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	Gold Miltiades fidgeted anxiously in her seat in the train, surrounded by hundreds of other kids on the train. She'd never been around teens her age before. No, correction, she'd never been around [i]teenagers[/i], period. Not that she'd ever had the need for the kind of company, but her lack of experience made it highly disorienting at the moment.

	Especially so when [i]he[/i] was standing right there.

	He'd appeared before them, all pomp and pride and smiling. The sight of him sickened her, so much so that she felt as though she would hurl if she stared at him too long, a feeling that was not helped by the ridiculous speed that the train they had boarded was going at.

	The Headmaster Niccolo. Archemage, world renowned spell-caster, and murdering thief of the lowest kind. He put of this facade of amicability, but Gold knew the truth. His spells were focused on [i]Analyzation[/i], a branch many mistook as one belonging to Creation or Existence - they were wrong. The Analyzation Branch of magic, unique and belonging solely to the Headmaster, was a branch of [i]Destruction[/i]. Furthermore, it's powers were only useful for one thing:
	
	[i]Spell-stealing.[/i]

	Perhaps for lower-ranked mages with spells only a nobody would cast, it might not seem so severe, but it was one of the most heinous crimes that a mage could commit. Spells and magic were the lifeblood, the very reason of existence for mages! The carefully crafted formula's, the painstaking hours they committed to each word and enchantment, and the amount of literal and metaphorical blood spilled by them all went into the development of their magic. The results they gained were due to the effort they had put into it, and the only time they would ever feel joy when used by the hands of another was if that other person was their Apprentice, hand-picked and carefully raised as the next successor to the magic!

	And the Headmaster could invalidate [i]all[/i] of that. He [i]has[/i] invalidated it. Several times. Several, bloody, atrocious times.

	Perhaps what was even more painful than the fact that the man had murdered her father and mother to steal their spells, was the fact that they were probably no more than a footnote to him. They were just another in a long, long list of victims on his rise to power. Power that only other Archemages could curb, and power they were slowly starting to lose.

	It was why she happily agreed when Archemage Miltiades sent her on this mission. Asides her personal grudge against the Headmaster, she was also nothing short of grateful to Miltiades. The man had taken her in the night her parents were murdered - they were once his disciples, and he had planned to visit them to see how they were doing. He had taken her under his wing ever since. He taught her more magic, and raised her for five years. When she turned fourteen, she assumed his first name as her own.

	Details of her parents murder were given to her, though not easily. She had prodded him relentlessly for years, and was rewarded with only got bits and pieces of information before finally having the full story. 

	Now she was sixteen. The other Archemages have had enough. For years, Archemage Niccolo was impenetrable, always fighting on his own terms, on his own grounds - with no one able to wrestle the advantage away from him. This time, things would be different.

	Bringing down an Archemage was no simple task, not even when one or two worked together. But it could be done. And it would start with her.
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	The feast at the Mess Hall was, needless to say, an exorbitantly grand one. Breakfast foods from all over the world were arranged in tables according to region. More than a thousand students were gathered, and yet the food had yet to be found lacking in quantity or quality - there was always something to choose from, and you could spend the whole day sampling the food arrayed for them and not even be halfway through.

	The Headmaster himself was there, in his authoritative, large brown mantle cloak, with a serving tray in hand and lined in with the rest of the students over the service areas. He was talking with some of the newer students - who were rather reluctant to be so amicable with authority.

	At this point, pretty much everyone had gathered into groups they were comfortable with. Some had finished eating already and went outside in order to explore the school, or otherwise had some other business to attend to - most of the newer students would likely pursue a bed, considering the hour, plus the need to simply be inside their rooms.

	Some others had broken into a fight somehow - as per usual - and the Enforcers stepped in to stop them. Polyanna, who was dining with the Headmaster, took delight in watching them settle matters through force, while the Headmaster preferred if they were settled through diplomacy. So naturally they began betting on every fight. 

	At some point the fairies and other spirits that roamed the University had intruded on the breakfast. Some of them began picking off servings of food for their own - fortunately not from any of the students. Yet.

	All-in-all, a typical way to start the morning here at B.U.M.
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	For those that turned in early, B.U.M. dormitory rooms were simple, though spacious. It started with a walk into the apartment, which seemed much too small to contain over a hundred such rooms, but such was how it was; the rooms themselves were divided into five parts: three bedrooms, one bathroom, and a living room that doubled as a kitchen. Furniture would be sparse, at first, with just the dining table, a few chairs, a living room couch, and a bed being provided. Over time, however, students added more and more character to their respective areas.