AU where before Ichiro went after the White Stone he kidnapped Melissa and trained her for several years to become the next leader of the Spero

Also RANDOM THEORY: anyone ever notice that Jax's eyes are almost the same color as Melissa's hair and powers and stuff? Is it possible they share the same Cipher mother and that's how they were introduced to each other, that their mother is friends with Mel's adoptive mom? This is a totally absurd theory feel free to debunk me lol

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Everston. She gazed up at the tall front entrance. It's been a long time.

"Harmony, you copy?" A voice said into her ear. Melissa shoved her hand into her pocket as the blue aura appeared around it.

"I do, Duality. How's everyone else doing?" Melissa said quietly. Everyone on the team had a small device in their ear that vibrated specifically at one of Melissa's unique frequencies, allowing for her to be a sort of receptor and pass communication between everyone during their mission.

"We're good. Fever, Lord, and I are waiting for our cue."

"It might be a little bit, but be prepared for my signal," Melissa ordered before cutting the signal and turning to her partner. "You think this will work?"

The aqua-eyed boy grinned. "Totally. There's been so much planning in this, there's no way it can't work!"

Jax joined the Spero a few weeks after Mel arrived there. He first joined because he was angry that his best friend had ditched him for Magiclica friends, but was very surprised to find her training her powers in his first training session with him. They had since rekindled their friendship and were an inseparable duo.

Melissa glanced at the hustle and bustle of the crowd around them. "I wouldn't be so sure... There's a lot we couldn't prepare for. Remember, if something goes wrong and we can't fulfill the mission, forget it and get out of here ASAP." Jax's good mood dimmed as he nodded.

They wandered in silence for a while, looking like fairly ordinary Everston students. Technically, they were a year older than what they needed to be to go to school here, but they had still donned their old uniforms and pretended to be registered students at the prestigious school once more. They also had identification for their allies: Melissa wore a large black hat with a stripe that was white and the color of her powers that she had tucked her giveaway hair into. Jax had two thick, black wristbands with the same style of white stripe but instead of a sky blue, there was a bright rainbow.

Melissa spotted someone. "I'll be right back," she said quietly and slithered her way to the tanned boy that was glancing every which way and looked very uncomfortable. She tapped his shoulder, making the boy with the bandana around his neck with four colors- red, yellow, blue, and green- with white borders in a black fabric, jump up of his skin.

"H-Harmony! I-I didn't see you!" Kai stuttered.  His stumbles statement jogged something in the back of Melissa's mind, although she couldn't place what exactly.

"Are you looking for your boyfriend?" She questioned with a rather serious tone. Kai tensed.

"No! I-I don't have a..." he caught Melissa's dubious stare. "Alright maybe... I'm not trying to mess up the mission, I... I promise." About six months after Melissa joined the Spero, Kai had come down with a mysterious condition that left him with migraines and periods of severe weakness, along with the inability to use his aura without extreme pain. He very occasionally came on safer missions as an emergency support, but even Ichiro agreed that Kai should not use his power if possible.

Melissa rolled her eyes, a quick smile playing across her lips before returning to her serious face. "Go find Quinston. But don't tip him off," she pointed a finger accusingly at him. Kai jumped and nodded.

"Y-yes Harmony!" He nodded vigorously before rushing off.

Melissa sighed and shoved her hand into her pocket again. "Keep an eye out for Kai. He went to find to one of the Magiclicas he knows."

There was a series of "Roger that, Harmony." from the other Spero scattered around the school. Melissa paused before adding, "If you see him, leave him be unless it looks like he's disrupting the mission,"

"Are you sure that's a good idea, Harmony?" Ichiro's calculating voice asked. Melissa tensed as she was put on the spot by her father.

"I think so, Lord. He's unfortunately not able to help much here. He's a lookout, so I think it makes sense. Besides, everyone deserves happiness every once in a while." While most people knew Kai was in close relations with several Magiclicas that went to this school, only Melissa and Jax really knew the full extent of their relationships since they also knew the people Kai was friends with.

There was a hum of acceptance from the leader of the Spero and then silence.

