I remember him walked away from me because Lucy was sleep walking. I also covered myself in the dark making myself safe in case Lucy was just pretending. I roam my eyes again to see if William is still around that time but his gone. Well, maybe that's how our conversation ended. He said I am a Raven.
If I am a Raven, then my life is in danger. Right? They hate Ravens! I think I need to plan how to escape Zorana.
"Hey, you're daydreaming." Lucy tapped my right shoulder lightly that made me look at her. "No, I was just thinking of something." —of Escaping.
"No, you're not escaping—"
"Lucy!" I shouted, remembering that Lucy can read minds like me and the rest of her siblings. "Don't do that again. I will lose my privacy. geez" Lucy laugh elegantly and cover her mouth with her right hand while laughing.
"I won't do it again. And you won't escape." I rolled my eyes and continue what was her plan for today.
She planned to transfer here in Zorana's University with me. Which made me excited to visit a school since I was absent for a long time in Carmello.
We simply wore a plain skirts, mine is red and her is white like a normal college students who visits. We got it top with shirts that is color white.
We gathered our things like mini bag and a pouch while holding our papers to submit in Zorana's University.
We accompanied by their luxurious car and drove going to the City. "I also missed how Zorana makes me excited." She winked at me and go back retouching her red lips.
Different from the Lucy I know.
When we arrived at the University, Lucy immediately went out to the car. I was left there amazed at the white and red colors painted on the building. This is how some of European schools, right? But Zorana has this strange feeling that is given to me — something magical. "Hey, stop drooling at the window and get out," I heard Lucy laughing that made me realize I was about to drool their window.
I finally get out in the car and much more amazed how the students looks like has a white paper skin. Damn! They could be an endorsers of Glutathione!
I heard again Lucy laughed. "Yeah, some of them are endorsers of Glutathione in the other cities."
As we enter the gate, the wind suddenly embraced me for a second that give me chills. "You feel that? The wind seems like hugging," I laughed at what I said to Lucy. I saw her confused and blinked twice.
"A wind?" I nodded.
"Lucianna!" Someone shouted in a distance and when she reached us she immediately hugged Lucy. "You're so ready to surprise me with your all white outfit huh!" She tapped Lucy hard in her shoulder.
She wore a very short white skirt and pair with red shirt. It says there, Department of Education. A student and a future educator. She also wore red lipstick and never put any foundation to make her skin fair because she's a vampire. "Hi there," she smiled at me and offer her hand. I offer my hand too and shakes it with her. Woah, what a cold hand she has!
"By the way, Aren't you two gonna transfer. I'll refer you to your Governor of your department." She gesture us to follow and we did. "She's my friend, so don't be stiff Karina." Lucy pinched my cheeks and cling on me while we're walking.
Students are looking at us differently especially on me. The looks are questioning my existence. Well, you're not the only one! I do too.
"Moises!" The lady run towards a guy who is wearing yellow shirt and white pants. As we approach, I see that it has a Department of Arts and Design printed. The lady talked with him and when we reached he planted us his serious stare. "A princess and a Raven. What an interesting sight." I see him smirked and turn his back to walk.
The lady who is Lucy's friend which I don't know her name but I didn't want to be nosy to ask so let's label her as lady, just shrugged her shoulders when that guy Moises left us. "She's Mich, Karina." The lady was shocked when she forgot to introduce herself earlier. "I'm sorry!" I was like yeah it's okay face when she was saying sorry.
"Well, you can go and walk with Moises. Eventually, you're gonna run. Since he left you. He is your Governor."
We run to roam where that Moises guy went since he left us being rude. Lucy was not bothered how Moises act in us earlier but instead we're obedient on looking at him.
We stopped for a while to catch our breath. I roam to see if there's a canteen nearby so I could buy some water bottle and let Lucy drink first. I see a vendor nearby so I came to buy a water bottle. I am surprised at first, since vendors are not allowed inside the campus in Carmello but in Zorana there is a vendor. I buy 2 water bottles and get back to the bench where Lucy sat down. "Thank you," she said when I give her the water bottle.
