Mystical Academy: The Mystery of the World

My brother is in the hospital and he has a bad hemorrhage. I never left him in the ICU and the doctors said that it is impossible for him to live. I didn't want the doctors to pull those things from my brother. I just wished that he can still remember things. He got few stitches from his back. Those bastards are better hiding because I will hunt them. I stare down on the velvet box and a ring with a stone on it. It makes me sad that he didn't get a chance to propose to Marissa. It really sadden me.

"Baby brother, you need to get up. I am really, really pissed right now."

A white thing on the darkness caught by my eyes. An owl and he is looking directly at Patrick and then I meet those round eyes of the owl. Green… they are shinning in green. The owl make 'hoo-hoo' sound and then flew away. That's really odd. Someone is spying on us. It is directly looking at Patrick. Is he spying Patrick?

I had slept on the couch and dream about the girl… first it was blur but when I stare harder, it becomes clearer. I wasn't wrong. It is the same girl that I always saw on the woods. She's smiling at me that makes me smile too. I caress her face and those emerald eyes of her sparkles. I call her on the name that I don't remember. And I was about to kiss her when I woke up!

Dammit! Why did I woke up?! I should have a hot make out with her and turns into a hot sex and then cuddles and make her happy. I sat up frustrated and wiped my face. I walk on the small bathroom inside the room of my brother and wash my face. After drying my face I walk directly on the chair beside the hospital bed that my brother is lying.

"I am getting impatient here, Patrick! Wake up or else you won't see her again!" I scream at him and the nurse gets in.

"Si-Sir. If you please… that won't help the patient." The blondie said. I raise my hand in front of her and face my brother again.

"Patrick! I am saying this again, get your ass out there and let's find her!"

"Stop screaming, you are giving me a headache." He said it with groans and his eyes opens. My face lit up and I almost pull him into a hug. He close it again. "Don't even think of hugging and kissing me. You are embarrassing."

I laugh at him and immediately pulls my phone from the table and called my mom and dad. They should know this. The nurse eyes widens and she immediately call a doctor.

"Where's the ring?" he mutters. I pulls it from my pocket and put it on his palm. He close his eyes again to meditate.

"I will ready everything so after you come out from this shitty hospital. We need to leave."

"I am afraid that it will takes few days for him to stay here." The doctor who operate him walks in with his servants. I rolled my eyes and slump on my couch.

"Yeah! Go on, check on him."

Nicholas

I left after she had fallen asleep and my way back to our Kingdom was sleepless. I don't feel sleeping when one of my beloved sister has been hurt. Patrick feel broken. I know it. I am worried about Marissa's mom and her dad. My father becomes heartless and every single day he's getting worse.

Hours pass and I didn't rest. As soon as I enter the castle, the sun already had risen, I stop in front of the gigantic double door and walk briskly as Almira walks with me and tell me what's happening. Marissa tried to escape and I know she can't. I saw my father scowling at Marissa. Marissa tried to be strong in front of him and the look my other sister's eyes are disgust. I hate them seeing her disgusted.

"Why did you do this?!" I shout that echoes on the whole hall. Marissa turn to me and run to me crying. I hugged her tight as she did and she cried on my chest.

"Oh, my prodigal son." My father's face is red from the anger and he walk to his throne and raise his chin.

"Why did you take her here?!" I scowl at him meeting his gaze.

"To do my bidding. I don't want any of my children to be wasteful as you. Wine!" he shouts and the servants shakily gave him a wine.

I brush Marissa's hair and kissed the top of her head.

"It's alright, I am here." I whisper to her.

"Don't pretend to be all goody-goody, Nicholas. You should be around here in the castle to do your duty!" The King said loudly.

"Fuck that duty!"

"Take me away." She murmurs.

"Take Marissa to her room! Don't let her out!" he commands.

"No!" I can feel that Marissa trembles and she hugged me really tight. The servants seemed scared on me and on my father. "I will take her. I won't let you lent a hand on her, ever again." I took her hand and drag her.

"Guards! Don't let any of them out of the castle!" The guards circled on our exit. Marissa face me back from my father.

"Nick…" I look into her teary eyes that makes my heart broke. I wipe those tears. "It's okay… Go to Adhiti…"

"Marissa…"

"I know that it is impossible to escape. They tried to kill Patrick…" she broke into sobs and she hiccups. "I won't let him hurt you too." A soft hand caress my back. It was Almira.

"Take Marissa!" my father commands and the servants took Marissa. I hugged her one last time and whisper to her.

"I promise to give you back to Patrick." I kiss her forehead hard and wiped her tears. I face Almira who give me a strong eyes. She move closer and let the guards go back to their posts.

"Adhiti was gone… I don't know where she go. I visited the cabin and she's not there yet." A jolt of fear awakes inside me. My Adhiti… I immediately run outside the castle and whistle my horse. I immediately hope in and rode it.

"Faster, Pillet!" the horse responded and I immediately hope out from my horse and let her to the stables and to eat and drink and rest. The whole cabin feels empty and silent. I enter and saw boots, clothes on the floor. It leads directly to bedroom. My eyes dilated seeing her walking outside the bathroom without anything else but a towel on her hand.

