Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: To the rescue! ( Seren )

The Meadow, Five hours ago



"Aaaaah~! That was so nice!!" the young boy, barely fourteen years of age sighed, having just halted his exhilarating sprint and panting. There were a few drops of sweat lingering on his round, fair face, cherubic features framed by silver coloured hair. He had always loved to run at full speed, feeling the wind against him, feeling the distance swallowed by his fast strides. Each labored breath smelled like freedom, each step sang of endless possibilities. Having bent over a bit as he recovered, his hands on his knees, he stopped a long breath abruptly, when he heard a peculiar sound. Melodic and otherwordly, and yet oddly familiar at the same time. He stood straight, trying not to even breathe and be totally quiet, to discern more of the melody. A call...looking around, he could tell it came from the forest. That place...he had always felt a certain affinity towards it, but he had been warned not to wander, since it was a dangerous place. But this call...there was no way he could resist it, and something that produced such beauty, it could only lead him to a heaven-like place! The boy started walking towards the forest, almost mesmerized, and soon, he started sprinting. He was doing this...he was following the call! He tried to turn the sounds into images...a beautiful, hidden grove in the forest perhaps, a place full of magic, just for him? He smiled brightly at that thought. And then, everything went dark.


The Forest's Border, Present time



Ignatius was leaning against a tree, tapping his shoe impatiently against the ground. Once again, he took out his cell phone from his pocket to check the time, and doing so, he also checked the message he had received.

"Mathias Cellorn, a young unicorn boy seems to have gone missing. A friend of his informed us that he was last seen playing at the Meadow. I want you to search throughout the meadow, and if you find the boy or any hint of his wereabouts, to report immediately. If there's no finds, wait at the beginning of the forest, to meet with the one who will be searching the facilities. She will have further instructions for both of you."

Ignatius had gone through the entire outdoors part of the Academy, very quickly so given his abilities, but had found no hint of the boy. No one had seen him for the last few hours, and the boy wasn't answering his cell phone. Ignatus was worried. The boy was a unicorn, and while Foresta was a safe place and this was probably a case of a young and reckless student getting bold and breaking the rules, in the back of his head, Jones was thinking of how valuable unicorns were because of their magic capabilities.

"Just where is she...? Why can't I go alone..." He mumbled under his breath, getting impatient and not even knowing who he was supposed to be waiting for.

Serenity was finishing up her classes as Valentina had walked up to her, alerting her of a missing student last seen on the outskirts of the forest. As the Headmistress filled her in, Serenity spared no time in assuring Valentina that the boy would be found.

With her cane in hand, Serenity was clad in dark form fitting clothes meant more for mobility then style. Her tennis shoes were soft against the ground as the teacher tapped her cane against the ground - making her way toward the forest. It had been about a week or so since she had last heard Cade's voice, their interaction still heavy on her mind. It was hard to tell nowadays where either one of them stood with the other person.

Letting out an audible sigh, Serenity shook her mind of the math teacher for now - focusing on the job at hand. From what the Headmistress had told her, she would be meeting with one of the newer staff members for this - reasoning unknown. Serenity preferred to work alone, definitely in forests.

Finally nearing where she was supposed to be, the sounds and smells around her and the feel of the terrain allowing her to know where she was - Serenity heard the faint sound of someone talking to themselves. Assuming this was the person she was supposed to team up with, Serenity opened her mouth - only to shut it just as quickly. If it were someone else and not who she was meant to meet, she would be loathe to reveal her true reasons for being where she was now so quickly. Instead, Serenity remained quiet - allowing Ignatius to make the first move.

After having checked his mobile phone yet again for the time, Jones raised his eyes to see a woman standing in front of him. Recognition flashed in his eyes. He knew of her, even if they hadn't ever talked. After all, even if Jones was part of the staff and, in a way, a professor, because of his odd position and less than regular courses, he had a weird spot in the school's structure. 

After taking a moment to remember the woman's name, he took a step closer. "Miss Hikaru, correct?" the man asked. "I'm Ignatius Jones." he then clarified, not knowing if the woman could recognize his tone. Had she even ever heard him speak? Jones was admittedly a bit off balance, not knowing what to think of Serenity. She was blind, and even if he knew that she was obviously capable, to have a position such as hers, he had no experience with blind people and he couldn't imagine how she could navigate and hold her own in the forest. He didn't doubt it, he just couldn't imagine how it would be done, and this blocked him a bit.

"Were you sent by the Headmistress? For the special task?" Jones asked, unknowingly sharing her thought of not giving away the purpose of his presence there, in the unlikely case Serenity wasn't involved. He fixed his glasses a bit, and glanced at the woman. She was obviously dressed for action.

Serenity stayed still until the other teacher introduced himself and as he did, Serenity nodded slowly. "You can just call me Serenity," she said to Ignatius easily, not a huge fan of formality Serenity preferred a casual interaction with both friends and enemies alike. Tapping her cane lightly against the ground as they both stood there, Serenity familiarized herself with the area with relative ease. Despite her obvious handicap, Serenity had spent 20 plus years devising and figuring out other ways to enable herself.

"Yes, where would you like to start?" Serenity asked the man then. In her older age, Serenity had learned to let others take the lead from time to time depending on the situation. If it had been six or seven years ago, she would have easily left Ignatius to figure out things on his own - but she was told to work with him to find the missing student and that was what she planned on doing today.