Strings of Fate

9th String: A Mission To Accomplish - 1st Half

The Headmaster smiled at me again and shook his head. "Don't bow. You don't need to. And no need to call me Headmaster Cobb. Sir would suffice, although it's better if you only called me Arthur. Oh well, I am centuries old."

What? That's disrespectful! "But--"

"Shush," he muttered, his index finger raised in front of his mouth. "It's Sir, or Arthur. You choose. Being called Headmaster doesn't really feel right. It's too respectful." He shrugged, as if deciding about this thing was a piece of cake.

I scowled. I almost wanted to hit the Headmaster. This isn't a joke! If I get put in the disciplinary cells it's all his fault! "Okay... Sir.."

"Mkay, let's go inside my office. We'll discuss what you have to say inside." He turned to Hulk man. "Harkin, come. And don't even plan to harm the young lady."

They both went inside the Headmaster's office, with Harkin sneering at me. I just rolled my eyes and stuck my tongue out. Was he really an adult? He doesn't act like one..

I followed them and closed the door behind me, walking quietly into the seat in front of Arthur. Yes, Arthur. Since he insisted, fine. This seat was where students that needed disciplinary punishments were seated when talking to the Headmaster, which kind of makes me fidgety. I've never been in the Headmaster's office before, not that I've had any reason to. I was the good girl. Always the good girl. To the Hunters, at least.

Arthur took a seat and clasped his hands together, the amusement in his eyes that was there earlier now gone, replaced by a serious expression. "So, let's get straight to business. Why did you go here, young lady? Why did you need to talk to me?"

I took a deep breath. Damn, I'm getting nervous. Why did the Headmaster have that grim expression? It's scary... "Well... my friend, Leonel Cipher, called a while ago--"

Harkin stood up, glaring at me. "You went here and stirred up trouble just because of a certain call?! We don't give a damn if you're going to have a date--"

"Did I say we're going to have a date?" I asked him, my voice dripping with venom. This guy was seriously getting on my nerves. "One more word and I'll throw you into the volcano by teleportation." And he shut up and sat, still glaring. I just rolled my eyes. How childish. Considering the fact that he was older than me.

"Okay, okay, people, calm down. We're going to need maturity in order to be able to discuss this matter solemnly." The Headmaster said, throwing an irritated look at Hulk man. I bit back a smirk. Hah. That's what you get.

The Headmaster sighed and looked at me again. "Continue."

I cleared my throat. "So, uhm, Leonel called... he said that he saw Natalie. You see, Arthur, before this happened, we went somewhere. Armand Jules, Natalie Colleen Lithieum, and I, Alexandria Joshen. We went to take a walk around town." I vaguely recalled what happened inside the fitting room. I thought about telling the Headmaster about it, but I decided against it. It was private, and it wasn't my story to tell. Plus, I don't even know what happened.

"While we were talking, however, she suddenly disappeared." Arthur shot me a look of confusion. "Apparently, a Mage brought her inside a Witch's Barrier. Cause she told us it was all white. And then when we searched, we found her in an alley. After that, we went home, and there was a... I don't know, some kind of bird? It brought her a note. And it was gravely injured too. She and Armand looked shocked. She started mumbling things and then bam. She took off. We haven't seen her since.

"And when Leonel called, he told me that Natalie was back to her clan house. She went there, planning to stop the war between her clan and another. He said he tried to go with her, but she didn't agree and left him outside. That's about it." I sighed, remembering what Leonel had said, and felt myself scowl. Damn that guy! Now that I think about it, he did ignore Natalie for a whole day, like she was just air or something. He was seriously going to pay after all this.