My Way To You 83 Hidden Treasures

The girls turned around and saw Ms. Hadley. She had her usual stern face on and arms crossed over her chest. "I asked where are you going?" She said in a harsher tone. The girls started to shrink back as Ariana stepped forward. "They want to come with me to offer their support." Ariana said as she stared down Ms. Hadley. "Did the Student Council President not make a clear enough announcement? Only students without familiars are to go to the auditorium. Your mentors should be waiting for the three of you."

"Ms. Had-ley, I do not want Ariana to go lone!" Edlyn said as she hugged Thor against her body. "This is out of my control. The Student Council has made the proclamation and I can not bend the rules for one student. However… I know that Mr. Dabney has been looking for Ariana. I do not mind escorting you to the auditorium and handing you over to Mr. & Mrs. Dabney after the Ceremony has been completed." Edlyn let out a giant sigh of relief and turned to Ariana. "I need to sp-eak with Mrs. Dabney too so wait for me in the in-fir-mar-y. I will come p-ick you up." Edlyn said with a small nod.

"Alright." Ariana replied just as Ms. Hadley stepped around her. "Hurry up! I do not have all day." She said coolly and walked off. Ariana looked at the girls before chasing after Ms. Hadley. "I'll see you later!" She shouted happily as she ran backwards. "Bye!" The shouted back. Ariana turned around and caught up to Ms. Hadley. "I can't offer up blood." Ariana said bluntly as her smiling face slowly shifted into a poker face. "I figured with your… blood line." Ms. Hadley responded as she slowed down her pace. "What do you suggest I do? Edlyn is loved by magical creatures and look what happened. I don't know what my summoning might bring."

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"I think I have come up with a plan but I will need your co-operation." Ms. Hadley replied. "Mmmmh. Is that why you were in the mess hall today?" Ariana said as a cat like smile appeared on her face. "I was there because the breakfast was decent today but lunch was far below expectations." Ms. Hadley said as her face turned slightly green. Ariana laughed. "That's because I haven't taught them anything for lunch yet. Just breakfast, mind you I wasn't expecting them to use the scone recipe right away." Ms. Hadley gave the tiniest of smiles to Ariana. She looked angelic from just a small smile, she wondered how beautiful Ms. Hadley would look when she smiled whole heartedly.

"So that's why. Well please educate the ladies well. I don't think I can tolerate their food now that I tasted something more palatable." Ms. Hadley said before she pulled out a small koi patterned handkerchief. She pa.s.sed it to Ariana as they continued to walk. Ariana giggled over the cute handkerchief causing Ms. Hadley to blush. "Inside is a pill! Eat it quickly before anyone notices." She hissed. Ariana pulled back the first layer and saw a rather large, navy blue pill with white swirls. Ariana took the pill and popped it into her mouth, swallowing without hesitation.

"You won't question me?" Ms. Hadley asked as she raised an eyebrow. "Should I?" Ariana responded and instantly felt her body turn cold. "Don't worry it's a magically blood suppressant. It has been tested and used before but I have modified within the last three years. It should be perfect now, no side effects." Ms. Hadley said matter-of-factly. "Why would you need something like that?" Ariana asked in surprise. Ms. Hadley went silent and just kept walking. As they got closer to the auditorium. "There are no washroom brakes during the Ceremony. You are grown woman and should know what to do so not to interrupt the proceedings! Oh word of caution the washroom closets to the entrance, there is a stall that is absolutely horrid! Stay away from it." She said in a brash tone and picked up her pace.

Ariana thought it was weird that Ms. Hadley's have her washroom instructions. 'Master.... opposite.' Vasu whispered and Ariana quickly chased after her homeroom teacher. The moment she walked into the building she looked around and saw the signs for the washroom. She walked cautiously towards the washroom door. She pushed the door open and peeked inside. It was a well lit room with a long stretch of stalls on the left hand side and on the right was a large mirror with a beige counter top, sinks and faucets were evenly s.p.a.ced for use. Ariana walked down the stalls and noticed the last stall.

An out of order sign was on the door, Ariana tried pushing the door but found it was locked. She decided to walk into the the stall next to it. She locked the stall and looked down. There was no way to go under or over to get to the next stall. She started to feel around the wall and felt an almost invisible seam where the wall and stall met. She tried to wedge her nails into the seam but failed to get anywhere. She looked around the stall and saw the toilet paper dispenser. She squatted down and looked at a black tinted dispenser that had two giant rolls of toilet paper. Ariana tilted her head and saw a rather dark spot in between the two rolls.

She brought her hand up to grab the release latch for the dispenser. She pulled the cover down and saw that the dark spot was actually a black circle, she poked at it and it moved slightly. She jerked her hand back and stared at the black circle. Nothing happened, she poked it again and suddenly a pair of black eyes opened. Ariana held in her gasp as she held out her hand for the little black circle to crawl onto. The black circle stretched out its body and turned into a black, fluffy caterpillar.

