CHAPTER 1

RAVEN'S POV

"HEY! Girl! Did you know that Scott was kicked out in this school?" the woman whispered to the girl beside her

"There's nothing new about that. What do you expect from her? She's a freak." the girl beside her replied

And I heard a lot of rumors about me being kicked out of the school. I am now at home and currently looking for a new school to go to again. Several hours later I had never seen a school because I already got kicked out of every university in my area and almost everything I kicked out.

By the way, I'm Akisha Raven Scott. 19 years old. My parents already died when I was 5. Well, they are not my real parents because I was just adopted. I have only been educating and living by myself since my poster parents already died.

If you’ll ask me how I live without a parent my answer will be I already got used to it. I’m already used to being alone so I don’t need anyone. I took my laptop and looked for any possible school that I could go to because almost all of the schools that I found are my former schools and all of them ended me being kicked out. And when I couldn't find any school that I could go to I already closed my laptop and messed my hair out of frustration.

I don’t really know what to do anymore! Fuck this life! I’d better get some sleep. I’ll just think about it tomorrow about which school I'll go to.

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WHEN I woke up, I did my morning rituals. I went to the terrace of my apartment to breathe some fresh air. I was about to enter again when suddenly something caught my eye. I turned around and I saw a black envelope flying in the wind. I saw it coming towards me and I caught it when it fell in front of me. I immediately opened the envelope to see what it was all about. I saw a golden-colored paper inside of the envelope and I unfolded the paper to see what was written on it. And I got shocked when I read what was written in the paper.

Dear Miss Scott,

We would like to invite you to enroll in Magisch Academy. You don't have to worry about the tuition fee or any expenses because everything is free in the academy. We will also give you a monthly allowance. And there's already a dormitory here so you don’t have to worry about where you will live during your stay here.

It will be our pleasure if you will accept our invitation. If you already decided to accept our invitation then just fill-up the form below. There will be a man that will fetch you tomorrow for you to be able to go here.

~HeadMistress Rei

I immediately folded the paper after reading what’s inside of it. Magisch Academy huh? What a weird name? Should I accept it or not? What if it’s a scam? Or a trap from my enemies? But do I have a choice? I no longer have a school to go to and I especially do not want to stop studying.

I sat on my bed and took my ballpen inside the drawer and when I finished filling up the paper it suddenly got burned to ashes. What the hell just happened? I immediately shook my head and shrugged it off, the most important thing is I already got myself to school. I started packing my things and got some money from my vault and put it in my bag.

I took a bath and left my apartment to go to the mall. I have some things to buy that I know can help me to have a peaceful stay in the academy. When I arrived at the mall, people immediately looked in my direction. Well, I’m already used to it. I just walked as if their stares and gossiping are nothing.

Tsk. I really hate attention. I became even more determined to buy the things that I’m planning to buy.

I'm just walking with my usual poker face. I'm not a happy-go-lucky person. I'm a cold and heartless person. I'm the true definition of a demon and a bitch. A great combination isn't it? I also don't make friends because I know someday they will just leave you. They will just come into your life to leave you alone in the end. The more you give importance to others the more you give them the right to hurt you. And I won't let that happen. Never again. I don't need others, I can live on my own. I don't do love. Love isn't existing in my world and it will never be. When you’re kind, people around you will just take advantage of it. I already learned from the best.

After I bought what I needed I immediately went home and went to sleep. I can feel it tomorrow my life will change. When I opened my eyes I immediately did my morning rituals. I took a shower and started fixing myself. I used the things that I bought yesterday at the mall. Maybe you’re wondering what I bought yesterday. Well, I just bought things for my disguise.

Yes, you read it right I’ll put a disguise because I planned to disguise myself as an ugly nerd. For what? For me to have a peaceful and quiet stay in the academy. I got kicked out in my previous schools because I always got into trouble because of the face I had, they always said that I’m a freak. I can’t get myself kicked out of that school because I don’t have a school to go to anymore. There’s no school that would accept me if I wasn't able to graduate here because I already had too many bad records. I decided to pretend to be kind while disguising as a nerd. I’ll control myself if I have to but there’s a limitation in everything that goes the same with my patience. If I get tired of their attitudes, hell will surely break loose.

