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“You? A star guardian?” A high pitched laugh rang through the air like a beautiful bell being struck.

How dare this human- Nami’s mind began to seethe as she began to feel the heat of embarrassment threatening to darken her features. Biting sharply down on her tongue, she wrestled with her bold, stubborn anger and was met with the bitter taste of blood. Forcing the heated stare she wanted to wear into a charming smile, she shifted her weight in her brown loafers and clasped her hands behind her back in a casual way to show she was unfazed by the human girl who sat across from her.

Although the girl, Lux as she was called, sat at a student’s school desk she oozed authority. And although Nami knew better than to question her leadership, it was in the siren’s nature to always challenge it.

Lux’s lavender-pink eyes narrowed into near slits from behind her bangs of bright pink hair. She had been searching for weakness, but Nami knew she would find no weakness in her.

“I’m afraid I must insist-” Nami began, her teeth slightly gritting together as she struggled to maintain a sense of pleasantry in her tone. There was only one thing she hated more than arrogance, it was arrogance with power.

“You must insist?” Another laugh bubbled from Lux in a condescending, humored way that made Nami want to throttle the girl. Sitting back, Lux wore a smile, but the siren could see that it was full of anger and resentment as she clicked her neatly trimmed nails on the desk in obvious annoyance.

Nami didn’t need to ask why it was that Lux harbored such a dislike for her. Privacy, Nami thought and squeezed her hands tightly together. The thought made Nami nearly scream in anger. Such a stupid, insipid fallacy that humans wrapped themselves in to seem special and moral and now it was keeping Nami from accomplishing her goal.

Why should it matter that she studied Lux to learn about human body language? What did it matter that she watched the girl constantly in the distance? Didn’t humans value personal space? And what was so wrong with reading Lux’s diary? The mentality of a human girl was just as important as body language if Nami wanted to fit in with her human transformation spell.

Perhaps it was the incident of asking Lux why she acted so different around Ezreal and Jinx? Or perhaps it was the fact that Nami discovered the existence of the Star Guardians through something as silly and frivolous as a diary.

Turning her attention to the window Nami watched as the biting winter outside shook the trees, their empty reaching branches bare and twisted. A few students moved about, bundled to their noses with scarves and jackets to battle the cold. To Nami it was an adjustment getting used to the weather, but the cold was still a familiar friend as her home was in the deep of the sea.

A loud slap echoed through the mostly empty room as Lux brought her hand down on the table top and pulled Nami from her musings. A surprised squeak came from under a nearby desk, the late afternoon sun shining on it from the clean, frosted window nearby.

“Chill out Luxikins,” said the girl occupying the top of the desk beside Lux’s, her feet dangling off in a playfully bored sort of way. A smile was spreading across her features as she looked from Lux to Nami. To the siren this girl, Jinx according to Lux’s diary, looked positively manic, her long, red braided pigtails she sported were frayed and wild in places. Nothing about Jinx seemed put together. As if she were just barely sewn together chaos. And Nami would be lying if she said she didn’t feel a certain unease around Jinx as she continued to watch Nami through bright crimson eyes.

A small sigh came from Jinx that quickly turned to a giggle. It was a mad sound, but also a carefree one that made Nami feel as though she wanted to laugh as well.

“You let your panties get all twisted over this one,” Jinx said beginning to pick at one of her fingernails, distracted until looking over at the expression of boiling anger that Lux shone in her direction.

Quickly Jinx rose her hands defensively. “Woah, woah there chief. I’m only saying- just-” Looking over at the other girls in the room for help, Jinx blew at a tuft of bangs that had fallen into her eyes. “Forget it,” she finished with a groan and turned to where her back was to Lux and her attention to the lonesome trees outside.

“Jinx does have a point,” a soft voice spoke up from the back of the room. Nami had nearly forgotten about the guardian that had been leaning against a bookshelf, unmoving for nearly the whole meeting. Dark violet hair framed her beautiful, pale face, and Nami knew that her soft spokenness marked her to be Janna. “You tend to get quite- upset over this one, Lux.”

Nami watched as the girl moved and spoke with a sort of calm grace that seemed to soothe Lux into wearing only a small frown. Nami had always considered Lux to be a bubbly beauty but Janna’s beauty was something otherworldly. As if she were intended to be a statue in some beautiful garden some place, but instead had life breathed into her. The siren would remember that although Janna was no leader she was clearly the one that kept the group collected and together.

