51_Run

"So," Arthur began: "where are we going?"

To get first place, they should at least have a rough sketch of how they want to achieve it. Going blindly looking here and there would be wasting the time they could have used for something better. Not to forget that they needed to be the first to find the mysterious object or they need to collect the most points.

"I think that we should go to the library. It's big, so there should be something hidden there, no?", Lilyann answered after thinking a few seconds.

"Others probably also had the same thought. It's better if we go somewhere the other teams aren't, what if there is a trap", Narcys surprisingly said, nobody expected him to put any input in this game. It seemed that 'Belle' was a really important or an extremely dangerous person.

Of course, if he said something Lin needed to retort him even if it sometimes doesn't makes sense: "Maybe others had the same thoughts so nobody went to the BIG library."

"Don't be such a brat."

"You call me a brat! Ha! Aren't you the stupidest person here! How could they magically make a trap? We're not in a dumb movie! This is a normal school, a NORMAL school, okay?", Lin replied while glaring furiously at Narcys.

"First place! Remember?", Arthur quickly came between in fear that they would be at each other's throat. His fear for them wasn't as big as the punishment that was still clouded in mystery.

Both only could look away from each other to not start another dumb argument. They tactilely agreed to live as the other wasn't there.

"Are we gong to the library or not?", Lucius asked cautiously.

Setting a trap seemed possible bit not at the same time. It isn't easy to make one to begin with, even when the others had a head start they shouldn't have been able to make a trap in such a short time.

Narcys who seemed to have calmed down looked Lucius straight in the eye as he answered: "I know that a trap sounds ridiculous. I would thought the same if I didn't know him since childhood."

"Who are you talking about?", Lin asked curiously but was only met with silence. Forgetting the silent agreement that that they should ignore each other she was already ready to jump him when Lucius asked the question again when he noticed what would happen if nobody stepped in: "About who are you talking?"

"Obvious Erebus.", the way he said it looked almost like it was something everybody knew, but of course nobody did.

"Erebus?!", Arthur and Lilyann answered. They didn't saw it coming that the normally cold but nice guys would be viciously enough to make traps for the others to fall in.

"Are you sure?", Lucius asked hesitantly. It wasn't as if he didn't want to believe him, but it's hard to believe something if you never experienced it yourself. He couldn't help but ask for a confirmation.

"Maybe because you don't him all the well, but he has a weird obsession."

"Obsession?", Arthur asked in hope that Narcys would continue his explanation.

"He has an obsession to get first place.", he answered short.

"That's not so weird. Everyone likes getting first place.", Lilyann said forgetting her fear for the boy before her: "I too like to win."

"It's not just winning in anything. He likes to win in games where someone gets punished."

"…"

Not in their wildest dream could they ever imagine that Erebus would have such a weird hobby. He likes to win when someone gets punished?

"Sometimes he even likes to play dirty. When we were kids he once pushed my controller out of my hands, so he could win. It didn't end well if you wanted to know."

"…But he's older now, shouldn't he be over it already?", Arthur asked unsurely.

"Maybe," he answered back: "but it's better to at least watch out if he still likes to win."

"But", Lin said: "there isn't any punishment if nobody does anything they shouldn't do."

Narcys who looked to be caught in a dilemma finally decided to answer Lin, but thought he already said too much for the day, so he made it short: "Ryuu."

Just hearing his name made them realize that he would definitely do something he shouldn't do now he didn't have anyone to hold him down.

"Where are we going?", Lucius asked confused. The school is too big that they wouldn't be able to search everywhere. Glancing wouldn't help them finding it, so they needed to search focused and that means wasting time if they were somewhere where nothing could be found.

"I think we need to narrow our scoop. It's useless to run around the whole school. It will be simpler if we look at the same place and not at places who are placed far away from each other. If we have time we can increase the scoop, but otherwise we shouldn't make it too complicated for ourselves", Lin replied in serious way.

The others thought it was a good idea. It's something everyone could come up with, but at that time they just needed a plan that seemed feasible.

"Does anyone of a plan of the school?", Arthur asked his teammates in return he only received a weird look even Lucius looked at him as if he said something totally not normal. I mean who would warry a plan of their own school, not to mention to have one right at that moment. If you do you are weird or you're just too prepared for everything.

*SIGH*, Lilyann sighed: "If Melissa was here she would definitely magically have a plan of the school with her."

"Melissa?", Lucius asked. It was a name he didn't know. He wondered who she could be to have a plan of the school with her.

"She's my childhood friend. She has so many random things in her bag that I wonder how it fits in there. Not complaining, though. It always comes to handy", Lilyann answered proudly about her friend with a magical bag.

"So, no plan?", Arthur asked timidly afraid of receiving once again scornful gazes.

"There is one outside somewhere close to the gate", Lucius replied after thinking a while. He remembered that there was a map of the school for visitors.

"Let's go there, we already lost too much time", Lin said what the others were thinking.

…

When they finally arrived at the map they needed to decide where they were going to look for clues. They decided to search at the canteen, the teacher's room, jus t every room that was present in that building. The school consist of 5(?) building including the gymnasium, beside you still have the park, the playground and so on.

They were going to first search in the canteen. It may be big, but it manly consists of tables and chairs. They should be able to find something fast if they searched fast. Lucius and the rest never entered the kitchen, but how big could it be?

They even already planned to look in the classrooms as soon as the break began, so that meant running to the building in search of something suspicious.

"Let's go to our first stop!", Lin shouted excitedly, but before they could slowly walk to their destinations they heard a loud voice.

"What are you doing there, students! Are you skipping class!", running to them was a middle aged man. He was dressed as a PE teacher, but they never saw him (not that they knew each teacher). Thinking back about how Iyan told them about getting a punishment if they were caught doing something made them realize that they were in problem. Not to mention that they needed every point they can get, now they may receive a punishment because they were caught by that man.

"Do you think he saw our faces?", Lin asked quickly.

"No, I don't think so. Our bag was faced to him. Not to mention he wouldn't be able to see us from so far.", Narcys answered with an understanding what Lin wants to say.

"Run!", with a tactical understanding Lucius shouted what they wanted to say.

"Don't forget to hide your face!", Lin added while running quickly to the canteen.

"And your name cards!", Narcys added fast.

On the playground you could see five people running to the canteen with their jacket covering their face and a hand on their badge with a middle aged man running after them. Even a loud laugh could be heard from the energetic kids that ran.

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A/N: A new chapter yeah! I wanted to write earlier, but why is there so much to study. I'm not lying when I'm saying I still am not finished with studying for the exam tomorrow. But I'm smart enough, to be able o make it without failing it. If it's not math or French I can get good marks with just reading it a few times.

Thanks to Loilz_lol and Corninha_106_69 for the Power Stones!

Mini theater (because it's fun and I don't want to study):

Lin: Do you think he saw our face?

Narcys: No.

*Looking at each other with a tactical understanding*

Lucius: *who looks at them looking at each other and understands what is happening* Run!

*The three of them runs while Lilyann and Arthur were a second later*

Arthur: Couldn't they warned us? *He thought bitterly while holding non existing tears*

Lilyann: I hate running *still has a fun time being chased around*

Lin: Hahahahaha! This is so much fun!

Middle aged man: I didn't sign up for this! *Running while trying to see who he needs to report to Iyan*

ENDING OF THE MINI THEATER

If you like I can daily upload a mini theater. It doesn't take a lot of time and it's fun. I don't have any context though, so I'll see. But do comment if you want it!

See you in the next chapter!