But it doesn’t mean that I’ll hold back, I’ll not retaliate. I’ll just give them a dose of their own medicine. I put a fake skin that was color brown in my whole body to hide my skin that looks like snow. I put curly hair that has full bangs. The color of it was black enough to hide my pink hair. I hate the color of my hair. It's too girly! I use a contact lens that is colored light blue to hide my pink eyes. I know I'm a freak but who the hell cares! As if it was my goddamn fault to have this kind of eyes. Well, I always put a contact lens on even before. Having an odd hair color and extreme beauty is enough. I don’t want to become more of a freak in other people’s eyes. I also put on big eyeglasses that have no grade and a brace and then viola! I’m done! I really looked like an ugly nerd right now. I also bought old clothes but of course, I also bought some proper clothes that are actually my style.

When I looked at myself in the mirror I could no longer recognize it. I look so ugly right now that is far from my ethereal beauty. I’m so great! My looks seem so real.

After I tidied up, someone rang the bell. I weakened my aura so that could look even weaker. I immediately took the gun under my pillow and hid it on my back. Well, I have a lot of weapons hidden in every corner of my apartment. It’s better to be safe than sorry. When I opened it, I saw a big man who looked like a foreigner or maybe he really is. He looks like a black American and he is even wearing shades. He perfectly looks like one of the characters in the movie Men in black. I became more alert and immediately put my hand behind and grabbed my gun and was ready to shoot him down if he does something funny.

"Are you Ms. Scott?" the man asked

He’s really a foreigner, he has an accent.

"Yes," I answered

"I'm the one that is assigned to fetch you from Magisch Academy," he said which makes me let go of the gun in my back.

"Oh! Wait I'm just going to get my things." I said and got my bag. I only brought one bag, I’ll just buy some more when I get there because I only brought a few things. I just brought the important ones. I immediately went out and closed my apartment. I turned to the man and gave him a fake smile.

“Let’s go,” I said

We stopped at a beautiful Ferrari car. I immediately went inside the car and did not wait for him to open the door for me. What for? My hands are still completely fine. Tsk. I put on my earphones and just listened to the music because it seems that we will have a long ride to go.

Tsk. I can feel that he’s staring at me but I just ignored him. I’ll just do my most favorite thing to do and that is to sleep. After several hours the car finally stopped so I opened my eyes. I got out of the car. I was awed when I saw a big golden gate in front of me and Magisch Academy is written at the top of it.

The man immediately went in front and said something I can’t figure out and then suddenly the big gate opened. The man came in so I quickly followed him. When I entered, I was even more amazed because it was so beautiful and spacious. Is this really a school because it looks more like a palace for me. There are only a few people outside, maybe because some classes have already started.

They all looked in my direction as if I was the most disgusting that they had ever seen, even the teachers. Tsk. The hell I care! I don't care what they're thinking. I can even slit their throat right here right now if I want to. Really what's wrong with the people right now? Is it their first time to see an ugly nerd? Oh bitch, please! All the people are the same, they're all judgmental. All that matters to them is the outside appearance of a person. Well, I'm worse inside. So they should better not get on my bad side or else they will taste hell for sure.

We stopped at a gold-colored door with the Headmaster's Office on it. Seriously almost everything I see here is gold-colored. Maybe before I leave this place I’ll take some things here and sell them. I’m sure I’ll get rich in an instant.

The man knocked on the door.

"Come in." a woman voice said from inside

When we entered, I immediately saw a woman with gray hair but it doesn’t make her look old. She still looks young. I think she’s in the mid-’20s. Even the students I saw earlier looked strange. Well, that's good at least I'm not the only freak in this world just like I thought. She immediately smiled at me when she saw me.

"Have a seat," she said so I sat in front of her table while the man in black was just standing on the side.

"You may be Miss Scott, am I right?" she asked smilingly so I nodded in return.

