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A frosty indifferent wind blew through the courtyard rattling the branches of the dormant cherry tree. Winter had come to Akademi High. It had come with frozen toes, chattering teeth, and nervous huddles of students desperately rushing into their classes. It had only been a week since all the leaves on the trees had turned golden, red, and brown.  Now they had been blown off. The ground glimmered in an array of hues that would do most gemstones proud. Students hadn’t wasted any time when it came to heaping them together into huge piles. Oka Ruto had been spotted hiding under a specific mound of amber leaves to better spy on the Basu Si