Lockers Orphanage

Lockers Orphanage

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In 'Hope of Astria,' a mysterious sanctuary for orphaned children, Nowo and her friend Moha reach a pivotal age of 18, receiving locker keys that unlock a portal to a withered world. Guided by fairy guardians, Lane and Talaa, they embark on a journey to fulfill their destiny as defenders against the dark realm.

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Chapter 1

PART ONE

[Nowo’s POV]

It all started at that magical place called HIA. It is an agency-slash-orphanage, where all orphans are allowed to work for their own living when they reach the legal age of 18. They were taking care of neglected children by adopting them, providing their needs, and by showing them the real love of a parent they were all longing for. To share and bring fun is what the HIA aims for. I know, right? It is indeed amazing to have met such a great place like this. Also, I’m really thankful to have met the most naughty and a little bit nice best buddy of mine. Omo, I really do miss him a lot.

I thought everything I knew about HIA will be the last things I will ever know about it. I thought it’s going to be that easy since it all went right when a person took me there. But when I reached 18, everything turned different from what it was before. I got trained, started to work, and do whatever task is on me, I even became like the attentive agent before when I was starting. Kidding. My mind was always gone with the wind, so I received a lot of bad compliments rather than good ones. I give my whole life working there, ‘cause I just find it like a safe haven. I mean it, no jokes. It seemed happy from the first few weeks, until one day.

“A reminder just came from our founder, please check your lockers immediately. Good luck and have a sweet nightmare.”

Why in the world would he say such a word? Like 'Oh my Lord', what’s with the “Have a sweet nightmare?” It gives me the creeps and goosebumps every time that anonymous person is on MOD stand. He never showed his face to anyone, I guess, but who knows? About the lockers, once you turn eighteen and complete training, your trainer will give you a key which is for your locker, obviously. Well, I’m on high rank now, but I’ve never opened that locker. Since we were told to do so, I’m going to see what’s inside for the very first time, and I’m freaking nervous. As I walk down the stairs, ‘cause the locker room is an underground room, someone bumps into me like she did it on purpose. I’m about to nag on her, but she disappeared like a ninja. I’m serious; she really did. I just ignore it, since I'm not sure if it’s just a part of some hallucinations of mine because of that order. Not only that, but I finally got here, and I'm now standing in front of my locker. The key is already inside the keyhole, and I'm going to open it right now; my heart is pounding like a drum whose drummer is so angry at hitting it. At the count of three, I did slowly open it.

“Waaaaaaaaaah!” I screamed.

There is someone who startled me :(

“You’re so freaking cute, Nowo,” he said, and then laughed like there’s no tomorrow.

“You know, Moha, I’m just cute, but I’m not freaking. So will you please get out of my face or I’ll give you the cutest punch you deserve?” I calmly said.

"Woah, haha, take it easy, I just miss my best friend.” He murmured. “Alright, it’s ok. I miss you too, but not that much, ‘cause my life's way peaceful when you’re not around.” I added.

“Woah, that was hard.” He gave me his unfamiliar look. “Well then, bye for good, my dearest Nowo.” he added. I got his right hand when he’s about to leave.

“Sorry, I was just suffering from depression these past few weeks. I have no one to spill these things out since you left. Hope you did understand.” I said.

“I’m sorry then. I didn’t mean to do that; I was just forced to.” He uttered.

“What do you mean by that?” I asked.

“Nothing.” He smiled. “Come on, let’s open our lockers together or else someone will come here to give us a warning for not following what is said to.” he added.

“Aye.” I answered.

As I opened my locker, lights came out, everything turned white…………….. And then black, and It feels like I’m blinded now. It took a few minutes, I don't know how long, until I got my sight back. When I finally am able to see everything, all of it truly shocks me.

“What just happened?” I murmured.

I slowly orbit, to see everything clearly. Not only that, but I even pinch myself to know if it’s a dream or reality. The orphanage is not what it used to be anymore. What I'm seeing right now are places to train different kinds of martial arts, battle areas, there are lots of unfamiliar creatures which I've never seen in my eighteen years of existence here in an orphanage. What even made me shocked is I know what to call them, like those fairies, gnomes, centaurs, mermaids etc.

‘By the way, where is Moha? Is he here as well? I am pretty sure we’ve opened our lockers at the same time.’ I uttered in my mind.

I started to walk with a task on my mind, which is to find my best friend. Furthermore, I honestly don’t want to be alone anymore. But it looks like I'm destined to live alone. I feel like everyone hates me. It’s not like I have some kind of contagious disease which is a valid reason to get away from me, but that is not possible. I’m stronger than Hercules to beat the illness.

As I was taking my own path to find Moha, someone called me.

“Nowo.”

It is some kind of little voice which I guess is coming from the right side. I quickly search for that someone who just spoke my name, then I see a fairy. She’s very lovely and pretty.

“Hiya,” the fairy said, and then she smiled at me.

“Uhm...hi,” I answered, and then I smiled back.

