Prestigious Light

2 - Ascension

The sun is shining - we should too

Friday came within a blink of an eye. Before they knew it, Lux and her team were waiting on the bus to be escorted to the lodge in the hills for the weekend.

It was early and they had a long ride ahead of them, so they all agreed to try and rest before their arrival. There were only a few other students on the bus, this being the earliest bus to the lodge. Lux didn't tell that to her team, but she wanted to arrive before others so they could be prepared. Once her team was sleeping, Lux got out her phone and started searching through the different lodges.

She spent about half an hour scrolling through pages and pages, about to give up hope searching and was just going to wait until they got there so their team could pick out one together, but she scrolled to one at the very bottom of the last page.

It was beautiful with flowers around the front of it and a pond just nearby. It was also close to where they would all be meeting to watch the meteor shower. It was perfect.

Lux writes down the detail and reserves it. With that done and Lux feeling satisfied, she closes her eyes and drifts off to sleep.

After four hours, the bus came to an abrupt stop, waking all of the students on the bus that decide to try and rest on their way over. Lux glanced out of the window and saw in big, fancy letters on a sign "Ascension Lodge".

Lux yawned and stretched before standing up and smiling at her team. This lodge wasn't only used for events like this, it was also a preparation center for students who graduated from the academy and were getting ready to be sent to the league.

"Alright everyone, we're here. Grab your bags and meet me in the main building right over there." Lux says as she points to a small building to the right of where they were parked.

The four students nodded and followed Luxs' directions, Lux grabs her own bag from beside her, as it was small enough for her to take on the bus, and makes her way to the building.

Entering the building, Lux is fascinated by the structures of the walls and the general homey-feeling theme throughout the building.

In the center, a few feet inwards from the main door, sat a large desk with advertisements stuck to the front, listing different upcoming events and courses being held by the place.

Lux is then greeted by a stern, yet welcoming that has black hair with a red streak. She introduces herself as Miss. Fiora and talks with Lux about her reservation and all of the information about the event.

Lux finishes signing in all of them, grabbing badges and copies of paperwork, along with packets for each of them.

Not much time later, all of them are gathered in a small circle right outside of the main building, bags by their sides as Lux hands out their badges.

"Alright team, keep these papers safe and don't lose them, you'll need them tomorrow when we go to the welcoming meeting. They have your name along with your lodge number and other information on them." Lux says as she then hands out a few papers to each of them, smiling while doing so and getting slight 'thank yous' from all of them, except Jinx of course.

After handing out the papers, they begin to make their way towards their lodge, everyone at loss of words when it comes into view, even Lux. It was much more breathtaking in person than in a picture.

They enter the lodge and choose their rooms, each of the members rooming with their partner. Lux got her own room, it being smaller than the others. She settled in and unpacked then went to see how everyone else was settling in.

Jinx and Janna were arguing over who would get which bed, Janna giving up and letting Jinx take the one she wanted. This made Lux chuckle, making her way towards the other room.

In the other room, Lulu was sitting on one of the beds coloring in a book, while Poppy sat on the other bed reading. Lux smiles and makes her way back to her room, picking up the packet she was given before and reading through it.

The packet specified all of the events that were taking place this weekend and how to take part in them. Lux marked a few she had her eyes on, and then closed the packet, setting it down and laying on her bed.

Lux looks out of the window to the far right of her room, lots of trees and the lake visible right outside of it. Lux watched the trees blow in the wind and the gentle water of the pond run downwards, making her slowly drift off to sleep.

Today was just a day for their team to get comfortable, so why not take a nap?