Present time.

  It’s 17:23 pm, Kiana has just left the Academy and she’s currently standing right outside of the entrance, staring deeply at a rather odd-looking ornament. Her eyes are lost in thought and of course, her mind is nowhere near to be seen. She has a distant look on them as she looks at this ornament. A broken flower, don’t ask me why I know this but, it is a Dahlia Flower, made of steel I would guess. It’s coloured in a soft pink colour, not the same colour as her hair but close enough. The Dahlia ordainment is roughly the size of her small pale hand however, there are layers to the ordainment, four to be precise. It starts the size of her hand and decreases in size as it goes up in layers just like a Dahlia Flower is constructed. However, this ordainment is half broken or close to it, as at very least 1/3rd of it is missing. I can’t tell you what happened to it but, since it’s made of metal it must have gone through some extreme damage as it’s not easy to damage something made of metal. Another small detail is that, there seems to be a “mark” on it, where the colour of it is basically white rather than the soft pink. Even though this is beyond damaged and the fact that she still has something like this with her, it means this has value beyond any of us can fathom or comprehend. Maybe it belonged to someone that is not here anymore? But now that I think about it, I have seen this flower somewhere… But where? Am I confusing it with something else? Argh, it’s at the tip of my tongue but I can’t make it out.

  “Hey, what should I do?”

  I don’t think she meant to let this question out into the world however, she did get a rather peculiar answer from someone that for some reason, it sent a shiver down my current non-existent body. I don’t think I’ve heard this voice before but something tells me that I have. It’s similar to Kiana's voice but, much, much colder and at the same time, calmer. However, Kiana does not even raise an eyebrow to this, they simply keep on having the conversation like it’s something normal.

  A good question indeed. What should we do? Today was rather eventful, from there you can think back to something that caught your interest. Is there anything that comes to your mind?

  “Nothing, there is nothing that caught my interest.”

  You’re lying, there were a few things that did get your interest, but keeping it, that however, none of them were able to do. What about the people that you have met, anyone that you have an interest in?

  “The people you say… The majority of them I wanted to punch them, but there were a few of them that seemed like good people. But deciding on my future based on the people there seems a little irresponsible.”

  Hmm, are you sure about that? These people can help you out, they can elevate you to great heights. Let’s take the example of Myra Roosevelt, she can easily make an excellent merchant out of you, wouldn’t you say that is a good path to take?

  “You know I can’t do that; I’ve made a promise to her and I will fulfil it.”

  A promise you say… Of course, I know that, I know well the promise that you made to her. But don’t you think it’s affecting your life in a negative way? Being a merchant with Myra Roosevelt is not a bad path at all.

  “I know it, but I still can’t...”

  I see… What about the student council then? In a sense, it’s close to your promise, wouldn’t you say? You can become a member and help out the Golden Eden Academy, help out the students, the teachers, you can make that place a better one. Although, what about your future if you do decide to go through that path? I don’t believe you can stay there forever.

  “I see your logic and I do agree to some extent. What Anya went through it’s something that I can’t accept. What Roxy went through is also something that I won’t accept. These people behave like animals, their reasons, logic, everything about them disgusts me. However, I can make the Academy a safer place even from the shadows, I don’t need to join the student council to help out.”

  You went out of character for a few moments again but, in that sense, I do agree with you. However, you believe you can do more if you’re not stuck inside a single entity, right? What about Alice Florence then? She wants to become a member of the Royal Elite Army, and I do believe she has what it takes to become one, even though they are a bunch of weaklings that barely scrape the A rank realm. Their title on the other hand, it seems grand wouldn’t you say? And even for you, it might be hard to achieve it, that alone makes it a good path does it not?

  “What are you trying to say? How do you even know their strength? But, if I do become part of the Royal Elite Army, while it’s better than being stuck in a single place, my movement is still contained to some extent as I cannot leave the country to help out those in need. It will limit my movements if an event like the one from Setsuna happens again.”

  It was indeed a tragic set of events, ones that lead to her death. In other words, you want complete freedom, something that the Royal Elite Army will restrict, but at the same time you want to help out those in need... How about this then, how about you join Anya Pandora and her research? The two of you can easily discover or create, thing or things that will help out those in need from all over the world.

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  “I do have some interest in that, but I still want bigger things you know? I don’t have much confidence that we can achieve something like that either way.”

  That speaks more on your part than on her. You’re lacking confidence in yourself. To you, your only qualities are; your magic energy, your battle skills, your spells, your Swords Arts, our own original magic… There’s more to you than that, but that is something that you have to come to terms with. There still is one last person that you can count on, Roxy Noir, what do you think of her? Have you figured out what an Idol is?

