er 3,

n for an hour after classes ended for the day: at lunch, they decided to race each other on their flying stick and lost track of time, arriving late for their elemental history class. Their roommates were doing their homework, but they were done w

so that the door wouldn't lock behind them and they could go back in using the same door, when she noticed that someone already put some

. "Hopefully it's an older student who could give u

le to sneak in the library a

ey both had very dark short hair and looked very similar. Staying close to the wall, the girls discreetly walked toward them, curious about what they were up to. When they got

lis. She stepped out of the shadows and walke

ing for the flyball tryout this week," said the on

she saw that Victoria and Maribel also stepped out of the shadows, but didn't walk closer. "I'm Coralis, and the

this is Henry, my twin brother. We're both on our 3rd year here. We don't really have to practice for t

d Henry, with a smirk on the face. "Wh

ll... racing. Hmm, I got into detention earlier for racing my friend Marib

ooking back at Coralis. "We did see two people up in the sky at lunch, who seemed to be racing each othe

face. She took a quick glance behind her and noticed

ace me?" s

lying stick. She loved that trick the seller at the shop taught her: being able to easily turn her flying stick into a keycha

she said, smirking.

the most North-Eastern corner, then turn left, up to the large purple tree with white leaves, go around it clockwise and back to that most North-Eastern corner. From there, fly back here, but pick up some elevation, so

s, stretching her h

ng sticks, so she didn't actually think that she could win, but she couldn't resist the challenge. She was neve

e. Within the flyball team, Erik and Henry played defence. In a playful mood, Henry tried to check her against the tree, to see if she would lose her balance, but she caught the glances he was giving her and the smirk on his fac

ibel couldn't stop grinning and Victoria's jaw was wid

ere. She's full-blooded, but has to go to those introductory

e tryouts," said Erik, while keeping his eyes on the race between Henry and Coralis. They were next to each other again as they reached

re," said Maribel, "but I couldn't keep up with her. It's not that she's that fast, but it's l

age. I don't think she's a water

pe of mage she is?" sai

knew her friend didn't like talking about herself. She didn't really understand why, but knew Coralis was very private and barely

and landed on the ground 3 seconds before Coralis landed. Erik looked at Coralis with wild eyes. She might have lost the race, but to hi

lunch, but have you played flyball before?" asked

rlier, I never watched a game, so no, I never played flyball before. I don't even know the

" said Henry, glancing at his brother. "I know I won our race, but you made me sweat for it, and that's saying something. I'm 12 an

s. We often play against the teams of the Imperial Elemental School. The other team isn't looking for new attackers, but ours is. You need to come tomorr

lt, I get to decide what you must do, as the loser. I say, as the

ed to know everything about it. If these boys thought she was good enough for the tryout, then she didn't

r dorm before we get caught, but sure, I'll show

night, she fell asleep right away and didn't get into trouble during the day. She made sure that she wouldn't get into any detention. She r

ordinary. The other team already had their attackers and they didn't care about letting a random 1st-year tryout. The coaches told her what she would need to do. When it was her turn, she jumped on her stick, flew the parcourse, avoided the obstacles and defenders, c

to her. He had to have her on his team. She was like a raw talent to him.

attackers. I don't care who else shows up, I want you on The Brazen Bolts: such a talent at your age, I can

, I'll be

earshot, Maribel and Victo

, you're part of OUR FLY

make one of the flyball teams as a 1st-year?" continued M

sion of the European Bureau of Elemental Energy. Her entire family were avid flyball fans, so were Victoria's family. Victoria's

r table. Maribel and Victoria didn't mind, because they grew up surrounded by flyball fa

there was a large net, which was 3 meters wide and 2 meters high. On the front end of the players' stick, there was a magnetic strip. The attackers would either

ed into three periods of 30 minutes, with 20 minutes intermission in-between. During the first period, they used a ball as big as a basketball and each goal was worth one point. During the second period, they used a b

k and forth. Nadilla made some friends and was happy for Coralis. She had heard of the flyball sport and watched some games at school. She hoped that one day, she would get