A Familiar Void

Chapter 5

"And these are the reports that needs to be filled out today," Longueville handle the documents to the old man sitting at the table.

Osmond eyes scanned the documents, his wand shifting them aside one by one as he deemed which could be filled out with his eyes closed and which one needed to be examined lest he accidentally sell the academy.

As he scanned through them his eyes were drawn to a small white figure that entered from below the door to the office. A smile grew on his old face as the mouse easily ran past underneath the legs of his secretary, earning a short shocked yell from her, before it easily scaled his desk and planted itself in the middle of it. "Good morning ChuChu, any luck today?"

The mouse raised it paw to scratch its face, but then shook its head. Osmond sighed, and when he looked up he could see the glare forming on Longueville's face. The old principal was quick to raise his hands "I'm joking!" He gave a forced laugh as he prepared to evade whatever she might throw.

There a moment of stillness between the two, before Longueville just gave an irritated sigh. "You really need to stop doing that principal," she turned away from him, reaching for one of the books in the shelves "One shouldn't use a Familiar in such a disgusting way."

Osmond let out a chuckle, he held out a finger for the mouse to climb up. It scurried up his arm, before it reached his shoulder. "I suppose I might need to start teaching him not to run between your legs then," he looked as the mouse itself seem to look confused. He closed one eye, and smirked.

His secretary could only roll her eyes.

"Speaking of Familiars," Osmond looked away from the mouse, he stood up and looked out the window behind him "Were there any problems with the Summoning Ritual yesterday?"

"Hmm," Longuevill pulled out the book she needed and turned to face the old man "Besides an explosion that happened, there were no problems. According to Professor Colbert, everyone managed to successfully summon their Familiar."

"Even that Valliere girl?" Osmond turned his head and raised an eyebrow.

"Apparently so," she flipped through the book in her hands absentmindedly "They're calling her a Water Mage now, since that's the element of the Familiar that she summoned."

Osmond made a sound "Good for her. Even with the trouble she's had ever since she got here, being able to summon a Familiar is a good step forward to be a Mage. Now that she know what her affinity is she can focus on that element." He raised a hand and stroked his beard, looking out the window once more "But still, surprised that she's a Water Mage since I recall that she had troubled with Water spells as well."

"It seems even Professor Colbert thinks so as well." Longueville commented, closing the book in her hands "After he told me about the Familiar that the Valliere had summoned, he's been hold up in the library reading up every book he can find."

"Well, if something like that can get Jean's attention then it must be a fascinating Familiar" Osmond let out a laugh. He waved his wand and with a chant under his breath, one of the walls of his office shimmered. In a flash of light it revealed the courtyard where many of the Second Year Students and Familiars were bonding.

For a moment Longueville didn't see the old perverted man that had tried to peek under her skirt with his Familiar, and instead she saw a teacher when she saw how the old man's eyes seemed to sparkle as he looked at the many Familiars that were bonding with their Masters.