Moonlight After Sunset's
Companions

"The power was so great and powerful that I fell down unable to control it."

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Dusk Point Of View

The morning breeze started to sweep me, he warmly caressed this face of mine. The strands of my hair that had been broken down started to glow with the cry of the wind that made me wake up from a deep sleep. I slowly opened my eyes and I saw Dian in his place with a basin of warm water as usual.

I lay down my body and looked at the walls of the room. I didn't expect after the testing day my life would change completely. Now I will not use the name of the Moon anymore but Dusk. I've determined that if this is what destiny wants, then I will live it. I got up from my sleep and approached Dian.

I washed my face with warm water and wiped it with a towel. I saw Amel standing at the door with a tray of tea and cookies.

"Dian get my clothes ready as usual and tell Amel to call Eza."

Dian just nodded her head in the sign she understood, I then immediately went to the bathroom. In the bathroom, Dian had everything I needed. The smell of this bathroom is full of lavender and orange, a smell that I really like. I'm wearing lavender scented soap and orange-scented skin oil.

After finishing the shower, Dian helped me put on clothes. Today I purposely wear silver clothes in accordance with my new hair color, although it looks different but this new hair color is really beautiful and unique.

For the head I deliberately use a blue lily flower decoration and also a golden rose-shaped hairpin that adds a graceful impression to my appearance. I also used long black socks with gold roses engraved along the lines.

After all the preparations were done I then took my sword and went towards the dining room on the lower floor of the dormitory. When on the way to the cafeteria I accidentally met Muna as well as Luna, they looked quite familiar.

"Good morning princess Luna and Miss Winter," I said, showing a smile.

They both turned around and saw me.

"Good morning back Miss Ari," replied Luna kindly as well as Muna.

"Are you heading to the dining room?" Surprisingly, I've gotten used to Muna's cold face. Even so, my innocent face is a little wrinkled in fear.

I don't want you to know that I'm no longer afraid of him, at least for a few days.

"Yes right. Are you two the same?" I asked while putting on a curious face.

The other nobles who passed through the hall looked at me so sharply, they also sneered at me silently - silently.

"Yes. We were planning to go there," Luna replied while looking at the nobles who were sneering at me.

"Then what if we go together?"

" Ayeah, you can call me Dusk," I politely introduce myself, though not necessarily because of who in this kingdom does not know my name and reputation, either, yes, even if it's not a good reputation.

"Then you can call me Luna," This royal princess smiled gently at me, she looked friendly and pleasant, like a royal princess in general, I mean, of course, the royal princess in the novel is not real life.

Luma then glanced kindly towards Muna. He tried using his telepathy through eye movements.

"You can also call me Muna as well as Luna," Muna looked depressed with the sharp look of princess Luna but still kept a friendly smile.

From far away I saw Arina who was walking with Dira and some other noble children. When we passed Arina deliberately pushed me but I managed to avoid and Arina fell to the floor instead.

"What did you do to me Dusk?" arina shouted with a reddened face. Everyone in the hall looked at me with a look of resentment maybe this was based on the reputation of the bad twilight from the start.

"You..., you shameless shameless!" Princess Dira looked at me with a look of disdain on her face.

"You shouldn't have done that to Arina even though she took your fiancee," continued Dira annoyed.

I just stared at Dira with a flat look. I can't even say a word with him if it concerns the fifth prince. After all who in this kingdom does not know that Dira is the beloved sister of the fifth prince.

"Indeed how handsome the fifth prince was until I had to give up the reputation so far."

My grumbling in my heart, I also know that the real Dusk only likes it sincerely and all that evil is incitement.

"Hmm, so in other words even though the original Twilight had not moved on yet she was not that stupid until she had to chase the fifth prince."

Perhaps my original Twilight only considered the fifth prince as the life expectancy to escape from Duke Ari's mansion.

"What a pity." I sneered while looking at Dira innocently.

Actually Muna and Luna found out that Arina wanted to push me on purpose but she failed and fell.

