,,Like Hogwarts? No. Like Tsuki’s academy? YEEESSSS!”
,,Wait” Lord made her pause ,,Tsuki is the girl that took Millie away right…?”
Kevin nodded and Lord let out an: ,,Aha”.
,,Well” Lord continued ,,She has a school? Isn’t she like a big bad kidnapper? Or more like a Millienapper…”
,,No Lord” Mily patiently explained ,,Tsuki didn’t kidnap Millicent. And yes, she has an academy for light and darkness users. Oh and elemental users too but we don’t talk about those.”
,,Yep” Suki confirmed ,,That’s the one I’m looking for.”
,,Just woke up and already want to go to school?” Midari tilted her head in an amused manner ,,I’d much rather spend my days doing my own research. School doesn’t teach you anything valuable. I learned everything I know from my brother.”
,,And where did he learn all he knows from?” Lord tired to be smart.
,,He’s a genius. He just knows stuff.” Midari shrugged.
,,And you mentioned Tsuki’s academy? Is this why you killed yourself?” Mily did her usual friendly interrogation.
,,Myep” Suki replied.
The girl reminded me of Millie, though Millie was not as quick to trust people. Meanwhile, Suki had absolutely no problem chatting her life away with random Ghosts.
,,Well I’m here now. So do you guys know anyone that can help me get into Tsuki’s academy?”
Everyone turned to Mily.
,,Oh no, not me. I am not made to be a teacher. Ask Saki, he knows.”
,,As a matter of fact, where is Saki…?” Lord asked. Mily didn’t reply and instead continued.
,,If you want someone to help you with you admission exam I can recommend some Ghosts…”
,,Like who? Mily, you’re the only witch-ghost that is capable of teaching anyone. Remember you used to train me…” I reminded her in a very friendly manner.
Mily backed away two meters.
,,Mily…”
,,Mily says no” Mily said.
,,Listen, I really need help” Suki stated ,,If I don’t get into that academy that means I died for nothing!”
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,,She gives me the creeps. Also Millie vibes but more determined and with an actual goal” Midari whispered into my ear. My answer was chewing some popcorn.
,,She’s crazy” Erika whispered in my other ear ,,Who even does that? Like, who dies just to go to a school. I am a teacher myself and I absolutely dislike school!!”
,,But can Ghosts get into Tsuki’s academy?”
,,She only accepts middle ranked Ghosts or above. And our new friend here is quite eligible for that” Midari explained ,,But yes, Ghosts can get into her academy, but like all students she has to pass some entrance exams.”
,,And Ghosts doing light and darkness magic is very unlikely. Not even Mily can do those spells properly. Light is especially hard to control for Ghosts. And that’s mainly because we are a species that’s more connected to the darkness.”
,,Like Night Creatures” Midari raised a finger.
,,Thank you for quoting that show. Also we don’t look as bad as Night Creatures do” I did a hairflip and the two copied me.
,,Can she even get in though? I mean, does she have a chance?”
,,Dunno. Her chances right now are…”
,,You don’t know everything she can do yet, so don’t jump to conclusions yet.”
,,…are at around 60% by my calculations. So yeah, she’s got a chance. Also we need to…”
,,Wait” I stopped as our group arrived in front of the school. Millie was just saying her goodbyes to Tsuki.
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I did not expect the queen of Hell herself to escort Millie back home in a black carriage. My sister had always gotten special treatment.
Tsuki left when she saw us but not before giving Millie a headpat. A girl with fuchsia hair and formal clothes opened the carriage door for Tsuki and nodded in her direction and then they both entered and left.
Millie waved towards the carriage and then turned to us.
,,Hey guys” was all she said. And her saying something like that is like Mily smiling: almost impossible.
,,Who’s that?” she then added and gave Suki a sympathetic smile. Suki had been here for five minutes and I had been with Millie for my entire life and here I was, not getting even the tiniest bit of sisterly affection. Midari was more hugs and kisses with me than my own sister.
We settled down in the living room and Mily offered us some tea. And as usual she started her questioning (read: torturing until you spilled everything).
