I had finally gotten some time off and decided to explore the institute. I had been constantly bombarded with something or the other since the moment I had stepped in here that I never really got the time to look around. I wanted to find the place where I had gotten teleported to during my fight with Isla, I remembered it being slightly into the woods beyond the outdoor training arena.
It didn't take me long to find out that place, I saw black ash near the place that I had landed, it was p
"Evin's missing...""WHAT?! what do you mean?!""Earlier today he mentioned that he was going to the training grounds to train, but even after half the day was over Victor realized that he wasn't back, so we decided to check on him and when we asked the others if he had been there, they said tha
I heard muffled voices speaking in the background, I couldn't see anything and realized that I was blindfolded, I was being carried off to somewhere and couldn't move for some reason. Was it some spell? All I could do was rely on my sense of hearing and smell to figure out what was happening, from the looks of it I was definitely not going somewhere pleasant.I heard the clang of metal doors opening and I was subsequently tossed into the room like a sack of potatoes. I felt the cold floor beneath me while haunting memori
The metal doors opened revealing two masked men, Julian and me hid behind the small wooden shelf at the left corner of the room. He said that he would distract the two men by doing a small spell and then both of us could make a dash for it. I didn't know if it would work but it was worth giving a shot. While the two of them discussed our absence Julian did the spell and smoke started to fog up the room.We both dashed out of the door and ran, but we had no idea where we were headed to, not soon after we heard a loud cras
I open my eyes to see a large hall, dimly blanketed in white light, I felt as if I had woken up from a deep sleep, my eyes felt rather heavy, and my head was cloudy. But something about the place gave me the nostalgic feeling of home. Flashes of images and faces flickered in front of my eyes, it seemed like a film of memories being replayed. My head throbbed all of a sudden as I tried to concentrate on the faces and images I was seeing. I finally returned to my senses.
I learned that the whole building was divided into six chambers and the training hall was in the first. But our room was at the far edge of the dorms and the dorms being located at the last chamber of the building meant marathon racing to the hall and a long distance to cover. I was running late so I had picked out whatever gear and clothes that I found and ended up looking very unprofessional for the task.Katy explained that this was an institute for those with the special ability to use the power of the soul, a rare talent. Such people are characte
After a nice dinner, I was more than ready to sleep especially after today's training session. My whole body felt limp, but I was keen to clear my doubts about the missing people with Katy. As I was helping Katy in setting up our beds, I asked her about the subject that had been on my mind for a while. I also realized that I remembered things as and when I fed clues into my mind. Katy, upon hearing that fact decided to tell me right away about them. She mentioned two names - Evin and Isla. "Mez, are you ok, you're crying...."
I woke up with a jolt, gasping for air, and felt damned relieved that I wasn't in the middle of a burning forest. I was still shivering from the stark terror that gripped me in my dream. Was that just a dream? No way, it felt, almost too real..."Mez! you're up! we need to head towards the main hall, it seems that Ms.Aslome wasn't entirely done with her speech."
Katy, me, and Victor had been waiting for about an hour, outside Ms.Aslome's room, for Evin to step out. I assumed that Ms.Aslome had a lot to tell him, however, I was rather curious about him too, I recognized him right away, even though his face wasn't very clear in my memory. He seemed to have given everyone quite the shock with his sudden reappearance, Katy and Victor seemed confused, angry, and baffled.As soon as the morning speech was dismissed Victor came up to us completely furious, insisting that we don't let Evin get away with this and that he owed everyone a good explanation. Thinki