Bab 7: Genesis Academy
Damien runs up to the doors of the Academy. "Woohoo, finally made it! Let's go." As he pushes through the doors, he becomes dumbfounded by the massive scale of the place. "Wow..."
He starts to walk around the main entrance. The building has gothic architecture, with big glass windows, in the middle of the entrance area is a big ball floating with water coming out of top and trickling down into a pool below. There is a desk right behind it with two women standing behind the desk. The floor is made of marble with a wave design on it, and the place is spotless.
"This place is amazing, so huge." Damien walks up to the desk but by the time he gets there the woman are gone. There is a sign on the desk that says 15-minute break.
"Well, damn it." Damien starts to wander the main entrance looking for any sign or indication on where to go. The school didn't really provide him with instructions once he got there or at least he may have left the papers he needed at the farm.
Eventually Damien comes across some familiar faces, one he has seen quite recently; Lauren, and the other one looks to be Veronica.
The two seem to be in some sort of discussion, doesn't seem heated in the least but Damien proceeds with caution as he approaches, as he knows these two ladies say whatever is on their minds without holding back.
"You should have seen him, Veronica, Damien was amazing standing up to those guys. He even threw that asshole Tyler across the place and knocked Spencer on his ass. It was awesome." Lauren says with an exciting tone.
"I am sure it was. So, when do I meet this mysterious guy?" Veronica says as she turns toward Damien and gives him a cold look. Damien steps up to the girls.
"Hey girls, long time no see Veronica." Veronica gives Damien a nod and Lauren runs up and gives Damien a hug.
"Thanks for taking care of Emmy last night, she is so embarrassed." Veronica was shocked to see Lauren hugging Damien, she grabs her by the shoulder, "You can't just hug strangers, Lauren! And you, what are you doing?"
Damien laughs "I am just here to say hi and ask where I have to go."
Veronica points toward the front desk and realizes that it's empty. "Well, when they come back. You can ask them, so, get out of here."
Lauren snaps at Veronica, "Hey! Why are you so rude to Damien?!"
Veronica was shocked to see how protective she felt toward Damien, "He just came up to us, and started talking like he knows us." Damien pats Lauren on the head, "Don't worry about it, it's alright."
Veronica slaps Damien's hand, "Don't touch her! And Lauren, what did you mean when you said he took care of Emmy! Why would you let this weirdo even get close to her!"
Lauren steps between Damien and Veronica "Hold up, I think you have this all backwards, woman! Damien saved all of us yesterday and Jessica and I a few days ago! He has been nothing but kind! AND you DARE say that to him?! We've been friends for a long time but you gotta get past that big ass nose you have and see people for what they are!"
Veronica takes a step back as Lauren is yelling at her, Damien places a hand on Lauren's shoulder, "Lauren, there's no ne-" Lauren grabs his hand and turns to him, "This is how you are supposed to talk to her. Now, listen Veronica, Damien protected us, he comforted Emmy when she was bawling her eyes out. I think you owe him an apology!"
Veronica bugged eyed from Lauren outburst looks at Damien and slightly bows her head, "I am sorry for misjudging you, Damien."
Lauren stands triumphant, and Damien nods back at Veronica, "It's alright. I'm glad you are also looking out for the girls."
Lauren looks at Damien "Now, what class do you have?"
"Well, It's Magic 340." Damien shrugs "But I have no idea where to go since this place is so massive."
The girls escort Damien to his classroom.
As they enter, they are hit with a vanilla scent.
Damien looks around the classroom, the floors are tiles with black and white patterns. As they turn their heads to the left, they see it is designed as a lecture hall, with about 30 students occupying the seats.
They feel the stares of all the students, especially Damien as the men of the class stare daggers at him. Damien puts on a goofy smile and waves "Um... hello."
Lauren grabs his arm and drags him to a seat near the back, Veronica follows behind them.
Once they find a spot to sit, Lauren sits on Damien's left while Veronica sits on his right, sandwiching Damien.
A couple of the male students look back and Damien just gives a smirk and waves at them.
Sheridan walks into the classroom, "Oh it's Sheridan!" Damien waves and Sheridan returns with a smile.
"Now we will begin." she announces as she steps up to the podium.
They start discussing the different types of elements, "Alright, we all should know but just in case and a nice little review, in our world there consist of 4 main elemental types which are... Damien?" Surprised to get called on he stumbles, "Um- We-Well there is fire, earth, water, and air!"
She gives him a smile, "Yep, those are the basic elemental types, but some people have something called diverse magic type, which are..." Sheridan scans the room but her eye's land on, "Veronica?" She stands up, "Yes, they are enchantment magic, dark art magic, holy magic, warping, and lightning."
Sheridan gives Veronica a slight nod and Veronica takes her seat. "Alright, it seems you have all pass high school, good!" The class laughs.
"Now today we are going to do a quick examination to see where you are all at in levels of magic control and what elements you harness." Sheridan points to a small device "This device will give you a small ticket, and with that ticket you'll be able to enter your designated area for testing."
"Now we all know that there are eight levels of each magic and the higher your level is the stronger and more efficient you are with control and casting the magic, correct?" Every student in there nods their heads.
"Good, now let's begin from the front to the rear." Each student goes up one at a time and Sheridan hands them a small ticket and directs them to their respective area where the testing will commence. Veronica, Lauren, and Damien both go and get their tickets, luckily Damien shares a room with Veronica, just down the hall from the classroom.
Once they enter the room they see a giant magical device. "This must be what'll read our levels and affinities." Damien points at the device.
"I guess so." Veronica shrugs and starts moving around the room.
