Chapter 2

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"Let me go!" I screeched as I squirm trying to rip myself from their grasp. Another green light and I hear a thud. I turn to find my mother on the ground, eyes unblinking.
"MA!" I scream," MOTHER!"
Tears seep my eyes.
Pain. Raw pain escapes my system...
"Shut up!" said the enemy clamping my mouth. I see Kael my brother being dragged, and red crowds my eyes.
I kick the Kirche* pining me and start rushing to Kael when I'm shoved and i hit the car door so hard I see stars.
"Aw feisty one this b-" . I spit in the Kirche's eye.
Enraged, it raises gun.
This is it...the end. Death in the hands of the enemy.
"BOOM!" A crack of blue explodes across the expanse.
I open my eyes and feel my face with my shaky hands, I'm not dead.
The fat Kirche that almost killed me drops to the ground.
I kick him trying to scramble to my feet only to have my legs give way.
"You okay?" a boy no older than me in Arian Arcanal training gear asks running in my direction.
Behind him I see a group of other Arians*' in training gear fending off the Kirches.
I see Kael being dragged off by another Kirche...
" KAEL!" I cry trying to stand up when the boy holds me back.
I whip my head and shove his hand off my shoulder.
"Let me go!" I hiss shoving him only to have him grab my arm.
I see my brother being slapped.
Violet floods my eyes, just as everyone's thrown back.
Everything goes black.
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I wake up in sweats. I'm still in the academy. Across me Lyra snores in her bunk. I hug my elbows. We're okay. Just nightmares. Nightmares that torture and burn my mind through the nights since.
Slowly receding off the bed I crawl to the dorm hall. I need water
The architecture of the place is mind blowing.
Ingenious system ,yet the water's  machine all the way outside the dorms.
Now I'm parched and I'll freeze to death.
Hugging my robe tight I tread across the icy marble floors.
Filling my cup I take a sip  as I watch stare through the ginormous windows out into the sports field ignoring.

The door to the boys' sleeping quarters behind me slides open.
I turn as Ethane walks out and stops in his tracks as he sees me. I just glare at him as rage floods my eyes , my grip almost cracking my cup.
"His blood is on your hands."

*Kirche- civilians of the enemy land aka Kirche.
*Arians- civilians of Aria aka Reia's homeland.

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