Chapter 3 Welcome to Mystic Institute

NEXT MORNING

Samara felt the arms of someone around her when she woke up, and she squinted.

"Mum, when did you enter my room last night?" She muttered sleepily.

"Shut up Sam, I'm sleeping here" Ruthie's voice replied, but her sleepiness didn't make her realize it.

Ruthie hugged her tighter on the bed, and she smiled.

"Mum you smell different, not pomelo anymore, it's baby powder now" she muttered.

"I'm sleeping I said keep it down!" Ruthie replied sleepily too, and that was when she realized...

She sprang up at once, and Ruthie did the same.

Their eyes widened, and they faced each other when they realized they were in a strange room.

They jumped down from the bed at once and rushed to the door, but it won't open.

"The bartender last night!" Samara shouted.

"Have we been kidnapped? Will they sell our organs?" Ruthie's eyes widened, and Samara slumped on the ground.

"My future husband will be lonely for life! What about the three kids I planned to have! My Cardi B and Megan Thee!!! No, I can't die like this!!!" She shouted dramatically, holding her head.

"Hold up, let's try teleporting first" Ruthie pulled her up.

"Are you serious right now? My powers work only in the bathroom!" Samara retorted.

"Then hold my hand and let me try it" Ruthie replied, and Samara held her hand hopefully.

They closed their eyes, and Ruthie whispered some spells for three minutes.

"I'm done, let's open our eyes at the count of three" she said.

"Sure" Samara replied, and after the count, they opened their eyes at once.

They're still there.

"We didn't disappear!!!!!" They screamed at once.

"Will they sell my b**bs too? Brand new, no one has sucked on them before!!!" Samara said dramatically again.

"There's a window!" Ruthie finally noticed, and they ran to it at once, pushing it open.

They peeped out, and a different air blew their red and white hair respectfully, but they saw something.

There's a large board in the middle of hibiscus flowers, and on the board, it was written...

MYSTIC INSTITUTE, HOME OF HIDDEN MYSTERIES. WELCOME.

Their eyes widened madly immediately they read it, and they faced each other slowly.

"No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" They both screamed, and the room door opened behind them.

They turned away from the window, facing the door as a really cute girl came in with an equally cute guy.

They still look young, wearing white historic robes.

"Hey, newbies! Welcome to Mystic Institute at Mount Delos!" The guy waved cheerfully.

"It's real, Ruth we're in trouble" Samara muttered, gumming herself to the window.

"How could our mothers do this to us?" Ruthie muttered too.

"You both need to clean up and meet the master and chiefs" the girl said.

"Who are you guys?" Samara asked.

"I'm Echo! The youngest female disciple here" the girl smiled.

"And I'm Merlin, the youngest male" the guy added.

"We are eighteen!" They both chorused, and Ruthie held her forehead.

"Help, this is frustrating already, I wanna leave this place as soon as possible" she muttered.

"Master is waiting with the chiefs already, and you both have to meet the other disciples too, fast" Echo said, and Samara gasped when she remembered something.

"Wait! Clean up? Like, take our baths?"

"Sure" Merlin replied.

"Then take us to our room!" Samara said.

"Room? Roommates aren't allowed here, you both can have your rooms beside each other though" Echo said.

"Whatever! Ok, take us to our rooms!" Ruthie snapped, and they were immediately led out of the room to the disciples' villa.

"Whoa! It's really big" Samara said, surprised.

"As it should. There are over 500 disciples" Merlin replied.

"What!" Ruthie and Samara faced them at once.

"Are you sure it's really an Institute? Not slave trading home or stuff?" Ruthie asked, and Echo laughed.

"Why am I not seeing any discipline though?" Ruthie asked.

"They're all currently at the assembly for their morning practice" Merlin replied.

"Here, your room" Echo pointed when they finally got to the front of a door.

"Thanks" Samara winked.

"And this is yours" Merlin pointed at the next door.

"Sure" Ruthie replied.

"Another disciple will come for you both in ten minutes, so make it fast" Echo said, and they both nodded as she left with Merlin.

Samara and Ruthie rushed into Samara's room immediately, and they located the bathroom fast, luckily.

They got in, and they didn't bother to pull their clothes before putting on the shower, getting under it.

They held hands and closed their eyes as the water poured on them, and Samara began whispering the spell.

At each line she says, the pouring water becomes warmer and warmer, and immediately she said the fifth line of the spell, the water became hot, and they had to run out of the shower

"Damn it! What was that! Why is the water becoming hot?" Samara shouted.

"Were you saying the hotness spell ?" Ruthie asked.

"Listen, I know I'm still an amateur in this crazy supernatural stuff, but our mothers taught us the lines together, and I know what I read" Samara replied.

"Don't get mad, I'm just frustrated" Ruthie said.

"Let's try it one more time" Samara replied, and they returned under the shower.

AT THE PRESTIGE HALL

Prestige Hall is Master Duran's hall of residence, located on top of a cliff at the far end of the Institute.

It's covered in ivy, and it's surrounded by chrysanthemum flowers. The most beautiful of all the halls.

He was meditating silently in his room when the voice of a disciple came from the door.

"Master! The chiefs are here"

He opened his eyes and stood, leaving the room for his open room where the two chiefs were truly waiting.

Chief Water and Chief Feathers are like his assistants.

"Are you both ready to meet the new arrivals?" He asked, taking his seat.

"That's not important right now, Duran. A report came from the city" Chief Water replied.

"What's it about?" Master Duran squinted.

"It's always about one person" Chief Feathers replied, and the black bird on her right shoulder chirped.

"Orion again?" Master Duran stood.

"He wasn't in his room last night when Agatha went for him. He didn't come back throughout the night practice either, " Chief Water said.

"The body of a human lady was found on the streets with the mark of three red stars on her forehead. She obviously collided into him" Chief Feathers said.

"Then he beheaded the only son of Honourable Mazi, he's planning to burn down this institute" Chief Water said, and her bird chirped again.

"Shut up" she ordered, and the bird went low on her shoulder.

"Orion" Master Duran mumbled, turning around on his spot, and almost immediately, Orion appeared in the room.

"Y'all are calling my name too much, is anything the problem?" He said grimly.

"You!!!" Master Duran shouted.

"Oh...the humans? The lady collided with me and was bound to die. It's not my fault that I was cursed with loneliness, and about the unfortunate boy, he deserved it" Orion replied.

"I warned you about going out of this institute didn't I? You're like a death trap and it's impossible not to collide with someone in the always crowded streets of Delos! Three people died the last time you went out Orion, and about the Honourable's son...

"I said he deserves it! And I'm not ready to tell his offence" Orion replied stubbornly.

"Orion, why don't you calm down and let's talk this out" Chief Water held his shoulder.

"You can't keep going like this Orion. Astrid your brother won't be happy up there" Chief Feathers smiled prettily. She's undeniably beautiful.

"I got cursed cos of his death anyway, so I don't care" Orion replied and walked out of the hall.

"Honourable Mazi will be visiting the Institute soon, we have to find a way to calm him down. Orion has to beg on his knees" Chief Water said, and Chief Feathers cackled.

"Water, don't be silly. Orion would rather murder himself than go on his knees" she said.

Master Duran faced them.

"For now, let's focus on the new arrivals"