《Rift of the Oculus》


 The Thing that set everything in motion

    Jason wakes up to his alarm clock blaring at seven in the morning. He gets up with a groan and shuts off the alarm with a heavy sigh. His room is a mess; clothes are thrown everywhere. Some are clean, some are dirty. He grabs random clothes off the floor and heads in the direction of the bathroom to wash away the sweat and exhaustion. He looks at himself in the mirror. His black hair is sticking to his head. His light brown eyes are rimmed with red as if he had been crying. He has dark shadows under his eyes. Jason has been plagued with nightmares for a month now and it''s always the same nightmare over and over again. He gets in the shower and turns the water temperature to cold, stopping the memories of the nightmare in its tracks. After he''s sure the nightmare is forgotten he turns the water hot and washes away the evidence.


    Out of the shower he dresses in the random clothes he picked off the floor and heads downstairs. His mother has left him breakfast even though she gets up early to go to work. It¡¯s always been him and his mother since he can remember. He asked his mother were his father was, but all she ever said was that he died in a fire. She looked like it was something that recently happened with all the pain he saw in his mother''s eyes. Jason doesn¡¯t like to see his mother get hurt so he never asked again. He looks at his watch and it reads 7:50. He heads out to get to school on time.


    It¡¯s a chilly morning but he ignores it. He looks around and sees no one out and about. Everything looks the same as it usually does except there¡¯s a cable van parked in front of the empty house at the end of the street. What type of cable is working at 8 in the morning when people are barely waking up. He chooses to ignore it and takes off running to reach school on time. He''ll get detention this time for sure if he doesn¡¯t make it on time.


    He turns the last corner and sees the school ahead of him and checks his watch. 8:10. Yes, he''ll make it in time. He''s running by an alley when he is suddenly pulled in and pushed into a wall. He cracks his head on the wall. When he looks up there¡¯s only blurry outlines and he can¡¯t tell who it is until the person holding him by the collar speaks.


    "Look what we have here boys," the voice says and shoves him.


    "What do you want Blaine," Jason says. His vision is starting to clear up and he counts how many people are surrounding him. Great, he won¡¯t be able to get out of it without getting hurt. He could take three of them but not five.


    "Nothing we''re just checking in and seeing how you are doing," Blaine says and smirks.


    "You know most people do that by going up to someone and talking to them not grabbing them and shoving them against an alley wall," Jason says. He gets punched in the stomach and doubles over.


    "You should stop being such a smart-ass so much and maybe you''d have friends,".


    ¡°and why would I want friends?¡±


    ¡°Maybe to have fun once in awhile, if you know what I mean.¡± Blaine smirks.


    ¡°Oh, I know what you mean. and what makes you think I would want that type of fun.¡±


    ¡°Who doesn¡¯t want to have fun once in awhile.¡±  Blaine smirks and the group snickers. The school bell rings in the distance.


    ¡°I think we¡¯re late for school. We should probably go.¡±


    ¡°Are you telling me what to do Price.¡±


    ¡°No,¡± Jason flinches away from Blaine¡¯s raised fist.


    ¡°Good¡±.


    ¡°We¡¯ll continue this after school,¡± Blaine calls back. . He got out of it a lot better than he expected. He picks up his book bag and waits 3 minutes before he begins to walk to school, just in case one of his friends stayed behind.. He doesn¡¯t like to make friends because he knows he will eventually lose them to their constant moving. It¡¯s much easier for him to not get attached to anyone than to deal with the pain of losing them. He''s learned the hard way before.


    This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source.        When he gets to school the gates are closed. "Just my luck", he enters through the office and tries to make it through without being spotted. Of course that¡¯s the opposite of what happens.


    "Mr. Price," a voice calls, ¡°were you going without stopping to say hello." Jason turns and sees Dean Quinton smirking at him.


    "I was going to class, sir," Jason replies. He was already getting detention there was no need to make it worse than it already was.


    "I see that, but school starts at 8:15 not," he looks at his watch,"8:34."


    "I got a little delayed"


    "Well that is unfortunate," he says¡± no matter, you''ve been coming in late quite often and that means detention for you today after school."


