Jessica feels the weight lift off her chest as she sees a familiar face in a distance through the Brightness of the Lights in the huge hall, it was Suzie, she runs off overtaking the man walking in front of her and hugs her tightly, Suzie hugs her back as she is about to cry "where were you... I was scared Jess... I don't get it... what's happening. and why" as Suzie Utters The words the man catches up to the two and speaks in a rough voice "now don't cry you two, we told you everything, I hate to repeat myself ya' know"

Jessica turns and looks at the man finally actually seeing his features, The man was Tall and had spiky short black hair, he was well-built and was wearing a black t-shirt with trousers of the same color, he had what looked like boxing hand wrap of black white color covering what was visible of her left arm between his t-shirt and gloves, the man had a very faint dull scar below his Brown as earth eyes, he was smoking his cigar like he was fed up with the two

Jessica speaks to her clearly showing her annoyance in her words, "Who do you think you are? and why the hell are we two here alone with YOU!" The man sighs as he takes a drag from his cigar as he speaks, "I am... uhm... let's just say your new mentor? or just say trainer? forget it call me whatever you want" Jessica looks at the man confused as Suzie steps up and questions the man "what do you mean "mentor" you are not our mentor or whatever! you look more like a kidnapper!" Jessica's eyes widen as she looks at Suzie, "Now you say it, it really looks like we are kidnapped!" Suzie grabs Jessica's arm as she speaks in a frightened voice, "OMG! what are we going to do now, Jess!" The man lets out a big sigh, "even if I was a kidnapper... what makes you think I will pick YOU two out of all the other options, and anyway I have not kidnapped you or anything, so hold your horses"

Jessica and Suzie expression turns from confused to shock, they were not expecting him to say something like that as they struggle to figure out a reply the man continues to speak "You see those rings in your fingers, you may not feel it, but it is slowly gathering your life energy, as I told you before, now you are one of us, you are a 'ring user' now" The girl's eyes widen in shock They are too confused "What do you mean? How can we become a ring user or whatever it is? we were normal just a few hours ago!" Suzie shouts in horror "No need to shout brat, this is your new reality now, you may have lived a completely normal life before, may have even hated those 'accursed' by the rings, but accept it... you are one of us now... and there is nothing you can do about it"

Jessica looks down at her left hand and on the weird ring attached to her skin she couldn't believe it, she was a completely normal person just a few hours ago, but she couldn't let her thoughts engulf her mind, she couldn't drop her guard in front of the man, she didn't trust him one bit she gathers all her courage and speaks as she maintains her composure "Even if what you say is true... and we really are one of you, how can we trust you?" the man smiles at her question "I like how you maintain your composure even in a situation like this, let me tell you, most would fall in confusion at this point just like your blonde friend the-"

"Don't dodge the question... answer it... what's with this? what do you want from us?" Jessica speaks interrupting the man in his speech, the man glares at Jessica for a moment as he continues to speak "well, let me get to the point, as you are ring users, the emperors can't let you two roam aloof, It's a matter of national security, I am not saying that you two maybe traitors, but you two may fall in the hands of the masterminds of the incident, which may be harmful for the citizen's life, and dare I say... even your dignity... now you two are a part of the world ring user foundation now you two will work with us and destroy the ones who seek destruction put bluntly, you are one of the soldiers of the four emperors now, even if you wish or not"

Jessica was shocked at the man's words, being a soldier of someone she has only ever read the name of in some books... someone she knows nothing about, forced to fight for someone like that... she couldn't believe her ears, as her mind is filled with such thoughts Suzie speaks up "Thats just straight up cruel!" The man sighs as he walks closer to the two and pats their heads, "I know... it's cruel... it makes no sense... but you have no option now... you will be hunted down if you refuse... It's for the people... the citizens we as ring users are far too big of a threat to let us have a will of our own" there is a moment of silence in the hall... none of them says a word, until Suzie breaks the silence... "so... what now?" the man Looks down at them "now... we need to first know what you two's rings are capable of... to do that, we need to go to the Place's headmaster's office, so follow me"

Saying this, the man gestures them to follow the two of them know that they have no other option, so they quietly walk behind him, they think of potential chances of escape at once moment and at the other they think of just submitting to fate their thoughts flood their minds they can't think of what to do, as they are lost in thought before they know it the man stops in front of a large door in the huge hallway, he pushes the door open and walks in, the two walks in behind him as the door close

They look around as they find themselves in a huge library like room filled with various books, one you might see in something like Harry Potter, they notice an old woman with curly blonde hair and old-fashioned clothes sitting in one of the hundreds of chairs reading some book, the old lady notices the three as she makes a annoyed face speaks in a Furious tone "And what might you be doing here, huh?" The man scratches the back of his head with his left hand as he doesn't make eye contact with the women, "uhm... me... ha... me... *he chuckles a bit to himself* I... you see... these kids here might need your help"

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The old women squint as she puts on her glasses and looks at the three "hmm... ok, but you are not allowed in here" the woman speaks in a rough tone "What? why what did I ever-" As the man is about to finish he is interrupted in between by the woman, "oh don't even try you brat! in your time, you burnt half of my beloved library! get the hell out of here" "uhm did I?" the man says as he rolls his eyes, he clearly had an attitude "oh! yes you did! now get to lose!"

