Maria let out a scornful sight. This was unbelievable. She had given him the simplest task, the task she thought no one with a half decent brain could possibly screw up. Yet there stood Draven, hoodwinked by two teenagers."You lost them... How in the name of Tesirus did you possibly lose track of them!?""Well, simply put. They just disappeared," Draven replied, acting as though his answer was perfect.Maria tugged on Draven's arm, so they both stood in the doorway. "You can see the whole bloody room from here! So don't give me that, 'they just disappeared' crap.""The tour will be starting soon, they've already sorted the newbies into their groupings." Red scooped Ragdoll off the ground and attached a little metal clasp to her ear. She jumped out of his arms, looking at him with an intelligence unfitting for a feline. "Track him down Ragdoll, and tell me when you've found him."She nodded, darting away into the crowd of people.Before Maria could question Red's actions, he stuck his
Sonya looked around the expanse of dandelions, they were dancing in the evening breeze without a care in the world. She couldn't share in their whimsical freedom, swallowing the panic constricting her throat as she stared at Ronan's house, a distant and chilling sillhouette of wood mixed with sharp grey stones.She pushed herself off the large rock behind her, going as fast as her feet would carry her to close in on her friend's sanctuary, vaulting the iron fence and throwing her arms out to collide with the door and halt her momentum. After tossing the door mat to the side and snatching the spare key she fumbled with the small object, finally stilling her trembling hands to jam it through the lock with a click."Ronan!" she burst, her voice crawling back into her throat as she stared at the torn up room. The scarce pairs of shoes once neatly lined together were thrown to the walls, along with multiple racks, bins, and a few chairs, all in a chillingly perfect circle."Ronan?" she whi
A symphony of mellow clacks came from around the corner, it wasn't just someone, it was a large group of someones. The two jumped away from the wall, going with the natural adolescent reaction by instinctively fixing their clothes and hair to erase any evidence of their troublesome behaviour. An entourage of casually dressed teenagers came around the corner in a disorganised group, two students in black uniforms streaked with silver manned the front, and another two held up the rear. The two in the front were clearly visible with their distance. One was an tall and nimble caramel skinned girl, with her thick black hair tied back in a braid, and the other was a prestigious, pasty looking boy, dwarfed by his partners towering figure. "What are you two doing wandering the halls alone? You get lost?" the girl called, marching the group of students towards them. Veronica put on a mask of innocence and smiled politely, curling a small strand of hair along her finger. "Yeah, we were looki
The group continued to thoroughly explore the academy, and Ronan was wondering how the students got around without using a map. His assumptions on its size were correct, it was massive and full of stairs, large rooms, and long halls, all the while spreading its blue and grey theme throughout the school.There was one area the guides talked about, but didn't explore much. A large room at the back of the school with five separately coloured and themed doors, yellow, red, silver, green, and purple respectively. On each door was a unique beast, embellished with blues, blacks and whites, to create a beautiful emblemed appeal.The yellow door had what Ronan assumed to be a winged wolf-like creature, with slim pointed ears, and prominent canines. The red door had a Phoenix on it, judging by the red flaming feathers covering the bird's body, and the same silver dragon on his pin sat prestigiously on the silver door. The second to last door had a scaled stag, like the one that had snuck up on
As soon as Ronan's group made it through the Silver House door, the guides ditched them in the hands of what they called the Sector Leaders, which summed up to be a lady with a silky and caring personality, and a boot camp commander wannabe that immediately divided the group into girls and boys. The lady took the girls away, and left the boys cringing under the oppressing aura of Sev.At least, that's the name he introduced himself with."No runnin', no killin' each other, no animals taller than your waist, and no creepin' on the ladies dorm." Sev announced. He'd pulled the group to the far left of the lobby room, and up a tight flight of stairs, where he turned around and blocked the exit. "Oh yeah, and don't be cursing your faces off without a good reason, unless ya wanna be singing like a lady during dinner time for everyone to hear."Sev led the group into a short, door-lined hall, ending with another door acting as an exit."Righty now, check out your cards if ya have em, if ya d
After Truvius convinced Ronan eating food wouldn't kill him and not doing such would, Ronan found himself seated at one of three long tables stretching across most of a window lit cafeteria. Talli and Veronica seated themselves across from them, and Truvius kept their attention by holding an ever changing thread of conversation that he would quickly revive whenever it died out.He silently ate his food without trying to think of what it was made of. Whenever he stuffed a piece in his mouth he would quickly try to relate it to something Earthy, which kept him from losing his appetite at most times. When he was almost through with his plate, a furry mass jumped onto his lap and squirmed over to the empty seat beside him.Ragdoll gave her face a couple licks then cuddled up right next to him and closed her eyes."Hah! there you are. By the way, your cat ran away..." A gloved hand came down upon Ronan's head and violently ruffled his hair, the familiar voice vanquished any cheer he'd acqu
He awoke to the feeling of something hard and heavy on his face, alongside a dull, chilling pain constricting his nose. With a passive groan he reached up and grabbed the object, immediately throwing it away when it started wriggling in his grasp. The light of day barraged his eyes, as he squinted over the edge of his bed where he'd heard the harsh impact.A tiny metal dragon popped into his view, wiping its glossy face a couple times before it gave him an insulted look, and crawled up the nightstand.The dragon found its perch on top of the clock, and stared at him with sapphire eyes, a hint of expectancy clouding its face. He blinked, curiously moving his finger towards the dragon's head. It didn't move until he stroked its nose and it latched its toothless jaws onto his finger, promptly refused to unhand his pointer finger and dangled in the air like a wet rag."It's not gonna stop bugging you until you get up," Truvius called. He was already wearing his uniform, and had a friendly
Veronica was already yawning repeatedly as she walked out of the class, while Talli was frantically trying to scribble down everything the teacher had said. Truvius was finally silent as he completed their little meeting circle, likely because, like Ronan, he was trying not to laugh at the red mark across Veronica's forehead that perfectly mimed the bumping stripes of her sleeve."The next class had better be good," she said, stretching out her legs from the extended amounts of sitting.Talli pulled up her sleeve and looked at the sender. "I-I think we have Lumience c-combat class next."Veronica yanked up her sleeve to see for herself. "Yes! I can finally blow something up and get marks for it!" she cheered, receiving a quick glance of worry from some students walking out the door.Ronan found himself being dragged back and forth repeatedly this particular day, and although he hated the monotonous practice, he wordlessly complied when Truvius dragged him back to their dorm.Truvius w