Hello everyone!

A/N: I've had this idea for a while now ever since I fell in love with DQXI and now that I was able to put my thoughts into writing, it feels amazing. I love AU stories! I hope ya'll will like this story and will continue to follow it until the end. Thank you!

Rating: T - swearing and sexual themes (rating might change for future chapters)

Pairing: Erik x Serena, Hiro x Veronica, Jade x Hendrik

Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Quest XI or any of the other Dragon Quest series


It is 9pm at Heliodor it was a cloudy night. The streets were mostly empty, just a few people taking a night stroll.

"Well this is it… Erdrea Academy… This is where we're gonna be staying for the next few years. Well... 2 years for me, 4 for you" Erik said as he looks at the paper with directions written down.

Mia crossed her arms. "Why do we have to go to a boarding school?"

"Because mom and dad have to work abroad and since we both don't want to go with them and we're still underage… they enrolled us in a boarding school instead."

"I already miss my friends back in Sniflheim." She started spinning her luggage around.

"Same here Kiddo." He ruffled her hair "Just give it a chance… who knows, this may turn out to be the best thing that happens to us!"

Mia rolled her eyes "Ugh, why do you always look at 'the brighter things in life'?"

"One of us has to, and clearly you don't want to" He stuck out his tongue at her

She did the same.

The two siblings entered the gates of Erdrea Academy, the campus was huge, there were a lot of buildings scattered throughout. There was small building in the middle of the campus that was painted beige, with orange roofing.

"Administration…" Erik read the sign out loud. "They may be able to guide us on where our rooms are and what our class schedules are for tomorrow morning."

Erik and Mia entered the building, all office doors were close, except for one door that was slightly cracked. The door had a tag on it "Student Counselor". They can hear a loud laughter coming from the room, it seems like there's a couple of people in there having a fun chat.

Erik knocked on the door "Excuse me..."

"Oh someone's here!" The voice exclaimed "Come on in darling!"

They looked at each other and shrugged before Erik opened the door.

The counselor stood up "Hello, I am the great counselor Sylvando!" He extended his hand "I am the best student counselor they have in Erdrea Academy"

Erik and Mia shook his hand

"And this little mamacita here is Jade" he points to the girl sitting on his desk

Jade glances at both of them "Haven't seen you guys around here before..."

Erik was dumbfounded at how good looking Jade is. Her icy look, her long legs exposed, and her long hair in a high ponytail. There was no way she was a student in this school.

Mia elbowed her brother

"Y-yeah! M-my sister and I are new here and our parents enrolled us a few weeks ago, and we don't know where our rooms are and what our class schedule is..."

"My my... we got two new little ducklings in our pond don't we..." Sylvando puts his hands on his hips "well, why don't you two have a seat and I can get you guys started!"

Jade looks at the clock "I need to head out"

"No, sister don't go!" Sylvando pleaded

"Can't... Dorm monitor is gonna start patrolling and I can't get written up again for going past my curfew" she rolled her eyes "my dad is actually keeping a tally on it" She hopped off the table and looked at the two siblings "Welcome to Erdrea Academy, I'll see you two around the campus. Goodnight Sylv!"

"Goodnight sissy, I'll see you tomorrow for breakfast!" he sent flying kisses

Jade left the room.

"Are you guys siblings as well?" Erik asked

"Oh no honey, she's just my BFF" he said as he types on his computer. "Okay, let's see here... ah! Here is the email that I'm looking for... congratulations you have two new students enrolled... yadda yadda..." he murmurs as he skim through the email message "okay.. So... Erik..." He looked up at him

Erik nodded

"You are a third year student... that means all your classes will be in the 300 buildings, and you are assigned to the... Stark Raven dormitories, which is to the east side of this building. Lucky for you, all your classes are on the same side as your dormitory, some are unfortunate and have to walk to the opposite side." He turned his spinning chair and grabbed the papers that were printing behind him, he spun once more, and handed the papers to Erik. "Page one has your class schedule along with any pertinent information. Page two has the map of the school campus, I took the liberty of highlighting which classroom is for which. Page three is your dormitory, the direction of where it's located, the room number and it has the pin code for your door. You do have a roommate unfortunately..."

Erik skimmed over the papers "thanks... do you know who my roommate is?"

Sylvando looks at his computer once more "Um... no honey, sorry. It just tells me that there's another person in there... obviously it's a male since the dormitories are not co-Ed"

Erik nodded, Sylvando turned his attention to Mia

"And you must be... little... Mia..?" Sylvando was unsure on how to pronounce her name "am I saying it correctly?"

Mia nodded "I think so... I'm not even sure myself"

"Oh you're funny! I like you already" he bats his eyes "you're a first year student honey, so that means all your classes are in the 100 buildings and you are assigned to the Great Sabrecubs Dormitories" he spun his chair and grabbed the printed papers

"Great Sabrecubs...?" She repeated the name

"Uh-huh" Sylvando handed her the papers "Same information as I told your brother, except your dormitories are actually behind this building that we are in, so that means you're close to the chow hall!" He clasped his hands together "personally I think being in the middle of the campus is the best spot"

"Awesome!" Mia exclaimed as she looks at the paper with her dorm information "Do I have a roommate?"