    Jason doesn''t try to fight it he knew this was coming so he just let it happen. His mom was going to kill him for getting detention for a dumb reason like being late. No he won¡¯t tell her that, he''ll tell her that he got detention for defending a girl who was being insulted.


    "You can go now," Dean Quinton says handing him a detention slip.


    Jason hurries to class just to have something to do. He''s in his junior year of high school and everything has started to bore him. He still gets straight A''s even though he sleeps for most of his classes. Sleeping during classes is the only time he gets to sleep peacefully without his nightmares plaguing him. He sits in his desk in the back of the class and starts to nod off once the teacher starts to speak. He continues to sleep through all his classes and it¡¯s the end of school before he knows it. He heads to the cafeteria to serve his detention only to find the room deserted with only one person inside. He already dreads this detention and its barely begun. Dean Quinton is waiting for him when he gets there with a smile on his face.


    "I''m glad you could make it Mr. Price," he says. Jason knows that detention would normally be rescheduled if there was only one person in there but Dean Quinton finds enjoyment in his misery.


    ¡°I had nowhere else to be so why not," Jason says and sits down as far as possible from him as he can.


    Jason spends three hours sitting on a hard chair not being allowed to do anything besides staring at the clock. When the big hand on the clock hits five o''clock he shoots out the door and runs head first into a man wearing black from top to bottom with only his eyes showing. They were a dark brown with a band of purple surrounding his iris.


    "Sorry", Jason says and leaves before he hears a reply from the strange man.


    He runs straight home and gets there without encountering Blaine and his group. The cable van is parked in front of their house and his mother¡¯s car is there as well."We already have cable. Are we switching?". His mother is already home and she is going to kill him for not calling her saying that he got detention.


    "Mom I¡¯m home, sorry for not calling," he yells as he enters the house. There is no reply.


    "Mom" he calls again. Nothing but silence. That¡¯s weird. He searches around the house. He finds her car keys and some manila folders from her work on the kitchen table but not her.


    "Mom," he calls again heading to the backyard. She is not in the backyard, but the shed door is open. He thinks she won¡¯t be there but he might as well check since she is nowhere else. He opens the door and stops suddenly. All the blood drains from his face at what he sees. His mother is laying in a pool of her own blood. "Mom", he whispers for the last time.

 The awakening

    This is another one of his nightmares, they always end like this, every single one of them. Any moment now and he¡¯ll wake up in his bed drenched in cold sweat. It never happens.


    He collapses in front of her ignoring the blood that seeps through his jeans and grabs her. Jason shakes her not wanting to believe what he is seeing. He calls for her but she doesn¡¯t respond. Jason calls for her until his voice is hoarse and his tears no longer shed. He kneels and holds his mother for what seems like an eternity hoping that hell wake up and it will be all over.


    ¡°We should get rid of the body and burn the house,¡±  a deep voice says.


    Jason looks up as two men walk into the small shed dressed in black from head to toe. He recognizes one because of the eyes. It''s the same man from school, the one with dark brown eyes and a purple band around his eyes. The other man¡¯s eyes are showing but his are blue of color surrounded by a steel band like the other man''s.


    They both look at him at the same time and the one with the steel band eye¡¯s widen as if he''s surprised. The one with the purple band just looks at him like he was expecting him. Jason stands up leaving his mother¡¯s corpse on the floor. The one with the purple band watches him rise then suddenly Jason can''t move anymore or open his mouth to ask who they are. Jason looks at the purple eyed one and notices that the dark brown of his iris is gone replaced with a deep and glowing purple.


    ¡°Look at what we have here¡±, the man with the purple eyes smirks, ¡°Who might you be?¡±.


    Jason tries to move or talk but he can¡¯t.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t we have a little fun,¡± the purple eyed man starts moving towards Jason. He flicks his sleeve and a knife lands in his hand. The knife comes closer to Jason but he can¡¯t do anything to stop it. He closes his eyes awaiting the inevitable pain but it never comes. He opens them slowly only to see that the knife right in front of his face. The blue eyed man is grabbing the other man¡¯s arm.


