn to Lonan. "Two thing" She'd hold her fingers up as she speaks "One should I cut my hair? And two where is Seran?"


Zero watched as many students made their way towards the dorms, One guy even waved to him.'Was that Saphiron?'
Shrugging to himself he remained sat against the tree. Soon a girl joined him. Neither of them spoke to one of another. He couldn't seem to recognise her so he remained silent.

A sigh escaped his lips when the announcement was made for all students to the main hall.
"We should probably make our way there" He spoke gruffly towards he girl.

ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS. THERE WILL BE AN ASSEMBLY IN THE MAIN HALL IN TWENTY MINUTES, AN ASSEMBLY IN THE HALL IN TWENTY MINUTES. ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY. THANK YOU.

Saphiron Geneveaux

Hmmm, well I’m already in the main hall. I definitely don’t want to be caught in the middle of everyone rushing to get choice spots. Maybe I should go see if Jette is back yet… And with that, Saph quickly exited the main hall and made his way back towards the Garuda dorms.

On his way towards the dorm Saph caught the glimpse of blonde hair and red hood, slightly crouched over himself, and knew that Jette was sneaking Remy in this very moment. I’ll probably just get in the way…I’ll play with Remy later!

The day outside was vibrant with sunlight, and awash with beauty. Saph was not one to spend time indoors on a day like this anyway. Instead he made his way towards the garden, and saw that Zero and a particularly comfortable looking girl with purple hair were sitting under a tree, not in a particular rush to be anywhere.

Saphiron knew that Zero was not one for a lot of conversation, and he looked particularly distraught right now holding an icepack to the side of his face. For some reason, he knew that this bruise had come from his sister Elysia. Why would one sibling hurt another…?

The girl sitting there was a mystery to Saph, mostly. He knew that she was in Phoenix house, but that was about it. They never conversed at all last year, but he’s seen her around the garden a few times.

“Hey guys! Wanna walk with me to the assembly? I think we’ve only got a few minutes left to be there!” He said this warmly and with a big smile, but with these two he didn’t know if that was going to have them come along with him, or mock him…

Tessa’s joy of laying down adjacent to a hurt stranger was ruined when the announcement came over the PA system. She groaned internally, and stretched her arms, as if waking up from a deep sleep, rather than a small nap. She cracked her neck before hearing the boy with the tattoo speak.

"We should probably make our way there." He said, in a voice that showed that he had as much enthusiasm she did for the upcoming meeting. ’Most likely because he got beat up, most likely by someone close and with a hot temper’ She thought. The students were fresh back, so it wasn’t likely someone managed to hold onto a grudge for that long, although maybe. Honestly, keeping grudges was a hassle.

She was about to respond, when a second guy appeared, and asked if they wanted to go to the meeting with him. He had a friendly voice, and when she looked at him, she stopped for a moment. She recognized him as the guy she had seen last year, although she knew next to nothing about him. She found him interesting, but couldn’t figure out a reason, which bugged her slightly, so her renewed goal was to figure this guy out, find what makes him interesting.

She stood up, and then after a moment, and thinking that she was the Belle of being asked to a mandatory assembly, gave a slight shrugging motion. She then spoke, “Sure. Let’s roll.” And began to walk, with the hands now on her head. She stopped at mystery guy and said, “I’m Tessa, by the way.” And then stood still, waiting for them, not diverting attention from studying the mystery guy.

"That's good then. I mean when they're not hassling you about stuff they come to me, to ask me about you. It get's annoying you know.." She trailed on.
Grabbing her phone from her bed, she'd turn around to face Lonan only to realise he's staring at her. 'Have I got something on my face?!' A blush forming on the apples of her cheeks.

"I think you look beauuuu---YOU LOOK FINE ALREADY!" He basically shouted, 'What on earth was that about?'

She was about to shrug her shoulders when she realised what he had said. "Did you just say I looked fine?!" She shouted at him playfully. If any other guy told her she looked fine she would of punched them through a wall, but since Lonan is one of her best friends he get's away with it.

