__"Oye! Sleepy head! Get up!" Lucian's head ached, every throb brought fresh pain to his numbing skull. Yet, his body felt good, he was lying on something soft, silky and soothing. Almost magical, he thought. He then felt a palm hit his face.
__"Wha-?" He opened his eyes weakly, looked around and saw Leon, carrying a tray of food and a cheeseburger, and another person, a woman.
__"You've been asleep for ten minutes, sir." The guard seemed both afraid and in awe of the woman beside him.
__"Sleepy head. I," the woman sat on Lucian's bed and pulled his hair until he had to sit up straight, "am Felicity." She had a wide smile, but Lucian only noticed her strength and ferocity. __"Damn, that hurts." Lucian closed his eyes to prevent tears from rolling out, "Will you let go now?"
__"Nope. We'll talk like this until I'm satisfied." She pulled even harder, forcing Lucian to shout.
__"Okay, then. What do you want to say?" Leon settled the tray of food on the dressing table and quietly left the room.
__"Listen," she let go of Lucian's hair which made him relax, "I am not your baby-sitter. So if you encounter any probelms, please, hesitate to look for me. I am your master and teacher until you can defeat me. And above all, do not disgrace me. I have a perfect teaching record and I will not let a kid like you ruin it." __"You teach? And who are you calling a kid, you're probably younger than I am! Plus, me, fight you? I'd kick your ass in a fight any time." Lucian had a smug look by the end of his sentence.
__Felicity did not reply, but rather chose to pull Lucian's hair again, "Wanna' have a go? I'll fight you here and now."
__"Sure. First, let go of me." Felicity obliged. Lucian got up from his all-so comfortable bed and took a few steps away from Felicity. He raised his fist and said, "I'll go easy on you, come at me when you're ready, little gal." She smiled, remained seated and did nothing. After a few seconds, Lucian blinked. __Something's wrong. He was confused, I don't see her. Lucian panicked, then, "Behind." She pulled his hair and brought him to his knees in a few moments.
__"And I did that without having to waste a punch."
__"You used magic, didn't you?" Lucian felt tears well up in his eyes, she was still tugging at his hair.
__"So what if I did? You didn't say to fight without magic." She let go of his hair and went to sit on the bed again. Lucian rubbed his scalp, worrying that his hair may soon fall off.
__"Fight me without trickery, then." Lucian was not about to let this pretty lady strip him of his pride.
__"Sure." She stood up and walked towards him. Lucian picked himself up, then tried to punch her. He missed, Felicity caught his fist and twisted it. Then, she forced Lucian's elbow to bend inwards, causing him to twist his body and kneel down once more. __"Give up already."
__"Fine, you win." she let him go. Lucian sighed, then said, "I'm hungry, I want to eat." He proceeded to walk towards the tray of food, rubbing his wrists at the same time. Before he got to it, he noticed that his cheeseburger was no longer there.
__"I love cheeseburgers, especially the cheese part." __He turned around to his bed and saw Felicity sitting and chewing on the burger delicately, yet in a cruel and sinister, playful manner. "That was mine."
__"Yes, keyword; was. Now, it's mine." she took another huge bite and made exaggerated noises of enjoyment.
__"Fine. But you owe me one." He sulked and sat on a stool in front of his dressing table, then started to eat. Felicity was quiet the entire time. __After Lucian had finished his meal, Felicity got up and walked to the door, "Tomorrow, Leon will wake you up and bring you to me. I'll teach you whatever you need to know and then tell you how you can get back to your own world." She left quickly after the announcement.
__Lucian went to the washroom connected to his own room. Let's see.. Typical sink, toilet, mirror, shower.. He picked up a plastic tube and toothbrush. They have plastic? At least I'll have clean teeth.
__He then took a bath and went to sleep, he wanted to recover from the beating he had received from Felicity.
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