"You do not deserve to be in this academic, you should just leave this place," taunted Tasya who was followed by a nod by Mari and other noble children.

I then pulled the corner of my lips and smiled as I looked at Dira and glanced at Arina. "I didn't know that a princess had very poor eyesight, what's more..."

I stopped the next sentence, then deliberately glanced at Tasya and those who followed Dira behind him.

"It is clear that Arina, my dear sister, fell because of her weak legs. So why am I being blamed? Do we need to see the video footage, and then you can trust me, Dira De Green's daughter?" ask me with a mocking face and a strong aura of intimidation.

I purposely let out an aura of intimidation as well as my elegance so that they would know who their opponent really was.

"Why should I be jealous of my sister who can't even get the position of the main empress at the prince's residence. She's just a concubine's son and what makes me try to hurt her unless she's going to hurt me by seizing my fiance, she should be ashamed of her brother."

I could see the bodies of Dira as well as Tasya and the other noble children shaking. Their faces looked pale, the same thing happened to Luna and Muna. I then diffused a bit of an aura of intimidation and just emitted an aura of grace alone.

"And you, Miss Callista, you better not interfere in the affairs of Duke Ari's family. Even if I had to get out of this academy, I would just come out on my own terms," I added as I stared coldly at them.

"Sister, you should have seen this clearly," Luna who had been silent from the beginning, now began to speak. He felt this change in atmosphere would be dangerous if it continued.

"Senja we should immediately leave the dining room, the time is almost up," Luna pulled my hand gently, she also told Muna to guard us from behind. Of course it was done with the eyes as if telepathy between friends.

Angered Dira with my presumptuous attitude started to look at Luna hatefully. Not only that, Arina's face looks pale as well as Tasya.

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In the dining room I was already greeted by the two twins waving their hands from a distance. They look so cute in the same suit.

"Sit here Miss Ari" cried Maya as she showed her empty seat.

"Do you not want to give me a seat." Canda Luna with a hurt face, saw that Zakila and Maya then stood up and looked a little panicked.

"Yes, my dear princess sorry we didn't see you. Please sit down," said Zakila while thrusting a chair beside her. Luna just smiled and gently hit Zakila's shoulder.

"No need to hesitate with me, we are one generation means we are friends," said Luna while looking at Muna who was still silent as a rock.

"Muna sit here" Luna pointed at the empty chair next to me, then I looked at Muna and smiled.

"Sit down Muna" I was polite. The twins look unique. They make the atmosphere cheerful for a moment.

Moments after the food I ordered came, Dira and Arian and the accomplice arrived. Their faces looked pale and there was also a slight annoyance on that face.

"What's wrong with you guys?" ask Mari who was already in the dining room.

Dira then glanced at me and looked at Mari, seen if Dira was so upset with all her complaints. Mari then looked at me with a view of hate, I don't know what was told by Dira that surely they all who were in that place looked at me with anger.

"Senja, it turns out your hair is very beautiful. There is a green color as well though it is faint," Zakila said excitedly. Luna and the others also saw the color of my hair and they looked amazed.

"This silver color, if it is exposed to the sun will shine as brightly as it was then." Continue Zakila while looking at the incident on the day of testing.

"Is it like that?" Muna looked so curious, she grabbed my hair and stroked it.

"Soft."

Hearing that Luna also followed Muna's movements by stroking my hair as well, the same thing was done by Zakila and Maya.

"Like a cat" said Luna with a glowing face.

"You look like Lulu, my cat." Now Luna looked at Dusk as if she were a kitten.

"That's right," the twins said.

I can only smile awkwardly it feels so strange that my head is being stroked by someone else.

"You look cute right now but you were so creepy, at first glance you look like an angel-faced demon to me earlier,"

"What happened just now?" ask Maya curious. Luna then told us everything that happened to us in the hallway when she was about to go to the dining room.

