Thebes - "I've decided, You shall be my disciple. Consider yourself lucky to become apprenticed to an arch-magus of Ice-Water Magic!" He said mischievously....

Thad - "Wait, your an arch-magus?" I yelled a bit shocked. The surrounding students looked at me in dismay before they noticed Thebes. Not willing to tell me off they returned to what they were doing.

Thebes - "Of course." He replied his eyes twinkling.

Thad - "Then why would you pick me? I'm just a newly arrived student. I can't possibly be that special."

Thebes - "You could call it my gut instinct. I've lived a long time and I cant tell you how many times it saved me."

Thad - "Gut instinct...With all due respect isn't that way to intangible for an arch-magus such as yourself to trust in." I said still a bit freaked out on how I was already the disciple of an arch-magus.

Thebes - "Oho, you really need to experience it yourself before you judge. Its sort of like faith, many people judge it to be nothing but a lie. While not knowing, what it really feels like. " He said a bit of utter contempt in his eyes.

Not knowing what to do I just sat there, while his figure loomed over me. Finally mustering up a bit of courage in front of this hidden fury.

Thad - "So are you...uh...religious?" I ask.

Calming down from his little outburst. A mischievous grin appeared on his face.

Thebes - "I guess you could call me that. Although I don't worship a god or the like."

Thad - "Then what do you worship?"

Thebes - "I don't know how to explain it but to me theres this formless presence that's always looking over us. It's really hard to explain. Anyways, Thad do you want to be my apprentice or not. I'd rather discuss your future then my faith." he replied rubbing the space between his eyebrows.

It wasn't even a question. Anyone with half a brain would realize how much of an honor it is to be apprenticed to a arch-magus.

Thad - "Of course master Thebes. It would be an honor to become your apprentice." I answered respectively.

Thebes - "Thats more like it lad. It's getting late and new students have the power testing tomorrow. So you go and get some rest." he said glancing at a complicate looking clock on his desk.

Thad - "Alright, I'll see you after the power testing tomorrow master." I said giving a short look over the page I was on before closing it.

Getting up from the table, I gave master Thebes a firm handshake and left the library. Looking around at the wooden halls as I walked, I notice lines running down them sporadically. I wouldn't give much notice to this but due to my enhanced vision. I noticed some of the line brightening in repeated intervals. I wanted to investigate it but I was really tired physically and mentally. Dying and then being transported into another world would do that to you.

I dragged my exhausted body to my room. Following the numbers, I noticed that each floor had a set of numbers. The first floor of the institute consisted of room numbers in the hundreds. While the second floor which I was on had the library, and rooms in the two hundreds.

After a couple minutes of walking, I finally arrived at my room or would 'our' room be more fitting. Ruffling my hair I put the unnecessary thought in the back of my mind. I knocked once, waited, and entered. I came to see Tank and Jane playing cards in the living room table.

Tank - "Where'd you wander off too?" he asked laying a card down on the table.

Before I could reply Jane interjected.

Jane - "If you ever listened you would realize he went to the library." she replied.

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Tank- "If you weren't yelling at me, maybe I would've heard him. Jeez."

The couple yes I said couple, or future couple. Due to their arguments over the most pointless of things. I've officially labeled them as couples. Went into a tirade of insults and finger pointing. Sagging my shoulders I take a seat on the couch.

Thad - "Calm down guys. It's not that big of a deal." I spoke trying to deflate the situation.

Jane - "Shut up Thad stay out of this! Your too nice sometimes you have to stand up for yourself. Otherwise dolts like this one will take advantage of you!" she yelled back.  

Tank - "Oh and please tell me how in the world I would do that!"

Another bout of insults continued this time 'me' with the main subject. Then again I'm always the main subject.

Thad - "Guys I don't mind you arguing but can you tell me which rooms you took. I want to go to sleep I'm really tired.

Tank - "See what you did Jane. You held the poor guy from sleeping." he replied adding fuel to the fire.

Considering Jane's fire manipulation maybe he was literally doing that. Speaking of the devil the room temperature spiked after Tank opened his mouth.

Jane - "Oh you! You don't know what I'm capable of!" she responded about to respond with her own jab.

Thad - Can you please tell me which rooms you picked! I yelled sick of their arguing.

Jane - "You can go ahead and choose. We didn't have time to pick since this dolt kept wasting my time trying find ways of proving how men are better than women." she replied literally seething with anger.

Tank - "II don't remember ever saying that. You just took my words and changed them to suit your own agenda of gender inequality." he replied before a thought came into his head.

Tank - "Wait a minute y-your're a feminist." he replied opening his mouth and laughing his heart out.

The temperature in the room just became unbearable. Judging by Jane's face something unsavory would happen and I wanted no part in it. I got up from the couch and left the unlikely couple. Making my way around the one floor dorm. I noticed there was more than one room, there were actually five. There were four in one corridor of the room. Two of them rooms facing each other and an extra room on the other side of the room in the corner. I decided for my personal health to choose the one in the corner.

Opening the door, I locked it behind me. I slowly let out a sigh and fell on the bed exhausted. It was a long day and I needed a long rest. I fell asleep in a daze not bothering to remove my clothes.

**

Jane - "You know what Tank you can go...erghhhh!" she yelled exasperated by this idiot.

All he did was annoy her, any comments she made he had to find a problem with.

Thad - "Well....what if we replace 'yourself' in that sentence with 'me'." he replied with a small smile proud of his sexual joke.

Jane - "I'm too tired to argue with you anymore. I'm going to sleep." she replied heading to the room in the corner only to find it locked.

Jane - "Oh no." I said.

Looking behind me I see Tank laughing as he headed to the bedrooms in the corridor of our dorm room.

Tank - "I guess we will be rooming neighbors." he said mischievously before entering his room.

Great she thought sarcastically.  

Author's note - Miss me? Been a while since I updated this, but have no fear. I will pick it up again and hopefully as my new year resolution to at least update every other day. I know its not new years but oh well, Happy holidays.