,,So…nickname Suki, 16 years old and the ex inhibitor of our town’s wealthiest household.”
,,That would be me” Suki replied.
,,Now, tell us more. You want to go to Tsuki’s academy?” Mily raised a brow ,,And you killed yourself…”
,,You did?” Millie interrupted ,,Me too.”
Suki seemed relieved to have someone who experienced the same thing.
,,Basically” she said ,,I want to go to Tsuki’s academy. And my parents didn’t let me. And that’s why I killed myself.”
,,Whoa, desperate times really call for desperate measures…” Midari commented.
,,Well, now I am going to practice and then ace those exams. That’s my goal” Suki informed us.
,,Light or darkness?”
,,Light” Suki replied.
,,And? What skills do you have?” Mily asked.
,,I would much rather show them to you in private” Suki said. Mily shrugged.
,,However you want.”
,,Does that mean that Mily agrees to be Suki’s teacher??” Midari made wide eyes ,,I CAN’T BELIEVE IT!!!”
Mily dismissed her.
,,It’s not a big deal. Though Tsuki’s exam is hard to pass.” Suki puffed.
,,I already know the basics of it. It’s not that hard. Tsuki’s pretty chill too. I mean, that was her outside the school right?”
,,Right. She’s not scary. She gives out free candy” Tsuki’s favorite Reaper said.
,,How’s work going for you?” I asked. Millie looked like she had been waiting to get asked that.
,,It’s so cool! Basically I get paid in euros. I got a hundred for today and a free ride home in Tsuki’s carriage. I also got to meet her sister and Leonardo gave me a wonderful tour of Hell. We should go there sometime! I saw this anime store you might enjoy Luna! And that limited edition figure you wanted. Plus there’s lots of other amazing stuff. Like Tsuki’s castle! I’ve been inside. Did you know she lets Reapers sleep there if they need? I met these two darkness users that work for her and they LIVE in the castle. Leonardo said he sometimes goes to sleep there when Carter gets too annoying and so on and he also said that Tsuki gives out free food, have I mentioned that before?? And Tsuki herself is very cool and very knowledgeable. I had some very interesting conversations with her!”
,,Whoa. Millie…talked” was Midari’s only reaction.
,,And she talked…a lot” Kevin said. Just then, Wendy barged in.
,,KEVIN WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?! Did you attack Mily?! I swear if you disappear one day I’ll find you wherever you are and kill you myself! WHO KNEW WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO YOU! YOU DUMBASS!”
,,Wendy, calm down” Millie tried ,,Kevin what did you do…?”
Then Kevin had an outburst.
,,I WAS TRYING TO MAKE MILY PAY FOR WHAT SHE DID! Millie, she’s the only reason why you’re not home anymore!”
,,Mily did nothing wrong! Don’t blame her! Oh no, don’t cry…”
Indeed, Kevin had started to cry.
,,Oh you little baby” Wendy hugged her cousin ,,Don’t scare me like that.” Millie hugged him too.
,,I want you two to stay here for your own safety. What would happen to you out there? I can’t take that risk and we already discussed this…”
Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.
,,I know” Kevin said through sobs ,,But what if something happens to you? I can’t take care of Wendy on my own…”
,,I’m not a baby, you are.” Wendy squished him.
,,This is too cheesy for me to watch” Mily closed her eye.
,,Ah, the power of friendship. I feel like in My Little Pony” Midari laid back on the couch.
,,Millie reminds of Fluttershy” Erika said ,,And Kevin’s Applejack. And Wendy’s…a weird combination between Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash.”
Midari turned to her.
,,I see you know your ponies!”
,,I do. I’m a huge fan. I own a Pinkie Pie shirt.”
,,Is that why your favorite color is pink?” I asked her.
,,Yeah. Me and Pinkie are the same.”
I was comparing an image of depressed Pinkie Pie with Erika Salem edition. They were a perfect match.
Kevin eventually calmed down. Though I didn’t pay much attention to him, because Midari and Erika actually started talking about their favorite ponies and I absolutely had to join the conversation.
