15 Reality
Ery sat on his bed as he gazed through the window. If he looked above, thousands of stars covered the canvass of the night sky, wishing to himself that his father was one of the stars. If he looked below, the clouds below were rich. He lay on his head on the pillow that was softer than anything he had ever lay his head on.
Staring at the ceiling, various thoughts entered Ery's mind. The events that transpired today were just too real to hope that everything was just a dream. The first thoughts were today's exam of elental affinities and spirit aptitude, this magical world. Klea, Julian, Thrax, Chumo, and Gwen ca after, the freezing river, the burning of his father's estate, and lastly, his father. The death of his father was just starting to sink in.
Tears were starting to well up in his eyes again but Ery imdiately wiped it off. He shouldn't be such a crybaby, he thought to himself. He turned to the side, staring at the night sky instead with his eyes urging itself to shut. Then the face of those marauders appeared in his mind and the word chrutin. He had to know what those an and honor his father by not letting his death be in vain. He had to do sothing; avenging his father would be the way. His fist clenched as the final monts of his father replayed in his mind over and over until he finally fell asleep.
The door knocked repeatedly and Ery was awoken.
"...Em... Ery! Wake up!"
The sweet voice belonged to a girl. He grunted but the soft, comfortable bed was like a spell making him want to sleep in a bit more.
"Ery!"
Ery muttered, "Gwenn?"
Then the door hissed open and footsteps got closer to his bed. The bed sheet was then pulled from his clutches and the sweet voice turned into a sharp tone saying, "What did you say my na was? Get up! We have to get ready. The acolytes will have to gather in the assembly."
"Acolyte?" Ery half-opened his eyes, confused. It took him a mont to figure out where he was, who this girl was, and what the word acolyte ant. He was still in that strange world. If so, then all that had happened was real and This was his reality.
Ery shook his head, trying to get out of the half-asleep state. He stretched his stiff bones and the window where the view of the sky was now a wall. He got out of bed and suddenly the wall where the window was transford itself and showed the beautiful blue sky and the rich clouds below. Standing before the window, he reflected on last night's thought and for him to accomplish what he had to do, he first needed to beco stronger here and pass the test.
"Who is Gwen?" she asked, resting her chin on her palms.
"Uhmmm..."
"Hoo hoo, my cutie here already has a lover, I see. So, is that why you're keeping a distance from ," teased Klea as she leaned closer to Ery.
"Oh no. I... we are not lovers, we are just f—" Ery stopped his words rembering that night in the garden where Gwen gave him a complicated look and remarked they couldn't be friends anymore.
"You know, I don't really mind about that, cutie," said the charming girl as she bopped his nose and left Ery to his thoughts.
Ery didn't understand what she ant, so he just put that on the back of his head. After taking a bath in another room, Ery went to their common area and found sothing to eat. The food on the table had various colors but they were just bean-sized. Surprisingly though, eating just a few filled his hunger.
After that, Ery put on his uniform and headed straight to the plaza where the fountain was along with his four friends.
They talked on the way and Ery decided to go with Julian and check out the earth elent institute. As for the others, Klea would be visiting the wind elent institute, Thrax the fire elent institute while Chumo the darkness elental institute.
The assembly at the main plaza was just a greeting and the acolytes were then given permission to go where they would like to go. Since Ery and Julian already had a plan, the two entered a portal with yellow rings around it along with dozens of other young people.
They passed through the gate and what welcod them first was the wind's breeze carrying grains of sand hitting their faces.
Ery looked around and this was the first ti he had seen a place such as this. The sand beneath his feet was reminiscent of a beach but no bodies of water could be seen.
"In our world this is called the desert" said Julian
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