"I'm Head Mistress Rei. I'm really glad that you accepted our invitation. By the way here's your schedule, your dorm key with your door number and your uniform" she introduced herself, still wearing a smile and putting my things on the table.

Does her jaw doesn't get numb? She had been smiling for too long. Tsk. I just took my things. Well, what can I say? The word thank you don’t exist in my vocabulary.

"Ah by the way I just want to inform you that this school is not an ordinary school," she said which makes my eyebrows raised in my mind.

What does she mean? Even though I’m confused I remained my expression void.

"We're not humans. We're immortals. In this world magic does exist." she said with a firm voice

I wish I could laugh right now but I don't even know-how. I have waited for her to say that all of this was just a joke, that she’s just kidding but I failed. So there’s really a world for someone like me?

Oh well, I'm not too surprised why I'm here now. I know I am not just an ordinary person because I accidentally used my magic before that changed my whole life. I also know what kind of powers I have. There's someone who trained me to use my powers properly and how can I let it out. What surprised me was that there was a world for someone like me and I did not expect that there were more people except for me who have powers just like those people that I had encountered before. If this is the world where people like me live then it means my real parents are also here.

I smiled to myself.

I will find you my dearest parents. I will make you pay for abandoning me. For letting me being miserable in hell. I will make you suffer the way I do in more ways than one. I'll bring pain and suffering to this world together with my biological parents. This world will fall into my hands and once when it happens I'll crush them. I shouldn't be the only one who should suffer. I'll bring demise in this world just like what it does to me.

"Okay," I said coldly and I saw her gulp and sweating bullets. Scared eh? I haven’t done anything YET. I wasn't even starting.

"A-ahem! Please try not to get wounded because the bloodsucker students might attack you here." she stutters trying to hide her fear. Instead of answering I just nodded. Then she suddenly stood up and held out her hand to me.

"It's nice meeting you Ms. Scott," she said

At first, I just stared at it but after a while, I reached for it and stood up. Did she really think I would not notice what she’s trying to do? She's really that curious about me ha?

"Same here Headmistress Rei," I said and gave her a fake smiled but the truth is I was smiling devilishly inside. I saw her gulp. Scared eh?

For a few more minutes, she still did not let go of my hand, he was just looking at me. The shock was all written on her face. She suddenly let go of my hand as if she got burned by it.

"Y-you may g-go now tomorrow is the start of the class. Mister Ricardo accommodated her in her dorm" she stammered then looked at the man who looks like men in black.

I was about to go out but before that, I looked at the person who had been here before and watched my every move and smirked at him. You would think I was crazy because there were no other people here aside from the three of us. But I have strong senses. Although I can't see him with my naked eyes, I can feel him or her. And then I finally went out. I was accompanied by a man named Ricardo. We went to a building. After a while, we stopped at a door.

"Miss Scott this will be your dorm room. Have a nice day" he said so I just nodded. When I entered the room I was amazed. It's nice because it looks like a condo but it's bigger. I was even more impressed with its color. It is colored blue. It may not be obvious but blue is my favorite color, followed by red and black.

My room has 2 doors, one for the bathroom and the other is the bedroom. I immediately went straight to the bathroom and took a half bath. Then I lay down on my bed and doze off to sleep. I think I need it to have more strength because I can feel something bad will happen tomorrow.

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HEADMISTRESS REI’S

I sighed heavily and shook my head when that mysterious girl disappeared.

"Did you feel it?" I asked

Suddenly an old man appeared in front of me. Well, he was the one I was talking to when Ms. Scott came. I don't even know why he still needs to make himself invisible and hide if he can show up or just leave.

"She looked at me a while ago as if she could really see me. She knew I was here before. Her senses are strong." he said with a trace of amazement on the girl earlier

Well, it is not surprising that he is amazed at what happened because he is known as one of the skilled in hiding his own presence in the whole of Avalor. He was the head of the councils and he took part in the war before. So it is amazing that a transferee female nerd felt his presence and added that he is invisible earlier. That woman is something. She's amazing but she's scary not because of her features but because of her personality she's too mysterious and that scares the hell out of me.