Du Nord: The Believing heart lost years (EN)

Polaris fountain

Friday 13 January 2006, Luna Nova

"And as the week went on I tried as hard as I could, although in one of the potion classes I ended up blowing up the room again, which was knocking my confidence, but in my head I thought that it might just be a sign that I still have difficulties and I might have a chance of unlocking the power hidden inside me in the Polaris fountain and that's what I'd been preparing to do after school, I was going to make the best of that Friday, I might get to be at least a better witch that way."

Finally the lessons come to an end, I was almost asleep in class, but this week I only had one disaster in potions class yesterday, I'm sure that was the last one and from now on I'll be a better and more focused witch, even more so with my potential unlocked, I have the confidence in myself that I can go as far as I want to go.
I leave the room and walk down the corridors to my room, where I pick up my replica of Claiomh Solais, so that maybe its magical potential can be unlocked, that's what I'm going to do, I'm going to get a more functional replica of this thing, even though it's useful as a wand, I want it to do more cool and special effects.

"Looks like someone's in a good mood today, are you going out on another Friday with Croix?" Becca asks and I shake my head in denial.

"It's not that big a deal, it's just more time studying, I need to improve like a witch, after yesterday's embarrassment I'm not going to be like this any more, I have to promise to improve so I can beat myself" I tell them.

"Look, good luck, but all I'm saying is that you don't need that much for it, anyway I wish you all the best and that you succeed, but are you going to tell me that you won't also take the opportunity to try something with Croix?" I'm just going to leave the room all embarrassed.

The two of them just laugh, but I don't care, my focus is now on something else, something much more important, this time I'm going to the Polaris fountain, but first I'm going to surprise Croix, her room is near the ruins, so maybe I can play a trick on her.
I head off along Luna Nova's hidden path, without anyone finding out, I walk secretly, which brings me to the ruins and I'm already taking a deep breath, looking at the scenery with the sunset and the thrown things, I'm whistling already calling for Arcas, waiting for him to come.

"Arcas!" I shout his name.

Soon I hear the footsteps of the little bear that has reached me, I crouch down and stroke its head, which then licks my hand. We walk through the ruins to the part where the bedroom windows are, very close to where Croix is, which I use herbology spells to make some roots grow, creating a path for us to climb up to the window of our friend's room.

"All right, now we're going to give Croix a little surprise" she has no idea what she's going to see when she opens the window.

We go up the path we've made in a spiral with the roots, branches and leaves, going very carefully, since her room is on the third floor of the dormitories, at the top of the plant I've made to climb, I signal Arcas to be quiet, and then I approach the window, luckily almost all of them are closed, so no one will see me doing this.
It's still winter, so I approach the window and knock on it a few times, giggling. I imagine that she's going to open it, a little shocked, and I lean against it, as it opens outwards.
Then she opens the window and is startled by how sudden it is, now she's seen something she didn't want to see, my presence next to Arcas, luckily Croix's mates weren't there, who'd have thought she'd be in for a surprise.

"Hey Croix, let's go out and have a look round, today we're going to the Polaris fountain" I say to her as Arcas sniffs around inside the room.

"Chariot, do you realise the risk you're taking? If anyone catches you with that magical bear they'll punish you and the worst could happen to Arcas, my mates haven't even got home from school yet, but they'll be here soon" she said and I just shrugged.