"Harmony, want to meet up?" Jax's voice came through the device.

"Let's split up, Prism. Make us look less obvious." Melissa declined.

"Roger that. See you at the meeting spot once we start." Jax said and cut the connection.

Tonight was open house at Everston for the new students. During the past White Stone Festivals held here, the Spero had been able to track the movement of the White Stone back to its resting location. Now they were working to disable the security and traps set up to protect it. They figured it was going to take several missions during public events, where there was so many people they could easily blend into the crowd and sneak in.

Most of Everston looked the same to what Melissa remembered of it. The only difference she could see were two bronze statues in the main hall. On closer inspection, she was mildly surprised to recognize the two depicted. She jogged over to them and read the plaques.

Melissa Jane Harmony
A Magiclica Who Grew Up As a Cipher
Wrongly Taken by the Spero
Return To Us Soon

Jax Lamberton
A Cipher That Went Missing
Forever in Our Hearts
Return To Us Soon

This hit Melissa hard. The past five years had been such a blur, she had never really looked back and thought about the consequences of her actions and joining the Spero. She figured Jax had never really looked back, either. She was also confused by the line "taken by the Spero." I chose to join, didn't I? Because I found my real father.

"It's been a long time," a rich voice with a slight accent said from beside Melissa. She glanced out of the corner of her eye to recognize the chocolate hair and bright green eyes of Quinston. He was in a uniform similar to that of Everston Faculty, although it had a different badge that Melissa didn't recognize.

"I'm sorry, so I know you?" Melissa feigned confusion. She saw his face flicker with doubt, before it settled into resolution again.

"I believe you do, Melissa." His voice dropped to a whisper as she said her name with a uncertain tone.

She took a sharp breath. "Okay, you got me," she sighed. "How's it been, Quinston?" She sent him a smile, trying to feign being oblivious. He wasn't buying it.

"You're up to something. I know where you've been all these years." He stated coolly. Melissa internally cursed at herself- Kai.

"You're little sweetheart tipped you off then," she growled.

"Not directly. There are several factors to this revelation. Your hat is one of them," He jutted his chin to her Spero hat. "And your eyebrows are another." Melissa wad slightly disturbed that he noticed her aqua eyebrows that even she forgot about. "And guessing from the fact you're wearing your old uniform, the Spero are trying to sneak in."

Melissa cringed and turned to face the dual-elementaled Magiclica fully. "Am I not allowed to reminisce?"

His hands glowed both red and blue. "Unfortunately, no. CHICKEN!" Quinston's face morphed into one of surprise and confusion at the word that just came out of his mouth. Melissa smirked as she pulled her glowing hand out of her pocket, letting him see what was going on. Quinston's face turned to panic as he stepped away and raised his hands to his mouth.

"BOWBOW'S LOOSE!" He yelled instead of whatever he was going to say to warn of the Spero. Melissa switched to her personal frequency.

"Someone break the pink Wither out of its case, quick. We're going to have to be quick and efficient. O'Kouzlo recognized me," she said. There was a flurry of responses. A few seconds later, she heard the sound of glass shattering down one of the hallways and mass clucking, along with shrieks and screams as BowBow flew into the main hall.

Quinston shot Melissa a glare and thrust his blue hand out, ice quickly forming around Melissa. She shivered and the cold completely encased her and watched as the Magiclica sprinted off to deal with the runaway matchmaking Wither.

Once he was gone, she used her own power and sent it out at an extremely high frequency to the thinnest spot in the ice. It quickly shattered, leaving a hole in the cold dome.

"Harmony! Where are you?" Hayden's panicked voice demanded.

"Be right there, Fever. Had to deal with the Magiclicas," Melissa's tone of voice had changed in that statement. No longer was she the friendly girl to her teammates, or greeting an old friend after not seeing him for years. Now, this was her true colors. A Miscela, the secret weapon of the Spero. The daughter of Ichiro and the future leader of his organization.

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When you realize half these characters don't have last names and it makes things very difficult to make an impact

Also I could totally continue this I've been brainstorming as I've been writing and I'm kinda hyped now X3

Auf weidersehen!
-Becca 🍀