Loomian Legacy: Veils of Shadow

Chapter 3

As Nadia emerged from the Health Center and walked towards the bridge, the same three blocking it were facing against another three. On one side, there were two girls and one boy. Two were blond with the girl having pigtails, while the other girl, probably the leader, was a redhead. The other had three girls, one with long pink hair in a ponytail, another with short dark blue hair, and the third with long dark purple hair.

Oh wait, that's her cousin Angel with her group of friends.

A teacher then came out of the school as well. "I can't believe you six. Picking a fight in the classroom?"

"Well, those weaklings started it." The redhead muttered.

"Hey! Don't pin this on me." Angel countered.

"We all know you started this one, Mabel," The shorter-haired girl added on.

"Break it up. Mabel, you and your friends are the most disruptive children I've ever had in a class. I'm going to have to call your parents." The teacher scolded Mabel and her group. Mabel scoffs.

"Yeah whatever, we don't care."

"We're not coming back here anyway. We're only here because Mabel's mom made her go." The girl with pigtails exclaimed.

"We were only here to support our friend." The boy added.

"Then I don't want to see you near my students again." The teacher says.

"Heh. Don't worry about that, we're leaving this sorry town anyway. We don't need a school to teach us about Loomians, I'll do it myself." Mabel turns to Angel. "Just so you know, all that stuff about strategy and training are useless. All Loomians need is sheer, raw power. How else are you to be the best?"

Nadia found it a good idea to step in. "Not just sheer power, you know. You need strategy to bring out your Loomians' strength, and training is what gives your Loomians power. That's why you need balance between all three to make them strong."

"Exactly," The teacher agreed, "Power without training is weak, training without strategy is nothing, strategy without power is useless. You have to realize that you need each to be the best, and you might, if you're really thinking about leaving town."

"Psh! All this talk about 'balance' makes me want to barf. Training and strategy only work to bring you down. After all, some of the strongest are who they are because they use power!"

"Yeah, 'some'." Angel's short-haired friend deadpanned.

"Whatever, we're not coming back here anyway. Lucy, Lucas, let's go." Mabel walks off, with Lucas following behind and Lucy yelling, "See you never, losers!" at them.

"I honestly don't understand how or where she got that perspective from..." The teacher sighed.

"Sorry about the fight, Mr. Lehrer." The short-haired girl apologized, and the other two followed suit.

"It's fine; I just ask you don't get involved in another one again. Although, I think it'd be a good idea to go out there and see what I mean. I'm saying you three should go travel across Roria, and train your Loomians."

"Wait, why us?" Angel asks.

"I realize you three are Mabel's prime targets, and I don't know if you understand what I want to teach to you. The other students do get equal treatment by occasionally going to watch Battle Theatre challenges, and I eventually send them off to have their own journey later on, but since you're out here already, I think you three should go see what the region has to offer." Mr. Lehrer explains. "By the way, miss. You are a Loomian trainer, yes?" Nadia nods.