107 Mystical Academy

Lancelot

I roam around to see dead bodies hanging from the roots and is directly stab on their chest where their heart is located. This is so unbelievable and very amazing. She never missed a thing. Crows started coming to feast on them. The darkness on them had disappear right after they die. I look up the sky and the gray skies opens.

"We have to gather the head of this school." I said.

"The head you say?" Althea asked and cock her head to Leona. I exhales, didn't expect that. Leona was the Headmistress. I pull my sword again, when, Leona's dead body started moving, black shadows taking her. "Don't." Althea told walking toward Leona. "Tell your God, that I'm not going to turn back from my own Gods and Goddesses. Every creation that the Almighty Father and the Goddess make that he took for his own greediness has a big price on it." She threatens making the shadows hissed and move away as she get closed, pulling Leona.

I lifted my hand and show them the light that Soul gave to me. It seemed that it pains the shadows as they hissed and took Leona's dead body with them.

"Does someone have an affinity of fire here?" Althea asked aloud and a girl and two boys and one elder stepped forward. "I want you to lighten these roots and burn their bodies. Abyss won't take any of them anymore."

The way they burn the roots, run up to the bodies. Althea walk toward my sister, Gibson and the winged man. She kneel one knee her palm between her chests and bow her head.

"Goddess of Soul, God of Death. I am here through your brother's warning, Sky."

"Oh, you are his apprentice!" the Gibson man which still confuses me. Is he Death? "Now I understand. Please to meet you, your highness."

"Please call me on my name, Althea, my God."

"Althea," Gibson offer his hand to her. She took it and he rose her up. "What a beautiful name of a maiden." She seemed flinch on the maiden part.

Once we are done in introducing, Althea and I gathered the elders which are known as Professors and Staffs of the academy. I learn about their gifts given by the Gods and Goddesses. We are going to roam around, I wanted to see if there are shadows left after the light I shown to them.

Althea seemed quiet the whole time. I wonder what she is thinking. I wanted to swim on her thoughts to make her know more and more. Davin walk with us as he explained few things and so on and forth. Clarence wasn't just theorizing about the upcoming darkness.

The skies seemed to be eaten by dark clothes. So instead of the God of Sky to open it up, he let go of thunder and lightning and it started raining it is the way on how he is telling that he is with us. That's what Althea told me.

So we put our cloaks on as the clock strung into three in the afternoon. Dark shadows, here in Outsideworld always appear during three in the afternoon and they are more powerful during three in the morning. But still they always appear even it's not three. She gather few of the arrows that she took from the Academy's facilities.

"Aren't you cold, your highness?"

"I rather get cold then hearing 'your highness' words."

"Aren't you cold, Althea?" I rephrase it and smiled at her. "My body is still warm and you are free to have it."

"I will be fine without your 'still warm body'. I'm not much of a free person as well."

"That makes me think of what kind of a person I am."

"Trying to woo your mate, brother?" Guinevere stand beside me with a round thing and a handle on it that covers her from the rain.

"What is that thing?"

"It is called umbrella here." I nodded. "What is it that you dislike about my brother, Althea?"

"Nothing else but his lust." That makes me blink my eyes, asking myself if I heard it wrong. I look at my sister who only cock her head.

"I desire you in attractive way, than lust you." I told her truthfully. She didn't say a thing and pull her archer and lifted it with an arrow the arrow was pulled and it disappear. "Althea, would you push me away if I court you?"

"If I push you away, that will just keep you going on. And if I don't, you will continue on your courtship. So I better be silent and be away from you than pushing you."

"That's a very brilliant thing of thinking the possibilities." The Gibson-man said as he stood beside Althea on the other. "I like the way you think. Do you have a control on what you are thinking before you shoot your arrow, Althea?"

"I do." Artemis the mare horse push her again on my direction. I started to like Artemis now. "Artemis, I want you to go back Insideworld and tell the Queen that I am here to protect the twin." Artemis turns into a pure white owl and flew up and up circling us and disappear.

"How do you know Artemis?"

"She was the gift from Adhiti's mother. She's here to protect Adhiti and at the same time Adhiti's children."

"Children?" I asked.

"Her apprentices." I nodded. I heard that Adhiti or the Queen of Era was the Goddess of Universe. I believe that finally the Goddess of Universe who is the Goddess of Psychē has come to us. "Through their bloodline Universe gifted their ancestors."

"I see."

"She must be really worried at this moment." Guinevere told and there are black snakes that has two or three heads coming and few more of them. "Lancelot, use the light to build a light to keep them away."

"Would it last long?"

"Not when someone has trespass or someone has let them in and break the light barrier you make."