"Let me check sweetie" Sylvando looks at his computer "My, my, lucky you, you don't." He smiled as he leaned back in his chair

"Yes!" Mia jumped in excitement

"Calm down Mia" Erik hissed, he cleared his throat "Thank you Mr. Sylvando" Erik said as he got up from his chair

"Oh please, call me Sylv. I'll be in this office if you two need anything else! Breakfast starts at 5am for those early birds until 7am, the first class starts at 8am. Lastly, curfew is at 10:30pm, so if I were you two, I'd head my little booties to the dormitories before the dorm monitor catches you. Ciao!" He waved at them

They smiled and waved back at him before leaving his office completely

"He seems… Nice?" Erik commented

"Nice? That's an understatement" Mia replied "he sounds amazing and funny! I'd love to be his friend!"

"Well you can do that later, for now why we don't go to our dorms before curfew…" Erik looked at his wrist watch "which is in 30 minutes."

Mia nodded

He ruffled her hair one last time "don't be a brat, make some friends, and I'll see tomorrow morning at the chow hall for breakfast. Goodnight"

"Stop you're messing up my hair! Ugh!" She yells at him "Goodnight bro!" She waves at him as she started walking away heading behind the administration building.

Erik waved back until Mia was completely out of sight. He looked at the school map and started heading towards the west side of the campus.

Ten minutes have passed and Erik finally reached the Stark Raven dormitory. It was a three story building, lots of windows and it was painted dark blue with white roofing. Erik entered the main door of the dorm. There was receptionist table, but no one was there. He skimmed through the paper again, looking for his room number. "Room… 240" he said, he saw a sign that has '200-300' on it and an arrow pointing up the stairs. He headed up stairs and followed the directions until he finally found his room, it was the farthest one on the right at the second level. "Well here it is." He punched in the pin code and the key pad turned green, he turned the door knob and opened the door.

The room was dark, there was a faint music playing in the background and some.. giggling…? "H-hello?" Erik said

"Ah! Hiro someone's here!" A female voice exclaimed

"Huh?!" Hiro rolled on his bed and fell on the floor, he quickly got up and tried to regain his composure. He grabbed a shirt lying on the floor, and put it on. He walked towards the small foyer in their room. "H-hey man!" He waved at Erik

"Uh… hi? Did I interrupt something?" Erik asked

"Oh that… no…. well.. kinda" He scratched the back of head

"Hiro! Who is it?!" The female voice asked under the blankets.

"I'm not sure… you must be my new roommate?" Hiro extended his hand to shake his. "I'm Hiro"

"Erik" the blue haired shook his hand.

"It's my new roommate" Hiro called out "You can come out now Veronica if you're decent"

Veronica kicked off the blankets on top of her, she adjusted her clothes and started braiding her hair as she head towards the foyer as well "Ah… so the rumor is true… we do have two new students coming in…"

"I'm assuming the two new student is my little sister and I" Erik said, he extended his hand out to her "I'm Erik by the way"

"I didn't ask for your name" She said smugly "You have a little sister too? God, they can be such a pain."

Erik slowly took his hand back "Y-yeah… you could say that."

"Alright, well since Erik here is a cock-block… I guess I should head to my dorm now. Fill him in on our schedule so maybe in the future he knows not to interrupt us" She walked towards Hiro and wrapped her arms around his neck, she tiptoed and gave him a kiss. "Good night babe" she winks at him and left the room.

There was an awkward silence between Hiro and Erik.

"Sorry, that was my girlfriend Veronica" said Hiro

"I figured" Erik nodded "So… where is my share of the room?"

Hiro pointed to his left "There should be a bed that's already made, a desk with a chair, and a walk in closet."

Erik headed that direction, the room was split into two by a wall in the middle and they had a shared bathroom near the foyer and a double sink. "Alright… I guess I should start unpacking and get at least one uniform ready for tomorrow"

"What's your schedule?" Hiro followed him

Erik handed him the paper that had his class schedule in it

"Very interesting… you have literature with me with Hendrik. He's pretty cool… sometimes. A little strict every now and then. And he speaks way too formal most of the time"

Erik continued unpacking as he listened to him

"You have gym class with all of us! That's cool! History with Veronica and I..." Hiro exclaimed in excitement. "Then chemistry, also your elective… Astronomy with Serena. Who would've thunk you're one big nerd?" He chuckled, hoping Erik wouldn't take offense to his comment

Erik rolled his eyes as he finished unpacking some of his belongings. "Who's Serena anyways?"

"Serena is Veronica's little sister" Hiro handed him his schedule back.

"Wow.. that Serena girl must be smart… to be in third year chemistry as a grade below us…" Erik thought for a minute, imagining some girl in their first or second year

Hiro was confused at his statement 'Oh yeah… he doesn't know they're twins.. and Serena is only a few minutes younger…' he chuckled "Sure, you can say that. You'll meet everyone tomorrow"

Erik put away his luggage inside the closet, and took out his phone charger to charge his phone by the night stand next to his bed.

"Anyways, welcome to Erdrea Academy. I'll show you around the campus after breakfast." He said mid-yawn "I'm gonna turn in."

Erik nodded "thanks man. Sleep well"

Hiro turned around and went to the other side of the wall that divided the room.

An hour has passed, Hiro was knocked out, slightly snoring. Erik was lying down in bed, he had his wireless headphones on, listening to music. He turned his head towards the digital clock on his side table 11:21. He stared back up at the ceiling, sighing, hoping sleep would just take over him now.

'At least almost everyone I met has been okay… so far. Except that Veronica girl, a little bitchy if you ask me' He thought to himself. 'Oh well, I'm sure I'll meet more interesting people tomorrow' He reached over to the lamp on his bedside table and turned it off.


A/N: What do ya'll think so far? Let me know if you have any ideas I should consider! Please keep in mind this story is AU - Modern twist (cellphones and the internet exists, haha). Thank you for reading! Reviews are appreciated!