An Earl in Night Raven College (Book four)

Book 4: The Tactician of Scalding Sands

*Ciel's POV*

"Can one of you please tell me what's going on here?"

I was standing in front of the couches and chairs with Grim peaking from behind me with a confused and scared expression. While in front of me were a group of 12 people (why there are 12 instead of 4 will be explained soon), who were wearing what seems to be servent outfits, sitting on the couches or chairs. They all were pretty nervous and were either shaking or averting their gazes. Clearly either they didn't have a response or they didn't want to answer. I sigh as I rub my forehead, you all may be wondering how we got to this point. Well... Let's rewind to back to this morning shall we.

*a few hours earlier*

I was asleep in my bed, though I went to bed later then normal since I was during research on any kind of events during the winter time. So that way that me and Grim could do something fun during the break. Then a flash of light appears in my mind as I began to hear what seems to be a breeze as I opened my eyes. Saw that I was surrounded by dunes of sand in the middle of the night as the stars glow bright. I stood up and looked down to see if my clothes changed again and they did like the last three time (outfit is in the image above), I sigh at this before looking around again.

"It feels so dry... Am I in a desert?" I ask myself as I looked around.

Then I heard some voices behind me which made me turn around to see who they were. There I saw a tall, bony, middle-aged man dressed in black robes with a red garments and black headdress sitting on a black horse. On the man's shoulder was a red macaw that looks to be male had a stern look on his face as the two looked down at the man in front of them. The man was short and seems to be wearing some wags of sorts, kinda like a thief from the way he's acting. I was curious on what they were saying, so I gotten a little closer but out of sight just in case.

"You... are late." The man stated in a stern tone

"A thousand apologies, O patient one. But I got it!" The short man informs him while holding what looks like half of a golden bug of sorts which the parrot grabs.

"Trust me, my pungent friend. You'll get what's coming to you." The man glared at the short man as the parrot hands him the piece while I glared at him

'Something tells me that this man is up to no good.' Then a trail of light flies past me. 

"Quickly! Follow the trail!" The man shouts

The horse quickly took off as the short man followed after with his own horse while I flew after the both of them. As we were all following after the trail, I noticed that the source was a golden beetle showing the way somewhere.

"Woah... I've never seen a cave like that before and I don't even need some of my lost memories to confirm it." I said to myself as the man looked at the cave with a smirk.

"At last, after all my years of searching... The Cave of Wonders."

"Awk! Cave of Wonders!" The parrot said as the man looked at the short man.

"Now remember- bring me the lamp!"

The short man nods with wide eyes as the man let's go of him, making him land on his butt in the process. The man got up and dusted himself off before making his way to the cave with an determined look on his face. All while the man looked on with a glare on his face. Once the short man was close to the entrance and began to climb into the mouth. But just before he can walk inside, the mouth began to move as a gust o wind causes the short man to fall off and land next to the man.

"Who disturbs my slumber?" The cave spoke in an ominous tone as the three were taken aback.

Just before I can see more however, my vision grows dark as I no longer felt the breeze from the desert and the sand. After a while, I felt a faint light hitting my eyes as I opened them with a groan and sitting up while rubbing my eye. Once my vision cleared up, I looked at my bed stand to see that my clock and saw that I had an hour and 30 minutes before school begins. I groan even more since since it was still to early in my book to be awake while Grim was still fast asleep, I wish that was me right now. I shake my head as I thought back to the dream I had as I frown a bit.