Placing money at the stall and thanking Kalim for his generosity mentally as you both ran down a street and a few alley turns. Thank you Jamil for showing you this less tracked path.

You both catch your breath as you raspily advise, “Maybe next time you try to escape whoever they are…take off your earrings. They are kind of a dead giveaway and…they might have a tracker.”

“Who are you?”

“A random tourist visiting the area with some friends.”

That made him tense.

Yep, he’s definitely someone rich with the way he’s acting. You couldn’t blame him, rarely do people help without wanting something in return or maybe he thought you knew him and wanted to use him.

“Why would you help me?”

You shrug, “I guess I have a soft spot for people who want to escape the confines of their daily lives.”

Before he could open his mouth, you heard a call for you:

“Minion?! I’m hungry!”

“Prefect, where are you?!”

“Oh, that’s me I gotta—”

By the time you turned back, he had disappeared.

Ah yes, the disappearing act, why am I not surprised.

You casually advise before running off to your group, “Take off your earrings or check them for trackers. That’s how another friend is always found.”

Minajael Tealrajah eyed you as you met with an orange haired friend and, what he assumed, a talking familiar.

He fingered his earrings.

A tracking spell, huh?

The last thing you ever expected was to see the guy you helped rescue on the opposing team during the inter-school tournament between RSA and NRC.

…Nor did you expect him to recognize you as he smirks and waves from his side. His red-head companion looking between you two in confusion.

You internally smack your forehead as you feel your fellow first years turn towards you in shock.

You really did attract the princes, the rich, and the troubled ones, didn’t you?

This was inspired by @onyanjuu whose fics has me kicking my feet and giggling. I had this in my drafts for a bit and I had to finish it after getting bit by June’s Mina fics. 💞🥰💚

Some notes:

I love playing around with potential what ifs and the Disney movie scenes so I had to combine fire lit event and the Jasmine and Aladdin bazaar scene with them. Since I feel we would be the Aladdin to Mina’s Jasmine.

The tracking device in the earrings were influenced by the lore we learn about Leona and Cheka and how they had trackers and protection spells on them as children.