This device reads the person affinities and displays it, as well as telling them their level of control from a number ranged to 0-8.
A few students before them go up and they are all about average, when Veronica goes up, she touches the device and pours her magic into it. The device reads: Lightning, Warping, and Dark Arts Magic. Lightning control level 6, Warping control level 4 and Dark Arts control level 4. Everyone was surprised to see Veronica controlling three types of magic and both at mid-range or higher.
Next up is Damien.
Damien steps up to the magical device, once there he starts pouring his magic into the device. The device takes a second to read but then it will start to show the information. The device reads: Lightning, Warping, Enchantment, Air, and Holy Magic. Lightning control level 3, Warping control level 4, Enchantment control level 8, Air control level 2 and Holy control level 3.
Everyone's mouth drops when they see that Damien controls four levels of magic but to have one mastered already, everyone was shocked!
Veronica looks over at Damien and says "Impressive."
Damien just gives her a smile and they watch the rest of the students go through the reading, but no one comes even close to those two.
As soon as testing was over, they all returned to their classrooms.
Once there Sheridan asks, "Now that everyone has had their magic power levels read, we would now like to offer where each student would like to go to further their studies."
Each student walks up to Sheridan as she hands them directions to their respective classrooms where they will study for the rest of the day.
Lauren stops Damien and Veronica in the hall, "Hey, guys, what you doing after this?"
"Well, I don't really have anything planned was just going to go back to the dorm." Damien replies.
Veronica just gives a shake and starts heading toward the Warping classroom.
"Well, alright, Damien do you wanna hang out with me and Jessica afterwards?"
Damien nods his head, "Sure, I'll meet you at the entrance."
Lauren heads to the fire magic classroom while Damien soon follows Veronica toward the warping class.
As they enter the room, they realize a heavy pressure pushing down on them, each step feels heavier than the last. Damien turns around and sees Lauren struggling to keep her balance, and he goes and helps her, "easy, control your breathing, focus on your magic core, and slowly release your magic power. It'll help you stand up straight."
As he says this Veronica takes a few deep breaths and slowly starts moving behind Damien.
Out of the back corner of the room a voice reaches them, "Ah- welcome to the warping station! I see only a few of you can get in."
The voice laughs and it starts to approach, standing before Damien and Veronica is a monster of a man, easily seven feet tall, arms massive in size, the guy looks like a box truck.
"Holy shit, your huge!" Damien yells out.
The man laughs, "yeah, boy, this is what several years training on this type of pressure can do to a man if he doesn't use magic. But I can see you are. May I ask how you figured it out?"
Damien chuckles, "Of course, I worked on a farm, and I had to lift HEAVY things on a daily basis, so I learned that amplifying my magic and spreading it throughout my body allows me to put less strain on it."
The man laughs hard, "Ha, oh boy! That's another form of enchantment magic but nice!"
The man snaps his finger, and the pressure disappears. Veronica drops to the ground on her knees, breathing heavily.
"Veronica! Are you alright?" Damien extends a hand to Veronica, helping her to her feet.
"Yea-yeah, I'm fine, just wasn't ready for that."
The man eyes Damien as he seems to be acting normal with the difference in pressure. "Boy! What's your name?"
Damien turns around and looks up at the man, "Oh, I'm Damien, sir." The man laughs "Ha, pleasure meeting you Damien, I go by Arnold.
Everyone moves to there seats.
Damien takes a second to look around the classroom and it somewhat resembles Sheridan's classroom. The only difference is the lack of windows. and hanging things.
Damien shrugs it off though, "Make's sense. Kinda hard to hang things when you can increase the weight of everything around in an instant." He chuckles as he finds a seat next to Veronica.
Arnold starts to talk about warping magic, "Well, it's sort of like controlling gravity, but only to a certain extent or at least we haven't exactly gone too far with it. It's dangerous magic to use as it can destroy things instantly, even yourselves." He continues to go over how dangerous it is to use and the caution you should use.
Before they know it, class ends, and they are dismissed.
Veronica and Damien head out, "Hey, Veronica you sure you don't want to hang out with us?"
She shakes her head, "Yeah, sorry, but I have to go study. So, I'll have to pass."
Veronica starts heading toward what Damien can only assume is the library. "Damn, I really need to get a tour of this place or something, Imma get lost again."
Damien meets Lauren and Jessica at the main entrance, "Hope I didn't keep you guys waiting too long, this place is a maze."
They laugh and grab hold of his arms, "No worries mister, now let's go!" They say synchronized.
They take Damien to their favorite snack bar, where they order a bunch of food and find a nice place to sit outside.
"Nice place, thanks for bringing me girls." The girls just smile as they eat their food. A few minutes pass as they finish eating.
"So, Damien. How'd you like your first day at Genesis?" Jessica asks.
Damien smiles, "It was pretty good, the teacher had some weird test and I think I aced it. Overall, it was good, wish you both were in my classes."
The girls giggle.
As they are just chatting the day away Lauren looks over Damien shoulder for a second and see Ariel and Emmy walking down the road, "Hey, guys there's Ariel and Emmy lets go see em!"
Damien, Lauren, and Jessica get up from their seats and head over to the other two. Emmy sees Damien approaching and turns beet red and dashes off.
Ariel is shocked to see Emmy move so fast and the rest are running up to Ariel.
"Hey what was that all about?" Damien said.
Ariel looks up at him, "I think I know but we should go look for her. Who knows what Tyler, or his gang will do if they find her alone."
They all nod in agreement and split into groups, Ariel, and Damien, then Lauren and Jessica.
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