    ¡°Why did you bring him into this, our target was only Clara, ¡± the blue eyed one says.


    "Yes but now I get to have fun since you killed her to fast. The least you can do is let me kill their son."


    The blue eyed man eyes widen. "He''s their son?"


    The purple eyed one smirks and frees his arm.


    "You know what ill let you do the honors. Think of it as a test of loyalty".


    They¡¯re going to kill him, Jason thinks, he doesn''t know anybody by the name Clara. His mother¡¯s name was Mary and she was the only one dead. Why where they calling his mother Clara? That doesn¡¯t matter right now he has to get away and get help or they¡¯ll kill him. He struggles with all his might to get away but he can¡¯t move an inch.


    "When did you use your ability on him, you haven¡¯t touched him since we got here,¡¯"the steel eyed man says to the other one.


    This book''s true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience.¡°That doesn¡¯t matter just hurry up and kill him. Remember no witnesses or am I going to have to tell the order that you let a witness go. They''ll question your loyalty and you know what happens to the un-loyal.¡±


    The blue eyed one pales for a moment but obeys and starts walking towards him. Jason struggles but can¡¯t move anymore than the last attempt. The man looks at him with sad eyes, ¡°I''m sorry it wasn''t suppose to happen like this. We were only here for your mother, I hope you can forgive me in the afterlife.¡± The blue of his eyes are consumed by steel. A knife appears in the man¡¯s hand and he raises it to plunge it into Jason¡¯s chest. It never reaches him. There¡¯s a flash of red that comes from behind him. The knife in the man¡¯s hand shatters into many pieces and he lets go of it jumping back. Jason feels that he can move again and looks behind him. He realizes that the light didn''t come from behind him but from himself. He looks down at his arms and body, he¡¯s surrounded by a red haze making him glow. He turns and looks at the two men still staring at him with shocked expressions. He turns to run away but he feels good, like he could take them and come out on top. The one with steel eyes snaps out of his shock first. He snaps his fingers and there¡¯s a blade in his hands. He throws it but it never reaches Jason. It shatters before it reaches him and the pieces fall harmlessly in front of Jason. He is filled with a sudden urge to kill the men in front of him and he knows he could do it if he manages to touch them. If only he could touch them then he can get revenge for his mother.


    ¡°WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS?¡± Jason yells at the two men in front of him, pointing at his mother¡¯s corpse.


    The two men ignore him and rush him. The purple eyed one went behind him and tried to stab him with a blade that he got from the one with steel eyes. The blade shattered before it could make contact with Jason. The steel eyed man stayed at a distance and threw knives at him. All but one shattered before reaching Jason. The one that reached got buried in his right shoulder. Jason screams. The steel eyed man sees Jason in pain and uses the chance to throw two more knives. One knife buries itself in Jason¡¯s stomach and the other one in his left thigh. The purple eyed one''s eyes glow and he stops moving. Two more knives come flying and are targeted at his body.


    ''I''m going to die,'' is all he can think. ''No I cant die. Not here. Not while they''re still alive''.


    He feels something and he grabs on to it. Suddenly there''s a huge explosion of red light followed by a huge sound of things shattering. He falls to the ground and tries to look around. Everything around him is destroyed shattered into pieces. The world leaves and so does the pain.

 Opportunity

    Jason¡¯s eyes fly open. He groans from the pain coming from all over his body. He was sore and in pain but from what he didn¡¯t know. He tried to stay still as best as he could to minimize the pain. Once the pain waned a little bit,  he took in his surroundings. He was in a bright room lit by fluorescent lights. The room is occupied by a wooden nightstand set next to the bed he¡¯s laying in, an IV machine and then a chair. The chair is occupied by a woman in a white coat.


    The Woman looks to be around her mid thirties and has golden hair. She looks up when she notices him waking up.The most striking thing about her is not her face, which is quite beautiful, but her eyes. They are a deep green. There¡¯s a light green band around her iris only noticeable if you are looking directly in her eyes. After a moment she clears her throat trying to get his attention.


