Okay…so I am really bored today and super excited and on a roll! Two updates in one day is rare, almost like…two headed cow rare so don't get your panties in a twist. That and I forgot some of the OCs in my last chapter…because they were inboxed to me…so! Don't kill me! :D
Noctis and Tex sat examined their surroundings, trying to make sense of why they ended up here instead of the mansion.
"Simple," explained Noctis, "MasterHand is testing our abilities."
Tex scratched his head, "That sounds about right…"
The two young men contemplated on what to do when a girl stepped through a portal, light brown hair hung to her shoulders tinged red at the ends, and a mischievous grin on her face.
"Heeeeelloooo Smash….erm…?"
She looked down into the lava, "Did…I take the wrong portal?"
Tex chuckled, "Oh look, another one."
The girl turned to scrutinize the two, "I'm Mystique…and you are?"
"Tex."
"Noctis."
Mystique opened her mouth to say something else but was interrupted by another person stepping though a portal.
The man had dirty blond hair and a slender frame, too utterly gorgeous to be real; he stopped himself before he walked right over the edge.
"Well…that's disappointing."
Tex ran a hand through his hair, "Chalk up another one!"
Noctis cleared his throat, "I don't want to Impose but maybe we should get to finding a way out of here?"
As if on que an image of MasterHand appeared behind the small group,
"Welcome, students, to the fire temple! You are concealed inside the deepest dungeons and must find your way out; this will not only test your strength but your teamwork and influence your ranking in the school as well. Good luck!"
"Well that's a pisser…"
With Dark and Rio
The angel sisters finally managed to kill all the skeleton creatures, their hair stuck to their faces with sweat from the exertion.
Dark took in a deep breath before speaking,
"Can we please…just find out where we are supposed to be?"
A vision of MasterHand appeared in-front of the two girls,
"Hello girls, you seem to be a bit lost."
Dark rolled her eyes, "No shit She-…" Rio glared as she clapped a hand over her sister's mouth.
"Yes headmaster, we have no idea where to go…so if you could please point us in the right direction?"
Masterhand gestured towards a small ranch way out in the hills,
"Go there, they already have instructions and will lead you where you must go."
With that said MasterHand disappeared leaving the two girls to go on their way.
Lon Lon Ranch
Marianne, Jasmine, and Kuro all sat under a tree, waiting for Rio and Dark.
Marianne seemed a bit excited knowing that her angelic friends were going to be with her.
Jasmine made small talk with Kuro while Marianne tensed up at a sudden voice sounding in her head.
'Dark and Rio are two miles south east…find them.'
Marianne suddenly stood up,
"Kuro, Jasmine…I know where Rio and Dark are, come with me to get them?"
The other two teens hauled themselves up, agreeing to go.
With the Populars
Together, the four teens wandered until they came to a door, Tex bent to examine it, after a few moments he gave his conclusion,
"The door is locked."
Noctis facepalmed while Mystique muttered, "No shit…"
Then to no one's surprise a purple portal opened up and dropped out a girl whom immediately jumped to her feet and began brushing dirt off her black halter top dress while she screamed into the portal.
"You can't just drop me here! It's unfair!"
The portal closed in her face causing all nine of her creamy white fox tails to bristle and her equally as white fox ears to flatten against her waterfall of black hair.
Darren raised an eyebrow at the girl, "Welcome to the little group, and you are?"
The nine tailed fox brushed her bangs back, "Ashe…my name is Ashe and you all are?"
I'm Darren, and that's Tex, Noctis, and Mystique."
Ashe brushed her fingers through one of her many tails,
"Looks like I'm stuck with you guys now, no offense, so shall we figure out a way out of here?"
Back with the Outcasts
Marianne took to using her halberd as a light of sorts while they traveled on. After what seemed like hours of walking they finally spotted the angelic sisters in the distance.
Marianne grinned and waved her arms, "Dark! Rio!"
She ran the rest of the way towards her friends, hugging them both tightly just as the voice again sounded in her head.
'Be prepared'
Kuro and Jasmine caught up, leaning over to catch their breath.
A black portal opened up underneath the five teens forcing them all into a shadowy abyss.
Everyone groaned and rubbed their heads, trying to see through the thick darkness.
"First the damn skeletons now this! What the hell!?"
Dark continued muttering a string of profanities under breath.
The illusion of MasterHand appeared in front of the group, making his introductions.
"Welcome, students, to the Shadow Temple. You are in the deepest dungeons and must find your way out, not only will this test your strength and teamwork but it will also influence your ranking in the school as well. Good luck."
'Use your halberd for light Marianne, you can do this.'
The Chaos possessed female held up her halberd, making a slight blue glow light up everything three inches around them.
Kuro sighed, "Well, we're not going to make any progress just standing here, let's get this over with."
At The School
Ike placed a hand on Death Incarnate's shoulder then whispered lowly.
"You know if MasterHand finds out you're helping her she'll be penalized correct?"
Shinigami nodded, making himself look as innocent as possible as two teachers passed.
Ike sighed, "You can't help her, it's tampering with the testing."
Death Incarnate leaned against his scythe, "MasterHand isn't going to know, unless you plan on telling him."
"I won't I'm just saying, if he finds out, she'll be penalized and he'll cut off your mental communications."
Shinigami turned to face Ike, "I know what I'm doing and I'll be sneaky about it, don't worry."
With that said Death Incarnate turned and walked towards the teacher's lounge to watch the testing along with the other teachers.
Ike chuckled and leaned against the wall, "He is so going to get caught…"
Hm, what does MasterHand have planned for the young testers? Find out in the next chapter!
All authors will be credited for their OCs in the next chapter so I can officially close the door on that. Expect an update about Monday maybe Tuesday-ish. Who knows with me, I just updated twice in one night. Anyways, yeah…that's it.