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"Wolfe," Luna finished. "Luna Wolfe. And this is Nathan Enlil." She waved a hand in front of Nathan's face. Her voice lowered to a mere whisper, that if one didn't actually hear her words, would sound arousing.
"As you've heard, the headmaster of Mystic Fountain has gone missing. The authorities haven't done much for his disappearance, and the search will end in four days. So, we'll be receiving a replacement. Although that sounds like terrific news for the school, this man knows his whereabouts, and we need reliable reinforcements to get him back."
Luna crossed her arms casually and smirked at the man. "And by reliable, we mean magical. Are you willing and capable to help us?"

In the classroom, Danni was busy wondering why the hell she'd covered for the elf, especially when said elf seemed to like her older sister. Shaking her head, she went out the door, lifted her chin just a fraction higher when she passed by Lin. She'd jsut get through the rest of the day without doing any good deeds. That's how she'd make up for it, she thought, and was just about settled on the idea when she heard a familiarly disgusting voice speak.

"Oh, Isadora, wait a moment, would you?" Lia's high voice came out over the crowd of students leaving the room, and Danni froze, gritting her teeth and turning slowly on her heel. There were Ambrose and Lia, standing just in front of Lin, seeming to not notice the elf at the moment. "You squealed, Ophelia?" She asked carefully, her eyes dark. Why the hell did she have to use that damned name?

Choosing to ignore the jibe for the moment, Lia merely frowned, crossing her arms and aiming her younger sister a look that she'd seen numerous times before. Lia was annoyed. What else was new? "I'd appreciate it a great deal if you'd refrain from mentioning to anyone that we're siblings. After all, we're not, not anymore. You're the one who went and got yourself disowned by Mama and Papa. In fact, I'm surprised they let you keep the last name 'Rinaldi' at all. Better off taking the cook's name, if you ask me. But that's not why I stopped you, not really. Believ me, I'd avoid you completely if that were possible. This is for you. From Mama and Papa, from the holidays. Lord knows why, but they got you a Christmas present." She said, and Danni almost didn't catch the small box due to shock.

A present? From them? Confused, Danni caught the box, stared at it for a moment before sliding open the top. Tipping it upside down, she let something slip into her hand and just stared at it for a moment before she laughed once, a hard laugh that was obviously forced. "Great, thanks. That all you wanted?" Without letting anyone else see what it was, she slipped it into her cloak pocket.

When Lia said nothing, Danni turned to Ambrose, who cleared his throat and looked uncomfortable. "Um...we...that is, I...I've missed you, Izzy. The island's not home without you runnign through it." He said, his deep voice full of a painful sincerity that had her automatically taking a step back. "You're the only one, bro. Since you're teh only one in the family who hasn't tried to kill me, there's always room for one more at my dinner table. But you know that. I've gotta run. Gotta get back to my kitchens." She turned on her heel, and was halfway down the hall before Lia's voice rang out at her, confused and a little irritated.

"Dang it, Isadora, what is with you? You had it all, money, power, everything! Why did you have to give it up to use dark magic and live with some oaf and his dogs in a run down shack? You were a Rinaldi, for God's sake! Now look at you; no more inheritance, no trust fund, no future! What's going on through that thick skull of yours?!" Lia demanded, and frowned when Danni looked over her shoulder and just looked at her, her gaze probing.

"I don't need any of that to be happy. You know as well as I do that, because of what I do for a living and because of who I am, I'll probably be dead before I hit twenty. But until then...I love my life right now...Whether I'm Danni Rinaldi or Shadow Runner or someone else entirely...You never could understand that, and I feel sorry for you." Then she was gone, leaving Lia confused and Ambrose thoughtful.

When Danni reached the kitchens, her sanctuary, she leaned against the stove and pulled her little present out of her cloak pocket. Red, black, and blue, hair ribbons...What was this supposed to mean? She had no use for such things, they knew that...Reaching back, she pulled her hair together, and tied it back with her ribbons. Conjuring a mirror in front of her face, she turned, saw teh dangling pieces of silk. For just a moment, she allowed herself to smile, to play with her hair a bit and feel the ribbons. But then the first person came in for a midday meal, and she scowled, carefully tugging out the ribbons and slipping them back in her pocket. By the time she came back out carting trays of food for the lines, no one ever would've guessed that the scowling she-devil had a a soft side. For she ruled her cafeteria by fear, and everyoen knew it...

Lia smiled at Lin, glad she didn't seem to have heard her conversation with her sister. "Of course, no problem. The professor said we can call him Alec, and he had...four rules. There's no fighting in class, no lying around Alec, no judging our classmates, and we must remember that what happens in class stays in class. After that, we all went and introduced ourselves, and we each gave him our own definition of what magic was. He doesn't believ in muc hhomework, but our main grades will come from our exams." She said, trying to recall everything the teacher had said.

"Um...Well...If you'd like, you could probably ask Alec to give you some...extra assignments, jsut to make sure." She suggested, never knowing someone who actually craved homework.

"Um...Leaton. Professor Leaton." She supplied, wracking her brain.

"Um...Ambrose will, won't you darling? He just loves working, you know. He's so smart. I have errands to run, though, I'm afraid. Good luck!" Just he mention of work had Lia dashing away in record time, leaving Ambrose there with Lin. "Um...so, school work, huh? Let's. uh, see it, I guess." He said, thinking it'd be rude to decline.

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Lin frowned in confusion as Lia dashed off suddenly. What about school work? Well, if she did have other errands to run, Lin understood. Life could get very chaotic when everything started piling on top of each other and you felt you had to do everything at once. She kind of liked that feeling!

So, Lin turned and smiled at Ambrose happily and nodded. "Wonderful! I am assuming you have a textbook from the class, correct? Would it be alright if we both worked from yours until I can catch up with Professor Leaton to obtain my own textbook? We can make our own study schedule and assignments! It will be wonderful!"

She turned to walk toward the library when she saw Night, Danni's friend. She scowled darkly at the creature but didn't have to say anything since he left as quickly as he had come. "I really wish he would leave me alone. Or if he saw me, pretend that he did not."

Lin sighed and shook her head as she walked with Ambrose toward the library. "He is so rude! If he does not have anything nice to say, than he should not say anything to me at all!"