The caterpillar stretched up its body into the air. It looked around and a small red mouth appeared. It looked happy as it moved. "Sorry to ask but can you please help me?" Ariana asked politely and the caterpillar turned to her with an absolutely happy face. "Only if I know your name." He replied in a ridiculously deep voice. It caught Ariana by surprise that she was momentarily speechless. "Name?" He asked again. "Ariana Drake, nice to meet you. Mister?" Ariana replied in awe.

"You are the one I am waiting for." He said as he rolled up his body into a ball. "Wait, you were waiting for me?" She said but the caterpillar ignored her. His body started to glow a warm yellow colour then he changed into a thin black blade. Ariana turned him around in her hand and wondered what the h.e.l.l she found but an idea hit her. She brought the blade to the seem and pried the wall. Then moment she made contact a gush of wind pushed upwards from the floor. She looked down and saw a black slit beside the wall. Suddenly the floor swallowed up the wall whole.

The black blade started to glow a grey and then the caterpillar was back. "You only have two minutes." He said with his open smile. Ariana placed the black caterpillar onto her shoulder and the looked. The black slit and wind were gone but she still felt the need to jump over the area. She was now in the last stall, she had no idea what she needed to look for but she searched desperately. "60 seconds." The black caterpillar said. "What am I even looking for?" She asked but the black caterpillar ignored her and looked around.

She groaned as she raised her head. Her eyes grew wide as she spotted a tiny purple box stuck to the ceiling. "30 seconds." The black caterpillar said as he brought his body back down. "Vasu!" Ariana shouted and the pink chibi deer shot forward and rushed towards the box. He knocked the box from its secured spot and watched as Ariana caught it mid air. "10 seconds." The black caterpillar said. "d.a.m.n it!" She shouted as she rushed to the next stall, slamming her body into the dispenser. Her eyes glued to the spot she was standing as she started to sweat. "Oops... 60 seconds left." The caterpillar said. "I'm not very good with timing."

Ariana facepalmed herself. "Your not very helpful you know." The caterpillar ignored her and looked at the box. Ariana sighed and sat on the toilet. She looked at the box in her hands. It was a very simple, purple, velvet box so she wasn't overly suspicious. She opened the box and saw that there were stud earrings that looked exactly like her earrings. Red, blue, green, purple and yellow. "Where is the pink?" She asked the caterpillar but he yawned. "They know he is your pink earring." He replied lazily. Ariana broke out into a cold sweat then touched her earrings. "I have to switch them out?" She said out loud more for herself then her companions.

'Master... do it now.' Vasu said as he looked at the earrings. "But my ears are not actually pierced!" She complained as her face turned pale. Vasu looked at the caterpillar then her. "Fuzz Fuzz can help.' The caterpillar shot upwards, his open smiling face was gone and little white eyebrows appeared. He furrowed them and looked at the earrings. "Awful name to come up with." Ariana touched her left ear. "Can I ask for your help Fuzz Fuzz?" The caterpillar's fur brushed outwards. "I can help but my name is not Fuzz Fuzz!"

'No time.' Vasu said as he looked at the black caterpillar. "Vasu's right lets get this done.' Ariana said as her Lumas left her ears. 'Master what should we do?' Aroha asked as the others stared. "Hide. You all have seen the ceremony... I trust you know what to do." She said as the caterpillar reluctantly moved to her right ear. She felt a stinging sensation and flinched. The caterpillar combined his fur into puncture needles and pierced her ears. Whe he was done he went around the back of her head and moved to her left. 'We understand. We will wait here until you leave.' Aroha said as Ariana moved to fasten her earrings in. "Thank you."

Ariana left the stall and moved towards the mirror. She had mixed feeling about having her ears pierced in the washroom. "Fuzz Fuzz." Ariana said as she gingerly touched her ears. "Walter." He said as he started to crawl down her clothes. "Oh... Walter. Why is Ms. Hadley going through the trouble of doing this?" Walter ignored Ariana and crawled onto the counter. "You need to leave now." Walter said as he moved towards the drain. "Walter, thank you for you help." Ariana said as she watched Walter flinch at her thanks. His happy, wide mouth, face was back and he smiled at Ariana. He then turned and went down the drain. "Okay Vasu, time to go."

Ariana stepped out of the washroom and collided into a girl. "I'm so sorry!" She shouted as she tried to help the girl up. "You should be!" The girl spat and Ariana finally had a good look at the girl in front of her. "Callista, do you need a hand up?' She said coolly as she stretched her hand out. Callista smacked it away. "Whatever." She muttered as she picked herself up and walked into the washroom. "You'll get yours sooner or later." She continued to mumble as she the door swung open. Ariana sighed and started to walk towards the seating area.

The room had some first years already sitting and felt some relief when she saw some third years waiting for their first years. Ariana sat down beside a girl with giant, thick gla.s.ses. "h.e.l.lo." She said but the girl snuffed her. A few more minutes went by and a few more first and third years came in. A familiar looking male student sat beside her with a giant grin. "Well h.e.l.lo there!" He said as his canine's sparkled. "Hi... I'm so sorry I didn't catch your name the last time." She said shamelessly that the girl with the thick gla.s.ses choked on air.

