Mystical Academy: The Mystery of the World

"You are probably wondering why Eliza is not with us." She noted which is correct.

"Where is she?"

"My brother finally finish everything between them. I had thought it too and predicted it. My brother doesn't love her like she does. I always knew that she is in love with him since then. She never speak about it or tell it to Adhiti or to me. I see how shattered she is whenever she saw Adhiti together with him." I look on her expression through the reflection of the mirror. Full of regrets and sadness too. Why everyone showing sadness in front of me? "Since Adhiti disappear, he always cry in front of me asking me what to do. He drown himself on his room with alcohol because he don't know what to do or where to start finding her. Until Eliza came to comfort him they are always together to comfort each other and their romantic relationship happens. Every day he told me that he has to move on. He told me that 'she's not coming back to me'… but on the other side of his head said that he's guilty whenever he's with Eliza."

"Then why is he still together with her?"

"He's afraid that he will hurt her. No matter what, he will and he will hurt her. It is the only way for him to let her go. She has to take the pain for both of them to be free. Thanks to his courage now. He will be free. If it is not you Catastrophe, he will stay to be a prison of himself."

"Why me? Because I look like Adhiti?"

"No. Because, he has a courage to find his love and to find every pieces that are missing to put it back together. "

"He's leaving?"

I saw a small smile on her lips. She put down the iron curler and turned it off.

"He won't leave without those pieces, C. I don't know when he will leave. Since that he's just an instructor he will leave. The reason that he stays here even after he graduated is because of Adhiti. He waited through winter, spring, summer and autumn for her. He just waited. Now, he's moving from his seat."

"I see." I said quietly.

"Come on. Let's finish your make-up. You need to look gorgeous for your date today."

"Date?"

"Yeah." She said with winks. After a few retouch of make-up.

We walk together down stairs and Eliza show up wearing a fitted black small dress. Her make-up was-wow… I have to say that it was wow because it was a dark make up with red lipstick. She greet us with wonderful smile but I say it's creepy because I didn't like her smile.

"You look gorgeous today." She told me.

"Hi there, beauty. I will take that for you." He was about to snatch the violin case from me but I pull it away and told him that I can handle it myself. "Oh, come on beauty. Since that I am your date today, I will be gentle with you." He winks. He offer his arm to me. I look at it and down on my hand that will burn anytime soon. I clenches my hand and just walk off.

"I will take you for it not to be embarrassing that you've been rejected." I heard Eliza said with giggles. That's funny… I don't want to be ironic but I am feeling to be an ironic person for now.

"Baby!" I stopped as goose bumps visit me again sending shivers all over my body. Andrew is running towards me and hugged me. Then he gently pushed me as he hold my shoulders. "Wow, you look so beautiful. I will be your date instead of that punk." He throw a glare at Flame behind me.

"Don't be too much Andrew, Flame has been rejected."

"Ohh… good thing." He was about to took my violin and I pull it away. He hands up and put throw his arms around me. "Okay, let's go. I won't touch it again." He promised. I nod and we walk together.

From the girls quarter I already heard the loud music coming from the largest auditorium that I ever saw where everyone will be gathered for the event. Teenagers, wild people, demure and attractive professors seemed like competing on their dresses. The smell of different perfumes enters my nostrils and any time I will blow a sneeze. I hold my nose to avoid sneezing or else it will be a big noise in the hall. However, I didn't think that they would hear it because of the crazy music.

Eliza was with Flame who look so happy, smiling and laughing. But I know that she was lonely and hurting inside because of the person she loves who loved somebody else. Andrew pull me to the buffet with full of food fingers and punches. He gave me one glass and I take a sip. It wasn't bad. In fact, it was the most delicious punch I ever taste than those awful punch that I had taste outside the Academy.

My eyes darted back on Eliza who is dancing with guys around her. I feel disgusted on the view. She doesn't have to do that just to drown herself. Speaking of Eliza, where Nicholas would be?

"Miss Canfield." I turn around after hearing the familiar sultry voice behind me. I hold myself from being mesmerized. He was wearing a black tuxedo and perfect pair of trousers and shoes. He looks like an Asian Model, where I prefer in men. "You are going to play tonight?" I nod as a response and sipped on my glass. He smiles lopsidedly. "Tomorrow, since we owned the whole gymnasium you have to be ready. You are going to learn new techniques on how to handle your fire. Then, tomorrow at four in the afternoon, we are going to proceed on swords and spears."

