And of course, the first year dorms were at the top of the castle. By the time that he had climbed up the numerous flights of stairs, Sugar already felt like he was on the verge of death.

"So, you guys' dorm used to be the school's old observatory, when the school first opened," one of the prefects in charge of them said, trying to make the mood more positive after what the group heard during the assembly, "It also used to be the dorm for my old Guild, Starseekers... yeah, I'll miss this old place." as he continued to talk, they waved their hand, and a ladder fell from a hole in the ceiling.

"Alright, you lot. You have three hours before you need to come down for dinner. Each of you will have a roommate, which I have in a list right..." the prefect rifled in his pockets for a while, and finally pulled out a scroll, "here."

"Here we go! Odd number rooms for the girls, Even numbers are for the boys!" then the prefect began listing.

"Asteria and Salem Bones, 001!"

Sugar watched as the two girls he had seen talking about the possible magical creature student hurried up the ladder. Huh, so they were twins? And Bones... that was another famous, or rather infamous, family. Wasn't their dad in prison for his role in the Mythica War? The prefect continued to read out more names, and more students hurried up the ladder, judging their new roommates all the while. Charlie was paired off with a rather large boy that Sugar did not bother to remember the name of. Finally, it was his turn:

"...Sugar Thorn, 012."

He tried to ignore the definite pause before the prefect said his first name, and pushed his way to the ladder and scrambled up at a very impressive speed for a thirteen-year-old boy.

When he got up to the common area of the room, the first thing that struck him was the glass dome that served as the ceiling, and the massive telescope at the far end, which a few students were currently arguing over whose turn it was to have a look through. The second thing that struck him did so literally.

He staggered to the side as a blast of water hit him square in the face.

"Sixth sucker of the day!" cackled one of the Bones twins, another water orb already forming at her fingertip, "Azzy, write that down!"

"It's not that impressive. Six out of twenty-one isn't even a pass," grumbled the other twin (presumably Asteria based off the nickname), but she made another tally in the notepad she was carrying.

Sugar growled at them. Of course, the damn criminal's children just had to be the ones who were taught spells already. He fought the urge to flip them the bird, and scarpered off to his room.

It was clear from the decorations that the Starseekers' main colour had been yellow, and no doubt that was the colour now given to the first years. He walked down the hallway, until he finally reached room 012. The door was closed, so he presumed his new roommate had not yet arrived. Sugar opened the door and walked in.

The room was pretty plain, probably because the academy wanted the students to decorate however they wanted. There were two mahogany four-poster beds, which were quite big, and had a lot of soft looking pillows on it. The duvet was a muted mustard colour with some flowers detailed on in black thread. On the wood floor was a very fluffy, large rug in a slightly more orangy yellow. Just one look at the rug and Sugar knew it would be absolutely heavenly to lie on. Though obviously not in front of anyone. Just then, a sudden noise spooked him

"Hm? Oh! We meet again!" Knight smiled from where he was putting clothes into the closet.

Sugar leapt back in surprise, but quick regained his composure and signature annoyed look. Great, of course his new roommate just had to be the stupid squirrel guy. Well, at least it wasn't Charlie or any of his friends... he supposed Knight was just the better of the two inconveniences.

"Yes... we are roommates... how'd you even get here in the first place? I haven't seen you for like, the last hour and a half."

"Oh, well," Knight pointed to a glass crystal bottle sitting on a table, "I have a... medical issue that I need a potion for, so the school had to give me the supply, and the Headmistress lady was nice enough to give me a summary of the assembly thing."

Sugar looked at the potion curiously. It was a dark purple colour and shimmered a little when the light hit it. A part of him wanted to drink it, but a part of him was also certain that it would taste absolutely nasty. And besides, part of Knight's explanation just made him even more confused.

"If they're just giving you a potion, why did you have to miss the assembly?"

"Ah, well, this potion stops my... condition, but the potion has to be made custom for each person, otherwise it wouldn't work," Knight continued to explain, "Well, there is really no easy way to say this, but, they needed to take my blood to brew it."

"That thing has your blood in it?"

Knight nodded and Sugar grimaced. Okay, time to stop asking personal questions. The more Sugar knew about Knight, the more concerned for him he got. There was a period of awkward silence, before Knight piped up again.

"By the way, is there going to be dinner soon? I'm hungry."

"In three hours." came Sugar's curt response. Half because he didn't really feel like there was much to be elaborated on, and half because he was currently dragging his stuff (conveniently left by the school staff in the middle of the room) to the bed closest to the window, to claim it before Knight could even try.

"Aw man, I can't wait that long..."

Sugar was now opening his suitcases and putting his belongings away. He was thankful the academy gave each student a personal writing table and closet. Sugar was 100% sure that if he had to share anything, he would have not been able to fit all of his stuff.

Fortunately, Sugar was able to put everything away quite quickly, mostly because Knight had fallen into silence himself. So when Sugar turned to find the taller boy staring at him, he definitely jumped.

"OHMYGOODNESS— WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING?" he hissed, unhappy about being scared for the second time that day.

"Oh, uhm, I wanted to ask you something." Knight said sheepishly.

"...what."

"Is there any way to get food apart from when the school says?"

"Well, I heard that it's pretty common for students to sneak into the kitchen. The cooks couldn't care less, but if a teacher catc—"

"Okay, good to know, thank you!" Knight said, a certain glint in his eyes, and he began to head out of their room.

"Wait... are you seriously going to sneak off to the kitchen... now?"

Knight seemed surprised at his intentions being found out, so he just simply replied with a 'yes'.

"You have got to be joking.... Fine, none of my business if you get caught anyway."

"Did you want to come too? I was going to ask you..." Knight said, clearly being unable to read the room.

"..."

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"I can't believe you coerced me into this." Sugar frowned, as Knight basically half-dragged him out of the First Year dorms in the search for the kitchens.

"You know so much about this place, it'd be dumb of me not to bring you around to help me get to know this place," Knight replied with a grin, "Now, where was the kitchen, you said?"

"First floor, I think."

"Great!"

Thankfully, no one else was out and about, so they weren't caught on the way down, but once they were on the first floor, their luck changed.

As they were trying to sneak through the halls, a door labelled 'Staff Only' was suddenly flung open and out walked... a girl their age. Sugar recognised her as the one who had been sitting next to him during the assembly.

Seeing the two guys seemed to startle her in turn, but soon her gaze turned accusatory.

"What the hell are you doing outside?"

┌─── ･ ｡ﾟ★: *.☪ .* :☆ﾟ. ───┐

𝔸𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕣'𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕖

└─── ･ ｡ﾟ★: *.☪ .* :☆ﾟ. ───┘

I would like to nominate Knight for Best Boy Award. Also, with the addition of the new girl, this will be our main three protagonists.

Also sorry for the late update, I had wisdom teeth surgery

~Del