[ Author's note: ]

[ Hey guys! Sorry for the long wait, school. Always blame school. It sucks. Also, I'm sure some of you are wondering what the characters look like, since I never really gave any descriptions. The truth is, it's really up to you what they look like. You can vision them however you want really, but if you want to know my initial designs, I can kik them to you at byakuya_enoshima. Or check out Mill's instagram at @mill_futago . Who knows, maybe I'll attach a drawing of the characters to a chapter. That is all, now to continue with the story!]

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Mill walked around the mall with Zek and Niwa, and Will went with Sierra and Falcon.

"This mall sure has a lot of stores...a lot more than the one back where I lived." Mill said.

"We have like everything there! Sports goods, dress clothes, hats, scarves, perfumes, all that good stuff!" Niwa said.

"Sounds exciting." Zek said sarcastically.

"Are there any magic-type stuff here?" Mill asked curiously.

"Not that I know of...like what do you mean? There are three bookstores in case if that's what you mean." Niwa said.

"Interesting, I'll have to check those out too." Mill said.

"Do you do magic tricks or something?" Zek asked.

"I guess you could say that..." Mill said.

"You'll have to show us sometime! I'd love to see a trick!" Niwa said with a smile.

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Will walked with Sierra and Falcon on a different level of the mall.

"Your sister is really nice." Sierra said, smiling.

"Yeah! She's really cool and pretty!" Falcon said, looking around at different stores.

"I think we'll get along pretty well." Will said, smiling.

"I assume it'll just take some getting used to, and perhaps she'll go to our school next year even."

"That'd be nice, you'd both be able to see each other all day." Sierra said happily.

"And we'd get to see her too!" Falcon said.

"Alright, so what should we plan on getting? Any specific store you want to go to?" Will asked.

"How about the Sheila's? I want to get some new clothes for summer." Sierra said walking to the clothing retailer.

"Alright, maybe I'll get something too!" Falcon said, following her. Will chuckled and tagged along. When they walked in, Sierra went over to see different hats and scarfs. Will and Falcon went to look at different clothes specifically for boys.

"See anything you like?" Falcon asked Will.

"I don't know if you haven't noticed yet, but I'm not much of a clothes guy..." Will said.

"Well maybe you should try this on!" Falcon said, showing him a hawaiian shirt.

"What on earth makes you think I'm going to wear that?..." Will asked.

"I think it'd look cute on you!" Sierra teased.

"H-hey, I don't wear stuff like this!" Will complained.

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Mill looked in the bookstore, searching the different aisles.

"There's a crap ton of books here, jeez..." Zek said.

"It's a bookstore genius, what did you expect?" Niwa asked in her alternate tone of voice.

"Still, I didn't expect this much." He said.

"Haven't you ever been here before?" Mill asked.

"Nope. I wouldn't really have a reason to come in here..." Zek said with a chuckle.

"Why??" Mill asked, being a bit of a bookworm herself.

"Well I do other things like play video games." Zek said, shrugging.

"We're getting you a book right now." Niwa said demandingly.

"Yeah!" Mill encouraged. Zek tried to make a run for it and the two girls grabbed his arms.

"H-hey, I don't need a book! Let go!" Zek complained, struggling.

"Too bad." Niwa said, dragging Zek across the ground with Mill.

"What types of games do you play?" Mill asked.

"Mostly fantasy rpgs and some first person shooters." Zek said, looking away.

"Alright then." Niwa said, looking through some shelves of books.

"Aha!" She announced, putting two books in front of Zek.

"This is the 'Legion Chronicles', it's a series about a knight who ventures across different worlds to save a princess!" Niwa said, back in her cheerful persona.

"I don't really care-"

Mill cut of Zek by shoving another book in his face.

"And this one's called 'Ranger of Time,', it's about a dude who travels through a ruined future to find a utopia to call home!" She said.

"Both of these books should be finished by next week. Or else I will personally punish you." Niwa said in her serious tone of voice.

"H-hey now..."

"There's no begging your way out of it silly, your time starts now!" Mill said, starting a timer on her phone. Zek groaned and went to pay for the books. Mill giggled and looked around to see if there were any magic books. However, all she found were fictional tales of magic and magic tricks meant for entertainment. She flipped through one of the trick books and almost laughed.

"Wow, so this is how a modern city views magic?" She said to herself, putting the book back. After glancing at a few other books, she went back to Zek. Niwa had purchased a few books on gardening tips and basketball plays, and Zek had his two books that were forced on him.

"Since when did school suddenly start?..." Zek grumbled to himself.