Chapter 3: What is this Place?

Atacia's POV:

H-how did that get there?!

I looked at Cassie. She was shocked by what she saw. I immediately pulled her away from that place.

“A-Atacia, please tell me that wasn’t true. Please tell me I’m just dreaming.” Terrified Cas said.

S**t! I need to talk to Ms. Anthea later!

“C-Cia, w-why is there a corpse there? W-what exactly is this place? I-I thought it’s safe here.” Cassie stuttered. Her breath is shaking, so is her body.

“Let’s go to the dorm first.” That’s all I said. F**k it! Why are the corpses in there?! Why did they put the corpses there?!

Cassie just followed me even though she was wondering, she’s spacing out.

When we opened the door of our dorm, we were so shocked.

In this room there are four doors. We peaked into one of the rooms and were even more surprised to see that there were things there. Used by men! Shoot! So that means there are four people who’s going to use this dorm?! Why didn’t Ms. Anthea tell us?! Why the heck didn't she warn us?!

I just dragged Cassie into a room that I’m sure I’m the owner because I saw my suitcase there. When we entered, I immediately locked the door and looked back at her.

“Cia, what is this place? My minds in a mess. Earlier, when I came out, I saw someone fighting using a sword. A real freakin’ sword Cia! Then—then I saw a corpse. And why is it forbidden to go out?! Atacia I’m confused. I—we entered here because it’s safe but what the heck is happening?!” Cassie said in panic.

“Cassie calm down! I’ll explain if you calm down.” I told her.

It took us an hour before she calmed down. But her breath isn't. So is the shaking of her body. 

“Now I am calm, explain everything to me. Please.” Cassie said seriously.

I looked at her first. She fought with a stare, so I gave up myself. I averted my eyes and explained.  

“Heather Academy is a dangerous academy. This is where fighters and charmers go. Only a few knew this school and only a few could get in. Only the persons who have skills and can fight. And those who have what they call charms. Charms are like a magical power. Didn’t you say you saw someone fighting? That’s training. Heather Academy has wars happening every night. And when the so-called KING wanted to, he will make the war last for the whole day. It’s forbidden to go out because we need to keep the normans safe from us charmers. Now, I need you to protect yourself.” I gave her a long explanation.

It took her a lot of time before she digested it inside her mind. And when she looked at me, pain and fear are written all over her eyes.

“So, you knew all about this? And you are telling me to protect myself? How can I?! Atacia are you out of your mind?!” She said tearfully.

“You can’t fool me, Cassie. I know you can protect yourself. We may be childhood best friends, but there’s still a lot of things you don’t know about me. Our parents sent us here for a reason. We entered here because of the same reason. And I know you know what I’m talking about. I know who you are inside the Hell Cell. NAd I also know you have charms.” I had a sad statement with her.

“Then tell me! What do I not know about you, huh?! Explain it to me!” She shouted at me while crying. But I could still read the shock in her eyes because of what I said about who she is inside Hell Cell and about her charms.

I immediately approached and comforted her. After a few minutes, she stopped crying. I sighed before standing up.

“If you really want to know me, follow me then.” I said coldly. I know she was confused on how I treated her. I never treated her coldly. She never seen me like this. Cold and emotionless. She was used to me being jolly, happy and a joking person.

I walked to the bedroom door. I went out and she followed me. It’s a good thing we don’t have anyone here yet, so we don’t have to worry.

I approached a bookshelf and looked closely at the books lying there. There was a book that caught my attention. It is very thick, about the thickness of a dictionary and the cover is red. I grabbed it and pulled. And I was right in my suspicion. This will open the tunnel to the private training room of ours. I turned on the light and walked down the stairs. I turned to Cassie and saw that she was stunned.

“Are you coming, or should I leave you there?” I asked coldly. Her eyes widened, she finally came back to her senses and quickly followed me.

We walked down the stairs. When we reached the end there was a door again and it has a lock. A keypad lock. There's a number engraved at the wall above it. If you won't look closely, you won't notice it. I typed in the password and opened it.

When I opened the door, I quickly pulled Cassie and made her lie down while I caught the katana that was thrown in our direction.

I threw it in the air and held it upside down. The one I used to hold was the blade, now it’s its handle.

Cassie stood up with a shocked face. But eventually became emotionless. Her eyes became cold. She became serious.

I first rolled the katana in my hand and then looked at who had thrown it. Two men were present. One of them has his hair dyed in red and the other one in ash gray. That ash gray hair seems to be familiar to me. And then a memory suddenly flashed in my mind. To my annoyance I threw it at him. Well, not directly to him. Just on the wall above his head. He was surprised and stunned at what I did.

F**k! He’s the one I bumped into at the Hospital! The one who didn’t apologize! why the heck, of all places, I'll see him again here?!

“S**t!” Suddenly the red-haired man shouted. When I looked at him, he was running towards the side of the other guy. I looked at why and wasn’t surprised by the dagger stuck in the place where he was standing a while ago. And I wouldn’t be surprised if Cassie is the one who threw it.

“Who the hell are you?” The guy who owns the ash gray hair asked.

His question made me smirk.

“I’m your Death.”  I said. We all looked at each other seriously. No one's blinking. We we're shooting daggers at each other with our looks. Everyone's so quiet. But my look stayed on the other guy. 

D**n this guy.