    ¡°Ahh, good you¡¯re finally awake,¡± she says with a soft voice,¡± My name is Dr. Cromwell. How are you feeling?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m¡­ fine¡­.,¡¯  he replies in a harsh and dry voice


    Dr. Cromwell gets up and fills a glass with water and hands it to him. Jason drinks it down fast noticing how thirsty he was. He hands her the cup again. Dr. Cromwell refills the glass and gives it back. After the fourth cup he slows down and drinks a little bit.


    ¡°Ahh good. Wouldn¡¯t want to let you die of dehydration after all the trouble i¡¯ve gone through in order to keep you alive¡±.


    That''s when he remembers all those times he got stabbed by the steel eyed man. He checks his stomach and thighs but he can¡¯t find any stab wounds. All he finds are small scars where he was stabbed. He looks up at the doctor with a confused look.


    ¡°I know. Not my best handiwork but you did get here pretty close to death. I had to focus more on the internal bleeding.¡±


    Jason looks at her with more confusion. He¡¯s never heard of medicine healing that fast especially stab wounds. Unless¡­..


    ¡°How long have I been here?¡±


    ¡°Oh, not long, a day or two¡±.


    ¡®That doesn¡¯t add up, I would have accepted a week or two but not a day?¡¯, he thinks,¡¯ What¡¯s going on?¡¯


    He opens his mouth to ask but Dr.cromwell beats him to it.


    ¡°Okay. My turn to ask questions. What¡¯s your name?¡±


    ¡°Jason Pierce¡±


    ¡°Okay Mr. Pierce. Do you know what happened to you?¡±


    ¡°.....My mom¡­..¡±, he replies.


    Jason remembers coming home and finding his mother in a pool of blood. He remembers the men that killed her, that tried to kill him. Somehow he survived.


    ¡°What about your mom Mr.Pierce?¡±


    ¡°She¡¯s dead¡­¡­...they killed her.¡±


    Dr.Cromwell panics. ¡°What do you mean? Who killed your mother?¡±


    ¡°I¡­..don¡¯t know,¡± tears start to run down his face, ¡°there were two men. They were both covered in black except for their eyes.¡±


    Dr.Cromwell gets up and starts pacing.¡±It''s what we thought. They found her. I have to tell him¡±, she mutters to herself.


    ¡°What do you mean them? Who were they?¡±, Jason asks while tears continue to fall.


    Dr.Cromwell heads to the door.


    ¡°Wait. Who are they?¡±, Jason yells but she continues to leave ignoring his question. He gets out of the bed and tries to follow her. He goes to open the door but it''s locked. He bangs on the door trying to get any ones attention but no one comes to his help.


    ¡°Please, Tell me¡±, he yells through the door but no one answers.


    He slides down against the door. Tears start to fall once again.


    He stays like that long after he¡¯s run out tears. Waiting for her to come back again.


    After another hour or so he gets up and heads to the restroom. He stoppes at the sink and looks at his reflection. His eyes are rimmed red from all the crying. His eyes are different from what he remembers. His light brown eyes are surrounded by a deep red band. He blinks a few times thinking it might be a hallucination but it¡¯s still there when he looks again


    He touches the mirror to see if there''s something wrong with it but it feels like a normal mirror. Then the brown is gone from his eyes and is replaced by a glowing deep red. A red bolt leaves his hands and shatters the mirror. He recoils from the shattered mirror. The pieces fall on the floor and create a huge sound in the quiet night. Even though it is pretty late in the night Dr. Cromwell barges into the room with nurses on her heels. She scans the room looking for the problem. When she lays eyes on Jason she goes over. ¡±what happened?¡±


    This story is posted elsewhere by the author. Help them out by reading the authentic version.Jason just stares at her with wide eyes and doesn¡¯t respond. There¡¯s a gasp from behind the doctor and one of the nurses says,¡± mam, look at his hand it''s covered in blood, we should treat it before he gets an infection.¡±


    ¡°Yes, I will treat it.¡±


    The nurses nod and head back to their posts. Dr. Cromwell picks Jason up off the floor and leads him back to the bed.


