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2024-10-29 19:42:56"Brandon, Brandon, wake up, we are going to be late for our first class" Bruce called as he rushed into the bathroom to get ready,
Brandon lazily dragged himself out of bed, he gazed across the dorm room as a gentle smile appeared on his face, he was finally at the one and only Blue River Academy, the most prestigious and the best school in all of Eleanor. He and his childhood best friend, Bruce Devin both got admitted on scholarships, and coincidentally became dorm mates or so they thought. Brandon waited for a few minutes before Bruce came out of the bathroom with a towel around his waist and one wrapped around his hair causing Brandon to chuckle, "Don't say it" Bruce warned, "Don't say what?" Brandon asked feigning innocence, "Quit playing dumb, you know what I mean" Bruce replied, "Oh you mean how you keep tying a turban in your hair that makes your head look like a croissant" Brandon teased with a grin, "Come on man, that was ages ago, stop bringing it up" Bruce whined, "But if I did that, who would tease you till your face became a tomato" Brandon replied grinning as he quickly slid into the bathroom before Bruce could find something to toss at him. 20 minutes later, they were walking along the hallway going to class while chatting, "Hey, did you hear what happened to Rick?" Bruce asked, "You mean Rick Bradson? no, why would I even want to hear anything about him, the guys a jerk" Brandon replied with an annoyed tone When the school resumed, the freshers were given the first week off to explore and familiarize themselves with the school ground, it was during this period that Brandon and Bruce encountered Rick Bradson, he was a bully who picked on the scholarship students, he would insult their families, try to take their meals and even go as far as try to physically harm them knowing fully well, he wouldn't get punished, not just because his family was one of the schools most influential sponsors but also a noble house, no one from a poor background could go against them even if they had the best lawyers, no one stood up to him, the other nobles turned a blind eye to it, low status students avoided him like a plague, except for one, Brandon, he always stood up to Rick and due to him being amazing at Martial arts from elementary school, he always put Rick on his bottom. "Not that I care but, what happened to him? Brandon asked, "He was selected for a Mythic evolution program but there's news that he's no where to be found at the moment " Bruce replied, "He's probably just hiding in one of his family's numerous properties around the area" Brandon replied with a flat tone, "He's not, according to my update, his family said he never came home the previous day and no one has checked into any of their properties around the area" Bruce replied, "So you are saying he's missing?" Brandon asked with a raised brow, "That makes twelve of them now" Bruce said with a worried expression, "Don't you think you are jumping to conclusions here, knowing you, it's probably hasn't been more than a day since you found out Rick was missing" Brandon attempted to cheer Bruce up' "It's been 17 hours to be exact" Bruce announced proudly, "Wow, you're totally going to awaken as a Techno mage with an affinity for lightning" Brandon said as he raised his hand to give Bruce a high five, "Yeah, probably but I'm still so curious about what you might awaken as" Bruce replied as his hand met Brandon's, "If only I knew my parents, I would probably have an idea" Brandon said with a sad sigh, "Oh, am so sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you" Bruce apologized, talking about Brandon's parents have always being a sore wound being poked for him, "I know, I know" Brandon replied with a slight smile, "And besides,my parents are your parents too" Bruce said as he out him arm over Brandon's shoulder, "Thanks bro, we should probably hurry up, if we don't want to be late" Brandon added with a chuckle before running ahead, "Hey, that's cheating, it's not a race if you run before it starts" Bruce yelled as he ran after Brandon, By the time they got to their homeroom door, Bruce was slightly out of breath while Brandon was not even slightly affected, "You have been slacking off, haven't you?" Brandon questioned Bruce, "Maybe, let's just go in" Bruce said, They got into the class and were welcomed by the cold stare of their homeroom teacher, Miss. Silver Lychin, she was dressed in her signature white suit and trousers with her blonde hair packed into a pony tail, "Good morning ma'am, sorry we are almost late" They said unison and were shocked when they heard something like a chuckle from her, she pointed them to their seats while she kept typing on an old rusty typewriter on her desk which she refused to changed for some reason, she was a water mage with an affinity for steam, immediately the the clock struck seven, she placed the typewriter down by her desk and turned to address the students, "Good morning students, as some of you may know, my name is Miss Silver Lychin, I am your homeroom teacher, you will meet me in this classroom every morning at Seven apart from Sundays and Saturdays, with the exception of this coming Saturday which will be your awakening ceremony, today however will be your evaluation day, you will be given three trials and from its results you will be put into different ranks from S to F, the first trial will be your affinity gauge, the second trial is a physical test which will test your physical fitness while the last trial will test your mental fitness/IQ, instructions regarding each trial will be given to you at the place of the trial, as we all know we are still at war with the dark race, so some of you may be deployed to the Frontline during your 2nd year, so use this period to work hard and push past your limits, the sky is your stepping stone, an official will arrive to take you to the trial ground soon, Good luck my students, may fate smile upon you all" She said fiercely to which she received a standing ovation from the students, they felt hyped and inspired by her speech. Sure enough, 5 minutes later, a man in military uniform arrived at their homeroom door, "Alright soldiers, fall into a single file and make your way outside where a military vehicle will be used to transport you to the trial area and don't bother taking anything, everything you need will be provided at the venue, we leave in 3 minutes" The man said with a booming