"Spears?" I furrowed on the thought of spears. Is that on how they throw it with a sharp thing tip throwing like a javelin?

"Yes. It wasn't an actual spear we are going to use, instead a wood. It is a kind of strong wood that is used in Aēr Kingdom as their weapon and to control the wind. Hand long weapons are their specialty." I think I get what he's talking so I move a little closer to his position.

"That's kind of interesting." I said and take another sipped on my punch. "How about on your Kingdom, is the sword is the weapon that they usually use?"

"Yes." He simply answer and peek on my eyes.

"How about in Pyrē?" I asked again. "Are they using thorny mace or axes, perhaps?"

"No. They're specialty are on catapult. Usually, throwing ball of fires."

"Wow." I said in plain tune. "I prefer crossbows than swords."

"Of course. It is about hitting the target from a far distance. While on swords, it is a one on one or one to many with closer distances. The target is easy to kill if you get them closer to you."

I sip again on my punch and watch those crazy teens dancing on the song of Ariana Grande's Break free. The song was good enough and danceable enough to make them wild. I just wished to get wild, but if I do, I might not ever survive in this cruel world. I feel goose bumps. I immediately put down the punch on the table and sneeze. Nicholas gave me a handkerchief and I took it to wipe my nose and hands. Someone is staring at me and talking about me at my back. I looked around and just right to caught Patrick staring at me.

He look so mysterious being on the corner, holding a glass of champagne at his right while the other hand is on his pocket. He didn't take off his eyes on my eyes like he's reading me like a book or something. I questioned his actions on my thought. He nods like he just answer my question.

"Patrick might be too observable but he's not a killer." Nicholas told me. I smile with a little laugh and shook my head. Patrick, being a killer is not on my mind. In some way, he might look like a psychopath because he like observing and reading people that much.

"I had a guess of whom he had killed already." He laugh on what I said. It wasn't that funny but on some way he found it funny.

"Mosquito, bugs and an ant. He's quite a big WANTED on mosquito world."

"That's cool. Does mosquito has their own army?" I asked. Then I just shook the idea. "We are both talking nonsense." I quickly said. It was not so me.

"I love talking nonsense." He murmurs but I heard it clearly. I glanced at him and caught him smiling. That looked was so adorable but I shook the idea immediately. Marissa came to me as she took my glass and put it on the table and grabbed me to the dance floor. I just stood there and winced on the people who bumped and touched me.

"Come on! Don't be shy, let it go!" Marissa shouts. I looked around me and tried my best to avoid them. I just feel so unconscious with these people around me.

"I think…" I pull my violin and hugged it before it could fall down the floor. "I am better on staying on the side." I nod at her. She stopped dancing and tilt her head. I just walk off from the dance floor straight back to the table and took back my drink. Someone offer to refill it. "Thanks." I look up at him and see Patrick who had already refill my glass. He tight a smile and gave it to me.

"Seems you are not a party girl, like my girl there." He noted.

"I am not a loud person, and a party girl as you say." I murmur and sipped on my drink.

"Isn't it too boring if you just stay on the corner while others are dancing for their lives? Look around you, they are enjoying the music." I did looked around me. Yes, most of them are enjoying the night like it was their last day on the world. But as I can see at those people who are on the side, they just seemed lonely. Some of them are lonely, sad, terrified, overwhelmed, conscious, over-thinking, waiting…there are lots of people who doesn't care about the danceable music.

"Not all of them are enjoying." I looked at the Head Mistress who enters the room. She was smiling from ear to ear, looking so beautifully demure on her white glimmering gown. But as I looked and dig into her eyes, she wasn't that happy on the biggest important event of the school. She was anxious and worried about something. Now I wonder what's her fear might be.

The music stops and the Head Mistress went on the stage and everyone pay their attention to the Head Mistress. I twist my body a little to face the stage and gently sipped on my punch.

"Good evening, students. Tonight, we are celebrating the 145th Foundation week of Mystical Academy. Tonight was the most awaited night for the opening of our event. For over years, our ancestors built this castle for people like us. We are no compare to humans who are cruel. Some, used us as their weapon for their own sake. But we, peculiars are no weapon. We are weapon at our own. We won't let anyone fall us into pieces."

Her worlds makes everyone a loud applause and cheers. That's a big credit for the students. I didn't bother clapping my hands because I was too handed, besides, I don't clap my hand to anyone.

