Age of Mages: The Burning Trial

Chapter I YUP, VERY NORMAL

Today was a regular day like no other. Walking down the street like usual until something felt strange. But before I knew it, I fell into a mysterious portal. A person with petals for hair instantly  greeted my eyes once I opened them.

"So, you are the one?" said by an unknown voice. I turned my head to the right and saw an old woman. She was wearing a black dress while her hair was tied in a bun. She murmured "The sky explodes, Hero appear, The clearing roads, Finishing’s near."

She then asked me, "You, where did you come from?". "I...I...I don't remember", the she gave a look that kind of gives confirmation on something based on what I said. "The prophecy has started". She then walked to the door and opened it.

All of a sudden at the chest area of the flower haired person, a dialogue box appeared displaying the words  "But headmaster!". "Silence Sabine, I will have a short chitchat with Oracleus, please go attend our visitor while I am gone" with that the doors shut close.

Many questions filled my head like who and where am I, who are these people, what do they need, and so on and so fort. Internally, I was panicking because I do not know where I am. Fear was also evident in my face because I have no clue what they are going to do to me.

So many things were going in my mind that I didn’t noticed the flower girl looks worried about what I am thinking. My train of thoughts stopped when I noticed the flower head staring at me. I looked at the window and planned to jump out of bed and go fall through it. The flower haired named 'Sabine' stopped me by gently pushing me back to bed.

When I was about to talk, she shoved a spoonful of green liquid in my mouth. It was very bitter that it reached the level of ‘drinking it is more gross than spitting it’. She compressed the top of my head and my chin and closed my mouth shut to make sure I won’t spit it out. After a hard long minute battle, I eventually gave in and swallowed it.

She raised my arm and examines it. Her face then suddenly moved closer to mine. She then placed two fingers under my chin. My cheeks almost painted red. Luckily, she retracted her hand and turned around. Once she faced me again, a clipboard was in her hand. I placed fingers on the place she touched hers and realized she just checked my heartbeats.

"So......." Sabine said while thinking how to extend the conversation . "What is your name" she asked with a smile. Before I answered, I grabbed the rectangular dialogue box. I was fascinated by it that I forgotten the petal haired at my left. She pouted again. Suddenly the rectangular plane vibrated and now displayed the word "HEY!". "Sorry, by the why to answer your question I don't know" was my reply to her question.

She continued to pout and the words changed again. The text box displayed "Why nice to meet you Mr. 'I don't know' hehehe". I got a bit offended and felt that she was smiling smugly behind my back. When I turned around she was silently whistling.

"Here uh just call me hm..." I was in deep thought until the box changed words. "Ok Mr. Hm" an irk mark now formed at my forehead. "DO YOU WANT A SLAP!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. I went up and rushed over to Sabine. As response, she ran towards the door and went outside.

I reached the door and quickly saw her running at the left side of the corridors. I, of course, chased after her. Guards surround the area but I was too quick for them to catch. I was now getting tired which caused my speed to go down. Luckily, entered a room which means she was cornering herself.

When I was about to reach the doorknob, the guards immobilized me. Their grip was so strong that I could not escape. “Let go of me!”, I screamed at them. They walked seven steps forward and released me. The guards returned to their position in what seems to be a blinks’ time.