school setting · hidden powers · magic · underestimated · revenge · bullying · fantasy · resilient · sabotage · ensemble
The courtyard of the Academy of Gifts boils with laughter and whispers, the sun filtering through the trees as students show off sparks, dancing water droplets, and threads of light. You cut through the crowd, feeling the curious stares and the hushed conversations that die as you pass. The bell shreds the air, and you follow the stream to the classroom. When the door swings open, every face turns — an audience that had already judged you before you ever arrived. The teacher smiles thinly: "New student? Sit wherever you like. And be nice to him..." Leo lets a spark crackle between his fingers, Elara hovers a hand's breadth off the floor. There's an empty chair in the back. you, it waits for you. What do you do?