{The Firelight Chronicles} Alter -Mutually Assured Destruction * girlxgirl *

Every year on New Year's Day, witches, wizards, and magical, mystical creatures of all kind unite to watch or compete in a tournament where the chosen ones are pit against each other to compete and share their skills in different areas.

Last year, on The Tournament that marked a new century, the mythical met its worst fear, the discovery of their existence by humankind.

This year, The Tournament will be run by the MCOB (Magical Creatures Operations Bureau), an army created to defend humanity from the "inhumans", as per dictated by rules in a peace treaty signed to stop a war that was erupting between humans and magical beings, which could've ended in armageddon.

Seraphine Luna is a mage, or so people think, because she's half something else entirely. Her mother was one of the strongest mages alive and one of the heroes/victims of the New Year's Day massacre that followed the previous year's festivities, with the survivors being arrested, persecuted, or experimented on for the 3 months during which the battle between both worlds lasted before coming to a truce. Seraphine, being the firstborn, was left in charge of her younger brothers.

New Year's is coming around again, and both Seraphine and her middle brother, Xavier, are eligible as competitors because they are older than 21. What once was an honor, is now riddled with fear of what The Tournament might become at the hands of humanity.

They both await the announcement along with their youngest brother, Atreyu, a teenager, in fear that a mark may appear on their left wrist, signaling having been chosen as a competitor.

As their fear turns into reality, one of them is chosen, and sent to the uncharted territory of a magical tournament run by violent, organized, non-magic humans.

And what the humans might do, is not the only surprise that awaits them.

*An alternate reality where Annabelle (Lunna) and Stella (Selene) do not get along*