"Seran! Yes! No! ... Er, what I mean to say is, I have no idea where he is. Come with me to the boys dorm, I have to drop off my stuff, we'll see if he's there."

Listening to Lonan confuse himself caused Elysia to laugh, grabbing her phone from her bed. She made her way towards the exit of her room, Taking hold of Lonan's wrist on the way.
"If we don't hurry up were going to be late." She spoke as she let go of his wrist to lock her door.



Zero stood in front of the girl he barely recognised when someone else decided to join them. “Hey guys! Wanna walk with me to the assembly? I think we’ve only got a few minutes left to be there!”
Turning around he immediately recognised him.
"You seem excited, might as well join you" Turning to the girl he awaited a reply, once she had and introduced herself he nodded.
"I'm Zero, probably saw me asleep under the trees alot last year"

Saphiron Geneveaux

“I’m Tessa, by the way.” 

“I'm Saphiron but please call me Saph,” he responded warmly. Her eyes never left him for quite a few minutes. Even through Zero's introduction of himself, she stood unmoving and only her eyes moved, scanning his body.

“Umm...do I have something on my face?” Saph began wiping his face with his sleeve, and checked it when he was done, and there was no residue of anything on it. He looked back at her puzzled, but did not catch her analytical gaze, and instead turned on his heels, and proceeded to follow Zero towards the assembly hall.

"I hear your going to be entering more of the tournaments this year. You should be all right for most of them. But be careful if you go against El. Since she specializes in martial arts and her mana arm increases the power behind her attacks, she is strong. Trust me I know first hand. Not only that, she is quick. And don't forget about her two friends."

Saphiron watched Zero speak his words of caution with a slightly clueless look on his face. He saw Zero look many times beyond Saph, and to his sister and her two friends he mentioned. Saph couldn’t tell whether Zero was talking out of frustration, sadness, or jealousy. Saph followed his eyes once to the small group. Lonan and Elysia were a little uncomfortably close, and the smaller red head was not far behind. They all seemed pretty happy, but Zero did not seem to share in his sister’s joy.

“Oh. Okay. Thanks! I’m not too worried. I’m just going to try my best for everyone. But don’t worry about her and her friends, because now you’ve got friends too.” Saphiron smiled at Zero and Tessa. He didn’t know if either of them considered their little group friends exactly, but Saphiron regarded them as much anyway, and if they wanted to return the feeling, then that was fine, and if not, it wasn’t going to change Saph’s outlook anyway.

Before Zero had a chance to respond, the Vice-Chancellor was calling everyone for the assembly. Nothing really piqued Saph’s interest the entire time the man spoke. The Shari weren’t particularly frightening to Saphiron. They simply existed. He didn’t really know what he would be if he saw one. He would have to make that judgement call when he saw one for real.

“On the final day of the festival, there will be a tournament held at the Holo-field. Participation in both events of optional, but encouraged. If you would like to volunteer for either event, please speak to Mr. Tevin as soon as possible.” Saphiron’s ears shot up, his back straightened, and excitement fuelled him. He had a child-like grin on his face and he immediately scanned the crowd for Mr. Tevin. He was towards the front of the room. Once the announcement was made Saphiron started using his agility and slender frame to weave through the crowd, until he was the first one in front of Mr. Tevin as the assembly was called to a close.

“I’d like to sign up for the tournament,” Saphiron said with a grin on his face.

“Sure. Name, house, and year?”

“Saphiron Geneveaux, second year Garuda.”

“You’re all registered, good luck. Next!” Saphiron began walking back towards where he left Zero and Tessa, but in the throng of students, Saphiron couldn’t see if they had moved from their original spot….or maybe it was Saphiron couldn’t remember exactly where they were to begin with. Either way, the group that did stick out was Lonan and his small crew, so he headed over to where they were.

“Hey Lonan, ready for another year of track and field? I just signed up for the first tournament of the year too, so maybe we’ll get to hang out more?” Saphiron regarded the group warmly, and hoped that he wasn’t intruding on anything of importance.