I lifted two of my hands as I call for the light and the good souls or spirit around to help me. The snake that has three heads become bigger as she eats shadows and get bigger. It wasn't that afraid of the light that I am giving. They seemed being fed on the fears.

A light that I am making gets doubled yet it doesn't come from me. A big man behind me was making it. He flew up and help me do on what I am doing. His silver wings was mesmerizing and his color as well. Althea nudge me telling me to focus and I did and I wink at her. She shook her head pulling a throw knife and stare at me as she throw it on the big snake.

It gets heavier and I groan as I hold up my hand just to hold the light. The dark was stronger than I thought. It seemed like one of Abyss's ace was fighting us.

"Hold it." Althea told me.

"I am trying." I gritted and hold it though my whole body feels aching and nearly collapsing.

"I'll give you a kiss on lips if you hold it longer and make a damn barrier." I was stopped for a while but I hold the light and give my full force of it.

"Why didn't you say?" I grin like a child. Giving all what I had, a light inside of me. She pulls out her one fine arrow that is made of a fine wood and covered in iron metal. The sharp on it was made of silver.

"I seek for your heart, and center, monster." She whisper as she let go the arrow and it was like a lightning that it strikes the heart of the monster and it cries.

The monster gets bigger and bigger as the lightning coming from the sky strikes the ground as it vibrates making the monster explodes into glittering sparks flies. My eyes was mesmerized on it. I almost forget about the kiss that she promised. The winged man falls down in front of us, into his knees and my sister Guinevere walk toward him with her umbrella.

She scoop the Guardian's chin and kisses his lips. Oh, I never seen such a sweet thing. But really? I should get creep out, but my sister look very warming and affectionate. I lost my concentrate from my sister when Althea falls down into her knees and she groan in pain.

I immediately kneel down and hold her. I look for whatever she is in pain and I saw a slither thing feeding from her blood. This isn't happening. She scream and fall down on the wet ground. I try to pull the shadow but it cut me. I lighten my hand though it is bleeding and pull the thing gently up away from her and squeeze it in my hand as it exploded.

"Why was it feeding from her blood?" I ask Gibson, the God of Death.

"It's because, she has the blood of her father, Elliot who had sworn his soul to Abyss." I scoop her face that look really pale and her lips turning into purple. I didn't think twice of taking her to my arms and run back to warmth her.

"Is there a fireplace here?" I ask the girls that with my sisters.

"Yes. On the main hall." I followed them as we run. She wasn't heavy as I expected. I also forgot that I am tired on what I did a while ago. The girl that has an affinity of fire help on putting logs and throw fire on it. I remove her wet cloak ripped her shirt.

She got bruise and deep wound on her left sides. I lifted my palm facing her skin and roam my hand around her body, seeking if there are others left. They are getting close to her heart. I glanced at Guinevere who is standing now in front of me asking for her help.

"You can remove the darkness inside her." She told me. I nodded and pressed my hand on the deep cut that she had, blood gushing out from my palm her blood and my blood. I closed my eyes and ask for the light to help me kill the darkness inside her.

I love this woman. My heart and my soul belongs to her. And together our soul belongs to the realm of the Gods and Goddesses. We are belong to Soul's tree of life. I ask for every Gods and Goddesses up there on Aboveworld to help me break the curse that King Elliot gave to his children.

The Goddess of Universe will be once again in peril. Though love remains, still there are lots of consequences and conflicts that we are dealing. Please help me save my mate and we, together we will fight darkness.

She gasped and her breathing was a shock. Her eyes darted on me and I scoop her cheek. She's breathing, she's alive and there's no darkness inside her.

"Althea." I mutter. "I'm here." She keep gasping and look around. Her eyes darted to Gibson who just remain there standing and shrugged at her. "Did you almost take her from me?" I ask him.

"Nope. I'm just here standing." He hands up. "Congratulation, Lancelot. You had master the extent of your affinity."

"Davin, Danica, Anya, Rosy, Carmen, talk with the staffs according to the happening here." My sister asked nicely. "Everyone should know that this Academy is in danger as well. And that everyone should know who is Abyss."

"Yes, Goddess." Davin bow and the others follows. I look at the girl and suddenly something hit on me. She's familiar.

"Are you one of King Hadrian's daughter?" I ask her.

"My parents are living here in outside world until I am born. I'm no daughter of a King, my lord."

"Yet you speak formally, like are from Insideworld."

"My father told me so that he was a brother of King Hadrian. He speak like from Insideworld and somehow I got it from him." her voice remain calm and very formal. I nodded.

"What's your name?"

"Linda, my lord." I nod my head and look back at my love. Althea sat up and cover her whole body. I remove my cloak and cover it in front of her. I stood.

"Where can we get a dry clothing and blankets?" I ask her again.