Descendants (Slow Updates)

Chapter 24: Chains can make you lose hope

Seto quietly sat in the infirmary.

The nurse, a fire sprite hummed as she checked if Seto was ok.

She smiled lightly as she got up and grabbed her papers from her desk.

"You seem to be fine, young ruler. You only have a small cut caused by a rose thorn. It's bleeding but it should stop soon," she said as he patted her gloved hand on his head gently.

Seto nodded and looked down.

He bit his lip and looked at the nurse.

"Miss, How is the boy who I brought in?" Seto asked, worry had laced over his voice when he realized what had completely happen

The nurse kept her smile on, "He's fine. He's just resting. You should get to your room and get some rest too. The boy will be good as new soon my dear."

Seto sighed quietly before nodding and leaving the office. 

He ignored the students who were staring at him. 

He was a mess. His hair was like a bird's nest, his clothes were torn, his face was slightly scratched but fine and the color in his eyes seemed drained.

A few students asked if he was fine but he said nothing. He walked through the stuffed corridors until he reached a great pair of oak doors that had a small staff design with an ax design.

He pushed the doors open and stopped.

The school guardians were inside.

They were tall and boney creatures that seemed to appear from a nightmare. Their claws were as long as the arm of an ender hybrid and sharp enough to cut through the sound of a banshee. Their eyes were simple empty holes the seemed to drain your life if you stared too long into them.

The had dozens of Jerome's items. Some were torn and others were placed on a black colored chest with small ancient words on it.

His heart raced in panic as one of the creatures walks to Seto and stared into his eyes.

Seto tried to look away but he failed. 

He felt dazed.

He forgot what the creature was and kept staring into his eyes.

The creature licked its lips as a large and terrifying grin outstretched across its mouth. It opened it's mouth to show dozens of teeth. It grabbed Seto and attacked.

However, it was stopped midway.

A heavy hand covered Seto's eyes. Seto could hear the vial creature get punched and fall to the floor.

There was a small whimper after the creature grabbed things and left.

The person lets go of Seto and sighed lightly.

Seto saw nothing but blurriness.

The person picked Seto up, placed him on his bed before leaving.

Seto was still dazed. He tried getting out of it but drowsiness overcame his mind. He coughed a bit before the darkness took over his sight and mind.

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Notch watched as Jerome struggled against the chains that kept him bound to the wall.

He sighed lightly

He wasn't sure what to feel.

He was mad that one of his students had attacked another, or worse, his own family. The child he promised to take care of just lost his boyfriend, and the student had gone completely mad.

Notch frowned when Jerome started biting the chains.

It was useless, Jerome was too lost in the madness that it would be difficult to bring him back.

He grabbed a chair from storage and took it in front of Jerome. He sat down on it and started to try and bring him back.

Breaking his own rule, he used dark magic.

Slowly, the chains seemed to show Jerome's future.

What could the old man say, his hope was dwindling the stronger the chains got.