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WAR PLANET: The Phantom Chapter 101
Ronan tried to keep up with Mr. Skyfell as he pushed through the cluster of gawking students, his heart finally catching a break as the sensation of hopeless dread slipped into his footsteps.After testing three doors, Mr. Skyfell finally found one that was unlocked, pulling Ronan into the small office space and closing the door with a sharp crack. "I was under the impression that you didn't want to go to jail."Ronan's mouth dried as he lingered by the door. "I don't.""Really? So why aren't we on the same page right now?"Ronan opened his mouth without a response, his shoulders rising while his voice fell. "You're completely throwing Phantom under the bus.""Under a what?" Mr. Skyfell sighed, dropping his bag on the desk. "Never mind. How do I put this?" He thought for a second, his booming voice far too big for the four tight walls around them. "Do you know how hard it is for a court to convict an ancient Novan for using spells its probably older than?"Ronan blinked, toying with h
WAR PLANET: The Phantom Chapter 101.2
Ronan found his seat in the center of the room, a little less nervous than before with Mr. Skyfell's improvised game plan running through his mind. He watched Mrs. Floyd pass him to take the podium, the friendly smile he provided shot down with a resting scowl."Mr. Greine, please step forth to conclude your argument," Mrs. Floyd spoke, the doors to the assembly hall quietly closing as Mr. Greine rose to approach Ronan."We stopped at Latos. You were instructed to immediately inform the Council if the Red Phantom attempted to contact you in any manner."Ronan nodded. "I told Ariabella about it, she's officially recognised as a member of the Council, so technically she counts."Mr. Greine glanced at Stella."He speaks the truth."Ronan hid the relieved sigh."Could you tell us what happened during this encounter?""It is clear Mr. Greine does not know what happened, thorough questioning should not be conducted while presenting arguments," Mr. Skyfell boomed, rising from his seat to gre
WAR PLANET: The Phantom Chapter 102
"There was more than fourteen silver house students at the tryouts." Ronan argued, his pace set tight with a silent grudge as he had a paddle sword tucked under one arm, and a signature scowl laid across his face. The nippy air of the outdoors only fueled the resentment."Maybe you're actually good at something." Truvius replied, his slow shrug telling that it could be the only answer.So Ronan looked to Veronica for theories.She eyed Stella. "My bet's on the Council.""You finished your reading for The Life of a Lantern Fly at least, right?" Truvius' said, his smile withering as Ronan's scowl didn't budge. "It was only ten pages.""Of my life. Wasted." Ronan bit back, trying to adjust the thin dalem cuffs clipping his wrists so they wouldn't move as much. "I didn't think I was going to have Oblivion Ball practice twenty minutes after class.""Good thing Sonya looked at the team listings." Veronica chimed, unphased by the sour scrunch Ronan's nose had as he voice rose to a mock. "Eve
WAR PLANET: The Phantom Chapter 103
Ronan laughed as Puff nipped at the ribbon hanging from his tail, scattering blobs of dirt and dried twigs as he ran loops in front of him to catch it. He was worried that Sonya's idea would be more of a cruel trick than a toy for his guardian, but the smile stretching Puff's cheeks let him know he knew exactly what was going on, and loved it.Puff finally snagged the blue fabric in his mouth, slipping the loose knot off his tail to let it flutter onto his forehead.She stopped behind him, snagging the ribbon to retie it with a complimentary scratch behind the ears. After giving the bow a tight tug she gave the trees a smile, raising her elbows to the sky as she savoured a deep breath of air."This is just like walking home from school, huh?"Ronan snorted. "I tried to walk to Alta Staar, this is nothing like it.""Your school on Earth, smartass." Sonya mused, the smile on her face jumping onto Ronan as he chuckled. "I would kill to play video games all weekend, Earth homework was lik
WAR PLANET: The Phantom Chapter 103.2
They stopped when they were nearly off the trail, Sonya's panting gasps breaking into a cackling laughter that she usually used to get rid of her nerves.She took a second to shake the jitters of her hands, eyes blazing with pride that she was digging around Ronan's gaze to find. "Holy crap, that was terrifying!" Her voice lowered to a whisper as she looked over Ronan's shoulder, presumably for a pack of spell-wielding classmates. "You think Veronica would be proud?"Ronan gave the trail behind them his own hesitant glance, killing the joy peppering her face when he still didn't smile back. Veronica wasn't impressed by anything. Let alone that. "Sonya... you can't use spells on other students."She straightened, nose scrunched and lips twisted as she eyed Ronan like a new person entirely. "What's he gonna do? Run to Samanthra and tell her he got his butt wiped by two Novan loving murderers?" She sighed as Ronan paid the trail and Stella another glance. "Come on, there's nothing wrong
WAR PLANET: The Phantom Chapter 103.3
Ronan grunted out the breath of air he was holding, looking up at Mr. Lightwood's amused grin as he loomed over the two with far too much entertainment to be teaching. "Where's your guardian?"His smile dipped and his arms folded. "Dead. And I don't want a new one.""Oh, Sorry."Mr. Lightwood tilted his head. "Why? Stupid phoenix died a hero. Stopped Illyvias from being obliterated for a good five hours after it chucked me off it's back.""Sources state that was you." Stella said, sprouting even more irritation on Lightwood's face as he moved towards the door."You gonna trust a textbook, or the guy that was there?" Halfway to his destination someone knocked on it, the teacher facing the golem with a fresh smile as he cracked the door open for a new guest.Mr. Skyfell walked in, his face going from calm to confused as he looked around the room and landed on Ronan, still held under the weight of Mr. Greine's butt. His eyes pinned the blame on Lightwood, and his voice levelled out to un