    ¡°The mirror shattered, when I touched it,¡± Jason whispers after the doctor helps him to his bed. "I touched it and and a red bolt hit the mirror and  it shattered"


    Dr. Cromwell looks at him and is about to say something when she is interrupted by Jason.


    ¡°I mean how is that possible? I touched it and it shattered. My eyes flashed red and then the mirror shattered. Am I going crazy?¡±


    ¡°No, your not going crazy,¡± Dr. Cromwell replies, ¡° That''s just your ability awakening.¡±


    ¡°What do you mean ability?¡±


    ¡°I mean their are some people who have awakened some sort of power that has been dormant in us.¡±


    ¡° How is this possible? How come i¡¯ve never heard about them?¡±


    ¡°Well some people know about us, but that''s usually because someone in their family has awakened their ability. You have heard about incidents that were caused by people with abilities but they have been covered up by a government organization.¡±


    ¡°You keep saying us. Are you like me.¡±


    ¡°Yes, but everyone has a different ability.¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s your ability?¡±


    ¡°You know that already, How else do you think your stab wounds healed so fast, but I guess  i¡¯ll show you.¡±


    Dr.Cromwell grabs his injured hand and she begins to clean the blood all around the cut. When there is no more blood she puts her hand on top of his. It itches for a brief second and then the itchiness is gone. She removes her hand showing no cut or even the evidence of one ever being there..


    Jason looks up and sees the forest green of the doctor¡¯s eyes gone and replaced by a lighter shade of green. After a moment the color fades back into her normal forest green. Jason says nothing, trying to take in what he just saw.


    ¡°So your ability is to heal?¡±


    ¡°Yes. I can¡¯t heal myself but I can heal other people as long as I can supply the energy for the healing process.¡±


    ¡°What does that mean?¡±


    ¡°It means I can¡¯t heal anyone if I don''t have any energy,¡± she pauses,¡±with that said I have to go get some food in me or ill pass out, it''s been a long day. Go to sleep Jason we will talk about this in the morning.¡±


    Jason nods and lays back down in his bed. It''s too late by the time he remembers to ask about the people that killed his mother. The moon shines through the window bathing him in moonlight. He falls asleep thinking about how he¡¯ll get answers from Dr.Cromwell.


    -----------------


    Jason wakes up to a man in a tailored black suit humming to himself, while reading a magazine on male fashion. The man has short dark hair and an angular face. He looks up from his magazine and notices Jason is staring at him. When they meet eyes, Jason notices the man¡¯s eyes are a very dark brown almost black and their surrounded by a snowy white band. Jason waits for the man to speak, but he just sits there observing Jason.


    After a couple of minutes of silence the man speaks in a deep voice, ¡±good morning, Jason, my name is Jordan Sin¡±. Jason says nothing. James goes on, ¡°How are you this lovely morning?¡±


    Jason says, ¡°What do you want?¡±


    ¡°Ahh, I like someone who gets straight to the point,¡±, he replies,¡±I''m here to offer you a place at Cain Academy.¡±

 Choices

    ¡°What¡¯s Cain Academy?¡± Jason asks.


    ¡°It is a hidden academy where people with gifts like ours are¡­..trained and I am it''s headmaster¡±, Sin drawls.


    ¡°What do you mean trained?¡±


    ¡°They are taught to control their gifts and educated on the matters of the world¡±.


    Jason has the feeling that the headmaster was not telling the whole truth. ¡°And what if I say no?¡±


    ¡°Sadly you only have two options on this matter¡±, Sin says.


    ¡°What do you mean two options?


    ¡°Before that let¡¯s watch the news shall we¡±. He grabs the tv remote from the nightstand and turns it on. The news program is showing an area that looks like a tornado went through it. Houses shredded, roads ripped apart. In the middle of all the mess there''s a giant hole. The place surrounding it seems familiar to him.


    ¡°Where is this place?¡±, Jason asks. Sin says nothing but he points to the bottom of the screen where text is flowing. It reads ¡®gas leak explosions in the area around erikson high¡¯. His face pales. The area with the hole is his backyard.