"Years passed, these rogues tried to enter our castle, to kill us and make us slaves for the thought that they knew our weakness. They thought that we are evils, demons and daughters and sons of Satan. But we are no evil. We are made to protect the nature and innocent lives. Tonight, let's raise our glasses and cheer for the growing success of our school." There are another applause and they all took their glasses, looking like a blood. One of the students gave me one, so I have to put my other glass to the table. "Everyone, let's pledge our loyalty in our society." Leona started. They raise their glasses and I followed them. They started the pledge with I and their names. "…pledge my soul, my heart, my blood as a gifted powerful demi-God that is made by our creator. I will never betray our ancestor for an exchange of an evil…"

I didn't pledge along them. It was just so ironic. I wanted to laugh out loud. Demi-Gods? We aren't Gods. We are just some weird people who can do supernatural things. We aren't even immortals. We are just humans who was born with extraordinary gifts. Science might explain it. But I doubt that we are half-gods.

After the pledge, they drank into the glass. But before I even touched my lips on the goblet, I heard a voice warning on my ear. It's like talking into my ear. Don't drink! Don't drink! It said all over again. I just stealthily acted on drinking it. It seemed that Patrick noticed on what I did. He nods at me like he's on my side.

The loud music started again and they get crazy. I got startled when someone snatch my goblet. It was Nicholas and he put it on the table. The disco stopped again and Mrs. Patterson owned the stage and present few performance. Everybody loves the rock band, and the hip-hop dancing and so on. Then, it is my turn to tell my story again.

I walk straight towards the stage. I stood in front of them with a spot light in front of me almost blinded me to see everyone. I positioned my violin on my shoulder and my bow. I looked at everyone with fierce. I closed my eyes and gently rubbed the bow strings to the strings of my violin. This is the part two of the truth.

How Adhiti find out things that she shouldn't know. A secret that only those people who are evil knows. I don't know the person behind but I know a few who took my almost perfect life. Adhiti's almost perfect life. She was lying on the cold ground on her own blood. Her blood was draining… She thought that she saw the light. The light that will leads her to the world that has no envy, insecurity, anger, hatred, pain, anxious, fear… it was all happiness. But it turned out to be catastrophic. She has to destroy half of herself for survival.

When I open my eyes, the first person I had meet my eyes with is Patrick. Now, I just realized that he's been reading me. He's been reading and listening to my story on that moment. Know, he knew the secret that Catastrophe is hiding. The loud applause was all I hear. I exited the stage and went to Patrick whose eyes are on mine. He wanted to move towards me but something is stopping him.

"Hey, that was awesome!" Eliza said with a wide grin and hugged me. I looked at Patrick who is still staring at me. Eliza pushed me a little and looked at me. I smile a little but wasn't a genuine.

"Thanks." That's all I said. She went back to her friends and dance with them. I didn't expect that she would make out with some guys. Or should I say, to Flame. I decided to go out the hall to relax my mind from the wild, energetic music. I suddenly feel relieved that it has been seconds that I am holding my breath. My heart started palpitating. Is it panic attack or anxiousness?

I lean my hand on the wall and I decided to lean my back against it. I close my eyes and when I open it, I feel like it was dilated. But all I saw is darkness… Darkness… Please, not darkness. Light, please, light. I had seen a light through my peripheral vision. Am I dreaming? I hold on the wall as my nails scratches it. There's a pair of red eyes… I gasped when it attacks me.

But I wake up finding myself falling my buttocks on the cold floor. I hold my chest and catches my breathing. My heart is so fast like I had run in a kilometer. I found myself standing up, and running out the hall. I don't know where my feet are taking me. But something is pulling me towards the dark forest near the oak tree.

"No." I murmur when I saw a pure white wolf lying on the ground. The brightness of her fur has blood. It got a big bite on the neck and it is barely breathing. I run to it and hold her and tried to heal her. "Don't die, don't die…" I keep on murmuring. I close my eyes and concentrate. I feel a warm-cold sensation running into my veins towards the tips of my hand. I tried to bring it back, but I was too weak to heal her.

"Stop it!" I didn't listen to the voice. I felt his arm pulled me away from the dead wolf. I just realized that my whole body is shaking. I got bruises on my arms. "She's dead." He told me. He told it to me all over again. I was just too, emotionless, but tears are falling from my eyes without permission.