WAR PLANET: The Phantom Chapter 104
Today was the day. Carcinos was high, a mirage dancing on shingles outside Ronan's window to let him know that soon he'd be a mini toaster oven walking to the arena in his black combat suit. Just making it to the game would be a personal feat at this point, he hadn't even come close to living up to Sonya's pep talk. Most of his team probably still thought he'd cheated to make it in, and the fact that he'd played once or twice, and scored maybe five shots in total was selling the theory. "Ready?" Truvius said, hand on the door with a bundle of silver ribbons and fabric over his shoulder. He'd petitioned Puff to be the silver house mascot, and the sheer amount of dragon hair he'd signed up for by volunteering to keep the Puff from jumping into the game had put him into a perpetual state of runny noses and sneezes. "As I'll ever be." Ronan sighed, They cracked the door, pushing back a small cluster of limp feathers that had been resting at its foot. Truvius groaned at the dead bird,
WAR PLANET: The Phantom Chapter 105
Ronan shivered as a trickle of icy water soaked his head, Aivry capping her waterskin as she took the bench beside him."Better?"He squeezed tight when he felt the water worming its way down his collar, clenching his teeth to keep them from chattering as he nodded. Sean was giving the first team of players their positions, and Ronan was grateful to be skipping a round with Jalev at the helm. It was five points or fifty push-ups for everyone, and he was the last person that would take kindly to that news.The first round ran quick. The Yellow House was going for the elimination tactic, and the last silver house player was knocked down a few seconds before they could win by points. Ronan didn't realise he was holding his breath until Sean smacked his shoulder to call him up. He joined the circle, a phantom force tapping his chin to keep him from staring at the grass"Ronan and Jalev are scoring points, everyone else it cutting down players."Ronan caught Jalev's gaze for a fleeting sec
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Chapter 119.2
After scaling a few levels of the roof, they found a cracked window and slipped into an empty guest room, the door to the hall barely ajar to show its lack of a guest.Veronica could see the sliver of a guard's shadow to the left, her hopes withering as she looked back to the window they had come through. But her gaze fell on the boy instead as he whispered a spell into his cupped hands, a small butterfly glowing with golden light fluttering from his palms and out the door.There was a small commotion as the guard to the left spoke with another one, two pairs of footsteps following the enchantment until they grew silent. The boy lead the mission, tiptoeing through the empty corridor until they rounded a corner to face two guards sitting at the end of the hall.Veronica swallowed her gasp, confused as the boy continued to lead her up to them. She heard a noise when they'd gotten close enough, one of the guards letting out a soft snore as his head drooped against the second guard using
- WAR PLANET: The Phantom
Chapter 119
Veronica sat on her bed, stuffed like a spring hen but still buzzing with birthday energy. She had only played with one of her gifts throughout the night, a dinged up wooden dagger that she'd managed to hold away from her mother until the gazes of the guests forced her to allow the gift to remain in her hands. She had looked for Mr. Bunny afterwards to show him her new prize, but Horus had informed her of his early departure.She knew that they had planned for today to be their last, but the disappointment lingered nonetheless. She still had one last gift she had hoped to give him.Veronica sighed, grabbing for a fairytale on her shelf instead of the books that had piled from Jackling's tutoring. She had gotten a few new stories to read Cinder before bed, but the phoenix had taken a particular liking to the golden lettering of one title."The Adventures of Locke Lanbrellhande..."She stopped at the small tap that met her ears, glancing at the side of her bed where Cinder was still per
- WAR PLANET: The Phantom
Chapter 118
It was all wrong.The corridor was too tight. The guards were too close. Too tall.It was too cold, suffocating.He was meant to be in the room to at least give him some time to think."Are you alright?"The boy snapped to the voice. What was a blink to him, was long enough to land him on the ground, palms to the floor to keep his entire body from shaking. He didn't know how long he had blanked out for, but the king had taken a knee to come closer to him, washed with concern as a few of the surrounding guards hovered over the scene to see where they could offer help."Come lad, can you stand?"His gut twisted at the way he tried to help him up, but with Vera bracing his other side he couldn't very well squirm away from the king. He doubted that he'd even have the energy if he decided to. But he knew now with the scene he'd caused that he would have to respond with more than a nod.Cilvren would have had his translational enchantments up to date, but there was a standing risk of a few
- WAR PLANET: The Phantom
Chapter 117.2