  “She’s odd, but not a bad girl at all. Although her Magic Core is something that caught my interest, I’ve decided to not pry on it. The Idol topic, I just think it’s someone that is adored, loved and cherished by a group of people. However, I don’t think I could become one like her, my temperament would not last for too long. They simply were far too rude for my liking. They were disgusting even.”

  Ah yes, so much so that you were mere moments from creating a simple but gruesome bloodbath. You were that close from truly getting out of character although, I did notice that something influenced you… I wonder what? Did you feel anything at that time?

  “Anger, rage, disgust as I said. I don’t know what was going through my head at that time, but that was how I felt. I can’t tell you much else about it, maybe you’re imagining things?”

  I see, so you’re as clueless as I am then... However, don’t you think it would be a good challenge for you? You would definitely learn how to control your temperament and definitely keeping those thoughts at bay.

  “That does not seem a good idea at all, what if I do something to one of them? Then what?”

  Well, I’ve faith in you, but once again the problem circles back. You lack confidence in yourself, that's why you think like that. With this we are back at the beginning, aren’t we? I gave you several possibilities and yet, you denied every single one of them, gave an excuse on why you don’t want to join any of them. What is it that You truly desire?

  “To be a Magical Girl.”

  Aren’t you one already? At least you’ve self-proclaimed yourself as such. What changed from yesterday morning?

  “The next very day. How can I be such an individual when I have this short temperament? How can I be someone that fights the evil and protects the good when I have that type of thoughts? No, I want to become one, but I’m still lacking in that regard. That’s why I’ve accepted the invite to be here, so that I can truly become one.”

  I know all of that, but what can you really do to become one? What are you lacking? Is it strength? Magic energy? An arsenal of spells ready to decimate the enemy? What is it?

  “No, I’m quite strong already. I just have to learn how to deal with people better. I’m a bit awkward, I have a short temperament and those two are qualities that have to change otherwise problems will arise. Ones that can be destructive to those around me.”

  Ah, I get it! You want to be the “Perfect Magical Girl, Kiana Eris!” is that right?

  “I didn’t mean it in that way...”

  But that is how you sounded and of course, that’s exactly what you feel. You are anxious, nervous about the future. You feel inadequate for such a title and of course-

  “You’re afraid to fail her expectations, to fail the promise between the two of you.”

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  But why do you feel that way? What’s bothering you?

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  If you don’t speak your mind, I cannot comprehend you.

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  If you don’t tell me your worries, I cannot help you solve them.

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  I see, I will leave you alone for some time then. I also have much to think about, about all of this and our future. If you feel like it, you can always talk to me, after all-

  “I can’t leave you.”

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  Kiana goes home, with her head down the majority of time. The sun sets down as she does so, telling the world that it’s time to go home just as she’s doing. This talk, this one-way conversation, no it was a duet between herself and her “other self”. I wouldn’t never had guessed that she felt this way, that she was so lost. This is what happens when you barely know someone, when said person shows you a glimpse who they are, you are caught off guard, finding it as a surprise even, one that can be pleasant or not depending on the situation. From what I know, we know, Kiana does not seem to be a bad person at all, quite the opposite, but that incident with the Roxy fans was something that none of us could expect, it was out of her character even. Just as her “other self” said, something was influencing her to act in such a despicable way, making her have such terrifying thoughts and yet, while she found those thoughts and action out of place and beyond her normal self, to her, nothing more than her short temperament was behind it. Something is not right and I hope it was a one-time incident only, however, that is the only thing that I can do right now, it’s hoping that this does not escalate further down.

  Ah, who am I trying to fool? This is a story told by The Void Queen, of course something horrifying will go down in the future.

  It's 18:07 pm.

  Kiana just got home. Not a single word comes out of her mouth, no drastic movements, no facial expressions at all with the exception of the current long face that she has. Her golden eyes, still beautiful and a sight to be seen, you can easily notice that they are distant. In this short journey home after that talk, nothing has changed and it probably will take a few days to do so. The rest of her afternoon, she goes without saying anything at all, she simply sat down on the sofa and stared at the ceiling for roughly 2 hours until she decided to get up. Her stomach was acting up and you can’t be depressed in an empty stomach I guess, so she got up to make dinner. At around 22 pm she went to bed but right before that she took a shower to wash away her worries. Not really, although she did relax a little bit at least, that is what it seems from her current normal facial expression.

  Today sure was an eventful day, now, was it?

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