Chapter 5 Teaferra academy

After a long, uncomfortable silence in what I would presume

was the Academy hospital wing. Walter cleared his throat and told me plenty of

things that I was still trying to process.

Basically, in short, there is a lot in this world that I

didn't know. Even when I thought I was getting the grasp of things. I was only

getting the grasp of the human world. Yes, you heard me. There's more than one

world.

I always thought I was human. Granted in the beginning I

thought it was normal for humans to have marks and be chosen etc. etc...

apparently, that was the cult talking. I was raised with to them believing they

were my family.

People who are chosen to wear the mark are fewer than before.

Apparently, the blood star cult has been around for centuries. Grabbing and

sacrificing any they come across to their goddess. With the hope that one day

she will regain enough power to break free. Free from some prison that she's

trapped in.

The blood star cult is full of dark witches (once they were

just witches, but they dabbled in the blood magic too much), and demons. They

have turned other supernatural beings to their cause. but it mostly consists of

those two types.

Walter seems to think the prophecy I was told was another

attempt of brainwashing. Having a willing sacrifice after so much unwilling

might raise the goddess. So basically, they made it up. I'm not too sure. If

you had seen his expression when I told him, there's just more to it.

So, yes vampires, witches, fairies, shifters. Basically any

other supernatural you can think of, are not to be ruled out as non-existent.

As they probably do.

In the supernatural world. Just because your parents are two

witches doesn't mean you will be weird, right? Apparently, there is another

goddess. Aurora, and it is she we are blessed by.

She dictates what supernatural you become. Gifting you from

birth but not knowing what you are. until you touch the stone, and fully unlock

your gifts. So, my blue flames are very unusual to see. Especially without

touching the stone, even in times of extreme distress.

Not every supernatural has a feather mark. That's a little

extra gift from the goddess. Anyone with the feather mark has the chance of

ascending to the realm where the goddess resides.

It was a great honor. but also a lot of pressure because the

supernatural world needed us to ascend. It's what kept the magic alive. I was

told I'd be giving a book later to explain it all. I definitely would be reading

that book because ascending sounded like sacrificing to me. Or was I just being

paranoid?

At Teaferra academy you go through orientation. which is a

ceremony where you touch the stone, to unlock your powers. You then get sorted

into whichever sector you belong to. For example, the witches dorms, the

vampire dorms and so on.

Iv been told here at the academy. that they encourage

mingling between the species. The dorms are just a precaution. For when you're

not in the presence of a teacher. You wouldn't want to become a vampire snack,

while they are still learning to control their bloodlust.

A quick history of the academy was told to me. I was told a

more detailed account would come up in one of my classes. Yes, correct class.

Apparently it's the law that all supernaturals have to attend three years in a

supernatural academy. To learn to control their gifts and study human and

supernatural politics.

History and some other classes were mentioned. but I wasn't

really paying attention at that point. Don't judge me, they were cramming me

with a lot of information. Being honest, I was a little (maybe a lot) skeptical

of some things they were saying.

The academy was founded centuries ago by the goddess Aurora

herself. A safe place for supernaturals to learn and study the gifts, she had

given them.

The academy itself was in a world by itself. Portals were

needed to travel to and from it. The human world was forbidden while you were

doing your studies. When you finished your studies, special passes were needed.

They could be got from the high council to travel there.

In the second year, you got to choose the field of training

for your chosen career. when you finished at the academy. Then you were sorted

into the correct classes for that field. In year one, they expected you to do

most classes. Giving you a chance to try out most things, helping with your

decision.

I was told all this would be explained in more detail in the

welcome pack. I would receive it tomorrow.

Walter left with the girl after telling me all the

information he felt he needed to tell me. to give me time to process it. He

said he understood it was a lot to hear and take in. Without adding In

everything about my past.

Drake lingered with an obvious need to tell me something. I

wasn't in the mood to talk to him. because even though I didn't know him; I

felt betrayed that he spent weeks watching me. After a very awkward silence,

with one last glance at me He too, left.

That's the one thing that didn't make sense. Not that very

much of what they told me did. Why the wait and watch approach. Why not come

and try to contact me sooner. Why the need for secrecy. It really didn't make

sense to me.

So, after everything that happened in the last few hours. I

found myself alone once again. With nothing but my thoughts.

Did I believe what they told me? Was any of my childhood

real? Who were the other people in my memories? Memories I didn't even know I

was missing. Yet, still finding it hard to recall.

When they flashed in my mind earlier. They were all so

clear, so vivid. But now, trying to think about them hurt. It was like chasing

a dream after you woke up in the morning. You know what you dreamed. You just

find it hard to remember all the details.

Thinking about dreams brought me back to Drake. Was he in my

dreams for two years. Or was I making a connection where there was none? Had he

said I knew him, just trying to pacify me and calm me down. Or was it possible

to invade people's dreams? More questions, right? I drifted off to sleep with

what felt like a million things running around in my head.