Watpad decided it would be a great idea to delete everything I had written, so I had to start over -_- I kept stalling because I really didn't want to rewrite it. I'm an awful person...

The training stadium is the same one Noct and I had trained in, and I take to the middle while the red of the class, including Shura and my father, sit in the seats. Yukio presses a few buttons, and the middle rises a few feet higher toward the seating area, and a protective barrier ascends from the gap and stretches around the arena space I'm in. "Begin when you're ready Amare, and do show us everything. Remember, this is about building trust!" I nod and strip of my hoodie and let my tail hang from my shirt where it flicks about aimlessly. I pull my knife and my wings rip from my back. I place my it on top of my hoodie and step away from it.

I start with first class shadow control. Moving about the shadows on the floor, the darkness swirling around me before it launches out and cuts a gash in one of the test dummies in the arena. I let the shadows draw back into their original places while I prepare myself for second class shadow control. I shout "Umbra Vitae" and summon a tiger made of shadows, and command it to attack the dummy. Upon striking it, the tiger vanishes, and I do the spell again, this time summoning a bird to show the range of animals I can form. The bird flies in a circle and dissipates just as the other had.

Moving onto invisibility I yell "Patet Murum" fading completely from sight, before breaking the spell and moving onto fire. I form the balls of fire in my hands and shoot a few blasts at the dummies before taking to the air and doing a few quick laps. I land softly and pick my knife back up, sheathing it, before putting my hoodie back on.

Yukio flips a switch and the barrier lowers. "I can also do a few weak healing spells, but nothing special." I call up to them. Yukio nods, "thank you Amare, next?!" Rin of course jumps to his feet and jumps to center stage while I walk to join my classmates. Their eyes don't seem to hold any hatred towards me, but I sit a few seats away from anyone just incase.

The barrier raises again, and Rin stands tall, beaming at us as he releases his sword, blue flames springing to life around him. He concentrates for a moment before a dummy goes up in flames and is burned to ash. A second dummy goes up in flames as well, but nothing seems to be happening to. "I've gotten pretty good at controlling them, they only hurt when I want them to." He beams proudly, his tail swishing back and forth happily.
" Good job Rin," Yukio responds emotionless, "next?!"

Rin immediately takes a seat next to me, as Shiemi makes her way into the arena.the barrier goes up around her as she takes out a summoning paper, "here boy!" She calls, and a small greenman appears. The little familiar grows different plants, most of which I recognize and heeling herbs. She then does something that surprises me; the tiny greenman grows a huge wall of strong looking roots, forming a barrier around Shiemi. The roots retreat into the little guy, and Shiemi smiles. She and her familiar were definitely a perfect match, she called out seemingly meaningless names, and somehow the little guy knew exactly what to grow. The barrier was lowered once again, and without a thought Shiemi surprised me yet again by sitting on the other side of me.

"Next?!" Yukio calls. Bon, Shima and Konekomaru stand in the middle.  Konekomaru speaks up, "Uh, we're training to become Arias, so we memorize bible verses. They don't do much outside of battle, but during battle we can figure out a demons fatal verse and exorcism it immediately." Shima smiles with a half smile, and Bon just looks bored.

"Okay last one!" Yukio calls as the three  sit down, all of them purposely sitting closer to me. Izumo stands with a huff and makes her way into the arena space. "Look, I would show you my contracted demons, but they really don't like to be bothered for trivial purposes. Basically I have two fox spirits, that's it."
"Good enough Izumo."

She makes her way back up, and with a slight grumble sits slightly closer than she was before. Everyone had accepted me. They know I'm not fully human, and yet they don't seem to care. Everyone of my classmates choose to sit closer to me. It may seem minuscule, but the small action speaks louder than any words: they trust me.

Again, I feel really bad for not updating, so I'll start the next chapter as soon as this is published.