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𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞

  Four years have passed since the unfortunate incident on the campus of Moonlight Academy, a place hidden from the world.

   Quite literally, too.

   Now, without the pocket dimension that held the academy from the rest of the world, Moonlight Academy was reunited with the real world, and now stands as a reminder of the tragedies that had happened within it.

   A man was walking along the gateway to the castle that stood in the middle of a city, when he overheard two people who stood before the building. They seemed like they worked for the government, who had been trying to figure out the case behind this giant castle that just appeared out of nowhere one day.

   "What once was a prestigious school many centuries ago, now stands as a reminder of the sins of the greedy." One of them, a girl with long white hair, said. "But the question is- Where did this older Moonlight Academy disappear to? And how did it get back?"

   "I'm telling you, it's the work of Angels!" The second person, a boy with dark grey hair with silver streaks, grunted as he crossed his arms. "It makes sense! They created a pocket dimension, and took the old Moonlight Academy! That's how it went missing all those years ago!"

   "And yet, parents still knew about it and sent their children there?" The girl challenged, crossing her arms. "And why would the Angels take the school anyways?"

   "Right... That doesn't make sense..." he nodded. "Unless! It was by human influence! We caught the headmaster's assistant, right? But she refuses to talk, which means they were probably in on it!"

   "And all those poor children who had lost their lives in this terrible place?"

   "That... I really can't answer." The boy sighed in frustration.

   "Yeah, cuz you're crazy." The girl frowned at him, and tossed her hair over her shoulder.

   "But it's a good theoryy!!" The boy whined as they walked away from the building, leaving the man with a small grin on his face.

   The man then walked through the gate, and into a field where many gravestones were placed. Each one in memory of the students that were lost. The thought saddened him, however. These students were all kept captive in the school, and yet even after death, they remained on these grounds.

   A bouquet of fresh roses in hand, he walked over to a grave of stone, the names of not one, but two people neatly printed on it. A faint smile played on his lips as he remembered his dear friends, whose bodies held onto each other so tight that they had to be buried together.

JASPER

  By the time I had reached my apartment after my stroll, it was already around lunch time. It was a calming day, as the afternoon sun painted the living room in gold, and below us outside, the world continued to move on, looking as if everything was going in slow motion down there.

   I placed my keys over a table, a swift movement that had caused my arm to swipe over a picture frame that was placed delicately on the table. My heart almost stopped, but nothing damaging came close to happening. I sighed, relieved, and placed the photo back where it was originally.

   It was a moment back in Moonlight, during Christmas. Artemis had insisted that the group should gather for a photo. I smiled at, amused at the chaos that was about to unfold within the picture. The girls and I were the only ones who had the experience of having our pictures taken, and thus we were the stars. Artemis- I don't know what Artemis was doing. He was in the middle of pulling Gray into the frame as had just woken up from slumber, was flung over Artemis' shoulder, and was staring intensely into the camera with narrowed eyes, trying to make out what was going on. Crimson... Unfortunately was the one working the picture. Therefore, there was nothing but a flash of white hair, a forehead and two ruby eyes in the corner of the frame.