The Academy of Ash and Gold // Xavier Thorpe
***** A gothic Wednesday AU *****
Reichenbach Academy has always thrived on perfection.
Pressed Cabernet uniforms. Polished cobblestone. Pristine image.
All while something ancient has been buried far beneath its halls.
When a student, Daniel Gonzalez, collapses mid-class with glowing, unknown sigils carved into his skin, the administration insists that the situation is contained.
But the students know better than to believe them.
Thorn Rosales, known for trouble and sarcasm, hears the disturbance long before anyone names it. A song threading through the academy's bones.
Xavier Thorpe, haunted by his past at Nevermore, begins drawing the same symbols that have appeared across campus, as if something is guiding his hand.
Whether brought together by fate or something far more deliberate, they uncover the truth Reichenbach has spent centuries trying to bury.
This is a slow-burn, lore-heavy gothic mystery about power, memory, and the lengths hatred can go.
So, Welcome to Reichenbach Academy, where silence is a weapon, and the walls are starting to sing.
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