As the light shone through the window straight into Layla's eyes. Blinking away the sleepiness she started to open her eyes to see a two familiar figures.
"Moring sleeping beauty," a voice said waking Layla up
"Mum?" She said still groggy
"Guess again," the same voice said with a playful tone
"James?!" Layla replied looking at him in a simple small gold chain, white hoodie and sweatpants next to him was Lorenzo in their black turtleneck, jeans and a matching sliver chain.
"Who else?" James said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"How did you even get in?" she asked think on how it could not be safe if anyone could get into her dorms
"When in while you roommate was leaving" James said "Now hurry up the sorting is goanna start soon,"
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As Layla and Lorenzo walked in the lunch hall James running ahead with tables all with varied sizes, shape and color theme red, orange, green, and purple. The hall was filled with children of all different ages, looks and all with an assorted color uniform each match the table they sit at talking loudly to each ours. In the middle was a like separated two different lines.
As the two made their way to the end of the line slowly walking up to a serious faced man with pitch black hair, chestnut brown eye, dark skin cover with gruesome looking scars and a muscular build. As Lorenzo walked up to the to the man his face softens to a huge kind smile showing his bright white teeth and gave Lorenzo a fatherly hug.
"Here you go," he said bring a box with an assortment of jewelry in front of Lorenzo as what look to be a ring flew into their hand admiring
placing a necklace with a gem pendant that looked like glass around their neck before continuing "You go to the line on the right," as he let go of the hug before kissing Lorenzo's forehead
"Thanks Lev," Lorenzo said as they turn to leave, and the man look at Layla with his stern face again. "She's going to the left line," Lorenzo said turning to Layla. Even though they were wearing a mask Layla could tell they were smiling.
"Okay," Layla replied before turning and as soon as she was about to walk to the longer of the two lines. The man handed he the same silver chained necklace with the clear crystal. After thanking the man, she walked to the end of the line before slowly a familiar black hair woman walked up on the stage her sliver hairs sparking in the sunlight her hand cupping so strange orange stone speaking into it her voice boomed through the hall.
"Hello student. it has been good to see you all again and welcome to the new students joing welcome to Eidolkos and lets begin the sorting as i know you all are hungry for the food. as some of you know two student has made a new program. this program was to collect and invite gifted children outside the forest so for those students welcome them and treat them kindly and welcome to your new life. Now for the students that have volunteered to go in the line on your right, you'll be showing everyone their powers and how the gem will work for those who don't know what is going to happen in this new place. So please come to the stage one by one" she said holding up the same necklace everyone now has around their necks. "Now this is the sorting gem, and this will change color to the house you'll be in after your blood touches the stone and for those who don't know or can't control your powers don't worry this is why the schools here," She finished before she started to wave over the kid in the line. The two whispered before principal Lilly said as what Layla assumed to be teachers started to give everyone a needle.
"First up Eli Drake Longwel," her voice boomed thought the hall before a short blondie brown haired boy walked up slightly shaking with a small black winged reptile with neon blue patterns round it body.
As the boy got to the front in the middle of the stage, he stood there getting the small needle, pricking his finger before touching the crystal. His blood seemed to soak into the crystal his necklace suddenly glowed orange like the light from a campfire before going back to its normal state but with the necklace's gem stained the orange color. After he admired his gem, his eyes shut, and he clenched his hands into fists.
After a second water came in the room floating around in the air toward him before going into a ball above him as he opened his eyes his sage green eyes lit up with joy and wide grin covered his face before it all came crashing down and drenched his clothes with water.
Red face and embarrassed he picked up his winged reptile and walked off the stage. One after the other more and more students when up and Layla slowly drowned in her own thoughts and questions, only snapping out of her trance every time a familiar name was called.
Paying full attention to the few familiar faces like Lorenzo who just teleported on the middle of the stage. Prick their finger and touch the necklace glowing purple before Lorenzo teleporting in a blue light again.
