Sorry for the wait, guys. Honestly, I was kind of waiting for some kind of response, but mostly I was just busy.
I am going to see if I can post the maps of the Abode soon...
Chapter Thirteen
Told by Kai
I wake early in the morning to prepare for the new recruits. I'll enjoy watching them try to figure it all out...
Once on the second floor, I head to the class hall. It's pretty much just a bunch of rooms within a bigger room. I really mean bigger room. The class rooms are... I don't know, each is roughly the size of a two bedroom house? Anyway. The hallway is shaped like a square, a single classroom in the center, Seven classes surrounding it on the other side of the hallway, forming an upside down "U" shape.
After being sure that the proper supplies are in the classrooms, I turn and walk out to the actual hall, taking my post beside the stairwell. As the teachers and trainers come, I explain that the Flock and the Gang decided to be some new recruits. I also tell them where it is we will meet for the... initiation.
Once the flock and the gang gather in the stairwell(Which took forever, I might add. These kids would sleep a day through if I let them! I mean, honestly!) I order them to follow me. Max hesitates, of course, being so bad at taking orders. I lead them to the end of the hall, then open a door to the top of Main Hall.
Lining the bottom of the top part of the large, craggy dome is a small walk way, about two and a half feet wide, jutting from the wall. There is one piece that is bigger, maybe five feet wide. That's where the hidden door is. Other than that, step off of there without wings, and you get to meet your very own death on the Main Hall floor. Those are the hardest stains to get up. I mean... Uh... You didn't see those last two sentences...
If you haven't noticed, the Abode has loads of hidden rooms, secrets passageways, all that jazz.
I step onto the small walkway, trusting my balance as I walk swiftly to the secret door. All the while the Flock and the gang are complaining.
"Do we have to go?"
"What's so important about this?"
"This looks sort of dangerous."
"Are we even going anywhere important?"
"What are we doing again?"
"I'm tired!"
"Can I just fly to this magical place you're taking us?"
"Ooh, we're going somewhere magical? Is it Narnia? I would love to go to Narnia! That would be so cool! All the nature and cool creatures. But some of them are kinda creepy. Maybe I don't want to go to Narnia anymore... OMG! I'M STARVING!"
"You're telling me..." Star mutters.
"Where are we going though? It sure is taking a long time. You know-"
"SHUT UP, NUDGE!"
I wince as the sound echoes through the room. These kids. Can't be quiet for three minutes.
I get to the door and open it. I gesture for them to go inside, but they all stop.
"Why should we even go?"
"Seriously, I don't see the importance of going here."
"Or, like, what if it's a trap or something?"
I sigh. "There's food inside." I say. Suddenly everyone scrambles to get inside. I stay pressed against the wall.
"Vultures." I mutter once there are only four people left outside of the room. Me, Max, Dylan, and Fang.
"'Kay, guys. Let's get in there before one of them blows something up." Max says, striding in.
The guys follow, then I walk in, closing the door.
Inside is a huge, long room with a low(ish) ceiling and a huge table piled with breakfast foods in the center. Already the pile has been reduced to half of what it was two minutes ago. I take a seat at a smaller table to the left of the food table. The teachers and trainers stand off to the side, talking.
"Can everyone please sit down and pay attention?" I ask. No one stops. I ask a few more times. Everyone just keeps up their loud, bustling, eating ness.
I sigh, then take off the necklace. I create an illusion around them, one that renders them unmovable. They all just freeze, hearing my voice from all directions, in their head, everywhere.
"Stop acting like starving wolves and listen to me." I project into the illusion. "You need to hear what I have to say. Now, do I have your attention? Good."
I end the illusion and place the necklace back around my neck as the Flock and the gang turn to look at me, various levels of wonder on their faces. I resist a smile and continue. "Now. I would like to explain to all of you how this will go down. And I'd also like for you to meet your trainers and teachers. You will each have two trainers. There are four main categories for the trainers: One for Combat and survival. One for anything to do with weapons. One for the arts, which includes actual art, musical things, literature, or even, like me, blacksmithing. And many others. Then one for things like dealing with illusions and hallucinations, protecting your mind from mind reading, mind control, brain washing. Things of the sort.
"Then you will have teachers for each school subject. Eight. You will visit two normal classes a day, each for an hour and a half. You can show up when ever you want as long as you show up. You can take breaks when ever you want as long as you are in the class for a total of an hour and a half. Got it?" I get nods with various levels of enthusiasm.
"Now I will introduce the trainers. Zlayde?"
Zlayde, a tall guy with brown hair and green eyes steps forward. A year older and a head taller than me, he's a great combat trainer.
"Zlayde is a combat trainer, and can make the most complex trap with nothing but a paper clip and a length of rope. He once made a very, uh, interesting trap with those two materials."
Zlayde smiles, then steps back.
"Rese?"
The brunette steps forward, arms crossed.
"Weaponry of any sort, especially explosives, she knows about it. And she can do some very artistic and creative things with a blade-" my voice takes a slightly annoyed tone, "including carving 'loser' on Jethro's shoulder with a knife." I give her a look. She just smirks and steps back. "She is also a mind trainer. She can read minds. Among other things."
Rese suddenly smiles and turns her head to Ratchet. "A very naughty boy." She says, smiling evilly. His face pales.
"Zamira?"
I quiet girl with blonde hair and grey eyes steps forward.
"Zamira is a master at the arts, but she can also snap your neck before you even know whats happening, so... 'nuff said." She gives a shy smile and steps back.
"Dumisani."
A dark-skinned guy with piercing ice blue eyes steps forward.
"Sani knows everything there is to know about the mind. And protecting your mind."
"Shard is another survival and combat. Ryder for anything dealing with weapons. Eden is a little different. Anything to do with healing. Me? Illusions. Got it? Now. All of us know a lot about all of the skills, so you will be trained in those by your two trainers. If you have a question that they can't answer, go to the master of the subject."
Oh, how I hate talking.
"Okay... Dylan, you're two trainers are Zlayde and Shard. Have fun. Fang, Shard and I. Gazzy, Rese and Olek. Holden, you get Olek and Eden. Iggy, Zamira and Zlayde. Kate, Zamira and Olek. Max, Ryder and I." When I say "I' she stiffens. "Nudge, Zamira and Eden. Ratchet, Zlayde and, guess what, Rese! Star, Shard and Ryder. Everyone better remember, because I'm not going to. For now, choose whoever doesn't look like they want to kill you and go with them."
I sit back down in my seat, glad to finally be able to be quiet as everyone disperses. "Max, Fang." They both stop. "You two are with me first." I stand, then lead them to the combat room. We go to a corner made for sparring.
"Max, have fun beating him up."
"What?!" Fang asks.
I whisper in Max's ear: "Just be sure to figure out how to forgive him, okay?"
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