By evening, Alex had successfully signed into a hostel. There were four students per room and Alex was completing a room which has had just three occupants for more than a year, the three had grown so close. They were extremely handsome and powerful, their glows made them look like three angels from a distance thus earning them the nickname "the angelic trio" . He hadn't met any of his roommates since he signed in though, but he had heard whispers from some students as he walked into room 101. The rooms had large bunk beds, the hostels were simply exotic. The interior was mesmerizing and it smelled like fresh flowers, there was enough space in a room for virtually anything one would think of doing in a room. Alex couldn't hide his amazement. He tried to remember what the outside looked like but he weirdly didn't have any memory of it, he placed his bags next to a bunk that seemed to be without an owner and sat trying hard to remember.
Alex suddenly found himself giving in to the call of nature though the comfortable bed seemed to do most of the calling. As he shut his eyes, he felt a very bright light force them back open. He sat up quickly as his eyes struggled to adjust to the lighting of the room. As he finally regained his composure, he saw a portal open. Three young men about his age walked out of it, they were chattering happily as they walked out of the portal. Alex liked them already, there was a light aura around them which made one unintentionally endeared to them.
They didn't look surprised to see him, and he was partially disappointed about that. As much as he loved publicity, he would have loved a surprised expression on their faces and then he'd at least add some hype to his introduction.
One of the trio walked right to his front, gave him a hard gaze " this is my bunk, go take the one at the end" the smiles he walked in with vanished in an instant. He was a blonde with long hair which he let fall freely, he gave off the aura of an ancient god and he didn't look less.
Alex of course had his ego, he wasn't going to take rubbish from any mere god. He was a protector and if anything they should be scared of him. As he opened his mouth to protest, he found himself sitting next to his bags on the floor and the owner of the bunk grinning happily at him.
Alex found himself glowing against his wish, rage was gradually taking him over and he was doing little to stop it. He sent a fire ball towards his bunk snatcher, but from the left, a glowing white dragon appeared mid air and swallowed it up.
Alex's anger was rising steadily, a second party had just joined the fight and he was hoping for a third. The third did come around but not to join the fight, he rubbed his palm together and a white mist filled the room. Alex felt his nerves calm down almost instantly, he walked over to the free bunk with his bag. Alex knew something was controlling him but he couldn't fight and he had no option but to calm down.
The light aura of three friends' had returned, making the room feel like an open garden. It was funny that a person had the top and bottom of the bunk to himself, just how much money was put into this school?
As they all say casually, Alex felt it'd be the best time for introductions and also to apologize for his hostile start to their potential friendship.
" I'm Alex" he said shortly, he was throwing up inside knowing he was going to apologize to them. He could already see the scorn on their faces as he said his name, they obviously knew where he was going and they were waiting patiently. Alex's face was getting many wrinkles as they next set of words cane out " I'm sorry I acted the way I did, it's just he wasn't being very polite" Alex quickly robed his bunk snatcher with all the blame.
The guy at the other end of the room, opposite Alex's bunk was the first to speak which was perfectly normal since he was in the middle of the bunk tussle along with Alex.
" It's okay Alex, I'm Apollo juniour and I actually didn't mean any harm. I just wanted to test your strength personally and someone didn't let me" he gave the guy at the right a playful death stare as he made the last statement, " you both would have pulled down this room you know? " the latter replied returning the look. " and you can have the bunk if you want, I usually switched between the two so I'm good with anyone" Apollo said giving the warming smile he could muster in a bid to make Alex feel relaxed and welcomed after their little show, Alex smiled back to show they were good.
The guy at the left was the next to introduce himself, Alex had just met them but he could already tell he was the quiet one. Mostly reserved and he disliked violence, Alex scuffed inwardly at that thought, violence was what he did for a living and here was someone hating it. He recalled the way he ended his fight with Apollo and it dawned on him that the reason for his silence might be linked to his type of pure energy, he was looking forward to seeing what more he could do.