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After Lorenzo Layla started to get restless as wait until there was Luka with him contagious smile striding on stage with confidents. As he when in the middle of the stage also pricking his finger and touching the gem he stated
"I'll be trying to turn bear,"
And like all the others before him he also closed his eye focus drawn on his face, he slowly started to morph dark fur sprouting from his skin and his nails turning into claws going on all four. But instead of the huge scary bear he was aiming for he ended up a cute fluffy raccoon with a necklace the top of the gem a blood red slowing bleeding down before the raccoon turn back into a human with a ruby red gem hung around his neck running down toward James and Lorenzo in the corner with a pen and an old leather book. After Luka, a name was called out
"Artemis Fallstar," Was called up as a familiar girl walked up somehow. Her long orange hair neatly tied back in a braid. She also pricked her finger and touched the necklace around her neck, now red. As she faced the front unlike everyone else, she didn't close her eyes. Instead, her stunning ocean eyes that stood out from her long orange eyelashes focused on someone in the corner of the room. As everyone spun their head around looking around in the back corner everyone eyes focus on two people.
Luka and Lorenzo. As the book in Lorenzo's hands started to glow orange the book in the hand ripped out of their hand flowing to show everyone a half finished drawing of James. She turned to look at James with a stupid grin as everyone in range to see the drawing clear enough turn to see James matching the sketch.
Layla's head turned back to see Lorenzo red, seeming really interested on the floor.
"Oh, I'm so sorry the plan was lifting the book closed," Artemis said apologetically from the front getting everyone quiet facing her. As she let the book go it falling straight down into Lorenzo's hand as they stared daggers at the girl as she walked off stage.
As Layla went back to her dream like state as slowly one after the other the line got shorter and shorter until no one was left.
"Well, everyone please take a seat at you can see your gem color will match with a table that's where you'll sit during speeches but at normal mealtimes you can sit wherever you'd like and for the rest of you how haven't got you gem color you may do that now," said Professor Luna.
Everyone started to walk, going into groups looking for seats and their friends. As the chatter grew more people started to talk, taking a seat with friends. Layla final found the group sitting at a table in the corner.
"Hey guys," Layla shouted over all the other chatter
"Oh, hey Layla," yelled the group as they waved her over shuffling over to give her room. As she sat next to Luka, James came across her. Teasing a red face, Lorenzo.
"Shut it," Lorenzo stuttered.
"Nah," James replied with a mischievous smile.
Just as Lorenzo was about to argue back
Layla asked, "Can you put the necklace on please," As she gave Luka the necklace, turning her back towards Luka. Carefully Luka brushed away Layla's hair to the side of her shoulder and placed the chain around her neck clipping it at the back.
"Thank you," Layla said with smile. Luka nodded in response before looking at James with a mischievous smile both turning to Lorenzo and as if in queue before the chaos was about to start, food was brought out from and placed on some tiles that slowly rotated around the table. The smell filled the room with endless amounts of food. As hundreds of teens grabbing food stuffing their faces.
"So, James what is your gift exactly," Layla asks.
"Death, in short I can talk and see the dead and for a short period of time bring them to a somewhat solid state so others to see them too," James replied.
"So, what do you think my gift will be?" Layla asked hoping that out of all gifts it's not that one.
"don't know, it might be similar to your families but no one in your family has had contact with magic from what your file said," James answered "anyways" he continued "you going to see what group you're in,"
"Oh yeah" said Layla, she'd had completely for gotten about the magical necklace. Grabbing the needle, she pricked her finger touching the crystal. It was cold under her fingers slowly it turned purple.
"Really I'm the only one in swords" Luka said with a pouty face
"Seems like it mates," James replied "So tomorrow's the last day before school starts. So how about we go exploring?"
"Hell yeah!" Luka exclaimed
"Maybe we should take Eli instead of James," Lorenzo said staring at James like he was going to murder him by stabbing the food on their plate while James and Luka laughed.
"What am I too distracting for you?" James replied with a wink.
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