    ¡°What happened?¡±, he asks in a shaky voice.


    ¡°You.¡±


    ¡°What do you mean me? How could I have caused this?¡±


    He smirks and gets up straightening his suit. ¡°I assume Dr. Cromwell did not explain to you what happens when an ability is awakened. So I will tell you myself. When an ability is awakened it will cause the ability to expand through the area or through the body depending on the ability. Yours is more likely a powerful and destructive one. Your ability caused that destruction you see in the news¡±.


    ¡°No I don¡¯t believe you.¡±


    Sin just raises and eyebrow.


    ¡°No¡­..it''s not true¡­..,¡± he tries to convince himself but he remembers what happened before he passed out. The exploding red light. The dirt all around him before he passed out.


    ¡°I see you have accepted that you caused it. Good. Now you can hear your two options. One, you come to Cain Academy and we teach you how to control and use your abilities to the fullest or two. The military takes you into custody for the destruction and get sent to a special prison just for people like us, where they will more than likely make you a test subject for experiments that will make you beg for death.¡±


    Jason¡¯s speechless. The better option of the two is definitely the first one but it seems like it comes with certain stipulations.


    ¡°I don¡¯t need an answer right now. Think it over. When you have decided, inform Dr.Cromwell and she¡¯ll tell me. Good day to you Mr. Price¡±. Sin grabs his magazine and leaves the room. He stops on the threshold and turns around, ¡°If you accept it¡¯ll even tell you who''s behind your mother''s death.¡±


    This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.¡°Wait. Wh-¡±, The headmaster is gone before he can finish.


    Jason gets out of bed and runs to the door. The hallway is empty besides a few nurses. He turns and sees the magazine the headmaster was holding earlier turn the corner. Jason runs down the hallway following the magazine. He turns the corner and sees the headmaster standing next to a blond boy. The blond boy looks up and their eyes meet. The boy¡¯s eyes glow a golden color and in the next instant the headmaster and the boy are gone with a yellow flash.


    ¡®What?¡± Jason goes over where they were last but finds nothing. They disappeared.


    ¡®The blond boy¡¯s eyes glowed golden, just like how mine did when the red lightning  shattered the mirror except mine were red¡¯, Jason thinks while he heads back to his room. When he enters the room Dr. Cromwell is sitting in the chair next to the bed reading something on a clipboard.


    ¡°Ahh you¡¯re back. How are you feeling?¡± she gets up and walks to him.


    ¡°I''m fine¡±. She leads him back to the bed and he gets in.


    ¡°Alright then everything is set for your release,¡± she says in a cheerful tone, ¡° So now that you¡¯re all healthy what are you going to do? Are you going to accept the headmasters offer or are you going back home?¡±


    ¡°Wait he didn''t tell you?¡±


    ¡°Tell me what?¡± Confusion is written on her face.


    ¡®Why did he not tell her?¡¯


    ¡°Nothing. Can I ask you some questions before I decide?¡±


    She notices that he¡¯s trying to hide something but says nothing. ¡°Sure. Go ahead¡±.


    ¡°How did the headmaster disappear into nothing?¡±


    ¡°Did you see a blond boy next to him?¡± Jason nods. ¡°It was him. The academy''s treasurer. His gift is teleportation to any place he¡¯s ever been to¡±.


    Jason nods. ¡®That makes sense. I think?¡¯


    ¡°Okay. What exactly will I learn and do in this academy?¡±


    ¡°Cain Academy is a normal school except that it''s student body is made up of people with abilities.¡±


    Jason nods again. He wants to ask more questions but it seems Dr. Cromwell is not privy to the answers he wants to know. The headmaster is the only one that has answers .It''s decided he has to go to the academy to find out the answers he seeks.


    ¡°So have you decided?¡±


    Jason nods,¡±Take me to the academy¡±.

 Arrival at the Academy

    After his decision Dr. Cromwell leaves and doesn¡¯t come back until the next morning. She comes back with new clothes and Jason is thankful. The only thing he has now is the hospital gown he¡¯s been wearing for the past week or so. The clothes she gives him consist of a brand new pair of jeans and a flash shirt which he finds ironic since he can literally use lightning.