Suki got herself a room. Unlike the last person to join us (Eric, my wonderful companion. No, seriously, he is wonderful), Suki was a middle ranked Ghost. The only other middle ranked we knew of was Carter, so Suki was like a breath of fresh air to us.
Millie and her companions escorted her to her new room. I never actually got a chance to see it, because Lord pulled me in the hallway to tell me something.
And I can’t even comprehend the fact that I am going to say this again, but: That’s where the story turned upside down.
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,,Look kiddo, I’m very busy at the moment, so make it quick…”
,,I don’t know who else to tell this” Lord was kind of shaking ,,Saki will tell Mily if I tell him and Mily will yell at me…”
I was starting to get concerned. Usually, when Lord was upset about something, he would run crying to Mily or Saki. Sometimes even to Erika, but the woman would redirect him to Mily. Lord didn’t usually come to me with problems. Probably because I offer trash advice and judge the person in front of me because I can’t relate to their problems. Even so, I want other people to care about me, even though I am incapable of caring for others.
Lord was one of those people that I did not understand. And being the little crybaby he was didn’t help. Compared to him, I was the epitome of seriousness.
Plus his problems really weren’t relatable! I did not have a maniacal sister (let’s leave Lyla out of this, okay?) that wanted to overthrow the Ghosts (Again, we’re not talking about Lyla!!). I had two very serious siblings that enjoyed reading and doing nothing, just like me.
So, no, I could not relate to his problems at all.
,,Well, what’s wrong?” I asked.
Lord fidgeted with his fingers and averted his gaze, before looking back at me.
,,Remember my sister…?”
How could I even forget his sister? The girl had made an elaborated plan (please tell me that you’ve come to the same conclusion and that my explanation doesn’t surprise you) to overthrow us, while using Lord in the process. She wanted to turn Midari into nothingness using her weird gooey creatures.
,,Yeah, I remember Lady, what’s up with her? Did she die?”
,,Luna!!” Lord sounded exasperated ,,No she did not!”
,,Such a shame…!” I said and got a bit of a smack from Lord. ,,Okay sorry, sorry…so what’s up with her??”
,,Basically” Lord made a pause ,,I started talking to her again…”
My jaw dropped. But at the same time I kinda understood. This is me being a motivational speaker of some sorts, but sometimes we tend to go back to people that hurt us. So my advice as your therapist is: don’t be like Lord. Go find new friends. Or, in his case, go buy yourself a new sister from Walmart.
,,Lord…?”
,,I couldn’t help myself. She said she was sorry…!”
,,And you believed her??” I asked in a very shocked tone.
,,I guess…?! And now she wants to…”
And then, like in any other usual story, Midari yelled her lungs out.
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Yet this time, she looked excited when she ran towards us.
,,OMG LUNA HAVE YOU SEEN THE PRETTY GIRL THAT”S STANDING OUTSIDE OUR SCHOOL? DO YOU THINK SHE’S SINGLE????” Midari yelled and then stopped ,,Wait a dang minute. Why does the cool girl look like you Lord…?”
Lord cleared his throat.
,,Because that’s my sister, Lady.”
,,Oh…then never mind…” Midari stopped grinning ,,She tried to kill me so…that makes her very not pretty. I like girls who don’t try to kill others. And by others I mean me. Killing others is fine…I mean it’s not fine, of course! It’s fine when’s you’re a Reaper or just a random Ghost trying to get a meal…!”
,,Or if you run a business…” I added.
,,Or if you run a business!” Midari agreed ,,But what’s your sister doing here? It’s not Thanksgiving, isn’t it?”
Lord fidgeted with his fingers.
,,Well I invited her over…”
,,WHAT?”
,,This is why I wanted to talk to Luna, not you” he told Midari. She puffed in response.
,,It’s not my fault that you’re small and don’t know how to real life works! We don’t invite possible-Midari-killers in the school!!”
Lord lowered his head.
,,I should go meet her…”
And then, Lord’s wonderful big sis attacked the school.
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Lady was wearing a hat. Not a beret like Elizabeth but a top hat. If Elizabeth saw that, she would have had a stroke.
