The Walk of the Gifted

Starting to Whither

The whole day I was trying to come up with a reason he wold know who I am. How he would know I was lying. How he knew. And the only thing I cold come up with was that he was one of the people who wanted me dead. And he was using his magic to figure out who I was, probably by detecting magic and identifying what kind it was. Then it wouldn't be that hard to figure out the facts. I was staring out the window in my second class of the day, art, when a note lands on my desk. So far I haven't made any enemies, but I doubt I've made some very good friendships. I'm too busy thinking about Kihon. That douche is ruling my life and I've only been here for what, six hours. Oh and this isn't a normal art class, this is magical arts. Like in 'Harry Potter' how they are always practicing spells and learning the history and all that.

I was hesitant to look at the note. Sadly, in this class Kihon is in it, and just my luck, he sits behind me. I mean if karma isn't out to get me then I don't know what is. I opened it slowly and saw that it was just a normal note. It wrote 'Sorry for scaring u earlier, I won't tell ur secret or whatever, but u at least owe me an explanation. Dude come on! Ur hiding with magic, from a magic school! R u stupid or crazy or what?!! Bro ur gonna have to meet me after school cuz ur like a god here at this school. How about at the front? We'll take a walk or something. -Kihon' I stared at it and then rolled my eyes. I looked up at the teacher and made sure she wasn't looking. Our teacher for our magic class was Mrs. Trurai, and I'm wondering if it was a thing for this school to only accept teacher and student applications with weird names. I'm just waiting for a Lexi or a Jake to come up. I turned it over and scribbled on the back 'shove it up your ass, and keep it to yourself, this has to do with the Elder geezers so hands off!! Or I could easily just tell them, I wonder if maybe they could go around the law and keep you as a slave?? -Reka' I smiled and flipped the note back to his desk. I grinned even bigger when I heard the soft sound of it hitting the desk. I can't believe I did that!! I am soo amazing! More like I'm just really surprised that it hit the desk, I thought it would have hit the floor.

"Alright everyone, let's get into partners for this activity. Lets start with. . .Kihon! Who would you like to be your partner?" I inwardly cringed, and hoped that my note sent him in the other direction. Maybe for once I wouldn't be troubled with him today.

"Reka, it seems she hasn't made too many friends yet." He smiled knowingly to the teacher, and I turned around. Mentally my jaw was dropping and I had bug eyes at him, but of course this new falsado wouldn't let me do that. I smiled as politely as I could and turned around. I started yelling at him in my head, and that's when a rumble happened. Just a little shake, really. It probably couldn't even be considered an earthquake, it was only enough to drop a few pencils. But it didn't matter, I forgot the fact that the other person than me and the principal that knew about my unstable power was my magic teacher! I mentally swore, a lot, probably like a drunken sailor. I closed my eyes and took a few breaths. The rumbling stopped and people looked around, and I played my innocent act as the teacher eyed me while assuring the students that the "earthquake" was done.

"It was probably just that chick, Aya, she probably did that." Someone said and others started to agree. But they seemed to be pissed now, and some excited, but they didn't seem to like her that much. Unlike what Kihon said, they probably didn't see me as a god. Or as an iconic figure. Or as anything other than someone who wrecks stuff and hurts people. I heard the click of the loudspeaker and jumped, I was already on pins and needles with the new personality, wasn't it just great that I was already out of control on the first day.

"Please, it was a minor earthquake, but we would like you to go back to your rooms, you are allowed to go out, just don't go far. Please keep yourselves in check. See you tomorrow." I sighed, when she said please keep yourself in check, she referred to me, it was our code word. It meant come to my office as fast as you can without arousing suspicion. We made one just in case of something like this, I went out of control, or if some of those threat bearers came to make their threats a reality. Everyone grabbed their stuff, laughing and excited. A lot of them were saying thank you Aya and praise Aya, now I understood what he meant. Maybe I got them out of stuff like this, but a god isn't always liked. I got my stuff and jumped when I felt a hand on my back.  

"You still haven't met anyone yet, you didn't even have lunch, or time to meet anyone. Come on I'll show you to some of the guys, I bet the cheerleaders will be there too." Kihon said, and I looked to Mrs. Turai, because I know she's been listening in, and she nodded to me so I turned to him and smiled.

"As long as there'll be food. I'm starving." He seemed surprised by this comment, I guess that my new identity is probably not worth the effort, so I just dropped it.

"Yo, Mrs. Turai, can I drop the false identity here, this guy already knows it and I bet others do too. It'll be halfway around school by tomorrow." I asked her, shrugging, it was the Elders and the teachers ideas to send me here with a false identity, I was fine with it either way. Mrs. Turai heaved a loud sigh and I slid my eyes to the side.

