Power

Danger

A/N: Just imagine the girl on the left is how would Carmella looked exactly like but picture her having braids and glasses. Also, the light blue gun is also how the gun she has would look like! Don't mind the other figure, I couldn't crop her out lol.

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     Once everyone began to attempt to finish first, I on other hand, took another route that was taken by no one with the exception of myself. To think that everyone were desperate to have meals to the point where they are even willing to fight one another is too much. This is more of a death race in my perspective.

Just as I quietly try to walk forward, I heard someone yell, "Hey Four-eyes, you know where to go don't you?" when I look to my side, not too far from me, I saw a group of boys running after me.

Shit.

I began running as fast as my feet could take but one thing has been bothering me. Why am I always being called four-eyes? Even from my school they gave me such nickname. It was either four-eyes or nerdy. Is it because of my glasses? Well, forget I shouldn't be thinking of this right now.

When I hid behind the tree's the voices of the boys were gradually becoming closer so I decided to climb the tree that my back was leaning against. The wound on my leg made it tough for me to climb but I was desperate to run away from these boys because who knows what they'll do to an injured girl like me.

"R-run!!" I heard a girl yell.

The noise came from below so I looked down only to see the group chasing me was actually below me, trying to run away from something. I stayed silent, not wanting to be caught but it seems their focus was somewhere else.

"Help me..." The little girl who was left behind, sobbed as she sat down on the ground. Her purely white uniform was all tattered and dirtied including her face. I couldn't stand to watch her cry like that so I carefully climbed down while the injury on my leg becomes worst.

"Where's your group?" I walk up to her and grab her shoulder.

"R-run! the boars are coming!" she warns, her cheeks flush.

Boars?

I heard a thousand of raging footsteps from behind, almost like a group of buffalo were making it's way towards us. Rapidly, the noise was coming closer and closer until my eyes spotted a large group of boars just like the little girl have told me.

"Holy shit, get on my back!" I told the girl as she obediently listened to my command. No time to waste or those boars will surely kill us. Those boars are definitely not your typical boar!

I immediately began running and made a turn hoping the boars will stop following us but they were surely following us and slowly they were going to catch up. So I sprinted a little further to create a few distance, dealing with the extreme pain aching on my leg and dropped the little girl behind a tree, "Stay here and don't leave no matter what" I told her while she nodded her head with teary eye.

"But sister why are you so calm? And please come back alive"

This little girl is so adorable oh my god!!

"I will come back for you"

With that said, I led the boars to me, "Over here you group of pigs!" I wave my hands and jump like an idiot to catch their attention. As I was running, I took out my gun hoping a blast will be enough to destroy them all. However, to my worst luck, only a bullet came out!

"What? What the hell?! Why now?!!!" I yell in frustration especially since every time I shot, I always seem to miss my target. To make matters worst, I accidentally tripped on a rock which caused my necklace to fall but everything turned black after that.

When I woke up, I found myself on the ground. What happened to the boars? Oh right! The little girl! She must still be waiting for me. Ugh, I hope someone spotted her already.

I followed the trails of the boars and luckily it led me all the way to area where I dropped the little girl but she was nowhere to be found. Did someone find her? What happened to her? Could it be the boars got her?!

I stood still from my spot, panic surfacing but before I could explode in worry, I heard a low rustle from the bushes. I alerted myself and took out my gun, pointing it at the noise, "W-wait" the little girl appeared, limping her way towards me.

"Thank god you're safe. What's your name?" I ask her.

"Frillia. Frillia Noir. What about you big sister?"

"Carmella" I responded, "Let's go Frillia"

We walk together in silence while I held her hand. Was she scared of something? Or maybe she feels awkward? "Are you okay?" I ask her.

"I'm just hungry" she tells me shyly. Oh such a cute little girl.

"How old are you?"

"I'm twelve"

TWELVE?! What is a young girl doing in this dangerous place?! So does this mean even students her age are participating in such dangerous training? Or is it only her?

"Here get on my back. It will be faster this way" But more painful to me. Bu it's okay. Deal with the pain Carmella, there's a cute little angel on your back right now.

She hops on my back as her body felt very fragile, almost like a doll. Now that I think about it, it's a good thing she wasn't heavy or else I wouldn't have been able to escape from the boars. The silence between us was filled with her stomach growling while I chuckled softly and sped up speed. Our only option of to place first so this little angel can eat lost and lots of food.

"Sister Carm, are you tired?" she ask me. Yes, I am tired as hell to the point where I wanna die.

"I'm not tired. Don't worry about me and just rest" I sent her a reassuring smile while she did the same. Oh my cute little angel. I stumbled a little when I was walking up a hill and when I made it to the top, Frillia excitedly pointed at the nearby town, "Sister Carm! We're almost there! Look! Look!" she screamed.

"Let's be quiet for a second" I told her, hearing noises from a short distance. When I look to my left, I saw the group of boys again, tiredly walking as if they just ran out of energy.

From my perspective, they didn't seem nice enough to help others except for one of them. He was holding a gun similar to Frillia and he had the same hair color as her. Well I should just stay away from these people.

"That's big brother!" she whispered yelled at me while I shockingly gave her a stare. Wait what?!

"T-then would you like to go back to him?" I question her, a little saddened that I'll be alone again. She nodded her head excitedly so I put her down as she ran to him just like that, "Brother!" she adorably yells, jumping on her older brother. He opened his arms for Frillia with happy smiles spread across his face. The scene was enough for me so I walk away and continue walking towards the city.

Before I could make it out of the forest, I once again encountered a monster. A giant centipede to be exact. How many monsters have I fought? The bear, the minion, the boars. That's three and this disgusting looking worm would be the fourth one. Is this even normal?

I get it now. It's just as the instructor said, this is part of our training in order to prepare ourselves to fight and to give us insight of what we are going to fight. But to the instructors, these monsters are just weaklings so we need to become stronger to fight off the stronger ones too. This death race that they have assigned is so we could continue encountering monsters and gradually get use to them.

That's just how it works for them, at this academy. but instead of an Academy, this place is hell. I'm tired of running away, I mean I literally ran half of the day with an injury and I had to fight these monsters. Of course I'll be exhausted both physically and mentally.

The centipede in front of me seemed to be ten feet high. It's appearance of it was displeasing to my eye because of those thousands of tiny feet moving. As soon asit attacked me, I dodge it just as I hoped for. For something this size, the centipede was actually the weakest monster I have ever faced. I jumped from my spot, a little surprised that I was able to jump inhumanely then I shot it with my gun. Finally, it was glowing bright blue but before I could witness what happened any further, I suddenly lost my consciousness.