KENAN
We walk out of his office into the dimly lit hallway. I really wonder how anybody sees in this place in the night. We turn right and begin to go deeper into the building. We pass room after room and I just couldn't believe the building was this big. We end up at a dead end and just as I was thinking we were about to turn back he brings out his stelli and draws a rune and a bright light fills the wall and it opens.
We walk in there and take the stairwell down. I know the admin building has two floors but I don't remember us climbing any stairs and Karl's office was on the ground floor. Does this mean we are going underground or what?
"Smart boy I guess that part is cleared" he replies my thoughts and I glare him as he laughs. We keep going down and I was feeling like this was never going to end when my feet finally touches ground. I internally skip for joy and Karl chuckles.
"You know this is unfair though, how do you get to read my mind and I can't read yours" I state and he smirks at me.
"When you learn to do it you are free to try your luck" he replies and i roll my eyes. Like he would even allow me to see his deepest secrets.
"I never said I will allow you though" he replies as we walk further in the dark.
"Can't we get light here, I can't see anything at all" I say and he nods and snaps his finger and the whole place lights up. It was more like and underground building with many rooms. We walk to the room at the end of the hallway and he swipes his Stelli over a rune before typing in a pass code and the door opens. The place wasn't an underground building it is a prison and the rooms are cells.
"Finally you figure it out" he says but my shock and fear doesn't allow me reply. The hallway we enter was not as quiet as the former one and it had lesser rooms.
"This is the restricted area, it is where we keep the most dangerous of all these prisoners" he explains affirming my doubts and heightening my fears.
"There is no reason to be scared they can't get out" he says confidently. How can he be so sure "we are here" he says bringing me back to reality. We were standing in front of another cell but the air here felt different. It was like you could feel it that the person here was powerful. He enters the pass code after swiping again and the door open.
We enter and the room was unlike the outside. It was well set with a king sized bed, a toilet and bathroom to the right and a table and two chairs. The room was even air conditioned which felt too comfy for a prisoner. A lady was sitting cross legged on the bed and she had long brown hair that was very silky and beautiful to see.
She looks up the moment we enter and I realised it wasn't just a lady. She was around my age with oval shaped head and nice chin with lush red lips and a pointed nose. She was beautiful and also looked too innocent to have been evil. What did she do to end up here?
"Looks can be very deceiving dear boy" she replies me and I scoff
"How fortunate another mind reader" I reply and she chuckles
"I like this one, he's got it all" she says and I chuckle, how blissful the witch likes me. She gets up from the bed and walks up to us, I take a step back keeping distance between us as she stands in front of Karl.
"Karlos Trent Healfard, to what do I owe this pleasurable visit" she asks and immediately she slams her lips on his kissing him, at first Karl was hesitant but later on he kisses back. The kiss was passionate and lasted too long for me. I had to cough to break them up.
"Maybe you can have your makeup sex when I am not here" I say and for the first time I see Karl blush. The lady leaves him and walk back to sit on her bed
"What do you want?" she asks in a very emotionless tone that you wouldn't believe she was the same person just making out with Karl a moment ago
"I need your help" he replies and she scoffs
"Typical Karl, running to me when in need and tossing me away once he doesn't need me anymore" she replies and there and then I could sense history that I really need to get the full gist of.
"You know it is not like that I have just been too busy to visit" he replies and she laughs maniacally
"OHH wow you are too busy, what a viable excuse. Coming from the same person who promised me the world and called me his whole world a while ago" she says and i couldn't phantom how the female gender reason. Taking promises like that to heart is like placing your life on a a bet.
"and how are my kids fairing without their mother" she asks.
'Can this day get any better? Wait Karl has children? And a woman locked up is the love of his life and the mother of his children? I really don't know anything about him but men his life is one complicated horrific romcom. How the hell am I placing my life in the hands of a shit like this?' I thought and Karl glares me down before speaking
"They are growing well, Bryan took the test this year and he got into the Outcast Class. He is a powerful caster-magician mage. They all miss you a lot by the way. The twins will be taking their test next year" he says and I felt like the day couldn't get any worse. The same geeky Bryan is the son of the principal.
"My young boy is taking after his mother afterall. I miss them too but I guess we'll see soon won''t we" She says and they smile at each other. These people are so cheeky and lovey dovey
"Back to my request, will you help?" He asks and she goes quiet for a while before replying
"I will on one condition, you reduce my sentence and you bring my children to see me this week" She asks and the look of dread that crosses Karl's face is enough to say it all. It was a huge request
"But we had an agreement" he says and she shrugs
"Agreements be damned I haven't seen my kids in 10 yrs and you are mentioning agreement. Can you bear it" she snaps clearly annoyed and frustrated. Her voice rises a pitch the more she speaks. "Do you agree to my terms?" She asks and he goes quiet for a while before nodding.
"I'll reduce your sentence by 5 years and Bryan will visit you tomorrow" he says and she shakes her head
"I want to see them all" she counters not even thinking of the little reduction in her sentence.