“I’m Lane, your guardian. I will be your weapon to protect yourself from danger until you have learned how to fight on your own, I will also be your guide in everything you do, everywhere you go. You and I will share just one life, so we must protect each other. But don’t worry, I'll never let someone harm you as long as I can,” she murmured.

“We share just one life, which means—”

“Yes, which means if I die, you’ll have the same fate as me,” she said.

“W-w-wait,” I said, stammering. “Everything happened so fast, and I really am confused right now, like, where is everyone? What am I doing here? Where is my best friend? What is happening? I used to be a worker, and now what am I now? A person who just popped into this kind of weird place?” I added.

I do feel really nervous and confused at the same time.

“I’ll explain everything to you when you’re ready.” After she said those words, which really makes me curious about what is behind all of these?

She moved both of her hands, and then she spilled some kind of glowing dust on top of my head; I felt sleepy, and my feet are like going to collapse anytime.

‘What is happening?’

‘I thought she’ll be my guardian?’

‘Yet she did manage to hurt me like this.’

After I uttered those words in my mind, I suddenly lost my consciousness.

****

"When you suddenly feel like you're not safe anymore, and no one in this place you can trust but yourself. About trusting someone, you must let them gain it, not just give it. ‘Cause you’ll never know who’s real and who’s just a part of a dream. It might be confusing, but let your heart lead you to your destination. You have it pure. So you can continuously walk on your path without any worries. Remember to be wiser than smarter."

