"Kastian?" Landon shook my hand and I blinked, returning to reality."Hmm?" I looked around the library, hoping no one else saw me zone out like that.When I was satisfied it was just Ascher and Landon staring at me weirdly, I turned to Ascher, "You were saying?""I believe there would be so much more to study about the elemental ability if there was any Special with it. Personally, I believe that Special would have been able to take the academy back to the way it used to be where Ava and Liam governed it." There was an unmistakable sadness in his voice and on his face but when he quickly masked it with indifference, I swallowed the question I was going to ask."The blood elemental ability would have been the strongest of all six elemental abilities, established. How would you place the rest in terms of power?" Landon asked, surprisingly more interested in the conversation than I thought he would be."That's quite simple. Blood, Earth, Light, Wind, then Water and Flames on the same l
The tab for the update didn't open until I got into my room. Daily routine update; sparring.I frowned at what the screen displayed.I already sparred with Langrid, Aki and Landon. That was how I trained to get stronger.Who else could I possibly sparr with?I clicked on sparring Sparring with replicas.Replicas.I was pretty sure it was referring to creations of me in flames or blood.Aki had created replicas of himself so I was sure that was what I needed to do.Replicas was highlighted so I clicked on it, Flame replicas, Blood replicas.Flame replicas came first so I had to begin with flame replicas which I could understand why.BlBlood was the strongest Elemental ability, if Ascher was right, which I for one, think he is then I should learn to spar with flame replicas before blood replicas.I clicked on flame replicas and a burning sensation sizzled in my fingers.When I felt heat scald my back, I moved away only to see that I had created one flame replica.I l
Writer's POVA brunette hid in the bathroom for fear of what she had done.She didn't mean to but she had almost drowned her best friend in the bathroom after gym class.Biting her fingers was the only thing the poor girl could do until she was certain that her best friend would live."You didn't do it." She said to herself, staring back at her reflection in the mirror.She had bitten her fingers so hard and so deeply, she now chewed down on her flesh.Her face was white from fear and her mascara was nothing but a disaster around her eyes."No!" She suddenly pointed at her reflection while wiping away her tears with her free hand."The shower was on, someone had left it on. You have absolutely nothing to do with what happened to Marvy. It was an accident and you were just unfortunate to be there."She almost believed her words until she broke down in tears, falling on her knees in the bathroom.She didn't want to believe it but somewhere deep in her heart, she knew what she had done.
I still felt like I was carrying the weight of the entire universe when I found myself in his Universe.I couldn't see his outline anywhere or perhaps I was too tired to see it.I remained still on the ground until I completely healed.Even after complete healing, I still staggered to my feet.I guess no amount of Special healing could beat a good sleep."You have only four days left." It wasn't someone else said it that I realized how unnerving it sounded.In the next four days, I would either leave the academy or begin to go on missions.No!I couldn't possibly leave the academy.I was going to decide my fate this time around and I have decided to remain in the academy at all costs."I have a daily routine update. I combat replicas of myself created using my elemental abilities but my prototype takes control." I explained to him.I still hadn't gotten the hang of fighting against my prototype and I had a feeling he could teach me all I needed to know about it.My prototype was the u
Landon just stares at me for a while before he laughs."It wasn't a joke, Landon. I'm requesting that you break into the flame elemental facility." Why would he take this as a joke?"There's no way I'm doing that, Kastian. You have no idea what I risked to get you into the facility the other day. Another Special who wasn't under the influence of my illusion might have come and we would have been jinxed, you especially. Worse? The Principal could have come." He's no longer laughing.There is nothing but pure anger in his eyes as he speaks."If he had nothing to hide, he shouldn't be concerned that we snuck into the facility." I blurt out the words just before I'm able to stop myself.The angry expression on Landon's face changes into suspicion."The Principal doesn't have to hide anything. The rule does not let any Special be there unnecessarily. It's where injured Specials receive healing after returning from missions." The look on his face does not match the tone of his voice.He loo
Writer's POVLangrid, Aki and Micah meet up, not to train Kastian this time but for something else.Micah already knows a little about the subject of their discussion while Langrid knows all about it.At the moment, it is Aki who is in the dark.Complete darkness."You are no longer Callin's shadow. He's going to suspect that something's off about you and then monitor you. You are not safe being in this meeting with us." Aki still wasn't comfortable around Langrid.In truth, none of them were exactly comfortable around him."I have this entire area invincible." He gestured to the four walls of the tiny classroom."Even if any Special comes in and stands so close to us, he's not going to be able to see us. The only person my Stealth doesn't completely work on is Kastian who will not find us here. The kid doesn't know any other place in the academy but his dormitory, training grounds, the healing facility and the Principal's office."Micah and Aki share a look, questioning each other if
Writer's POVAfter they had successfully brought Nancy to the academy, Ivan returns to the Principal's office to give his report."What are those?" Ivan asks as he makes his way into Callin's office.The Principal lazily takes his eyes off the paper he's writing on and brings his attention to the stack of folders Ivan is pointing at."Research for a certain Special who wouldn't give away how he's supposed to win a fight without exactly fighting to the one Special who is unfortunately interested in helping him." Sarcasm drips from Callin's tone but it doesn't bother Ivan."You do not need to know, trust me." Ivan takes a seat."I understand that you are skeptical about my plan–"Before Ivan is able to speak further, Callin cuts him short, "If you think you understand that plan of yours that I have no idea of then I assure you that you are very wrong. You have no understanding of my skepticism."Ivan considers the Principal for a while.Whenever they went on missions, they always talked
Beginner's guide on flame elemental ability, E-grade Special edition, D-grade Special edition, C-grade Special edition.I stared at all of them, sprawled out on my bed.I had very limited time to feed them all.Picking up the Beginner's guide, I flipped open the first page."Ava Ash and Sabrina Jonas." My mother had co-authored the book with another Q-grade Special.It seems as though there was no book my mother didn't have a hand in, in the entirety of the academy.Smiling in pride, I began to read."Flame elemental ability is one of the first Special abilities to be discovered. It could be combined with different other elemental abilities during missions but a proper understanding of this ability could make its user stronger than he could ever imagine."I was damn sure my mother had written this preface herself. It was just so -----her."Before you can learn to use your flames, you must learn to calm your mind, your thoughts and your emotions. Without control over all of these, your