Though, I have to admit, Lady was more stylish than Elizabeth. I wondered who the creator of Lady was. I betted all my money on Bethany though.
She was standing in front of the school, surrounded by the creepy creatures she had unleashed on Midari (and the rest of the school). Lady wore a dress and a smile that suited her quite well (aka it looked evil, like her).
Me, Midari and Lord were looking at her from a window in the main hallway. Behind us, Mily showed up to solve all our problems like always.
,,Why is she here?” she asked Lord. The poor baby just gulped.
,,She came to hang out with me…?”
,,While bringing a whole ass army with her?” Mily raised a brow.
We stared back at Lady. She looked up, noticed us and smiled, showing her prefect princess teeth. Lady waved at us.
We turned to Mily.
,,What should we do?” Midari asked.
,,Wait for her to attack. And then we attack back” Mily instructed us. I thought about it for a moment.
,,I think Lady is waiting for Lord to go down and greet her. And then she’ll attack. Otherwise why wait?”
,,Good point” Mily said. I couldn’t believe that Mily praised me. Or more like she praised my point. Which was good. Anyway, you get it.
,,Then, Lord…” Midari told him and yanked him through the window.
Lord yelled as he fell (although he wouldn’t die a second time, lol). Lady chuckled and caught her little brother.
,,There we go” she said as she placed her lil brother on the ground. Lord looked kind of terrified.
And then, just as I predicted (my IQ is bigger than I thought), Lady unleashed the creatures.
,,One time, Luna, you say something smart and it has to be true” Mily said and then chanted something in german (go, go german spells!!).
Some of Lady’s creatures evaporated. Have I ever said how cool Mily looked when she did that?
Lady laughed and some more creatures materialized.
Mily was not pleased. She turned those new creatures into dust and then nodded in Midari’s direction. Midari teleported in the air and unleashed her mighty neon green lightning bolts. Some more creatures bit the dust (is that a Queen reference?), but they soon regenerated.
I backed away 5 meters in hopes that Mily wouldn’t pick me to go fight. But that’s exactly what she did.
And so, the fearless Luna joined the battle.
I slashed creatures with all my might. But they kept coming back.
,,Oh wow, is that fire natural?” Lady asked. She had a tight grip on Lord, probably thinking that we were protecting him from the creatures. Which wasn’t necessarily true.
,,What?” I said as I cut off a creature’s head.
,,It’s very pretty” she said ,,Ghosts are fascinating!”
And then I stopped listening to her, because she was talking nonsense.
The creatures kept regenerating. I noticed Mily being busy with some sort of spell and I hoped that she would succeed in defeating them, because me and Midari were getting tired. Honestly, where were the others when you needed them?
In an unexpected turn of events, I bumped into Lady as I sliced a creature in half.
,,Oops!” she said ,,Take care!”
,,Shut, up will you?” I tried to attack her, but surrounding the girl was some sort of invisible shield and I couldn’t kill her.
,,Careful now! You might hurt someone with that sword of yours!”
,,What do you want from us?”
Lord stared at me in horror as Lady’s smile faltered.
,,To destroy you, you dumbass. This is just the beginning. Though I might keep you and that other girl, you two have pretty magic.”
Just then, my sister joined the fight. I don’t know what Tsuki taught her or whatever happened, but she sliced up half the creatures.
,,THANKS!” Midari yelled.
,,Oh?” Lady stared at Millie. She didn’t have a friendly look.
,,A Reaper! So this is how you guys broke the curse! Creating a Reaper…wow…you’ve gotten smarter.”
She smiled.
,,But not smart enough.”
Creatures like the ones before appeared in the sky, ready to attack.
,,Or maybe, we have” Millie told her. Just then, Mily the witch finished her spell and every single creature evaporated.
Lady let go of Lord, who immediately ran behind me. Even with all his power, he was just a small scared child.
,,So…you’re Mily?” Lady shouted her question.
,,Yeah” Mily said ,,And you better remember my name.”
Lady got smashed into a wall n the other side of the street. She was starting to freeze.
Then, she disappeared.
