Rise of the Twelve Star Mage

Chapter 12:Getting Familiarized

The three mages step out as they head into the crowded hallway.

"Magus Exam" I couldn't stop thinking about it. "This was my chance to prove to myself that I can do it"

"Val you alright? Your spacing out a bit" Eriko asks me.

SLAP

I received a slap on the back.

"OOF"

"Lighten up Valerus have fun be relaxed!" Ezekiel says as he freely walks with confidence and pride.

As the two walk by my side Ezekiel on the right and Eriko on the left.

BUMP

"Hey watch it" "Agh" students voicing their discomfort of Ezekiels walking.

"He truly is a lion acting like he is the king of the jungle," Eriko says with a frown on her face.

I take a second to look at him.

"He even walks the opposite way of foot traffic." She says whispering in my ear.

"Yes this day should be fine haha" Ezekiel laughs as he walks towards the traffic.

I couldn't help but laugh a little. I need someone like him in our group.

"So you're going to tell me how you got cool with the lion face over there?" she asks.

"We have a similar interest and a similar goal." "He" I struggle to say these next few words. "He watched as his whole family died. I connected with him on that basis."

"Oh, I see I can see why now. Am sorry" Eriko apologizes.

"It's alright. At least we got someone like him on our side."

"Ahaahahhah" Ezekiel continues to walk.

STEP STEP STEP STEP

I hear footsteps quickly approaching us.

"Wait you three I totally forgot to give you these." a familiar voice calls out.

I turn to see Ms.Carman

Carmen opens her hands to reveal three golden pins that have "I" on them the Roman numeral for one. Each is the size of two quarters.

"Now I remember when I observed the Opening Ceremony. Axel has one on his wrist collar, Luna has her pin on the collar of her coat, and Faith has hers on her hat. They looked smaller but up close."

"Place this anywhere on your uniform above your waist. Please always have them visible during school hours."

"Alright go on to your next class. See you guys later"

STEP STEP STEP STEP

"My question is how was she able to catch up let on find us amongst this busy hallway?"

"I wonder what her magic is?" Eriko asks as if she knew exactly what I was thinking.

"Her Magic. It's something pretty powerful" Ezekiel says.

"How do you know that?" Eriko asks.

"Just instinct," Ezekiel says as he smiles.

"Ugh this is going to be a long three years"

I let out a laugh. The two pause and look at me and laugh as well.

We made our way to our next class.

Surprisingly the three of us had the same class. Now am not too sure if I should be glad or suspicious of this. But anyway I got them by my side.

I started to understand the layout more and more as we made our way to our next class Spell Class. The building that we are currently in is the 1st year building. As we continued to walk down the hallways I saw a connecting section that connects to two other buildings. I know that there are two courtyards in between the three buildings one separating both as me and Ezekiel battled in one of them. My guess is the building we are in is the first-year building, with the one right next to us being the 2nd year, and the third year being the farthest.