It had been a little over an hour since the nosy boy named Horus had been dragged off. But the silence finally let him work without prying eyes. The size of the pants had allowed him to stitch pockets inside, just big enough for a dagger to hide beneath the folds on either side. Horus had likely thought he was being smart when he hid his old clothes and daggers from him, but the presence of magic in the air always escaped Lumer senses.He pulled them out of a pile of blankets, finding the rest of his trinkets and the invitation to shove in his pockets. With some hesitation, he bounced the black spool of string in his palm, staring at the shiny silver needle and pocketing the whole thing. He had to be preapred to use anything.Hopefully Veronica wouldn't miss the small thing, nor the black cloak he found in her wardrobe.Blue crystals twinkled at his fingertips as he traced his hand down the cloak. He just needed to be invisible from a distance for a few minutes. Most of the guards had
- WAR PLANET: The Phantom
Chapter 117
It was the end of the painfullest slumber party in history.Veronica had exorcised her birthday immunity to raid a closet of nearly all its bedsheets, and prop them up as a haphazard blanket fort in her room. It was the perfect mess for the boy to hide in when someone walked in without knocking, but also a tight fit when it came time for sleeping.Veronica had been ushered away at the crack of dawn for the maids to prepare her outfit, which left the boy in Horus' care. He had to get the two of them ready, and hope to the gods that the boy picked up at least half of the common Latos mannerisms he had taught him. But all of that was to the side as Horus stared at the boy tucked into a corner of the blanket fort.Horus didn't know what was weirder. The way he held a few flowered bauble pins out the side of his mouth as he sewed, or the fact that he looked like a seasoned seamstress as he cinched the waist on a pair of pants Veronica had swiped from Adrian. The cut was tall enough for him
- WAR PLANET: The Phantom
Chapter 116.3
The door opened, the boy squatting lower into the tub as Veronica peeked in. She flaunted the tiny beginner's book like a sack full of slivs, tiptoeing up to the tub with a devilish smile."I found it.""You don't have to whisper, we put up a sound block enchantment.""You guys have to teach me!" Veronica piped. She quickly landed on the bar of soap in Horus' hands, putting two and two together at the suds popping in the boy's hair. "Horus, that's soap.""Yeah...""That won't do, it makes your hair all icky." She grabbed a tray full of mysterious pots, smearing at least five of the creams together before her mysterious concoction was complete.No amount of dodging could save the boy from being her test dummy, but the smug way he simply let Veronica rub the bubbly concoction into his hair irked Horus to no end. She grabbed some more of the secret spread, only stopping when not a single black hair could be send through the froth of rose bubbles on his head."You're never going to smell
- WAR PLANET: The Phantom
Chapter 116.2
Veronica surged with confidence, a top and trousers that she had stolen from her brother's room, as well as one red envelope embellished with gold trimmings hiding between two books she had snatched from house Acadrius' library. She had the best idea to get Mr. Bunny safely out of the castle, and perhaps have him earn her parent's favour for a second visit.Her birthday celebration was in two nights. She had been lucky enough to find the spare invites before Ambelsine the records-keeper discarded them all. With the right clothes, he could easily blend with a room full of rich traders and nobility—and walk right out the front door.The guards paid her an odd look as she waved to them, the two at her door hesitating before allowing her into her room. She tried not to show a reaction. She had told Mr. Bunny not to make a sound, the guards would run in with a loud enough crash. But the room before her was empty, the small pile of books and food she had placed for him tidied up.She checke
- WAR PLANET: The Phantom
Chapter 116
Horus gazed up the hill of crimson steps to Veronica's room. He had counted to five hundred, and found Mr. Jackling well before he found Veronica. Apparently, while counting in a passage behind a closet, Horus had somehow climbed out a window. At least, that was Jackling's truth as he spent the better part of ten minutes going over the dangers of climbing onto roofs with himIt wasn't the first time Veronica had fed him an outlandish tale. But Horus ate up the blame every time. Veronica blabbered when she panicked, which meant she was hiding something. And that something was always better dealt with without the adults getting involved.Adrian would have more than a sharp word for him when he got back to that problem he'd up and abandoned. Things were simpler when the children of Acadrius weren't revulsed at the sight of one another.Horus made quick work of the stairs, fixing a lopsided shoelace and dusting his collar before gently knocking to call his presence. A muffled shuffle was
- WAR PLANET: The Phantom
Chapter 115.3
Veronica barreled through the halls, a shiny steel bowl tucked over her head as she carved a clear path to her destination.Adrian's room was so far from her own, privileged to the same hall as her mother and father's bedchambers, and nearly as grandois. When Horus and Adrian weren't scrapping in the courtyards, they were almost always doing something in there.Veronica confirmed her theory as she pressed her ear to the door, letting herself in at the sound of Horus' voice.Adrian was quick to call out her trespassing, stepping out of the hold he had Horus in to cross his arms and slap a sour glare on his face."Don't touch my door.""It's not yours," Veronica snipped back, clutching the bowl tighter as her brother took a challenging step. She quickly stole Horus' attention. "I need your help."Adrian scoffed at her caked shoes. "What's with all the mud? Mom's going to have a fit.""None of your business, I need Horus to help me.""We're practicing. Go get Maria or Jackling to help yo
