The Magic Begins Here

For the life of him, Yuuto still couldn’t figure out the sequence of events that lead him to being left in a theme park in Standard alone with Ruri. And every time he did, it just made his head spin.( Read more... )

It was the start of a new school year. Everyone was laughing and hugging each other, saying how much they missed each other over the summer, how bummed they were that school was starting again. Rin ignored her classmates, standing over a trash can while she sharpened her pencils with her x-acto knife. People always thought she was weird, always avoiding people as much as she could. She didn’t talk much, she tended to keep to herself, her expression often blank.


When she went back to her seat, just as quietly as she had left it, she opened up her note book, getting ready for class like usual.


She hadn’t had a good day the day before. It had started off fine, her spending the day sketching in the park, just enjoying the quiet atmosphere, watching parents with their children, watching squirrels jumping tree to tree, watching birds flying.


And then… he spoke to her.


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“Guess whose home after her first day of school? Ahh, Rin! Don’t forget to take off your shoes and hat, honey!” A woman’s voice sounded from the front door as it opened and closed, causing Jack to look up from the newspaper he was reading. What he didn’t expect was a small blonde head popping up under his arm, hiding her face in his side. Rin often did that when something had upset her, always going to Daddy to hide behind. She had been doing plenty of it that morning, clinging to his leg as he had taken her to school, in disguise of course. It probably would have frayed Rin’s fragile nerves if people were coming up to them excitedly, since…


Well, her daddy is Jack Atlas. THE Jack Atlas. The King! What more was needed to be said?


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Males were usually known for their colorful plummage, but Shun’s was definitely something special.( Read more... )

For a girl that liked to tinker what was essentially a motorcycle, it was ironic that loud noises scared her.

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