Wings of Ash

Attack on Alfea

  My radio sputtered as the lights were flickering. Furrowing my brows as I looked around, I knew this wasn't anything good. Alfea College's power ran on magic, so the fact that the electricity was going in and out was not a good sign.

  I quickly got up and grabbed a hoodie to put on over my wings. Stepping out of my room, I saw my suitemates doing the same.

  "Anyone know what the Hell is going on?"

  "Looks like a power outage." My suitemates were talking to one another while I went for the door and stepped into the hall. The lights went out completely, and the hair on the back of my neck stood on end. My wings were twitching under my hoodie, and I reached back to hold them down as I looked up and down the hall.

  "Hey, Ash." Vand poked his head out of the door behind me. "We need to get to the courtyard." He waved his phone in his hand. "Put some shoes on."

  "Shoes. Right." Going back into the suite, my nerves were running high. The others didn't seem to get the gravity of the situation since they were acting rather calm, but I knew that if the electricity was out, something was interfering with the magic the school ran on.

  Which meant the barrier was being affected as well since it had the same power source.

  When we were walking down the hall, I lagged back more and more to get space between myself and the others. I hadn't had the time to bind my wings, and they were refusing to stay still. I could only assume how nervous I was is why they wouldn't.

  "Ash!" Looking over my shoulder, I saw Riven with a flashlight.

  "What's going on?" I asked while walking toward him.

  "I'm not sure, but Burned Ones somehow got into the school." He said quietly before looking around the hall. "Why aren't you already in the courtyard?"

  "I can't go to the courtyard. I wasn't able to bind my wings."

  "Shit. Okay, you just come with me. I have to sweep for stragglers."

  "Right. No one would really question while I'm still out since we managed to kill the Burned Ones in training." I said while fiddling with my sleeves.

  "Yeah, well....this isn't training." Riven stated while turning to go down the hallway. His flashlight swept across the floor and doors. He was going slow and cautious because around any corner could be an actual Burned One.

  It was utterly quiet, and we hadn't come across anyone so far. It looked like these suites had already been evacuated, but Riven still had to check them all just in case.

  We eventually found ourselves in the greenhouse, and there were two students inside.

  "Dane?" Riven's flashlight then landed on the one laying on the table to show it was Beatrix. "What the Hell?"

  "She triggered a trap in Dowling's office. Some kind of paralyzation thing." Dane explained. "I got her back here, but I....I don't know what to do."

  "Yeah, well, it sucks for her. Come on." Riven turned to go.

  "I'm not leaving her."

  "Dane. She's not worth it."

  "She's our friend! At least, she's still my friend." Dane said, and Riven scoffed. "Please! You have to help." He grabbed Riven's arm to stop him from walking away. Riven looked at me, and I figured he wanted to get me out of there to keep my secret from being exposed.

  I sat down on a stool with my back away from them and shoved my hands into my hoodie pocket.

  "Fine." He sighed. Riven went over to a table and began to mess around with the bottles and dried herbs. "Grind this down." Riven passed a dried plant to Dane while gesturing to the mortar and pestle.