voice, "I suspect he's an Air mage with affinity for sound" Brandon whispered to Bruce, "and how do you know that? you might be right about mine but only because you have known for a long time" Bruce stated as he didn't believe Brandon, "Intuition I guess" Brandon said as he shrugged shoulders. The students lined up and followed the military officer to the a huge bus painted the Same color as their military uniform, he opened the door and let the students in, when Brandon and Bruce were about to get on he said to Brandon, "You were right soldier, I am indeed a wind mage with an affinity for sound, your intuition is seems to be accurate, make sure you groom it well" To which he replied with a nod, the rest of the students boarded the bus and they made their way to the trial grounds, but a few meters away from the school, the AC in the bus began to emit purple gas, which put the students to sleep, "Don't worry, it's not lethal" Brandon said to Bruce who already had a panicked expression on his face, the gas put everyone to sleep except Brandon who pretended to be alseep, "Being raised in an orphanage that taught basic and advanced martial arts has it's perks" Brandon chuckled inwardly as he slightly opened his right eye to look out the window, he wanted to know where and how they would get to where they were going. The journey was a smooth and peaceful one, Brandon would occasionally peep out the window to observe the scenery, it was beautiful, a blue hue seemed to envelope everything outside making him wonder whether they were under water or on another planet."it must be an illusion formation, after all i am sure, they wouldn't just leave the base location to be found so easily" Brandon finally concluded.He looked around at the other students who were sound asleep, once this trial was over, they would be a lot of marginalizing, friendships would be ruined, bullying would begin.That was how the world Still work, the rich and mighty looked down in the poor and helpless, one would think that with the amount of advancements in the industries, they would have found a solution to world poverty by now but, sadly, that wasn't the case.Brandon recalled a moment in his past when even a morning meal wasn't certain yet nobles would drive past his first orphanage and just scorn at the sight of the run down orphanage without making attempts to help renovate it.That was before he left though, he wondered how the kids there would be holding up, if they also made it out or gave into a life of illegitimate income.
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The bus drove for about an hour before stopping at a large clearing near a cliff, the man that made the announcement alighted holding something that looked like an oversized briefcase, "A portable portal device, i guess they are more paranoid about the dark race and the missing students than Bruce" Brandon said to himself, The portal device was dropped at the centre of the clearing and upon activation it began to spread and increase in size to form a door-like structure which golwed with a blue hue, a group of men also dressed in military attire stepped through the portal and began picking up the students one by one and taking them through the portal,as Brandon was carried past the earlier official, he heard him whisper, "I know you weren't asleep kiddo" Which caused a shiver to run down Brandon's spine, As he was taken through the portal he found himself being dropped in a large metallic room which he estimated was as big as their entire school but, one thing that piqued Brandon
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The ride back to school was a gloomy one, the students had already been woken up when they were still a thirty- minute drive away from the school, rather than being chatty and excited, some were terrified, now that everyone of them had been ranked, there was sure to be some bullying especially for the F rank mages who although were more numerous but were still far to weak to go against the higher ranks in their class not to mention the other classes.Out of a total of one hundred students, fifty were F rank mages, twenty five were E rank mages, eighteen were D rank mages and the remaining seven were C rank mages,All military academies at the time believed in survival of the fittest, the teachers had been instructed not to interfere in any fights unless it was life threatening or causing destruction of property, this meant for the weak the school would be hell on earth unless they formed alliances with higher rank mages which meant becoming their lackeys."What are you going to do the
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Bruce woke up to find that Brandon had already left the clinic, he wasn't surprised, when they were in elementary school, if Bruce got bullied, Brandon would stand up for him which usually led to a fight and he usually disappeared after every fight he lost, Bruce always had the job of finding him and cheering him up, it was during one of those days that he met Bruce's parents,"Good morning ma'am, did you by any chance see my friend? I brought him here yesterday after we got bullied" Bruce asked,"yes, he asked for directions to the school gym, poor chap probably wants to learn to defend himself not that one can blame him" The nurse replied,"Okay, thank you ma'am, I will take my leave now" Bruce said as he bade her goodbye,He walked across the school not minding that they were already late for class, he got to the hallway leading to the gym but went in the opposite direction which led to the cafeteria, he pushed the doors open to find a Cyan green haired teenager sitting on the floo
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The moment they walked into the large hall, all eyes fell on them, they could hear a lot of whispering and a few surprised gasps, It was safe to say, the two boys that ran off didn't tell just the sergeant but, apparently also told their entire class,"Oh my gosh, isn't that the boy that was supposedly killed by Bob's group?" A blonde haired girl asked,"I think so but, he doesn't look dead to me" another one replied in shock,"Maybe it's was an ability" someone said,"ability? but how? none of us have awakened yet" another replied confused,The Class whispers and murmurs kept on going until,"SILENCE!!!!!!ALL OF YOU!!!" a loud menacing voice boomer across the room, startling the students to silence, they looked around but couldn't find the source of the voice,Then in the middle of the class, a whirl wind could be seen forming,it first of all started slowly then suddenly picked momentum before dispersing and right where it was stood an old man with white hair and a long white beard,