"That is the best I can do, take it or we walk away" he replies in a very stern voice and I thought it won't move her but she recognised the look in his eyes and she nods. Half bread is better than none
"Fine, so what is the request" she asks and he replies
"I need a mana test done for him to find out how to access his magic" he says and we were both shocked. I thought I have done a test before why another one now. She had to know about the test right? And why is she the only one who can do a mana test on me when we have some of the most powerful casters in the school.
"How come, he didn't pass the test?" she asks the same thing on my mind and he shakes his head.
"He did but he has been unable to feel it. I need to know if it is locked or just isn't taking the right means that way we can get to the bottom of the problem" he replies and she nods. She looks at me intently for a while before giving me a sinister smirk. I don't know why but I feel like she knows something I'm unaware of.
She closes her eyes and when she opens it was electric blue. She looks at me again with the eyes and it was like the whole eyeball was covered by an electric blue veil. She sees seomething and staggers on her bed and starts to mutter something under her breath but I couldn't hear it. The look of shock on her face was not the only surprising thing but the fear that covered her whole expression.
For someone that could stand up to the principal of Healfard College she was scared of what she saw in me and that scared the shit hell out of me. She closes her eyes and look at me before speaking again.
"What exactly are you" she asks and I shake my head "he has the blood of all supernaturals mixed together, the highest power level most importantly the death element. Trent who is he what are you getting yourself into" she asks now directing the statement to Karl.
"I have no choice here, not only his he Bunna's child but the prophecy was clear and it has started unfolding. Now why hasn't he been able to access his power" he asks and she looks at him losing me in the process. What prophesy? And who is Bunna? Does that mean he knows my parents? If so then why has he been hiding it? A look of concern and pity crosses her expression before she speaks
"He has been doing it the wrong way. Unlike every other person he doesn't have a mana core but mana itself. His mana was not in a core or any shape it was just there. It was like his whole being is mana itself. The centre of his being is the power level and surrounding the centre are the other powers he possesses. His mana centre is also in his heart not his mind. There is no mana core alone because mana is his blood" she replies and he takes every word in as she drops them without even showing anything on his face.
"And how does this help me in accessing my magic" I ask and she smiles.
"I'm sure your dear principal already knows the answer to that question" she says and I look him, he nods and looks at her
"I'm so sorry you are locked up in here and I swear I'm doing all I can to get you out as soon as I can" he says and she gives him a sheepish smile.
"I know but I have only one question" she says and he nods
"Ask away" i was expecting something about him or her children but she looks at me and speaks
"Is he the one" she asks and Karl smiles
"Yes he is. I just hope you can get out in time to witness it happen" Karl replies and she walks up to him and they kiss. This one was slow and full of love that I couldn't interrupt "I love you" Karl says as they break up
"I love you too even though you are still an asshole" she says and he smiles and even I chuckle. How beautiful is love until you betray each other. She goes back to her bed and we walk out of the room. Karl enters the pass code and locks the door as we turn to head back into the school. He kept biting his lip and smiling. I can see he really loves her but what I cant put together is what led to her imprisonment and how she knows so much about mana for a caster.
"She knows so much about mana because she is an Aurakinetic Caster" he replies and I was confused.
"Aura what? I have never heard of such a caster" I ask and he smiles
"First off your knowledge of magic is shallow so I don't expect you to know what aurakinesis and people like her are rare and they are killed once they are found because of how dangerous their power is so to most people who know about it they see it as a myth." He replies and I was shocked
"Why will they be killed because of how they are born" I ask and he chuckles
"The magical world is a very dangerous place for special and powerful people. The world is always scared of anything strong and powerful they don't understand and cannot control. That is why I told you to keep your powers a secret or else you would be killed before you can even understand what you are, what you can do and why you are like this" he replies and the words hit me. I just realised how dangerous my life has become and the amount of danger I or whoever knows of me is in. I look at Karl with a new found respect and adoration. He knows the danger behind keeping my secret and he decided to do it and also train me.
"You still haven't explained aurakinesis" I ask and he smiles
"Very inquisitive. Aurakinesis is the ability to sense, control, manipulate and most dangerous of all transfer mana" he says and my eyes almost fell out of their socket.
"So you are saying not only can they manipulate the magic in us but they can transfer magic from one person to another" I ask and he nods. I now see why they are killed, no one wants to lose their power to someone else, not even me. This means that she could make a normal human a supernatural or make a supernatural into a double specie. That is one hell of a power.
"Now you understand" Karl replies his voice reflecting a deep sadness from years of experiencing it first hand and I roll my eyes, even though I pity him he still can't go scot free for reading my mind.
"But is that why she is locked up" I ask and he shakes his head
"That is a discussion for another day. Now climb" he says and I look up to see we are at the stairs and start climbing. As I climb I make a resolution not to only get strong but to get strong enough to protect me and everyone close to me from the fear of being powerful.
Now to go back to reality and finally unlock these powers.