Miracle Academy

[12 WEEKS BEFORE]

On the towering hills, there are houses of various types and colors. Rows of houses on the northern hills are dominated by red paint, which signifies the fire area. Rows of houses on the south hill have been dominated by blue paint, which signifies the area of ​​water. Rows of houses on the west hill have been dominated by turquoise green paint, which signifies the wind region. Rows of houses on the southern hill have been dominated by brown paint, which indicates the land area. This is the base area of the Sunheal District.

In the middle of the row of hills, there is a higher plain that rises through the clouds. The plateau can support tall and large buildings.

Among the thin wisps of clouds, there is a large building with ten floors and has a large courtyard. There are four pillars that support the side of the building facing the courtyard. In the center of the four pillars hung an arrangement of large letters forming the words 'MIRACLE ACADEMY'. Then underneath there is an automatic door that will open every person who enters with a special ID card.

A woman walked briskly down the courtyard path to the door. A laser sensor appeared from the door as it opened. Laser sensors moved quickly to scan the woman's body, and only finished when she passed through the door.

"Good morning Agent Arden."

A woman's voice greeted her, but she didn't return the greeting. She continued to walk down the large hall supported by 4 tall pillars in each corner. Each pillar has four different symbols and under each symbol, there are four different statue faces made of a mixture of gold and silver. The woman often glanced at the four faces of the statue every time she walked over to the administration desk.

Then she stopped at the administration desk. A well-built man in a blue blazer and matching cloth pants, and fits his ideal body greeted her.

"Rena Arden, code A-010. Permission to see Tyson Vulcan, Willow Florance, and Haizee Skylight for an urgent meeting."

The man typed what Rena said. "What urgent meeting?" The man's deep voice reached her ears.

Rena looked deeply into the man's eyes, then her mouth moved silently saying the word 'A-po-ca-lypse'. The man could read Rena's mouth movements. He immediately understood, then typed something on the keyboard. Not long after, a white, round drone floated from inside the iron basket containing a pile of other drones that were behind the administration desk. The drone light is blue but turns red for a few seconds and the wind turbine shuts down for a moment. Before hitting the floor, the four turbines came back on and the lights turned blue again.

"The three magus are currently on schedule, but you can approach them. You don't have to worry about security camera problems. Xavier has taken care of it."

"Thanks, Alex."

"Good luck, Rena."

Rena stepped back down the wide corridor where on her right and left were various paintings showing views of clouds and meadows. Several robots were also seen cleaning around the corridor. Rena's black eyes remained straight ahead without paying attention to her surroundings or the drones that had followed her from earlier. At the end of the corridor, there is a glass door that connects to the outer corridor.

The wind was blowing hard when Rena had just exited the corridor. Rena was not surprised or moved by the gust of wind, but the drone next to her was pushed to the left before back to its position again.

"Sorry Agen Arden!" said a teenage boy wearing a short, waist-length green robe with a wind symbol.

Rena raised her right hand before he approached her to apologize again, as a sign that she wasn't angry from the gust of wind. The teenage boy returned to the line of other teenagers wearing the same robe. At the front of the line, there was a woman in a long turquoise robe.

"Master Haizee Skylight," Rena called while fixing her shoulder-length short black hair. From where she stood, she could hear what the woman was saying to her students.

"OK. We conclude the meeting for today. Don't forget to train your emotions in controlling the wind around you. The wind is almost the same as water. Stay calm and go with the flow."

It turned out that there were some students who asked Haizee. Rena also had to wait until the students were satisfied with the answers given by the teacher. A wisp of white clouds moved towards the open field where the students were gathered. With a wave of Haizee's hand, the cloud instantly drifted away and split into several pieces. But there were some small pieces of cloud moving towards them according to the movement of Haizee's hand.

Unlike the teacher, the students were able to control the clouds after performing several movement patterns. From there Rena knew that they were all wind benders, not a wind magus like Haizee. Only certain people can understand the wind bending scrolls written by the first Wind Magus.

