Allen woke up from his short sleep. He couldn't sleep that much last night because of the thoughts that raced through his head.

The upcoming duel with Nathaniel Rivertide. Even though Thomas had told him not to accept a duel if Nathaniel were to challenge him, Allen did it anyways. He just couldn't stand by as Nathaniel insulted them, and how harsh he was treating Thomas and Cecily. You'd think someone would be way nicer to the person they ask to marry.

Even though the village Allen came from was very small, something like that would've never happened. Everyone who lived there all knew each other and were all friendly. Even the ones who were not very talkative were at least somewhat friendly. He couldn't believe that children from the "Great Elemental Families" could act this way.

Charles Rivertide simply has an arrogant mind and Allen can somewhat overlook this. Although Allen didn't think he'd ever get along with him when they first dueled in the entrance exam, at this point he thinks he can at least somewhat get along with him later in the future. He seems like the type who can change overtime.

He decided to go check in on Thomas and Cecily to see if they were alright. He first went over to Thomas' dorm, and then they went to go meet Cecily over at her dorm, or at least as close as they could get. Once the three were finally together, Allen finally spoke.

"Hey, so are you both alright? I know that yesterday wasn't exactly the best day," Allen looked at both of them, his tone concerned.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just frustrated," Thomas admitted.

"I'll- I'll be fine," Cecily smiled to reassure them, but Allen could tell she was lying. She still seemed a little off, but he was sure that she'll be ok later on.

"Allen, I know that you accepted his duel because of us and I appreciate that," Thomas looked over at Allen. "But I told you not to duel with him because I know what he would do if you did".

"He's going to try to humiliate me, right? That's what you told me anyways," Allen asked.

"That's right. For whatever reason, he feels better about himself when he overpowers other mages like that. If you're wanting to defeat him in a duel, you'll want to train even harder than you already are up until then," Thomas explained.

"And that's exactly what I am going to do," Allen reassured him. "But since it's the weekend, why don't we all do something? All I've ever done each weekend is train, anyways".

"You mean like, hangout somewhere?," Thomas asked, curious.

"Yeah. Why don't we go somewhere in the city? I haven't seen it that much other than the first day I got here for the exam, and I'm sure it'll be a great way to get our minds off of things," Allen grinned.

"I- I don't mind," Cecily finally spoke up, her tone very passive. Although her words were more of she didn't care, her body posture looked more like she definitely wanted to go and see the city.

"Hmm, I think that's a great idea!," Thomas started to raise his voice and get motivated. "London is such a great city! They have all sorts of great shops that sell magical items, and they have all sorts of places to eat great food at!".

With Thomas overflowing with such excitement that basically could be felt by Allen and Cecily as well, Allen felt like they had a solid plan for the day.

"Well, why don't we head out then? I'm ready to see the great city of London!," Allen said as they started to walk towards the exit of the academy's grounds.

"Oh yes, oh yes am I so ready for this!," Thomas practically started to dance as they walked. " I am about to eat all sorts of food that I can imagine! I am going to-,"

"Ok ok Tom, you can do that when we finally are walking around, alright? And maybe tone it down just a little," Allen laughed.

"Oh, this is nothing yet! I will-"

"Tom, you can do that later," Cecily told him.

"I- ok Lily," Thomas said as his crazy phase started to die down.

Allen and Cecily proceeded to laugh. Thomas soon joined in. They were finally in a better mood and back to being the good 3 friends they were.

Although one of the rules of the academy is that students are not permitted to leave the academy's premises at any time, there is an exception to this rule. Since classes are only held on weekdays and students have weekends off, students are free to leave off of the academy's grounds on the weekends. They just need to let the staff know where they are going before leaving.

While another rule of the academy is that you are required to wear your academy uniform at all times unless you are in the dorms, the exception to this rule is if you are off the academy's grounds you may wear what you like. Despite this exception to this rule, the trio of friends all wore their academy uniforms regardless.

Allen doesn't have too much to wear, as his other clothes are the ones he took with them on his journey to the Magical Knights Academy. They are rather simple clothes, not really clothes you'd probably wear out with friends or even on a date (or at least, that's what William told him). Allen figured Thomas and Cecily had their own clothes to wear, but shrugged the thought off as they probably have their own reasons to wear their academy uniforms even out in public.

They finally walked out of the gates of the academy and began walking towards the central part of the city of London.

"This is going to be so great, I can't wait to get some food while we are out I am starving!," Thomas shouted in excitement as the three got closer to the big city.

"Are you sure we have enough to buy food? The cafeteria food is pretty good, but it's free since we're students. I don't really have much money unless you guys do," Allen explained.

"Oh, don't worry," Thomas assured him. "I have a bit of funds saved up, thank you very much".

"Not that much as you make it sound like," Cecily teased him.

"I- hey! I have as much as what I sound like," Thomas said, flustered.

"Sure you do," Allen pretended to agree with him.

As Thomas began to sulk in defeat, they all proceeded to laugh again. As they were talking, they finally began to reach the heart of the city.

London was a very much different city compared to the small, rural village Allen came from. It bustled with all sorts of people wandering around at all times, buildings everywhere you looked, vendors selling all sorts of items alike, and all of the great smells that came from the food shops. Allen couldn't wait to see what London had to offer.

But one of the key things that London had that his village didn't were the amount of mages that casually wandered about. Back in his village, Allen was the only one who had the capability to use magic. Here, they made up at least a fourth of the total population. It wasn't uncommon to see a mage in the city, and Allen thought this was amazing.

Not only were there mages casually wandering around the town, the magical knights that Allen very much looked up to were very prevalent within the city. Vowing to keep order within England, these proud knights wandered around the city and kept an eye on the populus. They were what Allen wanted to be one day, and he admired them greatly.

In what seemed to be the center of the town, was a very grand and fancy water fountain. It was a light silver in color, and had 4 small pillars connected to each side of it. As Allen got closer, he noticed something was on each pillar.

The first one he saw had a symbol of air on it. Curious, Allen walked to the next one on the right. He saw an earth symbol. Figuring what was next, he walked to the next one on the right. Yep, it had a water symbol on it. He finally walked to the last one, expecting the fire symbol.

Instead, he found the last pillar that looked like it was cut in half. Its missing top piece seemed to be completely gone, nowhere to be found. What he found the most interesting about it was the fact it looked like it had been cut perfectly, in half diagonally. He figured this was after the Triumvirate took over. Although the Anti-Fire Order was simply to ban fire magic and its use, when the Triumvirate took over they went even further and decided to kill any fire mage and any who would dare associate themselves with them. He had heard this from William, and he and William are determined to turn things around, one step at a time.

(Continued in Part 2 of Chapter 10 due to 15,000 Character Limit on Chapters!)