"Hey... at least let me be here to see their ring being deciphered, I won't just burn your stuff down jeez!" the man says as he sighs, "ok fine, please let me stay? fine now?" the man says in a annoyed voice "ok fine, you can stay... now you two young ladies come here and sit down" The woman says as she points at Jessica and Suzie, the both look confused but goes and sit down on the seats parallel to the women, "So young ladies, my name is Margaret Smith, My ring power is to read the codes engraved in rings and find out their abilities, so why not we start by getting you two beauties names?" the woman spoke in an elegant voice dripping in love "Jessica", "Suzie cooper" the both spoke one after the other, "hmm, you got nice names young ladies. so, you blonde you go first, give me your hand in which you have the ring" Suzie hesitates a bit but give her right hand to her, she also had a golden colored ring on her ring finger, but her ring had a blue stone instead of a Black one,

The woman smiles a bit as she closes her eyes, her ring starts to glow a dark of green then the color of Suzie's ring after a few minutes the woman opens her eyes again she smiles as she looks at the man "The girl have potential, I can see why they had to use you for her... her ability is to manipulate people's thoughts as long as her willpower is stronger than the targets, As I suppose you are her trainer, I believe you have the right to name her ability right?" Suzie and Jessica are totally confused at the old woman's words, "we...what? mind control? Willpower? what?" Suzie speaks up in confusion "Thats your ability kid... that's your ability, you are officially a ring user now" The man speaks in a calm tone as he walks closer to the three "huh?" Jessica says in confusion

"w... woah!! This is so cool, so I can actually manipulate people's minds! just by this tiny ring?! that's awesome and the names so cool! let's go!" Suzie speaks up in a cheerful tone "hmm... now it's the other girls turn I believe, give me your hand sweetie" The woman speaks like she spoke before to Suzie, Jessica slowly gives out her left hand to the lady, unlike Suzie's her ring have a black gem, the woman is rather shocked after seeing her ring, but She grabs her hand and closes her eyes as her ring glows once again going from green to black, Jessica feels a strange warmth in her hand, like some ‘energy’ flowing through her it’s like fire engulfing her hand a whole

She panics as she looks back at the women’s face, to her surprise she looked like she was struggling, sweat on her forehead, clearly not looking her best, her body shaking vigorously. The man notices that something isn’t normal he runs up to the old woman grabbing her shoulders “hey! Granny! What happened? This isn't normal at all! Answer me!” He tries to ‘wake’ her up, but she doesn’t open her eyes at all Jessica tries to pull her hand back but fails, it's like their hands are glued together “w-wait! I can't pull my hand back! What's going on?!” Jessica says in a panic

The man raises his hand in the air, likely calling for something but then pulls his arm back and grabs the old women by her collar, Suzie can’t believe what's going she says shocked “Hey! What are you doing to the grandma!” The man completely ignores her and grabs Jessica’s arm by one hand and the granny by other and uses all his strength to pull the two ways, and eventually manages it, he releases the old women on a chair “That was too reckless! She could have got hurt! Are you stupid?” Suzie says angered by the man’s actions the man just stares at her for a few seconds but doesn’t say anything Jessica runs up to the women checking on her, the man follows they shake the old women fearing about the worst “hey! Granny! Wake up” The man spoke in worry

The old women slowly open her eyes, Suzie gives her a glass of water, she slowly drinks it huffing.... “What was that, what happened to you suddenly?” The man spoke rather calm now seeing that the women is fine. The woman pants as she drinks the water... she looks rather shocked and surprised with a bit a horror on her face “h... how...how can it be” The old women say, the man rubs her back trying to comfort her as the woman continues “t...this have not happened in the last Fifteen years....i....i....couldn't decipher it....i couldn’t decipher her ring”

The man’s eye widen In shock “are you....suggesting ‘that’?”, “yes...” The woman replied. “Very well then...” The man says as he turns around and gestures the girls to follow, Jessica and Suzie look at the old woman and then at the man confused, they didn’t know what was going on, but the only thing that made sense to them at that time... was to follow....

To be continued ---->>