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106 Chapters
PART ONE
[Nowo’s POV]It all started at that magical place called HIA. It is an agency-slash-orphanage, where all orphans are allowed to work for their own living when they reach the legal age of 18. They were taking care of neglected children by adopting them, providing their needs, and by showing them the real love of a parent they were all longing for. To share and bring fun is what the HIA aims for. I know, right? It is indeed amazing to have met such a great place like this. Also, I’m really thankful to have met the most naughty and a little bit nice best buddy of mine. Omo, I really do miss him a lot.I thought everything I knew about HIA will be the last things I will ever know about it. I thought it’s going to be that easy since it all went right when a person took me there. But when I reached 18, everything turned different from what it was before. I got trained, started to work, and do whatever task is on me, I even became like the attentive agent before when I was starting. Kidding.
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PART TWO
[NOWO's POV]Every flower starts as a seed, and logically, every seed of a flower comes from another flower. It’s just a cycle from which something is created by or comes from some other thing. Compared to all individuals existing in this human world, each one of us has our own source. I see myself as one of those flowers. The place where I grew up symbolizes water, and it has made me a better person now. But would I possibly grow up properly even without sunlight? What kind of grown-up person am I if my life has been gloomy since I was born? I will never find the light I need, but I do hope to encounter that light soon. I want to end the darkness inside me. Not only that, but I never wish to live this kind of life eternally.“Wake up.” I slowly open my eyes as I hear that very familiar voice. “Nowo, wake up.”My vision is kind of blurry, so I blinked for a second. “M-m-moha?” I asked.I felt so weak that I couldn’t even move my hands. Clueless—that’s the best word to describe me now.
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PART THREE
[NOWO's POV]“So where are you both going?” Talaa asked.Moha and I looked at each other and nodded a little. That is sort of a sign that we let each other trust both of them.“We’re planning to go to the underground room, where lockers are located,” Moha said.I nodded and said, “We believe that everything that begins in a certain place will end in the same place. With that belief, we are going back to that place. Maybe we could find any hint or answer to our question, which is how to go back to the normal HQ.”“Are you both sure that the underground is the safe place for the both of you?” Lane asked.I shrugged, “No one knows.” I uttered. “But we’re going to at least try. As a matter of fact, there’s really no safe place here on the other side of HQ, so what’s the point of knowing if that place is safe or not?” I added.“Maybe we can do that tomorrow? It’s already midnight, and it’s too dangerous to walk around here,” Talaa suggested.“Day or night is just the same. Danger is not af
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PART FOUR
[Narrator's POV]While the sun is preparing to glow, the moon silently plans to take over its light. It's true that darkness never sleeps, and neither does evil.All of its traces are scattered around the withered place and will surely cause anyone to tremble with fear. You can see a thick smoke that is darker than a specific shade of grey, continuously traveling from the unknown hole to the Dark Realm where the man named Pricus—the youngest son of Zeus—rules.He began to conquer and cursed the whole forest by the time he took over the magic stone of Astria after killing his wife named Aria—the Queen of Swan Maidens. The said stone has the power to maintain the beauty of nature and peace inside this other world, and the said Queen was assigned by the King and Gods to take care of it. She and her successor are the only ones who have the ability to use the power of the said stone. Pricus wasn't aware of this fact. He began to declare war and take the throne from the late king named Alas
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PART FIVE
[NOWO's POV]Now that the water is slowly disappearing from the flower, and the unknown plant is left rooted in the polluted land with pests surrounding it. The said flower never knew when they were going to destroy her. But even though the said pests leave the plant alone in the middle of darkness and remain alive, until when could it ever live without water and sunlight? I'm like that flower, and during these times that everything seems to be fading out of my sight, I never knew what kind of future was waiting for me out here. Either I get killed by these endless evil creatures here in the cursed land or wait until I get old and withered.“Welcome to the Land of Astria, Nowo and Moha.”Those were the words I heard from a man wearing decent leather armor with a sword strapped to his hip. His decent and sophisticated appearance made me think that maybe this man came from a royal family, and that he's the headmaster Mr. Arphen was talking about earlier. He brought us here where the head
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PART SIX
Narrator's POVBefore the wrath of Pricus happened, the Gods made different weapons only to be used by the defenders when the right time came. Nobody can use it except from the owner itself. There are bows and arrows, spears, swords, daggers, axes, and slingshots. In order to prevent greediness from entering their hearts, the Gods made them imperfect unlike the four siblings. Almost half of the orphans already mastered their weapons, some are not. Those who are not yet good at it are much wiser than the others. Though it's rare for a certain defender to be both wise and strong, some of them manage to have it both. Alasdair thought that it's about time for the newcomers to meet the others and get their own corresponding weapons to begin their training. Alasdair, Arphen, Nowo and Moha, started heading towards a huge gate where they could clearly hear the shouts of the defender's while training with each other. The centaurs who were guarding behind the gate quickly moved to let them i
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PART SEVEN
[Nowo's POV]I had a dream last night; I saw myself getting slain by a person who didn't seem like an enemy. When I was about to look at his face, everything got blurry, and the sound of a loud trumpet noise woke me up."Strange," I uttered to myself. My heart had never felt this heavy when waking up from a nightmare. That one felt different and weird. I could also feel my tears streaming down my face at this moment. "Why am I crying?" I wondered as I wiped my tears off my cheeks."Hiya, Nowo dea---what happened?" Lane landed both of her palms on her rosy cheeks and flew near me.I shook my head lightly, still not giving her a look. "I don't know, Lane. But it seems like it's too hard for me to breathe right now," I said as I laid my right palm on my chest."Will you please wait for me outside? Just give me a minute." I requested with a calm tone. I never wanted her to misunderstand me again.She nodded her head and answered, "Okay. Just promise me that you'll be fine. Hmm?""I promis
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PART EIGHT
[Nowo's POV]Not so long ago, after the flower learned how to survive from the unpleasant happenings around her, even though the sunlight remained unseen, it didn't stop her from blooming slowly. The color of her petals is starting to fade in, and a small amount of hope is also beginning to sprout from her.As I go back to reality, learning how to use this sword is never an easy task for me or for anybody else, except for Helios, who seemed to be an expert at wielding this heavy sword since the day he learned how to walk."Let's take a break," I suggested while catching my breath.We have been training for a week now, with a maximum of eight hours a day, which seems like a working hour for me, but instead of holding papers, we're both gripping our sword handles.He smiled and took a deep breath as well. "Okay then. I'll give you a minute to rest," he told me as he wiped his sweaty forehead.Helios is such a great fighter. If there will be a match between the two of us, I can surely sa
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PART NINE
[Nowo's POV]"Goodnight, Nowo."This morning, the sound of trumpet noise didn't wake me up but the voice I've heard from a dream, I guess.Strange.I think I've already dreamed about this voice, however, I couldn't remember when it happened.My eyes were already opened. I can't barely move that's why I stayed lying on my bed for few more minutes while staring at the ceiling. The sight of it suddenly changed into dark clouds with black smoke coming towards me, I could barely breathe as if something strangled my neck. I creased my eyebrows due to confusion, but the thought of maybe it's some kind of another nightmare made me blinked my eyes and then after that Lane suddenly appeared in front of me."Hiya." She lively greeted me wearing a wide smile. My eyes are still widened even after that. "Why… What's the matter, my dear? Having nightmares again?" She asked, her forehead creased in worried lines as she stared at me."No, Lane. I'm fine." I spoke to her, but inside I was like, what in
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PART TEN
[Nowo's POV]My windows are wide open as I sit down on my bed, currently lost in random thoughts. I can't forget what happened earlier while Helios and I were training.I stare at the small cut on my right arm, reminiscing about how my best friend and Luna happily bonded. The tiny injury? I got it from Helios' sword; my mind's attention drifted to someone else when he moved his sword in my direction.It's weird; there's a part of me wanting his sword to end up piercing through my chest to stop my heart from beating weirdly fast."Here, take this. Please don't do that again," Helios utters with a straight face, handing me a white cream from Arphen.Lane suggested earlier that she would help me heal it, but I refused. I want the wound and my scars to remain on my skin, reminders of my clumsiness and dumbness.Speaking of Lane, I wonder where she is."Nowo, are you listening to me?" he asks.I suddenly come to my senses, but I had already forgotten what he said the moment he came near me
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