Alexis swayed slightly on her feet, still seemingly drowsy, though truly she was trying to think of whatever this little pinkette's element was. One glance at the seemingly blinding hair though and the dark haired ice manipulator could quickly deduce that the shorter girl was a light elemental. She kept a steady eye on the girl as she approached the teacher before quickly dismissing the thought. Alexis watched in amusement as her assumption was correct and the lights in the room dimmed. She knew better than to underestimate an opponent, but she was also taught to never underestimate herself either. As the pink haired girl raised her arms in what appeared to be preparation for an attack, Alexis opened the water bottle she always had in hand and poured it nonchalantly all over the tile floors.
Never taking her steel blue eyes off of Lila, she also quietly prepared for an attack. Several strategies ran through her mind as she watched the smaller girl nibble on her lip. Insecurity? A small smirk formed on her lips as she saw a small opening already in the girl's attack. It would be easy enough to send an ice shard straight at the girl, but that wouldn't be fair. Instead, Alexis allowed the girl to form a few bursts of light. Smirking again, Alexis used the momentary shield from being seen to her advantage. With a quick flick of her wrist she manipulated the water she previously poured all over the floor and sent a chilling breeze of air through the liquid, effectively causing the fluid to harden into solid ice in the form of a piercing ice shard. It wasn't very big, as she could only use the water the bottle had inside it, but she had the precision to make it sharp enough to hurt.
This only took a full second, and while the light was still destroying her pupils from the inside-out, Alexis pulled her arm back, the cool solid touch of the ice shard in her hand somewhat comforting to her. With a little help from her still developing air manipulation, she rocketed the shard at an amazing speed directly where Alexis last saw Lila standing.