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Destiny Quartet Season One Chapter Two

Summary: They lost their parents in an epidemic when they were only eight, their sister went missing when they were eleven, for the three Hart sisters’ life was by no means easy but they always kept looking forward. The village was peaceful and quiet, everyone was friendly and the sisters were content with what little they had. When the three of them get accepted into Gedonelune magic Royal Academy, the most prestigious magic school, they leave the village they lived in all their lives and set out to the academy. With Liz being terrible in magic and Loris being indifferent, will they be able to pass the trial? And what’s with the mysterious Dream Lillias keeps having?

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Taking long, deep breaths, the young archer pulled the arrow from her quiver, placing it on the bow, she positioned herself and started aiming at the target. Once she locked onto it, she released the string, letting the arrow zoom through the air.

With a thud, it hit the red mark, dead in the center. The young archer let out a small sigh as she closed her eyes, her grip on the bow slightly loosening as she pulled it down, she wanted to rest her arms after all the target practice.

"Excellent aiming skills."

A sudden, unknown voice startled the young archer.

"Who's there?!" Loris spun around and pointed an arrow at the intruder, glaring at them with murderous eyes. "What in the..." The girl looked at her so cold intruder only to find out it was a piece of floating paper, yes a floating paper.

"Whoa there, watch where you point that thing!" The paper shouted as it curved backward to dodge the arrow, the edge of the paper gently pushing it down.

"....A talking paper?" Loris stared at the letter, her mouth hung open in shock.

"Paper? Paper?! You think I am a mere paper?!" The paper scoffed, "As if. I'll have you know I am the acceptance letter of the one and only Gedonelune royal magic academy!" It curled back proudly as it announced.

Loris' eyes widened at those words, "Sorry I think I misheard you, did you say the acceptance letter of-"

"Gedonelune Royal magic academy!" The acceptance letter repeated with the same proud voice.

"Gedonelune-"

"Royal magic academy!" The acceptance letter repeated for the second time, the same proud voice not wavering.

It took a while for the words to register, and even after they did, she still stood frozen in place and unable to say anything, the acceptance letter of the most prestigious Magic Academy stood in front of her, curled up proudly looking all stuck up and acting all stuck up for that matter. There were so many questions roaming through her mind. How could a mere country bumpkin like herself get accepted so easily? Why would she get accepted? What does getting accepted mean for her now? Those questions kept repeating in a loop. There was a moment where Loris doubted the talking paper, thinking it was all some sort of prank but when she spotted the red seal, she realized that this was a genuine acceptance letter to Gedonelune Royal Magic academy, this was the reality of the situation. However, the biggest problem remained; she never sent an application. "Sorry but I think you've got the wrong person here," Finally finding her voice, Loris managed to reply to the acceptance letter.

One of the letter's edges curled down and started moving from side to side, "You are one of the Hart sisters are you not?" He asked in confusion.

"Yes, however it was my two sisters who appli-" Loris stopped midway, flashbacks of a few days ago resurfacing in her mind, "Curse you Lillias...." she muttered suddenly, looking down as she gripped her hand. The acceptance letter cleared its throat, as if it actually had one, and straightened up, "Loris Hart, although it is a mystery to me how a country girl like you with little to no magical experience, has been accepted into the academy-" The acceptance letter went on with its long, aggravating speech but his words went unheard, going from one ear and outside the other. "It still does not change the reality of the situation, as such… I have come here to escort you to the academy, there's not much time! We must get ready and prepare for the-"

Loris stood there with a blank look on her face, completely in a daze. This was not how she wanted things to play out. She knew her sisters wanted more than anything to attend Gedonelune Royal Magic Academy, however, she did not share that dream. Back when Lillias sent an application for her, she felt somewhat irritated but was not worried for long. The reason was because she believed they would never get accepted.

So how was the genuine acceptance letter in front of her?

"Hey are you even listening?!" the acceptance letter shouted, pulling Loris out of her thoughts.