" I'm Dolion, pleasure meeting you. Hopefully you'd match our power levels and join the crew, heard of your little show down at the lobby. Looking forward to a spa soon", he smiled briefly and made a hand sign. Thick mist covered his area of the room and soon formed thick walls around him, isolating him from the rest of the room.
Alex looked at the other two in confusion, the guy on the right was quick to relief his confusion " he usually does that, the mist gives him a power boost once every month, he's fast becoming the strongest amongst us. I'm impulse by the way, I was hatched from a rock on one of Jupiter's satellites so I'm not a god of demon or even a magician." he announced proudly.
Alex noticed Impulse was gazing hard at his chest, he had an itch there but it was more of a ticklish sensation so he ignored it but now that Impulse was staring, he just couldn't resist the urge to look. He hurriedly looked at his chest and saw that there was a glowing substance in it, he pulled it out of his moderately fitted polo with urgency. As he held the seemingly prescious stone in his hand, it was given to him by his mother and his sister also had one like this. Hee felt a sudden sharp pain in his head. " Cynthia!!" he shouted and barged out of the room ignoring his throbbing head
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" The one? The one in what sense, I mean none of these is making any sense to me right now." Cynthia finally let out her frustration, Harry had told her so many things and she could only boast of understanding little.
Harry was rather calm about the situation, he knew he had control already and he was just fulfilling all righteousness. " Cynthia, there are some things about you that you can't know right now. The quicker I get what I want, the quicker you get your freedom. So let's help each other nicely, trust me you wouldn't like my controlling side" Harry's chilling aura briefly escaped before creeping back in.
The water scenery gradually faded and in a few minutes, Cynthia was on her bed again. Her eyes weren't opened completely yet but from the blurry view, she could see Thibaut lurking over her with several medications.
After struggling with consciousness for about ten minutes, she finally got back her strength and jumped up, startling Thibaut who was about to administer her medication through an injection. She was totally drenched in sweat and she looked totally confused.
" Cynthia, what happened to you? You got me seriously worried" Thibaut asked rushing those words that they sounded like he mumbled them.
He had woken up the previous morning and waited for Alex and Cynthia to come down but none of them did, he knocked on Alex's door but there was no reply. Being a guy, he pushed open the door and rushed in only to find that Alex was not in. He rushed into Cynthia's room not minding the consequences and met her still sleeping but weirdly drenched, he tapped her to get up but there was no reply. He felt her temperature and almost screamed at how cold she was, he checked her heartbeat to ensure she was still alive and luckily, she still was.
He tried all he could to wake her since that morning but failed, he was trying out the last medication when she jumped up and he couldn't be more happy.
' Hmpft, magicians and their trickery' Cynthia heard someone say but it was only her and Thibaut in the room and she was pretty sure the sound was in her head, she wanted to believe that the drugs Thibaut gave her were making her hallucinate but she heard the voice yet again ' He's helping you and your brother to get something back and you two think you've found an angel ' the voice scuffed
Cynthia would take anything at this point but not an insult aimed at Thibaut, since he saved them from their assailants, he had stolen a large chunk of her heart. If he didn't keep them in his base, they'd have probably been dead by now. Not minding the fact that she didn't know who she was speaking with she shouted out loud " he's not! He helped us through our tough times and you expect us not to show him utmost loyalty?" Cynthia was getting pissed by someone she didn't even know.
Thibaut looked at her like someone staring at a ghost, he couldn't make anything of what she was saying " Cynthia, are you ok?" he said and held her, trying to calm her down. Cynthia felt a sudden warmth spread inside of her and her heart skipped several beats as he held her, she had never felt like that in her entire life. She wanted to scold herself for losing her guard so easily but this wasn't the time.
" I'm not...." Cynthia tried to reply but she felt sharp pain in her head and felt a familiar chilly aura, that was when she realized who had been speaking in her head.