8 – Rumors

Prince Rage said he was doing this night safety routine when he heard some people talking about something that gave him chills. That’s the night I have learned that he has this great sense of hearing ever since he was a child, or his father’s training for him really bore a good fruit.

We called off the night after the people he was tailing went back inside the dorms.Sadly he didn’t saw their faces, and he can’t pin point people out by their voices since sounds travel heavier at night.

I woke up the next morning only to find Aellah missing, leaving a note saying she left early to go and visit her parents in Minstrale.

She didn’t even invite me to go with her, I could have gone to my Mother in the farthest Aersho!!!!

I quickly took a bath while trying to estimate the travelling time I would spend if I am going to my mother’s house.

But in the end, I decided not to, few hours of being with Mother won’t be enough for the weeks I have been staying far away from her.

Maybe I should take a full rest, or train myself in the woods, since the annual game is coming up real soon.

With my light green hair tied up in a ponytail and my training outfit, I head outside. As for the usual, students are like buzzing butterbees again, but today, all of the students that I pass by are looking at me, with the hint of disgust, anger, pity.

“What’s going on?” I asked with a low voice.

With few steps away I saw Pele heading towards me. She’s glowing with confidence and happiness? A good news must have been into her favor today.

“Now we have the cheater here.” she played again with my hair, like she always did, but not with a softer manner.

“Cheater?” I asked in confusion.

She laughed, and so are the students that are coming around us, surrounding me, suffocating.

“I told you she will deny it.” said Ariesa who showed up from Pele’s back.

What are they talking about?

I felt cold water running down from me, and Pele’s Undine friend smirked. I looked up and saw a water ball above my head, pouring its content to me.

“You cheated, right from the start. From our Duellos, with some unknown techniques, that’s probably forbidden according to Retheale’s rules, to your Acombatics. Ariesa told me everything.” she said and the students around me started throwing their breakfasts on me.

Peeled skins of fruits, milk containers, spoons and forks.

I am drowning to the situation that I can’t even form a shield to protect me. All that’s going in my mind was to cry, hurt everyone I can see, especially these Feya scumbags.

There’s no contentment in them. I was almost sitting on the floor as they kept on continuing to throws everything they can to me. They even started calling me names, and so cursing my family, my Mother.

“It was Ariesa who cheated!” I shouted.

I can feel my aura from raising up, it was really hot.

Emotions can be a trigger to out power, that can sometimes lead to being unable to control it.

“It was you being unfair! Feyas! Selfish fairies!” I shouted and ran away from them.

Yet some of them blocked my way out. And with a blink of an eye, Pele is now pulling my hair, cursing, shouting at me.

They continued and it felt like I am dying, not by the loss of mana, or by my curse, but similar to what I have imagined a public execution will be.

So this is it?

Prince Rage said he was doing this night safety routine when he heard some people talking about something that gave him chills. That’s the night I have learned that he has this great sense of hearing ever since he was a child, or his father’s training for him really bore a good fruit.

We called off the night after the people he was tailing went back inside the dorms.Sadly he didn’t saw their faces, and he can’t pin point people out by their voices since sounds travel heavier at night.

I woke up the next morning only to find Aellah missing, leaving a note saying she left early to go and visit her parents in Minstrale.

She didn’t even invite me to go with her, I could have gone to my Mother in the farthest Aersho!!!!

I quickly took a bath while trying to estimate the travelling time I would spend if I am going to my mother’s house.

But in the end, I decided not to, few hours of being with Mother won’t be enough for the weeks I have been staying far away from her.

Maybe I should take a full rest, or train myself in the woods, since the annual game is coming up real soon.

With my light green hair tied up in a ponytail and my training outfit, I head outside. As for the usual, students are like buzzing butterbees again, but today, all of the students that I pass by are looking at me, with the hint of disgust, anger, pity.

“What’s going on?” I asked with a low voice.

With few steps away I saw Pele heading towards me. She’s glowing with confidence and happiness? A good news must have been into her favor today.

“Now we have the cheater here.” she played again with my hair, like she always did, but not with a softer manner.

“Cheater?” I asked in confusion.

She laughed, and so are the students that are coming around us, surrounding me, suffocating.

“I told you she will deny it.” said Ariesa who showed up from Pele’s back.

What are they talking about?

I felt cold water running down from me, and Pele’s Undine friend smirked. I looked up and saw a water ball above my head, pouring its content to me.

“You cheated, right from the start. From our Duellos, with some unknown techniques, that’s probably forbidden according to Retheale’s rules, to your Acombatics. Ariesa told me everything.” she said and the students around me started throwing their breakfasts on me.

Peeled skins of fruits, milk containers, spoons and forks.

“You probably seduced Prince Rage, to use his power here in Erutain, and yesterday, surely went to Prince Zephyr’s care, to cheat on your quiz and trying to make Ariesa fail.” she continued.

“Are you that afraid and desperate? Trying to run away from me since we both know that your victory in our Duellos was rigged. You know very well that I can come back at you anytime.” she kept on spitting nonsense.

I am drowning to the situation that I can’t even form a shield to protect me. All that’s going in my mind was to cry, hurt everyone I can see, especially these Feyas scumbags.

There’s no contentment in them. I was almost sitting on the floor as they kept on continuing to throws everything they can to me. They even started calling me names, and so cursing my family, my Mother.

“It was Ariesa who cheated!” I shouted.

I can feel my aura from raising up, it was really hot.

Emotions can be a trigger to out power, that can sometimes lead to being unable to control it.

“It was you being unfair! Feyas! Selfish fairies!” I shouted and ran away from them.

Yet some of them blocked my way out. And with a blink of an eye, Pele is now pulling my hair, cursing, shouting at me.

They continued and it felt like I am dying, not by the loss of mana, or by my curse, but similar to what I have imagined a public execution will be.

So this is it?

But I can’t let everything end here, not without me fighting and trying my all to win over them..

I stopped Pele’s hand when she’s about to slap me once more, looked straight to her eyes and gave her a head butt. She was hurt, but not enough to make her end her wrong doings.

Now, a lot more students are holding me back, almost pinning me to the wall so I can’t even raise a finger to fight them back.

I don’t know if I am starting to hallucinate but I can see some formations of elemental powers into weapons.

Pele once again took steps closer to me, massaging her forehead that I hit, she gave me two more slaps before grabbing my hair and smashing my head to the wall.

Erutainees cheered. As if they are punishing some kind of villain while praising their hero in Salamander’s guise.

Still my aura isn’t subsiding, instead it is raging, now in a faster phase. F

“Fighting with your mana?” Pele now who’s still in front of me slapped me again.

But she cried in pain instead.

All of the students who were mobbing at me kept their distance, as I can feel my aura’s heat. Must have been unbearable for them.

Pain, shock, emotions, power, they are all eating my sanity up. I wish to end this quickly, but I don't know who to run for help. I never cheated, I will never do such thing.

“What are you all doing?!” a firm voice shouted. Felt like the commotion stopped, but the students are whispering something I can't really understand, Pele's voice disappeared too.

"Naia!" someone called. I am praying it is Aellah.

With the uprising situation and my power that’s getting out of my hands, my senses are starting to fail, everyone’s voices seemed to be harder to hear, their figures, faces are hard to identify, to remember, and everything wet black.