Prologue, Chapter Two: A Glimmer of Flames

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   Darkness,

   everything that's surrounding him is nothing but darkness. [M/Name] tried to move around but found that he is inside of a tightly enclosed space with something soft cushioning his back. There was very little room to move around, barely enough to even lift up his arms. Just then he started to hear footsteps, he leaned towards the wall in front of him.

   He saw light. The front wall he was leaning on opened and he had fallen with a loud 'thud'. Many pairs of eyes traveled to him, watching the bard as he struggled to stand properly.

   "Welcome, please head towards the Dark Mirror to have your dorm selected," the person who spoke wore a mask, with a feather-filled outfit making him look like some kind of bird, he then dashed off to who-knows-where and left [M/Name] standing there with no time to respond.

   He looked around- there were rows upon rows of seats heading towards a giant mirror. He walked towards the giant mirror— the face on it glowing eerily, under the stares of countless unknown eyes.

   "State your name"

   "[M/Name], I'm [M/Name] the Bard," the Dark Mirror took a moment of silence before uttering out the word,

   "Scarabia"

   A white-haired boy wearing a turban then approached him, he gave out a cheerful smile with an aura screaming sunshine.

   "Hello! I'm Kalim Al Asim, and I would be your housewarden. Nice to meet you!" he gave out a wide grin after and lead them to a group of people being supervised(?) by another cult robed person.

   "Greetings! Although you are ought to know my name by now, I'm [M/Name]."

   "You called yourself a bard earlier, didn't you?"

   "Well if you must, I'm a three-time-winner of the most amazing bard to be precise," the bard stated in a very proud tone, whilst he had his chin up with his hands on his waist.

   "Then you must be great at playing music!"

   "The best at both playing and making music, I know every single song there is to exist,"

   "Wowie! How about joining the light music club?"

   "Maybe I will," Kalim then went back towards the five other people standing near the mirror.

   Loud thumping noises were then heard at the end of the room before a crash quickly followed after as the door of one of the intricately designed coffins fell off. A tall teen with dark hair then came out, dressed differently from the robes that are adorning the other students. He turned to look behind him before exclaiming in shock.

   "A Coffin?!" he looked around in astonishment, as the crowd muttering words under their breaths.

   "Coming through the door with no help is unheard of. Why in the name of the great seven are you in such a hurry?" the masked man from earlier approached him. He immediately raised the wrapped item he was holding in front of him, creating a distance between them and started screaming at the masked man.

   "Huh, he has fast reflexes and what kind of weapon even is that?" [M/Name] whispered, watching the farce while drinking apple cider- where he got that is currently unknown. One of the hooded figures looked at him in confusion with questions running through their mind, are they even allowed to have any food or drinks here?

   "This is Night Raven College. One of the most prestigious magician training school in Twisted Wonderland. A place where only the best talents in magical proficiency are chosen by the dark mirror from around the world." after the glamorous explanation the two started another round of arguing as the bard continued to watch whilst eating an apple in relish.

   A loud crash was then heard as a creature flew through the window, shattering the stained glass. It's a small creature with grey fur and blue flames within its ears, along with a black and white scarf wrapped around its neck.

   A hooded figure then immediately flew up towards the beams soon after. It was [M/Name], and he is now current holding on to the pillars like his life depends on it while screeching out "Is that a cat?!"

   "I'm no cat or tanuki! I'm the Great Grim, the soon to be greatest magician there is!"

   Some students started mocking the creature making Grim then puff out large amounts of flames enveloping some of the students in fire. One of the students in front- the energetic and friendly Kalim, was also caught on fire making him go on an all-around frenzy until another one helped him put it out.

   The students start to quickly run away as Grim continues to make everything he sees go into a burst of flames. Amongst the panicking crowd that were pushing around to get to the exit, one of them hastily approached the small creature.

   The tall guy from earlier tried to stop him, he was near the exit along with the other students. Grim spat out another burst of flames, the red-head was luckily pushed away by the brunette yet turned as red as his hair out of anger.

   "Am I okay? Just who do you think you are speaking to?! Move aside!" he easily pushed him away and stepped towards Grim once again. He pulled out a pen with a glowing red stone on the end and pointed it towards Grim who started shouting again.

   "Silence! Are you ready for your sentence? The verdict will come afterwards."

   "OFF WITH YOUR HEAD"

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