She look stunning, attractive and everything my love. Yet, her eyes look different, the color of the fire… She got marks on her forehead like a tiara.

"Haven't you seen a naked body before?" her sound different. I took the silk robe that is hanging on the chair and walk towards her.

"Where have you been my love?" I asked her as I walk to her back and put it on her shoulder.

"I visit someone, not one of your concerns." She started inserting her arms on the sleeve of the robe and I gently tie it in front of her.

"Odessi…" I mutters, wrapping my arms around her and leaning my chin over her shoulder. "I need my Adhiti."

"She's sleeping." She said it coldly. She smells like a burning lemon grass and lavender. I close my eyes and suddenly feel rested.

"I feel lonely… I feel hurt…"

"You should sleep too." She told warmly. She unwrapped my arms around her as she walk towards the bed and lay down there.

I went to the bathroom to take a bath and feel in deep pain. Marissa, she's hurt. My father is hurting her. Patrick… I don't know if he's dead. My father tried to kill them. If Adhiti knows about Marissa, she will totally get mad. What should I do? I don't want to keep things from her. I love her. But what about her family on the Outsideworld?

After I had taken a bath, I put my pajamas on and walk directly to the bed. She's not sleeping, she's actually staring at the candle lighten on the side table. I lay down beside her, closing the pace between us sideways and wrapped my arms around her.

"Do you know where the rest of my dragons?"

"I only saw one big dragon of yours."

"His name is Phrixus."

"Hmm…" I kissed her shoulders thinking about Adhiti. "I want my Adhiti, Odessi."

"Since when did you know that I am the Goddess of Fire?"

"The Goddess of Fire named Odessi is the mother of the dragons. Please, I want my Adhiti."

"If Adhiti loves you dearly," she move sideways facing me. "You should love us too. We are all reincarnated inside her body to give her power to evoke her memories back."

"Memories?"

"Yes." She move her face closer to me and gently kissed my lips warm and sweet. "She deserve this love. Protect her. Keeping yourself alive is keeping her alive. Don't let them have the same fate like us." She embrace me and pillows on my chest.

I feel tired and restless and sleep doesn't want to take over my mind. Marissa, how should I tell Adhiti about Marissa? God, please make her safe. I don't know how I am going to handle things here. My mate has five Goddesses reincarnated on her body and she is a Goddess.

Princess Amanda told me everything, she's the five faces Goddess, the prophecy and my soulmate. How many pain should my mate takes? How many confusion should she handle? Patrick, Andrew and her family was attacked by my father's army.

"Hmm…" she snuggle on my chest, wrapping her arm around me. "Nick…" she murmur.

"Love…"

"Hmmm…"

"Did you miss your family?"

"Hmmm…" she hums as she gently kissed my chin and back to embracing me. "I miss them a lot."

"Don't get mad at me."

"Is there a reason to get mad at you?"

I move a little down to adjust on her left, scooping her cheek, opening her turquoise eyes and smiles at me. Those smiles takes my breath away. Those smiles makes me forget about the pain that I am keeping inside me.

"I'm sorry…" those smiles fades away and she grimaced at me. I know, she's thinking a lot right now about my words. "Marissa is here." She narrows her eyes as she sat up that makes the robe open and shows her skin. I immediately closed it and she hugged herself.

"What do you mean by that?" she started interrogating.

"She was taken by my father's warrior through his command."

"What?!" she exclaims her eyes are mixing in beautiful colors. "H-how? Why?"

"I don't know…"

"What about Patrick? He won't let her get dragged by them. Tell me that they didn't kill him."

"I will asked Almira about it." I scoop her cheek to calm her and it does help her. A tear fall from her eyes and she started sobbing. "Love, love… I won't let my father hurt her. I won't let anyone hurt her. I promise that." She sniffs and started to hiccup. "Please… don't cry…" I scoop her cheeks wiping her tears by my thumbs.

"And you look beaten…" she cries. "Are you not taking care of yourself?!" she scowl at me. It makes me fall in love to her all over again. I kiss her nose and forehead hard and embrace her. "It's time for them to pay." Her voice changes and she stop crying. I push her a little and look directly into her eyes. Those pained eyes now becomes fiercer. "I won't let them kill and torture every people I love."

She scoop my cheeks. "It is an oath and so be it."

"Adhiti."

"No, Nick. You don't understand. I had suffer for years not being with my family and not being with you. I suffer an unknown pain inside me and it kills me, but one thing I know, is they are the reason why I am suffering. My people don't deserve it." She sound so brave so dauntless. I know my Adhiti is brave but I never know the exact estimation of her bravery.

"I believe you." She sniffled and wiped her nose by her silk robe.

"Did you saw me naked again?" she asked. My loneliness fades away that turns into giggles. I pulls her waist as she astride her legs across my thigh and she sat on my lap as she hugged me. I hugged her and kissed her cheeks.

"We can make this through, love."

