The blinding yellow light swallows the class in it's maw and begins to flicker and crack revealing landscapes of flowing lava which shift and switch to a forest then a flower covered field then pure darkness until it flickers at high enough speeds to where the landscapes are unrecognisable eventually stopping.
The light walls vanish and the class finds themselves on a stone platform with carvings similar to the circle they were just in. water crashes against the rocks just below the platform and a man with flowing blonde hair dressed in white plate armour and a white cape approaches the class with a small woman wearing the same coloured robes. They both speak in a garbled language like nothing the group had heard before. the woman reaches out to each of them and the knight begins to speak again.
"Hello can you understand me" he offers his hand to Lyra but she refuses standing herself followed shortly by the others.
"What is this?" Mr Tanaka steps between the two towering over the knight.
The knight looks up in awe at the man but shows no sign of intimidation.
"My name is Sir Aldreic I'm a knight of Kealvor" he bows.
"may I ask your name?" The knight looks back up at the teacher with a smile.
"Tanaka is fine." He stands unmoving Infront of the knight.
"Well Tanaka welcome to Vermilon." He smiles.
"Where are we and why are we here." Mr Tanaka stares daggers at the knight.
"A group of mages summoned you and your friends here in order to prevent a catastrophe that has been prophesied from happening, unfortunately most of them have died due to the amount of mana and resources the summoning takes." The knight grows sombre and looks at the children.
"you may also have some negative side effects from the spell but you should be fine just some nausea." He takes a step back from the teacher.
"What." Tanaka leans in closer to the knight, a vein buldges on his forehead and his fists clench.
"I apologise but it's the only way to end this upcoming conflict" the knight raises his hands in defense.
"What the hell is going on" Renan thinks to himself, he reaches out to Darin but his hand phases right through Darins bulky body, Renan freezes and stares at his transparent arm, his gaze lowers to the rest of his body, he let's out a scream but no one reacts.
Darin turns to look at Renan but seems confused and starts to look around.
"Guys wheres Renan" Darins voice cracks slightly as he speaks, the group looks around the platform. Roman picks up a pile of clothes on the floor, the knights face contorts into a look of horror.
"D..did the circle have any holes?" He stutters.
"It had large cracks that kept changing to different places." Tanaka turns to the knight looking pale.
"Come with me we will find your friend" he leads the class to a towering castle above them, it's large gates loom over them, inside the walls is an array of several multicoloured flowers that had been planted in the grand garden. The inside is extravagant and incredibly well tended to, the floor nearly reflective.
The knight opens a door to a side room where several beds are laid out, a single doctor sits at a table in the corner of the room scribbling on a piece of paper, he jumps up and greets Aldreic.
"Why have you brought them here?" He adjusts his glasses and stares at the group.
"The circle wasn't complete please inspect them" the knight leans closer and whispers something then quickly turns to leave.
"Form a line and I'll give you all a check up" the doctor shuffles towards them not moving out of his chair.
Tanaka ushers over a student called Aira her teary eyes peek out from under her long greasy hair at the doctor, her hands shake slightly as she sits in the chair. The doctor stares intently at her and his eyes give off a faint blue glow. He hums to himself before waving her off "you're very lucky you have no negative side effects in fact you have positive side effects" he smiles and writes something on his clipboard.
"What do you mean" she squeaks.
"You have a unique magic" he waves her off and calls the next student.
"How do you know that" Romans eyes narrow in suspicion.
"I have appraisal magic, it lets me see your skills and physical condition to a degree" he scribbles down the students details and waves over another again.
Renan wanders into the room and tries to reach out to his friends, he sobs trying to touch anything but his hand sinks through it, his eyes remain dry despite his howls of despair.
"How many of you were summoned?" The doctor looks in Renans direction.
"Eleven including me but one vanished why?" Tanaka folds his arms and scowls.
"How strange" the doctor stands and his eyes glow blue again.
"he's still here" he points to the empty space Renan should be in, the group turns to see nothing. Tanaka grabs the doctor by the collar and lifts him into the air.
"don't joke about something like that!" Tanaka's face twists in anger, the students try to stop him but he doesn't budge an inch.
"I can sense him, his name is Renan please put me down!" The doctor whimpers in fear. The teach drops him and turns to look at where he should be but still see nothing. Renan reaches out once again but his hand phases right through their bodies.
"Renan please follow the maid she will show you to something you can use as a vessel for now" the doctor pulls a cord going across the ceiling and a bell rings in the distance, shortly a maid walks into the room and bows upon seeing the class.
"Please take our um bodyless friend to the cells where he can find a vessel" the class turns but Tanaka stops Darin before he can say anything.