Chapter 8

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Picture this. A huge white building the length of five buses. Now double that. That was the length of the three storey high building. The hill where Camille stood was lined with green trees bearing apples and other luscious fruits that glistened brightly in the light. Further ahead was a water fountain in the shape of a beautiful lady. From one hand sprang a deep blue shade of liquid, while the other a fiery red liquid gushed out from the other hand. However, once they fell into the stone basin below, it turned to a shade of lavender. Engraved on the stone was the word "Elementum". Behind the fountain, above the hige entrance, was a gold plaque with the words "Ridgeview Academy" in pure white. As Camille onlooked the scene, a melodious bell, unlike the screechy one at school, rang. Many youths started streaming out of the entrance, chattering among themselves. Many students started heading towards Camille and she ducked her head in shyness. However, the students ignored her as they continued walking down the hill. As Camille slowly lifted her head, Wally started to run off. "Bye, dad!" Perez replied with a huge smile and a wave before turning to Camille. "Let's get you signed up, shall we?" Before Camille could reply, a jet of hot energy burst past her. "What the..." Camille swore as she looked in the direction of where the source came from. A crowd of students had formed in front of the fountain not far off and a jet of fire was blazing above them. Camille gasped as Perez started to run towards the crowd. "Perez, wait! What about me?" Camille shouted over the din the crowd was making. "Stay there and out of trouble!" He replied over his shoulder before delving into the crowd. There were a few shouts and the Perez was pushed out of the crowd. Fuming, Perez snapped his fingers and disappeared, probably trying to teleport into the crowd. However, there was no indication that what Camille guessed was a fight, had stopped. Shouts continued until a nearby tree on Camille's left started shaking. Everyone turned to look at it. It shook violently before uprooting with a mighty blast and shot up into the sky, srill wobbling. Everyone, especially Camille stood in shock. The tree was massive, as big as the ones you see in the jungle. The crowd cleared and Camille saw a brown-haired boy standing in shock while beside him, a black-hairrd boy stared intently at the tree with his hand outstretched. With a swing of his arm, he sent the tree flying towards the brown haired boy. The shock cleared from the brown haired boy's face and he turned his palm towards the tree and sent a white hot jet of fire straight at the tree. The force of the fire caused the now alight tree to change course and head the opposite direction. Where Camille was standing wide-eyed and mouth agape. The tree blasted straight towards Camille as she screwed her eyes shut and screamed at the top of her lungs.

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