    Jason has tried to use his ability all through the night but all he could manage were tiny red sparks that did nothing.


    Jason goes into the restroom and changes into his new clothes. When he comes out Dr. Cromwell leads him out of the room and into an elevator. They go up.


    ¡°Wait, Why are we going up?¡±


    ¡°Headmaster Sin is waiting on the roof with a little surprise¡±, she smiles. Jason is confused but doesn¡¯t question it since he¡¯ll find out in a few moments. The elevator doors open and he walks out. The headmaster is facing him while there¡¯s a group of five behind him. Two boys and three girls. The headmaster is dressed in the same attire as the day before and the group is dressed in a uniform of black and red.


    ¡°I''m glad you took me up on my offer, Jason¡±, Headmaster Sin says while walking to him. The group follows behind him. ¡°Let me introduce you to your fellow peers, This is Victor Bradley¡±, he points to the biggest boy. He¡¯s built like a mountain and just by looking at him you feel pressure. ¡°This is Zach Cooper, who you saw already,¡± The blond boy, Zach, winks and does a two-fingered salute.


    ¡°Emely Castilla,¡± A small girl with dark hair nods at him.


    ¡°Jane Castilla, sister of Emely,¡± She is tall with the same dark hair as her sister.


    ¡°And finally Alice Tess¡±, This girl is taller than the other two and curvier. Her hair a golden blond with silver eyes.


    Jason nods and looks at all of them more closely. Victor¡¯s eyes are brown but are surrounded by a black band. Zach¡¯s eyes are sky blue color surrounded by a yellow band. Emely¡¯s and Jane¡¯s eyes are green except the former has a brown band while the other has a lavender band. Alice''s eyes are silver with a brown band. Every single person around Jason has an ability of one kind or another.


    ¡°Everyone this is Jason Price. He will be joining us at Cain academy.¡±


    The mountain, Victor he corrects himself, approaches him and offers him his hand. Jason shakes it and Victor smiles at him.


    ¡°Good to have you with us,¡± Victor turns to the headmaster,¡± We should be going now headmaster¡±.


    ¡°Ready Jason?¡± Jason nods ¡°Okay let¡¯s go. Zach if you will¡±. The blond boy nods.


    ¡°Wait¡­ how are we getting there? Are we going by helicopter?¡± Jason looks into the sky seeing if he can spot one, but sees nothing.


    ¡°No man, Just stand close to the group and make sure you¡¯re touching me.¡± Zach approaches him. Everyone else is already touching a part of his body.


    ¡°What will that accomplish? Is that your ability?¡±


    ¡°It''s easier to show you so grab on¡±.


    Jason grabs onto his shirt and looks at Zach. His eyes turn completely yellow and suddenly everything goes black. The next instant he¡¯s on top of a cliff overlooking a forest. The forest goes on for miles in front of him. Jason turns around and there¡¯s more trees. How was that possible a second ago he was standing on top a hospital building surrounded by other buildings but now there¡¯s nothing but trees for miles. He looks at the other people but they don¡¯t look as confused as he feels. They look more annoyed except Zach who has a sheepish look on his face. His eyes are back to the blue with only the yellow showing.You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.


    ¡°You missed the gateway Zach,¡± Victor says.


    ¡°Sorry sorry, I still need more practice.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t judge him victor. He¡¯s trying his best here,¡± Alice says,¡± It''s not like you haven¡¯t made mistakes before.¡±


    ¡°Guys, come on Jason doesn¡¯t need to see this side of you guys yet,¡± Jane interrupts,¡± let¡¯s just walk the rest of the way it''s not that far anyway.¡±


    ¡°I agree. Some walking will let some of us cool off,¡± Headmaster Sin chimes in stopping any further discussion. ¡°It''s better to just go forward instead of finding a natural way down. VIctor you are up.¡±


    ¡°Wait, hold on i''m not jumping off a cliff.¡± Jason interrupts.


    Victor looks at Jason and smiles at him. ¡°Trust me mate, I won¡¯t drop you¡±.


