Dékadi, School for Warriors

Unknown Being

Morning shone through the windows and a new airy breeze entered the both girls' and boys' wings' windows. It was a pleasant feel after spending one week and one day with the Dékadi roof almost blown. The new morning was a second thing. Dialgia was back in her bedroom, and no one knew how. All they know was that she spent the rest of the night sleeping at an unknown location in the Airwing. 'Wake up.'

Good bye

Dialgia's eye lids slowly flew open after such a deep sleep. And to her surprise, a purple-haired male was in her room.

'Why are you here?' Dialgia asked, looking very clueless. 'You were sleeping somewhere off limits with your face on the ground,' the male answered. Dialgia gulped. Sleeping with your face on the ground, that sounded utterly humiliating. 'Having tragic dreams, that's all. I don't get drunk or anything,' Dialgia swore.

'Well, you really have something wrong with you. Like, you wanna get back to land or something...?'

'Umm...no, and mind you, my dreams are just tragic. I don't know why...why I ever sleepwalk, but I don't have issues about spending a year up in the sky,' Dialgia said rather haughtily. 'Of course you don't. And I know you never witnessed any deaths-'

'I have.' Dialgia cut him off. 'In a dream.'

'Well, just...go on. I'll go outside, and just do what you do in the morning,' the male simply said and turned away. 'Wait,' Dialgia said, and the one she was previously talking to stopped. 'Who are you? Who even are you to get in the girls' wing?'

'Neil. Neil Verson. Purple team leader. The guy who does the night shift and picks up random people who are sleeping on the floor and brings them back to their room? Yes, definitely me.'

A scoff escaped Dialgia's mouth. Neil exited Dialgia's bedroom and the young girl went on doing her morning routine.

-0-

'Why won't you just tell us the dratted truth?!'

Emi and Ara were demanding an answer from Dialgia, who can never provide an answers for such unknown subject. Yes, people knew she sleepwalked into a restricted area, and so what? 'I just...don't know,' Dialgia simply reasoned and drank her tea. 'I wish you did,' Damae loudly said.

'Why?' Dialgia curiously asked.

'Well...for...ah...certain reasons I cannot tell, same like you.' Damae acted very weird, putting her black satin-gloved hand over her mouth. Dialgia didn't dare ask anymore, since she knew that Damae was a very timid and self-conscious girl. 'You know...it's such a big trauma.' A feminine voice belonging to the blue team leader blurted out, covering the rousiness of the cafeteria. Sarlat was crossing her arms with a smug smile playing on her lips. 'Trauma. That's what we felt when we heard that Verdana died. But guess who killed her, the greatest hero of all?' Sarlat had no fear whatsoever of what might come out of Dialgia's mouth.

'Dagar?'

The people in the cafeteria groaned loudly, making loud vomitting noises to cover up the name Dialgia said out loud. The black-haired, insane and power-hungry boy with flesh that can turn to venomous pythons. Sarlat laughed loudly and airly, as if Dagar's name was a joke. 'Oh my, lots of cowards in the school. Self-proclaimed and so-called heroes-in-training.' Sarlat wheezed and coughed. 'Lucky you girl, you're not scared of him.'

Dialgia felt hate. A feeling she felt before. Only stronger. It was as if the only thing she wanted to do was kill Dagar, even if it would be the last thing she would do before she leaves the world with unbearable strife.

Nearby, no one can notice Damae smiling and chuckling darkly.