With a look of determination, the brunette roughly grabbed the talking letter as it let out a small shriek, the piece of paper slightly crumbling in her hand. She dashed through the forest, dodging the trees and passing through the bushes at incredible speed, her hair swaying with the wind. "Hey! Unhand me at once, how dare you treat me in such a manner!" The acceptance letter tried to wiggle his way out but Loris' grip held it still.

The Archer continued maneuvering her way through to her house. Finally, she reached the village, ignoring the usual greetings from the villagers as she passed by. Loris kept dashing through the streets until she stopped just in front of her house to take long, rigid breaths. Although she is used to the forest moving at full speed was still a lot even for her. Loris just wanted to take a nap but before she could go into a peaceful slumber she had a little talk she needed to have with Lillias. "Let go, I said, have you no manners?!" When Loris loosened her grip the acceptance letter floated out of her palm and released a loud sigh of relief. "For Dragon's sake, I thought I was gonna die!"

Loris just shook her head and let out a frustrated sigh, 'So noisy,' she thought, fighting the urge to tear the letter to pieces, then burn it into smithereens. All Mr. letter did was annoy her from the moment it appeared and Loris was never a patient person. "Excuse you, I'll have you know this is by no means an appropriate way to greet a-" ignoring the letter once again, Loris started walking, "At least listen to me when I am talking!" Mr. Letter watched as Loris walked past him, not glancing his way. "Wait up!" It yelled out, floating towards the same direction it's owner went.

Loris stopped just in front of the door and took a long, deep breath, "Just...talk it out Loris, you can do this, you won't get dragged by Lillias this time, everything will turn out fine," she told herself, trying to brace herself for what was to come. With eyes now full of determination, she grabbed onto the door knob and started to turn it slowly pushing it back.

"Lillia-" Just then, the door flew open, slamming against her face, "Aghhh...!" Loris cried out, crouching down as she covered her face, touching her nose as blood came out, "Holy dragon of time.....!"

"Oh my god, Loris, I am so sorry!" Liz, the one who slammed the door open, bent down and grabbed onto her sister's arm, gradually pulling her up.

"Liz what was that for?!" Loris yelled at her sister, blood oozing out of her nose as she grumbled, "Did you have to open the door so violently?!"

"I am so sorry, I am so sorry, I am so sorry!" was all Liz was able to say.

"Well that looked painful," Lillias walked out of the house holding her mouth, she looked at her sister lying on the ground, grunting in pain, "You okay?"

"Do I look Okay?!" Loris replied in frustration, removing her hand briefly to glare at her sisters. "I swear by the name of the first King when I get my hands on you Liz...!"

Unaffected by her sister's outburst Lillias continued, "See Liz, this is why I told you not to get excited, you get too carried away and ignore your surroundings, you always cause someone to get injured too."

"And that someone is always me!" Loris grumbled, "Also Lillias stop saying it so nonchalantly and give me a hand!"

"Now, now don't be so grumpy, we are going to Gedonelune Town tomorrow, after all, let us take care of your nose then go pack our stuff!" Lillias grabbed her sister's hand without a second thought and dragged her toward the house.

"Wait what? I didn't say I wi-"

"I can't wait to see Lyron and Lyell again, oh and we'll finally get to see the academy in person, this is going to be great!" Lillias moved forward while Loris was being dragged behind.

"Lillias!"

****

The next day came quickly, much to Loris' dismay, the sun rose up, illuminating Reitz in warm golden rays. Loris pretended to be dead to free herself from today's misery; it did not work, instead, she got smacked by a bag that Liz threw towards her. After packing said bags, they said their farewell to the villagers, and the three of them were now prepared to leave, Lillias and Liz were enthusiastic while Loris held a completely opposite view about the situation, she really wanted nothing more than to escape from this nightmare.

With a sigh, the girl glanced in front of her, watching the three letters that were floating in the air, one letter for each sister. "This is a dream come true isn't it?" Liz looked excitedly at her sisters, her eyes sparkling with joy and excitement, "To think we'll finally be able to go to Gedonelune Royal Magic Academy, maybe even become great wizards someday like Serge Durandel!"

"You? Become a great Wizard? Ha, I'd like to see that!" Liz's acceptance letter rudely replied.

