the ivy academy ; multiship

4

ariel woke up in the office with two familiar faces looming over him. marina and ms. ledger.  he had a pounding headache.

"ariel, are you alright?" marina exclaimed, her eyes wide.

"why isn't everything still frozen?" ariel asked, ignoring marina's question. ms. ledger spoke up.

"when the person who created the time stop falls asleep or dies, the time freeze ends. you fainted, leaving time back in its regular place."

"i want to go home," ariel muttered. marina sent him a sympathetic look.

"well, um, i don't know if this means anything, but i found out my power," marina said. ariel smiled. "i have control over fire. so i guess that's kinda cool."

"hey, ms. ledger? can we go explore the school a bit?" ariel asked. ms. ledger nodded.

"yes. but do not go to the west wing. it's forbidden," ms. ledger replied, put extra emphasis on the west wing part.

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"i wonder why the west wing is forbidden anyways," ariel said as he and marina walked down a large corridor. marina shrugged.

"i don't know. we should go check it out!"

"are you crazy? this place is already shady as fuck," ariel exclaimed. "what if they kill us or something?" marina shrugged and ran past a sign that read:

"WEST WING IS FORBIDDEN TO ALL STUDENTS. NO TRESPASSING WITHOUT PERMISSION."

ariel sighed and followed marina hesitantly.

"hey!" an unfamiliar voice exclaimed. "you shouldn't be back here." ariel and marina looked toward the voice to see several students sitting along a wall, some smoking, some reading, and others doing their own thing.

"you're back here," ariel muttered.

"i was kidding. join the squad!" a boy with black, floppy hair exclaimed. "everyone, introduce yourselves. im brendon, he/him."

next was a girl with black, messy hair. "im lynn. they/them."

"gabe. she/he."

"dallon. he/him."

"alexa. they/she."

"ashley. he/they."

"melanie. any pronouns are chill."

"im jon. she/her."

"yo, im spencer. they/them."

"alright, that's everyone. and you two?" the messy haired girl, lynn, asked with a smile.

"im ariel. he/him," ariel said shyly. marina giggled.

"im marina. she/her."