    ¡°Don¡¯t drop me Victor,¡± Alice says and jumps of the cliff.


    Jason runs to the edge of the cliff trying to grab her before she¡¯s gone but it''s too late.


    ¡°What was that? Why would she do that? Why are you guys calm? A girls just jumped off a cliff and no one stopped her.¡±


    Victor approaches him at the edge of the cliff with his hands in front of him as a sign of no harm.


    ¡°Mate calm down, she¡¯s fine, trust me.¡± Victor¡¯s eyes are completely black with not a sign of brown anywhere. ¡° Now that you are a part of our world you should learn that the things you thought were impossible before are not as impossible now.¡±


    ¡°Wha-¡± Jason tries to say but is shoved off the cliff by Victor. He screams as he falls. After a few seconds of screaming he stops and looks below him. The ground is not coming as fast as he thought, instead it seems to be slowly coming. He¡¯s not falling more like floating down. After another five seconds his feet touch the floor. He checks himself over but everything is intact nothing is broken.


    Alice comes out from behind a tree trying to muffle her laughter but eventually she gives up and laughs without restraint.


    ¡°I''m¡­¡­.sorry¡­. that..hahaha...was funny,¡± She tries to talk but is out of breath from laughing so hard. ¡°You should have seen your face and ,omg, your screams sounded like a little girl¡±. She laughs for another with random words like girl, screaming, and face in between. Jason¡¯s face is red and he avoids looking at her. After another couple of seconds she finally stops.


    ¡°Okay, i''m done, Move so that no one lands on you.¡± Jason moves toward her avoiding her gaze.


    ¡°Look here they come¡±.


    Jason looks up and sees the headmaster and Dr. Cromwell floating down looking as if this is an everyday occurrence. After them is the remaining four. They all land and dust themselves off. None mention what just happened a few moments ago and Jason is too embarrassed to bring up the point that Victor shoved him off the cliff. The headmaster walks forward and the rest follow.They continue walking in silence with the occasional snicker from Alice.


    ¡°Oh for the love of God, Can you be quiet Alice. It wasn¡¯t that funny?¡± Victor interrupts the silence.


    ¡°It so was, and don¡¯t blame me you were the one that shoved him off¡±


    The headmaster sighs but says nothing already knowing what''s going to happen. Jason says nothing, his face red again with the memory of his embarrassment. Instead he focuses on Emely choosing to ignore their argument. She hasn¡¯t spoken to him since she met him. Everyone else has but her. They continue walking and he tries to get up the nerve to talk to her. He sees that she is going to step in a hole and goes to stop her. She flinches when he grabs her shoulder.


    ¡°Sorry, i didn''t mean to grab you that hard, it''s just you were going to step into a hole.¡±


    ¡°No it''s fine,¡± she replies in a small voice, ¡° Thank you.¡± She turns to him and her eyes are no longer green but a glowing brown.


    ¡°I''m sorry for your loss,¡± She says.


    It startles Json. He only told Dr. Cromwell and the headmaster. How could she know? Even though he barely knew them for a short time he could tell that they wouldn¡¯t tell anyone his secrets. So how could she know? She sees his expression of shock and hurries to explain.


    ¡°I''m sorry, I didn¡¯t mean to do it. It just happened and I couldn¡¯t control it. It sometimes activates randomly when something or someone new touches me.¡±


    Jason says nothing and she hurries to continue.


    ¡°My ability lets me see the pasts of people and objects. Don¡¯t worry I won¡¯t tell anyone about your past.¡±


    Jason nods and continues to walk not saying anything. He looks around but everyone else is paying attention to Victor¡¯s and Alice¡¯s argument and not minding them. After another minute of walking they come to a stop in front of a massive tree. It''s short not going above the other trees around it but it''s trunk is massive.


    ¡®Ahhh finally, Here we are,¡± the headmaster grabs something from his pocket that looks like a tree and puts it into a hole in the tree. In the next second the tree disappears and so does the rest of the trees. In the forests place are buildings. In a second the forest of trees turned into a forest of buildings.