Larimar's POV

Set sure is a strange piece of work. I couldn’t hear what he and Zenery were talking about, but all of a sudden he flipped out, and looked like he was going to kill someone! Luckily the bell rung, and we left class with all our limbs attached. I positively couldn’t wait for our next class. Combat is something I like very much. However, as we entered the arena we were met with another terrifying sight.
Azami and Milaek were standing in the middle of what I think used to be the arena. However, large chunks of it seemed to be fading in and out of existence, and about half of it was missing completely.
“Hello first-years.” Azami said lightly, as if she wasn’t standing in the middle of a war zone.
A few of us muttered hello, but the rest stayed silent.
Azami continued.
“As you know, your normally scheduled class at this time is Combat. However, in case you hadn’t noticed, the arena is not currently in… the best condition for use.”
Milaek picked up flawlessly.
“So while we…fix it, you will go to your next class, Basic Pyrotechnic Runes taught by Professor Vantas.” With that a tall man stepped out of the shadows.
Most of us gaped.
He looked about our age, but that wasn’t the surprise. Milaek and Azami also looked about our age, but that was to be expected with Elementalists of their power. No, the real surprise was that he was a pale grey color, and from the top of his shaggy head of black hair protruded two little yellow-orange horns. On his black shirt was a large symbol in dark grey that resembled the Cancer symbol. This, of course, made Caleb smile to no end. However, when Lisse whispered to him that it was a rune, not a Cancer symbol, he drooped slightly.
“Hey Fuckers.” Professor Vantas said in a scratchy, pre-pubescent voice.
This made Xerin and a few others jump. That was NOT how we expected a professor to talk.
Milaek smiled brightly.
“Karkitty here may not look like much, but he’s a master of runes and such. Especially the pyrotechnic kind. He’s pretty easy to get along with,” at that Azami snorted slightly, but Milaek continued “But don’t under any circumstances bring notice to his nubby little horns.”
“Fffffuck you” Professor Vantas spat out at her.
Milaek smiled, and suddenly another mood swing was upon us.
She waltzed over to him and grabbed his horns.
“Nuuubby liiitttle hooooorns~ So smaaaall and piiiiitiful~ I bet you can’t fight at aaaaaaall with them nubby little hooooorns~~~!” she sang happily, rubbing the horns in question.
Vantas tried to shake her off, but she seemed to have a grip of iron. Suddenly, the Cancer rune on his shirt glowed, and two small sickles appeared in his hands.
Milaek jumped back with a happy shriek, and started dancing around him singing, “Nuuubby hooooorns~~~ Nubby hooooooooornsssss~~~”
He swung viciously at her with the sickles, but she just laughed and jumped out of the way of each swipe. The laughter was the kind that sent shivers down my spine, reminding me of who exactly we were dealing with here.
Finally, Azami seemed to get fed up with the singing and dancing, and she snapped her fingers. Suddenly Professor Vantas froze midair. Milaek just kept right on skipping around him, but the singing stopped.
“Milaek, please. Now is not the time.” Azami sighed.
Milaek looked depressed for a second, but suddenly snapped back to her terrifying self. No, scratch that. BOTH sides of her were terrifying.
“LET ME DOWN FUCKASS!!!” Vantas screeched at Azami and Milaek. Milaek smiled again, an ‘eat your kidneys’ smile this time, and turned to Azami.
“Azami dear, I think it would be best if we let the nubby horned beast down. He still does have a class to teach, and if these students don’t learn, we’ll have to punish them.”
Azami smiled back, and slowly released the Professor, who brushed himself off indignantly. Milaek inched towards him, the mischievous glint coming back into her eyes, but Professor Vantas covered his horns hurriedly.
“Not this time fuckass. Come on slime suckers, let’s get the fuck to your class,” he said, stomping out of the room.
We all followed him as quickly as we could, eager to be out of the range of Milaek and Azami.
However, as we left I glimpsed the room again out of the corner of my eye. It was completely fixed. The haunting laughter of Milaek and Azami echoed through the school. Now why did I get the feeling that absolutely all of this had been planned?