Anger floods me. Rage. I didn't know why. I didn't care.

The note crumpled in my hand, I storm through the hallways making my way to the headmaster's office. I feel people sensing my anger and getting out of my way. Smart. Power radiates off me, and I know it's careless to let people imagine me powerful and make connections but I don't care.

Reaching his door, my manners are nowhere in sight. I don't bother looking for them. Slamming the door open, I make my way through to the headmaster. Reaching his desk, I walk around it and get in his face to the point of making him uncomfortable.

"First, you dare to ask me for a favor, expect me to do it in an impossible amount of time, give me zero resources, zero respect, zero regard, and then ask me why I haven't produced results," I seethe at Moriens. Slamming the note onto his desk, I watch his reaction.

"Ms. Enrique, please have a seat so we can address your concerns in an orderly manner," he says calmly. His voice is level but I know I got to him. His rattled expression disappears as quickly as it came and I can't help but feel satisfaction in watching him squirm.

"I. Don't. Want. To. Be. Civil. I want another month, access to student files, test scores, and professor help," I say. "You want this done so bad, let me."

"Done. I'll notify the staff within the hour. Now please excuse yourself back to your dormitory and take the rest of the day off. It seems as though you need it," he says.

My expression remains furious but I soften a little at his acceptance. "I will." With that, I march out of the door again, making a show of being outraged.

Back at my dorm, I relax a little.

I wasn't mad at Moriens. There was only one way to address failure, it was drilled in my core. When you fall, blame it on someone else.

Storm. He walked out. He just left. I thought he was sweet. Kind. Good. I should've known better, he's an asshole. Who kisses a girl and just leaves?

I sighed to myself.

Moving to my desk, I take another look at the note Storm pressed in my hand before running off.

Hi.

I'll be gone for a few days.

Storm x

Another wave of anger rushed through me. What the actual fuck, is this sorry excuse for a note?

Absolutely no information. "I'll be gone for a few days." Well, duh, I don't exactly see you at school. Also, what does a few days even mean? Two, three, four days?

I huff, grabbing a light rain jacket, my phone, and my keys. It's drizzling outside, but I don't mind. The rain has always been a friend. I sigh again, locking the door behind me as I make my way up to the roof.

Rain is peaceful, just like the woods. It's like if you're still enough it can transport you back to a time you were happy. A time you didn't care about anything except the sun, the moon, and the stars adoring you.

It also gave me a poetic mood.

I smile as I sit on the roof shingles as I had almost two weeks ago.

Staring off into the space in front of me without really looking at anything at all was my favorite pastime. I used to hate peace. But now I craved it more than anything, the chasm had done that to me. It was a breaking point.

I was thirteen at the time of it, but I remember it like yesterday. It was chaos. Villains turned against Villains, Heroes against Heroes, and worst of all, Villain and Hero loathing. It was a mess, no one knew what exactly had happened. I doubt even father knew entirely.

I winced, willing myself to think of something else.

It had been three days since the kiss with Storm. It was...too passionate. I had kissed before, I had done more too. But nothing as fierce as that.

I had only known Storm for about a week, how could a kiss possibly feel like that. There was too much in that kiss. Feelings that would have to be decades old, but that wasn't possible.

It was too unknown. I hated not knowing things.

I paused for a moment before jumping up and deciding to head to the headmaster's office once again.

It was time that I do what I hadn't done in far too long. Use my head.

Two hours later, I was lying on my dorm room floor surrounded with files, a half-eaten box of pizza in the corner. Work is exhausting. No wonder, I never try.

The cold wooden floor feels good against my back, as I stare at my too-clean ceiling. I had been through 600 files in two hours and still had zero progress. I knew that the in-person approach had always been better than a file. A file can't tell you anything about a person, especially not if a person is a Hero or Villain.

I had started with sorting the files with the Sagacitas. To be accepted in the school, the person chosen would have to rely more on their wits than their strength, therefore they would be Sagacitas but they would be too smart to be at the top of the class, or the end. Everyone on that list was perfect. Nothing out of the ordinary. Of course, that was expected. They wouldn't just leave something in their file.

It was an impossible task.

After going through them, I thought maybe they had snuck into Corporis. If they were smart enough to get into the school, they could easily alter their test results.

Like I did.

I shake the thought from my head.

There was nothing remotely suspicious in any of the files. Obviously.

How? How was I supposed to find someone smarter than me?

I didn't have time to do the person-to-person approach.

I sigh.

There's a knock on my door.

I'm not expecting anyone. I squint my eyes as if I could suddenly discover my X-ray vision powers.

A quick flutter went through me as I thought about it being Storm. The kiss flew through my mind, for longer than a moment.

Another knock makes me jump up and jump over a bunch of files to the door. I grab the doorknob and twist it opening the door with the chain still on.

My eyes widen as I look at the guy in front of me. I unlock the chain. "Oh, it's you," I mutter to myself.

A deep chuckle responds. "Miss me?" the familiar voice says before I run into his arms. 

Dee:

Hello, hello! Finally updated. It's only been a week- SHHH. 

Anyway, hope you liked that chapter! There is A LOT of foreshadowing in that chapter. Whew!

Also, who do you think the mystery guy is? Ooh, ooh.

The total word count is about 12730. 20K is SOO FAR AWAY.