As I drink and sighed heavily to rest a bit a wind was hugging me. I was cold by that wind so I look at Lucy who was confused right now. "Why are you acting cold?" she asked. "There's a wind. You don't feel it?" Her forehead creased as I said that.
"You scared me!" I said as I was shocked when I see a wind standing in front of me. "Who are you talking to?" Lucy ask. I pointed the wind in front of me. "You don't see a wind like a person standing in front of us?" Lucy immediately shaked her head.
"I am an extraordinary too but you scared the hell of me Karina!" Lucy hugged herself so I laughed at the taught that even her who have powers scared in this moment.
I look at again the wind, the wind gesture me to follow and so I did. I follow the wind and Lucy is following me too. "Is this adventure? I was not planning to have an adventure today," she commented.
As we follow the wind, we we're sent to an old building when you see it far. "Are we gonna haunt ghost?" I said. I see how terrified Lucy is but the wind still gesture us to follow and when we're near to the building there's seem a block that we can't go near. When I looked around to see the wind, the wind was gone. "Are we in a trap? We can't even go inside!" Lucy angrily punched the invisible block of the building.
"I think it's a test, you remember when we're in our first year in Carmello we need to have an entrance exam," I said while curiously think of how we could get in. "But we're not first year!"
"But we're new and we are required to have an exam. It says in the agreement we fill up in the Palace." Lucy pouted and try to be like me who touched the invisible block.
"Oh let's break it!"
"How?"
She roam around and got a stone. She threw the stone but it immediately got it back to us. "Phew, that's not a good idea."
"Magic. Do you know any spells to recite so we could get the invisible block?" She seems like thinking hard of what I said. "I don't have any idea because magic can also harm us if we will use it incorrectly." She closed her eyes and think deeply.
"Maybe listening what's inside the building could help us." I also closed my eyes to listen since I know how to do it.
There's a wind who go inside my ears and whisper words I don't understand. "Natus sum Artist. Sanguinem traham ut me intromittas. Aperi ianuam artium et consiliorum studentium. " (I was born to be an Artist. I will draw blood to let me in. Open the door for Arts and Design students.)
I open my eyes and see that Lucy looked amazed of what I said. "How'd you knew that?" she asked. "The wind whisper it in my ears."
Again, she look confused. "That wind is a mystery but see! You're one of us. You're magical." She winked at me and her nails got long. She made it to scratch herself to draw a blood. She also told me to close my eyes since she remember me fainted before because of the blood. I just feel her nails in my skin and I'm in pain.
The wind welcome us so strong that I can't open my eyes. Then a second after, we saw a yellow building that has Arts and Design painted. There's a lot of students inside wearing a yellow shirt and white pants or skirt like what Moises did wear. "I am surprised that you both solved the mystery in just minutes." We both look shocked when Moises talked who is seriously looking at us. "Yeah, never got surprise when you act rude infront of me Moi."
Moises walk toward us of what Lucy said and stare at me seriously. Like I have a sin to confess or something. "We're not kids anymore Cy." I blinked twice when I heard him calling Lucy with a different name.
He walked again but this time he gestures us to follow him. "Cy from Lucy," she explained. The other students glimpse at us and continue with their art. There's a lot of students outside painting since it was not hot outside. Then when we walks in to the building we're not surprised anymore how messy the students stuffs inside and outside. We also had our stuff messy when we're doing our plates.
He enters an office so we also came in. "Our dear Princess! We are glad to have you—and a Winston. Come and sit down." We sit down in a couch and the guy who I think is the Department Chairman just smiled on us. "Moises, you probably made the invisible block hard since they made their blood out," he said when he scan our white stuff that has stain. "There's no exemption on blood draw sir." He answered.
