The Academy Is...

Leada shrugged and glanced over at him, smiling. "It's all right." Looking back over the lake, she sighed. "When did you go there?"

"Yeah, fine," Lucia said, her chest still shaking with quieted laughter. "I'm Lucia," she said.

Arcadian paused. "Well, hopefully, I'll see you around," she said.

"Yeah," Dimitri nodded. "Glad i could help you." he smiled to her.

Anastasia sighed and sat down on the ground. She gould already tell this was going to be a long year. Unlike Willow or Dimitri she had almost no control over her powers.

Drew thought back. Would he give the real answer or make up a lie? Would she be freaked about the fact that he hasnt aged in...well practically forever? "Um...a couple years ago." He said safely.

James smiled and sat up. "James Lorrick," he said, offering her his hand.

Leada nodded and laid back in the grass. "Lucky," she murmured. "I really haven't been around to many places."

"Lucia Blackwell," she said, shaking his hand. Her eyes shined brightly. She was a happy person by nature and boy didn't deter from her mood.

James subconciously ran his fingers over the scar on his face for the briefest of moments. "So, do you normally just walk out here, tripping over anything in sight?" he teased.

Lucia giggled a little and nodded. "Yeah, I try to," she smiled. "And you... Do you just lay out here for girls to trip over?" She asked with a slight smile.

James smirked. "Sometimes. It strikes up conversation with the pretty ones." His smile widened as he gestured toward her.

"I've been anywhere you could imagine on this "wonderful" planet," drew sighed. "I've gone on a lot of trips." he explained to her.

Lucia's cheeks flooded a light pink and she smiled a little. "Well, it worked," she said. "But it doesn't hurt that you're not bad looking." Her eyes traced the scar. Instead of being replused by it, she was intruiged.

Leada sighed and twirled her finger around a couple of times, creating a very small whirlpool near the shore of the lake. "Have you been to Spain?"

James chuckled. "Yeah, glad you think so," he murmured, well aware of her studying his scar. "Even with this, huh?" he asked, gesturing to it.

"Yup. Granada is my favorite city. I aslo ran with the bulls." More like chased someone through the streets during the running of the bulls.

"I've always wanted to go there," she murmured, smiling softly. She thought of Max and when they were nine. They had always pretended to go to Spain and watch a bullfight, using their two chiuauas as bulls.

"I'll take you sometime," Drew promised her. Maybe not to the real Spain, but an illusion would be fine, right?

Leada smiled softly and let the whirlpool disappear. "I'd like that," she murmured.

"It's nice there. A bit hectic," course anything involving saving the world was for him, "But it's amazing."

Leada nodded, streching out in the grass. "So you've been all over the world, and you end up here." She glanced over at him, squinting in the sunlight. "How'd that happen?"

Drew shrugged and looked out across the lake. "Fate I guess. Part of me wanted to attempt to act like a semiformal teen."

Leada glanced over at him, a small smile on her lips. "Only seminormal?" she asked.

"Yeah. I wouldnt exactly call people like us 'normal'." He shrugged and kept his eyes on the water. "Its not a bad thing....just...tiring sometimes."

can I still join?

"It adds character," Lucia said, pulling her eyes from it with a smile. "But even considering, you still aren't ugly," she grinned.

"So, I guess i'll see you around, Arlo." Anastasia muttered softly, getting to her feet. She brushed off her shorts and started inside the school. She went to the music room and sat down at the piano. She thought about playing, but didnt really know the first thing about pianos.

Is it all right if I join?