Soon after Horace gave the instruction, the entire school went on lock down, and each and every living entity that was within the school grounds at the time was search without mercy.Despite their best efforts however, nothing was found that tied any of the visitors to the ORA.Leading the investigation, which lasted 5 hours, to a dead end.After the investigation was over, visitors were free to go back home, and many did, but a few family members of the students ended up staying behind.Grandpa Ollie, Annie' family, Prime general Fester, just to mention a few.But these people stayed behind all for various reasons, reasons that needed answering.Horace was seated in his office, he had his head held in his hands, and he was lamenting and racking his head over various matters.That's when a knock came to the door, "Horace, you in?" said a elderly voice from behind the door.'... Only a hand full of people address me by my first name, and I recognise this voice...' "come in" said Horace
Dia, Earl and Sidney all leapt through the other side of the white rift, and ended up tumbling on the floor."ughh!!! Damn this one time rifts, they do practically nothing..." said Dia as he slowly picked himself off of the floor.'... That's him, that's Dia!!!!' thought Sidney as he stared down Dia, he too, slowly picking himself off of the floor.".... I knew that crack job Xavier was a dunce!!! This damn one time rifts just transport us a million miles away from our previous location.And now I'm lost.I don't even know where the hell I am, or what direction to take..... Leaving all the good rifts for you and that brat, Light!!!!" said Dia as he turned around and began looking all over for Earl.The three were transported to a desert, a place filled with only sand, the scorching heat of the son, poisonous and deadly creatures, and the occasional cacti for as far as the eye can see.The heat of the sun proved too intense for Dia, as his face crumpled up, and he shaded his eyes using
As Earl opened his eyes, he once again found himself inside of his own mind, a familiar space he has been to before.It was the same place he was consumed in, before waking up back at the rainbow forest."so this is it huh? The mind's eye.... This is the place that consciousnesses reside according to the book Soki gave me.So this where it is.... The 'darkness' within...." said Earl as he began walking around the place.He was dressed in what he wore during the battle, and he made sure to move with caution.'.... According to the book, a stronger willed consciousness is bound to take over when the two consciousness collide.But a stronger willed consciousness would need an 'anchor' to win the battle, an emotional attachment stronger than the will to live.But that's the part I didn't quite get, and I'm gonna have to battle the second consciousness when the time comes' thought Earl.Shivers ran down Earl's spine as he felt a shadow run past him, "... Wha- I'ts here already?!!!" said Ea
"where..... Where am I?" asked Sidney as he blinked his eyes open, he found himself in the dorm room.He was on his usual bed, lying down, as he slowly picked himself up, Jake was busy applying gel to his purple hair, to keep its smooth consistency.William was off to the corner of his own bed, rubbing his tired eyes as he had just woken up."hey Sid!!!" said Earl who was busy brushing his teeth as he waved in Sidney's face.Seeing Earl and everything else, along with the fact that he still had the same torn clothes he wore when everything happened.Made him confused."huh?" said Sidney in response."how long you gonna stay down?" asked Earl, "hey!!! Hair for brains!!! Go brush your teeth inside the bathroom!!! It's disgusting!!!" said Jake."yeah yeah airhead!!!" snapped Earl as he began walking over to the bathroom, '... Earl....' thought Sidney as he watched Earl slowly get farther away from him.As he shut his eye and opened it back up, he found himself in the same hopeless situat
As the announcement rung through the ears of all the students, "Earl White and Sidney Guy have been captured by the ORA""... Wait, what?!!!" said Henry in disbelief as he clenched his hair in his hands, "that can't be right!!!" said Crystal."Gosh darn it!!!!" yelled Ruby as she stomped her foot on the ground angrily.Annie couldn't even speak a word, she could only hold her own mouth shut, using both her hands.Tears filled her eyes, but didn't flow down, only keeping her in pure fright and uncertainty."Earl..." said Suzuki with sad eyes, "they kidnapped one of the 'prodigies?" said Lan, "Earl!!" said Ralph.Janet was quiet, with a puzzled look on her face, "how could this school let this happen?!!!" she yelled out in anger."Earl!!!" said Christopher, Alice, who was beside him said nothing, and could only place her hand on his shoulder."How come?!!!" "Why?!!!" "when?!!!" "I thought this was one of the best schools in Welgrid!!!!" "how many times will they attack us?!!!" the screa
Sidney slowly opened up his eyes and found himself surrounded by masked people.They all had varying heights, builds and weapons, from tall to short, muscular to fat to skinny, from swords to axes to makes and lances.Each different person each had a different weapon of their own.And each was fully dressed in black, with all of them wearing masks over their faces, showing only their eyes and everything above."you think he's dead?" said a short man, wearing masks, "nah, I bet you a hundred pebs he's wakes up" said the tallest in the group."your on!!!" said the short man confidently."guys shut up, I think he's waking up" said one with orange spiky hair."wait really?" asked the short man, "hahaha pay up Shorty!!!!" laughed the tallest one.'... Huh?.... Bandits?!!!' thought Sidney as he began scanning all the faces around him."hey, can you hear me?" asked the spiky haired man, "wh-who.... Are you?" asked Sidney, "well that's obvious" said the tallest man."We're bandits!!!" said th
Having heard the news about Earl and Sidney, and the added fact that none of them could do anything about it made school life a lot less enjoyable. As one would imagine.The most affected were those who were directly intertwined in their lives, Ruby, Annie, Henry, Jake and Williams.Other people too like Crystal, Suzuki and Christopher were the next most affected of the bunch.As they hadn't been as close, but their lives were greatly affected and change thanks to primarily Earl's contribution.All in all, Earl had made his input and image cemented into the minds of all of Wallace's first year students, and having neither him, nor Sidney around felt weird to the students.Even the teachers were affected, especially Soki and Mr Stevens, as both had close ties to Earl in one way or the other.And knowing the ORA for the reputation they had, they could only imagine the worse that could've happened to the two.The second years were affected as well, not all, but most, as their class rep'
Annie was seated in an empty table in the cafeteria, all by herself, eating the food served up in front of her.It's not like no one wanted to sit with her, but her expression and overall mood wasn't an inviting one.Not to mention the fact that she picked the empty table on her own accord.As she was munching down on a her fries, both Jake and Williams entered into the cafeteria, one after another.'... Ever since that day in the hospital, since Earl and Sidney got kidnapped, Jake hasn't spoken a word to me.Even though we both are still living in the same dorm room and see each other everyday, he doesn't even respond to me at all.And I'm too guilty, ashamed and scared to try any harder than this...' thought William as he picked up a tray and stood in line.Right behind Jake.Just as William thought, Jake had a stoic look on his face, and didn't speak a word, nor look at any of the other students, since entering the cafeteria.Seeing Jake the way he was, hurt William.Most, if not a