"Well, by the way. I was shocked that Ms. Winston didn't take the course of Med. Don't get me wrong Karina. I just don't want you to mislead your way since courses made our first attempt in life deciding if we got it wrong or right. And for my job I want you to go with your wants." He magically let a cup go in our table and arranged it accordingly.
"I really love my course sir. Med is what my parents wants and loved but as for me Arts came first," I answered. He just smile of what I said and throw his eyes back to Lucy.
"Phew, that's quite hard! Interview sucks. Why don't they let us choose what we want." We are now going to our room since we need to stay here in the building and lived. Yes, lived. Since, we need to marry our profession. We need also to be tight in loving this by living by it, day by day.
She said we could shop in the business building since they we're obliged to have a business for the requirement of their courses. The University is technically a living community and that makes me more excited. I am not thinking of escaping early because of this! I now dream of having my own school like this.
When we reached our door. We knocked first to inform the girls inside and then grabbed the door knob since no one answers. "Hi!" someone cutely greet us but she's busy painting. "Hey, sorry I didn't opened the door I was taking a shower. Please feel at home."
The cute door amazed me in the inside. How the interior designer is so good! They made a super not distant doors but when you open it, the large room will welcome you. "Welcome Winston." The girl who came out in the wash room offer her hand. I smiled and shake her hand. "Just call me Karina."
"A wind?" asked by Ica, one of our roommate who takes shower earlier. We are now eating snacks before we headed to the Business Department to shop our things. "Yes." Lucy nodded since she knows the story.
"If that so, you're one of the Wind royalties." My forehead creased of what I heard. What? A wind royalties? Lucy tapped me hardly at my shoulder like she remembers something. "Yes! The 4 royalties! How can I not remember that?"
She faced me and smiled. "I never told you about me being one of the Fire royalties right? Those are the chosen students who are gonna train as special forces in Zorana." I am still confused and wanted to hear more.
I turned gaze to Ica and Nai, who are our roommates. Nai, is the one who greet us with her cute voice. "How about you guys, what power do you have?" Nai shakes her head and answered. "We're both part of ordinary hybrids Karina."
Lucy and I decided to go and buy some stuff we needed since we need to stay at the University. We just automatically can get out without getting bump in an invisible block. Ica says, since we draw our blood we are officially registered in our building. How magical isn't it?
We reached the Business Department and it looks like a normal city that has a lot of businesses. Damn, this is so good. How can this University trained students like this.
We enter first to get some clothes for a week because we can go back to the palace in the weekend to have our self time. This University never failed to amaze me.
"Will you explain to me how Royalties works?" Lucy took a quick glimpse and continue shop clothes. "The four royalties are considered to be a strong Hybrids, sanguinarian and psychic." She pick more than 10 clothes and I only pick 3 since I am thinking of washing it.
"Hey, pick more. Don't worry about the payment. Winstons' are wealthy like us." She pick clothes for me and put it in my shoulders. "Those we're awesome clothes. Thank me later." She winked at me and continue walking to down pants or shorts.
"About that, we are already chosen when we're on our Highschool years and some are chosen when they are born. Since, I forced them to transfer me in Carmello I now missed trainings." We continue buy and choose some undergarments. I like plain or sometimes minimal designs of undergarments. So I pick things like that. "Water, Fire, Wind and Earth. I am on Fire, Joshua belongs to Water then you're on Wind. The most powerful vampires are from Earth and that is where William belongs."
Element of Nature? Is this Science or still Fantasy?
"You mean science?" She took a glimpse on me and giggles. "Yeah, but the elements know who are their inborn students and they choose us."
We walk to a grocery store and bought essentials. And when we got tired we decided to eat some french fries dip on ice cream. I roam my eyes to see if students are still looking at us differently but they're no longer interested on us. We just talked about different things and no longer interested in the Royalties. I will let that royalty thing to surprise me again.