"Well you remembered my face that's still good. Honestly speaking I don't remember your name either." The male student said as his neon pink eyes sparkled with mischief. "Of course you wouldn't know it! We never formally introduced ourselves but shouldn't you be with the other third years?" She said playfully but the male student snorted some air. "I don't like following rules." He said as he wiggled his eyebrows in a playful manner. Ariana started to laugh while the girl beside her started to mumble to herself. "Look I came because a friend asked me to watch over you." The male said as he put on a serious face.

"Oh a knight for me... I don't like that. Can't we be friends instead?" She said as she batted her eyelashes. "Ohhh! You're a riot! You don't even know who I am and you want to befriend me? I don't think so babe, boys and girls can't be friends... I rather run solo." He said as he crossed his leg over his other leg, he stretched out his arms and grinned. "I don't think so. If you did you wouldn't hang out with my friend. He is rather picky who is hangs out with." Ariana said as she eyed the male. "Your not just a pretty face! Fine then! Lobo Wainright." He said as he stretched out his hand. "Ariana Drake" She replied as she grabbed his hand and gave it a firm shake.

"So I will never forget." Lobo said as he pulled her hand to his face and started to sniff. "Need my scent?" She said with a light laugh. "Nope just wanted to see how you'd react." He said as his eyes flashed with something menacing but Ariana didn't flinch. "Good to know, now you stay still." She said as she took her hand back and brushed back his grey, white and silver hair. "Soft." She said with a wink. Lobo instantly blushed and toppled from his seat. "You can't do that!" He shouted as he retreated. "Bye Lobo, see you later." Ariana laughed. Lobo stood up and stomped over to the third years. He stopped beside Icarus and Xander. "You watch her! She's crazy!" He shouted as he pointed towards her direction. Arina stuck out her pink tongue towards the boys.

Xander, Icarus and Lobo became dumbfounded while the other boys slightly started to blush. "Flirt." The girl with the thick gla.s.ses said in a loud whisper and Ariana turned back. "Nope just mean." She said as she winked at the girl. The thick gla.s.ses girl turned and started t muttering to herself again. "If I don't act this way..." She started to say to herself but stopped when she sensed someone staring. She brought up her gaze and saw Flint watching her. She knew she her blood was starting to run even colder but she put on a gentle smile and entered into a staring war with Flint.

"Good afternoon everyone." The Headmaster said as he stepped up to the podium. "Let us start the Summoning Ceremony again. Once you have your familiar please leave with your mentor. Now 125 20A."

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The students started to dwindle down and Ariana started to twist the fabric on her dress. "125 03A." Ariana looked around and saw that there was virtually no one left, just her, the gla.s.ses girl and a young boy with light chestnut hair were left. "125 02A" The young boy was called up. Ariana's heart raced uncontrollably. "125 01A." The gla.s.ses girl next to her stood up, she puffed out her chest and walked towards the stage. Ariana couldn't help but feel completely isolated, she started to take shallow breathes as her heart practically jumped out of her chest. "125 01AA." The Headmaster said. Ariana stood up and walked onto the stage. She looked out and could feel her heart stop. Vera was no where to be found. Sweat rolled down from her temples. She looked behind her and felt a wave of relief when she saw Mrs. Dabney.

"Go on Ariana." The Headmaster urged her as a deadly flash crossed her eyes. Ariana took the dagger from Mateo. She sliced her finger and held her breath, nothing happened her blood was completely normal. She looked at Callista and started to read the incantation. "An ahi soir. An wai ó dheas. An makani ó thuaidh. An honua siar. Pouli i gcónaí i bhfolach laistigh de mo chroí ach an kukui beidh mé i gcónaí mar -?!" She said before Callista dropped the scroll. "Oh no! One second!" She shouted as she bent over to pick up the scroll. "Fool! She needs to continue the incantation now!" The Headmaster shouted. Ariana felt hot, something was wrong. The magic circle beneath her feet started to crack. "I know sir, please just one second!" Callista cried as she dropped to her knees and started to brus back tears. "Just don't yell at me!"

The water in the fountain dangeriously started to bubble and steam. Ariana gulped and suddenly remembered the words Callista said when they ran into each other. Ariana resolved her said and in a clear loud voice she continued. "threoir dom thuas. Tar amach leanbh na n-eilimintí agus bí mise kukui, treoraigh mé i rith mo chuairte. Ní bheidh deireadh leis an gconradh seo ach amháin nuair a bhainim céim amach. Teacht chugam mo chuid eolais!"

Callista stopped crying and looked at Ariana. The magic circle fixed itself and the water started to calm down. The lights from the objects shot forward, the light that formed was too bright for anyone to see but Ariana was able to just catch tiny streaks of colour shot into the light orb. She smiled and waited. The orb exploded and everyone was able to see the fountain. Floating right above were chibi animals of various colours. "Vasu come see your family!" Ariana shouted happily and Vasu shot out from Ariana's ear. The chibis quickly pounced on Vasu and Ariana. the Headmaster gawked and took a step forward. "More than one... extraordinary."