Mytho-Academy Next Generation

S2 - Chapter 2: Ruins

Lucas

I hadn't slept much that night, as I was doing my best to keep Lily from having a panic attack. But I'm not exactly the best person for cheering someone up. I instead opted to just hold her close, making sure she felt safe. That's really all I could do. For the first time, I saw her sleeping.

Normally, she would just stay awake 24/7, which was creepy when she would just hover over me while I slept.

But her face looked peaceful as she slept, like it was her first time sleeping in a really long time.

When I looked over at the clock, I saw it was almost time to get going. I gently shook her shoulder.

Lucas: "Hey, Lily, it's time to wake up"

She slowly opened her eyes and looked up at me.

Lily: "So that's what sleep is like. It's been so long that I forgot"

I got out of bed and got changed, Lily doing the same. The two of us met up with everyone just outside of the compound. Everyone looked nervous, but determined.

Mia wasn't with us since she would need time to recover.

Andra: I'm glad everyone showed up on time. You all know the plan, correct?"

We all nodded.

Andra: "Good. One slip up and we might be compromised. Keep alert and most importantly, keep yourself alive"

She pressed her hand down onto the ground, where she had drawn a magic circle. A tear in the air formed in front of her, forming a portal.

Andra: "Leave the talking to me, no weapons"

She stepped through the portal and the rest of us followed.

The other side was the inside of a small building. The building itself was only one room with a small platform in the center where our portal had formed. I had assumed this was a room where all portals were placed to make sure portals weren't formed in someone's bedroom.

Despite the look of the building, it seemed pretty old, made of mostly limestone.

Lucas: "We have a problem"

Yuna: "What's up?"

Andra: "You caught on too"

I nodded.

Lucas: "If this is a Demigod school, it's way too quiet"

We listened for anything, however it was dead silent.

Andra: "Weapons"

We all either drew or formed our weapons.

Andra: "Stay alert, I don't know what's wrong, but it can't be good"

She led us out of the building and outside, however the second she saw what was to come, she dropped her spear.

She didn't speak, she didn't gasp, she didn't cry, she didn't respond at all. All she did was stare.

Bodies laid in the streets, in fields, and on top of buildings. The bodies ranged from people to Monsters. Blood stained the stone pathways and walls of the buildings around us. A good portion of the buildings were already gone, burnt down to their stone foundations. All trees and grass had been burned as well.

Yuna: "What... what happened...?"

Adrian: "You don't think... it was Mytho-Academy, do you?"

I shook my head.

Lucas: "Seth, it has to be. The school wouldn't do anything like this. Besides, the Demons say it all"

Andra continued to stare in shock. Her eyes locked onto a building at the top of a large hill, which looked like the central building. Two of the outer walls had caved in.