Mystical Academy: The Mystery of the World

"Adhi, hurry up!" Andrew knocks lazily on my door. "I am dying here…" I heard the dying groaning sound. I rolled my eyes on how dramatic he is. Yup, he's good in drama. He can manipulate me through his so-called-best-actor-mode. I look one last time on the mirror.

I run to the door and open it and Andrew, who is leaning on my door falls on the floor wincing in pain. I look down at him and show him my tongue. It is his fault that he's leaning all his weight on my door.

"What took you guys so long?!" Patrick who is impatiently-exasperatedly waiting for us scowl at me and glare down at Andrew who is still lying on the floor like he's dead. He took my duffel bag and sign me to chop-chop. "Hurry up, Andrew! I know that you need a release with Leona!"

"What's that mean?" I asked him quizzically and took a piece of fresh apple on the table beside the door.

"Just don't mind it, Virgin Mary." Andrew mess my hair and run outside. I squeal in very low sound and fixed my hair.

"A**hole!" I scream.

Back to school again. I don't know how to face the embarrassing moment with Nick. I just don't want to see him because I was ashamed on what I did on the other night. Why did I kissed him good night?! Damn! I shouldn't do that in front of my brothers.

All right, so there he is! Oh shitty! I turn back to avoid him and the bell rings. I run on the other direction and better to walk around in a long distance to our room than meeting him. I walk briskly while the other students are walking to their classrooms.

I scream when someone grabbed my uniform at my back and pull me. When a familiar scent enters my nostrils I shivers and flushes. Damn! Why?

"Why are you avoiding me?" he asked me.

"I—I need to go. I'm late!" I said which is true. He didn't let go of my uniform. "Damn, just let me go."

"I need…a ki—"

"Fuck! Let me go!" I scowl at him. He release me and I was about to run when he blocked my way.

"Why are you redden?" he asked. Oh shet! "Why are you flushing Adhi, are you sick?" he asked and put his palm on my forehead. "You aren't sick. Why are you—"

"Shit, just go away!" I avoid him and walk briskly. I feel mad because he's stalking me until I get in to my classroom and the bell rings at the second time.

"Mr. Gregory, this isn't time for your love." Mr. Patterson which is my dad, interrupted before he enters the classroom. "Go back to your classroom now!" he demands.

"Yes, Dad!" he saluted and run. Dad shook his head. He turn to me and raise his eyebrow. I turn my heels like a robot and walk towards my desk.

Finally, my last subject. I need to escape someone today however it turns out that he's already waiting for me outside leaning on the wall like a model. I stopped from walking. When he smiles at me I immediately turn my heels and to run but he was fast, now he's front of me.

"Why are you avoiding me this whole day?" he asked me.

"Oh, hi, Nick." I said sardonically. He rolled his eyes and bent down to my level.

"Nicholas," Eliza speaks who just got out from her classroom which is next to us. "There you are." She walk towards us. "Hmm, seems like there's a secret love here." She grins.

"Eliza," Nick straighten. He turn to her a little. "Thank you for your concern." He sounds he's implying something to her.

"Alright, so I need to clear things. There's no secret love here, Liza because there's me and him and you… speechless. Time is ticking. Au Revior!" I walk off and wave at them.

I walk briskly as fast as I can to go back to my room and jumped into a warm bathtub and relaxed in rock music. I am also excited to cuddle with my cat. I missed her so much and I just like to squeeze her and kissed her… But my plan to be with Katherine get spoil when Nick walk with me as he put his arms around me. He squeeze me with sideways hug with hum.

"I miss you badly." He whispered in my ear. I rolled my eyes and nudge his ribs. "Hey, we can hang out somewhere. Like under the apple tree or on the pavement."

"I am tired and busy, Nicholas." I tried to push his arms but he's squeezing me tight.

"Please?" he begs me. "I will treat foods you like. Or do things you wanted to do, just give me few of your time." We stop from walking and I sigh heavily.

"No. Just please leave me alone?" I pleaded irritably. He dropped his arms and nod. I rolled my eyes and walk briskly.

When I got on my room I throw my bag somewhere and started removing my uniform. I went to my bathroom and turn on the heater and the faucet. Then I went back to my main room to check on my laptop. After my half bath I put my sweater and PJ pants.

"Katherine??" I calls her but I got no respond. "Kathy? Kitty, kitty!" I look around my room and on the whole female's dorm but I didn't found her. I asked every girls I met on the hallway but nobody had told me the exact location where she is.

"Kathy!" I had walk around the corridor and I even check the boy's quarter. My last hope is outside the building.

I found the apple three standing alone in the field and I go there breathless. But I hear a deep voice behind the tree. I blow an air on the cold wind and listen to his voice who seemed talking with somebody.

"I don't know why she suddenly become cold to me. I can't even think a wrong thing I did that makes her mad at me. You think she hate me?" I heard the purring of a cat. I know that it is the purr of Katherine. "Right, but I won't stop—"

"You know, you should stop being so dramatic and emotional on my special place." I speaks.