"You're really great Twilight, I heard that the Callistas were powerful enough even more so after their eldest son married the emperor as a concubine" Zakila said enthusiastically.

Luna who heard Zakila's words spoke up. Luna told me everything she knew about the Callistas and about Dira.

"Other times you have to be careful Twilight. They could hurt you. Mother even gave me advice not to interfere in their problems" Luna explained at length to all of us.

"But you take it easy if they dare to bother you then I will defend you, the Winter family never even let their best friend get hurt in the slightest" Muna confidently boasted about her family.

" I will also help you because we have become friends then your problem is my problem as well" Luna gently held my hand.

"If we are from a neighboring country and our family are not great nobles but we both promise to protect you and will not leave you alone," said the twins with a face full of enthusiasm while staring intently at Tasya.

"Thank you for supporting me even more because you already know who I really am and who the rumors are" I said with a sad face.

I purposely put on a face like that to see their reaction.

"After seeing you I came to know that we must not believe rumors alone. You're so graceful and calm, you're also so nice. Whoever spread that rumor must be the one who hates you and wants you to be kept away" Muna exclaimed, glaring back at the scene when Dusk collapsed at her residence.

"I think it's because of my status as Duke Ari's wasted daughter" I explained with a sad face and flowing tears. They embraced me and gave me encouragement.

"Could it be because they want your position?" ask Muna curiously.

I just gave a small nod, at a glance I saw Muna clenching her hands and then glanced at Arina and Sarah who had just come.

"There's a game here." Muna continued, although he looks stiff but in fact Muna was quite attentive.

Muna then told me about the suicide rumor. That morning was really chaotic, after breakfast even the four of them still looked annoyed.

They now realized that not all the news was true and the falsity of the smile was cruel. After breakfast, we separated. Me and Luna headed to the academic hall to receive the magic wand while Muna and Maya, they went straight to the common classroom, for Zakila as he was a guardian so he had to go towards the forest area.

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For the first semester all the lessons from each field are the same while in the second semester everything will be separated, because Luna and I are witches, we had to choose a magic wand before we came to the general class.

"I think it's going to be a long time" Luna said as she looked around the room filled with some high-class magicians.

"Maybe they want to test it before it's really used" I said as I sat in one of the chairs in the corner of the hall.

From afar I saw Arina and Sarah with their own groups, even though they hated me but they refused to be together.

"Welcome young witch, my name is Aila and I am one of the academic teachers of this magic."

A middle-aged woman came from the opposite direction, she looked so amazing in white clothes and a silver stick in her left hand.

Her age was not young but the stature of Miss Aila looked young. The aura that came out from him was also so firm and graceful. Miss Aila then gave a foreword and explained about the ins and outs of the magic building, although this academic looks small but actually this is quite extensive in it.

The building for each field is separate, and, the building of the knights was to the east of the academic hall while for the building of the guardians was to the south of the academic hall and for the witch building it was to the west of the academic hall close to the waterfall, as well as for the general classroom building is in the North part of the main academic hall.

After she finished explaining the ins and outs of academics, Miss Aila also told one of the seniors to take over because she had an important affair with the principal.

The senior was named Jacob de Rain, the face of his brother Jacob is really handsome there are dimples on his face plus his sexy lips and athletic body shape makes it look more perfect.

Brother Jacob also called the names of young witches one by one to be given a magic wand. The name that was first called was Sarah, seen from her reddened face I'm sure if Sarah was interested in Jacob's brother.

When she got to the stage, Sarah was welcome to walk around a table full of magic wand.

"Let this stick choose who the master is" Jacob told Sarah and the rest of us.

Long Sarah went around finally a red stick with a carved eagle rose into the air as soon as Sarah's face became happy, she then took the stick with her arrogant smile.

"Try you to move that stick over there."

Brother Jacob had Sarah swing her bat towards the park and the result was very cool.

The flower in the garden froze but it did not last long as it was instantly turned off by one of the seniors who was on the second floor of the hall.

