The "Celebration" was slightly over two hours long. The food was so good. Although I despised the surplus of food I didn't want the night to be over. After an extremely sweet food The King called dessert everyone stopped eating, and the food stopped coming.
The King stood up in the front of the Ball Room and started speaking. "Everyone! I hope that all of you have enjoyed tonight's festivities, and I will be sending complimentary food items for every single one of you. I hope that you all have a wonderful time during," He looked around the crowd of teens, "and after the sorting ceremony." A short man dressed to the nines walked up to the King and handed a him a paper. "Now would all of these people head up here. Anyone I call will be staying in my palace overnight." To few people's surprise he called up the 4 highest 'scoring' kids to stay at the palace with Izy being called last.
As Izy walked up to the group of kids she looked back at me and smiled waving. I waved back knowing she was nervous. I couldn't help but wonder what the King was doing. "Now if your name was not called thank you for coming, and good luck at the sorting ceremony." After these words left his mouth the doors we had entered finally opened with my teacher standing in the middle of the doorway. She waved signaling us to follow her out of the palace. On our way out a few servants handed us boxes. I got one final look back at Izy and The King talking before grabbing my gift and leaving.
Even though it was dark outside I could tell everyone was excitement from tonight's events, but I could also tell they were all reluctant to leave. We were about halfway to the train station when I got a tingling sensation. I looked around confused and saw him. The man with the pitch black cloak was standing in another dark alley not lit by the street lights. He noticed me looking at me and turned to run.
We were finally at the train station when I realized I should've run after him. I decided in the dark it was best not to try anything, especially when I knew nothing about the layout of the kings. I got on the train and settled down deciding to sleep on the ride back to the twos. My permanent place. Could I even call it home if I didn't like it? I started to clear my mind causing my eyes started to get tired so I decided to close them. A little sleep could probably help my headache too.
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Jacks And Jokers
ActionIn a world where everyone is separated by cards, a few have decided to change how they're treated. TW Murder, blood, horror.