“Lux, perhaps we should consider-” Janna started, but was instantly silenced by the curt shake of Lux’s head.

“You know it’s not up to me,” Lux said, almost dismissively. Jinx scoffed loudly causing Lux to raise an eyebrow, looking thoroughly peeved with her. This, however, did not deter Jinx even for a moment.

“What a load of sh-” Jinx retorted, her crimson irises rolling skyward.

“It’s not a load of anything-” Lux began to exclaim, and Nami could sense an opening.

“If I could just have a chance-” Nami said earnestly and Lux shot a furious glare at the siren and Nami immediately fell silent. Too soon, she chastised herself. Too soon…

“Hold this, Pops,” a small, giddy voice squeaked from under a desk as an obnoxiously large, purple marker rose up to meet a small girl who sat nearby, looking quite disinterestedly out the window. One hand holding her chin, she reached over with her free hand and took the marker, holding it there until the girl under the desk beside her required it again. A rogue strand of blue hair fell in her face and she batted it away with the back of her hand, sitting up and moving her arm to casually drape over the back of her chair.

After only a moment, Nami noticed the two furry points of ears that perched atop the girl’s head also colored blue. The small, sharp fangs that peeked out from beneath her lips told Nami she must be the warrior yordle named Poppy. Excitement filled her as Nami found her smile becoming genuine. Lux’s diary spoke briefly about Poppy’s strength and Nami’s curiosity of meeting such a strong warrior was peaked.

“What on earth are you doing, Lulu?” Lux asked, almost tiredly, as if she asked this question a million times a day. Nami couldn’t see who Lux was talking to and she avoided bending down to satiate her curiosity. “Can you please join us, Lu?” Lux spoke seeming as though she were trying to convince a child to eat something they disliked.

After a moment a small hand rose up, purple marker staining the white skin.

“Just- one- more- second-” the voice squeaked, quickly followed by a loud thump then an excited cry. “Huzzah! Annnnd finished!”

A messy mop of bright green hair appeared, along with the telltale Yordle ears that cocked themselves to and fro until a pair of bright, giddy blue eyes looked over at Nami.

“You!” Lulu said excitedly and clapped her hands together. Nami felt confusion wash over her as the Yordle girl rushed over, looking up and down Nami. Reaching out she poked at one of Nami’s legs and let out a shriek of laughter. “Brilliant,” the girl continued exclaiming. Everyone else continued to watch in part silence, disinterest and embarrassment. Reaching out, Lulu grabbed Nami’s hand and studied it. “Your magic is beautiful.”

A bright flush of crimson burned across Nami’s face unexpectedly.

“Ex-excuse me?” Nami stuttered, pulling her hand from Lulu’s. The Yordle girl looked hurt for a moment but then quickly bounced over to Lux, a wide grin on her face.

“Seems you have no choice, Lux,” Lulu said and Jinx looked over, spinning atop the desk until she was back in the conversation.

“Spill it, small stack,” Jinx said, interest apparent again in her voice.

“Poppy, if you don’t mind,” Lulu said, giving a great, dramatic wave of her hand to the desk she had recently occupied underneath of.

Poppy shifted, her blue furred ear twitching as she reached out a foot and lightly tapped the desk beside her, causing it to fly forward and topple over. Nami’s eyes immediately marveled at the girl’s strength. She had always heard that the Yordle race was strong and powerful, but it was something entirely different to see such a small frame deliver such a powerful blow by barely moving a foot.

A shocked breath of air from Lux caused Nami to look at what everyone else had already been staring at. There were lots of stars drawn haphazardly across the bottom of the desk, the purple marker staining the light oak wood.

Wait- Nami thought and tilted her head to the side, moving only slightly forward to see better. Was that… Her?!

Nami’s eyes wandered to everyone in the group, and there was some form of surprise on everyone’s face… except Lulu’s. Lulu looked completely pleased and proud of herself as she crossed her arms in front of her chest. Giving a slight nod, she looked over at Nami and then to Lux.

“Whether you like it or not, Nami will be the next chosen star guardian.”

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