"Don't be so rude, Mr. acceptance letter," Lillias simply smiled, "Every great wizard started somewhere."

"Yeah and every great wizard was competent," Liz's acceptance letter huffed in frustration, the other two letters nodding in agreement. "Now, that was uncalled for, be nice," Lillias then proceeded to look forward, "Also, I believe we should be on our way or we'll miss the train."

Liz looked at her sister wide-eyed, "Oh you're absolutely right."

"Wait," The three acceptance letters each said in unison, their voices almost resonating with each other. This naturally made the three sisters stop. Each of the acceptance letters floated towards their respective owners and started to shine in a bright white light, bubbles of light started appearing all around the sisters, engulfing them with the warm, bright magic energy. With a pop sound, the bubbles then burst open, leaving small particles of light, they slowly drifted down towards the ground.

"Oh..?" Lillias looked at herself, seeing her clothes changed.

Now in a new uniform, Loris looked wide-eyed at the sudden change, "Whoa! What's this?"

All three sisters were now dressed in a blue blazer decorated with a ribbon. A short, white skirt with long black tights and blue boots and finally a long dark blue cloak decorated in golden patterns, both sides of the cape were connected by a red ribbon pinned down by a golden emblem with the symbol of a dragon.

Lillias's pale blue eyes sparkled with joy, "This is the...academy Uniform!" she twirled around, her cloak wrapping around her, the hem of her skirt floated slightly, "To finally be able to attend the same academy our father once attended..." her enthusiasm didn't fade and she ended up spun around.

"The day finally came...where we can wear the academy's uniform! It's just as amazing as I expected!" Liz chirped as she also checked her clothes but she soon looked back at the acceptance letters, "How were you able to do that?!"

"This is nothing!" Although it was only one of the letters that said that, each of them floated in the air, curling up proudly.

"Can we just get this over with and go?!" Loris grumbles loudly, she did not by any means hide her irritation. "Oh, right we'll be late if we don't!" Lillias clapped her hands together, seemingly oblivious to her sister's irritation, or choosing to ignore it, Loris was 100% sure it was the latter.

"That completes the preparations. Now, it's time to head for the academy," One of the letters announced. "If we don't hurry we won't make it in time," Another one informed them.

"Wait but how are we g-" before Liz could even ask, the three letters started floating away. Lillias and Loris soon followed after the letters, they did not want to be left behind. Shaking her head, Liz woke up from her daydreaming and started running after her sisters "Wait for me!" as a soft breeze blew past her, something made her stop and glance back at the small house. There stood the house where the Hart sisters lived for 18 whole years, working hard to overcome every obstacle together. It was a house with many memories both joyous and sorrowful. Liz suddenly felt a tint of sadness at the thought of leaving this place; her childhood home that held all her memories. She knew it was a step that she needed to take but she never expected this to come so soon, the memories of her parents suddenly popped into her mind. "Are you watching me, Mom and Dad? I promise I'll study as hard as I can and become a competent wizardess..." she gripped onto her clothes as she tried to hold her tears, "So the two of you can be proud in heaven."

Noticing that its owner was not following along, the acceptance letter looked back, "What are you doing? Hurry up!" It shouted, irritation evident in its voice. That didn't go unnoticed by Lillias as she gave the acceptance letter a sideways glare. "Seriously, what are you? a turtle," of course the other two acceptance letters had to chime in. Noticing the slight change in Lillias's expression, Loris quickly stepped back, "Oh no..."

"That's enough you three, you should learn how to treat others respectively," Lillias this time was not smiling, instead she looked extremely serious. Loris could swear she felt a cold air around her sister that made a chill run through her body. The acceptance letters also felt it for a brief moment.

