In the history of mankind, there was an ancient civilization known for their advanced technologies -- far more advanced than the known technologies that the ancient people know.

However, that ancient civilization soon disappeared from the face of the world, and the ancient people could not find a trace of the ancient civilization.

As years passed, many ancient people began to search for ancient civilizations so know more about their advanced technologies. But, they couldn't find the place, and they all searched everywhere from the corner of the world, but still haven't found the ancient civilization.

However, there was a young boy who was wandering in the deep forest near the large fountain, he was brave to go alone and wander the forest. His name was Caelus, a young boy who loves to adventure by himself, he was exiled from his clan after his parents died from the war which is still happening.

Caelus wandered so deep in the forest and accidentally found an entrance that leads inside the mountain. The boy only said "Wow" before he cautiously walked towards the entrance slowly, and inside the entrance was a long dark hallway that was very dark at the end. Fortunately, the boy made a torch out of wood and he was able to see slightly in the dark hallway. The boy entered inside and walked in the dark hall while holding his torch.

There were some ancient scriptures written in the walls which the boy couldn't understand. Caelus continued walking in the hall until he found the exit.

When the boy exited the dark hallway, he was surprised and awed at what he was looking in front of him. It was an abandoned city hidden inside the mountain. It was so large that it was almost the size of the largest mountain in the world.

There were countless houses everywhere and bridges connected to different locations. The boy explored the abandoned city and looked at his surroundings with awe.

This was the ancient civilization that disappeared from the surface. However, there were no people living in this city and it was already abandoned. As the boy continues to explore the city, he went inside an abandoned magnificent castle made of cobblestones. The boy heads inside the castle and walks inside a long hallway that leads to the throne room.

There are knights statues on each side of the hallway and all of them are wearing pure silver armour. As the boy continues to walk in the hallway, he finally finds the entrance to the throne room.

He slowly opened the door to the throne room and he was in awe of the magnificent scenery inside the throne room.

There are six large pillars on each side that support the ceiling, and at the end of the throne room, there was a skeleton of a dead person wearing torn royal clothes sitting in a rusted throne and holding a mysterious cube on its skeletal hands. The young boy cautiously walked towards the throne and set his eyes on the cube that the skeleton was holding.

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The boy slowly reaches his hand towards the cube and takes it away from the skeleton's hand. The mysterious cube was now at the boy's hand, and he looked at the cube with curious eyes.

After a few minutes of looking at the cube, the cube began to glow and the boy was shocked that he unconsciously dropped the cube on the ground and slowly walked back. The cube continued to glow brighter and brighter, and it began to levitate on the air.

The cube slowly began to change shape to a crest and it whispered: "The new king has arrived!" Before the boy could react, it went inside the  boy's chest.

The boy fell on the ground from the pain, his body was so hot that it could melt at any time, however, his body began to glow bright instead.

"Arrgh!!"

The boy screamed from pain and his feet began to freeze with ice. His eyes turned gold, and his body continued to glow.

The ice slowly covers the boy from feet to the head until he is completely frozen inside the ice. The boy was frozen inside the ice for an eternity until someone could save him.

"You... are... worthy..." An echo whispered to the boy's head before he lost his consciousness and went to deep slumber.

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In the Skyline Academy, a well-known academy in Sunrise City, there was a young girl named Mitsumi Yozakura, a popular girl in the Skyline Academy, who was having lunch with her best friend inside the academy's canteen."

Mitsumi, how was your grade in English?" Said her best friend, Miya Nolasco, who is the president of the art club.

"It was 95 on my English test, how about you?" Mitsumi was curious about her best friend's grade.

"Nah, just 83 on both English and Science." Miya said with a prideful face. In fact, she was hiding her true score from Mitsumi.

Unfortunately, Mitsumi already knows that Miya has the lowest grade, "So you failed..." She said and raised a brow.

Miya, who was seen through by her best friend, admitted herself, "Yeah... I got 45 on both... I still don't understand how I can solve this and that!? It's so unfair!" Miya exclaimed.

Mitsumi understood her best friend, she started to cheer her up, "Don't worry, it's just a mock test. There is still time to learn."

Miya, who was irritated by her failure, suddenly when happy after her best friend cheers her up, "Thank you." She said.

They both continued talking to each other while eating their lunch, a few minutes passed, the announcer spoke from the PA system (Public Address system), saying: "Miss Miya Nolasco and Miss Mitsumi Yozakura, please proceed to the Principal's office."

Everyone inside the canteen went silent after hearing the announcer calling two students. Miya and Mitsumi were both surprised when they got called to head to the Principal's office. They finished their lunch and left the canteen and headed towards the Principal's office.

On the way to the Principal's office, while walking on the long hallway, they noticed some huge crowd gathering in the fountain just near the school entrance.

"Hey, have you heard there was a new transfer student?" Said a girl while giggling to her friend besides her. Both Miya and Mitsumi heard them.

"Yeah! They said that he's so handsome and cute!" Said the other girl, "Come on, let's see him!" They began to walk to where was the huge crowd was.

Both Miya and Mitsumi stared at those two girl who where heading towards the huge crowd. They were curious about the new transferee, however, they were in a hurry and continue walking on the hallway heading towards the Principal's office.

Both Miya and Mitsumi were standing in front of the door of the Principal's office, they knocked on the door twice and a voice from the other side said:

"Come in."

- To Be Continued -