The University of Ataraxy

Part 11

 Heather picked up her water bottle from the table. She gulped it entirely in one sip. A few of her cousins had their eyes on her, as usual. She turned the pages of her fat textbook to get to the required chapter. Suddenly, she felt a sudden urge. Her stomach was paining immensely, and her throat felt as if it was sucking something out. She coughed. A little loudly. She was unable to breathe. Her mind was getting dizzy.

Did they put in the water?

She omitted something out from her mouth, and it landed on her palm There was a high-pitched laughter from one of her cousins, the pair of twins. Heather, meanwhile, felt better. Her mind had restored its calmness. And everything felt normal. Ignoring their laughter, she put the drop of water (or whatever it was 'cause it was quite rigid apparently) in her pocket and speeded to the washroom. There was no one. She shut the door and locked it from inside. She was certain that it was another prank from her cousins, But she followed her guts.

She glanced at her reflection in the mirror for a moment and brought out the cubical water structure. (No, it was not ice) from her pocket. It had been nearly five days since she had come to the University of Ataraxy. Yutika had excelled, as expected, but her weapon for sure was a bit off. Letting her thoughts fly, she focused.

Not knowing what to do with the water, Heather kept turning it around and pressing it at the same time. By sheer magic, it transformed into a thin layer of paper. And words shone right through it. Alphabets made those words completely transparent, which made them clearer in the azure background of the thin paper. Heather smiled. She recognizes the handwriting.

"Hey, Aviana! Isn't this cool? Instead of letters, I don't know how your university interacts with the outside world, but this is how we do! Incredible right?! I'm loving it here. People are so nice. And quite studious, too, like you. I've made some new friends. The teachers here are wonderful, a hell of strict but nice. Yeah, that didn't sound so uncool in my mind."

Heather laughed.

"The way these people work is completely unbelievable. It's so crazily wonderful. We don't know anything you know. We were humans a week before who knew such a crazy world existed? I would have come sooner! Well, that was all, I just wanted to see if this sorta thing worked. How are you? Better than me, for sure! I've heard a lot about Ataraxy from here. Send something when they teach you how to. I'm waiting. Take care! And I completely don't miss you! Hehehe.

Love you.

Aviana."

Heather's heart almost broke with joy. This letter, which was evaporating now, would make her day. She looked at herself once again. This time, grinning from ear to ear. Her sister was safe. Aviana was safe.