The rise of the flamed bird

Echoes of Varice

Mark had led him to where all of the newly joined members stayed. He was greeted by them in an unfamiliar manner , most of them either turned their heads away from him or did not even notice him . Until he reached his bunk , a short  girl stood there , taking the support of her bed. " hello there ! Who might you be " she asked.
" I am Bernard Clarke " he replied
" Nice to meet you Bernard , I am Ava Miller , I am from the house of Dupont ."
" Which house do you belong to ?" She said
It was as if she was aloof of the fact that everyone was avoiding him
Before he could answer Mark came in the chamber and asked everyone to go to sleep.
Bernard had been assigned a room .
The room was neat like a saint's room , white washed throughout .
He lay in the bed thinking about the past the voices of varice were ringing in his ears , the past was dragging him in as went into a slumber.

6 years ago
He was back on the island of varice , his old room looking brighter and darker at the same time . A storm was brewing outside his sister had gone with their father in the village , he knew his father hated Audrey but Audrey was too pure to know that as an infant . A storm was brewing up outside he was laying on the bed when suddenly the windows of his room blew open a strong wind came in through the window , a wind like no other . His chest felt a heat , he had thought nothing of that , at that point he thought nothing was wrong , but taking in consideration the things that had happened in these two months , he knew he had gifts , he was also sure that Audrey had inherited , after all they were siblings !

The next day came as it had only been a minute . Bernard was too tired to even get up on his feet .
Someone had been knocking on his door constantly since the last few minutes.
A tired and annoyed Bernard went to the door to open it, he was greeted by an overly cheerful Ava .
"Hey Bernard ! How was your sleep !?" She squealed .
" Quite good . Until you came ." Replied Bernard
" oh Bernard stop being so sore ! I saved you from Mark's anger." She said
" Get ready , this is the gear he gave you to wear !" She said handing him over a crimson red armoured plate and a tight black pant.
" Mark excepts you to be on the training grounds as soon as possible!" " I will be waiting outside here for you , change up quickly !"
" Alright" said Bernard before slamming the door on her face .
Bernard quickly changed up into the clothings handed over to him by Ava . The armour felt like he belonged in it .

He quickly returned back to Ava and started following her . Now as he was her he saw a beautiful petite , yet a fierce person she might have been a year older than him with , red hair , grey eyes and a straight nose . She was indeed beautiful.
" So how old are you ?" He asked .
" Fifteen , about to be sixteen!" She replied .
" That's nice !" He said
There was an awkward silence between them as they continued onto their path .
After a few minutes of walk they had reached the training grounds , where tons of young half breeds were combating against each other . Mark was at the far end of the field supervising each and every one of them .
Each and every one of them had a unique quirk within themselves , they were all simply elegant and smooth in their means of fighting .
He noticed a young child no older than age of 10 transform into a werewolf at his own will , but something was not quite right about his transformation, he had claws on both of his hands and fur all around on his body but he had retained his human face and had sharp fangs coming out of his mouth , with hair all over his face .
" That is Sam ." Said Ava "he is a werewolf-vampire half breed."
He was facing an opponent much older than him , the opponent had a purple aura around him with the fangs same as the little Sam .
"That is Rick , he is a vampire - witch half breed" said Ava pointing her finger towards Rick .
Sam started to charge towards Rick , who was very calm and composed , within a blink of the eyes he was up in the air , floating on what seemed like purple clouds , Little Sam , though in his werewolf state could not reach him. Rick then casted an illusion and multiplied himself into a number of forms , Sam started to bite and tear to everyone of them till only one of the illusions was left , he charged straight towards him and started scratching it , Rick had secretly cast a invisibility spell upon himself and had moved away from Sam , Sam was not as naive as he seemed he quickly saw through the illusion and with a quickly slash the match was over . Sam started to transform back into his human form as Mark started moving towards them . Rick started to get up on his feet , the scratch wounds already healing .
" Never judge me by my size Rick!" Said Sam
"It was just sheer luck Sam!" Said Rick
"Alright boys that's enough!" Said Mark
" Oh ! Finally you are here Bernard." He said
"I assume you have already met Ava?" Asked Mark
" Yes I have ." Said Bernard .
"Well that is just great because you and Ava are going to fight against each other ."
" Umm Mark can I talk to you for a minute ?"asked Bernard
" How can I fight her , I am double the size of her , and you know she only had the Dupont bloodline , I know I have no control over my powers but still I am more powerful than her right now ! Shouldn't I be fighting you ?"Asked Bernard
" Here is the deal Bernard was if you win against her you can fight me ! Otherwise you will have to keep on fighting her until you beat her !"
Bernard let out a slight groan but ultimately agreed to fight Ava . Both of them took their stances and the fight began !