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,,Okay children, gather up! It’s investigation time!” said Midari-with-a-detective-hat.
Almost everyone was gathered in the living room where Midari had prepared (she made Misaki, who joined us, do it, because she can’t touch computers without destroying them) a PowerPoint presentation.
Midari raised a stick at the wall projection of said presentation.
The first slide noted: “Lady, a study”.
Midari read the title out loud. Misaki pushed a button and the slide changed to a picture of Lady with a question mark next to it.
,,So, my fellow Ghosts and Reapers and most esteemed companions. This, is Lady!”
Everyone stared at her in shock.
,,We didn’t notice” Mily said ,,Do continue.”
,,The question is! Who…is Lady? What are her MOTIVES? What are her GOALS? Why does she look so fine, but is so EVIL?!”
,,I, Midari, have all the answers to these questions. In the past few weeks me and my assistant, Luna, have gathered information regarding this abomination of a girl!”
Everyone stared at me in shock.
,,Also Misaki here did the PowerPoint, thank him” Midari added. Millie said a “thanks” for all of us.
Misaki changed the slide. The new one showed a picture of a castle.
,,This, fellow acquaintances, is her residence! That’s right! While we live in a school, in a hallway that doesn’t theoretically, nor logically exist, her majesty, Lady, lives in a PALACE!”
,,I could’ve lived there…” Lord mumbled.
,,Well you don’t” Midari said ,,She lives there with her dad. Which me and Luna found out is a king.”
,,Wait, where is this castle anyway?”
,,You’d never believe me if I were to tell you” Midari replied and thus, Erika, who asked the question, shut up.
,,This king, isn’t a king” Midari said.
,,But you just said he were” Millie pointed out.
,,He isn’t a king in the definition of a king. He crowned himself.”
,,Isn’t that what all kings do?” Mily asked.
,,You get the point” I told her ,,Midari, continue.”
Misaki changed the slide. The new image was of a man standing alongside Lady. They looked similar.
,,This is Lord’s and Lady’s dad. He’s not that bad looking, hence the good genes in both siblings” Midari explained ,,The so called queen died while giving birth to Lord.”
Mily started coughing but I assumed it was just from the fact that she had eaten too many souls (why do you assume that everyone eats the same huge amount of souls you consume every month?).
,,Baisically, they live together. While the king doesn’t really meddle with Lady’s business, she’s set on being evil. While also looking good” I told them.
I snapped my fingers because Saki had fallen asleep.
,,Lady has targeted us for some reason. So, we ought to fight back. Destroying her, equals destroying her creatures which equals in saving our sorry selves.”
,,But she hasn’t attacked in weeks…when do we know when she’ll attack? Also, her creatures can regenerate up to five times. Even with our skills, it’ll be quite tough to take them down. Plus, we know that they’re modified souls…”
,,Ahemmm…”
,,…and we don’t know in what way they have been modified and which proprieties have been changed. For all we know, they would be poisonous or something like that” Millie pointed out again with a small interruption from Lord’s side.
,,We’re gonna have to think it through.”
Millie turned to Mily.
,,We figured out that much.”
,,In any case, we need to investigate the matter more. We need to know a whole bunch of stuff about Lady. Like her motives…”
Erika then interrupted.
,,You said you already knew them!”
Midari looked away.
,,I never actually said that I really did. Besides, who doesn’t love a mystery?”
Most of our audience raised their hands.
,,In any case, I declare that this meeting has come to and end. Do you have any questions..?”
No one spoke up. Midari lowered her head before saying:
,,Very well. Just one more thing. Be careful. As previously mentioned, we don’t know when Lady is going to attack or what she’ll do. The next thing we know, she’s going to drag her dad into this.”
Everyone left after Midari’s speech ended.
Midari had been very dedicated to this research. It actually wasn’t easy to come across those infos we got about Lady and yet the others acted as if it were irrelevant.
Misaki went over to hug his sister. Made me wonder what it would feel like if my own brother would have cared so much about me. From what I heard, he was still in contact with Millie, but not me.
As I was busy watching them and contemplating these problems, someone knocked on the window.