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The week flew by fast and before they knew it, it was Friday evening, during the course of the week, Brandon and Bruce didn't get harassed by any other bullies and even helped Miss Silver bring the Blue River register back to life, they published articles about a different assortment of things and were even registered in a school news register competition against other schools, Miss Silver's attitude seemed to improve around them not that she acknowledged it.The moment the bell rang for closing, the excited students made way for the door but found it to be locked, they turned to Miss Silver with confused expressions,"Get back to your seats students, we have been instructed to give you a pre-abiltiy control tutorial class" Miss Silver announced,The students grudgingly made their way back to their seats, they were already looking forward to a lazy weekend,"Now the first thing I want to teach you all is basic magic summoning, the moment you awaken your ability and affinity, you will
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The auditorium was silent for a few minutes, the old man seemed to be shivering with fear and had yet to say anything about Brandon's affinity, the crystal had lit up with a rainbow color with a yellow hue around it,"Sir, is something wrong?" Brandon asked quietly,"Hmm, just return to your seat for now" the old man finally said after a few seconds,"I must warn my Lord about this child, he might become a threat to the foreign race, we must get rid of him" the old man mumbled to himself,Brandon nervously obliged, he walked back to his seat amist the stares and murmurs of the students in his year,"What did you think happened?" One student whispered,"Maybe, he couldn't get an affinity" another replied,"But the crystal lit up" a third student chirped in,"Yeah, but it didn't have a specific form like how it did for the others" the first replied,"Silence, next person Alexander Benjamin Moore" the old man yelled,Alec gave Brandon a pat on the back before moving towards the platform,
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Silence plagued the orphanage the next morning as even the Masters were all gathered in Mater Trevor's room where he was being attended to by a healer.The younger children went about their daily activities as though nothing happened but the older ones couldn't help but worry about Brandon, most of them were clueless as to what transpired between Brandon and Master Trevor but they had all been informed that Master Trevor was in his current state as a result of Brandon losing his temper which hardly ever happened.Meanwhile, in the master room, the other elders were still contemplating what to do to Brandon, under normal circumstances, he was to be punished but this case was different, Brandon wasn't one to lose his temper just like that and it wasn't fresh news that Master Trevor had a thing for pushing Brandon around but what made them even more perplexed was the insane amount of untamed power that radiated out of Brandon the previous evening."How could he have gotten that powerful
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Mrs Sarah was more than happy to see the boys again, after cleaning up, they were welcomed with a dinning table filled with sumptuous looking meals."Wow, you definitely didn't have to make so much mum" Bruce said on seeing the table."I know, I have come to realize that I may not see you as often as I would like especially since you will be busy with your career as a soldier and an inventor, so I have decided to put my all into every moment I spend with you in hopes that these memories will keepe company when you aren't here" Mrs Sarah said."Mum.., " Bruce muttered as the words seemed lost in his mind."It's alright Bruce, tough times are never easy, now eat up, you too Brandon" Mrs Sarah said with a smile.After the meal, the boys retired to Bruce's room, Brandon couldn't help but think back to what Mrs Sarah said at the table."Ian, we need to talk" Brandon said."As I expected" Ian replied.Brandon appeared in the empty space with Ian floating in front of him."So what did you wa
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As they flew through the night skin, curtains of light appeared in the sky, like the northern lights back on Earth but more prominent and heading in a particular direction."The Aurora borealis" Came a slight whisper from Bruce."You are awake, how are you feeling?" Brandon asked."Better than I should, where's Nicole?" Bruce said."He's flying behind us" Brandon replied."Flying? Oh my!!!" Bruce exclaimed gripping unto Brandon tight as he looked down."Relax, I have got you," Brandon said."Right, will we be able to make it in one night?" Bruce asked."I don't know" Brandon sighed.They flew for a few more hours, following the trail of light. There were a few occasional screeches and growls from below, but none could reach them; disappointed expressions appeared on their faces as the sun peeped from behind the sandy mountains."We should continue on foot. You guys can rest your wings, and I sort of need to take the piss", Bruce said.Spreading his senses around the areas, he landed,
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The ship went back into space as soon as the passengers alighted."It's better to be caught driving past an enemy planet than seen landing on it; the ship will be back once requested; that's what those makeshift phones are for,", Harvey said when he noticed Brandon's eye following the ship."Thank you" Brandon replied."My offer still stands; if you are in trouble, just press this, and we will come to you as soon as possible", Harvey said, handing him a box."Are your teammates okay with you being this overly nice to a bunch of strangers?" Brandon asked."They understand my reasons, these are tough times and a lot of kids your age come out here in hopes of finding something to help them make a living, most never return, I myself have witnessed too many young deaths to count, it's why we offer our protection to young mercenaries without having them joining us" Harvey explained."Thank you, that's very kind of you; we will see you around,", Brandon said."Hey Harvey, should we follow t
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