A group of girls came in where people put interest on. Like common, I hate attentions but Lucy is a princess. How can she didn't get any attentions like that. They ordered foods and the boys can't stop being a fanboys.
I see how they stare at me especially the girl who I think take the leads of the group. She looks sassy with her pink top and white skirt. She's pretty too. She walked towards me who I think she wanted to sit beside the table on us.
Well, they sat down like what I expected. "A princess and A Winston. How nasty."
Rude. That was unexpected. I never encountered a girl who is very vocal of what she wanted to say.
"Yeah, pity those who are looking sassy but are just pretending, right Cassie?" I look at Lucy who enjoys her food.
"Yeah, Pity those who misses trainings on Fire Royalties. They rank last right Lucianna?" Lucy finished her food and stand up. She got her things with her and gesture me to follow. "I don't have time for you Cassierie."
And there we walked away.
It's almost seven in the evening so we decided to go back and took a cab. Yes, there's a cab. The University is so big that you can't imagine. They are more like training students how the community works and this is what I experienced now. "I'm sorry, I didn't let you finish your food." I am now looking at a kind Lucy face who was far from a Lucy who fight backs earlier.
"Don't worry, we can grab food later. We brought so much food," I told her since we really bought foods to eat with Ica and Nai.
We reached the building and as we planned we eat dinner with our roommates. "Is it really okay to eat with a Princess and a Winston?" I am shocked when Nai asked permission first.
"You're the first person who ask permission on us Nai." Nai shyly smiled on us. "Of course! You're our roommates. You can eat with us," Lucy answered smiling.
We buy some Kimchi, Sushi and Ramen since we both crave it.
The alarm rings four times and I heard Nai saying cute sorry because she is studying. She uses alarms to wake her self up. I woke up early because the alarm ring and Nai didn't cancel it. I see her sleeping in her desk. I just cover her with her jacket and decided to walk in the yard for early walks. It's 5:30 in the morning and we will be in class 7:30.
Zorana is a wonderful place. If I live her with my parents, why did we decided to leave this place and forgot everything? I think there is really something I need to know about myself and my family.
"Winston," I got scared when I heard someone said that. And it turns out that it was Moises. "Moises."
He stand beside me and gestures me to walk so I did. "Are you still wondering your existence?" My mouth feel open. "You read minds?" Moises nodded.
"I never intended to read your mind, I just can hear loudly your thoughts since it was the two of us around walking." I nodded an accept his explanation. We continue walking and no one dare to talk.
"There's a lot of loopholes in my life stories that needed to complete. To make the story good. Right?" I broke the silence.
We continue walking and we reached an area where I see students exercises with equipments. It was placed outside. "How can this people manage to be this healthy?"
I heard him sighed and stand beside me. "They need to keep busy to ease their minds. Some of them are depressed but they keep their self busy in exercising. That's how they escape." I nodded and realized that all of us wanted to escape but the reality is there to wake us.
"How about you Karina? How do you escape?" I face him and face again the students who exercises. "I was just planning to escape. I don't know now maybe I need to be like a wind who go to where it headed." He squat and do some exercises. When he stopped, we decided to go back to the building. "Is that how you escape?" I asked. He did his exercises hardly so maybe he is escaping.
I heard him chuckled and walks away. He never answers or maybe he thinks I'm stupid for asking that.
I decided to go back to our room. I immediately got shower because I saw them wore their uniforms already. "Hey, Karina. We will go first. Don't be late," Lucy shouted.
I regret walking early in the morning and never do it again. Come on, it's my very first day here in the University and I will be late. I quickly changed in my uniform, our uniform is so cute. We wore a maroon vessel and a black skirt.
I didn't eat some for my breakfast and quickly run to my class. My first class is actually about "Myself" which I clearly don't know. Lucy, Nai and Ica is on their own rooms now. We are not belong to the same class.
I run fast as I could and finally meet the door of door 143. I knocked the door first twice and decided to open it. "You're late."