"Um...let us be on our way!" Noticing the tension in the air, Liz grabbed onto her two sisters and ran towards the train station, though the village was somewhat secluded there was indeed a train station, a very small and rundown one however it functioned well enough to at least bring them to the neighboring town. The three sisters boarded the train and set out to Gedonelune Royal Magic Academy, ready to start a new chapter in their lives. Throughout the whole ride, the three sisters were unusually quiet, even the acceptance letter didn't feel comfortable with the deafening silence, Liz was looking at the scenery seemingly in a daze, watching everything pass by. Loris was taking a nap, enjoying her peace and quiet while Lillias was engrossed in reading one of her books, keeping herself occupied like usual. Time passed by as the silence continued. Unsure of how long it's been, Lillias placed the book down and took a quick glance at her two sisters, noticing Liz had fallen asleep as well. She let out a soft giggle. There both her sisters were, sound asleep on the train. She smiled fondly, observing them for a few minutes then grabbed onto the book again about to continue reading it however something prevented her.

The train came to an unexpected halt, "whoa!" Due to the momentum, Lillias' body flung forward. The same happened to her sisters jolting them awake. "Holy smokes!" The acceptance letters also got their nap interrupted. "W- what happened?" Liz asked in a panic. Loris on the other hand just grabbed into her forehead And grumbled, "I was having a nice dream too.....I dreamt that all this was a dream and we never got the acceptance letter..."

"I am not really sure Liz, also Loris you're not getting away from this so easily," Lillias slowly got up, "I am going to go ask."

Her letter floated towards her, "Wait, I will also accompany you," the letter announced. Lillias nodded with her usual smile, she walked towards a train attendant asking about the situation in detail. Amongst the sisters, Lillias was always the best communicator so situations like this were better left to her, they always knew things would turn out fine with her around, on the other hand, it was guaranteed that both Liz and Loris would mess up. The two sisters waited patiently as they tried to overhear part of their conversation, however, it was too far to hear most of what was being said. All they could hear was inaudible nonsense.

"I understand the situation now, thank you for your time," Lillias politely said, ending the conversation.

"Of course, we are very sorry for the inconvenience." The attendant raised his hat up.

Lillias smiled at the attendant and bid farewell before she went back to her sisters to explain the situation, of course, her sisters were eager for an explanation. "Talk about total negligence!" The acceptance letter scuffed. Gently pushing the acceptance letter away from her face, Lillias started explaining the situation, "It seems there are technical difficulties with the train, thankfully we happened to be close to a town. However, we'll have to wait a while before the train gets fixed."

"Agh! You've got to be kidding me!" Loris jumped onto her seat and huffed, "I am telling you this is a bad omen telling us we shouldn't go to Gedonelune Royal Magic Academy in the first place!"

"Stop being so negative, Loris," Lillias stopped her sister, "Since we're only a few meters away from town, let's just look around until they fix it." Liz looked at Loris and nodded, "I...agree with Lillias, we've never been anywhere aside from Reitz so we should take the chance to look around."

"Two against one, huh?" Loris let out a heavy sigh and then raised her hands to the side and shrugged, "Fine, fine. Let us look around." The two look at each other, satisfaction evident by the smirks on their face, they raised their hands up and gave each other a high five. Watching her sisters all Loris could do was roll her eyes. She really dreaded her luck at times.

****

The walk to the next town was short, only a few meters away from where the train had stopped. As they walked closer to the town they could see the shops and buildings more closely, their eyes traveled everywhere searching for anything interesting to distract themselves with. Loris let out a yawn as she saw Liz excitedly looking at everything while running from one side to the other, "Look you two, there are so many shops and people! A clothing shop, a flower shop, a bakery. There are so many things!"

"Yes indeed, It's definitely much different than the small Reitz we've lived our whole lives in," Lillias' eyes traveled the streets, "Most of Reitz was only street markets with only a couple shops around." She then turned around and glanced at Liz, her eyes widening in surprise, "Liz watch out or you'll-"

"Whoa!" Liz shouted as she lost her balance and fell to the ground.

"Fall...." Lillias found herself finishing the sentence she was unable to finish. "Oh, she fell alright," Loris looked at the scene she just witnessed in amazement, then again she wasn't surprised, after all, it was Liz. Lillias quietly ran towards her sister and helped her out. "I fear for the future of the academy," the acceptance letter just sighed, it was a long frustrated sigh. "I'm....alright," Liz grabbed onto Lillias's shoulder to support herself and got up with the help of both her sisters.