Without being told, Haizee immediately knew the purpose of Rena's arrival at Miracle Academy. So she just followed where Rena's steps took her. This time they came out of the corridor and down a garden path that led them to a red dirt field. In the center of the red earth, there was a group of teenagers in short green robes moving the red soil. The closer they got, the more shaking they felt.

"Master Willow Florance."

A woman in a brown robe who was guiding a teenage girl turned to the source of the voice. Willow gave a small huft before he said to his students, "Today's lesson isn't over yet, but I have some business to attend to. While I was away, you guys built forts 30 feet tall individually."

They were all surprised by the assignment, but no one protested.

(There are no Earth Magus here either,) Rena thought.

The three of them continued their journey through the red earth to reach a dome made of bricks and separated from the main building. But the building was still the Miracle Academy.

There was no conversation at all as the three of them walked hand in hand. A gentle gust of wind blew away Haizee and Willow's robes, also slightly fluttered Rena's black skirt. They paused for a moment as a flock of birds flew past in front of them. A common sight at that height.

Aerofly and Motofly—flying vehicles with four steam boosts and two steam boosts—rarely roamed around Miracle Academy. Only Miracle Academy officials could use the two vehicles.

Some students who were wind benders flew around using various mediums to fly them—such as wooden planks, metal plates, or brooms. They control the wind to lift the medium so they can fly. Some of them greeted Haizee, and Haizee greeted back.

Arriving at the door of the dome building, suddenly flames appeared through the open windows of the top of the building. The flames didn't last long and went back into the building through the window.

Rena pushed open the two-leaf metal door with one push. There was a commotion, and the hot air was felt when the door opened.

"Take out your anger! Express your emotions in the form of fire! Control the flames in those torches using the emotions you've been harboring for so long!!" commanded a man who was in the midst of a group of teenagers facing the large torches. They are his students.

"Tyson Vulcan." Rena's voice did not reach the man's ears.

Haizee waved her hand over her face. "This room is hot and dry. I can't feel a single drop of water here," she said.

"You guys just wait here," said Rena before she stepped closer to the man. She easily dodged the wildly moving flames, as well as the drones that followed her. When the hem of her skirt was slightly licked by the flames, Rena took out a handkerchief from her black blazer pocket and patted the fire until it was extinguished. She resumed walking as if nothing had happened to her.

"Master Tyson Vulcan." Rena put one hand on the shoulder that was taller than her.

"What?" snapped the short-haired man while parrying Rena's hand. "Oh, hey agent Arden. What's going on here?" his emotions dimmed for a moment and a smile was etched on his stern face.

Rena turned around without saying anything and walked towards the door. Tyson didn't understand at first until his eyes fell on the two women standing in the doorway. He immediately followed Rena without giving any orders to the 10 students who were focusing on their respective torches.

"You just left them like that?" Willow was surprised when they were outside the building.

"They'll disband on their own when they're bored," Tyson answered lightly.

"No wonder your students are few in number," commented Haizee.

"And I'm actually happy about that. I don't have to bother taking care of disciples of other elements like you, Zee."

"Don't make me regret learning water bending from the Water Magus Scrolls, Ty!"

Rena only listened to their light conversation while leading the way back to the ten-story building which was the main building of the Miracle Academy. They didn't see anyone as they walked down the halls of the building. Which is a good sign.

They passed through the emergency exit, then headed for the sidewall that was under the stairs. Rena felt the smooth wall. When her skin felt the roughness of the beige wall, she stopped. Rena pressed her thumb against the rough side, and instantly the wall shifted sideways to form a hole their size. Like a secret door.

"Whoaa..." The three Magus just gaped at the sight of the door appearing.

"This is our new secret base. We'll talk more about the apocalypse here. In addition to telling you our secret chamber, I gathered you to tell you about the last Water Magus that was just discovered. We'll take him to Miracle Academy to join us."