Celeste~

Celeste-"I'm okay, I'm just glad you're okay, I was fighting when this all happened and I was already damaged enough from that so I don't need any more injuries."

Chloe-"Yeah, me and Markan were still with our old friends when this all started, we went upstairs to change and meet you guys to train but then this series of loud crashes happened and suddenly I was on the floor."

Celeste-“I know it was crazy, the thing is though I can’t find Rain. We were in the combat chambers when this all started but I was in the ring, she must have been rushed out somewhere because I can’t see her anywhere.”

I scanned the room once again to look for my friend but to no success because I still couldn’t see her.

Chloe-“She was telling me about the fight before this started. That’s why we were on our way down. She has to be somewhere near, I tried to message and call her but it wasn’t going through, I'm hoping her phone just died and that something hasn’t happened because she’s all by herself”

*BOOM!

An even louder bang travelled its way through the walls of the Trial Academy.

Chloe-“Did you just fucking hear that oh my gosh!”

Celeste-“Yeah I did, sounded even louder than the ones before. I hope Rain’s phone is just dead too, it sounds like it’s getting even more serious than it was before.”

“Celeste!”

A hand grabbed my shoulder from behind, under high anxiety I darted my head around instantly to turn to the source. Thankfully it was only Rain. She hugged me while I was still standing with Caspian, who was also still distracted by his phone. She noticed his arm around me and gave me a questioning look. I simply shrugged under her stare and took to conversation instead.

“You okay, hurt or anything?” I said to her

“Nah I’m good, just the same as everyone else, scared and fucking confused, who do you think is doing this shit? And fuck! Look at you, you're the damaged one I should be asking you that.”

I quickly texted Chloe to tell her that Rain was okay before continuing.

“It was mostly from the fight I didn’t get hurt from the debris or anything, I’m healing though I’ll be fine. As for who’s doing this shit, I have no fucking idea, I think the most probable answer is something to do with politics or some shit but who’s to tell.”

“Damn though your injuries are kinda bad, terrible timing that’s for certain. At least the hulk over there is pretty fucked up as well. Ugh, but this place is supposed to be protected. I didn’t come here to be in a motherfucking war zone I just wanted to study, train and leave I don’t care about all of this extra shit.”

Couldn’t agree more “That makes both of us.”

After about half an hour the chaos subsided and we were brought to the emergency theatre area beneath the ground floor. We were all now seated and just waiting for answers. I had managed to meet Chloe and Markan on the way there which I was more than happy about.

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That was also when Markan and Chloe told us that while they were in the room with the practitioners they didn’t let them look out of the window at all. It wasn’t the most abnormal thing to do in the world, I mean, we were all in immediate danger after all, But the way they described their complete demands for them to step back from the window made it seem like they had something else to hide. It wasn’t unusual for the more powerful students t to step in during crisis and help to defeat an enemy. It also definitely wasn’t unusual for them to not disclose who was attacking and was usually the first thing they did from what I’ve read about the history of this place.

It was definitely slightly unusual but nothing to cause a riot about right this second.

“Damn, so how long are we gonna be waiting here.”

I heard strings of complaints from those seated behind and in front of us, I was in the same boat as them from being someone who was worn out already from fighting and being in whatever this was. I was tired as fuck and needed help of some kind for these wounds. Some of them were healing perfectly fine by themselves but the other deeper ones like the one on my chest were bleeding, bad.

I couldn’t hear anything outside of the room, assuming it was tightly enclosed. There also weren’t any practitioners in here right now, they were probably outside guarding the place and doing some sort of damage control.

We were sat here for at least another hour before a muffled voice from the speaker emerged.

*Students, we apologise for the delay in information. As you all know there has been an attack at Blue Phoenix Academy Trials here today, thankfully, nobody was severely injured including all practitioners and ministers of the academy. The Damages are being dealt with as we speak and this place should be rebuilt once again by this afternoon. No damage was done above the ground floor therefore all property should be safe and well. The culprits of this crime were an opponent we were not prepared for, as you all know the Angels have not had an attack of such a level in years, and within those attacks, it was even longer ago that they touched an Academy of ours. We were not ready enough to handle such an event with the structure that we usually encompass and for that, we apologise humbly. All of your family have been notified of the event and any and all issues that have come from this will be solved before you leave here. For now, the only instruction we have is to go back to your sleeping quarters and remain above the first floor until further notice. The threat is eliminated so no need to worry, but to ensure damage control we need no interruptions. If you need food notify us through the app and room service will be available. Thank you all for your cooperation.*

I hadn’t even noticed it while I was listening to the voice of the instructor but a practitioner had come and assisted in healing the wounds that were not too severe with their healing abilities. They bandaged up the remaining wounds and asked if there was anything else I needed. I said no and they continued on their way before telling me to go to the doctor's office when I got the chance to tomorrow.

“Wow, so it really was the angels, who would have thought,” Chloe muttered from beside me while Rain nodded in agreement.

Everyone else also broke out In the same series of shocks that we did while we were guided to leave the hall row by row.

Not to my surprise Rain and her conspiring mind was on their ass about what they said in that speech. Scoffing she spoke “They sure were secretive though that’s for certain.”

“Hell yeah, they were.” I agreed right along with her.

“Why the fuck would they just attack out of nowhere this all makes no sense,” Markan growled from his neat next to Rain.

I knew that while Markan was tough in many aspects, this whole thing would throw him off completely. First, he had to deal with his nerves about performing well enough while he was here, but now the whole routine of this place was off and it just made what was already a shaky boat ride a full on storm at sea and I felt terribly bad for him. All of us had wanted the whole experience of this place and the actual Academy itself to be a smooth ride but we knew that we couldn’t guarantee anything, this may just be the start of a very bumpy journey.