After a long period of discussion's, it was finally time to head to the dormitory room where Ana woke up to meet an unfamiliar world.
"Creak…"
The dormitory door opened softly as Lunivara stepped inside, the tension in her shoulders easing slightly.
["Finally… somewhere without eyes watching every move."]
"Welcome back, milady," Clara's voice greeted gently.
Lunivara glanced at her.
For a brief second… her expression softened.
"…You're still here."
Clara blinked, then smiled faintly. "Of course."
["Good… at least one thing in this world is stable.....Now that I think about it, Clara never did leave Lunivara, no matter how mean she was...."]Reflecting inside her thoughts.
Night came, and Lunivara(Ana) was still unable to sleep, worrying stuff that might happen in the future and thinking what her parents would be doing now, even Ana's parents weren't that active around her, she still love them, because she was feed and raise well inside the house, as well as the education her parents provide.Ana's grateful even in simplest things.
She said to herself.."Now that I'm here...I don't have a choice but to get things right....I..Ana, now Lunivara must succeed!"
The next morning
"Tick… tick… tick…"
The academy clock echoed faintly.
Lunivara walked alone.Since maids weren't allowed inside the academy but only in dormitorys.
No Clara.
No protection.
No second chances.
Only whispers.
["Yesterday....was orientation... So, today is the actual day of class"..."I can do this"...it's just like my old school"]
"Whisper… whisper…"
"Isn't that Morcant's daughter?"
"She looks different today…"
[Different? Already? I barely did anything.]
She ignored them and entered her classroom.
The room was filled with students her age.
Seventeen.
Same level. Same expectations.
Same… judgment.
Her eyes scanned the room once
And stopped.
Pink hair.
Purple eyes.
Velarisse Thyselle.
["Oh right...were classmates"]
Not above.
Not below.
Right here.
Among them.
Lunivara walked to her seat calmly.
No greetings.
No unnecessary attention.
Just control.
["I'm glad Im seated next through the window...my favorite"]
"Slide…"
A chair moved nearby.
Velarisse stood beside her desk.
"Good morning," she said softly.
Lunivara looked up.
["Why is she getting near?"]"…Good morning."
A short pause.
Velarisse hesitated.
Then
"…Have we met before?"
"Thump."
Lunivara's fingers stilled.
["Huh?...Isn't she supposed to recognize me?...Since I've supposedly bullied her from the past?"]
Not recognition.
Not memory.
Just… a feeling.
Like something was missing.
She tilted her head slightly.
"I don't believe so."["Did she really forget lunivara?"]
Velarisse frowned just a little.
"…I see."
But she didn't move immediately.
Her eyes lingered.
As if trying to grasp something just out of reach.
["If she did forget then...this is my chance to be friends with her"]
Not the past.
Not the truth.
Just the absence of something that should be there.
Lunivara was about to reach out, but
Velarisse stepped back.
"Sorry… that was strange of me."
"Uh...."
She returned to her seat.
But even from behind
She looked… distracted.
Moments later, a group of people were surrounding Velarisse, whispering in her ear saying that "she should be careful around me" and that "I bullied her from the past" and many more.
Velarisse did remember that, but the way she looked at me, As though she new I'm not the Lunivara.
"Tap… tap…"
Lunivara's fingers moved lightly against the desk.
["Interesting....everyone else sees me as the villain, but her…
She doesn't see me at all."]
The classroom noise rose again.
Chairs scraping. Papers shifting.
Normal.
Too normal.
And that's the problem.
Outside the window, the wind passed softly
"Whoosh…"
Lunivara leaned slightly back in her chair, eyes half-lidded.
[If this world is following the story… then sooner or later…]
Her gaze drifted toward the door.
[Something will go wrong.]
And this time
She would be ready.