"Good, next up is Arina De Ari."

Just like Sarah, Arina got on the podium arrogantly.

When he had just reached the front of the table, one of the violet-colored sticks immediately flew towards him. The same thing Arina did to test the strength of the stick, then it was Dira De Green's turn.

Dira climbed up the podium arrogantly as if he was the queen, on the podium a moss-green stick was waiting for him.

Dira was so happy and played his stick arrogantly. All the young witches have been summoned the only ones left are me and Luna. When Luna went up on stage, just like Dira without taking a long time a golden yellow stick floated towards her, it was very beautiful with Lily's flower carving at every corner.

Now it was my turn, when my name was called all the seniors upstairs were looking at me. They see me from head to toe. The seniors were whispering - whispering about me getting two elements at the testing event.

They were curious about how much I was capable of. Jacob, who knew the condition, then looked at his friend sharply so they stopped looking at me like a wild animal ready to pounce.

When I went on stage, I saw so many different colors and different carvings. When I was about to walk all the sticks up into the air, I was a little surprised by that but I was trying to control my emotions to keep myself calm.

I stepped in to make sure which stick fit me. I saw a silver stick with a light blue scratch, on it was engraved a crescent moon with gold strokes on each line.

I picked out the wand and as soon as all the sticks that had flown into the air were destroyed by fire for no reason, everyone in the hall was shocked including myself.

I saw that Jacob could not help his surprise and looked at his friends with an inexplicable expression. All the seniors on the top floor are now downstairs.

They looked at me with a different view - others looked at me in amazement and looked at me with envy and hatred.

I then looked at Brother Jacob who was replied with a warm smile, although I knew he was shocked by what had happened just now but he was quite competent for this task.

"Do it" said Jacob, pointing towards the garden.

I then swung the stick towards the park and as soon as the park was scorched on fire with the turbulent fire and strong wind, it added the power of the fire to quickly spread.

"Look at what you're doing" exclaimed Sarah with a face so upset.

"You're going to burn this place down" Arina continued.

"Basic fucking carrier." Now it was Dira who started provoking everyone in that place. Seeing this, Luna ran towards me. He tried to protect me from Dira and his friends.

"This is not the fault of Dusk, if it happens then you are the one," Luna said sharply.

Seeing Luna defend me made me a little calm. I then looked back at the intense blazing fire that Jacob and the other seniors were trying to stop.

I swung my wand back and made the fire disappear instantly. I don't know what happened, I just want the fire to go away and as soon as all the damage is back to the way it was - if there was never any destruction there.

I then looked at Dira and also my two sisters, the atmosphere suddenly became gripping. I who was upset because of the provocation from Dira and Sarah released quite concentrated and black energy, I stared at all of them with a strong aura of intimidation.

As soon as all of them in that place knelt down except for Jacob's brother, I was so angry that I was out of control. I made the walls of the hall crack and the whole glass broke, Jacob's panicked brother tried to calm me down while Luna was now so weak.

They could not straighten their bodies back up, some of the seniors and other young witches bled from their noses and ears.

The atmosphere became quite gripping, I felt something strange flowing out suddenly - arriving from my body. The energy was so powerful that I could not control it.

My body began to feel heavy and my hands began to weaken, the stick I was holding gave off a bright white light and I was not aware of anything anymore. I could see Miss Aila and some teachers in different clothes coming towards me, they tried to hold my hand tightly but failed.

I was getting out of control, this energy continued to flow without stopping so that my body could no longer afford it. I felt like my head was about to break and my whole bone was crushed and broken, I felt dizzy and as soon as a dark light started coming towards me.

My body fell down on the floor with blood flowing out of my mouth faintly I saw Luna who was so panicked, she was seen crying beside me. I felt the touch of someone holding me tightly and I felt something strange sticking to my lips.

I couldn't feel anything after that, the last thing I saw was a handsome guy I met in the iron shop after my body became cold and a dark light began to permeate my vision.