The Bubbles Acadia Novels & Stories

Akala niya'y ang pagdating ni Mari ang pinaka-high light sa kaarawan in Adrian pero hindi pa pala. Masaya ang lahat ng bandang alas-singko ng hapon, dumating si Mico. "Late na ba ako sa kasiyahan ninyo?" bungad kaagad nito at halatang naka-inom. "Akala ko ba may reunion kayo?" tanong ni Adrian. "Mayroon, kaso ang lame ng ganap kaya nandito ako." May malakas na tawa sa huli. Umalis ang mga dalaga't binatilyo na naglalaro ng badminton malapit sa kanilang kinaroroonan kaya nagpasya sila ni Joy na maglaro muna bago lumusong sa pool.

CAPITAL OF THERIA: VELMORE. ALPHA ACADEMY: ORIENTATION DAY. It is finally time. My car rolls to a stop at the front of the academy. I take one final look in the mirror before stepping out. I hand the keys over to the valet and pause, taking in the breathtaking castle before me. Beautiful cold stone walls towering into the sky above. The students flocking in spare no look at the architecture like I do as they file in through the massive double door leading into the main hall.

"At dinner you handed him the salt without looking at him. You put it on the table between you and pushed it. Like a bridge with a toll." "I was being efficient." "You were being weird." "Eat your pasta, Mason." Bath time nearly kills me. Mia wants bubbles. The estate doesn't have bubbles because Edward Blackwood apparently didn't believe in anything that produces joy, so I squirt dish soap into the tub. The bubbles come out flat and thin and smell like lemon cleaning spray. "These are wrong," Mia says, poking the foam. "They're bubbles." "They're plate bubbles." "Plate bubbles are still bubbles." "I'm going to smell like a kitchen."

I replied, controlling the urge to roll my eyes, reminding myself that I was the heir to the water kingdom and needed to treat my citizens with respect. Adriana looked at me, confused. She only had a sliver of divine power; she was maybe one-sixteenth God, if not less than that. I wasn't sure why the academy had invited her. Her tiniest amount of power wouldn't have made a difference around the mortals. The mortals would've assumed she had a water affinity; they would chalk it up to the elements and call her a Wiccan. But the council had determined that anyone showing any amount of a God-given gift was to attend the academy.

Here and there are bushes clipped into various animal shapes; a wolf, a bear, a rabbit, an elephant –some of them even endangered species or mythical creatures, Last year, Andy Rogers had gotten in trouble for clipping a rosebush near House Persephone into the shape of a dick. If there had been a little more sunshine, the whole campus would’ve looked breathtaking and almost whimsical, but Acadia is constantly blanketed with fog. There are hardly ever sunny days and yet the warm summer temperatures always assure us that there’s still a sun in the sky somewhere, we just couldn’t glimpse it most days. As Evin says; Acadia is a witch’s cauldron –always foggy, always something added to the mix; r

On top of the makeshift cake was a single, pink candle. One of the two students sitting by the table jumped up and held out a crimson balloon. “Happy belated birthday!” he exclaimed, his eyes on my mark. A smile cracked on his lips, and he peered up to me. “It isn’t much, but we hope you like it. Welcome to Academia of the Moon. You’re going to love it here.” It took me a moment to recuperate from surprise before accepting the balloon and offering a smile. “Uh, thank you?” I glanced at Ariah. “What’s going on?”

And just like at the airport, she ran out of the cab and got lost in the crowd, the good thing was that she didn't forget to bring her suitcase. I paid the driver and got out of the cab. I started to look for her while I looked around the place. The boarding school was amazing, it had a soccer field, basketball court, swimming pool and even a meditation garden. At the entrance there was a mural with drawings made by each of the students. A young brown-haired boy approached me to welcome me. -You're Mindy, ¿right? -¿How do you know my name? -I have to, I'm the president of the student center and the official organizer of the academy's events.