"Let us just head back, the train should be fixed by now," Loris was the first to suggest that she let out a small yawn and stretched her arm. "Aww already?" Liz protested, this was her first time outside of her home village so naturally, she wanted to explore the town more.

"It would be very disastrous If the train left without us," The acceptance letter floated after the sisters. Lillias however had a different opinion, the girl just smiled at the letter, "It will be fine, we still have plenty of time." Taking a deep breath the acceptance letter was just about to say something when all of a sudden they heard a loud noise. The three sisters ran towards the commotion. "Oh my, it is not very gentlemanly to point a knife at a lady," a woman with long, dark blue hair and beautiful violet eyes stood proudly in a corner, a folding fan held in her hand, she stood there alone surrounded by many thugs, each of them holding a weapon, one of them, however, was facedown on the ground with his knife next to him, the woman standing right next to him.

"Why you- just hand over the money!" The leader shouted, his patience running low. "I respectively decline young man, you should learn to be polite and not try to rob defenseless women," the mysterious woman did not seem the slightest bit scared as she retorted back to the leader of the thugs.

"Eeeeh! What do we do? What do we do?!" Liz started panicking and looking from left to right, she knew she needed to help the woman but she had never encountered this sort of situation before, when she turned back towards Loris she noticed she was no longer there, "Eh?!" Liz knew this could only mean one thing, she hesitantly looked back at the thugs.

"Hey you," Loris shouted loudly, the anger flaring in her eyes, disdain showing on her face. "Stop what you're doing right now!"

"Oh boy..." Lillias let out a long sigh. The woman and the thugs all glanced at Loris, the leader just sighed and gestured for his men to take care of the intruders. One of the men stepped forward as he cracked his knuckles. Lillias quickly stepped in between her sister and the man, "Now, now how about we talk this out peacefully?"

The man just scoffed, "Peacefully you say? You should've just stayed out of this," he threw a punch at the two sisters however they both quickly dodged, he staggered forward but managed to quickly regain his balance, annoyed that he missed, he glared back at them.

"You got your answer Lillias," with a sigh, Loris started stretching her shoulders and getting ready to retaliate. It was time for some action.

"Indeed I have," Lillias simply answered. This time, the man took out a knife and held it tightly in his hand, he rushed forward towards them. Lillias, however, didn't give him the chance, she swept his leg making him tumble to the ground with a loud thud. "Oh my sincerest apologies, my leg slipped." she mockingly replied, sounding anything but apologetic.

"Agh, you've got to be kidding me," Their leader simply shook his head, "Get them!" He sneered at the others as they each looked at each other and nodded.

"Well, aren't you going to help?!" Seeing the events unfold the acceptance letter turned to look at Liz. The brunette could only look around with a mix of total bewilderment and fear. Was there really anything she could do in this situation? Unlike her sisters, she was terrible at fighting, she wanted to do something.

Loris simply chuckled and glanced at the thugs with a wide grin, "What's the matter? Afraid of two little girls?" She motioned for them to step forward, "Come on now, we're just beginning." She taunted with a huge smile on her face. Everyone ran towards her all at once. Little did they know numbers would not help. With a kick she sent 3 of them towards a trash can, then quickly dodged a punch before grabbing the attacker's arm, throwing him to the other side.

"Nice going Loris!" Lillias cheered her sister on, as someone sneaked behind her she quickly sidestepped away, sensing the attack easily, and moved behind him pushing him towards his comrade. The two of them collided and fell to the ground. "A piece of advice, if you're going to rob someone," she smiled at the fallen men, "At least pose a bit of a challenge sir."

"You useless men, getting defeated by some kids," The leader snapped once more, he pulled out his wand and started to chant, "I'll handle this with my own hands, Sagitta Lu-" Out of nowhere, a steel lid smacked him in the head from behind, it was no other than Liz, with a desperate attempt to help her sisters. With the leader knocked out, the sisters' little fight came to an end. "Is it over now?" One of the letters looked from behind Liz to make sure it was safe, once it was sure of that, it hovered up, "Okay brothers the coast is clear," the two other letters emerged from behind Liz.