"Do I heard her voice speaking behind me?" he asked the cat. The cat purrs answering his question. My cat is intelligent and sometimes I can hear her directly talking to me. "Or is it just me being delusional."

I rolled my eyes on how dramatic he's being. I walk closer to the three. Sometimes he's speaking in so formal and medieval like. I love it though, because it sounds sexy and alluring. I lift my hand and the apple tree gives me a fruit and it falls on top of his head. He complains with hissing sound. Katherine purrs and about jump off from him. He pick the apple and I stood in front of him as I stuck my hands inside the pocket of my sweater.

"Oh, it's you." He said plainly showing me that he's mad or sulking because of me. I sigh and rolled my eyes and look down at him patting my cat.

"Give my cat back." I said sounding like a demand. He didn't handed my cat instead he looks away. "Please." He look up at me with those devilish smile.

"You want Katherine back?" he asked. I nod my head. "Then go and sit with me. It won't take long. Katherine and I still have a moment here so you have to wait." I stood there for a few seconds and he cock his head beside him. I did sat beside him and took the apple on my side.

He keeps patting Katherine gently and the spoiled cat loved it. I sigh patiently waiting for him to give my cat but hell, why am I waiting? Katherine is my cat not his. I was about to took Katherine but he covered it with his big arms.

"Ah-ah-ah…" he shook his head mockingly.

"It's my cat, Gregory!" I shout at him.

"Hush! Don't reveal my surname." He hushed covering his hand into my mouth.

I tried to push it and I did but his warm lips crushes to mine. I heard Katherine purrs and complains. I tried to push his chest but I have no match from his strength where his other hand is pushing the back of my head to him. He release me breathless. I stare into his eyes. I felt my face all in heat. My heart is palpitating.

"Does that makes you ignore me today?" he asked me. I can't speak or blurted any words. A shrieking excited sound is inside my head. Why can't I speak or answer his question? Cat got my tongue? Or is me who I bit my tongue to avoid from speaking? "You kissed me good night on that special night with you. Why did you suddenly become cold to me?" he sounds shattering inside? Why is he that expressive and should I say, honest to himself?

There is a long silence between us, well except to those crickets and the sound of winds passing to the grass and moving shaking the leaves like a bell to make a sound. My palpating heart suddenly become normal—oh, not totally normal. It skips a beat and what the hell is wrong with me.

"Adhiti," he speaks my name so heavenly. I blink twice and shook my head. "Do I make you uncomfortable?"

"Ah—I…" I stammer. "I need to feed my cat." I immediately changes the topic.

"I fed her already." That was a big embarrassing and disappointment.

I sigh and lean on the tree. I handed him the apple without looking or even taking a glance on him. I can see on the side of my eyes that he's grinning and he took the apple as he gently brushes his fingers to my palm that gives me goose bumps.

"Thank you, love." I snapped my eyes on what he had called me. He's smiling gorgeously at me. "The life of my heart."

"What?" I asked him.

"You are the life of my heart and my soul."

"How can I be the life of your heart and soul? Are you absurd or you're just trying to be funny? Well, ha, ha, ha… hilarious!" I said mockingly.

"Adhiti, do you believe on bonding of souls by the God?"

"Do you mean soul mate?" I asked. I believe in God but on bonding of souls… really?

"Yes. Do you know how much it feels to meet your soul mate? People who meets their soul mates are lifetime. In our world, we believe on soul mates, however, we also believe in treasure and thrones."

"So, what really are you?" I asked him become intrigued. He give me a smile of a genius. Really? He's giving me that look?

"It is different world, my moon." After life of heart and soul, now moon? Seriously, what the hell is wrong with him? "Your world is a reciprocal of our world in view. But the people living are the same here. They said that the people in my world are not cruel, not greedy, not selfish and almost perfect. However, there is a thing that they never know. People who have a heart, mind and soul and felt sympathy, happiness, madness and any other emotions, have all dark sides."

"If your world is almost as perfect… how come that you are here in the human world?"

"Because, I felt more at home here. I have my freedom, happiness and I study people's behaviour and attitudes."

"If this is not your world, how come that Marissa grow up here and you in your world?"

"Marissa is half human. That's why she got this healing power."

"So, if you are Marissa's half-brother, does that mean that your father is her father or your mother is her mother?"

"My father impregnate her mother in very not so good way." He murmurs. Why eyes widens on what he said. I move closer to him.

"Does that mean that he raped her mother?" I blurted. He gently nods. "How, very, ungentle-man. Sorry to say that."

"Yes. My father is an asshole." He sigh and lean his head on the tree. "My mother told me that when he got rejected by the Princess he become dark. He was so in love to the Princess that makes him obsessed to her."

"So, what is your father?"

"He's the King of the Lands of Era."

"And that makes you the Prince?" I asked him and he nods with smiles. "Alright, enough of tail tale. What really are you?"

"I'm a nymph in this world of yours."