With you forever, Maybe

11

"What are you doing at this hour?" she questioned me.

"Just to drop the clothes for laundering." I explained as I remembered seeing a figure of Vess. I turned around and found that no one was there anymore. Must have been delusional. She is one timid kid after all, so she will not run off into the forests. We returned back together with caramel always tailing her.

As it turns out I was right as I found Vess snoring on my bed, God knows how she got there, while clutching her wand in her hand. So I concluded that she was trying her spells on me in her sleep. I took her wand, tucking her into her futon, resting it beside my music player, as I slept on her bed, inhaling the sweet natural scent of her body given off by her futon, slumbering into deep, pleasant sleep wondering how she smells like that without any perfume.

"Hey! Hurry up!" she yelled hurriedly at me, as we have prepared for the inauguration party the next night.

"Yes! Almost ready." I replied tucking my plain white shirt into deep blue trousers. Putting on my jacket I asked her again, "Do you guys seriously don't have blazers in this world. What are the guys even wearing tonight?"

"As I told you before also, they like wearing their country's knight dress. It' like a..."

"Yeah, yeah. Like a drape. My jacket will do." I interrupted her same explanation for the fifth time, this evening.

We soon left for the great hall where the grant entrance of the chosen ones will be held. The hall was shining brightly with candles floating the air and tress illuminated. A big feast lay there to be unraveled from beneath the white cloth that floated over it, covering different dishes lined lavishly on the silky table.

We had arrived pretty late, thanks to...me, so it was almost time to introduce the competitors, which was to be inaugurated by Headmaster Orlandous.

"I hope everyone's here. Let's introduce you to the participants of the game." He said waving his wand at the main entrance door soring till the roof, golden in color as it opened grandiosely.

"First the female participants." Announced Orlandous as they entered and everyone looked at them in awe.

First was a girl with flashy red hair waving to the already crazy crowd in her mid-teens (probably a fifth year student) with olive taint skin.
Second came a girl having strikingly jet black hair straightened to reach her hips as she walked straight onto the stage without much interaction to the crowd going crazy over her.
Next was a second year girl with light blonde hair in a lustrous blue outfit which perfectly suited her snow-white skin and perfect body figure. I stared at her in awe, as she walked in a royal style without waving towards anyone but looking straight forward.

"Pervert." came an irritated whisper from my side.
"She's quite gorgeous." I said. I noticed Verylssia quite uncomfortable looking at me but acting as if she gives no heed, "Yeah whatever." And mumbling something under her breath.

"What? Did you say something?" I requested to repeat herself as she said, "Nothing."

I said that you never even complimented me once in this dress I chose so wisely, idiot. I moved my hands, pouting, smoothing my velvet colored dress as it reached till me knees with a slight cut on the left leg side to allow easy movements.

"Now for the male participants." Spoke up Orlandous as they entered one by one.
First one was in a black outfit moving quite rudely towards the stage flicking his black hair. Probably a sixth year, I thought. Second one had emerald hair blended quite handsomely with his scaly outfit as he walked swaying his hair waving to the crowd giving a handsome grin which suited his chiseled face.

"Here let me set you jaw back." said Wilburt closing my mouth back which I didn't noticed had opened while watching that second year.

"Whose pervert now, huh." said Wilburt with a tone of irritation in his voice rather than mockery.

"S-Shut up na!" I revolted, as even smokier participants passed by and seeing them I couldn't hold me jaw.

They all made their entrance and after their introduction the party and fest started as students crowded them, mostly of opposite genders. Bastards.

"I am going go talk to some..." he said as I interrupted slightly irritated,
"Don't try. They are your of your league."

"Huh!?" he spoke startled by my comment, "What do you mean? I am just going to talk and stuff."

"Yeah, yeah." I ignored his petty explanations as he walked towards the Danearys of Rongbern, the second year in blue dress. As he tried to approach her, he was pushed back by the immense crowd surrounding her, praising her despite knowing nothing but her name. As he was pushed back he was irritated but I sensed a slight relief in me, I don't know why.

Then all my happiness was clouded by embarrassment as he shouted on top of his lungs, "I AM A HUMAN FAMILIAR! A HUMAN ONE!" as the crowd looked at him, and so did Danearys coming out from the crowd.

"Oh I see. You must be some special one." Said Danearys not showing much interest while shaking hands with him.

"Yeah. There's my master." said he pointing his finger towards me as I awkwardly waved my hand.

Why do I get the feeling he did it to shame me only? Because just after introducing me, all he seemed to be talking about was me, waving his hands towards me and laughing among themselves. All other students left after seeing her engrossed with Wilburt with envious eyes.

When did he become such social? It's all your fault Verylssia. You are the one who got him to open up and now look him slipping him away from you.
Slipping? What slipping? I questioned myself.
He is my familiar and that's that. There's nothing else between us...or is there?

I was overthinking all stuff when a voice came from behind, "There you are!"
"Hey, Eloria." I replied breaking out from my chain of thoughts, looking around her I questioned, "Where's Caramel?"

"Probably feeding himself somewhere." She replied casually.

"That's odd. Him choosing food over his master. Seems like Wilburt has some effect on him after all." I joked, but she instead asked about the whereabouts of Wilburt,

"He's there flirting with some out of his league girl." I replied not trying to look in that direction.

"Come with me for a sec. I need some help with my dress. Glad he's not around." She requested gesturing at her untied lace the her back

"Sure, let's go."

She went off with Eloria as I watched her disappear among the crowd of scholars with the corner of my eye.

"So what's your specialty?" asked Danearys after the long chat we had.
"Oh, that", I answered distracted by her disappearance, "healing I think," moving my face around I added, "though the core matter is not known till yet."

I searched for her which Danearys caught and said, "You need to look for her?"

"Huh? N-No she will be fine on her own. And all she knows is how to shout effectively at one's familiar." I said chucking slightly as she replied abruptly,
"Yet you were looking at her the whole time secretly."

I stared into her light blue eyes as they mocked me, telling me to go and look for her.

"I-I will see you later then. All the best for the games. You have observant eyes after all." I left waving my hands from distance as she went off to chat with other people. Going in the direction she vanished I only found first years stuffing themselves with as much dishes as they could, as if this was the last time they will eat.

I wandered off the end of the hall where I found Eloria and benedict chatting and giggling among themselves.
"Hey Eloria, where's Vess?"

"I don't know. Haven't seen you two since we left from the dorm." She replied casually with caramel still purring at me.

"But she went off with you just ten minutes ago." I yelled in panic.

"No, I have been with benedict all..." I ran off towards the exit as her voice faded behind me. Coming out in the courtyard, I saw her sitting on a bench, as I shouted, "Vess! What are you doing out here! Let's go back."

She turned back to look at me with pale expressions and started running towards the forest, faster than I have ever seen her.
"Hey don't go there. Why are you upset" I yelled chasing her, "I am sorry for whatever you think I did! So just stop running off there."

I blindly followed her into the forest, only too late to realize what Eloria said about never meeting Vess in the first place, so what if this Vess...

"Welcome back." Came a voice from behind the trunk of the dark tree. When did I enter the dark-nebullic world? 

I faced the other direction to escape as I fast as I could as I giant golem stood in front of me and before I could think of anything it struck me in the head with its fist as I lost consciousness.