Chapter 3
By the time I had gotten home, it was already 7 in the evening. I did what I needed to do and just went to sleep.
As I fell asleep, I dreamt something unusual. I saw fire, the flames all over the place, going out of control. Smoke rising, buildings and skyscrapers collapsed and destroyed. I heard nothing but scream of pain.
Before I knew it, I had woken up on the floor. I looked at the time, it's now 6:37 a.m. So I thought to myself "I really don't like this feeling I'm having" The moment I got up, a burning sensation came onto the right of my hand. When I took a look at the top of my hand, there was a bright red glowing, a symbol had showed up.
"So I was chosen again?" I asked myself. That dream and the symbol on my hand was no mere coincidence at all.
On my way to school, I couldn't stop thinking about my dream or why the Grail had chosen me. By the time I got to school, Willy and Shanon were waiting for me at the front entrance. Since they don't know about it, I try and hide my right hand from them. We did our usual greeting and walked on in. I stopped and asked them, "That's right, isn't today Thursday?" When I asked that, Willy had remembered as well. "That's right!" he said, "Starting today and Monday, no one is allowed to use the gymnasium."
Meaning I would have no choice but to go to the gymnasium later, but when? All of a sudden, the announcement came on, "Attention, please report to the gymnasium around 10, for those of you who knows what I meant."
10? That's during my second period, now I have to think of how to sneak out of class.
Then I noticed Maya, elegant as ever. I walked up to her to wish her luck, she told me, "I don't need luck since I know I'll do great!" As she walked past me, I accidentally blurted out what I was thinking, "It's because of that cocky attitude, you'll lose and it may cost you your life."
I couldn't believe I actually said that, when I turned around to look at Maya, she paused for a while. She then said to me, "Thanks for the advice," and continued walking. From that I could tell I had upset her, though it wasn't intentional. As I was making my way to class, I saw a Priest walking towards the gymnasium, from that I can conclude that the priest is the judge of the war.
While in class, right when I was about to fall asleep, my teacher received a call. When she done talking on the phone, she called my name, "Alexander, please report to the main office immediately." The moment she told me that, the whole class just looked at me. Of course, most of them believe I had gotten myself into some kind of trouble. That is true though, and it isn't your natural kind of trouble. "Well at least I won't have to sneak out now," I said to myself.
When I reached the main office, the principle was standing in front of the office door. Next to him on his left is the Priest from earlier.
"Congratulations," said the principle, "You have been chosen to participate in the Holy Grail War, young master," said the Priest. It doesn't surprise me that he would know that I was chosen without ever needing to tell him. Before I could say anything, he quickly directed me towards the gym.
As I walked in, I saw the other foreigners from before, and there was Maya, plus two more who I've never seen before.
What truly struck me was that one of the masters was a little girl, possibly around the age of 8. But later that won't matter anymore, the moment this war starts, she will become nothing but a killer. The lights went dark; everyone who was talking has now gone silent. Then a spotlight and it was focused on the Priest. "Welcome to you masters, allow me to say that I am glad to meet you all here today."
As we listen to him talk, I noticed something. It may have been my imagination, but I could have sworn I saw the Priest form a suspicious grin on his face. It made me quite uneasy.
Among his speech, he mentioned something quite unexpected to all of us.
"In this war, you'll fight, not only with your servant, but along side with another master as well," explained the Priest, "So I suggest that you go find your partner now, you have 1 minute to do so."
