A Z R I E L (A Freenbecky Fanfiction)

CHAPTER 6

Aelia and Blair peacefully eat their lunch, conversing about just random things.

"Can I just ask, What faction are you in?" Aelia asked her friend who then faced her then smirked.

"You try and guess." Blair said challengingly.

Aelia stared at her, scrutinizing the older woman who still have a mischievous little smirk on her lips.

"Is your power more physical or strategic?" Aelia asked, thinking it might narrow things down. If Blair answered physical, it's either she's Transformation, elemental or emanation, if Strategic then it's Manipulation or enhancement. Specialization are either, depending on their ability.

"A little bit of both, but more on strategic." Blair raised an eyebrow aware of her friends way of finding out.

"Do you have any other special abilities?" She asked again.

Blair nod. "But I'm not gonna say what is it."

"Boo." Aelia sighed.

"What's your guess?"

"I say Enhancement." Aelia breathed doubtful, But she just don't see Blair as a manipulator. Much like Kali, 'but kali is a manipulator'

"Close, I'm from manipulation." Blair chuckled at her friend.

"You are?" Aelia asked sounding surprised.

"You sound so surprised do I not look like I'm from manipulation?"

"Your face look so innocent plus, You're very kind." Bella explained. "That's why I said Enhancement. Honestly, I thought Kali was from Enhancement too—until she told me otherwise."

"You believe those stereotypes? That Manipulators are all bad and cunning and always want to get their way?"

"What? No! It's not like that," Aelia said quickly, worried she'd offended her.

But the other just raised an eyebrow.
"Okay. I'm sorry" the younger bow her head out of shame.

Blair sighed. "Manipulators are usually misunderstood. A lot of blacklist fugitives are our kind. Most criminals tend to be Manipulators, and that's why people paint us as dangerous."

"I'm sorry." Aelia then apologized again more ashamed than before.

"It's okay. But trust me, most manipulators are not that bad and factions are not based on how someone look." Blair stated and just as she finished talking, a commotion ensued making the two woman jerk their heads toward the direction

"Bitch! Are you not gonna say sorry?" a large guy yelled at a woman who stood calmly in front of him, unbothered.

She didn't say a word. Just stared.

"What? Can't you talk? You fucking spilled my food." The man seething with anger stepped closer to the woman who Aelia presumed spilled his food.

The woman did not even flinch.

"I'm speaking to you stupid bitch!" The guy shouted pushing the woman.

"Wrong move, jackass." Aelia heard Blair whispered. "Shouldn't have done that."

In a blink of an eye, the seething man flew from one side of the cafeteria to the other, slamming into the wall making Aelia flinch.

"Ouch!" Aelia reacted, imagining how painful that must have been.

The whole room fell silent. All eyes were on the unconscious guy sprawled on the floor, no one noticing the faint red glow that flashed on the woman's neck—except Aelia. Her perfect 20/20 vision caught it, and she saw the slight flinch that followed.

Bella kept looking at the woman, she's standing there unmoving for a few second before she turn around to walk away, while doing so, her eyes travel to where Aelia and Blair were sitting, they accidentally made eye contact for a split second and in those split second, Aelia felt familiarity, those brown eyes look familiar it feels like those eyes stared at her before.

"Who was that?" Aelia unconsciously asked, staring at the retreating figure of the woman.

Blair turned back to her

"That was Hunter, he's an arrogant jackass who thinks he's the strongest in the academy. Guess he found out he's not."

"Not him, Her." Aelia pointed out. "Who's she?"

"Oh, that's Azriel. Very mysterious woman, never seen her talk or interact with anyone. She's kind of scary and according to rumors,

She was sent here cause she tried to kill her mother."

Aelia, startled at the information widen her eyes and stared at Blair.
"What?" She asked not hiding how surprised she is.

"That's what I've heard." Blair just simply said like the accusation she just let out is nothing serious.

"That's a big accusation, Blair." Aelia scolded her friend.

"I didn't make it up. That's just what people say." Blair defended.

"She got here last year. When I first saw her she was all bruised up in almost all the visible parts of her body. I never seen her talk to anyone, so no one here knew which faction she belong to but we've already expected she's like very strong."

"And when does the rumor about her trying to kill her mother started?"

"A few days after she arrived. Came from the seniors. Everyone just kind of believed it."

"That's bullshit!" Aelia exclaimed. She's not quite sure why she feels like she should defend the woman. She don't even know her, but just the thought of people spreading huge accusation about you just does not sit right with Aelia.

"Why are you getting worked up about it? Do you personally know her?" Blair asked eyeing her friend suspiciously.

"No. I just feel bad for her." Aelia dismissed while going back to eating her food, she took a quick glance at the man named Hunter and he was still there on the ground but now sitting up with a few students surrounding him.

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It was after class and Aelia was walking back to her dorm when she caught a glimpse of the woman earlier at lunch, Azriel.

Out of curiosity, she watched the woman who has her back facing her. Aelia could not help but to think about this woman, those eyes. Brown eyes that appeared into her mind a couple times during class. She just can't shake it off.

Curiosity killed the cat, they said but Aelia is not a cat so she just hopes her curiosity won't kill her as she follows the woman who appears to be heading towards the direction of the field.

10 steps distance, that's how far apart they were. Aelia estimated the distance between her and Azriel as she continues to follow her. She's being very close to the woman but Aelia seems to not care.

Too close.

Without warning, Azriel halted.

So did Aelia.

Too obvious.

Oops, she thought, panicking.

"Why are you following me?" Azriel said, her back still turned.

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