A Missing Ring

It's Only a Matter of Time

They walked out of Andrea's bedroom. From the creak of other dorms lights were being switched off for the night. "Did you tell them anything about you guys staying here?" Ryker asked Astra, Ava, and Lucas who weren't in Tigerthey. "Remember the new rule? We can visit; we passed that curfew" Lucas only shrugged his shoulders and pushed them to continue walking.

    Ryker looked back at him shocked that they broke the rules, him and Ava were usually very punctual.

"For Andrea we would do anything, for us three we are like her older siblings, move along" Ava pushed Ryker, Asher, and Astra in front of them. They chuckled at the word siblings, they really must have a bond, at least Andrea has people who can relate to her.

Some of their Tigerthey companies passed by, they knew some were in other houses, but swore not to say anything. All 6 of them went downstairs, lights were shutting off and the fire was nearly out. "Come on, soon we won't even be able to leave," Diego told the others. Within midnight all doors would be shut.

It's the reason for them to leave slightly earlier, a clock read from their living 11:56. Diego put in a number code that opened the door from the inside. He unfastened the door and saw some people coming in at the last minute. Jesse was one of them.

"Hey love" Jesse said and messed around with some of his hair, "Are you going today?". Jesse knew about their plan, but decided it wasn't best for him to go. He was a calm boy, and didn't enjoy the definition of fighting. "Yes we are, I'll see you in our dorm later" Diego gave him a peck on the lips before he headed upstairs.

The five who stood there just smiled at their relationship. "Ava, Lucas don't give me that look you do the same" Diego pointed at them and everyone chuckled. Diego held the door open for everyone to walk out, there was no turning back now. All doors were locked, it was basically impossible to open the doors afterwards.

"Come on, now that we are out in the open, we can't be caught by anyone. Diego lead the way" Ava said and let him squeeze through. They made the left and quietly started to creep through, careful with each step they took. Any noise and they could be simply spotted by guards, who have been training to catch any wandering students at this time of night.

They would get to their positions at midnight, so the hallways weren't as crowded with them just yet. Soon everywhere they looked, guards would stomp back and forth and look around the corners. Their first trip was about 5 minutes, where guards are most likely to be scouting around. Once they get onto the forbidden floor, no one protects that.

    "How do we even plan to get Andrea? If they are others then we have to fight" Astra whispered to them. They didn't arrange out any strategies for fighting, and Astra was the least experienced, she barely knew any combat spells. "Astra, do you know any spells about fighting?" Asher asked, who was on her left side.

    She shrugged her shoulders with slight worry, "I know a couple, but probably not the ones you guys use. Just the ones dueling has taught us". They were both in the same class, so she and Asher knew what they've learned so far. Asher knew their professor barely taught them anything, basically the ones to only protect themselves. "Well now there are other spells, ranamgo, orgnome, and shevgo are the ones to know" Lucas whispered into her ear.

    "I still question, how will those three know the spells? They haven't been taught them yet" Ava and the others didn't know, they could only make a guess. "I say their parents" Diego shrugged his shoulders and continued to walk on.

    They all peeked over a corner and saw some guards coming their way, they quickly covered themselves by the wall."Guards are coming straight for us, what do we do?" Asher hoped someone would have an answer.