"What was the point of having a false identity if in the first day someone has already figured it out? I hope you know Aya that the Elders might not be pleased to know that you are dropping your fake identity. They did this to protect you and others...but if they find out that people already know...." she trailed off leaving the rest of the sentence in her head. She had a thoughtful look on her face and I felt Kihon's eyes on me. Did I tell him about the teachers knowing? Or about the whole protection thing? I guess I didn't. Mrs. Durai waved her hand and I felt a sudden lightness, almost as though I could fly, or as if I was high on crack. At least I'm guessing this is how it would feel. Then it all stopped, but I did feel lighter, and more comfortable because, drum roll please, I am now back in my own body! And my god, this uniform is big on me, where I was around 5'1", Reka was 5'9". I had to grab my skirt to keep it from falling down. Oh yeah, we had to wear uniforms, but I've always loved uniforms, I find them cute. I heard Kihon laughing and Mrs. Durai was tsking him.

"We should have had an extra uniform sent with you just in case your identity was blown. And please dear, do not make another big deal out of your eyes, it gets old." She said sighing and picking up a rock that sat on the edge of her desk.

"Fine, You find me another person with naturally golden eyes and I promise you I will never even bring it up on my own again. We can discuss this modern marvel together away from the critics." I said turning on my heal. Which sent me walking straight into Kihon. I heard him laugh even harder and I watched him clutch the desk for support.

"Are you really seventeen?" He asked between laughs, gasping for air.

"Yes, do you have an issue with that?" I had to stare up at him, literally, he was probably around 6'2", which made him a foot taller than me, give or take.

"It's just...most high schoolers have a little height on them. I guess with your attitude and ego you wold have the size to fit it. That's all." I was taken aback, and I felt the start of a blush in my cheeks. I shook my head and tried to snap out of the blush. I wouldn't give him the courtesy of seeing me in that state. I walked to the door just as some chick came bursting in. I fell to the ground, my loose and overly large skirt splayed around me. And for once I was glad that I had an alternate body that was bigger than mine, because if the skirt had been my size, you would have totally been able to see my underwear. I sighed in relief as the person that ran through the door turned tome with a look of surprise. She had nerd glasses on, and they dominated her tiny face, which went in pair with her tiny body. She was probably the same size as me, but most likely more petite. She made a noise that sounded a lot like an 'eek' and bowed quickly a couple times. It was then that I noticed that she was Chinese, or Japanese, you know, Asian. She held a whole bunch of fabric in her hands, but upon further inspection, I saw that it was a uniform.

"I'm suuuuuppperrr sorry! I just came in to give Ms. Drafone her new uniform." She said as though she owed me an explanation. I just quirked an eyebrow up a little and stared at her. I watched the realization settle into her face and I swear it looked like her eyes were going to pop out of her head.

"Oh my gosh! It's really you! I have so much I want to ask yo-wait you need your uniform. But I'm still sorry about th-I thought you would look different. And my name is Kurumi Fujisaki!" I qiurked my eyebrow a little at her, because I had a hard time following that, and I turned my head towards Kihon and by the look on his face, he had a hard time too, and not only him, Mrs. Turai as well. Mrs. Turai shook herself out of it and smiled pleasantly at the small girl.

"Thank you Kurumi, you may stay, it's good for a girl Aya's age to have some fun together. Once she's done changing you all should go play." She said turning and walking to her desk. I stared at the teacher, who says seventeen year olds play? At least who says play anymore. I stood up, still gripping my skirts and nodded, but Kihon looked a little wary of the girl. She probably wasn't in his "crowd" or something.

"Yeah, uh, where are the girl's bathrooms?" I asked, pointing the question towards Kurumi. Instead Kihone spoke up.

"Down the hall and to the right." I watched Mrs. Turai's eyes slid suspiciously to him and he shrugged. I slid around him and walked to the bathroom, both of them following along. I thought about how weird this day was, probably not in my top ten, but still a little weird. I made it to the bathroom and was almost afraid they were going to follow me into it too. Weird right? So maybe this day makes top ten. I walked into the bathroom, and it was like any other school bathroom. I kinda thought it might be like a decked out bathroom but whatever sometimes dreams are there just to disappoint someone. I picked the large stall at the end and changed, the uniform fit perfectly, and I would obviously need more, I got sent about seven of Reka's uniforms. It would just be gross to wear the same one every day. I walked out of the stall and looked at myself in the mirror. I look good in this. Hearing bickering outside the bathroom I found Kurumi and Kihon arguing about something that I'm not even going to bother to explain.

"The kids don't like it when mommy and daddy fight." I said pouting a bit. That stopped them, and they looked at me with horrified faces. Wow they really hate each other that much? So now that I think about it, I think Kurumi might be in the same "group" as Kihone anyway.

"Come on, you two can save your couples bickering for later. Find some counselor, it's what they're there for." I said as I walked away without them. The scrambled to catch up struggling to find excuses on how they didn't like each other and how they absolutely hate each other. I just ignored them, I don't know them why should I be the one to judge? Or maybe I'm just being lazy. Who knows? I just was ready to live a semi-normal life with my powers under control. Is it that much to ask?