Better Together Part 3

The Hidden Dragon Academy

They had been flying for a few hours in the cold weather, they thought they weren't going to find anything. "CC, I don't see anything out for miles! Do you think we might've passed it?" Allijah asked. "No, it should've been right around in the area!" CC shouted back. "Well I have to say, Carmen, if we don't slow down, we're going to crash somewhere!" Nathalie G. shouted to her. "Phoenix's, light your wings, we need to be able to see through this fog somehow!" CC instructed and they obeyed. The fire cleared their path somewhat, but it didn't seem to get any better. "With all this snow, I'm surprised we haven't seen any ice anywhere!" Amaya shouted. "I bet we can!" Emery shouted. "What makes you say that?" Hannah asked. Emery pointed to a huge icicle where it jabbed out in the midst of everything.

Surprised by their discovery, they slowed down to see what it was. "I didn't think ice could get this huge." Hannah gasped as they looked around. There were huge chunks of ice hanging from the weird-looking Academy and they were stunned. Not even the Cougars or Huskies had seen this much ice in their lives. "I think we just found our location." CC told them as the robot reindeer landed on the ground letting them get off. They stared at the doors which were covered in snow and ice. Emery and Harriet used their powers to melt away whatever was blocking the door and CC touched the huge metal door with her hand. There were two dragon sculptures above them, their claws outstretched, their heads looked stiff. Pushing the door open, they entered the cold, empty Academy with the ground equal to actual rock.

Inside it dripped a bit with water falling and they gasped at an ice sculpture dragon above a water fountain that was broken. "Now we know for sure that we've made it." CC told them. "How come we were never told about this place?" Kate asked them. "We think it's because they didn't want others to try and find it and then misuse whatever power might be here. But then again, we've discovered many secrets over the past month." Emery replied. "So, I know we wanted to come here to find out what we can fix, but isn't there supposed to be a dragon around here somewhere?" Allijah asked. "I think so. Maybe we have to look around deeper." CC replied.

"So how are we going to do this?" Synclaire asked. "Well, we should split up and start looking around. We have to make sure nothing around here in this Academy will cause us harm." Harriet replied. "I'll take this end, it's best if I go into the deep ends first, we don't know what to expect." CC told them. "Alright, that's not a bad idea. Since you have the stones maybe you could find something before us. I'll take a group to go this way." Vincent replied. "I agree, I'll take others this way." Emery added. "Then I suppose another group can go this way down here." Brenna replied. "Great, let's get to it then!" CC said and they split up. Michelle, Jorjah, Bella, and Olivia followed her to the very deep part of the Academy where it got colder. "So are you two just regular humans?" Michelle asked. "I am, I'm going to be increasing in another year though!" Jorjah replied. "I'm a normal human. I won't be moving up for another 2 years!" Olivia replied.

Bella lit her wings on fire trying to warm up from all the ice in the Academy. "Man this place is cold!" she cried, rubbing her hands together. "And empty." CC sighed. They passed a few classrooms where it had broken chairs and desks. The whole Academy was way different than a regular Academy. It seemed like a cave with many ledges that allowed them to see to their sides. It was almost like a shopping mall except it didn't have escalators, elevators, or any places to shop. "It's eerie. I didn't think anything was here if you went past Husky Academy!" Jorjah replied, rubbing her arms. "What are we looking for exactly?" Michelle asked. "I'm not really sure. But if you guys find a room with books or something interesting in it just let us know." CC replied. They nodded and started to look into every room that was there. Suddenly, Olivia looked into a room and saw what looked like a library. "I think I found something!" Olivia replied. "Good catch there!" CC replied and they opened the door to the library.

Once inside they saw that there was still coming into the room just like everywhere else they had been. Snow still traced on the floors making a crunch sound when they walked in. "Alright, well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to look at these books!" CC told them. They walked around but on every shelf, there wasn't a single book. "How are we gonna solve this problem if there's nothing to go off of!" Bella shouted frustrated. Finally looking at one shelf, Jorjah spotted one book on the shelf and grabbed it. "I found one!" Jorjah exclaimed as she handed the book off to CC. She opened the book, but to everyone's disappointment, they were blank. "Aw come on! Seriously!" Michelle whined. "I need a breather!" Olivia cried and the others followed them outside of the library.

Despite the book being blank, CC couldn't help that maybe it was that way for a reason. She carefully set the tattered book on a desk and took out the box containing the stones. She took out the Phoenix stones and made them spin around for a minute. Then a little light formed and suddenly the book had words shine all across the page. I knew it! She squealed and looked at the one page. 

Throughout my life's work, I didn't know what to expect. The future would be held in my hands... I knew I had to keep the Academy safe. That's why I created the stones. To help everyone to be unique. However, the incident happened and then the precious stones were split apart making 50 pieces altogether. I thought our differences were supposed to bring us together... but instead... I only drew us farther apart. Maybe if I can't fix my own mistakes... someone might have the courage to. I just pray that they can find my majestic dragon before he dies. Surprisingly dragons don't live as long as humans. Maybe it's possible to reunite the stones. But I'll never know. Unfortunately, I will not get to see that day. Let's just hope the stones don't get into the wrong hands... anyone can take power from these... and give power to others... I just hope nothing bad happens. My future students will not fail me though... that's the only thing I'm betting on...

M.C.

CC finished reading the quick little note from the diary or book, looked at the stones, and knew what she had to do. "Guys, guys I think I know what to do!" CC shouted. She looked behind her and remembered that they had gone outside so she put the stones back in the box and then put both the book and the box in her backpack before flapping her wings to find them. "Guys I have a plan!" CC said gleefully. But when she stepped outside she was met with her friends being held tight by the Wildcat traitors. "Well hello, Omega! Didn't expect you to be here!" Morgan taunted as she held Bella tight. CC's rage boiled at the sight of her friends being held hostage.

"LET GO OF MY FRIENDS YOU MONSTERS!" CC yelled angrily and charged at them. Her wings and her hair turned to a fiery blaze as she chased after them. "CC no!" Jorjah shouted. But before she could do anything else, a cage fell onto CC and locked up around her before being reeled upwards. "No! Guys!" she shouted. Michelle had stabbed her elbow into Andrew who let go for a minute as she tried racing up the rocky walls. "Carmen!" they shouted. But were caught and dragged away as CC was lifted into another room.