"We should. Darkness is coming." She murmurs. Darkness… "You know what I mean?"

"Yes. I know."

We hear that the door of my cabin opens and closes. Footsteps coming and the person walk directly to us. We both look at Almira who look that run a marathon.

"I had been nursing Marissa." She sat on the velvet chair ignoring our sweetness. She run her fingers through her disheveled hair. "Father is going to marry her off to increase the army."

Adhiti rolled over the bed and slipped off walking to Almira.

"What about my brothers? Do you know what happened to my family?" Almira look directly at her that makes me get off from bed and walk to the table to give her water.

"Yes. I sent my owl on Outsideworld. He had lots of apparatus… he's in a hospital I guess… It's Marissa's mate. And just early this morning, I sent my jaybird and he's awake."

Adhiti breathed in relief and hugged Almira. I was relieved too.

"How about my parents?"

"They are also there."

"They are fine?" Almira nods and drink the glass shakily. Adhiti hugged me and I hugged her back.

"You have to know something about Marissa." She said it in really serious that makes both I and

Adhiti turn to her. "Marissa is pregnant. I don' know how many days."

"What?!" both I and Adhiti exclaims.

"If father knows about it, I don't know what will happen."

"Keep it. Don't let them know about her condition. Please." Adhiti begs and went to Almira, kneeling in front of her as she hold her hands. "My brother loves her very much."

"Don't worry, Adhiti. You can trust me. Marissa is my sister and I won't let my father torture her. Tomorrow, her training starts I am sure that I will be with her all the time. To make sure that she's safe and her baby." Almira's eyes dilated when she look directly into Adhiti's eyes. "Y-your eyes." I walk directly to Almira and Adhiti is staring to Almira directly.

"I, Adhiti, Goddess of Universe, gifted you an affinity of seduction and love to tame stone heart. Because of your kind loving heart, everyone who had drawn into their madness, sadness, hatred… You, Almira of Era will tamed their stone heart through your love and sweetness. And I gifted you a mate that will love you endlessly even the world is against both of your love." Adhiti kissed Almira's forehead that makes her gasps. I look at Adhiti who is smiling, that shows the five marks on her forehead that are lined like a tiara.

"Goddess…" Almira murmurs and stood kneeling one knee in front of her with her open palm in front of her heart. "Goddess of Universe." She bows her head. Adhiti falls into her butt and winced.

"Oww!" I help her to stand and she rubbed her butt. "H-hey… why are you…" she gasped when she realized it. "Dammit! What did I do?" she asked me really quizzical as if she doesn't understand.

"Goddess Adhiti, I oath to be your loyal servant."

"Servant?" Adhiti asked me. "What is she talking about?" I scoop her cheeks and kissed her lips and face her again.

"You my love, gifted Almira to tame stone heart."

"Oh…" she was really baffled too and the look on her face was surprised. "She called me Goddess Adhiti." She whispers to me. "H-hey, Mira you should stand. That is inappropriate to me." Almira stood and peek on her dress.

"I—Have a mark?" she pulls the color of her dress that shows a red mark on her left chest in front of her heart. Two hand that is cupping a red heart.

"Wow, that's pretty. I have that too…" I hugged Adhiti. She has few marks in her front and I am willing to trace my fingers on it. Almira giggles and look younger. "You say that I give you a gift and I feel right." Adhiti wrapped her arms on my arms that are wrapped around her.

"I will go and tame my father's heart." She excitedly run outside.

"I feel happy, I never doubted you." I murmur and gently trace kisses on her neck.

"So, that you know about me…"

"And others…"

"It feels really strange." She turn to face me and scoop my cheeks. "Remember that I will always love you."

"I love you with all of my heart and you are my own and I was yours." I gently bent down and kiss her lips in very sweet and passionate one.

"Yours and you are my own…" she peek on my lips again. "Nick, I wanted to ask you something."

"Everything love."

"You know that I am doing this for good. Do you believe and trust me?"

"Yes, I believe in you, my Goddess, my love, my heart."

"Okay. I know it sounds crazy, but I need to be on that festival no matter what."

"What?" I was taken aback.

"I won't show them my face… if I will, I am unable to do my plan… our plan."

I am afraid. But I have to believe her. I scoop her cheeks as I gently leans my forehead to hers.

"I believe in you. I trust you with all of my heart. I will do everything to protect you. And if that's what you need, I will be there to watch over you."

The squirrels sneak inside talking… yet on the way that squirrels talk. Adhiti grimaced because she understand it too. I dress up immediately and took her dress and garnets that are scattered around and gave it to her as she shoot it on the basket. I kiss her and told her to get ready.

I walk outside to see the castle's messenger with two guards. He jump down from the horse and bows at me.

"Crown Prince Nicholas, an order from the King your father." Messenger Bolton announce it with chin up. "He wants his daughters and sons to reunite on the thanks giving dinner that will starts at seven sharp." I snorted and tilt my head waiting for another. "That's all, your highness."

"Thank you. Bolton. And oh, please tell our cook to prepare my favorite tempura."