"Cowards," Loris mumbled, glancing at the letters, her eyes then trailing back towards the men on the floor. "Hey, I'll have you know we are much too important to get involved in street fights!" One of the letters interjected, appalled by her statement. "Yeah, sure," Loris rolled her eyes, "Very important indeed."

Lillias was the first one to check on the woman, "Are you alright ma'am?"

"Oh my, thank you for the help young ladies," the woman only smiled warmly at the young wizards, "I hope you three are fine."

"Don't worry, none of us were hurt," Loris reassures the elegant woman, her tone was more calm and polite than her usual one.

Hearing that, the woman let out a sigh, "I am very relieved to hear that" Looking closer the woman noticed the uniform the three girls were wearing, a very familiar uniform to her, "thank you young wizards for your valuable assistance," she glanced back at the men who had tried to rob her, "And for teaching those barbarians a lesson, it seems I was very lucky to be helped by you three, how can I ever repay you?"

"No need ma'am, we only did what anyone would've done," Lillias reassured the woman.

Though she didn't say anything, Liz nodded in agreement with her sister's statement.

"Just be careful on your way ma'am, there are lots of jerks like them around," Loris stated, walking towards her sisters. "Noted," The woman nodded with a soft smile, "I'll see you around young ladies." With that last statement, the woman walked away, for some reason, the last words lingered in Lillias' mind. With everything now done, Liz fell to the ground and let out a long sigh, "That was scary..."

"Seriously not only are you pathetic in magic you're also pretty much useless when it matters," With the woman now gone, it was time for the acceptance letter to begin his usual routine of insulting Liz, giving her no time to relax, "It's just quite sad to think you'll soon be joining the most prominent magic academy with your less than impressive skills." And that was the final straw, this time the letter had gone overboard, and Liliias was running out of patience. All of a sudden, she snatched Liz's backpack and her sister's magic letter. "Hey, what do you think you're doing by holding me so roughly?!" The letter hissed. Without so much as a care in the world, Lillias stuffed the letter into the backpack and closed it, "Here you go Liz," she handed her sister the backpack with her usual innocent smile.

"Brother!"

Just as Lillias predicted, the other two acceptance letters started to protest, "Why you evil-" Lillias' smile stopped them mid-sentence, "Missing your brother already? Would you like to accompany him?" The two letters felt a shiver run through their paper as they tightly clutched into each other.

"No absolutely not ma'am!"

Lillias tilted her head, "you sure though? I am sure Mr. Acceptance letter would love the company of his two dear brothers."

"She snapped..." her sister, Loris knew very well it would end like this, in fact, Loris was surprised Lillias lasted that long but as everyone says third time's the charm, or in the letters' case, it was more of a curse. "Well then, we should head back," Lillias joyously walked back to the train, almost as if nothing had happened, the smile on her face not wavering.

"R-right," Liz instantly agreed with a nod, too scared to say anything else to her sister. She and Loris followed after their sister, striding behind her as she walked back to the station, she could feel the acceptance letter still struggling in her bag. By the time they arrived, the maintenance was almost over so the sisters simply waited, doing whatever to keep themselves occupied, their little journey into town had already left them exhausted. Once done the train continued to its destination, letting the sisters continue on with their journey toward Gedonelune Royal Magic Academy.

Loris: "Lillias...you're really something, you know that? You defeated those guys like they were nothing."

Lillias: "Well they were pretty weak, I didn't even need to use magic against them."

Loris: "Yeah, that's true. It wasn't even a good exercise. That woman was a bit weird though don't you agree?"

Lillias: "Agreed...there's something off about her."

Loris: "And I am not entirely sure it's in a good way..."

Lillias: "Oh, we lost track of time!"

Loris: "That's right! We finally arrive at Gedonelune Royal Magic Academy but we get separated."

Lillias: "And each of us gets help from some new people we encounter."

Loris: "Meanwhile Liz gets helped by who now?!…oh boy this sure is getting interesting."

Lillias: "Next time, "The Emperor," oh my such a grandiose title."

Loris: "...kind of frightening if you ask me..."

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